The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-18
PROF. FULTON LECTURES.
NOTED ELOCUTIONIST ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXPRESSION

Eastern Intercollegiate Debating En-
 couraged - Interesting Address I.asl
 Evening Before Yale Students.
 Professor Robert I. Fulton Of Ohio
 Wesleyan university addressed the stu-
 dent body last night in Lampson lyce-
 un on 'The Art of Public Speaking. ," Professor Fulton is professor of the National Association of Public Speak,
 CTS and dean of the department of pub- lie speaking of the Ohio Wesleyan uni
 Fersity. In the past thirty years the colleges of the western states have
 made great progress in debating.
 Nearly all these colleges have long ago instituted intercollegiate debating.
 Professor Wetzel, dean of the depart
 ment of public speaking at Yale uni- versity, in introducing MT. Fulton, re-
 marked: T take very great pleasure
 in Introducing Professor Fulton to-
 night. Through his writings. lectures
 and enthusiastic work on public speak
 ing, he stands at the head of the work on which he will talk tonight.
 Professor Fulton said: The public
 speaker is a public teacher. He im- parts knowledge to others through that great power to be able to find expres- sion to his thoughts while standing.
 This power through history has sWayed the destinies and policies of na- t1ons. and continues to-day to be equally as important. The first thought that should come to one who wishes to speak is, Have I thought worthy to cause people to think about If there IS no message in the mind, there Is no occasion to speak. Sit still. If you have message be sure it is conviction and opinion. Every man may have these requisites on any subject, and they may vary as to the modes of ex- pression. His purpose must then be to speak to convince.
 There are many people who talk eloquently in a chair, but find one in- descrtbable boundary to a chasm be- tween the act of talking sitting and on the feet. This is imaginary and can only be overcome by persistent en- deaVors in forensic speaking. The first step IS to begin on the elements of elocution. These elements are to pub lie speaking as one of the partA of speech to your great English course.
 "Presuming that you have a mes- sage, then take care as to the forms Of discourse, which includes in order The Chairman's Speech The Writ ten Essay Read Topical Speak;ng,' The Debate Address, Sermons, anl then comes the acme of all, ths 'Ora- ton. In these seven principal forms the speaker must acquaint himsa,s with the fact that each dema4 Is different sudlG1 ces, occasions, subjs,.s and ckarac eristic deliveries. The orati9n to-day is not what it used to ba. In 1t the speaker gathers the history of the fact and the experiences ot the past and the present. and holding these to the light to guide us in the ever present problems of the future, gives the ideal, inspiring public speech. In ! ne debate we expect always the re- outtal of the antagonist. To the en- bryonic speaker this form is the best. Debating molds his syllogistic nature.
 The debate is won, not in the best thoughts alone presented, but when the best thoughts are expressed with pow CT. The speech of Webster forms a model of expression, but often his speeches were listened to by empty gal Ieries, but when the announcement that Henry Clay was to speak, all was anxiety Bunting, bands and great gatherings were characteristic features Of his stump sneeches Thera vas i,, l those speeches that power that was which will always win over l she frosty far-fetehed, dignifed delw- 1 cry.
 Tn every speech put all your soul | back of it. The man who is himself l behind his speech is the speaker who l will convict; he is the man on the road | a fame"