The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-11-15
Y. NJ. c. A. FORMS CLASS TO
CURE STAGE FRIGHT.
AN EDUCATIONAL NOVELTY
One Purpose TO Eliminate Err"
Bankers, Real Estate Men, Law
yers, All Studying to Speak on
Childish Tongue Twisters.

/ dreu ot New Yorks prominent f.
nancial real estate and legal lights,
assemblingg ravely in an auditorium
and reciting in all seriousness the
| following.
Peter Piper picked peck OF
| picked peppers
How much wood would wood
chuck chuck. II woodchuck could
chuck wood"
six Sims lick slendcrs aplings."
This is the educational novelty OF
the year in the metropolis. Well
known bankers and lawyers whose
fees are corporation size, realty auc-
| tioneers. who can charm dollars out
of excited pockets, all gravely re-
cite these well known tongue trip.
pers popular with the children.
These they follow by remarking TO
each other:
"Ba.pa. be-pe. bi-pi. bopo, bu-pu.
| boo-poo, boi-poi.'
And when 300 gruff voiced or shrili
voiced New Workers who nave been
talking all their lives against the
roar of the elevated road. the ca
cophony of the subway, the noise of
flat.wheeled trolleys or the pande.
monium Of Change. begin their "ba
pa.ing." the ordinary college yell is
n lullaby.
And the whistles OF the air brakes
in the Sub" are pleasing in their
sibilance to little thing like this
Thrice six thick thistle sticks
thrust straight through the throb-
bing thrushes" This is called the
"Z'ss" sentence by the irreverent.
This seemingly frivolous occupa
tion. however. is one of the lessons
!. in the newly established school to
cure stage fright now being operat.
ed by the West side Y. NJ. C. 4.
The official name of the institution
is the Public Speakers Club but
its purpose is TO give nerve to New
Workers who can talk deal through
like master when they are seated
in their office chairs, but who slut
ter and stammer and say Eff
Err" betweene verywo rd when
they Try to speak on their feet
after dinner or from a rostrum. For
oddly enough It has been found that
many men who supposedlya re com.
pendiums of courage and nerve and
grit, simply cannot face an audi.
ence. Their ideas take wing, their
vocabularies desert them and Err, "
Err is the important feature of
their speeches The directors OF the
club are determined that in the vo
cabulary OF New York there shall
be no such word as ERR" Still Il
is realized that "To err is human
The drill on the tongue traps Is
given by Greenville Kleiser, formerly
professor OF public speaking a. Yale
to give lips and glott!s practice
in clear enunciation. He listens to
thep rogress OF the 'saplings" or the
, thistle as rendered by three hun
! dred voices, much as the orchestra
leader studies the work of all his
instruments with the object of detect
/ ing faulty execution. After the class
r has by practice become able Il
, get vowels and consonants with true
? values, the instructor puts tehm or
the Gettysburg Speech and begins
to insist on emphasis as well AT
!. clearness of enunciation.
The members in groups of twenty
five are brought TO the stage anC
called upon TO deliver the "Foul
score and seven years ago. until Mr.
Kleiser is partly satisfied. Ther
come the Impeachment of Warrer
Hastings" extracts from Hamlet ant
a variety OF selections containing
! vocal traps for the unwary, ant
tricks of emphasis and expression
essential to bringing out the true
meaning
The final stages will give indlvid
uals an opportunity to occupy th'
= stage and reoite the stirring word
- OF others and later mahe mocl,
u speeches to a real and critical audi
y ence which Is not at all above laugh
ing at something funny in the speak
q ers' attitude or delivery. In thi
y resepct. the class exactly duplicate
J. the conditions that the prospective
Demosthenes must face when h
B. takes the stump or faces a group O
banqueters. But before he has reach
I. ed this stage. Mr.. Klelser, the n
structor. and the Y. NJ. C. A. peopl
believe that tongue twisters and tn
chorous work will get the student