Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
BRYCE GUEST At IOWA CIV
Eagiish Anhas5ador Talks 20 Uni
vsrsity Convention.
LAUDs LINCOLN As sPEAzER
rusnta Out Gaad Traits and
D-fert. % sane % Great
Orator. st worlds
HEsanrr.

IOWA CITY. Ia. April B-,speciaI rsIs-
gram Praises flr Abrahum LIncuin.H
srvIs 1f speaking and strong approval u
Us ld0pCun b. subsequent American speak
-r4 vas heartily voiced BY james Bryce.
British ambassaior -1 -ha United States.
n rs speech ln the art Ok public speaking
before the f1rrv-f1urth convention u the
-1.ra-sity 1f iowa here Iast night
M-rn tuUrgv aneut In American public
r7elkirg is due -1 Abraham Lincoln. said
.ra sDeakar rfis t8rra. power, clearuess
lrt -8gsncy Of argument had A powerful
4 iuence- We owe this severe style %
- coin. Amba8satcr Bryce teplrrrd tha
sxcessive use of jokes and Iuccioras tn
the average American sueecn. There Is a
zeal tendency 10 60 too tar and use JOKES
dat are .rraveiant said ina statesman.
They may have no bearing % the speech.
rhH should be reDrsssed
Points f1r the sgudenrs 20 remember IN
the art OF public speaking we're outlined
Ea follows Always aave something 70 say.
always know what you mean 90 say. a.
ways arrange your speech. always be
clear. always consider beforehand what
saud af An audience you have 10 address,
evays avoid suDertluoua orunment never
Weary your audience
Ii closing be spcks u five English era
tors 0f the twentieth century. recalling
briefly various recolIeCt3ous The last was
Gladstone. and A11Bazsador Brycs told u
his rauIra "a ven as his ggod character
.srlcs AS u public speaker.
Ike vas over subtitle and over copiouH. r
was one Of his remarks. "Ofteu1rues
Thought it better 4 he would have cur out
the Iasr une-third or oue-haIr oc his
speeches.. He often times talked over the
5eopie's heads"
Dinner BY President lIaeLean-
AmhasHador BryCa arrived az 3.3g r1ia
H-rsruuon and was met dc the Depot by
.1a regiment OF 800 students. vino escurrsi
him 20 President MacLean4 residence
headed by the university band. Altar a
short rest the noted visitor vas taken rl
the home OF Dean c.. n. Gregory of the
College of Law. Tea vas served and a
short reception held.
AT q o'clock President George z. Mac
Lean entertained the statesman at dinner
College presidents OF the state and mem
beers Of the Board OF Educayiuu we're pres
ent. as c1l7ows- President e. A Schnsl l
Upper I1w1 university, President q. W
Edwards Of Penn college. President LuE1el
Freeman OF Moruiugside college, Presiden
W e. Parsons Of Parsons college. Presi
dent J. H T. Main OF GrinnsiI cnIege ans
President L A. Marquis OF C0s college
and Roger Leavttr Of Cedar Falls. FacuICl
members al the dinner we're. Prof. Samus
Calvin. senior Professor OF the university
flru1er Dean " aid and the deans Jf tn
university. Llaureuant NJ. C. Mumma, mar
shaI OF the day; Judge EmIin McLaIn, IN
resident member OF the supreme court o
iowa. and Euclid Sanders, representing III
Iowa City Commercial ciuh.
Tomorrow morning Mr.. Bryce will rs
main IN iowa City until noon for the pUr
pose Of studying the conditions In the Uni
versiry Of Iowa According % presel
Elans,, he VIII. be iuInated inta tina lsgl
tra1ernirY oc PhA Delta Phi a chapter q
vh1cn is in the local Jaw school. He leave
for Grinuel at u.5g