, 1922-04-06
PUBLIC SPEAKING
CLASS HOLDS BANQUET

The First Annual Banquet of the
Rawlins Public Speaking Glass,
staged in the club dining room at the
Ferris Hotel, on Thursday evening of
last week. was a most enjoyable and
entertaining affair.
About twenty-five members of the
graduating class and a similar mum
Der OF guests convened at the hotel
at Z O'Clock. and after doing justice
to an unusually we'll appointed ban
quet table, a number of the gradu-
ates began to exhibit u~nmistakable
symptoms Of q desire to demonstrate
their newly acQired art, AS this feel
ing seemed to be in harmony with
the spirit Of the occasion. Toastmaster
/. w. Dinsmore unhesitatingly pro-
ceeded to call on those most acutely
affected.
The program took the familiar form
of graduating exercises, and F. w.
Rendle, as Sal~utatorian, opened the
ceremonies with a masterful address
ease. and established for himself an
enviable reputation as one of the
foremost orators of the class.
DR.. c. w. Jeffery then cav a brief
and pleasing resume of the short but
hectic history of the class, and this
was followed by the class song. writ
ten especially for the occasion by
graduate J. W. Wisda.
The class prophecy, by d. II.
Higley, accurately reflected the I'M
doubted success in store for the va
rious graduates, and H. f. Dunlap
then proceeded to elaborate on the
class motto, Cum Finitum Sedeamus,
or. when you're thru. sit down"
This is without doubt one of the
foremost rules of speaking. and Mr..
Dunlap handled the subject with An
abandon Of wit and humor which was
at once impressive and entertaining.
There was much speculation as to
why the cauliflower should have been
chosen as the class flower, but f. C.
Bertagnolli had no difficulty In clari-
flying the situation with a few w"ll
chosen remarks. He painted the
charming table delicacy in colors OF
unrivalled beauty. and graced it with
attributes hitherto ~undreamed of in
such a lowly and humble vegetable.
and none thereafter doubted the wis
dom of its choice.
The class colors, green and blue,
at first blush appeared to be an I'M
happy combination, but under the
skilful manipulation of Ed Smythe
these modest colors readily assumed
an appropriate Significance and dig
n'tv. As this talented speaker
pointed out. the student body was I'M
Usually green in the beginning, but
the air was now literally blue with
scintillating oratory.
The class poem. written and de-
livered by I. w. Dfnsmore, was an
unparalleled example Of inspiration
and genius, and the author has kind
ly given The Republican to publish it.
which we will do next week.
|Orman c. King, Valedictorian,
chose as his subject. Our Duty to
the Higher Vision" and his short but
impressive text was happily conceived
'',' ""'1 delivered.
So c. A. Anderson closed
, ". lam with an unprecedented
burst of oratory. in which he f%ervent-
ly consigned the graduating students
to the tender mercies of a world
waiting to be conquered, following
which he presented each graduate
with a diploma comforting the degree
Of B. s. bachelor of Speaking.
Delightful vocal solos were rend-
cred by Mrs. c. w. Jeffrey and Prof.
c. A. Anderson, and I. W. Dinsmore,
as = toastmaster, contributed very
largely to the success of the affair
with his we'll phrased and entertain
ing Introduction Of each speaker.
Promptly at 10 o'clock everyone de-
parted with the feeling Of having
spent a most pleasant and profitable
ayeDinp