THE ORATOR IN 1930.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1930, Page 3

THE ORATOR IN 1930.

"“The orator of to-day does -not, as was said' by a Greek of a Greek, ‘smooth the locks, adjust the tresses, and vary the braids ol : his cornel;, creations.’ fie does not dance before die altar of his aln.se, varying his step lor' sheer love to the- rhetorical art. thither lie makes a' plain statement o. 'his thesis, appealing more to the logical facilities of- his: audience than to the emotional,or aesthetic,” says ; leader writer in'fthe “Glasgow Herald.” “The purpose of oratory, is to prove your point (or seem to prove it), and iho means adopted are correction, instruction, suggestion, and defence. Til. orator of to-day follows these; Peri pate tie rules. By its neglect of auphonious and harmonious speech, public lift of to-day has indeed lost a pearl o' great price. Will the peai Ihe recovered?' Not immediately, for the pro blenis. of the industrial State tie the attention to technical fact, preventing ..e exercise of the philosophic and emotional imagination. The orator ivlu treated these problems rhetorically ii the llouery or Asiatic manner would hi condemned as Plato condemned the Sophistsv and rightly fob. If the Future has more leisurely times in store th pearl will he found again.’’