PUBLIC SPEAKING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 788, 8 October 1929, Page 8

PUBLIC SPEAKING

etr— I was pleased to see a writer in vour pape:- or: Saturday mention a revival public speaking m Auckland. In the past there has been a d~. ■- standard of speaking here—nothing ■ to compare -.vith the old days when j some of the finest speakers in thm Dominion competed anting the debating clubs in this City. It is gratifying to see that the Auek- . land Manufacturers’ Association has given tangible assistance toward reviv-

! platform speaking: and Incident- ' ally stimulating' interest in New Zealand industrial questions. It shows at least that the Manufacturers’ Association is willing to have the whole question of the development of manti- 1 fact tiring industries analysed impartially on the public platform. I understand that there are impromtu : ; speech classes in the competitions. I Here is an opportunity for the judge ! of the class—or the society, | whoever sets the subjects—to ass.st , * by setting subjects which will help r • speakers to use their speeches for their 1 own experience and remove the class ■ j of a glorious burlesque on to a plane Nobody warts to discuss the pe -:e of the world in an impromptu speech, but to go to the other extreme. and set a farcical subject like Love” as was done last year, seem? to be nothing short of ludicrous. TRIER.