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COLLEGE SPEECH CONTEST FINALS

REWARDING EXPERIENCE

It is a rewarding experience to listen to 16 young people each making a speech on their own chosen subject, says the Rev. N. R. Martin in this week's Voice of the Churches. Rewarding because it tells you something of the interests of the speakers, it shows you what they are reading, and how they are reading it. For anyone to be able to speak for six or seven minutes on spacecraft, he must have read about it and grasped the significance of these achievements, at least in part. For someone to give you a neat, well-thought out biography of a famous person, there must first be research, thought, and usually some kind of interpretation given of that person's life and achievements. To speak knowledgably of an event in ancient or modern history, involves attention to detail and a sense of its importance — at least for the speaker. Anyone who heard this week's public speaking at the College must have been very satisfied, even proud, of the ability of these young people to express themselves in such a way that we who listened, were able to follow and understand them and appreciate their words. Public speaking, with or without notes, is becoming a rare accomplishment. In a day when the radio, Tv. and the newspaper fill us with words, we find little opportunity to express ourselves, and while we can listen to others speaking there is little incentive to say what we think. Yet this is surely something we can ill afford to lose. We need to be able to say what is in our minds and hearts, we need to speak so that we can be heard, for

only those who are prepared to speak can guide or direct others or share with others the developing thoughts of our own minds. Speech is the primary means whereby we communicate with one another. It was Churchill's greatness to speak with a grand flow of words that rolled off his tongue like a powerful stream. He made his mark on the life of the world by the power of the spoken word. But the power he controlled was nothing when compared with the spoken word of the Carpenter of Galilee. For simplicity of word and

phrase, for clarity of thought, for persuasiveness and effect on his hearers, Jesus of Nazareth is matchless. You haven't heard Him speak lately? Then may I suggest that you listen as someone reads to you the words He spoke, recorded in the Gospels. "A certain man had two sons; and the younger of them. , "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves . . You will find them both in the Gospel according to St. Luke.

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Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 63, 12 August 1965, Page 6

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COLLEGE SPEECH CONTEST FINALS REWARDING EXPERIENCE Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 63, 12 August 1965, Page 6

COLLEGE SPEECH CONTEST FINALS REWARDING EXPERIENCE Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 63, 12 August 1965, Page 6

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