Abdomen, control of, 72-74
Acting and directing, books on,
366
Acting, rules for, 343
Action and voice, variety of, 19-20
Activity of speech, 6, 47; exercises
in, 48
Advice for the actual debate, 390
Analogy, 211
Analysis of sentence meaning, 108
Analyzing speech, 26
Arms, movement of, 58
Articulation, 33, 96, 102-104
Articulation exercises, 103-104
Aspects of bodily control, 37
Aspirate tone, 79
Association of ideas, 182
Attention, getting and holding,
13-14
Attention values in spoken lan-
guage, 158
Attitude of the speaker, 110-119
Audibility and visibility, 12-13
Audiences, tastes of, 16, 231
Bearing and posture, 49
Belief as an element of thought,
28-29
"Be Natural," 49
Bodily control, aspects of, 37, 67
Body, mastery of the whole, 38, 42-
Books of one-act plays, list of, 363
Books on directing and acting,
'list of, 366
Breathing, abdominal, 71, 73
Brief, the, 383; exercises in make
ing the, 389-390
Carrying of thought in speech,
Cast, choosing a, 356
Causes, explaining, 212
Choosing debaters, 381
Choosing the play, 355
Clapp, J. M., quoted, 50, 54, 57
Coherence, providing, 247; exer-
cises in, 249
Communication, forms of, 4
Conciliation, the method of, 279
Considerations in the use of voice,
70
Consonant sounds, 33, 70-71, 87
Content, logical and emotional,
298
Continuity in bodily activity, 47
Continuity in speech, 139
Control, conscious, 61-62
Control of touch, 82
Conversation, 219
Conversation, improvement of,
221; exercises in, 225-227
Conviction, how to establish a,
189-198; exercises in, 198-199
Corson, Hiram, quoted, 66
Costumers, list of, 366
Criticism of self, 62
Culture and tastes, 16
Curry, S. S., quoted, 43
Debaters, choosing, 381
Debating, 380; exercises in 398-400
Definition as an aid in thinking,
209
Delivery in debate, 395
Descriptive gestures, 60-61
Diaphragm, use of, 71-72
Directing and Acting, books on,
366
Directing a play for school or
class, 355
Directory of plays and stage acces-
sories, 361
Dramatic presentation, exercises
in, 351-354
Economy as a means of securing
attention, 160-163
Effectiveness and ineffectiveness,
20, 49
Elements in spoken language, 145
Emerson, quoted, 190, 193
Emotional content, 299
Emphasis, how to secure, 123;
exercises in securing, 125, 266-
267
Emphasis by rate, 114
Emphatic gestures, 60
Expression, oral, 67
Expressiveness, 110
Facts, selecting, 269
Fidgeting, 54
Four phases of speech, the, 22
Frobisher, quoted, 8
Fundamental nature of speech, the,
3
Generalization, 210
General purposes in outlining, 251
Gestures, 37-38, 55-58, 60-61;
exercises in, 63-66
Getting the perspective, 308
Good speech, 1
Grammar, exercises in, 149–150
Guttural tone, 79
Habit of bodily control, 61
Habits and their relation to tastes,
16
Hands, positions of, 58-59
Head and face as instruments of
gesture, 59
Ideas that need emphasis, 137
Imagination, 30-31; improve-
ment of, 204; exercises in, 207-
208
Imitation in speaking, 6
Impersonation, exercises in, 342
Impressiveness, the method, 275
Improvement of powers of ob-
servation, 175
Improving thinking for speech, 171
Instruction, the method of, 277
Interest and speech, 15, 24
Issues, finding the, 385; exercises
in, 387
Jaw, necessity of loose, 77; exer-
cises in securing, 77
Judging debate, 396
Kerfoot, quoted, 294, 325
Kinds of meaning in reading, 298
Kinds of reading,
291
Kinesiology, 37
Language in formal public speeches,
157
Language, problems and exercises
in use of, 23, 31-32, 164-169
Learning to speak, 6
Levels of meaning, 300
Lip consonants, formation of, 88
Logical content, 298
Lungs, 71
Mastering the whole body for
speech, 40
Meaning, exercises in getting, 302
Meaning in reading, kinds of, 298
Memory, 28, 181
Movement, 51-53; exercises in, 55
Muscles of the abdomen, 72-73
Names, drill in pronunciation of
proper, 99-102
Nasal tone, 79-80
Naturalness, 49-50
Nature of acting, 338
Nature of conversation, 219
Nature of voice, 70
Observation, 27-28, 172, 173
One-act plays, 354, 367–375
Oral English, 142
Oral reading, 295
Oral tone, 78; exercises in, 79
Organization of play personnel,
360
Orotund tone, 78-79
Outline topics, developing, 273,
283; exercises in, 284-287
Outlines, types of, 250
Outlining the speech, 243; exer-
cises in, 246-247
Palate consonants, formation of,
95-96
Pantomime copying, 324; exercises
in, 326
Paraphrasing, 315; exercises in,
316
Parts of thinking process, 172
Pauses, use of, 134–135
Pectoral tone, 79
Personnel of the play, the, 360
Perspective, exercises in develop-
ing, 311
Phrasing, 135
Pitch, attitude shown by level of,
118; exercises in, 119–123
Pitch in emphasis, 126
Play, choosing the, 355
Plays, books of one-act, 363-365
Plays, long, 375–379
Plays, list of one-act, 367-375
Position in space, association by,
184
Position in time, association by,
183
Posture, 37-38, 49-51; exercises
in, 51
Processes of speech, 23
Pronunciation, 33; exercises in,
97-104
Propositions, exercises in, 242-
243
Propositions for the debate, 382,
397-398; exercises in develop-
ing, 383
Public speaking, 228
Public speaking, steps in prepara-
tion for, 229
Public speeches, language in for-
mal, 157-158
Publishers of plays, 362
Purpose in speaking, 10, 29-30,
199, 251
Rate as emphasis, 114
Rate, exercises in, 115-118
Reading, 290
Reading to others, 301
Reasoning, 31, 209; exercises in,
214-218
Rebuttal, 393
Rehearsals, 358
Relationship, association by, 185
Resonance, 78
Rules for acting, 343, 349
Scenery and settings, 366
Selecting speech material, 268
Self-criticism, value of, 62–63
Sentence meaning, 35, 58, 104,
108; exercises in, 104-106
Shakespeare, quoted, 17
Shurter, quoted, 158
Signals, importance of visible, 46
Silent reading, 291
Slides, downward and upward,
126-128
Slouchiness, 50
"Socialized" assignments, 287-
289
Sounds, consonant, 70-71, 87
Sounds of American speech, the,
83
Sources of common ground, 279
Sources of interestingness, 15
Speaker and spoken to, 6
Speaking, tests of good, 9-10
Speaking with the whole body, 42
Speech analyzed, 26
Speech, the four phases of, 23-24
Speech, the importance of good, 3,
8, 25
"Speech is carrying thought," 26-
Spoken and written language, 152-
Stage speech, 339; exercises in,
351-354
Stage technique, rules for, 349
Step, as emphasis, the, 129-132
Steps in preparing for public
speaking, 229
Strength in speaking, 47
Studying the proposition, 383
Subject, choosing the, 229
Sympathy and tact in speaking, 18
Tastes, determining of, 16–17
Tendencies, human, 232; exer-
cises in studying, 238-239
Tennyson, quoted, 46
Tests of good speaking, the, 9
Thinking and the body, 44
Thinking for speech, 170
Thought, process of, 23, 26-27, 172
Throat, how to get an open, 75-77
Time, attitude shown by, 115, 133
Tone-copying, 323; exercises in,
326
Tone-making, 70-75
Tone quality, use of, 77-78, 80-81,
111
Tongue consonants, formation of,
90-95
Touch in speaking, 81-82
Unity, securing, 239
Using language in speech, 142
Value of preparation, 228
Variety as a means of securing at-
tention, 19-20, 163-164
Variety in emphasis, 126
Visible action, 23, 36-37
Vividness as a means of securing
attention, 159-160
Vizetelly, quoted, 146
Vocabulary building, 145-146;
exercises in, 147-148
Vocal strength, exercises in secur-
ing, 81-82, 114, 136
Voice, 67
Voice and sentence meaning, 104
Voice, the nature of, 32, 43, 68, 70-
71, 112-113
Vowel sounds, 32-33, 70; exercises
in, 83-87
What good speech involves, 23
Wordsworth, quoted, 190
Writing and talking contrasted, 150
"A hurry of hoofs in a village
street," 117
"And there was mounting in hot
haste," 117
Armistice Day, 307
At His Brother's Grave, 311
"A voice by the cedar-tree,"
Character of Charles the First,
The, 333
"Courage, brother, do not stum-
ble," 323
Crossing the Bar, 310
Epilogue to Asolando, 310
Farewell to Springfield, 314
"Gone to be married," 120
Hamlet's Advice to the Players,
302
"He knew to bide his time," 116
"He passes the fountain, the
blasted pine tree," 117
"He was in logic a great critic,"
305
"How ill this taper burns!" 133
"I heard the trailing garments of
"It is a beauteous evening," 120
Knapp-White Murder Case, The,
316
Lord Chatham's Eloquence, 304
Marcellus to Bernado, 121
Marmion, 332
"Meanwhile that devil-may-care,
the bobolink," 122
Men are Four, 318
Mercy, 315
Message to Garcia, A, 334
National Flag, The, 303
New South, The, 312
"Oh young Lochinvar is come out
of the West," 120
"O the South Wind and the Sun,"
Present Crisis, The, 304
Protest against Sentence as a
Traitor, 330
Raven, The, 121
Reply to Corry, 328
Reply to Hayne, 326
Roosevelt, 306
"Sail forth into the sea, O ship!"
Selection from Democratic Key-
note Speech in 1920, 320
Selection from Republican Cam-
paign Speech in 1916, 319
Song of the Brook, The, 303
"Stand, the ground's your own,
my braves!" 113
"Tell you what I like the best,"
"The day is cold and dark and
dreary," 111
"The night hath a thousand eyes,"
116
"They never fail who die in a
great cause," 305
"Under the greenwood tree," 122
"Under the wide and starry sky,"
109
"We look before and after," 121
"We watched her breathing
through the night," 112
"What should I say to you?" 109
"What's that so black agin the
sun?" 117
"Ye crags and peaks," 110, 113
Young Lawyer, The, 304
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