Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label elocution. Show all posts

Showing posts with label elocution. Show all posts

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Talk — The Manner of It

1916 The high schools and colleges of the day ought to do something more to teach students how to talk. The young men would be better off fo...

Friday, April 4, 2008

Jumbled English

1919 A school patron talking with a prominent educator the other day said that with all of the effort made in North Carolina schools to give...

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Commas and Inflection Make a Difference

1895 Commas and Inflection A Good Deal Depends on Them Sometimes We published recently an account of a suit for heavy damages arising from l...

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Professor Teaches Telephone Girls to Smile, Speak Pleasantly

1902 Telephone Girl's Smile Chicago telephone girls are learning the art of sending smiles over the wires. It is true only a few of the ...

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