SAYING A FEW WORDS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 441, 5 December 1930, Page 6

SAYING A FEW WORDS.

an unconseiousably long time people unfitted for public speaking take to say a few words! The ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone of the Technical College Hostel was marred by the innane, aimless amblings of those who preceded the Minister of Education. Mr Veitch’s reference to the remarkable powers of endurance displayed by the audience were thoroughly justified. The lack of precision of speech and the barrenness of the thoughts expressed were painful in the extreme and even though some were modest enough to confess that they had forgotten their notes, what they did say revealed that their notes would not have helped them much. The speeches were more appropriate for a public debate rather than for a felicitious function to the Minister of Education and the Technical High School. The one speaker who revealed his ability to say a few words, appropriate, apt. and to the point was the Head Boy of the School. Mr Fleteher and Mr YV. J. Rogers certainly shared undisputed second place in this regard. For the rest the speeches were inordinate in length, inappropriate in material and, with the exception of the chairman’s introduction, wholly unnecessary.