5. "They also serve who only stand and wait."

16. "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war."

17. Deliver the speech to accompany the presentation of a set of
books.

18. Present to your community some needed memorial park, building, or
other monument.

19. Accept the gift for the community.

20. Challenge another class to debate.

21. Urge upon some organization support of some civic measure.

22. As a representative of the students present some request to the
authorities.

23. A meeting has been called to hear you because of your association
with some organization or movement. Deliver the speech.

24. Some measure or movement is not being supported as it should be. A
meeting of people likely to be interested has been called. Address the
meeting.

25. Appeal to your immediate associates to support some charitable
work.

26. Some organization has recently started a new project. Speak to it
upon its task.

27. An organization has successfully accomplished a new project.
Congratulate it.

28. Some early associate of yours has won recognition or success or
fame away from home. He is about to return. Speak to your companions
showing why they should honor him.

29. Choose some person or event worthy of commemoration. Arrange a
series of detailed topics and distribute them among members of the
class. Set a day for their presentation.

30. Choose a chairman. On the appointed day have him introduce the
topic and the speakers.

CHAPTER XIV

DRAMATICS

Difference between Public Speaking and Acting. In practically all the
aspects of public speaking you deliver your own thoughts in your own
words. In dramatic presentation you deliver the words already written
by some one else; and in addition, while you are delivering these
remarks you speak as though you were no longer yourself, but a totally
different person. This is the chief distinction between speaking in
public and acting. While you must memorize the lines you deliver when
you try to act like a character other than yourself, speeches in
dramatic production are not like usual memorized selections. Usually a
memorized selection does not express the feelings or opinions of a
certain character, but is likely to be descriptive or narrative. Both
prose and verse passages contain more than the uttered words of a
single person.

As preparation for exercise in dramatics, whether simple or elaborate,
training in memorizing and practice in