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Mastery of Speech: How to Speak
on Public Occasions
How to Accept Office
KEY
WORDS: IN ACCEPTING OFFICE EMPHASIZE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
Your society has
elected you to an important office. In the general good cheer of the
occasion there are calls— "Speech! Speech!"
It is an embarrassing moment for you. What shall you say?
Here are four simple steps to follow that will carry you through with
credit:
1.
Express your thanks for the honor that has been conferred upon you.
"I thank you for the honor that you have conferred upon me. I have no
other duty that I shall carry out with greater interest."
2. Speak of
the principles of the organization that
elected you its officer.
"You know that the principles of our order are good fellowship,
loyalty, and mutual aid." (Elaborate and explain the principles of the
order.)
3. Show what the
organization has done in the past.
"During the past year we have nearly doubled our membership. We have
found new quarters, and we have greatly strengthened all the work of
the society." (Give further details.)
4. Show that you propose,
while in office, to carry out the principles you have just named.
"It will be my earnest effort to promote good fellowship by every means
in my power. I shall propose a series of entertainments of a social
nature that will bring us all closer together in friendship." (Continue
by showing how you will carry out the other principles you have named.)
5. Say that you accept the
office with a full understanding of the principles of the society and
of the work to be done.
"Therefore it is with a full understanding of the principles of our
order that I accept the honor you have given me. I assure you that my
whole effort will be to carry out these principles in the year to come."
PROBLEM.
You have been elected head of your favorite organization. Think out the
words of an appropriate speech of acceptance.
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