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Mastery of Speech: How to Speak on Public OccasionsHow to
Present Honors
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You are one of the judges at a contest of some sort, and it has devolved upon you to present the decision of the judges.
Follow these five steps and you will have no difficulty:
1. Speak of the pleasure that you and the other judges have had in assisting in the particular contest.
"It has been a real pleasure for the committee of judges to be present at such an excellent debate."
2. Speak of the general value of the type of work concerned.
"Debating is a great field for training in Americanism. It teaches how to present ideas, and how to prove that ideas are well founded, or falsely founded." (Enlarge upon the value of debating.)
3. Speak of the value of the particular contest.
"The debate this evening was unusually good. All the speakers showed evidence of long and careful study." (Continue with further details concerning excellence.)
4. Speak of the value of the best work in the contest.
"One side particularly had mastered every phase of the subject, and was able to speak with unusual logic and power." (Give specific details to prove excellence.)
5. Make the definite award.
"The judges, therefore, while congratulating all the speakers, award the prize to the affirmative side."
<>Go from the general to the particular. Use whatever complimentary and inoffensive humor you please to enliven your rendering of the decision. Above all, do not name the winner of the contest until the last.Apply this method to the making of any award.
The method is logical and simple, and will add dignity to the subject and to you as a speaker.
PROBLEM.
Think out the words that you would use in awarding the prize at a contest in public speaking.
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