Page 552 - The model orator, or, Young folks' speaker : containing the choicest recitations and readings from the best authors for schools, public entertainments, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc. : including recitals in prose and verse ...
P. 552
If the chairman rises to speak, the person standing must sit down, that tie
chair may be first hoard.
No otic; is to speak impertinently, or beside the question, or to mse indecent
language; against the proceedings of the house. Nor should a person in speaking,
mention another then present, by his name, but should describe him by his seat, or
is ' Lthe gentleman who spoke last,” or, ’Lu« the other sirle of the question,” eic.
Any one when called to order by another or 1>y the chair, must sit down, and
not proceed without leave until the question of order shall have been decided by
the chair,
"\V 1)ilo the presiding officer is addressing the house or putting a. question, no
Otic should cross the floor or leave the room ; nor while another is speaking, walk
between him and the chair.
Adjournment.
A motion to adjourn is not susceptible of amendment. If it is desirable to
adjourn to any particular place or time, this may he accomplished by a previous
resolution to that effect,
S U R JR C T S TO R D ISC U SSIO N ,
I. Which would be of greater benefit to the country, a Protective Tariff, or a
Tariff for Revenue only?
2- Ought Laws to he enacted For restricting foreign Immigration?
3. Does more evil than benefit result fruau laws permitting Divorce?
4 . Prohibition, or High License—which ?
5. Which waii the greater Orator, Demosthenes 01 Cicero ?
tJoTif.-—'The discussion of this question must include references to style, aim
and effect’ artislicab Tjnrti LmI and moral power,
6. Ha? the J^esir of Punishment, or the Hope of Reward, the greater influence
on Human Cou^uet?
NOTJf.' This question involves considerations of great importance, It has
to do with Education, Government., and Religion. The feur of punishment is the
principle usually supposed to influence us; and upun this principle, for the most
part, education, lawsh a:id religious instruction are founded; hut many of the
■;vipest men are beginning to doubt this system*
7 . Is Corporal Punishment justifiable?
R, Is a Classical Education a benefit to a man engaged in ordinary Business?
9, Ts Labor justified in organizing" against Capital?
10, Should thtre he a Board of Arbitration appointed by the Government for
settling disputes between employees and employers ?