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there and it puts liira in a delicate position to feel that he must 

 call them down or curtail their remarks, and I believe if he has the 

 leader for each section set out the work for the State speakers, 

 he is the one who can do that witli the least trouble to everyone. 



MB. SEEDS thought that the chairman of the institute would 

 go to the speakers on the program and tell them how much time 

 they could have and no more, that they would seldom be bothered 

 with bores. He thought the chairman should know the local speak- 

 ers, and if there was one among them inclined to talk too long, go 

 to him beforehand and put a limit upon him. 



MR. BURNS thought the section man and the local manager 

 should size up the program and have it so arranged that there 

 could be no trouble of this kind, and that they should go to the 

 speakers, both local and State, and tell them that they could haA'e 

 just so much time and then there could be no trouble of this kind. 



MR. NELSON thought that the chairman should allow the speak- 

 ers such time as he thought their talk was proving profitable; he 

 should cut down bad men and give ample time to those who were 

 valuable. 



MR. HALL: In regard to a long essay, it could be managed as I 

 saw it managed in a teacher's institute. We got up and moved that 

 the paper be published at the expense of the institute and read at 

 home. 



SECRETARY MARTIN: This subject, together with the other 

 subjects, have been of great interest to me. It may not be out of 

 place to remark, and this applies to all institute lecturers, local and 

 State; that we are living in a time in which it is proper and right, es- 

 pecially during the coming institute year, for every institute lect- 

 urer to consider well one or two things which, to my mind, are of 

 vital importance. The one is to concentrate your thoughts into the 

 most direct language possible that will convey those thoughts 

 clearly; that is one thing. The other, is to present to the audiences 

 the lessons which seem to apply to the special localities. This ap- 

 plies very directly to the corps of lecturers sent out by the State. 

 No two counties, or not many consecutive counties in Pennsylvania 

 have just the same practice and mode of operation on any line of 

 work; differing as to soil or latitude and the habits on different 

 farms as we find them. Now, talk good hard common sense, and 

 above everything use sufficient brevity to be well understood and 

 after you have done that, my advice to you lecturers is just to quit 

 at that time. That is the timo to quir on any topic. The American 

 people have gone by and outlived the time in which they want these 



