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1. KINs.h.i.+P, A FOUNDATION STONE OF CIVILIZATION.

"The State," Woodrow Wilson.

2. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.

"The Popular Initiative and Referendum," O.M. Barnes.

3. RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

Article in _Independent_, 53: 2874; article in _North American Review_, 178: 205.

4. IS MANKIND PROGRESSING?

Book of same t.i.tle, M.M. Ballou.

5. MOSES THE PEERLESS LEADER.

Lecture by John Lord, in "Beacon Lights of History."

NOTE: This set of books contains a vast store of material for speeches.

6. THE SPOILS SYSTEM.

Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Henry van d.y.k.e, reported in the _New York Tribune_, February 25, 1895.

7. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS.

Part III, Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania, 1912.

8. IMMIGRATION AND DEGRADATION.

"Americans or Aliens?" Howard B. Grose.

9. WHAT IS THE THEATRE DOING FOR AMERICA?

"The Drama Today," Charlton Andrews.

10. SUPERSt.i.tION.

"Curiosities of Popular Custom," William S. Walsh.

11. THE PROBLEM OF OLD AGE.

"Old Age Deferred," Arnold Lorand.

12. WHO IS THE TRAMP?

Article in _Century_, 28: 41.

13. TWO MEN INSIDE.

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," R.L. Stevenson.

14. THE OVERTHROW OF POVERTY.

"The Panacea for Poverty," Madison Peters.

15. MORALS AND MANNERS.

"A Christian's Habits," Robert E. Speer.

16. JEW AND CHRISTIAN.

"Jesus the Jew," Harold Weinstock.

17. EDUCATION AND THE MOVING PICTURE.

Article by J. Berg Esenwein in "The Theatre of Science," Robert Grau.

18. BOOKS AS FOOD.

"Books and Reading," R.C. Gage and Alfred Harcourt.

19. WHAT IS A NOVEL?

"The Technique of the Novel," Charles F. Home.

20. MODERN FICTION AND MODERN LIFE.

Article in _Lippincott's_, October, 1907.

21. OUR PROBLEM IN MEXICO.

"The Real Mexico," Hamilton Fyfe.

22. THE JOY OF RECEIVING.

Article in _Woman's Home Companion_, December, 1914.

23. PHYSICAL TRAINING VS. COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

Article in _Literary Digest_, November 28, 1914.

24. CHEER UP.

"The Science of Happiness," Jean Finot.

25. THE SQUARE PEG IN THE ROUND HOLE.

"The Job, the Man, and the Boss," Katherine Blackford and Arthur Newcomb.

26. THE DECAY OF ACTING.

Article in _Current Opinion_, November, 1914.

27. THE YOUNG MAN AND THE CHURCH.

"A Young man's Religion," N. McGee Waters.

28. INHERITING SUCCESS.

Article in _Current Opinion_, November, 1914.

29. THE INDIAN IN OKLAHOMA.

Article in _Literary Digest_, November 28, 1914.

30. HATE AND THE NATION.

Article in _Literary Digest_, November 14, 1914.

APPENDIX C

SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES[36]

With Occasional Hints on Treatment