A Survey Of Speech Education In Selected North Carolina High Schools

It was the purpose of this problem (1) to survey the previous training in speech of a selected group of college freshmen, namely, the 285 students represented in the Freshman Class of Appalachian State Teachers College in the Spring Quarter of 1953, (2) to ascertain the extent of participation in speech activities in which they engaged in high school, (3) to determine the formal class training, or lack of it, and (4) to make certain recommendations and suggestions for high school speech training in light of the findings revealed in the survey.