Roscoe Gilmore Stott: dinstinguished writer and impersonative lecturer

              1920
ROSCOE GILMORE STOTT DISTINGUISHED WRITER AND IMPERSONATIVE LECTURER

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THIS MAN STOTT
Here is a genius of three-sided gifts.  He made a record in educational work.  He has sold verse and prose to fifty magazines — among them the Ladies' Home Journal, Life, The Munsey, Leslie's and many others, and is author of three books.  He is associate editor of The Lyceum Magazine.  But his lecture success seems to have equaled or bettered his other achievements.  One platform manager enjoyed calling him the livest wire connected with foot-lights.  His humorous and dramatic sallies give good reason for the compliment.  Roscoe Gilmore Stott received the degree of Litt. D. for his literary attainments, but he is down-on-earth and makes a very human appeal before audiences.  No public speaker more thoroughly loves—folks.  In his home town he is highly respected.  He has done many things along community lines.  His father was a college president; his mother an artist.  Roscoe Gilmore Stott, himself, grew up in the study of men and their problems and is a distinguished sociologist, both writing and talking always upon social themes.  He is a member of the Authors' League of America, The International Rotary Club and is listed in Who's Who in America.  Strickland Gillilan recently wrote him saying, You have a great place to fill and you are filling it wonderfully well.



Taken from THE MAN SINGS
(By STOTT)

BLOOD OF THY BLOOD
(Published in People's Home Journal.)

Blood of thy blood am I; kind of thy kind;
Heart of thy heart—thine own; mind of thy mind.
Child of thy hope am I; child of thy care;
Child of thy guiding hand; child of thy prayer.
Forth from thyself I came; helpless I clung;
From thee I took my law; from thee, my tongue.
With only love to pay—for my poor fee—
Debtor to God I live, debtor to thee.



TOMORROW'S LAND
(Published in Putnam's Monthly.)

Beyond the sunset is Tomorrow's Land,
Whose shores lie gleaming with their golden sand.
A dream—and an awakening—and we
Have sailed unthinking o'er an unknown sea!
What hopes, what fears, what joys—our hearts demand—
Are waiting, waiting in Tomorrow's Land?





Doctor Roscoe Gilmore Stott's Messages with Meaning and Mirth

THE MAN'S-SIZE JOB
This has been given hundreds of times under the title, The Pillar-Lifter.  It is a social study of the place of the individual in the crowd.  It is highly dramatic and humorous — probably the most humorous of the Stott series.

DYING ON THIRD
This message is especially adapted to the younger generation.  It is frankly inspirational, but in this lecture the speaker builds a solid case.  It details the fatality of those who fail to score in the great game of life.

BIRDS I WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT—AND OTHERS
This is another humorus study of social problems and has been called by some A Bird's-eye View of the American Home.  It is also humorous and dramatic.

MY FRIEND, THE WORLD
This was frankly built for rural audiences that they might better understand the changing world in which we live.  It has been used in many sections of the country.

THE STUFF O' LIFE
This is a lecture-recital of Doctor Stott's best published verse.




TWO SUNDAY TALKS:
The King Who Went Hungry and The Light on the Road.

TWO HIGH SCHOOL TALKS:
Deliver Your Blow!  and People—and Pianos.

An educational series called Educational Quicksands, and many literary discussions.





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SAY IT WITH FLOWERS!

The American Magazine (June, 1919) said:
That Roscoe Gilmore Stott was one of three literary men who could please audiences.

Mrs. G. D. Hewitt, President, New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, said:

That Dr. Roscoe Gilmore Stott should be heard by every club woman.

President J. G. Crabbe, Colorado State Teachers' College, said:

That as an inspirational speaker Roscoe Gilmore Stott has only one near competitor.

Dr. J. F. Fraser, President, Indiana Baptist State Convention, said:

That Dr. Stott is the most natural humorist in America.


The Burlington, Vermont, papers said:
That the Stott lecture during chautauqua week was the greatest mental barrage ever delivered in that city, and urged his return.


The Lancaster, Ohio, daily said:
That to say Roscoe Gilmore Stott made a hit was putting it too mildly; that Lancaster awaited him every time he would return.

BUT WHAT DOES REDPATH SAY?  Dr. William A. Colledge: Stott is a genius; Brooks Fletcher: He is making greater strides than any lecturer in the field; Vernon Harrison: Has scored a high batting average in our territory; C. A. Peffer: He is a marvel with audiences.



Mr. Stott has sold Verse, Humor, Short Stories, and Articles, to:

Associated Sunday Magazine
All Story Magazine (Munsey Co.)
Biff (humorous journal)
The Cavalier
The Chapbook
The Chicago Tribune
The Editor
The Educator-Journal
The Educational Monthly
Every Week
The Edison Monthly
Hearst's Magazine
Holland's Magazine
The Housekeeper
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Judge
Judge Quarterly
Ladies' Home Journal
Ladies' World
Leslie's Weekly
Lippincott's Magazine
The Metropolitan Magazine
Mac Dougall's Magazine
The Munsey Magazine
The National Monthly
Outer's Book
Puck
People's Home Journal
The Pacific Monthly
Putnam's Monthly
The Reader Magazine
Satire
Short Stories
The Teacher
Life
Literary Bulletin
Woman's Magazine
Photoplay Magazine
Golfer's Magazine
Fraternal Magazine Syndicate
Lyceum News
Green Book
Mother's Magazine
Physical Culture
Uncle Sam's Boy
American Motherhood
Lyceum Magazine
Independent Weekly