Edward Amherst Ott

              1919
FORM 272

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EDWARD AMHERST OTT
Author of Personality and Vocation
In a special Series of Lectures for Teachers' Institutes, Colleges, and Normal Schools



THE OTT LECTURES
FOR
Teachers' Institutes, Colleges and Normal Schools Given in Series of Five


SERIES No. 1 Personality Development
Definite instructions on personality and character development, and training in manners are coming to the American schools.  The Ott Personality Lectures are intended to give specific directions in this field.  The Personality Development Record is used for the basis of this series of lectures.


1.
The social need for definiteness in character-building guidance.
The present needs for character education.

2.
A study of cases.
3.
The need of a practical grading system in Personality Development and Vocational Guidance.
4.
The meaning of the units of the Personality Development Record, and how to eliminate confusion in this field.

1.
A practical demonstration of character complex.
2.
Methods of discipline based on them.

5.
The results that follow the use of the Chart.
Technical points and answers to questions.


The lecture on Personality Development was given eight times in Ithaca, N.Y., within six months.  It has been presented on the great Chautauqua circuits with marked results.





Training for Community Service

SERIES No. 2 The Technique of Community Events

1.
The teacher's relation to the community.
An introduction to the Technique of Community Events.

2.
The nature and purpose of Community Events.
A study of the logic of events.

3.
Organizing the Personnel for Events.
Development of team spirit and executive ability in schools, colleges and communities.

4.
Platform settings, stage decorations and the technique for special occasions.
5.
Detailed instructions for helpers and committees.
Introductions—platform manners—details of management.




Purpose of this Course of Lectures
The ever widening service of education is bringing vital opportunities to teachers and other educated leaders in community activities.  Detailed instructions have been lacking in the field of event-management.  The wide experience of thirty years on the lecture platform together with an intimate connection with educational institutions has enabled Mr. Ott to develop a practical series of lectures for the guidance of teachers, superintendents and community workers.





The Art of Living Lectures

SERIES No. 3 Vital Popular Themes
Given singly or in series for Colleges, Normal Schools and Institutes.


1.
PERSONALITY AND VOCATION
A presentation of the problems of Guidance.
2.
SOUR GRAPES—Given over 4,000 times.
A Study in Heredity and Marriage.
3.
THE SPENDERS—A Study in the Use of Money.

Any one of the No. 3 series of lectures can be booked as a single unit of a lyceum or lecture course.



Appreciations
The outstanding feature of Mr. Ott's work is its eminently practical note.

It hitches a wagon to the stars, but chiefly it keeps one's feet firmly on every-day ground.  It does not seek the impossible.

His keynote is that conduct alone makes and demonstrates character; that conduct and character must be the result of personal functioning; that no one demonstrates character except through personal conduct.

The members of the Institute were all very much impressed with the necessity of directing efforts for personnel improvement.

Dr. Ott's course on Personality Grading with lectures and text could be scheduled with great advantages, by Merchants' Bureaus of Chambers of Commerce, and other commercial and industrial organizations, for it aims to improve one of the most important factors limiting the growth and development of many concerns—the character of its personnel.



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