Toastmasters History
Toastmasters began as a series of speaking clubs organized by this man.
Ralph C. Smedley
This club officer holds the 4th highest club rank, right above Secretary.
VPPR
Maryland’s State Motto is the Latin phrase “Fatti Maschii Parole Femine”, which translates to this.
“Strong Deeds, Gentle Words” or “Manly Deeds, Womanly Words".
Delaware Bay is home to more of these marine animals than anywhere else in the world, which have remained mostly unchanged for the past 300 million years.
Horseshoe Crab
This spice’s original name, “Delicious Brand Shrimp and Crab Seasoning”, was later renamed after a steamship route that operated on the Chesapeake Bay from 1840 to 1962.
Old Bay
The first unofficial Toastmasters meeting was held on March 24 of this year.
1905
Each club is allotted two votes at District Council meetings, one for each of these two officers.
President and VPE
Maryland got its name from the first British colony established in the area in 1632 in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of this English Monarch.
King Charles I
This native marine animal gets its scientific name from Greek words for “beautiful” and “swimmer” even though it doesn’t swim. Females can lay up to 8 million eggs in one season.
Blue Crab
This classic Maryland beer was the first in the nation to start selling beer in six packs, during the 1940s.
Natty Boh
In 1970, Toastmasters International admitted this woman as its first female member, who later became its first female international president in 1985.
Helen (Homer) Blanchard
To be eligible to compete in the International Speech Contest, a member must be in good standing and have completed Levels 1 and 2 of any path in the Toastmasters Pathways, or have completed this many speech projects in the Competent Communication manual.
Six
Between 1851 and 1860, this abolitionist freed a reported thousand slaves from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, partly through remote territory of her native Dorchester county, now a national park.
Harriet Tubman
This State Tree of Maryland is known for its whitish bark and grey twigs, and sometime around its fiftieth year begins to produce acorns, up to 10000 annually.
White Oak
On May 23, 1774, Maryland residents of this town reacted to news of the Boston Tea Party by staging a similar protest, dumping a shipment of tea into the Chester River.
Chestertown
This U.S. President personally issued a letter of praise to Toastmasters International for promoting competent communication in a "complex world."
Richard Nixon
To be eligible for recognition in the Distinguished Club Program, a club must be in good standing and have at least this many members or a net growth of 5 new members.
Twenty
The first scheduled steam railroad in the U.S. began in this Delaware city in 1831.
New Castle
Maryland is home to numerous birds of prey, including this fastest living animal in the world, which can fly up to 240 mph.
Peregrine Falcon
Maryland's official State Dessert is this cake, designated in 2008, and made of “impossibly thin layers (8-12) of cake and icing stacked high.”
Smith Island Cake
In 2018 Toastmasters International moved its headquarters from Rancho Santa Margarita, California to this Colorado city.
Englewood
At least 2 weeks before club elections, each Club President must appoint a Club Leadership Committee consisting of 3 good standing members, one of whom being this officer as the chair.
Immediate Past President
Before Delaware was settled by Europeans, the area was home to Native American tribes including the Susquehanna, Nanticoke, and this tribe also known as the Delaware people.
Lenni Lenape
Maryland is home to two medically-significant venomous snakes: the timber rattlesnake and this species.
Copperhead
Similar to 'Haggis,' this Maryland dish is the lining of a pig's stomach stuffed with sausage, bread crumbs, potatoes and onions, sewn closed, and then simmered and baked.
Stuffed Hog Maw