Word: argument
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...examination, each student will receive one of his briefs and be expected to elaborate carefully the argument he has outlined...
Regulations.(1.) The briefs shall be substantial outlines, giving in very concise form the main divisions of the argument and the character of the evidence to be presented under each division, with authorities actually consulted...
...were it not for an unsuspected turn at the end, would seem shallow. The ins and outs of country churches, however, must have been observed to have been so well portrayed. The essay on Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, though instructive, well written, and displaying in its argument original thought, seems somewhat out of place, in the field which the Advocate has chosen. "Carmen" needs a second reading to be appreciated. The author's conception is delicate; his expression, however, is somewhat obscure, and at times strains after unnatural words. Such compounds as "scorn-enwrapped" will hardly bear...
...argument urged by the Overseers that single sculling was formerly much more prevalent than now cannot be proved; the only time when single shells were numerous being years in which there were single contests...
...last issue of the Advocate appears an open letter on the much-discussed subject of allowing college teams, and the nine in particular, to compete with professionals. The general force of "X's" argument must be admitted, but when he declares that our chief purpose in wishing to play professionals is to learn a few more "tricks" he puts the matter in a wholly false light. We do not want to win the championship by tricks, if by "tricks" "X" means anything underhanded or unfair. All the sentiment of the University is against it. As "X" declares, we already know...