Word: argument
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spite of examinations and inclement weather a well-attended meeting of the Connecticut Club was held last evening in Matthews 26. The activity and enthusiasm of the members of this club is certainly an argument in favor of the existence of such organizations in the University...
...crown, who would cast them aside as soon as he dared. The trouble with the republican party is that it is too unwieldy. It has a majority of over two hundred, and it is manifestly impossible to terrify the individuals who vote against the government measures by the argument that they will destroy the majority of the party. The various disappointed factions of the republicans join with the conservatives to overthrow the cabinet, and hence the instability of French politics...
...leading article, "A Need of Newspapers," by Mr. Eliot Lord, is an argument in favor of the foundation at Harvard of a department of journalism, with "an editor of high reputation as a professor and a competent city editor as an assistant professor." The writer believes that the "primary schools of journalism" should be moved from the rooms of the daily papers to quarters in the universities." We believe that the time is coming when the rapidly growing demand for training is journalism will have to be met. Suggestions such as those made by Mr. Lord will greatly help...
VIII. There is no argument for a government post-office system which does not apply with equal force to a government telegraph system.- Nation, 37, p. 90; Sen. Rep., 48th Cong., "Statements," p. 66; Jevons, Methods of Social Reform...
...receive, to a large extent, our material for our athletic teams. It is for our own interest, therefore, as well as for theirs, that a cup be offered. The success of the plan this year in foot-ball leaves no doubt as to its advisability, and is an argument also, for the offering of similar cups in other sports. Base-ball as well as foot-ball, should be stimulated, and there is no better plan for accomplishing this end than the one adopted this fall. Harvard athletics must be sustained in every legitimate way, and this, certainly, is open...