Word: argument
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...course this next year and the senior and junior classes will have in it an exceptional opportunity for the cultivation of skill in debating. Special attention is to be given to the course in "Economic Debates," in order that it may afford systematic training for skill and readiness in argument and in extemporaneous speaking. Instruction will also be given in rhetoric and in the preparation of briefs...
...Such an argument would disenfranchise the majority of the educated men of the country.- (x) The majority of professional men tested during the war were found unfit for service.- (2) Such an argument is not applicable to municipal government.- (x) Municipal fighting is done by policemen hired for the purpose.- (d) The objection that women should not vote, because many do not wish to vote, is unsound.- (1) If the interests of the city require it, the ballot should be accepted as a duty.- (2) Those who do not wish to vote have no right to deprive of their privilege...
...opening his argument the last Princeton speaker, Frederick William Loetscher '96 said that he fully agreed with the negative speakers that the treasury notes of 1890 should be retired. But this he argued would do away with only a part of the evil...
Warren's chief weakness as a speaker lies in his lack of form and ease. His clearness, however, and his logical argument do much to atone for these deficiencies...
...Biennial elections are generally favored in Mass: E. H. Haskell, Biennial Elections, pp. 10, 11, and Boston Herald, Feb. 15, p. 1.- (1) The press and prominent men of the state support them regardless of party affiliations: Biennial Elections, p. 55, Argument of Mr. T. C. Bates; List of names in Ed. of 1895, p. 46.- (2) Bills adopting them have several times passed the legislature: Biennial Elections, Mr. Bates, p. 56, Mr. Haskell in Boston Herald, p. 1.- (3) Public opinion calls for them.- (x) Petitions asking their adoption have been received from more than 200 towns: Boston Herald...