Word: argument
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...readers who study the art of writing. Another article by an alumnus, "Shall the Forward Pass be Abolished?" affords a sufficiently pointed contrast both in theme and manner. In it Mr. Reid succeeds in presenting a cogent plea for the continuance of this play, and in making his argument intelligible to the least informed in the technique of football...
...members, followed by an informal general discussion. Another important features will be the continuance of the system of round tables established in the past two years, which consists in the division of the delegates to the general conference into smaller groups, for the purpose of facilitating informal discussion and argument...
...realized that a fracture was the inevitable result of such a system; while the steady growth of the functions of the State, and the decline of the temporal power of the Church made the existing relations between the two absolutely incompatible. A. C. Lurie '09 continued the argument, showing how the Separation Act of 1905, planned to meet the necessity made clear in the first speech, was entirely just to the Church. Further, the State not only had the right of supreme sovereignty to break a contract when its continuance militated against the best interests of the government, but also...
...Roman Church. The violation was not based upon any great popular demand, or on any pressing necessity caused by the interference of the Church with the functions of the State. The Separation Act was the result of more political scheming and Anti-Christian agitation. A. Horvitz '10 continued the argument to the effect that the specific provisions of the Act worked injustice to both Church and State. It was unjust to the Church because it abrogated salaries that had been granted the clergy as compensation for lands yielded to the State, without returning those lands; and because its provisions failed...
...third Noble lecture was given last night by Bishop Brent in Sanders Theatre on "The Power of the Human Will." The basis of his argument was that promises made to self are the same in essence as promises to another, and the breaking of a resolution as morally culpable as perjury...