Word: argument
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...make an argument in favor of supporting our country, the mother...
Some little agitation has been going the rounds of the campus in favor of having a Varsity football team, to play Yale and Harvard at least, provided, of course, these universities agree to the plan. The chief argument seems to be that since we have always had football there is no sufficient reason to stop it now, and the decision of the Military and Naval academies to continue their teams is brought forward to re-enforce the position...
...this part of the country at least, because of the requirements of military training, and as yet there has been little or no attempt to organize a substitute. Undoubtedly the action of the Athletic Association is justified, chiefly on account of lack of time. But there is another argument in favor of it. A great deal of importance is attached to intercollegiate contests; so much that the players devote all their attention and interest to them. At times they become almost professional, with an object of such paramount importance as military preparation in the field, no one can afford...
...article in yesterday's New York Times, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart '80 sets forth clearly the facts of the case concerning the German merchantmen interned in our harbors. At the end of his argument he comes to the conclusion that the United States should without delay take over all such vessels...
...HAVEN, CONN., March 23.--The Yale negative debating team defeated the Princeton speakers here tonight. The Yale team based its argument on the principle that the Monroe Doctrine was beneficial and the best means of enforcing peace. Any participation in a league such as the one proposed would necessitate an abandonment of this policy. It was also pointed out that it would be impracticable to give executive power to the League. Furthermore, the proposed plan would necessitate the maintenance of a large standing army constantly ready for service in a cause often not our own and would involve...