Word: argumentativeness
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...Hudson, L. S., opened for the negative. Both he and his colleague, Mr. Sanford, showed that a slight decrease in the tariff would increase the revenue while free trade would produce a business panic. The general argument of the negative was in favor of a decrease of the tariff. Mr. Russell Duane, '88, supported Mr. Norton very ably, advocating the free introduction of raw materials and told how in the case of wool a protective tariff established in 1867 had reduced the amount produced yearly by one-half...
...affirmative and Mr. Norton for the negative. The subjects of pig-iron and wool were freely discussed, many citing their personal experience in dealing with these articles. The votes were as follows: On the merits of the question, affirmative, 31; negative, 27; on the merits of the argument, affirmative, 14; negative, 4; on the merits of the principal disputants, affirmative, 29; negative...
...rhetoric and were required to practice English composition and once a month declaim. (7) Saturday at eight o'clock in the morning, all the students were taught "Divinity Catecheticall" and at nine o'clock "Common Places." These latter were common topics of scholastic discussion and digests of doctrine, argument or opinion. (8) The last place in the curriculum was given to history and nature. At one o'clock Saturday afternoon, immediately after the twelve o'clock dinner, the students were taught history in the winter and the nature of plants in summer, Historia civil is and Historia natural is were...
...Exercise for Health." by Dr. Edwin Farnham, is an argument in favor of out-door exercise rather than gymnasium work. The argument rests upon the fact that it is the condition of the internal organs and not the amount of muscle a man possesses which determines his health. Work is a stuffy, ill-ventilated gymnasium is all very well, but it must be supplemented if not supplanted by out-door exercise...
...that our editorial of Monday on the social question which is before the college, has been termed ambiguous. We had no idea that the plain statements contained in that editorial would be viewed in any such light, and we must confess that such lack of wit is only another argument for the position we have taken. It shows that there are a few men here who are so absorbed in the old regime that they cannot even appreciate that changes are taking place, much less understand the significance of those changes. To those who are still in the dark...