Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...editorial which appeared in these columns Wednesday, in attempted refutation of the communication also printed on that day, presents an admirable example of persuasive argument to English A students. The author is most surprisingly correct when he says, "Meeting other men, knowing them, and their ideals, making life-long friends, are truly as important as "booklearning." But if freshmen, who were known to be of necessity working over the evening dinner hour, were allowed compensation for the meals they missed, how much of the much-vaunted fraternizing would be lost? In Smith dining hall there are four long tables...
...absence of those that are working will not keep the rest from enjoying this fraternity. Well then, I suppose the next argument is that this great advantage is lost to those who are working, the very ones for whom this fraternal feeling in the dormitories is intended. But, if the needy students cannot work, they cannot stay here, and eventually they lose the afore-mentioned advantages. I again take the liberty to quote from the editorial, "all men must be able to get the best that Harvard can give, if they are here at all." In other words...
Where then does the privileged freshman lose this valuable fraternity? According to the author of the editorial, at one meal everyday; and he makes an argument out of a single meal. Then, assuredly he must also contend that fifteen minutes of dinner table fraternity is worth more to the needy student than five dollars. I think it is not, in most cases. It seems to me, an invitation by the deans to needy students to discuss their individual cases would be both beneficial to the students and enlightening to the deans. ROBERT S. KELLER '23. November...
...prize of $100 has been offered by Mr. Richard Sears for the best oral argument on the question, "What Responsibility Has Congress to the People?" The contest is open to all undergraduates in Harvard College...
...follows by Professor Arthur N. Holcombe '06, Chairman of the Department of Government: "Each competitor must submit to the Chairman of the Department of Government on or before December 4th a written brief in which he states his definition of the question and indicates the nature of the argument which he will make, together with a summary of the evidence which he will offer in support of his contentions. On the basis of these briefs three competitors will be chosen to make the oral arguments. Each competitor should plan to occupy about one half-hour in the presentation...