Word: argument
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first prize of $100 and a second prize of $25 have been offered by Mr. Richard Sears, Harvard '91, for the best oral argument on the question, "Should members of the Cabinet have seats in both Houses of Congress, with the right to introduce measures and to speak, but not to vote?" The contest is open to all undergraduates in Harvard College...
Each competitor must submit to the Chairman of the Department of Government on or before March 14 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 four competitors will be chosen to make the oral arguments. Each competitor should plan to occupy about one-half hour in the presentation of his case...
...awarding the prize more importance will be attached to the substance than to the form of the argument. Further information concerning this prize-contest may be obtained at Widener 774, or from any Tutor. Public announcement of the date and place of the oral arguments will be made later
...opposed to the "Lucretia Mott" Amendmentment. The National League of Women Voters-the National Women's Trade Union League, for example. They argue that to adopt the Amendment would be to undo all the work they have done to secure legislative protection for women in industry. The argument of the National Woman's Party may be represented by an argument from the speech of one Mrs. Mary Murray: "Women in industry need to be protected against their protectors. Those who are so eager to protect us, placing us in a class of weaklings, unable to decide for ourselves...
...promoters of the merger advance the argument that consolidation of coal companies at present independent should permit of operating economies through centralized buying, greater mechanical efficiency, and savings in the costs of selling...