Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...majority are not of exceptional intellect. It is very difficult in criminal cases to impanel a jury who are wholly unpredjudiced, while in civil cases a higher order of men are required than we get at present. He cited the cause of the late Cincinnati riot as an argument in favor of abolishing the present system of trial by jury. Mr. Fraser, '86. opened for the negative and read a very pointed paper. Mr. Fraser desired that the criminal laws and practice should be reformed but called for consideration upon what would be gained by the proposed change...
...think the game an excellent and highly interesting one; hence President Eliot, before indulging in wholesale condemnation of the game, should take care to set forth good reasons for his opinion. To call a game "wretched" and "one of the worst games," obviously in itself is a very poor argument. It certainly will require something more than such extreme assertions to convince the ordinary undergraduate that base-ball is "one of the worst of games," and we still persist in believing that President Eliot is at least not averse to persuading or trying to persuade undergraduates of the reasonableness...
...Waite then read part of the constitution and refuted the argument for the negative, saying, that although it was impossible to prevent plotting, at least an attempt ought to be made to surpress it and restrain it within legitimate bounds. Mr. Hoar for the negative, stated that all the laws passed by foreign governments availed naught in stopping dynamite and murderous outrage, and that if the United States should make such a treaty, it would bring upon itself all the evils that England and Russia are now suffering. Further remarks upon the subject were made by Messrs. Luce, Hobson, Hansen...
JUNIOR THEMES.Theme VI. will be due on Thursday, March 27. Subject: A Persuasive Argument. The following topics are suggested: 1. The Athletic Question. 2. The Greek Question. 3. The Tariff. 4. The next President...
...Briggs will lecture today on the subject, "The first Principles of Argument...