Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dishonorable acts has been imputed to Mr. Ward, nor that otherwise his standing as a gentleman has bebn impugned. Doubtless many of the other cases named are much of the same sort. The case of Mr. Bancroft, coach of the Harvard crews, is decidedly inapt for the Times' argument. Why Mr. Bancroft engaged in instructing Harvard students in one branch of athletics, should be pursuing any less respectable calling than Dr. Sargent engaged in instructing the same students in another branch it is difficult to see. Surely the fact that one is employed by the college indirectly, for the benefit...
...rule," it cannot possibly enter into any discussion based on Emerson's merit or place. But it might be said that "a British foot-rule" is a far more accurate standard of measurement than an American yard-stick, when the latter measures four feet to the yard. Of course, argument is useless in such a question. It can never be settled until posterity itself decides...
...same date, Jan. 7th. The time necessary for preparation for the final examinations is not only thus seriously encroached upon, but those men who have both courses must devote a portion of the already pitiably short Christmas recess to preparation for this needless aggravation-the strongest modern argument against conservation of energy-where an immense amount of labor is expended with no adequate results-the hour examination. It is due to the respective professors to state that they are both postponed examinations. Can they not be indefinitely postponed...
...Vacation at Harvard and Yale" is the title of a comedy presented at the New Haven Opera House recently. The argument is the adventures of a Yale and a Harvard student and two Vassar College girls. Among the features were representations of a scull race and college sports and games...
...year we argued in favor of a training table, as there were a great many new men on the nine and we thought that by being constantly thrown together they would become better acquainted. This year the nine will probably be composed of nearly the same men, and our argument will not hold good. We think that with good conscientious outside training the nine will succeed fully as well as though they were at a training table...