Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...because they believe the students oppose it. To do a thing distasteful to us and then excuse it by claiming that we wish it, is a little too much. Student nature can bear no more. This idea overpowers us so that we are unable to touch upon the other argument - the "aesthetic" argument as the HERALD calls...
...first draft of the theme will consist of a scheme containing only the heads of the argument. This will be criticised by the instructor and returned to the student to be written out. The completed production will be subjected to no further criticism, but will be marked on its merits largely with regard to its value as a piece of argumentative composition...
...final, and perhaps the most effective, argument against the fence in the opinion of the faculty is the belief shared by its leading members, that the students themselves are really opposed to the project, although many of them do not see fit to express their sentiments on the question. Many of these reasons appear to have some foundation in the nature of the case; but it does not seem to us that, taking all the facts into consideration, they are strong enough, whether taken separately or together, to justify the abandonment of the plan as first proposed of building...
...other objection, that "soft" courses are generally selected, we can only oppose the counterbalancing argument that this is not true. When the required work in Greek was abolished at Harvard it was generally expected that the student of Greek would immediately become as rare as the mastodon or the dodo. But the Greek courses are still crowded, their students are more successful and enthusiastic than ever, and the Harvard Greek department is one of the chief glories of the university...
...after all, the strongest argument in favor of the elective system is the way in which educators are being converted to its support and in which college after college is swinging into line. Almost unknown on this continent a half-score years ago, it has now obtained more or less recognition from nearly every college of repute in the land...