Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only serious argument that is ever brought forward in favor of the seminar system is that it provides an easy method for men to earn money for their college expenses. This is doubtless true, and whatever measures are adopted to overthrow the system will probably not be such as to make it absolutely impossible to give seminars and to earn money in this way. No rule can be passed forbidding them, for rules would not affect outside tutors and there would be an obvious injustice to a college man who happened to want to give seminars. The Faculty can take...
...running away with us and when a good many people, absurd as it may seem, are actually judging institutions by their ability to play football. Something must be done, and done soon, to turn some of the enthusiasm which now holds almost exclusively to athletic contests. Though oratory and argument cannot be practiced on an open field every afternoon before grand stands full of enthusiastic students, they are yet, in their quiet way, quite as important as football; and the sooner people see their importance, the sooner the false impression which follows this athletic craze will be dispelled. At tonight...
...weight of reasoning, were unable to compete with the charm of his eloquence. It was like a parlor chat and yet it completely disarmed his hearers of their objections. No one ever lived who knew better the value of the short sentence and the seemingly modest preparation for his argument. "Only the indolent wave of the ocean can parallel one of his powerful rolling sentences." Like Milton, he gave many particulars and was never vague...
...Harvard. THOMAS LEE McCLUNG, WM. BENNET WRIGHT, JR., for Yale.Now with such an agreement an agreement and with two such men as Capt. Waters and Capt. Hinkey in power, there is almost no chance whatever of the game falling through. Both these captains want a game, not an argument...
ENGLISH A. - General review, including narration, description, exposition, argument. Construction of briefs, including those on Burr and Burke. Also short review of reading, Monday, 7 p. m. in 12 Weld...