Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...argument can be made against woman suffrage that will not apply to male suffrage: Pamphlets.-(a)Temperament,_(b)Sphere.(c)Refinement. (d) Could not enforce decrees of suffrage. Brief for the Negative...
...involves a principle which ought consistently to apply to other forms of athletics. But we know that the various teams at the inter-collegiate meeting this spring will, by a vote of the association, be teams composed in part of graduates. Will Princeton, then, following her present line of argument, drop out of the intercollegiate games and thus prove conclusively the sincerity of her reasoning; or will it be found that the principle varies with the form of athletics to which it is to be applied...
...their efforts will meet with success. Good notice has been given of the subject of the debate and ample time for preparation. The competition is open to all, and hence the choice of the picked twelve will doubtless represent the best speaking talent in the university. There is no argument why it should not, for there can be no cause for any one keeping in the background because of previous prejudices toward the old Union. The new Union will, if carried out on sound principles, be a society to which it will be an honor to belong; an honor because...
...Present guarantees are insufficient.-(a) The only proposed constitution impracticable: R. N. Baskin, Argument against Admission Utah-(1) Disingenuous-(2) Limits state sovereignty: House Report, supra, p. 68-(3) Public sentiment does not support it.-(4) Judiciary in the hands of the Mormons.-(b) Mormons untrustworthy and unyielding: Utah Commission, supra 11.-(c) Movement toward statehood a last resort: Baskin, supra...
...good features of prohibition without menacing personal rights: And Rev.IX. 25-26; Nation XXXVI. 273. - (e) Tends to prevent use of spirits: No. Am. vol. 144, p. 500. - (f) Has proven its value: Forum iii, 152. - (g) Can be enforced: Forum ii, 410 - (h). The argument that high licence should be defeated because it indefinitely postpones prohibition is an admission of the efficacy of the proposed legislation: No. Am. CXLIV...