Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Corbin '92, has an interesting article in the October number of the OUTING, in which the Mile Walk as an event in intercollegiate games is protested against, and as a substitute the writer suggests the three mile run. It may be of interest to note the line of argument used...
...first is in respect to the cap and gown. Last year there was much discussion of arguments for and against the change, the chief argument on the one hand being that the cap and gown was out of keeping with our custom and nearly an imitation of the English colleges, and on the other hand that it was a more suitable dress than the conventional evening dress suit. The experiment was tried and it succeeded. The cap and gown met with the commendation not only of the whole class but of the college and outsiders besides. Considering then the former...
...fortunately grown less demonstrative, but it is time now to stop it altogether, following the example of the English and other colleges. The better sentiment of the university is against it and always has been, and though it may have been a part of the old time hazing, the argument that it is "according to custom" has nowadays no force. We have made too many advances and improvements to take the conservative "according to custom" for our motto, Here is a needed improvement; one which cannot be made by any action of the authorities, but must be left...
...Should Exposition rather than Argument form the subject-matter of English...
...Connecticut. In 1866, he was elected Governor of Connecticut, and since then he has held many high public offices. In 1872, he entered the House of Representatives. In 1881, he was elected a senator, and was re-elected in '87. By his fluency and power of argument, he has won for himself the distinction of being one of the best speakers in Congress, and it will be well worth one's while, to hear him this evening...