Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...determined, as they should be, to find some means of encouraging democracy among themselves, they should first consider whether or not the means they have chosen would not defeat their purpose by flooding the market. Then they should consult the Senior Class and the Student Council. If the argument for buttons is thus quashed, they may still find means to carry their intentions into effect without usurping an existing scheme...
...decidedly in the right direction, towards the cleansing of the English taught, or rather left untaught, in the elementary schools. If-now a demand for better English is accompanied with a liberal system of entrance requirements such as Harvard has introduced, we can see the demolition of the above argument that college demands shut out proper training in English...
...There is an argument for a new gymnasium at Harvard which is peculiar to the place and to the case. In many colleges the gymnasium even of a gilt- edged variety, is used perfunctorily it will do when the weather is too foul to play out-of-doors. In Cambridge there is a large group of men, earnest busy stu- dents, who cannot spare the two or three hours an afternoon for a major or minor sport, but who can dash into a centrally located gymnasium for forty-five minutes to keep bodies tuned up to intellectual tasks. This...
...advertised increase of fifty cents in the membership fee, while not large, will attract much attention and comment, inasmuch as it seems to depart from the first purpose of the organization to make seats available for men who cannot ordinarily afford them. When this argument was advanced to the officers of the association, however, they assured us that in return for the raise a large additional service will be rendered. If this actually proves to be the case, then the change will be justified. The officers should understand the situation better than anyone else, and so their decision should...
...seven men trying out for the end positions,--O'Brien, Dana, Coolidge, Milholland, Smith, Gardiner, and L. Curtis,--O'Brien and Coolidge thus far have easily the best of the argument. Gardiner was not in the line-up yesterday, but is expected to appear there very shortly. The work of L. Curtis, of last year's Freshman team, seemed to indicate that he possesses capability of development into a speedy and valuable substitute...