Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...article on the relative scholarship of men from private and public schools, originally written for the Harvard Graduates' Magazine, and printed in another column, Mr. Addison has pointed out an important argument which has escaped many previous writers. This article should be brought to the notice of those who are interested in the subject, for it shows that mere statistics are misleading. We agree with the writer that the theory is obsolete which claims that "the proof of the intellectual superiority of the public to the private school men is to be found in the undoubted fact that in college...
...second group are higher in the case of Freshmen than for members of the three other classes. In support of this difference in distinction requirements it has been argued that the Freshman is taking elementary courses, whereas the upper classman is delving into more difficult studies. However, this argument neglects the fact that students in their first year have not yet outlived preparatory school methods and find great difficulty in adapting themselves to college methods of study. It overlooks the consideration that elementary courses offer quite as much difficulty to the less mature and inexperienced Freshman as the more advanced...
...Syracuse, N. Y., and R. W. Chubb, of St. Louis, Mo. The Yale Freshman debaters will be J. D. Robb, C. E. Martz, G. H. Mika, and as alternate, R. N. Gilman. Each speaker will be allowed twelve minutes for a main speech in which to present his argument, and five minutes for rebuttal. S. F. Withe '14, of Springfield will preside at the debate and the judges have been selected as follows: Professor Charles F. Emerson, Dean of Dartmouth College; Hon. Joseph W. Walker, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; and Hon. Dana Malone, former State Attorney...
There seems to be wide-spread feeling about the present policy of inflicting a serious penalty for "cutting" immediately before and after a vacation. The argument advanced is that it does not seem fair to apply the same restriction equally to those men who are faithful in keeping college engagements and those who "cut" consistently as much as possible. We do not advocate for a moment the system of a definite number of "cuts" which obtains in most other colleges: first, because it encourages that childish sense of obligation to use up all the "cuts" whether they are needed...
...first point, it may be dismissed without argument. All Harvard men, as well as outsiders familiar with Harvard athletics, know that such exhibitions of "near muckerism" are not frequent in our annals. Those that have occurred have met with instant condemnation...