Word: argumentive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...they can establish themselves. Such men, an increasing number of whom in the last few years have distinguished themselves scholastically, and as leaders in college activities, are a distinct credit to the University, and the opportunity of obtaining more by the adoption of an obvious scheme is in itself argument enough for its trial...
...annual bashfulness of Juniors in regard to their dance is again in evidence; and this time the diffidence seems unusually acute. Only fifty men have applied for tickets as against over two hundred last year. It invariably requires a great deal of explanation and argument to convince Juniors that the Union is the only possible place in which to hold the dance; and even then the importance of the "prom,"--the first of two all-class social events in the four college years,--does not always impress them...
...knows and everyone knows who hears him that he is taking part in a beneficial mental exercise. He is developing speaking ability and the power of logical analysis. The debater certainly receives no bad influence from being trained to find at once the flaw in an opponent's argument, or to collect diligently the facts upon a subject before he attempts to speak upon...
...crops in regions such as the South where this has been little tried may do much to restore temporarily a stage of increasing returns; and thus cheaper food may be provided for the population. This is a larger aspect of modern agriculture which contains promise, and is another argument for the expert in agriculture...
Such a move would also prove a boon to the Union. It might even completely remove the Union's financial difficulties. Hundreds more men would probably join. The pool would add the last needed argument to convince many who already recognize some of the other attractions of the Union...