Word: argumentive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University is taking part in that movement. In the past few years the number of men who take regular exercise has been increasing appreciably. However, it cannot be denied that athletic ardor is discouraged by attending a class or a lecture which comes in the middle of the afternoon. Argument on the point is bootless; everyone thinks long and carefully before electing the "two-thirty...
...Quite an argument preceded the affair, as the Bow Streeters wanted to disqualify Grinnell, claiming that he played on the Police Gazette team ten years...
Princeton, N. J., May 7.--By a decision of two judges to one the Princeton freshman negative debating team defeated the Yale 1918 affirmative team in McCosh Hall tonight. Princeton was given the decision on both argument and form; one judge, however, considered the Yale arguments better...
...Another argument advanced against the raise is that Harvard must be in a position to compete against the large and growing state universities. Yet this is really a strong argument in favor of the raise. The only grounds on which the University can hold its own against these institutions is in the quality of instruction. Against their low prices and state support, the University must oppose at least an equally good equipment and a more capable faculty. To bring this about, a raise in the tuition fee seems the only solution...
This article, by a Harvard graduate, urges with vehemence the founding of a state university. His main argument, and indeed the argument of those who favor such a step is that Harvard and the various other colleges in the state are inadequate in their treatment of the educational problem...