Word: argumentive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Discussing Woman Suffrage as a social symptom, the speaker made a strong plea in its favor. The argument that women should not vote because they cannot fight is based on the antiquated theory that physical might makes right. Persuasion and argument are much more potent. Especially in such matters as marriage and divorce, and the education of children, and in taxation, women should be given an opportunity to use their influence. But, it should be added, if it had not been for the militant movement in England, the suffrage movement would have been dead years...
...great argument for union rests on fact: there is not enough support, literary or financial, for more than one University magazine of the character of the two in question. Lack of literary support is attested by the difficulty with which the papers fill their pages with worthy material; lack of financial support follows in the tracks of small subscription lists and competition for advertising. Moreover, general lack of interest in the magazines among undergraduates is proved by the little comment with which their appearance each month is greeted. And worse that this, they are frequently unrepresented even on the library...
...Sophomores will be held in the New Lecture Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The Juniors will have the affirmative and the Sophomores the negative of the question: "Resolved, That all elective state and municipal officials (except judges) be subject to the recall." Those upholding the argument for the Juniors are B. Winkelman, C. K. Horwitz, and L. C. Henin, while the Sophomore team consists of C. A. Trafford, P. L. Sayre, and H. Epstein. The judges are Professors C. N. Greenough, I. L. Winter, and A. N. Holcombe...
...clear from this morning's communication on the Gymnasium question that there was a good deal of truth in the argument that personal attention is necessary to collect pledges. At least that seems to be the feeling of representative undergraduates. What the writers of this letter say is still more gratifying, however, in that it shows that the College at large is still actively interested in a new Gymnasium. We have not yet had a satisfactory reason for not appointing a Freshman canvassing committee to find out whether or not the enthusiasm extends to all classes...
...policy continues, apparently, from force of custom, though it has its advocates. They argue, among other things, that the average man taking a Composition course regards writing correct English as a stunt, like tight-rope dancing, to be performed only on special occasions in the class-room. This argument has some truth in it, but it is fair to suppose that a man will in the end fall quite involuntarily into the use of his special parlor accomplishment in his daily work. Moreover, this is an argument which could he applied with even more deadly effect to a dozen other...