Word: argumentive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...implication running through the whole of Mr. Windle's argument is that civilized man will become so immediately capable of temperance, that no restraint is needed to keep him from alcoholic excess. The attainment of this condition will at best require a long process of steady development. Throughout this process, the excesses, and resultant losses to national usefulness and well-being are bound to continue...
...reports are true, the balance of sentiment in the Peace Congress has lately turned in favor of admitting the German Republic to the League on the same basis with all other nations, as soon as she carries out all the obligations of the peace imposed upon her. The only argument in favor of such a move seems to be a hope that Germany as a League member can be better watched and more regularly inspected for illicit accumulation of war materials, than as a non-member. If the peace terms are as adequate and effective as it is hoped, such...
...from her. Count Rautzau says that West Prussia which has always been a German state, and is predominantly German, should not, according to rights of peoples for self determination, be ceded to the new Poland. One only need look at the facts of population and history to refute this argument. In 1910 the population of West Prussia was 1,703,474 of which 980,-571 were of Polish stock. Frederick the Great added West Prussia to his kingdom, comprising Pomerania and East Prussia, in 1772 by the first partition of Poland. That province had been a part of the Polish...
...that Cornell has won the cup nine times within fourteen years is no argument that this cup winning habit cannot be broken. Within a like period, the University took first honors eleven seasons. However such a boast is no excuse for present shortcomings. The information is given with the expectation that Harvard will lay plans for next year's meet...
...opening the affirmative argument for the University, Slater Washburn '20 maintained that though he held no case for the liquor traffic, there are four distinct objections to the 18th Amendment in that it is too radical and sudden a change, encourages attempts to violate the law, discriminates in favor of the wealthy, and weakens the Constitution. The second speaker for the University Rudolf Protas Berle '19 argued that the operation of the amendment would lead to conflicts between the states and the national government, and that there is no popular sentiment to insure is enforcement. Jacob Joseph Tutun '20 closed...