Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...review of reviews. These notices are on the whole very well done, and the selection of the books to be criticized is good. One thing of some importance they prove: that there are in College numbers of students capable of giving an admirable summary of a book or an argument. This being so, why can we not have more adequate reporting of the special lectures given so frequently in the University? Writing in the CRIMSON, I ask the question with some sense of delicacy; but a comparison of the report of Professor Palmer's Ingersoll lecture the day after...
...Junior team spoke in better form, built up a strong case, and succeeded in discovering a serious inconsistency in the opposing team's argument. The judges of the debate were, Judge A. P. Stone '93, S. L. Garrison 1L., and C. Collier 1G.B...
...reservation of one, or even two, sections in the Arena for holders of season tickets, these to be supplied, at a reasonable price, to students of the University, or members of the Harvard Athletic Association. At the close of the 1911-12 season, the CRIMSON gave as an argument in favor of the plan that "not only would the lessened cost attract many to whom the cost may now be prohibitive, but the ease of securing tickets and the feeling that one is going to sit in a Harvard crowd would bring many to the games who now hate...
...with the practice of restraint he may make it distinguished, He has no difficulty in arousing and holding the interest of the reader. Regarded simply as an account of the mysterious excesses of occultism and of the nature of its votaries, his essay is decidedly effective. But as an argument, which it apparently sets out to be, its upshot is not quite clear. It was hardly necessary to prove that "Satanism" still survives, though some facts cited by Mr. Wright may not be generally familiar. Certainly the opinion, condemned in the opening paragraph, that "interest in the more transcendental aspects...
That perennial subject of argument, Freshman dormitories, will probably cover more pages of English A paper than ever this year. However, it is hoped that the Freshmen will not confine all their ideas to the prescribed pad. They can perform a real service to the University and to succeeding classes by co-operating with the Office in its attempt to arrange the new dormitories so as to satisfy all sorts of requirements. As Freshmen will be compelled to live in them, it is essential that the dormitories conform to the desires and requirements of the whole class. We therefore urge...