Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...your editorial Saturday morning you implied that the decision on the Yale debate was a surprise to the audience. This is true, and was due, no doubt, to the fact that on the question of bimetalism, the substantial matter at issue, the Harvard argument was unquestionably the stronger. Still, I think, the reason of our defeat is perfectly clear. The Yale men held that by the first half of the question the affirmative was required to defend a certain policy on the part of Congress; this policy, said the Yale speakers, would bring disaster. The Harvard men tried to make...
...think we can draw some lessons from our defeat. In the first place, our own interpretation of a question may be right, but it is never safe to be so sure it is right as to leave unanswered or treat as irrelevant arguments based upon a different understanding of the subject. If our men had said, "We do not accept the Yale interpretation; still we will answer our opponents on their own ground," the result might have been different...
...second place, to come to the root of the trouble, something must be done to prevent debates from being ruined by disagreement as to the meaning of the question. Of the four Yale debates I have heard in Sanders Theatre, three have been seriously impaired by such disagreement. The most painful reflection in regard to the debate last Friday is that Harvard's admirable argument against bimetallism went all for nothing because of a squabble over the meaning of the subject. The first step is to frame subjects with the greatest possible brevity and celarness. Then it might be feasible...
...Question: "Resolved, That the action of Greece in regard to Crete is justifiable...
...member of the club may speak on either side of the question...