Word: topic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...evening will be devoted to a debate of the proposition, "Resolved, That this house approves of President Coolidge's proposal for a rebate on 1926 income taxes." The topic will be explained by Mr. G. W. Britt, Chief Special Deputy of the Department of Revenue, the introductory speaker for the meeting...
...John Roach Straton, a leading fundamentalist from the Calvary Baptist Church of New York City will exchange opinions about the origin of man with Professor K. F. Mather of the University Department of Physiography. The subject of the Symposium is "Science and Religion", a topic of recurrent interest since the Dayton trial two summers...
...Topic Much Discussed...
...topic chosen for debate is one that has provoked a storm of comment recently in political circles. President Coolidge proposed on November 6, shortly after the defeat of Senator W. M. Butler by a Democratic candidate, that the present administration should pass a law making a refund of 12 per cent on the 1926 income taxes during 1927. The President gave as his reasons for this proposal the fact that there is at present a large government surplus in the Treasury and also the fact that government economy is being pushed to the limit...
...negro problem has always been one of great moment in the United States, and the slowness and inefficacy with which it has been treated has long been a topic of discussion and a cause for shame. Therefore the news that the South is aiding the negro to educate himself is most welcome, as a sign both of negro educational advancement and of the enlightenment of the people as a whole. It is also most encouraging to learn that this progress is taking place in the South wherein lay most obstacles to the solution of this problem...