EXERCISES
_A._ Give a reason or two in addition to the reasons already given in each
of the following:--
1. It is better to attend a large college than a small one, because the
teachers are as a rule greater experts in their lines of work.
2. The school board ought to give us a field for athletics as the school
ground is not large enough for practice.
3. Gymnasium work ought to be made compulsory. Otherwise many who need
physical training will neglect it.
4. The game of basket ball is an injury to a school, since it detracts
from interest in studies.
5. Rudolph Horton will make a good class president because he has had
experience.
_B._ Be able to answer orally any two of the following:
1. Prove to a timid person that there is no more danger in riding in an
automobile than there is in riding in a carriage drawn by horses. Use but
one argument, but make it as strong as possible.
2. Give two good reasons why the superstition concerning Friday is absurd.
3. What, in your mind, is the strongest reason why you wish to graduate
from a high school? For your wishing to go into business after leaving the
high school? For your wishing to attend college?
4. What are two or three of the strong arguments in favor of woman
suffrage? Name two or three arguments in opposition to woman suffrage.
_C._ Name all the points that you can in favor of the following. Select
the one that you consider the most important.
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