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E.C. comp. Selected articles on the open versus closed shop. 1911. =r 331.88 R53=
Duplicate copies of this series may be borrowed for home use from the Lending Department.
=Denney,= Joseph Villiers, and others. =808.5 D43=
Argumentation and debate. 1910.
The same. =r 808.5 D43=
Presents briefly and clearly the theory of argumentation and furnishes a sufficient number of complete debates for a thorough course in analysis and briefing. The selections are taken from great debates on critical issues of American history, politics and law.
=Foster,= William Trufant. =808.5 F81=
*Argumentation and debating. 1908.
The same. 1908. =r 808.5 F81=
One of the most satisfactory books in this field. It is not an academic formulation of principles, but an inside view of the art presented by one conversant with all its difficulties and delights. A copious appendix gives specimens of analysis, briefs, material for briefing, a forensic, and a complete specimen debate, a model for instruction to judges and for the formation of a debating league, together with 275 debatable propositions. Condensed from Nation, 1908.
=Gibson,= Laurence M. =r 028 G37=
*Handbook for literary and debating societies. 1898.
The same. 1909. =r 028 G37a=
=Matson,= Henry. =r 028 M47=
References for literary workers. 1893.
=Pattee,= George Kynett. =808.5 P31=
*Practical argumentation. 1909.
The same. =r 808.5 P31=
Aims to restore argumentation to its proper rank as a form of English composition. Includes a number of suggestions on debating.
=Pearson,= Paul Martin, ed. =028 P35=
*Intercollegiate debates; briefs and reports of many intercollegiate debates: Harvard-Yale-Princeton, Brown-Dartmouth-Williams, Michigan-Northwestern-Chicago, Indiana-Illinois-Ohio, and many others, with an introduction. 1909.
The same. =r 028 P35=
=Ringwalt,= Ralph Curtis. =028 R47=
Briefs on public questions, with selected lists of references. 1906.
The same. 1905. =r 028 R47=
Series of argumentative briefs and lists of references on 25 important public questions of the day, political, sociological and economic.
=Robbins= Edwin Clyde, comp. =028 R53=
High school debate book. 1911.
The same. 1911. =r 028 R53=
=Rowton,= Frederic. =r 028 R81=
*How to conduct a debate; a series of complete debates, outlines of debates and questions for discussion, with references to the best sources of information on each particular topic; revised by W. Taylor.
=808.8 S741= =Speaker= [quarterly]. v. 1-v. 7, no. 4. (Whole no. 1-28.) 1905-12.
=Thomas,= Ralph Wilmer. =808.5 T37=
*Manual of debate. 1910.
The same. 1910. =r 808.5 T37=
=Wisconsin University=--Department of debating and =r 378.1 W81= public discussion.
Bulletin, March 1908-Nov. 1911. 1908-11.
Issued irregularly.
Included in the Bulletins of the University Extension Division.
* Contains list of propositions for debate.
�� These numbers have been assigned arbitrarily for convenience in reference.

=Topics=
=Absenteeism.=
Askew, 1906, p. 1: Briefs and references.
=Addison and Montaigne.= See =Montaigne and Addison.=
=Adult suffrage.= See =Suffrage.=
=Adulteration of food.= See =Food adulteration.=
=Advertising.=
Public control of advertising. Askew, 1906, p. 3: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 4: Briefs.
=Advowsons, Sale of.=
Askew, 1906, p. 4: Briefs and references.
=?neid and Iliad.= See =Iliad and ?neid.=
=Agassiz and Darwin.= See =Darwin and Agassiz.=
=Age pensions.= See =Old age pensions.=
=Agricultural banks.= See =Banks, Agricultural.=
=Agriculture.=
Agricultural depression; should remedies be sought? Askew, 1906, p. 6: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 7: Briefs.
Thorough (or deep) cultivation. Askew, 1906, p. 208: Briefs.
=Alexander the Great and C?sar.=
Was the life of Alexander the Great more influential on contemporaneous and subsequent history than the life of Julius C?sar? Matson, p. 32: Briefs and references.
=Alexander the Great and Hannibal.=
Who was the greater general, Hannibal or Alexander? Rowton, p. 214: References.
=Alexander the Great, C?sar, Napoleon.=
Which was the greatest hero, Alexander, C?sar or Bonaparte? Rowton, p. 225: References.
=Alfred the Great and Washington.=
Was Alfred the Great as great and good as Washington? Matson, p. 112: Briefs and references.
=Allotments and small holdings extension.=
Askew, 1906, p. 7: Briefs and references.
=Alsace-Lorraine.=
Should Germany cede Alsace-Lorraine? Askew, 1906, p. 8: Briefs and references.
=Ambition.=
Is ambition a vice or a virtue? Rowton, p. 210: References.
=America.= Discovery.
Has the discovery of America been beneficial to the world? Rowton, p. 212: References.
=American Protective Association.=
The principles of the American Protective Association deserve the support of American citizens. Brookings, p. 19: Briefs and references.
=The American revolution and the Civil war.=
Was the Revolution an event of United States history more important and influential than the Civil war? Matson, p. 81: Briefs and references.
See also Lincoln and Washington.
=Amusements and the church.= See =Church, The.=
=Anarchism.=
Askew, 1906, p. 11: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 9: Briefs.
=Anger.=
Is anger a vice or a virtue? Rowton, p. 225: References.
=Anglican church.= See =England, Church of.=
=Anglo-Japanese alliance.=
Askew, 1906, p. 13: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 11: Briefs.
=Anglo-Saxon peoples.=
America and England; union of the English-speaking race. Askew, 1906, p. 9: Briefs and references.
=Animals.=
Are brutes endowed with reason? Rowton, p. 192: Briefs and references.
Have animals intelligence? Gibson, p. 19: Briefs and references.
Rights of animals. Askew, 1906, p. 195: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 12: Briefs.
See also Human mind and brute mind.
=Anti-trust law, 1890.= See =Sherman anti-trust law.=
=Arbitration, Commercial.=
Askew, 1906, p. 15: Briefs.
=Arbitration, Compulsory industrial.=
Boards of arbitration with compulsory powers should be established to settle disputes between employers and wage-earners. Ringwalt, p. 210: Briefs and references.
Capital and labor should be compelled to settle their disputes in legally established courts