Elements of Debating - Part 17
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Part 17

"Outlook for Woman's Suffrage," _Cosmopolitan_, XXVIII, 621-23 (April, 1900).

"Woman's Suffrage in the West," _Outlook_, LXV, 430-31 (June 23, 1900).

"Movement for Woman's Suffrage," _Outlook_, XCIII, 265-67 (October 2, 1909).

"Why?" _Everybody's_, XXI, 723-38.

"Woman's Rights," _Twentieth-Century Encyclopedia_.

"THE AMERICAN NAVY SHOULD BE ENLARGED SO AS TO COMPARE IN FIGHTING STRENGTH WITH ANY IN THE WORLD"

_Affirmative_

I. The scattered possessions of the United States demand the protection of a large navy.

II. The expense of the proposed navy would be a judicious investment.

III. The proposed enlargement of the navy would be a step toward universal peace.

_Negative_

I. The geographical situation of the United States makes a large navy unnecessary.

II. The expense entailed, if the proposed plan were put into practice, would embarra.s.s the United States.

III. To carry out the proposed plan would be to increase the chances of war.

BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Relative Sea Strength of the United States," _Scientific American_ CVII, 174 (August 31, 1912).

"For an Adequate Navy in the United States," _Scientific American_, CV, 512 (December 9, 1911).

"Humble Opinions of a Flat-Foot; Frank Criticism and Intimate Picture of Our Navy, by a Blue-Jacketed Gob," _Collier's_ L, 14-15; P., XIX, 22-23 (December 7, 1912).

"Importance of the Command of the Sea," _Scientific American,_ CV, 512 (December 9, 1911).

"The United States Fleet and Its Readiness for Service," _Scientific American,_ CV, 514 (December 9, 1911).

"Battle-ship Fleet in Each Ocean," _Scientific American_, CII, 354 (April 30, 1910).

"Naval Madness," _Independent_, LXVIII, 489 (March 3, 1910).

"Our Naval Waste," _Nation_, XCI, 158 (August 25, 1910).

"Our Navy As a National Insurance," _Scientific American_, CII, 414 (May 21, 1910).

"American Naval Policy," _Forum_, XLV, 529 (May, 1911).

"If We Had to Fight," _Cottier's_, XLVIII, 18 (November 18 1911).

"Panama Ca.n.a.l and the Sea Power in the Pacific," _Century,_ Lx.x.xII, 240 (January, 1911).

"LOCAL OPTION IS THE BEST METHOD OR DEALING WITH THE LIQUOR PROBLEM"

_Affirmative_

I. Other methods of dealing with the liquor problem have failed.

II. Local option is consistent with American ideas of government.

III. Local option is a proved success.

_Negative_

I. Local option is undesirable in theory.

II. Local option has not succeeded where tried.

III. There is a better method of dealing with this problem.

BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Local Option; A Study of Ma.s.sachusetts," _Atlantic_, XC, 433-40.

"Principle of Local Option," _Independent_, LIII, 3032-33 (December 19, 1901).

"When Prohibition Fails and Why," _Outlook_, CI, 639-43 (July 20, 1912).

"To Dam the Interstate Flow of Drink," _Literary Digest_, XLIV, 106-7 (January 20, 1912).

"Psychology of Drink," _American Journal of Sociology_, XVIII, 21-32 (July, 1912).

"World-Wide Fight against Alcohol," _Review of Reviews_, XLV, 374.

"Drink and the Joy of Life," _Westminster_, CLXXVI, 620-24 (December, 1911).

"Drink Traffic," _Missionary Review_, x.x.xII, 337-39 (May, 1909).

"Efforts to Promote Temperance since 1883," in L. B. Paton, _Recent Christian Progress_, 446-71.

"Fight against Alcohol," _Cosmopolitan_, XLIV, 492-96, 549-54 (April, May, 1908); _Harper's Weekly_, LII, 6-7 (April 25, 1908).

"Foreign Anti-Liquor Movements," _Nation_, Lx.x.xVI, 230 (March 12, 1908).

"March of Temperance," _Arena_, XL, 325-30 (October, 1908).