Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index eBook

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 88 pages of information about Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index eBook

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 88 pages of information about Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index.

=Education acts= (English).

Should the education acts be amended?  Askew, 1906, p. 74:  Briefs and references.—­Askew, 1911, p. 80:  Briefs.

=Egypt.=

England should permanently retain control of Egypt.  Pattee, p. 93:  Brief (negative).

=Eight-hour day.=

An eight-hour working day should be adopted within the United States by law.  Brookings, p. 156:  Briefs and references.

In the United States a working day should be eight hours only in length. 
Thomas, p. 200:  Briefs.

A legal eight hours’ day.  Askew, 1906, p. 80:  Briefs and
references.—­Askew, 1911, p. 87:  Briefs.

Should Parliament enact an eight hours working day?  Gibson, p. 86: 
Briefs and references.

=Election, Presidential.= See =President.= Election.

=Elections.=

Congress ought to pass an act establishing federal control over national elections.  Brookings, p. 1:  Briefs and references.

The English system for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections ought to be adopted in the United States.  Brookings, p. 47:  Briefs and references.

Simultaneous elections.  Askew, 1906, p. 83; Askew, 1911, p. 90:  Briefs.

See also Canvassing at parliamentary elections.

=Elective system in education.=

Elective system of studies should be adopted in secondary schools. 
Thomas, p. 204:  Briefs.

Should the elective system be adopted in the public high schools of the
United States?  Foster, p. 396:  Article (affirmative).

=Eliot,= George, =and Browning,= Mrs.

Does George Eliot as a woman of genius surpass Mrs Browning?  Matson, p. 335:  Briefs and references.

=Elizabeth, Queen.=

Is the character of Queen Elizabeth, considered as a whole, deserving of admiration?  Matson, p. 93:  Briefs and references.

Is the character of Queen Elizabeth deserving of our admiration?  Rowton, p. 211:  References.

=Elizabethan literature.=

Is the Shakspearian the Augustan age of English literature?  Rowton, p. 219:  References.

=Elizabethan literature and Victorian literature.=

Is the Elizabethan literature superior to the Victorian?  Matson, p. 289: 
Briefs and references.

=Eloquence.=

Is eloquence a gift of nature, or may it be acquired?  Rowton, p. 218: 
References.

=Emerson and Carlyle.= See =Carlyle and Emerson.=

=Emigration.=

Is it not to emigration that England must mainly look for the relief of her population?  Rowton, p. 228:  References.

See also Immigration.

=Emigration= v. =home colonization.=

Askew, 1906, p. 84:  Briefs and references.

=Employers’ liability.=

Laws should be enacted providing that in case of personal injury to a workman arising out of and in the course of employment, his employer shall be liable for adequate compensation and shall not set up contributory negligence or the negligence of a fellow servant as a defense.  Speaker, v. 3, p. 272:  Synopsis of speeches (affirmative) and brief (negative).—­C.  L. of P. Debates:  Synopsis of speeches (affirmative) and brief (negative).

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