APPENDIX V
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QUESTIONS WITH SUGGESTED ISSUES AND BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
Below are several questions with issues suggested which should bring about a "head on" debate. They should be useful at the beginning of debating work or when time for preparation is somewhat limited. A brief bibliography is in each case appended.
"THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE SHOULD BE GRANTED TO WOMAN"
Affirmative
I. Woman wants the ballot.
II. Woman is capable of using the ballot wisely.
III. Where woman has had the ballot, the results have been beneficial to the state.
Negative
I. A majority of women do not want the ballot.
II. Woman is incapable of using the ballot wisely.
III. A benefit has not resulted in those states which have given woman the right to vote.
BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Success of Woman's Suffrage," Independent, LXXIII, 334-35 (August 8, 1912).
"Suffrage Danger," Living Age, CCLXXIV, 330-35 (August 10, 1912).
"Teaching Violence to Women," Century, LXXXIV, 151-53 (May, 1912).
"Violence in Woman's Suffrage Movement: A Disapproval of the Militant Policy," Century, LXXXV, 148-49 (November, 1912).
"Violence and Votes," Independent, LXXII, 1416-19 (June 27 1912).
"Votes for Women," Harper's Weekly, LVI, 6 (September 21, 1912).
"Votes for Women," Harper's Bazaar XLVI, 47, 148 (January, March, 1912).
"Votes for Women and Other Votes," Survey, XXVIII, 367-78 (June 1, 10.12).
"What Is the Truth about Woman's Suffrage?" Ladies' Home Journal, XXIX, 24 (October, 1912).
"Why I Want Woman's Suffrage," Collier's, XLVIII, 18 (March 16, 1912).
"Why I Went into Suffrage Work," Harper's Bazaar, XLVI, 440 (September, 1912).
"Woman and the State," Forum, XLVIII, 394-408 (October 1912).
"Woman and the Suffrage," Harper's Weekly, LVI, 6 (August 17, 1912).
"Woman's Rights," Outlook, C, 262-66 (February 3, 1912).
"Woman's Rights," Outlook, C, 302-4 (February 10, 1912).
"Concerning Some of the Anti-Suffrage Leaders," Good House-keeping, LV, 80-82 (July, 1912).
"Expansion of Equality," Independent, LXXIII, 1143-45 (November 14, 1912).
"Marching for Equal Suffrage," Hearst's Magazine, XXI, 2497-501 (June, 1912).
"Woman and the California Primaries," Independent, LXXII, 1316-18 (June 13, 1912).
"Woman Suffrage Victory," Literary Digest, XLV, 841-43 (November 23, 1912).
"Woman's Demonstration; How They Won and Used the Votes in California," Collier's, XLVIII, 17-18 (January 6, 1912).
"Recent Strides of Woman's Suffrage," World's Work, XXII, 14733-45 (August, 1911).
"Woman's Suffrage in Six States," Independent, LXXI, 967-20 (November 2, 1911).
"Women Did It in Colorado," Hampton's Magazine, XXVI, 426.
"Woman's Victory in Washington" (state), Collier's, XLVI, 25.
"Are Women Ready for the Franchise?" Westminster, CLXII, 255-61 (September, 1904).
"Argument against Woman's Suffrage," Outlook, LXIV, 573-74 (March 10, 1900).
"Check to Woman's Suffrage in the United States," Nineteenth Century, LVI, 833-41 (November, 1904).
"Female Suffrage in the United States," Harper's Weekly, XLIV, 949-50 (October 6, 1900).
"Ought Women to Vote?" Outlook, LVIII, 353-55 (June 8, 1901).
"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 embarrass 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 Canal and the Sea Power in the Pacific," Century, LXXXII, 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 Massachusetts," 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, XXXII, 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, LXXXVI, 230 (March 12, 1908).
"March of Temperance," Arena, XL, 325-30 (October, 1908).
"Social Conditions and the Liquor Problem," Arena, XXVI, 275-77 (September, 1006).
"Temperance Question," Canadian M., XXXII, 282-84 (January, 1909).
"Local Option Movement," Annals of the American Academy, XXXII, 471-5 (November, 1908).
"Results of a Dry Year in Worcester, Mass.," Map Survey, XXII, 301-2 (May 29, 1909).
"Local Option and After," North American, CXC, 628-41 (November, 1909).
"CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE ABOLISHED"
Affirmative
I. Capital punishment does not accomplish the purpose for which it is intended.
II. Capital punishment is inconsistent with the teachings of modern criminology.
III. There are other methods of punishment far more beneficial than the death penalty.
Negative
I. Capital punishment decreases crime.
II. The cruelty of capital punishment has been greatly exaggerated.
III. Society has found no crime deterrent so powerful as the death penalty.
BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Does Capital Punishment Prevent Convictions?" Review of Reviews, XL, 219-20 (August, 1909).
"Does Capital Punishment Tend to Diminish Capital Crime?" Harper's Weekly, L, 1028-29; Review of Reviews, XXXIV, 368-69 (1909).
"Meaning of Capital Punishment," Harper's Weekly, L, 1289 (September 8, 1906).
"Plato on Capital Punishment," Harper's Weekly, L, 1903 (December 29, 1906).
"Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?" Harper's Weekly, LIII, 8 (July 3, 1909).
"Whitely Case and Death Penalty," Nation, LXXXIV, 376-77 (April 25, 1907).
"Death Penalty and Homicide," American Journal of Sociology, XVI, 88-116 (July, 1910); Nation, VIII, 166; North American, CXVI, 138; ibid., LXII, 40; ibid., CXXXIII, 534; Forum, III, 503; Arena, II, 513.
"Capital Punishment and Imprisonment for Life," Nation, XVI, 193.
"Capital Punishment Anecdotes from Blue Book," Ecl. M., LXVI, 677.
"Capital Punishment Arguments Against," Nation, XVI, 213.
"Capital Punishment by Electricity," North American, CXLVI, 219.
"Capital Punishment: Case Against," Fortnightly Review, LII, 322; same article in Eclectic Magazine, CXIII, 518.
"The Crime of Capital Punishment," Arena, I, 175.
"Failure of Capital Punishment," Arena, XXI, 469.
"Why Have a Hangman?" Fortnightly Review, XL, 581.
"Punishment of Crimes," North American, X, 235.