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English C.

Topics for Third Forensic.

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

1. Was the persecution of Socrates religious or political in its character?

2. Is the estimate of Theramenes given by Aristotle more nearly correct than that given by Aristophanes?

3. Did Walter Map write the Arthurian legends which usually pass under his name?

4. Did the French or the Portuguese discover Australia?

5. Did Verrazano make his supposed voyag to America?

6. Would the establishment of a National Univesity be desirable?

7. Should a man intending to enter a profession specialize in his college work?

8. Is the character of Desdemona, as shown in the text of Othello, deceitful?

9. Is J. R. Lowell's statement that Marlowe lacked both dramatic and creative genius correct? (See "Old Dramatists," J. R. Lowell, Houghton, Mifflin and Co.)

10. Do the signs of the times show that the dominating literary and dramatic influence of the next decade will be romantic?

11. Should the resolution of Senator Davis in regard to the Monroe doctrine be passed?

12. Should representation in the government be granted to English settlers in the Transvaal?

13. Is "The Prisoner of Zenda" successful as a dramatization of Anthony Hope's novel?

14. Should the United States maintain an import duty on sugar?

15. Has the growth of international trade been checked by the tariff system of he last thirty years?

16. Dees a low rate of wages enable a country to increase its exports?

17. Is the quantity theory of the value of money sound?

18. Should presidential campaigns be shorter?

19. Are the Galapagos islands continental in their origin?

20. Are petals derived from stamens?

The third forensic will be due March 7. Students are urged to find subjects for their forensics in courses they have taken or are taking, and to submit these subjects for approval to an instructor in English C.

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