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5. Ought the college course for the degree of A. B. to be shortened?

6. Ought the student who neglects to do his work at the proper time to be allowed the chance of making it up at the last moment?

7. Should students be allowed to carry as much work as they please?

8. Is the large city or the small one the better location for a university?

9. Would it be advisable to include manual training in the course for the A. B. degree?

10. Did the United States government act wisely in recognizing the republic of Panama?

11. Should United States senators be elected by popular vote?

12. Should the United States still further restrict immigration?

13. The federal government should pass a law requiring the accounts of all corporations doing an interstate business to be examined periodically.

14. The federal government should have supervision over the life insurance business.

15. Should the United States have retained the Isle of Pines?

16. The United States should grant the Philippine Islands independence.

17. State judges should be appointed rather than elected. 18. Is the English occupation of Egypt justifiable?

19. Was the war with Spain justifiable?

20. The multi-millionaire is a menace to society.

21. Electricity will eventually supersede steam as a motive power.

22. Have strikes on the whole improved the position of the laboring classes?

23. Should a law be passed requiring strikes to be settled by arbitration?

24. Should intercollegiate athletic contests be abolished? 25. Should students in good standing be disqualified from taking part in intercollegiate contests because at one time they may have earned money by their athletic skill?

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION

The marks ordinarily used in punctuating a sentence are the notes of interrogation and exclamation, the period, the colon, the semicolon, the comma, and the dash.

1. The note of interrogation. This mark, as its name implies, is used after questions; and every direct question should be indicated by this mark.

2. The note of exclamation. This mark is used at the end of every ejaculatory sentence or expression of intense feeling.

3. The period. The period is used at the end of every declaratory sentence and after every abbreviation.

4. The colon. The main uses of the colon are as follows:

(a.) To introduce formal statements and quotations. Examples:

The capital and leading questions on which you must this day decide are these two: First, whether you ought to concede; and secondly, what your concession ought to be.

And he adds: "There, it seems to me, is the great merit of the English poets."

(b.) To separate coördinate parts of a sentence when they are set off against each other sharply, or

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