Author: J. W. Scroggs
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2015-07-15
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781331454342
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Excerpt from Debate Bulletin: The City Manager Plan The Subject Of This Bulletin Was Chosen By Te shchool Superintendents At Their Meeting At The University In April, 1918. It is the custom of the University thru its Extension Division to issue a debate bulletin on the subject chosen for the inter-high school debate. The subject of this bulletin was chosen by the school superintendents at their meeting at the University in April, 1918. The preparation of a debate bulletin on the City Manager Plan has been one of unusual difficulty. Many magazine articles have appeared in favor of it, but the question is so new that very little has been written against it. Even those who question its expediency are willing to see it given a full trial before attacking it. Most of the negative arguments have to be pickt up where they can be found, - brief paragraphs, incidental remarks, frank admissions, sometimes even of its advocates. The following extract from a letter from one of the best municipal research bureaus in the country will indicate the difficulty: "Neither our files nor the Public Affairs Information Service index has brought to our attention any other negative material of the city manager problem. The Bibligraphy of Municipal Government by William B. Monroe does not indicate any negative materi either." Every debater should debate both sides of every question, and especially such a question as this one. In no other way can the young debater compel himself to do full justice to the other side. This is not an academic question, but one of great importance to every city, whichever way it may be decided. Do not debate in order merely to win the decision, but to make of yourself an effective debater. For the sake of the debate you should do full justice to the arguments for your side; but far more important than that you must be loyal to the truth of the question; you should never lose sight of that. Otherwise you may become a mere pettifogger instead of a convincing speaker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
