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Academic disputations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Adams, Ezra (AC 1835) - disputation, 1835 August

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Disputation with W.G. Howard (affirmative): "Funeral and Sepulchral Honors: Are They on the Whole Beneficial?"

Dates: 1835 August

Adams, John Calvin (AC 1833) - disputation, 1833 August

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1833 August

Alden, Ebenezer (AC 1839) - disputation, 1839

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Disputation with H. L. Whitman: "Is the Secular Enterprise of New England Subversive of Morality? Affirmative"

Dates: 1839

Bannister, Seth Warriner (AC 1835) - disputation, 1835 August

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Disputation with Mortimer Blake: "Are the Earlier Ages of a Nation More Interesting Than the Later?"

Dates: 1835 August

Belcher, Nathan (AC 1832) - disputation, 1832

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Discussion with I.N. Stoddard: "Would the Dissolution of the American Union Necessarily Prove Fatal to the Progress of Universal Liberty? Negative."

Dates: 1832

Belden, Pomeroy (AC 1833) - disputation, 1833

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Discussion with E.W. Harrington: "Thought and Emotion, Their Influence Upon Oratory (Thought)"

Dates: 1833

Bragg, Jesse Kendall (AC 1838) - disputation, 1838

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

With G. Leeds: "The Old Age of the Scholar"

Dates: 1838

Bullard, Asa (AC 1828) and Chester Humphrey (AC 1828) - Disputation: "Ought Universalists to be Allowed to Give Testimony In Courts of Justice?", 1828 August 22

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1828 August 22

Burnham, Thomas (AC 1828) - disputation: "Is It Expedient to Cultivate a Military Spirit in the United States?", 1828 August 27

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1828 August 27

Clark, Lewis Franklin (AC 1837) - disputation with H.J. Gaylord - "Is the Patronage of Our Government Necessary for a High Standard of Literature? Affirmative", 1837

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1837

Elliott, Caleb Burbank (AC 1826) and Milton Kimball (AC 1826) - disputation: "Is It Probable That the Spanish American Republics Will Be Able Maintain Their Present Liberal Institutions?", 1826 August 23

 Item — Box 6, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1826 August 23

Fackler, David Morris (AC 1835) - disputation with N.B. Fox: "Influence on the Discovery of Truth of Personal Interest in the Subject of Inquiry", 1835 August

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1835 August

Fisher, Nathaniel (AC 1826) and Levi Pratt (AC 1826) - disputation: "Is the Golden Age of Literature Past?", 1826 August 23

 Item — Box 6, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1826 August 23

Gage, William (AC 1828) - disputation: "Is it Expedient for the United States to Cultivate a Military Spirit?", 1828 August 22

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1828 August 22

Gray, Alonzo (AC 1834) - disputation with J.P. Terry: "Is Phrenology Entitled to Special Attention from Its Practical Utility?", 1834 August

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1834 August

Hall, William (AC 1832) - disputation with Samuel Miles Hopkins - "Are Capital Punishments Justifiable?", 1832

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1832

Hutchinson, Sylvander (AC 1836) - disputation: "Infidelity and War - Their Comparative Influence on Benevolent Enterprise", 1836

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1836

Pitkin, Frederick Hyde (AC 1840) - "Dispute: Is Elizabeth of England Censurable for the Treatment of Mary Queen of Scots? Affirmative.", 1840 August 26

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 77
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1840 August 26

Powers, Philander Oliver (AC 1830) and Benjamin Schneider (AC 1830) - disputation: "Has Enthusiasm or Genius Contributed More to the Advancement of Science and Literature?", 1830

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 70
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1830

Pritchett, Edward Corrie - disputation with James C. Bryant: "Is Influence of Severe or Commendatory Criticism Favorable to Literature?", circa 1835

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: circa 1835

Symonds, Stephen (AC 1833) - disputation: "Is It the Duty of Every Citizen to Cooperate with Some Political Party?", 1833 August

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1833 August

Van Dyck, Lawrence Henry (AC 1830) - disputation: "In Maintaining the Affirmative of the Question, Whether Representatives ought to be Governed by the Instructions of Their Constituents, We Shall Deduce Our First Argument From the Design of Representative Governments", 1830 August

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 72
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1830 August

Waters, George (AC 1831) - disputation with Huntington: "Is the Spirit of Enterprise in our Country Favorable to Morality and Happiness?", 1831

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1831