36. Does equal suffrage tend to lessen the interest of woman in her home?
37. Should the United States take advantage of the commercial and industrial weakness of foreign nations, brought about by the war, by trying to wrest from them their markets in Central and South America?
38. Should teachers of small children in the public schools be selected from among mothers?
39. Should football be restricted to colleges, for the sake of physical safety?
40. Should college students who receive compensation for playing summer baseball be debarred from amateur standing?
41. Should daily school-hours and school vacations both be shortened?
42. Should home-study for pupils in grade schools be abolished and longer school-hours substituted?
43. Should the honor system in examinations be adopted in public high-schools?
44. Should all colleges adopt the self-government system for its students?
45. Should colleges be classified by national law and supervision, and uniform entrance and graduation requirements maintained by each college in a particular class?
46. Should ministers be required to spend a term of years in some trade, business, or profession, before becoming pastors?
47. Is the Y.M.C.A. losing its spiritual power?
48. Is the church losing its hold on thinking people?
49. Are the people of the United States more devoted to religion than ever?
50. Does the reading of magazines contribute to intellectual shallowness?
APPENDIX B
THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES
With Source References for Material.
1. KINSHIP, A FOUNDATION STONE OF CIVILIZATION. "The State," Woodrow Wilson.
2. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. "The Popular Initiative and Referendum," O.M. Barnes.
3. RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. Article in Independent, 53: 2874; article in North American Review, 178: 205.
4. IS MANKIND PROGRESSING? Book of same title, M.M. Ballou.
5. MOSES THE PEERLESS LEADER. Lecture by John Lord, in "Beacon Lights of History." NOTE: This set of books contains a vast store of material for speeches.
6. THE SPOILS SYSTEM. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke, reported in the New York Tribune, February 25, 1895.
7. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS. Part III, Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania, 1912.
8. IMMIGRATION AND DEGRADATION. "Americans or Aliens?" Howard B. Grose.
9. WHAT IS THE THEATRE DOING FOR AMERICA? "The Drama Today," Charlton Andrews.
10. SUPERSTITION. "Curiosities of Popular Custom," William S. Walsh.
11. THE PROBLEM OF OLD AGE. "Old Age Deferred," Arnold Lorand.
12. WHO IS THE TRAMP? Article in Century, 28: 41.
13. TWO MEN INSIDE. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," R.L. Stevenson.
14. THE OVERTHROW OF POVERTY. "The Panacea for Poverty," Madison Peters.
15. MORALS AND MANNERS. "A Christian's Habits," Robert E. Speer.
16. JEW AND CHRISTIAN. "Jesus the Jew," Harold Weinstock.
17. EDUCATION AND THE MOVING PICTURE. Article by J. Berg Esenwein in "The Theatre of Science," Robert Grau.
18. BOOKS AS FOOD. "Books and Reading," R.C. Gage and Alfred Harcourt.
19. WHAT IS A NOVEL? "The Technique of the Novel," Charles F. Home.
20. MODERN FICTION AND MODERN LIFE. Article in Lippincott's, October, 1907.
21. OUR PROBLEM IN MEXICO. "The Real Mexico," Hamilton Fyfe.
22. THE JOY OF RECEIVING. Article in Woman's Home Companion, December, 1914.
23. PHYSICAL TRAINING VS. COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Article in Literary Digest, November 28, 1914.
24. CHEER UP. "The Science of Happiness," Jean Finot.
25. THE SQUARE PEG IN THE ROUND HOLE. "The Job, the Man, and the Boss," Katherine Blackford and Arthur Newcomb.
26. THE DECAY OF ACTING. Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914.
27. THE YOUNG MAN AND THE CHURCH. "A Young man's Religion," N. McGee Waters.
