TESTS FOR ISSUES.
After an arguer has secured his list of issues, he should test his work by asking the four following questions:—
1. Does each issue really bear upon the proposition?
2. Is each issue a subdivision of the proposition, or is it the proposition itself formulated in different language?
3. Does each issue comprise only disputed matter?
4. Do the issues, taken collectively, consider all phases of the proposition?
Several illustrations will show more plainly just what issues are and how they are used in connection with other parts of an introduction.
SHALL GREEK BE TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOLS?
In taking up the discussion of Greek in the high schools, I shall consider these three questions: First, is Greek more valuable than other studies in training the mind? Second, does the study of Greek acquaint us with the best that has been known and said in the world, and, therefore, with the history of the human spirit? And third, where shall Greek be taught? [Footnote: W.F. Webster, The Forum, December, 1899, page 459.]