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Paul Richard Harmel of Cleveland, Ohio...
...five-minute speech on either side of the question: Resolved: "That the policy of abstaining from intersectional athletic contests should be continued". The judges were chosen from among the members of the Harvard Debating Council and were: W. S. Holbrook Jr. 2L., R. S. Fanning '23, P. R. Harmel '23, J. C. Hover '23, A. C. Surber...
Before an audience of almost 3,000 people the University debating team defeated Oxford last night in Symphony Hall by a vote of 1614 to 1000 on the part of those present. The Harvard team, composed of R. S. Fanning '23, R. S. Bowers '24, and P. R. Harmel '23, supported the negative side of the question, Resolved: that the United States should join immediately the League of Nations...
...Harmel Last Speaker of Evening
...Harmel, the last speaker of the evening, treated the question from the standpoint of the United States. He stated that America can not afford to abandon its traditional policies and its sovereign rights by entering the League, and that the conditions in Europe today do not merit the sacrifice. He maintained that America can serve the world far more effectively outside of the League than if she were in it. To bear out this point he added that the United States can point to a remarkable series of achievements towards the promotion of international peace since the inception...