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Haya de la Torre, a South American who has spoken a good deal in England and in the United States on South American subjects, will uphold the affirmative and J. P. Baxter, history tutor and Instructor in the Division of History, Government, and Economics, will support the negative. After the four speakers have finished, the floor will be open to all present...
...question, "Resolved: That the only effective attitude towards war is an uncompromising pacifism." Both sides of the question will be investigated in this way. When the final six are chosen, they will work intensively on the affirmative side of the question, which the Harvard team is to uphold...
...undergraduates in good standing are eligible for the team, which will uphold the affirmative of the question: "Resolved, That the fetish of efficiency is a deplorable feature of modern life...
...grave or serious in his demeanor: seeking to uphold the dignity of his cloth...
...tense moment when Elihu Root ended. ... I made an inner vow, there and then, that if the Court should find a way to uphold that amendment, despite that argument, I would give such strength and time as were at my command to appeal to the American people to undo that wrecking of our Government...