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George Weltzer John Keenan Raymond {Buckley Leo Fleckenslein John Mattie Thomas McNamara In the debate held last December, the subject was, “Is the United States justified in exempting her coastwise ships from taxation according to the Panama Canal Act of 1912?” Both debating teams were com¬ posed of Seniors. John Keenan, Leo Fleckenstein and Raymond Buckley Felix Clossey George Kalmbacher Thomas Sercu twenty-three
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HE Class of Nineteen Fourteen has won laurels in many fields, and in all its work it has endeavored to uphold the standard of the Rochester Catholic High School. The work done by the debating teams is especially praiseworthy. The first great debate entered into seemed to predict a bright future in this line, for, when only Juniors, the class, represented by George Kalmbacher, Thomas Sercu and William Deverell, defeated the Seniors. The resolu¬ tion was in the negative, “Resolved, That immigrants should not be sub¬ jected to a literacy test,’’ and the Juniors proved quite clearly that the literacy test is necessary. In the next debate, “Resolved, That the Philippines should be granted independence before 1921,” the affirmative was supported by Albert Beikirch, Jack O’Hara and Charles Napier, while the negative was de¬ fended by William Miller, Felix Clossey and Albert Geiger. Both sides advanced concise and sound arguments, but the judges declared the nega¬ tive side victorious.
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Rochester Catholic High School upheld the affirmative, while Thomas McNamara, George Weltzer and John Mattie represented the negative. Careful research work and a diligent study of the question enabled the debaters to give sound argu¬ ments and convincing facts. Although both teams showed great ability in handling the question, the decision was awarded to the negative side. The last debate was between the Seniors and the Juniors. “Should the Monroe Doctrine be abolished?” was the subject for debate. The Seniors, represented by George Kalmbacher, Felix Clossey and Thomas Sere 1 tried to prove that the abolishment of the doctrine was a matter of necessity, but the excellent arguments offered in support of the Monroe Docl rine by the Juniors, Raymond Maier, John Martin and Louis Langie, were sufficient reason for the judges to vote them the victors. tuenty-four
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