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Australian Debaters Engage Council on British Empire

Argue That Empire Must Disintegrate; Oppose Oyen and Pattee

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A team of Australian debaters who declared that there had been no good tea in America since the Boston Tea Party, defended the affirmative of the subject, "Resolved: That the British Empire must disintegrate," against a Debating Council team composed of Henry D. Oyen '41 and James J. Pattee '41 in the Adams House Common Room Saturday night.

Taking the line that both Canada and Australia desired to be independent, the barnstorming men from "down under," who have debated 52 American and Canadian colleges in the course of their tour, claimed that the word Empire was a contradiction in terms and had been greatly weakened by the abdication of popular Edward VIII.

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