TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. The word "amoeba" uses oe ligature in the original on page 94. For consistency, a period has been added at the end of the word "Editor" in some footnotes where it was missing. The following misprints have been corrected: "spendid" corrected to "splendid" (page 78) "stumblingblock" corrected to "stumbling block" (page 90) "can can" corrected to "can" (page 140) Other than corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation and ligature usage have been retained. PRIZE ORATIONS OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE PEACE ASSOCIATION EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN F. WESTON, PH.D. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY, ANTIOCH COLLEGE YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO FOREWORD BY CHARLES F. THWING BOSTON THE WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 1914 THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE MISSES MARY AND HELEN SEABURY WHOSE INTEREST AND ASSISTANCE HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE ORATIONS OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE PEACE ASSOCIATION CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD vii By CHARLES F. THWING, President of the Association THE INTERCOLLEGIATE PEACE ASSOCIATION 1 By STEPHEN F. WESTON, Executive Secretary of the Association THE CONFLICT OF WAR AND PEACE 25 By PAUL SMITH, DePauw University, Indiana THE UNITED STATES AND UNIVERSAL PEACE 35 By GLENN PORTER WISHARD, Northwestern University, Illinois THE EVOLUTION OF WORLD PEACE 45 By LEVI T. PENNINGTON, Earlham College, Indiana THE WASTE OF WAR--THE WEALTH OF PEACE 55 By ARTHUR FORAKER YOUNG, Western Reserve University, Ohio THE HOPE OF PEACE 65 By STANLEY H. HOWE, Albion College, Michigan THE ROOSEVELT THEORY OF WAR 73 By PERCIVAL V. BLANSHARD, University of Michigan NATIONAL HONOR AND VITAL INTERESTS 81 By RUSSELL WEISMAN, Western Reserve University, Ohio THE EVOLUTION OF PATRIOTISM 91 By PAUL B. BLANSHARD, University of Michigan