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Intercollegiate Peace Association

A snapshot of an early 20th-century peace movement, this volume gathers prize-winning student speeches that argue passionately against war. It was edited and introduced by Stephen F. Weston, who also served as the Intercollegiate Peace Association’s executive secretary while teaching at Antioch College.

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Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association

Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association

by Intercollegiate Peace Association

About the author

Stephen F. Weston is known here as the editor and introducer of Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association, published in 1914 by the World Peace Foundation. The book presents selected student speeches on war, peace, arbitration, and international responsibility, reflecting the idealism and debate of American campuses in the years just before World War I.

In the volume itself, Weston is identified as the Intercollegiate Peace Association’s executive secretary and as a professor of economics and sociology at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. His role suggests he was not only an academic, but also an organizer and advocate who helped bring student voices in the peace movement to a wider public.

Because reliable biographical information about Weston is limited in the sources I could confirm here, the clearest picture comes from this book and its front matter. What stands out is his effort to frame peace as a serious intellectual and moral question for young Americans, using eloquent college oratory to make that case.