Lancaster High School Debating Team, 1917. Back row, left to right: Edwin Weaver, Harry Siegle, Henry Yeager, Charles Carroll, and Paul Gast. Front row, left to right: Earl Helm, Mr. Ober Morning (coach), Herman Slotkin, Harris C. Arnold (captain). Question debated by both teams: Resolved that the government should own an dcontrol the railroads of the United States. Debate held March 23, 1917. Negative team defeated Chester High School at Chester. Affirmative team lost to Reading High School at Lancaster.
