Crimson debaters defeated entries from 24 other colleges to take first place in the annual Tufts University Invitational Debate Tournament which ended Saturday. David L. Bynum '59 and John M. Ferren '59 were the members of the winning team.
Bynum, who was voted the best speaker in the competition, and Ferren went undefeated in five preliminary rounds before winning a unanimous decision from Dartmouth in the final round. The debate topic for the tournament, one of the largest in the New England area, was "Resolved: That the future development of nuclear weapons shoull be prohibited by international agreement."
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