Forensic Tournament Enters Final Rounds

Seventy-six debating teams representing 68 colleges from the United States and Canada will compete today in the last rounds of the sixth annual Harvard Invitational Forensic Tournament. The final and deciding contest is set for 5 p.m. in Emerson D.

Three squads were undefeated after six rounds of preliminary activity, but tournament officials would not reveal the identity of those groups. Competition will begin at 9 a.m. today, with quarter-finals coming at 1 p.m. and semi-finals at 3 p.m.

One award has already been made. Joseph Budin of Western Reserve University won the Edward Everett Original Oratory Contest in finals held last night at a sherry party in the Union.

The topic for the tournament is "Resolved: That the further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement."