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...matter of fact the Crimson's November victory broke a winning streak of 11 consecutive victories for Norfolk which included wins over Williams, M.I.T., Columbia, Holy Cross, Boston University and Oxford...
...supreme triumph of the Debaters' history for it came against a highly touted and successful team from the English university which boasted eight successive victories over American colleges--including one over Harvard. It was also the prison's first international debate; but not its last. In March Norfolk debated Canada's McGill and next week will face two English students now studying law at Harvard who will represent Cambridge University...
...season of collegiate debating, Norfolk has compiled winning records against 13 of its 19 opponents. Besides Harvard and Oxford they include Boston University (12-1), Columbia (1-0), Clark (2-1), Connecticut (1-0), M.I.T. (8-2), Massachusetts (2-0), McGill (1-0), Princeton (1-0), Providence (1-0), Suffolk University (1-0), Williams (2-0) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
...only blotches on Norfolk's record, if they can be so considered, are a 1-1 tie with American International College of Springfield, a 2-2 tie with Holy Cross, a 3-2 record with Boston College and a single loss to Tufts...
...story behind the Norfolk Debaters' amazing record is an unusual and astounding one. Although it did not begin debating colleges until 1936, the group was formed in 1931 as part of a progressive approach to prison administration inaugurated by Howard B. Gill '13, superintendent at Norfolk from...