C E Ellison High School - Free Spirit Yearbook (Killeen, TX)

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I KAREN FRIEDRICH displays a paper tie. CHRIS HAYS, Bill Vernon, and Karen Musselman talk about their speech project. CHARLES BOONE listens to a fellow member tell about where they are going for the tournament. SCOTT GONGORA locks the debate case for the trip to Plano. CHRIS HAYS brings in her stuff for the trip while William Mahoney is writing a note upon the board. 140- Speech Copy and lay tbyl. l C klg I ' ifvz' Wrfffs dh -Q emu.:

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5 ,,.4..,N ' -Fld ' ' 'V 'Lg . 'f' A L -.1,i ' 5 A ABA, K . 7' A wr Q' A THE members of the Forensic team are ffrontl loe Boyd, Lisa Burnley, Sharon Campbell, Kevin O'Flarerty. Qndj Caron Patterson, Cindy Lindsey, Chris Hays, Scott Gongora. l3rdJ loann Godsoe, William Mahoney, Richard Wood, Peter Gregg. l4thJ Karen Musselman, Greg Hester, Bill Vernon, Charles Boone. WHILE waiting for the bus, Caron Patter- son and Lisa Burnley joke around. SCOTT GONGORA and Garfield smile when Richard Wood explains his speech. SCOTT GONGORA and Kevin O'Flarerty wait pa- tiently for Mr. Garner to arrive. CHRIS HAYS, Karen Musselman, and Greg Hester work on their speech presentaton for the tournament. Speech - 1

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NL:3lt ,F if. .. llll k'll fitf QQ? .Wi .gg l i w Wi. If agf it Vis i'Qff lE?n 'Q ' 'iF ma . 'if gif Team Work Really Paws When the speech team finally ar- rived at their destination, they would find a place to put the speech material. It was usually in a gym or a lunchroom. Competition was usually against six to eight other people in each round. A ter winning the first round, they went to the semi-finals or quarter finals. Then came the finals. Usually thirty schools attended a speech tournament. Some speech tournaments lasted two days. Awards were given at the end of the tournament to the first, second, third place winners. Poetry, Prose, Impromptu, Ex- tempt, Oratory, and many other subjects were entered at the tourna- ment. Debate was a good event for the Forensic team. The Forensic team debated on the topic of why the United States should curtail its arms sales to other countries. Going on tournaments meant long hours and tremendous amounts of work. After loading the school bus, everybody was ready and anxious to go to whatever tour- nament they had to go to win. The Forensic team went to approximate- ly fifteen tournaments a year ranging from Plano to San Antonio and sometimes farther. But Mr. Garner told us that the first, second, third place does not matter as much as the trying and self-confidence in yourself that you do your best, said William Mahoney. KAREN FRIEDRIGH and Charles Boone are helping in the loading of the bus. WILLIAM MAHONEY takes time out to wish the team luck with a message. GREG HESTER goes over his speech before the trip. KAREN MUSSELMAN and Greg Hester carry their bags to the speech room to checkin. Speech 141