Oxnard High School - Cardinal and Gold Yearbook (Oxnard, CA)

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Q m uf limes 'lm moot the fl n lol lebxte Oetllplell than pl es ons xx ere pI'LIYI1eil 111 the shortest posslble tune, md tllen the Ns e UI' X 1 e it before them Ex erv possxble arffument on extller slde w ls e ue fully xxelghed and L0flN1dLI'LCl B the end of the xx eek the zrguments had bc en nrltten md then rehearsmg eommeneed Fmallw the night of the contest arrn ed Lone before the tune for the opennw exercxses people began to crowd the hill Prornlnent among these were the members of the eontestmg schools On all s1desthe1r banners and I'1l7l70l'1S were xxaung At intervals thelr yells resounded throuffh the lllllldlllff and agam d1ed awax 1n the murmur of eonsers '1t1on As the tune for the debate drew ne trer the anxlety of the audunce beeame more mtense Yells sounded less frequently and even the murmur of con versatlon gradually dled an ay When It xx 'ms tlme for the contestants to take thelr places hardly a sound could be heard 1n the entlre room Then '1ga1n upon the1r appearance 'applause and yells broke out louder than before The opposmg speaker was Introduced and Walked forward w1th a firm step. He was an expe rienced debater. Practice had glven him confidence sight, and :hz . l l l's1'elutingto X glos- tio ' 'c X 1 X ' X ' X 2' ' aces. L J 'X X X . 'X Q' X: X X . X lil!-'C llXll rr gerly to worl' upm tl1X stack of mx erial l 1 1' I v , J , L 5 N , -. A it 1 - Y ' . 'X ' N'. X 'X . X' 3 3 Y x Z i x x- L 51 1' I' 'X 1 1 J s L I rs ,, , , . x L v hx L l l L fl - el sl V bi 5, L . . J . Q Q vc . l k 1 . l 'A 7 Xi xL . . Y 'n . 'L s, I x L x L n L . I L b-.

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eontest 1f 3011 would onl1 try But, .l1ck l ha1e ne1 er debated, and l1ave no deslre to do so now You have not eons1dered the nnportance of 111nn1ng thu Lontext We ll'1XC lost IU e1er1th1n1f th1H 1ear The resultx are alread1 apparent 1n the lack ot 1ntc rest 111 thu debate and the poorer 1ee1ta t1ons ln 11.111 'lhe xeholarx are beeoxnmff dxicour aged o11, 1 11e oee 155.1111 tlnngs 11111 1ndee me 1n a bad NX 111 ou 1an 11111 for 111 1 1ou 111 o not let '1 filflllk-ll luk ol eonhdenee 111 1o11r1elf o1 er come S0111 dut1 to tl1e -ehool eons1dered tllk Nlllllitt 1ntl11t hght before, and had to l1Z1X e t1me for thouffht He had '1l11 a1 s looked upon the debate aa 1 beneht toonlx thoqe who p 1rt1e1p'1ted, and ax he d1d not e'1re for tl1e glor1 of 111nn1nff and as l11s taxte d1d not lean to1v1rd pubhe xpealung, he had HSVSI taken lfltlell llltiifewt 1n d batmff F1nall1 he looked up and cud .laek I 1v1ll do It I b l1eve there are others who are better q111l1fie1 b It lm 5011 1.11 some one muxt debate If any one had VlSltLll tl1e room of the t11o bow durlng the followmg week he 11 ould h.11e 11n1ned1'1tel1 11ot1eed a thange Ever1 tlllflg' -eemed more orderl1 cheeker boards and novels had been removed from ' v VY KL ' v 1 1 v 1 ' 4 1 1' Q V7 L' - -' 1 ' ' 1 . 1 . L 1 'V 5 1 . 1 1k- l UL- ,1 ' 3 ' 1 'aft ' - ' 1 . . f . . X , 1- . , A, - ' ' . u , x 1 1 y, 1 5 s - . N ' 'f lv: ' 5 ' Udlf ' ' Y 1 5 'f 5' ll. D . . , .- ll .lim was silent for some moments. He had never '1 ' N . 1 1 Y J ' I A ' 1 ' .'. s, K I 1 L l -1 3 ' QL ,A I -v -' ' B' 1 I xi . K ul A ' V 7 L .s si J 'I 1 ' ' X N . tl' ' All . . ' .1 e ,,. - 8. ' ' . Il .1 .X ' , . e . v f 1 A f l 11 1 f '1 ' 1- - ' 1 1 11 L y L .. F , . ' I A v v' 1 'Ni' .1 x v vs .5 Q , Y . 1 Y.

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