The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-03-16
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the rows OF faces. Most Of them were
but as blurs, swimming. yet he was
aware Che thoughD ~ a formidable
and horrible impasslvc scrutiny Of
himself, n glare seeming To pierce
through him to the back Of the belt
round his waist, so that he began to
have fearful doubts about that belt,
about every fastening and adjustment
Of his garments. about the expression
~ his countenance. and many other
things Jumbling together In his con
sciousness over and over he wills
pered gaspingly to himself the open
ing words Of the sentence with which
a senior had advised him TO begin his
argument And as the moment Of su-
preme agony drew close. this whisper
ing became continuous: an making
my first appearance before this honor.
BILE membership feel constrained to
say IN making my first appearance be.
fore this honor'ble membership ! feel
constrained To say In making my first
appearance before this honor'ble merr
~
II had come. The chairman
announced the subject Of the fourth
freshman twelve minute debate: and
Dora Yocum. hitherto unperceiyed by
Ramsey, rose and ent forward to one
Of the small desks in the open space
where she stood c"mposedly. slim
pretty figure In white. Members In
Ramsey's neighborhood were aware OF
4 brief and hushed commotion and a
fierce whisper. You can't You get
up there" And the blanched Ramsey
zane forth and placed himself at the
other desk.
He stood before the silent popu.
ace Of that morgue. and II seemed Ia
him that his features had forgotten
that he was supposed 10 be their own
er and In control Of them; he felt that
, they were slipping all over his face,
regardless Of his wishes. His head.
rs n whole. was subject TO an agita.
ton not before known by him: II de-
sired Ia move rustlly In eccentric ways
OF It's own deyising; his legs alternate
~ limbered and Strengthened under no
direction hut their own and his hands
clutched each other fiercely behind his
back he was not one cohesive person,
evidently, but an assembled collection
OF parts which had relapsed each into
It's own individuality. In spite Of them,
he somehow contriyed the semblance
] - a., .huIr nj Ia,
semblance OF another toward Dora, ~
whom he was but hazily conscious.
Then he opened his mouth and, not
knowing how he had started his voice
going. heard II as IL from distance.
"In making my first appearance he
fore this hOnnr'hle membership | feel
restrained to say" lie stopped
short, and thenCeforward shook yisi-
bly,. After n long pause, he managed
to repeat his opening stopped again,
swallowed many times. produced a
handkerchief and wiped his face. an
act Of necessity-then had an inspira-
tion.
The subject assigned 10 me-" he
said. "is resolved that Germany Ia
mor'ly and legally Justified In Bel
gians Relglums This subject was
assigned To me to be the subject Of
this debate" lie interrupted himself
to gasp piteously. found breathing DIFF
hcult but faltered on again: This
subject Is the subject. II Is the sub
ject that was assigned to me on a
postal card" Then for moment or
so. he had a miraculous squirt of conf
dence and continued. rather rapidly
II feel constrained Ia say that the
country Of Belglan-Belgium, ! mean
this country has been constrained by
the-invaded mean-inyaded by the
Imperial German Umpire and my sub