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Rh ity as president of the Pen and Ink to make out lists of references for reading on the subjects of debate. To the pleasant surprise of the rector and the masters, he began to show a faculty for being unobtrusively helpful.

It was in the Pen and Ink that Harry found the first urgent and difficult demand upon his newly awakened public spirit. There was only one vacancy left, and at the first meeting after Thanksgiving an attempt to fill this was made. Harry, presiding, called for nominations. Immediately Nat Belmont was on his feet, proposing Francis Stoddard. Some one else seconded him.

"Are there any other nominations?" asked Harry. Frank Windsor rose. "I nominate Mr. Albree," he said.

Harry looked surprised. His roommate had not confided this purpose to him. Bruce Watson seconded Albree's name.

There were no other nominations. Candidates were voted on in alphabetical order; therefore Albree's name was submitted first.