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128 said, “and then explain. They ’ve got me stopped.” He had thirteen bids, one from every fraternity in good standing, including the so-called Big Three.

When Hugh saw the Nu Delta card he yelled with delight.

“I got a Nu Delt, too.” His voice was trem¬ bling with excitement. “You ’ll go with me, won’t you ?”

“Of course, Hugh. But I don’t understand.”

“Oh, what’s the dif? Let’s go.”

He tucked his arm in Carl’s, and the two of them passed out of the Union on their way to the Nu Delta house. Later both of them understood. Carl’s good looks, his excellent clothes, his money, and the fact that he had been to an expensive pre¬ paratory school were enough to insure him plenty of bids even if he had be^n considerably less of a gentleman than he was.

Already the campus was ringing with shouts as freshmen entered fraternity houses, each freshman being required to report at once to the fraternity whose bid he was accepting.

When Carl and Hugh walked up the Nu Delta steps, they were seized by waiting upper-classmen and rushed into the living-room, where they were received with loud cheers, slapped on the back, and passed around the room, each upper-classman shak¬ ing hands with them so vigorously that their hands