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136 enjoyable teacher he had had. The others wer conscientious, more or less competent, but ther was little enthusiasm in their teaching, nothing t make a freshman eager either to attend their classe or to study the lessons they assigned. They di not make the acquiring of knowledge a thrilling e^ perience; they made it a duty—and Hugh foun that duty exceedingly irksome.

He attended neither the fraternity dance nor tb Prom. He had looked forward enthusiastically t the “house dance,” but after he had, along wit the other men in his delegation, cleaned the housi from garret to basement, he suddenly took to h: bed with grippe. He groaned with despair whe Carl gave him glowing accounts of the dance aril the “janes.” Carl for once, however, was circun spect; he did not tell Hugh all that happened. H would have been hard put to explain his own ret cence, but although he thought “the jane who g< pie-eyed” had been enormously funny, he decide^ not to tell Hugh about her or the pie-eye brothers.

No freshman was allowed to attend the Prorj but along wTith the other men who were n’t “draf ging women” Hugh walked the streets and watchef the girls. There was a tea-dance at the fraternii house during Prom week. Hugh said that he g< a great kick out of it, but, as a matter of fact, If remained only a short time; there was a hectic qua