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ARL’S adviser had been less efficient than Hugh’s; therefore he knew what his courses were, where the classes met and the hours, the names of his instructors, and the require¬ ments other than Latin for a B.S. degree. Carl said that he was taking a B.S. because he had had a year of Greek at Kane and was therefore per¬ fectly competent to make full use of the language; he could read the letters on the front doors of the fraternity houses. The boys found that their courses were the same but that they were in different sections. Hugh was in a dilemma; he could make nothing out of his card. “Here,” said Carl, “give the thing to me. My adviser was a good scout and wised me up. This P.C. is n’t paper cutting as you might suppose; it’s gym. You ’ll get out of that by signing up for track. P.C. means physical culture. Think of that! You can sign up for track any time to¬ morrow down at the gym. And E i, 7 means that you’re in English 1, Section 7; and M is math. You ’re in Section 3. Lat means Latin, of course —Section 6. My adviser—he tried pretty hard to