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CHAPTER IX
HUGH was by no means continuously de¬ pressed; as a matter of fact, most of the time he was agog with delight, especially over the rallies that were occurring with increasing frequency as the football season progressed. Some¬ times the rallies were carefully prepared ceremonies held in the gymnasium; sometimes they were en¬ tirely spontaneous.

A group of men would rush out of a dormitory or fraternity house yelling, “Peerade, peerade!” Instantly every one within hearing would drop his books—or his cards—and rush to the yelling group, which would line up in fours and begin circling the campus, the line ever getting longer as more men came running out of the dormitories and fraternity houses. On, on they would go, arm in arm, danc¬ ing, singing Sanford songs, past every dormitory on the campus, past every fraternity house—pausing occasionally to give a cheer, always, however, keep¬ ing one goal in mind, the fraternity house where the team lived during the football season. Then when the cheer-leaders and the team were heading the procession, the mob would make for the foot-* Rh