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 CHAPTER XVII

THE INDIGNATION MEETING

For a minute no one accepted the invitation, and chuckles of amusement came from the rear of the hall where the younger fellows were foregathered. Finally, "Go to it, Carter!" called one of the irrepressibles, and Ned Carter, a serious-visaged Junior arose slowly to his feet.

"Carter," said Sears in recognition.

"Mr. Chairman and fellows," began Carter, "a lot of us fellows aren't at all satisfied with the way things are going. I mean about football. Our team has played five games so far and it's been licked three times. We want to know what the reason is." Applause was instantaneous, and the speaker, encouraged, thrust his hands in his trousers pockets and went on with more assurance. "We started out all right, as you all know. We didn't have