Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
HIGH JORDAN"

Ho was six feet two, and as clumsy as he was tall. Ho would come into rccitations and lectures, take his seat without word or a sign of recognition to any one, fall at work upon his notes in perfect silouce, and thea shamble out again. At first an amused smile went around the class whenever he entered the room, but the students soon got used to his odd ways, and ho came and went without remarks
 His name was Hiram Jordan. "High" Jordan, big. good Joe Stanley called him one day, with laugh, and tho nickname stuck liko Q burr, as nick names will
 No one seemed to know anything about him. He was poor, that was cvi- dent enough, for his ill-itting clothes were of the cheapest material. He as- sociated with one of the boys, and sell dom appeared on the campus.
 There happened that year to be un- usual interest in the class races. The crews were very evenly matched, and 1t was hard to say which of them stood the better cha" co of winning.
 '.It's dollars and pennies which comes in first" gloomily said Joe Stanley, captain of our crew. 'If I only had good seven,' think could mako it, but there doesn't seem to be a man in the class fitted for the positon;" and, try our best, we could find no better man than Charley Harvey, who was a good fellow, certainly, but not "good seven."
 Ons afternoon, as the members of this crew were lying around on the float, just before their usual daily pull, High Jordan came up and asked for Stanley. Joe was in the boat-house fix ing his stretcher, and Jordan was told to walk in. The two men did not come out for some time, and whom they dil finally appear, every ono was surprised to hcar Jo, say:
 'Boys, Jordan has rowed good deal, and wants to try 'seven,' and l am going to give him a chance to pull there today"
 Poor Charley Halvey's face showed his disappointment. He had been working very hard to keep his place in the boat, and now he was to be crowded out, and of all men by High" Jordan
 'Shan't I row today2" he asked, un- able to conceal his chagrin.
 q don't see how we can work it, Charley" answered Joe, kindly. Hadn't you just as lief rest today2'
 Harvey watched the boat as she slid off the float. His eyes were on one man, the new number seven. At the word, the men leaned forward, their oars struck the water simultan eously, and the shell shot lightly ahead. The time was perfect.
 'Its all up with me" murmured Charley. 'Thats the man we have been looking for" aud ho turned and went off to his room.
 Every man in the boat sympathized strongly with Charley Harvey. High Jordan's popularity was not increased by his sudden cutting out of the hard est worker and one of the most popular men of the class, and no littlo grumb b. ling was heard from the crew, though they must have seen at once that Jordan was the better man of the two.
 'Its beastly shame to put Charley out, know" said Joe Stanley, who could not help noticing tho prcvalcnt feeling. "I would likc to see him ir the boat as woll as any of you. Yor know that, for there is no man in col lege like better. know Jordan d oes not belong to our set, and is what yor call huff, but he Is a good fellow, fol all that, and the best oar in the boat and as captain of the crew, l am bound to keep the best man."
 The weeks slipped by, and confidence in our crew steadily increased. Th' race was now only threo weeks off, ane the names of the crew were officially announced in order that the men nigh be initiated into the HI. K ," the clas society.
 This society, although ono remained an active member of it for only on year, was the controlling fact in tn social life of the class. The first mem bers were elected by those who hal formed the society in the precedin. cla,s, and the new members elected others of their own class. But
 "crewman" was understood to be en titled to membership in the "H. K.
 almost as 6 matter of right. To b sure, it required only one black ball t reject candidate, but no one had eve