The Press., 1918-05-23

5777' -77 7- \
 Easy
 Honors
By Osborn Jones
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Jones, Pread Nhd Bin pawson-a1l. ass
 semhled ln lilll Daws0lis. F0ahi nhe evening; the entire class 'of fJhelHa M1rtlnson's mathematics tApA4all ax-
 cept the gtrl'sashe mades the seventh [
 "Well, if no one elsel will, why |
 suppose must" said Blll, the spokpsz
 man, with Nn emphasis on the nsupa pose" that indicated how great hts sHt-
 riIice. 5f1
 You fellows hadn't any mtehtiah-4 any one of you-of tekIhg hRhtlf You cooked It Np that was to be the
 goat" ...-...,
 "Aw, can that" wns Larry Jones
 comment, Wed do lt tf we ruula bni
 she wouldn't look Nt us. Fact ts | tried to kid her little taWari' the
 iirSt--luSt fnr the flm af it-but, niy
 frcckles and my pug. nDse sthel in the way, You're the lady klllenl you know you are You ean do It." ....... ..I
 The fact was that 1t had been de-
 clded that one of the slx men ln The
 class should cultivate the arquaIn- tance of the one girl tn the Clnss-With object tf not matrinmnN, at least some sort of courtShtp. It was drastic mcaSure hut drastic measures were needed, For decade Martlnson's mathematics 12a had been the test for the winning of Il certain very desirable cash prize in large city college Stu. dents in the engineering course were eligible for the prize and the fact that the prize was awarded to the student having the hest grades in one of the advanced courses in mathemat ties, in4 stead of engineering. was not t0 the liking of the students who wished to compete for 1t. Martinson, heing one of the younger more, serious profess sors, made his course extremely dlftl- cult-the thousand dollars left, by the Benevolent one as A reward for high est credit In that course, 1t was felt, \ was we'll earned--so difficult had Mar. tinS0n c0ntrived to make the course. But this had incOnveniences ;g so with- ! in the past four or five years, there had been a encouragement on the part of the students who. wished to compete for the priZe-and no one took the course except with that idea fin mind that the prize would be tIIl \ Vided among them. It was also \ agreed that as 1t didn't really matteE | with this arrangement which mGn | stood highest, no very intense stQdN-iI ing should be done. So the course became one of the more comfortable courses where the men enjoyed con siderable peace of mind with a. rcer- tainty of q share of the booty at the end. But this year after everything was arranged and 1t had been agreed that Larry should do just enough&mere work than his companions to hes sure of taking off the prize that was later to be divided among them, the girl ar rived. Professor MartinsOn had been heard to address her, as Miss Baxter that was all that was known of her, save that she was not at all bad look ing and-what was at first much more important-she was shark mathema- tician with q mania for mental appli- cation. .... ..- r.
 It was quite clear that she would carry off the prize and generally turn. the erstwhile peaceful sessions of the | class into mental cOmbats If some thing was not done to quell her en-
 
 to take engineering befOre-in fact a special permit had to he gained 6rom the dean to admit her, 1t was later un- derstOOd. fl
 Not only was there an hdispOsItiOn on the part of the men to lose their boOty-fOr they would never have talk en so unpopular course save as a | means of gaining this reward-bJt 1t | went against. the grain of each one to l see girl walk off so easily. witIt hon. i ors that anyone of them might if I he bestirred his intellect, have secured for himself. ..sl ... ..s-5, |
 'Tll tell you what" It was Bill DawsOn's suggestion day or so be- fore the conference in his room, If that girl could he sidetracked she wouldn't he dangerous. If solfie one could persuade her that there was l some other career ahead of her ber sides that of studying engineering she wouldn't use such mental gymnastics trying to show up-, our stuRiditW r Something's got to, he done" .r j
 "YOu mean that one of Us might get acquainted and then propose t6 her of of that sorry" asked Barry cautiously. #EEL zTkT-.a | "Well. thnt'S about It. Pve heard. In regular co-educatinnal colleges .tbat as soon as the girls begin to get ert | gagged to the men-and all -the4 good lockers usually tlo, you knoMrRl thaIr senior year-why they begin, tGzthiak less: ahout their mark Sl and grades. < l
 lat sE, I appointed to the task and,, stinu rehel- | lous, h insisted ,oln. having lots I drawn. I.arry. .r--s nuh-noseds freekle'f faced E.nrry--drew the card thaf an-i | pointed him as the Sictim. At fifeaat F he had declared his eahmfraff6n' 'fdtid9 iieas F and had gone so far4i as to sopenAthe, door for her on several occasions. la 3E
 And Larry wentatOl his atask Mdfll5E out delay and WfthRno9fHrther He1,el- lion. although he fell ,slngplarIyy haatt- capped by his frecldGs pnds pug nose, It l was soon ahScrNCsl llGll he met Miss Baxter sometimes after cl,tsS and 4s. cOrted her away from the icofIeAse lt in the direction of the cad 4 ine-preSumahly he saw her homo. After month q meeting was naliellA in Bill's rooms Evidently whateyeF,d else I4ltry had convtnceds her he,Ihhll, not convinced her to give up her rapid lo fire mental activity in, he classroom I I.arfy's report was not entirely sat isfactory nor was t devoid of. .reasous for hope q think she likes me- he said simply, but .f'ni darn. Sure She tf isn't tlazzldd, and though She's nade + md pretty. fhefe 4 4iaVe tds abe e6h. tIli siderable more SfJft Adhsica tH Head fDe,l up to proposabd Eve doncl y1.heste and llethnt -hasl happened is 9alat RveA spent several ghourss week discussing higher mathematics She talks mathe5, natics as most girls talk about ydances md house parties. I'll tell you she's Y z ] f1rst-rate tutor. rnza I18
 There was dissension Tn camp aftee1