St. Tammany farmer., 1922-02-25

t1lCiI tlil 1lC u lluN z " uo 4C u JuoL ldht
care never to walk by her house. II
was easy enough to use some other
| street when he had to go down town
"The good ole class of Nineteen.
Fred Mitchell, who was still his most
intimate friend when they reached the
senior year. "Yes, sir; it's held to.
gether a good many years, Fred, but
| after June it'll be busted plum up,
| and I hope nobody starts a move to
have any reunions. There's good
many members of the ole class that
/ | can stand and there's some I can't,
but there's one I just won't! If we
ever did cali a reunion, that ole Yo-
| cum girl would start In right away
and run the whole shebang, and that s
where I'd resign. You know, Fred,
the thing think is the one biggest
benefit of graduating from this ole
school? It's never seein' Dora Yocum
again." n
This was again his theme as he sat
by the same friends side, in the rear
row of the class at Commencement,
listening to the delivery of the Vale
dictory. "rhinks she's Just sooblime,
don't she!' he whispered morosely.
"She wouldn't trade with the Presi-
dent Of the United States right now.
Never mind! Just about a half-an-
hour more and that's the last o. you,
ole girl Yes, sir, Fred; one thing we
can feel pretty good over: this is
where we get through with Dora Yo-
cum!'
Ramsey and Fred had arranged to
room together at Greenfield, the seat
of the state university; and they made
the short journey in company the fol
lowing September. They arrived hi
larious, anticipating pleasurable ex-
elements In the way of fraternity"
pledgings and limitations, encounters
with sophomores, class meetings, and
elections; and, also, they were not alb
solutely without interest in the matter
Of Girls, for the state university was
co-educational, and it was but natural
to expect in so broad a field, all new
to them, possible vision Of something
rather thrilling They whispered
cheerfully of all these things during
the process Of matriculation, and
signed the registrars book on a fresh
page; but when Fred had written his
name under Ramsey's and blotted it,
he took the liberty Of turning over the
leaf to examine some of the auto
graphs of their future classmates,
written on the other side. Then he ut
tered AN exclamation, more droll than
dolorous, though it affected to be Who'll
ly the latter; for the shock to Fred
was by no means so painful as it was
to his friend.
Ramsey leaned forward and read
the name indicated by Fred's fore
anger eE-
DORA YOCUM.
:. When they got back to their
pleasant quarters at Mrs. Meigs', fac
Ing the campus, Ramsey was still un-
able to talk of anything except the
discovery; nor were hia
hurlesquing effol is to con
Ss.,a him of rrcnt >,t:ir though N.a
did become serioue enough to point |
out that a university was different |
from high school.
"It's not like havin' to use one big
room as headquarters, you know,
Ramsey. Everything's all split up, and
she might happen not be in a single
one of your classes"
"You don't know my luck!' the af-
1icted boy protested. II wish I'd gone
o Harvard, the way my father wanted
ne to. Why, this Is just the worst
I ever struck! You'll see!
She'll be in everything there is, just
he way she was back home"
He appeared to be corroborated by
he events of the next day, when they
lttended the first meeting to organize
he new class. The masculine ele-
nent predominated. but Dora Yocum
vas elected vice president. ''You
ee?" Ramsey said. "Didn't I tell
'ou? You see what happens?"
But after that she ceased for "A time
Q intrude upon his life, and he admit
ed that his harassment was less grave
han he had anticipated. There were
bout five hundred students in the
reshman class; he seldom saw her,
nd when he did 1t was not more than
distant glimpse Of her on one Of
he campus paths, her thoughtful head
ent over a book as she hurried to
lassroom. This was bearable; and in
ne f1attering agitations Of being
ought, and even hunted, by several
fraternities" simultaneously desirous
f his becoming sworn Brother he
lmOst forgot her. After a hazardous
1onth the roommates fell into the
rms Of the last frat" to seek them,
nd having undergone an evening of
utrage which concluded with touch
1g rhetoric and an oath taken at
lidnight, they proudly wore jeweled
ylnbols on their breasts and were
rec to turn part of their attention
, other affairs, especially the affairs
the Eleven.
However, they were instructed by
he older brethren of their Order,
hose duty 1t was to assist in the
roper maneuvering of their young ca
GERS. that, although support Of the
-arsity teams was important, they
lust neglect neither the spiritual nor
1e intellectual by-products of under
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