Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-09-21
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL

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LOOKING MN up. Besiues thai, lie Is a
freshman right here at the university. F"
II was Walter Randall's turn to be
surprised and he raised his eyebrows
expressively.
Here at Philadelphia? That's news
to me. sir"
Had you known that Stuart Jordan
was here before you got news of his
death today?'
''Only for the past few weeks" the
student replied. II caught sight of
him one day going into the college
bOokshop on Woodland avenue. I
didn't speak to him then; meant to
look him up later, but haven't got
around to It,"
Rankin shook his head in obvious
perplexity. II don't see how Buckley
could possibly have studied at Aber-
deem for two years." he ruminated.
His record from the Office of admis-
sions says nothing about any college
education before he came to Philadel.
phia. In fact, 1t distinctly states that
since graduating from high school, two
years ago. he worked at home"
II think can explain that" Ran
dali declared. "He simply gave false
information in the application he filed
out for admission here. You see, be-
cause of his run-in with Jordan. he
was dismissed dishonorably from Aber
deem. With such a blot on his record,
no other school in the country would
accept him. To get in another col.
lege, he would have to begin all over.
as If he came directly from high school.
And then he'd have to lie about how
he spent the two intervening years.
If the university didn't suspect any
thing, it would believe his story about
working"
The scheme Randall outlined prob.
ably explained the deception correctly,
but Rankin made mental note to in.
quire of Mr.. Warwick as to its feas-
Utility.
Nov, Mr.. Randall" he asked.
what was the cause of this trouble
between him and young Jordan?"
IF tell you that" the boy said
reluctantly, 81 don't want you to nse
me to prove anything against Buck
ley. 1t can't have any connection with
Stuart's death and wouldn't care to
get him into jam"
His entire natural attitude moved
the detective to set his mind at ease.
"You will have no responsibility at
ALL" he promised persuasively. II can
learn the same facts from the Aber-
deem authorities; and they will have
to confirm them, anyhow. SO it won't
be necessary for you ever to appear in
the case"
With this assurance, Randall began
an account of the dead boys feud with
Buckley. Though a small institution,
Aberdeen maintained separate sleeping
quarters for its first-year men; and
as at other colleges, it was the system
there to place upper classmen as mon
itors in charge of them. While a first
year student, Jordan had served as
class secretary; which was probably
why he was selected as a monitor dur
ing his second term the past year. He
had a proctor's duties-to maintain
order among the rooms he controlled.
inform the proper medical agency of
illness among the boys and advise
them when he could He must also
report serious attractions Of school
regulations to the official executive
committee.
In particular. the edict against gam
bling in the dormitories was very
strict. The first discord was caused
by Jordan's discovery of Buckley and
two Of his charges engaged in a crap
game for large stakes. Both the stu
dents were young men and inexperi-
enced, with more money and less bal
ance than was good for them; some
how, Buckley had become acquainted