The Gavelyte, March 1906

:\.t I much at :iome in their company. and dumh on any one he might Herhert Russel the very modest young chance to meet. He had played a man was a ~ophomore: .James Thomp- 1unique joke on his room-mate Jame;; son was only a Freshman. Where Thompsen when he first earn,, to Col– one lacked in spirit and life the other lege, and Thompson always vowed he . eemed to have a double amount. would get even with him sometime. Thompson seemed to be always over- A week previous to this ever\ing . flowing with good nature ann delight- Iinvitations had been sent out to all ed to tease and torment some one-, 1 the students informing them of a re- no matter at what cost. He had ception to be ·given by the faculty at met both Miss Wilson and Miss Aid- the president's home. Great prepar– en, the first week of school, but ation had been made both at the school duties had increased and ·all home of the president and also by were kept pretty ·close at · work, so each student. Each- one contem– that no one had any time for· fun: plated a good time and· were in hopes In a College where there are between , that they might meet and .- become · three and five-hundred students one acquainted with more of the students. student does not meet another one At . the hour appointed young men very often during three weeks tii:ne and young women were seen enter– unleRS they are in the same .- classes. ing the president's home in great Since Thompson was of this teasing numbers, so many that one · might disposition he was always trying .to wonder where the president would find someone on whom to play his l put them. The house was large, but pranks. His subjectF this time were a crowd of students such as these, those two innocent girls, and the I soon filled all vacant space. . Among means used was hi. col-lege-chum jl the first arrivals were Miss Wilson.r Herbert Ru~sel. · r..ussel wa. a vary · and Miss Alden. They soon souglyt good orator. !<'or Revera! years he J a eecluded place where they might had been studying un<ler Emerson, , see, unseen. Such a label of . laugh– together with his college work, and ! ter and talking wa8 never heard. No had been graduate<l from Emerson's I one eould be Leard. Everyo_rre seem– s1·l10ol of oratory the past year·. So 1-ed to be enjoying themselves judging he was quite proficient in this line. i from the sounds. that, .floated out on of work. He was _Preparing himilelf I the air. Shortly after . his arrival for a stage humorvt and so pl'aet-·, ,James Thompson set out rn s1::arch of iced the art of preten ling to be d~af l these young ladies, Mis·s \filson and