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Then the two teams closed to-gether and for five minutes a cyclone of dust, dirt,sweaters, collars, arms, legs, hair and bright rednoses swept up and down the field. The five hundred Kiowa rooters grabbedtheir canes and started in. They met about sevenhundred Siwash patriots and then the whole universeexploded. The police interfered and about half an hour laterthe last Siwash student was pried off the last Kiowan.
It was the most disgraceful riot in the history of thecollege. I dont think there was a whole suit ofclothes on the field when it was over; and the Siwashman who did nt have two or three knobs on his headwas nt considered loyal.
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Internet Archive Book Images By: Internet Archive Book Images. Image from page of "At good old Siwash" Identifier: At good old Siwash Year: Fitch, George, Subjects: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: That wasPetey all the way through.
He was first and FatherTime was nowhere, forty miles back with a bustedtire. Petey took to college life like a kid to candy andjust soaked himself in college spirit. He proposedhis sixty-five-dollar banjo for membership in the cluband went in with it of course.
He was elected yell-master before he had been in school two weeks, andif you ever want to know how much noise can comeout of a comparatively small orifice you should haveseen him emitting riot and pandemonium in thesecond half of a lively football game. Then, along in March, heelectrified the whole school by taking Martha Scroggsto the college promenade.
Martha was old Malachis daughter.
We hadntknown it, but she had been in school all that year. She was a quiet girl who was designed like a tallproblem in plane geometry. Text Appearing Before Image: Erankling dodged the whole college and got wildin the eyes.
He looked like an eminent statesmanwho was being compelled to act as barker in a circusagainst his will. It must have churned up his vitalsto do his sketch act with Ole; but when you havehad one of those four-year cases, and it has gottentangled up in your past and future, you cant alwaysdictate just what you are going to do.
It was plainto see that Miss Spencer had Erankling hooked, hal-tered, hobbled, staked out, Spanish-bitted, wrapped upand stamped with her name and laid on the shelf tobe called for; and it was just as evident that sheconsidered he would be all the nicer if she walkedaround on him for a while and massaged his dis-position a little with her little French heels. So Frankling continued to divide time with Ole,and all the fellows whom he had insulted about theirneckties and all the girls whom he had forgotten todance with sat around in perfect content and watchedthe show.
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Text Appearing After Image: But it did nt. The semester recess cameand, when college assembled again, Ole cut Franklingout for the athletic ball as neatly as if he had beenin the girl game all his life.
Frankling counteredwith the promenade two weeks later, but he went clearto the ropes when Miss Spencer came out one finemorning at chapel with Oles football charm — theone he had won the year the team had annihilatedtwo universities and seven assorted colleges. He cameback gamely and decorated her with fraternity hat-pins, cuff buttons, belt buckles and side combs; andon the strength of it he got three Friday evenings ina row. That might have jarred any one but Ole. But he came up smiling and took Miss Spencer to aY.