University of Oregon monthly., October 01, 1908, Image 18

U n iv e r s it y of O eegoíst M o n t h l y
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“But/I.'s& y/’ broke in the freshman/,“; yoffjshow 'wefT th at—”
“Thefé^yóu gO,’k;-groWÍed thj^*‘Jüúior/ ‘¿you blame* freshmen
toáke me'sick. *X q ' éi .haven’t been here a year, bub still you''shoot olf
ábóiW so u th in g th^'b^om knotv nothing about. Y'o£t underclas^.,
“W ait a minute,” broke in the sophomore with ¡withering sporh^
“Y oü^qbjíly b,een herejfííy^á^ longer than I have and ybUknów yottr-s
self that there are men who hold im portant offices who havqñ’b any
more ability than a cow. You know m ighty well that different bunch-
es^slate'oW class and §l4iaent--bo(d ^ elections, yet yotf say 'th'at—”
; ^ ® u t it'b n j/^ P J ’1,/ broke«, in th e/sénior curtly, and', as they all
gazed at him in surprise he rose quietly and picked u^m ^^apV '
- ffrpm the distant'^qnp§,\on the cámpus hámeffo him the .SQÚrids/
^^}^^rinie^Ú,an'ab^® bthered\ igalghy^
right" and left, the
J ’ ? m e 1 low rays^/wqrg^giercedy by wpoded crests, from, whose1?
gloomy depths the soft -summer winds e^m < /bringing/the murmur
of countless myriads, who come out in the clear summer’s night to
add their small share to the melody pi ¿the zephyrs. In frqnf of him
la^/jhe racé;, the thick growing bUsbe^áJpng itobanks loomed'up dark'
'ágair^t i¡líé--h^@h’s 'ray3^.t®ward th is he;walked.
T orpid ip^|anofe, w^s-.a m atter of/small moment and; with a few;
quick sttdkefei he g
I immersed by thg dark shadows that hpxeri
along the' race’, H
H H g 'man g&svjust as muclf ©ufpqf'ffifs college fife as he puts into
it.” T hat’s yffi-at'theIjunior had^^id an d th e 'undd’dpl^ssmen had; con­
tradi cted^ hi p i.' “JUst As much-as he p u ts into it.” T hat phrase kept-
rupnlng^l^bftgh hwrfiMndqpr’Oh, p sh aw b :*;W hat did he 'care? In
.a Í^W'
4don$hs -he Would b e ’done with it "all. Jto didn’U-care/
but—was the junior right'?- W as it his fault/tha't^fíiéhow zhe hadn’t
done all he had hoped. to’ doWy ^ á t wasn’t the underclassman right?
H adn’t ? ^ “-sátyíor £Ouír--\yqárs'-and^'eM a-crowd, or/sonretimes two
crowds rUn the class and 'kfe^.erit-body affairs ? “Just as much as
a man puts into it.” W ere the underclassmen Tight ?' W hat had his
one vSt-f^done'tb jgl^e/ih^n iif o ffi^ w h o ' everyoneI knew ,were capa-
ble, when others voted for inférjoñ men ^bee^Usq- They , belonged to
’th eir particular bunch?
P h , well. He-was done yvith itmqw, and he ’yás/gladT yes¿Jfq
he 1 | | | gladt
-x^s hiSheapOqxtí&i out* into an open spot, the senior rested on his