and bearing suspicious streaks of black here and there on his face in spite of the vigorous scrubbing he had given them. There was dead silence for a moment, and then it all burst on the Prep with a rush. But before he had time to give vent to his mirth the two Freshies had grabbed him. A Junior passing in the hall outside caught a glimpse of the Prep as he came out of the door, and related afterward that he described an amazingly complicated parabola. But even such treatment could not restrain the irrepressible Prep. Notwithstanding his bruises, he limped down the hall, laughing uproariously. Even the threats of the floor monitor failed to calm him, and it was only when he had knocked at the Optimist’s door that he could talk intelligibly. Of course it all came out. Such things always do. And it was the standing joke of the College for many days. But strange to the Prep, far from being less boastful than before, now actually declares that it was he, and he alone, who saved the President of the College from the stigma of a most disreputable reputation. “For,” he argued, “what would have been the result if I had not discovered that the supposed Prex was bogus ? ” What, indeed ? TWO HISTORIC BATTEE-FIEEDS TT may be of interest to all students of Military Science as well X as others who are not - to know something of the two historic battle-fields; namely, Gettysburg and Antietam The improvements which have been made and are at present be ing wrought are many, and of such a character as will anneal to the enthusiastic hearts of the thousands whose pleasure it will be to visit these sacred spots. The same patriotic spirit that fired the hearts of our noble countrymen in 1861 is still perpetuated in the young men of to-day, and it is proper that the United States government should do and is doing something towards thepreser TWO HISTORIC BATTLE-FIELDS u* <}* R. T. Stroi-im, ’9B
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