Neil and Paul were the last to leave the building, since they had been obliged to return to the room for their shoes and coats.  Paul had forgotten some of his disappointment during the later proceedings, and appeared very well satisfied with himself.

“We showed them what Hillton chaps can do, chum,” he said.  “And I’ll bet they’ll regret electing that fellow Livingston before I’m through with them!  Much I care about their old presidency!  They’re a pack of silly little kids, any way.  Let’s go to bed.”

CHAPTER VI

MILLS, HEAD COACH

“TO THE IN-FANTS OF 1905: 

“GREETING!

“The class of 1904, an-i-mat-ed by the kind-li-est of sen-ti-ments, has, at an ex-pen-se of much time and thought, form-u-lat-ed the fol-low-ing RULES for the guid-ance of your todd-ling foot-steps at this the out-set of your col-lege car-eers.  A strict ad-her-ence to these PRE-CEPTS will in-sure to you the ad-mi-ra-tion of your fond par-ents, the re-spect of your friends, and the love of the SOPH-O-MORE CLASS, which, in the ab-sence of rel-at-ives, will, with thought-ful, tender care, stand ever by to guard you from the world’s hard knocks.

“ATTEND, INFANTS!

“1.  R-spect for eld-ers and those in auth-or-ity is one of child-hood’s most charm-ing traits.  There-for take off your hat to all SOPH-O-MORES, and when in their pres-ence al-ways main-tain a def-er-en-tial sil-ence.

“2.  Tall hats and canes as art-i-cles of child-ren’s attire are ex-treme-ly un-be-com-ing, and are there-for strict-ly pro-hib-it-ed.

“3.  Smok-ing, either of pipes, cig-ars, or cig-ar-ettes, stunts the growth and re-tards the dev-el-op-ment of in-tel-lect.  Child-ren, be-ware!

“4.  A suf-fic-ien-cy of sleep and plain, whole-some fare are strong-ly re-com-mend-ed.

     “Early to bed and early to rise
      Makes little Freshie healthy and wise.

“Avoid late hours and rich food, es-pec-ial-ly fudge.

“5.  That you may not be tempt-ed to trans-gress the pre-ceed-ing rule, it has been thought best to pro-hib-it the Freshman Din-ner, which in pre-vi-ous years has ruin-ed so many young lives.  The hab-it of hold-ing these din-ners is a per-nic-ious one and must be stamp-ed out.  To this end the CLASS OF 1904 will ex-ert its strong-est ef-forts, and you are here-by warn-ed that any at-tempt to re-vive this lam-ent-able cust-om will bring down up-on you severe chast-ise-ment.

     “We must be cruel only to be kind;
      Pause and reflect, who would be dined.

“Heed and prof-it by these PRE-CEPTS, dear child-ren, that you may grow up to be great and noble men like those who sub-scribe them-selves,

“Pa-ter-nal-ly yours,

“THE CLASS OF 1904.

“You are ad-ver-tis-ed by your lov-ing friends.”