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peril. Well, the Greenies outdid us there, but there was another resource left - we would shut off their light and thus compel them to close their meeting suddenly and disband.

Five of the boys went off into a Grove and climbing an electric-light pole cut the wire with an axe and stopped the current. At once the Gymnasium or Hall was in darkness and everyone was asking where Moses was when the lights went out. It was too dark to look down into the cellar to see if he was eating sauerkraut.

But again our younger friends showed their maturity of mind, for they had the foresight to provide themselves with lamps; and thus soon continued their meeting.

Sophomores you probably have read are gifted with a whole lot of conceit and a great deal of pluck. Although our younger brethren had disappointed us in all our endeavors, we would not give up. So, having found a big dog of the yellow species, a big,