Ann Arbor Tales

t the heavy door and pushed it back, was not cheering. There was snow upon the ground; snow that lay not white and glistening in a strong light, but smudged and in

nd the wind that cried in their branche

oots; closely buttoned coat, above the throat of which rose the blue tower of a sweater collar; or to allow the entrance of a girl in tam-o'-shanter and furs, her few books hugged

the floor opposite the door of the president's offic

e the season, were large, circular freckles. The frat. pin he wore on the breast of his blue sweater suggested certain of his characteristics with singular precision. It was a kite-shaped affair, bordered with tiny pearls and emeralds, alternating, and the Greek letters across the middle were Delta Psi Phi. Not by the Greek, however, w

diator had been eyeing the pi

finally, and Ke

ha

e meaning o

grew in Ke

of the elastic-skinned boy, the better to examine the badge. "Oh, that is the all-seeing eye of the frat. It means tha

e independent freshman

rest. "Then what does that thing mean?" Wit

t is symbolic of brilliancy. It indicates brilliancy of the highest

e little independent's were

of the pin that next came in for an explanation

retty fairy story to a child. "That denotes geniality, joviality, and-there's another 'ali

, I unde

believe-what did that l

my chances are of ever w

of such he had always smiled, regarding them as pleasant fictions. Recovering, he realized that his d

he added, buttoning his coat and measuring with his eye the distance to the transverse corrido

le independent realized the full signi

ter's cheeks. He gathered his books under one arm and tiptoed down the corridor, staring at the floor and regre

tions of the moment only, for when, two weeks later, his "stringer" came up before his class as the fraternity candidate for the toast-mastership he cast his ballot for him regardless of the fact that

em that for many years their class ancestors had seen victory wrested from them, once almos

c speaker cried on that occasion

't count, in the wholly unexpected incident that occurre

eat, and with a calmness that was appalling withdraw in Kerwin's favor! It was a proceeding entirely unprecedented. The jaw

There was not a solitary "nay." It was the succeeding cheer that aroused the independents finally. They hissed; they wrangled; and a girl was seen q

rum he heard some one ask, with cutting sarcas

As he stepped behind the chairman's table he turned suddenly, and br

an at his elbow

old me in the hall geom. was what he was afraid of. I didn't pass him a pony but I gave him a couple of cues. I gues

ow at the back, bent over a copy of that day's issue of the U. of M. Daily. Kerwin went to him and held out his hand, which the o

s father thinks they're no good. I told him maybe the gang would try to even up with him for withdrawing. He grinned and said 'let 'em.' He's all right, fellows. We've got to play square with him. I offered him the best t

to Ypsilanti," a you

fresh!" anot

want, anyway

in replied. "I told him he'd better l

he crescent. "They're sore clear through-turned down for ten years running. Better stay in night

look at him, fellows? I'm not worrying about the independents any; it's the sophomores I'm going to keep my eyes on. I inferred from what Nors

self," was the significant warni

ellows lie awake nights worrying about little Wi

t in front of t

to Kerwin that Norse's ignorance of girls was not due to any disinclination on his part to abolish that state. Indeed he seemed to hunger for knowledge on the subject. As for Miss Green she