Show STUDENT LTFE At last the eventful day had arrived The big championship game between Ashley and Carter Colleges was to be played Both teams were in the best possible condition each confident of basket-bal- l victory The Maroons of Carter College had come in the day before and now all the city was aroused The students of Ashley had assembled and were giving vent to thunderous cheers As Fred Wendell the big center stood by and heard each man’s name called he felt that he could stand it no longer He sauntered so left the room down the corridor and finally looking out of the window vacantly d surveyed' the horizon The surface of the ground snow-covere- stretched away to the mountains The sun cast a cheerful look over the surface dotted here and there with leafless trees or small country farm houses But it had no effect on Fred He was so disheartened and discouraged that the beauties of nature in all her winter charm had no effect on him It was this way The spring before he had met Mary Walton and gone out with her Then at the close of school as she lived not far from his home he had continued taking her out She was unable to return to school and Fred had She had replied written to her with the most dainty little letters Fred had waited for the holidays with feverish expectancy When he went home she had welcomed him so kindly that he was completely lost to her How he enjoyed those dancing parties the sleigh rides and the skating: but above all the quiet little chats they had before the open fire But one night something hapEach pened — they quarreled blamed the other for the misunderstanding and each was too proud to offer an apology So he saw her no more and when he returned to school tried to forget her The absence of the correspondence however soon told and he wandered about in the mechanical performance of his duties Being a good athlete he had tried to find a solace in basket-bal- l |