Show how knighthood flowered in Sym sdale high school BT INGMAN one Sym edale opened ats eyes to look at a pennant flying from the iilah school cupola it had been put there the debt before by bome of the boy to let people know there wa a fraternity in town the am eren boy walked proudly into the high school weartie abo colors 0 the new fraternity they were wen pleased with the secrecy with which they had guarded the organization and the which greeted it it all began when bob Wrent hamB brother fred waa home college on vacation why dont you school fellows beet up fraternity T ha asked bob the boodt inquired bob why you get all your churn together and keep the other fellow out and you do all sorts of stunts huh I 1 you can do that without a fraternity tern ity 1 yea but it lant 0 bame it bye you A different recline toward the boya you bec eec ours the bet fraternity in the state we have dandy club bouge 0 course you have that but you could have a room and hold meetings and have a grip and a password and etze ince a collece rat elsaf bobi lon but he went out and talked th over with hl particular chum nelson brlek jelalon Je laon there might tx in it so they took flab of their friend into their and cot fred brentham wrentham Wren tham to expound the way and mena of tou have to st op a constitution alft eald tred your narn alu t in that and for general aae you can gujt three wim do they have to be greear aaker sato long wa not a part of the school curriculum ot tou decide upon your dmn and tell me the initial and ill alve you the alre or anni a 0 and D are the the boya old til when thy had titled the name all your trat la the gamma now you knust set r a ceremony tor you tauai nave something om ething very clemn or the ennst part and you can have port att ua aided smiley aretti tatt rub eald atred wren ahm fou e there ahei na mthr chapter 0 o you cant have any one koro your own irate roUy to initiate you ill you what roil aci your preal flent and ID five mm a initiation and tien be en he test ot you djs according to your own form dill bressam was therefore initiated with strict form and secrecy by fred before he went back to college tand a week later the other boys were initiated by dill in the Wrent bams attic which was draped in blate and lighted only by torches the second degree was riven in the barn and there were high links there and a jolly banquet it was long midnight when the pennant was run op over the high school building so gamma delta was launched and great was the wonderment of the barbarians ba rians fred brentham wrentham Wren tham had instructed the frat boys that they roust always allude to the non frata as barbarians that was a part of the game for several months the an the name was abbreviated by the barbarians ba rians held sway then a new order arose callane itself the knights of valor rodney lewis was the founder and the barbarians welcomed the knights with great enthusiasm there were no secrets and its membership was open to all who could prove themselves worthy it took six months to do this the candidates for being called novices during that time the fellows who started in with him tried for six months to prove their right to kneght hood each had to perform some kind deed tor one weaker than themselves to have some act of bravery to his credit and be innocent of deceit treachery or cowardice moreover no one could boast of his own achievements they had to be made known in some way without the or consent of the boy who performed them on this account rodney hewl himself came near abeln kept out of knighthood only at the last minute did an old man happen to let it out that when he bad been alone in his hut be bad found wood chopped and water drawn and at his door each day watching to see who had hakea thought for his needs he lad that it was rodney lewis then little sister told how her pet got lost one cold and rodney went out and searched tor her and when he found her with broken lee he put the ls in splints ad cared for pussy until she got weil and I 1 wont be about it any longer said a little idal friend ot hl sisters rodney pulled me out of the water when I 1 broke through the ice and put bis overcoat around me and got me home so that no one knew anything about it and told me not to tell but X will 0 o there now five of the other boys hid clean records but three had to put in six month more as novices during their novitiate the boys lad been reading much about the knights of old how they rescued the oppressed relieved the distressed helped the weak and unfortunate and boucht soucht out adventures king arthur and hla knight of the round table were their heroes it was decided that one of their number should be chosen chief knight each year with the atle of sir arthur naturally rodney lewis was first selected tor that position we ought to have a word sad lua stone yes ulce asserted date morse it was decided to save gp pocket money and buy a sword which was to b the property of sir arthur duriac bis term of office as chief knight therefore when the day came for the novices to become full fledged knights rodney lewis stood up before goodly company and holding in bis hand a brand new sword on the blade of which was engraved the word said T promise by this sword to be kind to the weak especially to girls and old people to be brave and truthful and to seek worthy adventures and bear my part in them as becomes true knight then in turn each ot the other knights took th vow and sir arthur touch tox them with the abord eald 1 I dub theo knight of valor B thou worthy at fart abero was a on tho part of the other boya to laugh t the and they were nicknamed eighties nighties Nigh ties and goodies bat they 0 o rood tempered and althal so manly and plucky and square that the un making ell short besides they bad such awfully good time every saturday they went off for ome new adventure and they did stunts that the other boy thought of doing pretty boon it began to occur to other boy that it would b a floe thins to be long to the knight all right rodney would reply to their questions tou have juat as good a chance as any one well enter you as a novice and it your record warrants it at the end of six months be one 0 vs the enla hta were 0 o much more popular than abe alg ma gamma deltas that every barbarian stopped envying the fraternity fellows and fell to work their wy into knighthood much to the tt the one day there was a sound of an explosion the school bunding and almost immediately the balls with the high school classes were on theli two lower floors on tha two floora aboa were classes of children attention sir knights of valdorf called the clear voice ot sir arthur as th alre panic belied them aad every knight stood etall quickly and be de tailed thein to a syte matlo tour of tha building from the top down to help the teachers with the attle children he hani elt leading the way aber taft dagget seemed greatest in aa incredibly abort time the bunding ih was in flames thank heavens thear all exclaimed tha principal around at the frightened boys anil kills no no sherea rodney some ona cried hes in there said an boy pointing to the burning building A fireman was off ube a flaak to tha some one else had been folck er dill Bret Bam sigma gamma delta clambered window calling rodl rodl where are you bodt he went bla ovar hla mouth and shutting his eye biere ho lat he called out aa ha tumbled over on the floor and ha tried to drag him to the window but they went down together and the crew thicker and a loneda of flame flashed out toward them the fell over th two boys la moment h bad them at window and another wa hand ang them down ladder give them air aid the doctor aj h knelt beside them with tho crowd closing about them in eases earnest leaf au they need the next day tb high school boy blood viewing anu building it it been tor you dill X would be in then now aad rodney laying hla bond on dill fietsam Bie tsam boulder pshaw I 1 ald dill drawing away I 1 think member ot aba iash school proved worthy of knighthood yesterday what ay you sir knight ot valdorf alil su arthur we tay yea cried thi tveit then I 1 that w admit 1 them to th order forthwith Hur rahl will you cowf h bald to dill you and the other wad b proud to have you good now come to the knightly qu artora and aou baa you all knighted la lu orm tho aun bet 1 I dab you knitht of valor with kofr and appreciation ha said touching dau ant with aad th other elema gamma la turn now that w r all together I 1 mova that w draband th rat dua when the knighting wax concluded wa cant have our bellaw leht agreed I 1 the rats and thua tra carna to an end in tha Syms dal high school and knighthood flowered |