They were for forming a body-guard, and were loud in their denunciations of the college, and declaring they'd see me through if I was a stranger to 'em.
Two or three of the sophomores, when they saw how things were going, set up a yell, but Griffin struck out and sent one of them flying one way and his hat another, so the yells ended.

Howe and Murray Stuart took me up to their rooms, and Ruff went off for beefsteak for my eye, and treated the crowd who had come to the rescue, at Dixon's, to beer.
The next day was Saturday, and as there was to be a meeting of the Athletic Association, of course, I wanted to show up.

The fellows all looked at my eye pretty hard and said nothing.

I felt pretty sure that the sympathy was all with me.
Four men are elected from the college to be on the athletic committee.
They can be nominated by any one, though generally it is done by a man in their own class.

We had agreed the day before to vote for Tolman for our class, so when the president announced nominations were in order for the freshmen class, Tolman was instantly nominated.