"Even a second lieutenantship will not be declined by yours truly." After this there was a good deal of canvassing and "log rolling" as it is called.

Lew Flapp spent much money in secret, treating boys when at the village and elsewhere.

By this means he gathered quite a band of followers around him.
"He is going to win, by hook or by crook," observed Songbird Powell.
"He acts just like some of those politicians who don't care what they do so long as they win." "I am not going to spend a cent on the boys," declared Dick.

"I don't believe in buying votes." There was a strict rule at Putnam Hall that no cadet should touch liquor of any kind excepting when ordered by the doctor.

This rule had been broken in the past by Dan Baxter and a few others, but the majority of the cadets respected the rule and kept it.
But Lew Flapp had always been allowed to drink when at home and now he frequently drank on the sly when down to Cedarville.