This was a severe punishment to healthy, growing boys, whose appetites were whetted by the keen mountain air.

On the "corrence" list one day appeared the names of William O'Meara and Paul Boyton.

This was no infrequent occurrence.
These boys did not seem much distressed.

There was a secret understanding among the then suppressed "Wild Geese" that none of their number should suffer the pangs of hunger while provisions could be obtained from the table.

The faculty must have found out this fraternal understanding, for on the day in question every boy was examined as he left the refectory and everything eatable in his possession confiscated.