CHAPTER VIII.
IN THE RUBBING ROOM After breakfast the next morning, a breakfast eaten with excellent appetites, the two boys set out on a sightseeing tour about the school.
They went first to the gymnasium.

The big front door was locked, but Steve was not to be denied and eventually gained entrance through a little door at the rear which led into the boiler-room and from there found their way into the main basement where were situated the big swimming tank, a commodious baseball cage and a bowling alley.

On the floor above they found themselves in a square hall, entered from the front door, from which other doors led to the gymnasium, the locker and bathrooms and a small office bearing the sign "Physical Director." From the hall a fireproof stairway ascended with a turn to the running-track and a large room which was evidently used as a meeting hall.

Settees were neatly arranged in front of a platform, a row of low windows admitted a flood of morning sunshine and against the walls hung many photographs of athletic teams.

Most of them showed groups of track and field men, although a few were of hockey sevens and there were three football teams in evidence.