Steve, pulling on a pair of much worn and discoloured canvas trousers, sighed as his eye measured again the discouraging height of his pile.

It was almost enough to spoil in advance the pleasure he looked forward to on the gridiron! The athletic field lay behind the school buildings and was a fine level expanse of green turf some twelve acres in extent.

There were three gridirons, a baseball diamond, a quarter-mile running-track and a round dozen of tennis courts there.

A well-built iron-framed stand, erected in sections, and mounted on small wide-tread wheels could be moved about as occasion required, and at present was standing in the middle of the south side of the football field.

On the whole Brimfield had reason to be proud of her athletic equipment, field and gymnasium, as well as of her other advantages.
The scene along the Row as the two friends clattered out of Billings was vastly different from that presented the afternoon of their arrival.