[The High School Left End by H. Irving Hancock]@TWC D-Link bookThe High School Left End CHAPTER IV 3/8
But the, gang that call themselves Dick & Co. are a fair sample of the muckers that we have to contend with." "No," objected Fremont; "they're the very worst of the lot in the High School.
Why, look at the advertising those fellows get for themselves.
And not one of them of good family." "Fellows of good, prominent families don't have to advertise themselves," observed Bayliss sagely. It was plain that by "good" family was meant one of wealth.
These young men had little else in the way of a standard. "It makes me cranky," observed Whitney, "to see the way a lot of the girls seem to notice just such fellows as Prescott, Darrin, Reade, Dalzell---fellows who, by rights, ought to be through with their schooling and earning wages as respectful grocery clerks or decent shoe salesmen." "But this talk isn't carrying us anywhere," objected Bayliss. "The question is, what are we going to do with the football problem this year? We don't want to play in the same eleven with the cheap muckers, and have 'em think they're the whole eleven.
The call for the football training squad is due to go up some time next week." "Bert Dodge says-----" interrupted Paulson. "Yes, Dodge is the fellow I wish we had here with us today," interposed Bayliss.
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