It was in Dick Prescott's hands now.
The notice had announced the formation of a "select" party for a straw ride for the young men and young women of the junior and senior classes on Thursday afternoon, starting at two-thirty o'clock.
Invitations would be issued by the committee, after requests for tickets had been passed upon by that committee.

Bayliss, Fremont and Paulson signed the notice of the straw ride.
This was the means by which the "soreheads" chose to announce that they would ignore the football squad call for Thursday.
Wisely, for once, the principal did not choose to question the young men regarding the excitement attending the close of recess.
Studies and recitations went on as usual.
But feeling ran high.

The "soreheads" and their sympathizers were known, by this time, to all the other young men of the student body.

During the rest of the day's session many a "sorehead" found himself being regarded with black or sneering looks.
Of course the self-elected "exclusive" set was not numerously represented in the High School.

Most of the boys and girls did not come from well-to-do families.