MAKES A CALL Despite Neil's absence from Erskine Field, preparation for the crowning conflict of the year went on with vigor and enthusiasm.

The ranks of the coaches were swelled from day to day by patriotic alumni, some of whom were of real help, others of whom merely stood around in what Devoe called their "store clothes" and looked wonderfully wise.

Some came to stay and took up quarters in the village, but the most merely tarried overnight, and, having unburdened themselves to Mills and Devoe of much advice, went away again, well pleased with their devotion to alma mater.
The signals in use during the preliminary season had now been discarded in favor of the more complicated system prepared for the "big game." Each day there was half an hour of secret practise behind closed gates, after which the assistant coaches emerged looking very wise and very solemn.

The make-up of the varsity eleven had changed not a little since the game with Woodby, and was still being changed.

Some positions were, however, permanently filled.