An inscrutable look had come into his eyes when Mr. MacKenzie uttered the words, “Beat Eastman,” and he had been too intently following up some idea to join in the shout. On the way to the college town the next morning he said to his colleagues, “Boys, I’ve thought of a way to beat Eastman.” “How?” they said, eagerly. “We’ll take the boys to a ‘feed’ at noon. We’ll order everything eatable for their runner and jumper and we’ll get them so filled up that they can’t make good.” “But will they go with us?” “Sure, they’ll go. Their runner, Fernald, is a good friend of mine.” “We won’t dare overeat.” “Can’t we just pretend we’re eating everything?” The details were arranged. Now, Harmon Walsh, one of the Dwight boys, had a fine, upright character and he could not be party to this foolish scheme of John’s. He finally decided to tell Mr. MacKenzie about it. The latter, astonished, took the Dwight boys under his special care, forbade their inviting anybody to lunch with them, and never left them until they were on the athletic field. That year Eastman came out second and Dwight third. When they returned to Dwight, Mr. MacKenzie called John into his office and inquired why he had proposed his “lunch scheme” on the way to the meet. “I’m sick and tired of hearing Eastman’s praises,” said John. “I’d do anything to beat them.” Thereupon Prof. MacKenzie talked so harshly to John on the subject of jealousy that he quit school, as he had begged to do before. So he missed getting his high school education because his teacher was not able to cultivate in him a spirit of competition without jealousy and unfortunately was unable to handle properly a case of jealousy when it appeared. CONSTRUCTIVE TREATMENT In dealing with inter-high school competitive programs talk much about the good qualities of your school’s opponents. Secure personal favorable items of interest concerning opposing debaters and ball team members. After a game or debate, talk of the good qualities or traits of character exhibited by the opponents. Talk on such themes as, “I’d rather be right than be president.” COMMENTS The dividing line between legitimate ambition to win for one’s school and jealousy of a winning opponent is hard to fix ofttimes. High school students should be drilled against personal antagonism and mean advantage by the principal, who should always laud the clean, fair, open game. ILLUSTRATION 1 (HIGH SCHOOL) The big, final basket ball game between Danvers and Winfield high schools would determine which was the best team in the state. Prof. Beatty of Danvers wrote to Prof. Ryland of Winfield and said, among other things: [Sidenote: Appreciating Opponents] “Kindly write me a few words about each boy on your team to read to our boys. Are they country or town boys? What is the favorite study of each? What does each expect to do when he gets out of high school? What do you consider the finest trait of each?