Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. The ADVENTURES OF A FRESHMAN By JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS Author of "Princeton Stories" and "The Stolen Story and other Newspaper Stories" CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 153-157 Fifth Avenue :: New York Copyright, 1899, by Charles Scribner's Sons To HENRY MEADE WILLIAMS A SUB-FRESHMAN [Illustration: THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE SOPHOMORES "You big, green Freshman from Squeedunk.... Well give you just five seconds to take off that ugly hat, and if you don't----"] CONTENTS Chapter Page I. The First Day at College 1 II. The "Big, Green Freshman from Squeedunk" 9 III. The Great Sophomore-Freshman Rush 19 IV. Welcome and Unwelcome Visitors 42 V. Hazing 56 VI. Work--Play--"Procs" 66 VII. The Last Hazing of "The Meek Butt of all Classes" 88 VIII. How it Feels to be a Hero 110 IX. A Question of Money 125 X. How he Stayed in College 137 XI. The Trouble with being a Hero 153 XII. Serving Two Masters 159 XIII. The Last Chance 176 XIV. "Home from College" 186 XV. The End of it 198 ILLUSTRATIONS _From drawings by Fletcher Ransom_ The First Encounter with the Sophomores _Frontispiece_ "You big, green Freshman from Squeedunk.... We'll give you just five seconds to take off that ugly hat, and if you don't----" Facing page After the Rush 40 In walked ... the little Sophomore, and behind him a very big Sophomore. Young recognised him as the one.... Hazing 58 "Now both sit up on your haunches and chatter awhile." The Hero of the Bell-Clapper 70 Lee was one of the most prominent and popular men in the class. "Meek Butt of all Classes!" 108 Before curfew rang in Old North at the close of that day, the whole college was talking about it. "The Invincibles" 118