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Updated: May 27, 2025
As these young men, now new first classmen, stood on the deck of a battleship, watching the Naval Academy fade astern, at the beginning of the summer cruise, Dave Darrin turned to his friends, remarking wistfully: "Fellows, if we get through one more year of it without falling down, we shall then be putting to sea once more, and then as graduated midshipmen, afloat in our effort to win our ensign's commissions!"
The same thing happened to a few of the third classmen. All of the members of the first class succeeded in passing and in graduating into the Army. The poor plebes who had failed had been mournfully departing, one at a time. These unhappy, doleful young men felt strangely uncouth in the citizens' clothes that they had regained from the cadet stores.
There was among the young graduating soldiers one who seemed depressed and out of touch with the triumphant blare of militarism, for he alone of his fellow classmen had there no kith nor kin to bid him God-speed in his new career.
The squatter disappeared inside the building. "A pile of fun they'll have without their president," grunted a sophomore. Tessibel gathered her empty basket upon her arm and amid the smiling looks of the students who stood watching her she walked away with her head high in the air. But Dan Jordan, with a mighty yell, triumphantly taken up by his classmen, grasped the hat from the squatter's head.
"But that trouble blew over when the first classmen found themselves wrong in something of which Jordan had accused Prescott." "Humph!" growled Lieutenant Lawrence, in keen displeasure. "Then, if we lose to-day, the first class can blame itself!" "You think our battery pair better than the Navy's, then?" asked Lieutenant Denton.
In short, the Freshmen were almost out of control, and the Sophomores debased but defiant, were quite out of control. The Senior and junior classes which, in American colleges dictate in these affrays, found their dignity toppling, and in consequence there was a sudden oncome of the entire force of upper classmen football players naturally in advance.
Pierson was requested to repeat his statement to a large group of first and second classmen. "I don't believe a man could get a pin stuck into the toe of his boot accidentally, in the way that Haynes had his pin arranged," declared Brayton. "Has one of you fellows a pin to lend me?"
They had mastered all the work of drill, marching and parade, and felt that they could hold their own in the brigade when the upper class men returned. On the 28th of August the three big battleships were sighted coming up the bay in squadron formation. A little more than an hour later they rode at anchor. It was not, however, until the 30th of August that the upper classmen were disembarked.
"My, but you look like the favorite uncle of the candy kid!" muttered Greg, as the two chums in gray strode along together. "Why shouldn't I?" retorted Dick. "My spine is all right, and I'm to stay in the service. Then besides, Greg, old fellow, think what we are now." "Well, what are we?" asked Greg. "First classmen! Only a year more, Greg, to the glorious old Army! Think of it, boy!
"Spurlock," asked Haynes, in a thick voice, "are you in this tommy-rot business, too?" Spurlock, however, seemed equally deaf. "Then see here, both of you " insisted Haynes, choking with anger. The two first classmen turned their backs, walking slowly off. There was no chance to doubt the fate that had overtaken him. Haynes had been "sent to Coventry."
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