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Updated: June 11, 2025
I believe this man Cowperwood's right when he says them fellows are a bunch of soreheads and jealous. If Cowperwood's willing to put down good hard money to keep 'em out of his game, let them do as much to stay in it. This ain't no charity grab-bag. We ought to be able to round up enough of these new fellows to make Schryhart and MacDonald come down good and plenty for what they want.
It is possible, however, that this little coterie of self-appointed "exclusives" will continue to refuse to cast their lot with the commoner run of High School boys, to whom some of the "soreheads" have referred as "muckers." A Gridley "mucker," it may be stated in passing, is a Gridley boy of poor parents who desires to obtain a decent education and better himself in life.
"Well, it's curious," continued Dick slowly, "but every one of these fellows -I believe you've given me all the names of the 'soreheads'" "We have," affirmed Tom Reade. "Well, I've just noted that every fellow on my sorehead roll of honor belongs to one of our families of wealth in Gridley." Dick paused to look around him, to see how the announcement impressed his chums.
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.
"Well, you write to him. Give him a sort of commission to see the English bondholders, and explain the situation. They will appreciate that half a loaf is better than no bread. What bothers me is the way the American bondholders take it. They kick." "Let 'em kick. The public don't care for a few soreheads and impracticables in an operation that is going to open up the whole Southwest.
"If I'm any kind of a smeller and I reckon it's admitted that I am," purred Saunders, "we are walloped before the start-off in every county delegation out on that floor." "But what has been the matter with you fellows all the time?" blazed the boss. "Up to now you have been reporting simply that the soreheads were growling and were not getting together so as to be dangerous."
"Fred, you haven't got yourself mixed up at all with that 'sorehead' crowd, have you?" Miss Deane asked. "Not much!" replied Fred, with emphasis. "I want to play football this year." "Will all the 'soreheads' be kept out of the eleven, even if they come to their senses?" Clara inquired. "Now, really, you'll have to ask me an easier one than that," replied Fred Ripley laughingly.
What Germany did to the treaty that guaranteed Belgium's neutrality was child's-play compared to what the governments of the warring nations have done to their covenants with their own people. And if anybody should ask you, you can safely promise them that several million soreheads like myself are what the politicians call 'a menace to the established social order'."
Never before had any of the "soreheads" understood so thoroughly the meaning of loneliness. At recess all the talk was of football. None of this talk, however, was heard by the "soreheads." Whenever any of these went near the other groups the talk ceased instantly. There was no comfort in the yard, that morning, for a "sorehead."
Momentary silence reigned in this conclave of "soreheads." "Yet," continued Bayliss, "we've started training among ourselves. This morning's cross-country is part of our daily training. If we have to refuse the football call, and stay out of the squad, are we to drop our present training?" "Hardly, I should say," responded Fremont. "I have something to suggest in that line.
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