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 ROBERTS, a Senior and football star. 
 GOODWIN, a Freshman and room mate of Roberts. 
 LOUIS, friend to Roberts and the Freshman. 
 BLACK PETE, Atlanta Gambler and Crook. 
 BILL, bar-room loafer. 
 DWIDGINS, all-round good fellow. 
 MIKE, bar keeper. 
 First Second, Third and Fourth students. 
 
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 ACT 1. 
 
 Scene — Room of Roberts and Godwin in the 
 KnoAvles Dormitory. 
 
 Time — Three in afternoon day before the Tech- 
 Ga. football game. 
 
 Godwin (Alone in room, knocking at door) : Come ! 
 (Students enter). 
 Louis : — Hello, Preshie, still at it ? 
 First Student: — Wheres Reck? 
 Freshman : He's just left — you ought to have met 
 him. in the hall. 
 
 Second Student : It looks like I might have, he 
 
 doesn't owe me anything. \ 
 
 Third Student: There isn't anyone else here can ; 
 say that. Where was he going? 
 
 Dwidgins : I can tell you where he was not going. i 
 
 Freshman (Interested): Where? I 
 
 Dwidgins : To the Library. \ 
 
 2 Fourth Student : I can name some places you \ 
 
 % might find him — ^he might be down the — . ; 
 
 X Dwidgins : Oh, don't shock the Freshman. : 
 
 f Louis (Pointing to a Guitar on the bed) : Play \ 
 
 % something. Sub. ^ 
 
 i Fresh : Oh, I can't play. \ 
 
 \ Students (All) : Oh, come off. Give us something. \ 
 
 ^ Do your best. Don't show your yelloAv streak. (Much i 
 
 1 insistence.) ; 
 
 * (The Freshman plays Home, Sweet Home, in a \ 
 % painful manner.) \ 
 % Dwidgins (With attention) : That turns my mind \ 
 % to those dear old red hills. Methinks I hear the cow- \ 
 $ bells tolling. (W^ith hands over heart.) Oh, Rachael, \ 
 \ how I hate to leave you. Thou dost lap me in soft \ 
 J Lydian airs. ! 
 
 * Students applaud as the Freshman stops play- i 
 
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 ^ Dwidgins: Take it thusly and do thusly. f 
 
 ^ (He plays popular airs and then starts out on ^ 
 
 % Everybody's Doing It). 1 
 
 £ Student (Passing down hall) : Say what you % 
 
 % think this is, Segadlos. 1 
 
 ^ , Students : No, this is the fairy scene in Mid- ^ 
 
 % night Summer's Dream. X 
 
 ^ (Reckless Roberts comes in dancing and yelling.) g 
 
 i Fresh : Say Roberts, you all had better cut out $ 
 
 3& that noise. Dr. Wallace will be in here on you. m> 
 
 I Roberts : To hell with Cocky. | 
 
 % Dwidgins: Methinks I hear footsteps approach- ? 
 
 1 ing.. Let's hie ourselves to other climes. 1 
 J Third Student : Let's go somewhere. This isn't J 
 ^ lively enough for me. ^ 
 % Reck : Make yourself at home or I will start % 
 $ something to relieve the monotony. ft 
 h Louis : Don't Reck. Don't start any roughhouse. $ 
 % I don't want to shovel bricks in that infernal foun- 1 
 
 2 Dwidgins: Oh, Mr. YanHouten ; Methinks these § 
 ^ gay youths love thee too, too well. They would ^ 
 % a while with thee. So here is where I and they part % 
 i company. (He starts to go.) § 
 \ Fourth Student: Let's go over to the Academic ? 
 % Building. I've got to see Tobe Edwards. 1 
 
 4 Second Student: That's right, I've got to pay f 
 \ my board. . ^ ^ \ 
 m Reck (Stretched out on cot) : Can't some of you ^ 
 X fellows lend me a twenty until after the game. I x 
 * haven't paid mine yet and if I don't pay to-day — ^ 
 % Oh, you know the rest. % 
 % Dwidgins: They ought to board you players %. 
 
 % Reck : I ought to have been born a millionaire. S 
 
 m You ought to have been born better looking. I ought k 
 
 X to have won that — J 
 
 ^ Third Student: I've got most of my money on 
 
 5 the game or I would let you have it. 
 
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Eeck: Oh, that is all right, I will get it some- § 
 
 how. ^ 
 
 Louis: Let's beat it. (Roberts and Students start S 
 
 Fresh : Roberts, here is some mail for you. Three $ 
 
 letters. One is from your town, maybe your Mother $ 
 
 sent you some money. 1 
 
 Roberts : I haven't o^ot time to read them. She 5 
 
 sent the Board last week. That is gone now. Won- f 
 
 der what they want to keep on writing to me for. ^ 
 
 (Exeunt all but Freshman.) ^ 
 
 Fresh: Too bad, too bad. (Roberts rushes back 1 
 
 Roberts : I almost forgot football practice. Have $ 
 you seen my nose guard. I left it right here last ? 
 night. p 
 
 Freshman : There you knocked your letters off % 
 the table. % 
 
 Reck: Answer them for me. Old Lady. They % 
 are all bills, I knov/. Just say that I haven't got ^ 
 anything'. Tell them the Bulls on the cotton market $ 
 butted me badly. Tell them anything. Tell them ^ 
 to go to hell if you want to. § 
 
 Fresh: What about the one from your Mother? S 
 
 Reck : Oh, I haven't got time to read it now. J 
 It s about the same old tune, I guess. They don't 
 care much about me. 
 
 Fresh : Look here Roberts. 
 
 Reck: Well. 
 
 Fresh: Your Mother has written me two letters 
 asking me about you. I hate to tell on you, but I 
 hate to tell a lie. And I'd not do it after the kind 
 of letter she v/rote me. She ought not to have to 
 write to other people in order to hear from you. 
 Now, I know that I am a Freshman and this is 
 mighty fresh talk from me ; but you've got to good 
 a Mother to treat that way, you are acting pretty 
 shabby, pretty low-down. You are throwing your- 
 self to the dogs, Roberts, you are going mighty 
 
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 X fast these days — and old Reck is too good a fellow to 
 
 J treat that way. You ought to change your ways. 
 
 % Reck : Oh, cut it out, Steve. What you trying 
 
 I to do? 
 
 X Fresh: Why don't you face about? 
 
 * Reck : Oh, I'm too far gone. I owe too much. 
 % Fresh : Don't say that. I'll tell you what I'll do. 
 J I'll knock off what you owe me. Roberts is visibly 
 ^ affected and comes over to the table). 
 % Reck : Thank 3^ou just the same ; but I am too 
 J deep in the hole. (Opens the letter from his Mother, 
 g and starts reading.) 
 
 ^ I would have sent you some more money, but your 
 
 1 Father could not spare any. He is hard pressed, 
 % Son. why don't you write me more than you do? I 
 ^ stay awake often, thinking of you. I never get a let- 
 
 * ter except when you need money. Be careful over 
 ^ there playing in those football games. We are all 
 $ well, except your Father isn't quite himself. 
 S Son, be good and study hard. You know that all 
 ^ our hopes are centered on you. I saw Myrtle over 
 % at the Post Office this morning. She was looking 
 II somewhat melancholy. I think she still cares a great 
 i deal for you. (Roberts to Freshman: Say Sud, 
 g theres the girl for you. She is a bird, all right. 
 $ All right for a wife ; but not much for a girl.) 
 % Fresh: Girls and books don't go together. 
 
 2 Reck: Maybe there is something in that. 
 
 * Fresh : Believe I'll go over and see if Mr. Morton 
 2 has posted his math. 
 
 || Reck : Say Froggy, you Sub. (Throws book at 
 
 1^ Freshman as latter goes out the door.) Confound 
 
 % that noseguard. 
 
 I SCENE II. 
 
 I (Enter Black Pete.) 
 
 $ Pete : Oh, you needn't be afraid no-body saw me 
 
 % come in here. I am a visitor. Act the host. I have 
 
 % no bill to present. 
 
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Reck (Inquiringly) : What are you here for 
 then? 
 
 Pete: King George is going to give me a job 
 teaching English and moral conduct. 
 
 Reck : What are you out here for ? 
 
 Pete : Business ! Business ! 
 
 Reck: Who with; Me? 
 
 Pete : Sure. I have a plan. You help me and I'll 
 help you. You owe me $450. I need money. I've 
 got to leave town. You help me and I cancel the 
 debt. You've got to help me, you hear. If you 
 agree, all right. You go ahead and pull down a dip 
 from this School. If not — I fix you. 
 
 Reck: What do I do? 
 
 Pete : You play quarter on the Varsity. 
 
 Reck : Yes. 
 
 Pete : You play Ga. to-morrow. 
 
 Reck : Yes. 
 
 Pete : You knoAv the signals and plays to be 
 made. Ga. Avants them. They will pay for them. 
 
 Reck: What do you mean? 
 
 Pete : You hand them to me. We break even. 
 I'll hush my Pal and give you enough to put you 
 on your feet. 
 
 Reck: Pete 111 pay you something after the 
 game. I think I'll get some from the Fellows as a 
 benefit. 
 
 Pete (Walking the floor) : That is not the point. 
 I've got to leave. I need the dough. If you refuse, 
 why, all right, I'll fix you at this place. 
 
 Reck : Give me time to think it over, Pete ; I 
 didn't think that anybody thought that I was that 
 dirty, 
 
 Pete : I'll give you until to-night. Meet me at 
 Mike's joint, nine sharp. You be there too, you hear. 
 You had better bring that dope too, if you want to 
 play in that game to-morrow. (Exit Pete. Reck sits 
 at table with face in hands. Curtain.) 
 
 (3) 
 
S ACT II. SCENE I. I 
 
 K (Room of Roberts and the Freshman. Freshman S 
 
 ^ in room gazing at a photograph of his Mother.) x 
 
 ^ Fresh: I know that you will be glad to hear that § 
 
 |& i did not get posted. Teeh is not so hard after all, % 
 
 2 if yon will just study. IMl just write you a line. f, 
 
 T (Students enter.) $ 
 
 f Students: Hello, Sub. IIoav is the boy? Where's ^ 
 
 2 Roberts? S 
 
 * Fresh: He is down at the Coop. (Freshman calls * 
 $ Louis as the Students start to leave.) Oh, Loiiis, $ 
 % what is the uuitter with Roberts? % 
 
 1 Louis : I don't know, Sub, Why. % 
 % L'resh : He is acting (jueer. When I came back % 
 ^ from supper, I found liim in a deep study and look- ^ 
 ^ ing like he didn't have a friend, with his head bent $ 
 m over on the table. When I came in he got up trem- ^ 
 $ bling like a leaf. That boy is serious. M 
 i Students in one voice : J'orget it. $ 
 
 4 Second Student: Tell it. to Sweeney. What are M 
 ^ you trying to hand us? He serious? Why that -^ 
 ^ boy can't be serious. AVhat do you think of that, $ 
 J 1^'ellows ? § 
 
 2 Dwidgins : Ilortensia dear, do bring me my smelL % 
 2 ing salts. ^ 
 $ Fresh : I think maybe that he is worried about g 
 ^ the game. Coach gave him a good talk this after- ^ 
 % noon. Ycu know a great deal depends upon his m ^ 
 X dividual playing. ^^ 
 
 I Third Student: That is not the trouble. He | 
 
 f never worries about the games. S 
 
 * Fourth Student : I am going to wait until he ^ 
 
 5 comes and see what is the matter. We've got to Z 
 ^ win this game. That boy has got to win that game J 
 g to-morrow. § 
 f Louis: What did he sav? (Turning to Fresh- ^ 
 4 man.) Wouldn't talk. ^ 
 

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 (Reckless Roberts here enters and Students turn 
 
 $ to him.) 
 
 I Second Student: Hello Reck. 16, 99, 11, 108. 
 
 J'^ How you feel for the game. You want to show 
 
 5 'em uj) to-morrow. 
 
 % Louis : What is wrong Reck ? 
 
 S Reck: I'm worried. Fellows. I feel as I was sen- 
 
 i tenced to die. 
 
 ^ Louis: Nothing serious? 
 
 X Reck : Call it the feeling before the big game. 
 
 ^ Call it anything you like : only don't call it a yellowy 
 
 1 streak. 
 
 ^ Dwidgins : Methinks I hear the death Ayatch tick- 
 
 ^ First Student : Hush that methinks for once. 
 
 % Can't you see that something is wrong. 
 
 % Reck : I'll haye to say good-night, FelloAys. 
 
 ^ First Student: Can't we help you? 
 
 S Second Student : They are not going to keep you ^ 
 
 * from playing because you were late with your board, ^ 
 f are they? ^ 
 
 * Reck : No, Coach is going to take care of that ^ 
 h for me. • ^ 
 % Third Student : Let's go. Fellows ; he wants to ^ 
 % turn in. ^ 
 J Students (In one yoice) : That's the spirit. You ^ 
 f will be there to-morrow. (They go out with much « 
 $ noise.) ^ 
 ^ Fresh: What is the matter, Reck? ^ 
 
 S Reck : Oh, you wouldn't understand, Goodwin. ^ 
 
 % You're only a Freshman at Tech. ^ 
 
 X Fresh : Let's turn in Reck, you need the rest. ^ 
 
 % Reck : You took the words out of my mouth. 'j 
 
 % (They go into bed room to go to bed. After they | 
 
 ^ are in bed and the Freshman goes to sleep, Roberts ^ 
 
 $ steals out of room with cap pulled oyer his face — ^ 
 
 % bound for Mike's joint.) ^ 
 
 (T) 
 
1 ACT 3. SCENE I. | 
 
 2 Mike's Place. A typical Decatur Street dive. 1 
 Z (Mike and Bill, a bar-room loafer are in the saloon.; S 
 2 Mike: How is the road to-night, Bill? ¥ 
 % Bill : The road is pretty rocky, Mike. I don't ^ 
 % know what is going to become of us who try to % 
 T make an honest living. ¥ 
 f Mike : I'm satisfied with a living. You can take ^ 
 1 care of the honest part. 1 
 g Bill : You know what I mean. ^ 
 $ Mike : Of course. $ 
 ^ Bill: One brick artist and two nickel snatchers. % 
 I (Enter Black Pete.) f 
 I Black Pete: Hello, Bill. | 
 ^ Bill: How are you? You seem in better spirits. ^ 
 X Pete : Yes. I've got a hunch, if our friend x 
 
 * Beavers would only let me alone. One Rattlesnake ^ 
 $ punch, Mike, Bill, I have finally doped out Atlanta S 
 J to be a bunch of hot air. (Bill starts out. ) % 
 £ What you hurry Bill? ^ 
 $ Bill: I've got a little job to-night. (He goes 1 
 I out.) (Pete turns to Mike.) | 
 T Pete : That young Sport from Tech School is J 
 
 * going to meet me here to-night. He has certain 4 
 5 dope that I want. He may refuse my price. S 
 J Mike: I see. I see. I see. J 
 ^ Pete: Say, Mike; how much does he owe you. f 
 1 Mike : One hundred even. ^ 
 $ Pete: Take that out of what you owe me and Z 
 i call it s((uare. Not one bit of harm must come to $ 
 ^ liim. Give him an ordinary dose, if he gets stub- 1 
 % born. (Enter Reckless Roberts.) f 
 $ Roberts: Well, I have kept the appointment. ^ 
 f Pete: Hello, there. Come over and have a chair. ¥ 
 I (They sit at a table.) What'll you have, old Scout? | 
 g Reck: Give me a copperhead. ^ 
 J Pete : Two of 'em. l^ig bunch of Georgia men m 
 ^ in town for the game to-morrow. ^ 
 
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 Reck: Oh, a few. (Mike brings drinks to the | 
 
 table.) ^ 
 
 Mike : Say sport, did you pipe the green ginks 3 
 
 from Athens.^ Don't they act ciueer on the streets? ^ 
 
 One six-footer came in here and wanted to buy an ^ 
 
 ! undershirt. (They all laugh.) | 
 
 Mike : Wonder if they'll show up yellow to-mor- | 
 
 row. IVe got — (He stops at Pete's signal to keep ^ 
 
 ' ciuiet.) ^ 
 
 Pete: Say Kid, you remind me of what I used to ^ 
 
 be. i.(Reck starts and stares at him.) .Let's drink ^ 
 
 to our deal. (Reck sets down the glass.) ^ 
 
 Roberts: I'm on a pledge. (Pete is nervous.) ^j 
 
 Pete : Mike, bring him a glass of water. | 
 
 Reck : We'll have to call that deal off. !i 
 
 Pete: That isn't what I want. You've got to § 
 
 pay to-night or hand over the signals. Come on. | 
 
 A man that will cheat at cards as you have will do | 
 
 anything. ^ 
 
 Reck : You lie. Eat those words or I will break 4 
 
 your neck. ^ 
 
 Pete : Just as you say. Don't get out of your ^ 
 
 shirt about it. Come on, you know that I have got § 
 
 you where I want you. | 
 
 Reck: Yes, you think that you have got me ^ 
 
 where you want me I need the money all right. s 
 
 No ! No ! No ! I will not sell. No, ten thousana ^ 
 
 times no. Yes, I've got the signals; but you'll not § 
 
 get 'em. Do what you want to. Tell ! Tell*! Tell and I 
 
 see who cares. I can stand the disgrace. Tell what | 
 
 ; ycu please. I am going to change. I have changed. ^ 
 
 (Reck starts to go.) ^ 
 
 ^ Pete: My friend; you are acting the fool. Calm ^ 
 
 ; yourself. AVhat about your debts? Those debts of ^ 
 
 I honor. Have a seat. If you refuse — why, all right ^ 
 
 ') with me. I don't mind fixing you. Have a seat and ^ 
 
 : take reason into consideratdion. a 
 
 I (Mike is standing near with doped water on a ^ 
 
 \ waiter waiting for Roberts to take it. Roberts, true ^ 
 
 ; to expectations, takes the glass and drinks the wa- ^ 
 
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 % ter indifferently. He tastes the drug in the drink. J 
 
 ^ He realizes that he is doped.) f 
 
 * Reck: Say. Where did you get that water? ? 
 m That isn't Avater; that is poison. ^ 
 
 S (Reck draws back glass and throws it at Mike S 
 
 ^ v/ho dodges behind counter.) (Pete rises and goes S 
 
 4 over to Reck as a look of pain comes over the lat- ^ 
 % ter's face. He slaps Reck on the shoulder in a % 
 % boastful manner.) $ 
 
 % Pete : Oh, come off. What's that about poison. % 
 
 % Reck: My God! Would you dare? I see now. f 
 
 % (Reek grapsps chair to strike the crook and drops % 
 
 1 into it instead. ) (Reck is unconscious and the crook S 
 
 % goes through his pockets and gets the signals.) 4 
 
 m Pete : Get me a piece of paper, Mike. That piece ^ 
 
 $ yonder, quick. You didn't give him an overdose, x 
 
 * did you? Go over to Jimmy's and get a cab. I'll ^ 
 % take him home. The air will revive him. S 
 J Mike: Where is my part coming in? J 
 
 5 Pete (Walking over) : Don't worry. I can pay ¥ 
 $ you three times that amount. It pays to know foot- % 
 $ ball. I can make a thousand out of this. (Looking ^^ 
 ^ at the unconscious Student.) Pm glad that you ¥ 
 % didnt sell. m> 
 
 I ACT 4. I 
 
 i Scene I — (Room of Roberts and. the Freshman on f 
 
 % the morning after the visit to the den. Roberts is $ 
 
 ^ alone in room. About 8 o'clock.) ^ 
 
 i Reck: My, what a headache. This must be the $ 
 
 % morning after the night before. It must be a dream. 1 
 
 S No, it is real. Yes, it is coming to me. S 
 
 ^ Mike's place. f 
 
 $ The signals. ^ 
 
 I Pete. I 
 
 % I refuse to sell. S 
 
 f Water. (Thank God for that, under breath.) § 
 
 % A missing link. ^ 
 
 % There's a crook somewhere. (Peels in pockets and J 
 
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^ finds that he still has the signals.) 
 
 m- Luckily I still have the signals. (Enter' Fresh- 
 
 1 man.) 
 
 z Pete : My Snooknms I wish that I could give you 
 
 w this headache. A fine thing to play a game on eh. 
 
 m Fresh : Didn't you stay out all night ? 
 
 J Reck: I don't remember. Queer isn't it? 
 
 X Fresh : Have you heard ? 
 
 ^ Reck (With interest) : Heard what? 
 
 * Fresh : There's a crowd over at the Y. M. C. A. 
 g talking about somebody having sold some signals 
 1 to the Ga. team or something like that. I couldn't 
 
 * get the full particulars. 
 1 Reck: What did you hear? Quick. 
 ^ What are they going to do? Quick, tell me all 
 J about it. Has the Faculty found it out. f 
 $ Fresh: Be calm Roberts. Remember you play 1 
 ^ in a game this afternoon. g 
 i Reck : I don't know. Imay and I may not. § 
 ^ Fresh : ' It seems f hat someone sold the signals xo $ 
 S somebody of Atlanta and they tried to sell them to S 
 
 g Reck: Did they accept? , ^ 
 
 % Reck: If they had/ it never would have gotten S 
 
 X out. T 
 
 $ Reck: Did the Fellows suspicion anyone? ? 
 
 1 Fresh : All that I cculd get was that they thought 1 
 
 f it was such a pity for a young man like him to be ^ 
 
 ^ implicated in anything like that. That he was such § 
 
 f a ''good fellow." Just such remarks as those he ^ 
 
 $ must have been on the squad for one fellow said, ''I x 
 
 ^ wonder if they will let him play." 2 
 
 $ Reck : My God ! Hush Goodwin, I can't stand it. S 
 
 % Fresh : I see. I see. I see. Hence the change last $ 
 
 f night. (With svmpathy.) Don't take it to heart so ; f 
 
 I Old Man ! ^ . | 
 
 ^ (A knocking at the door.) ' S 
 
 S Fresh : Come. $ 
 
 1^ Hello Louis. (As Louis enters in cool manner.! m 
 
 S Louis : The Faculty wants to see you Roberts. 1 
 
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 2 They have called a special meeting in the Presi- § 
 
 ^ dent's office. They meet at 11 o'clock. (Exeunt ^ 
 
 % Louis. The Freshman looks at watch and says % 
 
 I -10:30 now.") | 
 5 Reck: What shall I do? Ga. will take the game 1 
 J anyway. Now I am ruined. The team is ruined. It % 
 f will kill Mama. S 
 
 * (Here stops and confronts Goodwin. Has been % 
 f walking up and down room. Godwin I did go to a S 
 
 4 place last night with the intention of selling our sig- ^ 
 
 * nals but man to man I swear before God that I did % 
 $ not sell them. (They shake hands on it.) 1 
 ^ Goodwin : I believe you. I believe you. J 
 f Godwin (Aside) : That does not help us right % 
 X i^ow. 1 
 
 5 (Roberts begins throwing his paraphernalia into ^ 
 h his trunk, taking on an air of departure.) (The ¥ 
 % Freshman is in a deep study, it being evident that a % 
 % battle is going on within him.) % 
 
 II Goodwin (In terse manner) : Tech has got to f 
 ^ win that game. The team will be crippled if he gets ^ 
 % fired. (Enter Dwidgins just as the Freshman goes % 
 I out.) I 
 ^ Dwidgins : Cheer up Reck. What's the matter? ^ 
 % Reck : Have you heard ? % 
 4 Dwidgins: Heard what? f 
 % Reck : Give me a farewell song. . . * 
 ^ Dwidgins (In a sense of humor.) ^ 
 i The hours I spent with thee dear Foundry, x 
 
 * Are as a string of pearls to me. ^ 
 1 (After the song, Reck starts to go.) 1 
 J Reck: I've got an appointment at 11 o'clock. % 
 h Guess I had better fill it. (Godwin rushes in.) $ 
 % Goodwin : Eerything is 0. K. Reck. You don't % 
 % have to see the Faculty. Big Doc. says go ahead and f 
 
 Reck (Astonished) : You don't say. ^ 
 
 Curtain. S 
 
 Scene 11 — Same room. The Freshman in room S 
 
 alone. S 
 
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k Freshman (Soliloquizing) : Yes, Roberts, I saved $ 
 
 n you; but at what a price. Scorn in every eye. Can't 4g 
 
 $ even go to the game. (Takes up photograph of his % 
 
 ^ mother.) Ah, Mother. It v^ould kill you if you ^ 
 
 $ knew what I have done. Yes. They came very neai- $ 
 
 % firing me. Big Doc. thought I was lying. The % 
 
 2 agony. The agony that I have got to endure. f 
 
 J I sometimes wish that I had not done it. $ 
 
 2 (Two fellows Louis and Dwidgins enter room and m, 
 
 4 begin looking for something. As they enter they x 
 
 * look harshly at the Freshman.) ^ 
 
 4 Louis : I wonder why Reck don't think Avhat he S 
 ^ is doing sometimes and not forget everything. We j 
 J might look here until after the game and not find $ 
 
 5 it. That was a subby trick trying to put him off 2 
 % the team right now. Anybody might have known S 
 f that Reck wouldn't have done that. The Faculty is § 
 
 * going to sift that thing to the bottom and find out % 
 2 if the signals were really lost or sold. They'll find % 
 ^ the Sub that did that stunt, believe me. J 
 £ (As they talk they look at Freshman and exchange ^ 
 2 glances, also sneering and pointing at him.) 1 
 $ Dwidgins: (In a make fun way.) Ah, methinks z 
 g I am again driving old Beck. There is no place like J 
 % home; but I am afraid to come home in the dark. S 
 % (Freshman looks up and the boys look at him.) % 
 ^ Dwidgins: Oh, don't shock the Freshman. ^ 
 g (Louis finds the ankle supporter and the boys de- ^ 
 % part.) ^ 
 S Freshman : Yes. I lied for Reck and I would do ^ 
 f it again if necessary. Yes. I lied for Reck and 5 
 I Tech. I 
 £ (Freshman goes over to the window and looks J 
 ^ down toward the flats. During this time the men $ 
 J down at the game are yelling at a moderate rate; ^ 
 ^ but now they yell just lots.) X 
 S Freshman : Oh ! I can see the game after all. § 
 f Good thing we did get this room. Here's where 5 
 1 Reek's glasses come in handy. 1 
 % (Goes over to Reek's trunk and gets the glasses.) § 
 
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 2 ¥ 
 
 1^ (Goes to the window.) $ 
 
 sg Fresh: They're already on the field. Last ({uar- ^ 
 
 % ter. Nothing and nothing. Oh, if Reck will only X 
 
 ^ win. The faculty might forgive him when they * 
 
 * find out the truth. He limps. His ankle is wrong. 8 
 % There they go. Ga. is gaining. % 
 1 Nothing can stop Bob McWhorter but Vanderbilt. j 
 I We've got the ball. Our ball ! Our ball! We are | 
 f going to win ! Go ! go ! 15 yards we gain. ^ 
 T There they go. ^ 
 ^ Downed in their tracks. 
 ^ Those Ga. men look like madmen. 
 H We are going to kick. 
 S No ! A forward pass. 
 f No! He kicks it. * f 
 m There goes Roberts. The field is clear. Hit him. 4r 
 i Stiff-arm him. H 
 ^ A fumble. Roberts has the ball. ^ 
 g One more man in the w^ay. He gets him. He 
 % gets him. 
 
 f A touchdow^n ! A touchdown ! ^ 
 
 J Our game ! Our game ! Our game ! 
 
 m (Roberts enters room attended by fans. They are 
 
 % yelling and cutting up. Freshman is sitting at ta- 1 
 
 ^ ble with face in hands.) '^- 
 
 * (Boys cast glances at him. Reck sees this and 1 
 % asks what is the reason. Louis tells him that the % 
 $ Freshman owned up to sellinsr the sie^nals. Roberts # 
 
 * is visibly moved.) ^ 
 m Reckless Roberts: Fellows, Goodwin did not have d 
 X anything to do with the signals. He is innocent. I J 
 ^ did not sell the signals; but it was my fault that ^ 
 f they got out. It Avill come out in a few days for the 1 
 ^ man who did the dirty work has skipped and his pal % 
 f who has been arrested is going to clear up every- ^ 
 4 thing. They have him in jail. J 
 ^ (Boys are overjoyed and cheer the Freshman.) S 
 X Reck : How could you have done it. J 
 
 * P^reshman : T did it for Reck and Tech. 
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