“So you had better come in to supper with me,” went on the professor. “Afterward, I will take you in and introduce you to Dr. Cole, and Mr. Wallace Thornton, the proctor, with whom you will register. Then you will be shown to your rooms, and can meet some of the boys.”
“Maybe we’d better put that off until morning,” suggested Jerry.
“Just as you like,” agreed the scientist.
As the automobile rolled on the three chums had a glimpse of many buildings scattered over the green campus, which sloped down to the shores of Lake Carmona. It was too dark for the boys to see much, but what they had a glimpse of made them, more than ever, inclined to like the place.
“It’s going to be great!” murmured Ned.
“That’s what!” agreed Bob.
“And when we get our motor boat here,” added Jerry, as he looked toward the lake, “we will have some times—believe me!”
“This is my residence,” put in the professor, indicating a small, red, brick building covered with ivy, as the boys could see in the glare of the automobile lamps. “Not all of the faculty have separate dwellings, but my zoological collections are so large that I needed plenty of room, so I was assigned to this house. It is very comfortable.”
“Where can we leave the auto?” asked Jerry.