"Hi Martin!" came from the North squad.
"Ted Teall!" insisted the South boys.
"Well, whom do you want?" insisted Dick patiently.
"Dick Prescott!" "Hi Martin!" "Ted Teall!"
"Don't waste time trying to choose a chairman, Dick," advised Dave. "Just hold on to the job yourself, and try to get something through the meeting."
But a clamor went up on all sides that lasted fully a minute.
"Mr. Chairman!" shouted Tom Reade as soon as quiet came.
"Reade," acknowledged Prescott, with a bow in Tom's direction.
"Will you kindly state the object of the meeting?"
"The object of the meeting," Prescott went on, "is to see whether each of the three Grammar Schools in this town is able and willing to organize a football team. The object, further, is to see whether we can form the three teams into a league and play off a series of games for the championship this fall."