“Oh, for the love of mud, Jensen, cut out the rough-house, will you?” he was imploring as Kendall edged up. “I’ve got your old name down here already.... What’s that, Fogg? I don’t know; ask Payson.... What’s the name, you fellow?”

“Burtis.”

“Curtis. What class?”

“Not Curtis, if you please; Bur—”

“Shut up, you fellows, can’t you? I can’t hear a word. What’s your class, Curtis?”

“Third.”

“Where’re you rooming?”

“Twenty-one Clarke Hall.”

“How old?”

“Fifteen; pretty near sixteen.”