“How old is he?” Dan asked.
“Oh, pretty near seventy, I guess.”
“Does he teach?”
“Yes, some. You’ll have him in Greek when you get into the First Class. He’s a cinch, though, the fellows say. Wish Collins was like him.”
“Are the exams very stiff?”
“You bet they are,” said Tubby. “That’s why you’d ought to try for the Fourth instead of the Third. You’d be certain to make the Fourth, you see.”
“Well, but if I miss the Third, there’s still the Fourth, isn’t there?”
“Yes.” Tubby shook his head dubiously. “But it’s a bad plan to start out that way; Faculty doesn’t like it. Does it, Jake?”
“Dead against it,” answered Jake promptly and with conviction. “If I were you I’d try the Fourth. Then, if you wanted to you could take two extras next year and maybe skip the Third. Two or three fellows are doing that.”