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THE NEWTONIAN. 17 help them, and that they had many friends. And so they continued eagerly, feel- ing so happy and fresh that they could engage in frequent- contests of different sorts: some sprinted short distances, others stopped for little games and then had to hurry to overtake their classmatesg some tried even debating. Often groups of the runners would go along the way together-talking French or German. And so the third day sped by-perhaps the most joyful of all because the runners had advanced so far on the road that just over the hill they could see those who had started a day ahead of them. One was even fortunate enough to overtake them. When the evening of the happy day came, and Newton 1911 stopped to rest for the night, they were saddened to find that some had fallen behind and. that others had even dropped out of the race altogether. The last lap was begun in a dignified manner, for the runners knew that there was no one ahead of them and that they must finish the race honorably in order to show the other classes how it could be done. As they had gone so, far on their way they thought that they ought to show other divisions what they could do in different ways. Many games were played, and - strange as it may seem - a Rider led them all in the one they called foot- ball. As might be expected in hockey, the Footfej was also the head. In the little sprints Mac lured his fellows on to victory, and the Cambridge division was certainly Tuckered out. When a girl from the Radcliffe division asked why a certain girl could play hockey so well, the reply was: W'hy, don't you know? She's from Newton 1911 and her name's Allen. That's enough. The girls of the Wellesley division viewed the basketball team with awe, and one cried out: Gracious, those Newton girls have got an awful Painfejf' Boys from other divisions never could understand why the Newton runners called one of their classmates B. C. They found that he was newffashioned enough in sports. Everybody from Newton 1911 looked Westward when there was a question to be debated. ,And so the morning of the fourth day has come anzl gone, and the afternoon approaches. No one knows who will win this mighty race, but there are some who must hurry if they wish to get places in the finish. So hurry classmates, and do honor to those who have gone before, to those who have helped us on our way, and to Newton 1911 !
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16 THE NEWTONIAN T El mighty 1Race BY HELEN W. GANSE, ,II cfjPgIq ANY years ago there was begun a mighty race. inlwhich all who Q 'W had arrived by a previous race at the point where it began, might f compete.. In this race there were to be four laps, each to be done in a day,-and in this fact existed the peculiarity of the contestg JQQ9 'xy for it was not a question of time required but of distance covered in the four days. It was to be ,run on the broad road of Learning, which at first was level and straight, but soon became rough, uneven, and winding. All who entered the race were put in different divisions on the road, and these divisions were separated into classes-from which one took one's number. Thus each runner was designated by his division and class: for instance, Brookline IQI2.H Every day one class started upon the race, and soon came the day when Newton 1911 was called. Many gay children started out in this class: . girls in fine new gingham dresses, boys with their first long trousers. Merrily they tripped along the morning of the first day,-sometimes not knowing the way, but seldom heeding the voices of those they met along the road: partly because they did not understand them, as some talked in French, others in German, others even in Greek and Latin, partly because these children did not know that they were there expressly to help them on. When noon came they were very ready for the little rest that was allowed them by the man who rode along in a buggy and superintended the management of the race. Then on again they plodded, growing acquainted with their fellow- runners and sometimes contesting with each other in little sprints. When the evening of the first day came, most of the class Newton 1911 lay down to rest, but some who had been lazy at the beginning had to run on to overtake their mates. - Bright and early the next morning they started on again, refreshed and perhaps too confident. Often they were surprised to see the same faces which had greeted them the day before, and during the second day they gradually be- came acquainted with these men and women, who, they found, would help them over many a hard place. The little contests along the way were increased, more friendships were made, and soon every one deemed himself fortunate to have been allotted to this particular class and division. As the evening of the second day drew near many grew weary, but still they plodded on- eager to win that night's rest. On the morning of the third day the race was gaily renewed, for the runners were joyful in the knowledge that if they found hard places there were those to I 24: lf. fit. Q 7 f:'aLq!,fe:vf i' F 5 t P A, v 2 :G
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