de for the familiar benches in Hall.

The state of doubt every one was in operated adversely to the usual
cheering. Fellows didn't know whom they were expected to cheer.
Dangle, for instance, pale and sullen,--were the Moderns expected to
cheer him? The Classics hissed him, which was one reason why his own
house should applaud. But then, if they cheered Dangle, how should they
do about Clapperton, who had fought Dangle a week ago? They got over
the difficulty by doing neither, but starting party cries which they
could safely cheer; and chaffing everybody all round.

Punctually at three, Yorke rose and said they no doubt were curious to
know what the meeting was called for. It was called for one or two
purposes. The first was to see if they could revive the School clubs.
(Cheers.) He wasn't going to say a word of ancient history.
(Laughter.) But as they stood now, they had a lot of fellows anxious to
play, they had the materials for as good a fifteen this winter, and as
good an eleven next spring (cheers), as any school in the country; and
yet the playing-fields stood idle, and the name of Fellsgarth was
dropping out of all the records. They had had enough of that sort of
thing. Every one was sick of it. Fellows had agreed with him when it
was proposed to disband the clubs; he hoped they would agree with him
now that the time had come for reviving them. But there was to be a
difference. The clubs were not to be open to everybody, as heretofore.
They didn't want everybody. (Hear, hear, from Wally, D'Arcy, Ashby, and
Fisher, as they pointed across to the Modern juniors.) They only wanted
fellows who would play and _could_ play; as to the former, that of
course would be decided by the fellow himself, who would send in an
application to the committee. As to the latter, that would be decided
by the captain. (Oh!) Yes, by the captain. What's the good of a
captain if he's not to decide a matter like that? And if the fellow is
not satisfied with the captain's decision, he may appeal to Mr
Stratton, the new president of the club. (Cheers.) There's nothing to
prevent any one who plays his best joining--there's nothing to prevent
those youngsters at the end of the room, who are kicking up such a row,
joining the clubs, as long as they work hard in the field. (Cheers and
laughter.) The fellows who won't be eligible are the louts, and those
who can play but won't. (Loud cheers.)

Clapperton rose to second t