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The story follows a group of schoolboys whose lives revolve around interscholastic athletics, tracing their preparation, injuries, rivalries, and camaraderie as they compete in cross-country, football, track, and baseball events. Episodes show training routines, practical jokes and a student revolt, faculty contests, and personal setbacks that test character and team loyalty. Athletic contests and quieter moments alike reveal themes of sportsmanship, perseverance, leadership, and the balance between school spirit and fair play, building toward a decisive interscholastic meet that settles rivalries and affirms the value of collective effort.

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Title: For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator: C. M. Relyea

Release date: January 15, 2015 [eBook #47974]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL



The charging players.

FOR THE HONOR
OF THE SCHOOL

A Story of School Life
and Interscholastic Sport

By

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
Author of the Half-Back

Illustrated by C. M. Relyea

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON & CO.
1912


Copyright, 1900,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

Printed in the United States of America


TO THAT SCHOOL,

WHEREVER IT MAY BE,

WHOSE ATHLETICS ARE PUREST,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— The cross-country race 1
II.— What a laugh did 13
III.— In 15 Bradley 24
IV.— The revolt begins 36
V.— Principal and principles 47
VI.— Wayne pays a bill 57
VII.— The revolt ends 68
VIII.— The football game 78
IX.— Painful lessons 92
X.— Gray goes into business 102
XI.— The mysterious skater 113
XII.— The faculty race 121
XIII.— In training 132
XIV.— Benson makes a find 142
XV.— Wayne raises a flag 151
XVI.— And lowers it 160
XVII.— On the cinder track 171
XVIII.— Don loses his temper 180
XIX.— The home run 189
XX.— Badly beaten 199
XXI.— Remsen’s pledge 206
XXII.— Dave is made happy 215
XXIII.— The interscholastic meet 228
XXIV.— Won at the finish 238
XXV.— Finis coronat opus 245

FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL