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A campus story follows a well-liked sophomore leader and his close friend, the son of a beloved professor, as their carefree songs and college customs give way to rivalry with an arrogant newcomer and a bitter quarrel fueled by rumor. Episodes trace escalating pranks and a cowardly revenge that nearly leads to tragedy, then the faculty intervention and a reconciliation that restores friendships. The narrative examines loyalty, the corrosive power of whispering tongues and hazing, and the tension between youthful impulsiveness and moral responsibility.

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Title: Whispering Tongues

Author: Homer Greene

Release date: August 7, 2014 [eBook #46528]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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WHISPERING TONGUES

BY

HOMER GREENE

New York
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Publishers.

Copyright, 1902,
By THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

TO

Prof. William Wells, LL.D.

KNOWN AND LOVED BY MANY GENERATIONS OF UNION
COLLEGE STUDENTS AS “BILLY WELLS,” THIS
LITTLE VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED

“Alas! they had been friends in youth;
 But whispering tongues can poison truth;
 And constancy lives in realms above;
 And life is thorny and youth is vain;
 And to be wroth with one we love
 Doth work like madness in the brain.”

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
The Moonlight Rush 9
CHAPTER II.
The Gamma Questers 21
CHAPTER III.
Before the Faculty 35
CHAPTER IV.
The Quarrel of Friends 49
CHAPTER V.
A Cowardly Revenge 61
CHAPTER VI.
Almost a Tragedy 74
CHAPTER VII.
The Welcome Home 87