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Title: Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall; Or, The Motor Boys as Freshmen

Author: Clarence Young

Release date: January 30, 2016 [eBook #51079]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NED, BOB AND JERRY AT BOXWOOD HALL; OR, THE MOTOR BOYS AS FRESHMEN ***

——The Motor Boys——

NED, BOB AND JERRY
AT BOXWOOD HALL

Or
The Motor Boys as Freshmen

BY

CLARENCE YOUNG

AUTHOR OF “THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES”
“THE RACER BOYS SERIES” “THE
JACK RANGER SERIES,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES

  • THE MOTOR BOYS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
  • THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
  • THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
  • THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE ROCKIES
  • THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE WING
  • THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE BORDER
  • THE MOTOR BOYS UNDER THE SEA
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON ROAD AND RIVER

THE MOTOR BOYS—SECOND SERIES

  • NED, BOB AND JERRY AT BOXWOOD HALL;
    Or, The Motor Boys as Freshmen

THE JACK RANGER SERIES

  • JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
  • JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
  • JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
  • JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
  • JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
  • JACK RANGER’S TREASURE BOX

THE RACER BOYS SERIES

  • THE RACER BOYS
  • THE RACER BOYS AT BOARDING SCHOOL
  • THE RACER BOYS TO THE RESCUE
  • THE RACER BOYS ON THE PRAIRIES
  • THE RACER BOYS ON GUARD
  • THE RACER BOYS FORGING AHEAD

Copyright, 1916, by
Cupples & Leon Company

Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Overturned Auto 1
II. A Family Conference 10
III. The Race 20
IV. The Decision 29
V. Good News 37
VI. Boxwood Hall 46
VII. Off to College 53
VIII. Professor Snodgrass 61
IX. The Professor’s Shoes 70
X. A Cool Reception 79
XI. The Professor’s Dilemma 87
XII. In the Gymnasium 97
XIII. The Bang-Ups 105
XIV. The Initiation 113
XV. Caught 124
XVI. A Collision 132
XVII. The Aeroplane 140
XVIII. The Postponed Examination 148
XIX. The Boxwood Picture 160
XX. “Who Told?” 167
XXI. The Coasting Race 175
XXII. The Ice Boat 183
XXIII. Spring Practice 191
XXIV. A Scrub Game 199
XXV. A Varsity Loss 207
XXVI. Dissensions 214
XXVII. The Rooters Insist 220
XXVIII. In the Tenth 228
XXIX. Mr. Hobson 235
XXX. The Winning Game 240

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

AS BOB CROSSED HOME PLATE WITH HIS RUN, JERRY WAS NOT FAR BEHIND HIM.
THEY PULLED BOB THE LENGTH OF THE SMOOTH PORCH.
FRANK SHOWED CONSIDERABLE ABILITY.
THEY MADE THE FLAG HALYARDS FAST TO THE PICTURE AND HOISTED IT UP.