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The punt-about is the practice-ball , which is just brought out and kicked about anyhow from one boy to another before callings-over and dinner , and at other odd times . They joined the boys who had brought it out , all small School-house fellows , friends of East ; and Tom had the pleasure of trying his skill , and performed very creditably , after first driving his foot three inches into the ground , and then nearly kicking his leg into the air , in vigorous efforts to accomplish a drop-kick after the manner of East . Presently more boys and bigger came out , and boys from other houses on their way to callings-over , and more balls were sent for . The crowd thickened as three o'clock approached ; and when the hour struck , one hundred and fifty boys were hard at work . Then the balls were held , the master of the week came down in cap and gown -LSB- 33 -RSB- to calling-over , and the whole school of three hundred boys swept into the Big School -LSB- 34 -RSB- to answer to their names . -LSB- 33 -RSB- #Cap and gown # : It is customary in England for holders of academic degrees to wear at times the appropriate cap and gown indicating their grade and college . -LSB- 34 -RSB- #The Big School # : the name of one of the school buildings at Rugby .