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In the evening the quartet went into town to the theater and Joel 's mother cried happily over the homely pathos of The Old Homestead , and Outfield laughed uproariously upon the slightest provocation , and every one was extremely happy . And afterward they `` electriced '' back to college , as West put it , and the two boys stayed awake very , very late , laughing and giggling over the humors of the play and Joel 's broken finger . Mr. and Mrs. March left the next day at noon , and Joel accompanied them to the depot , West having a golf engagement which he could not break . And when good-by had been said , and the long train had disappeared from sight , Joel returned to college on foot , over the long bridge spanning the river , busy with craft , past the factories noisy with the buzz of wheels and the clang of iron , and on along the far-stretching avenue until the tower of the dining hall loomed above the tops of the autumn branches , entering the yard just as the two o'clock bell was ringing . Give a boy the name of being a hero and it will stick . Joel was still pointed out by admiring Hillton graduates to their friends at Harwell as `` March , the fellow who kicked the winning goal-from-field in the St. Eustace game two years ago . '' And while Joel had performed of late no doughty deed to sustain his reputation for valor , the freshman class accepted him in all faith as a sort of class hero , off duty for the moment , perchance , but ever ready to shed glory upon the class by some soul-stirring act .