one at night
His shy , friendly smile , his natural modesty , and his boyish enthusiasm were making a host of friends for him . He liked the `` initiations '' on the campus , but he did not like some of them in the dormitories . He did n't mind being pulled out of bed and shoved under a cold shower . He took a cold shower every morning , and if the sophomores wanted to give him another one at night -- all right , he was willing . He had to confess that `` Eliza Crossing the Ice '' had been enormous fun . The freshmen were commanded to appear in the common room in their oldest clothes . Then all of them , the smallest lad excepted , got down on their hands and knees , forming a circle .