noon on Saturday
rah ! _ Gri-i-idley _ ! '' Again and again the whole of the rousing , inspiring High School yell smote the air . It was but a little after noon on Saturday . It seemed as though two thirds of the school , including most of the girls , had come down to the railway station to see the High School eleven off on its way to Tottenville . That city was some thirty miles away from Gridley , but there was a noon express train that went through in forty minutes . Coach Morton and Captain Wadleigh had rounded up the whole of the school team .