noon
Friday night many a High School boy and girl studied the sky . There was no sign of storm , nor did the conditions seem to threaten a thaw . Saturday morning was cold and clear . The temperature , at noon , was just above freezing point , though not enough so to bring about a `` thaw '' in the ice . By one o'clock Saturday afternoon Gaylor 's Cove was a scene of great activity . Two thirds of the High School students were there , most of them on skates . There were three or four hundred other youngsters , and more than a hundred grown-ups .