About five o'clock
Bailey , the third member , was an Eta Bita Pie , and while sub-Freshmen are not supposed to be anything with Greek letters on , we understood each other , and I was to be initiated the next fall . Bailey pointed out caustically that to imprison a sub-Freshman would be to ruin his reputation , break his spirit and disgrace the school -- that one world 's record was worth fifty points , and that , if allowed to , I would pole-vault so high the next day that I would have to come down in a parachute . The result was the council broke up in one big row and Martha Scroggs spent the afternoon unengaged . About five o'clock Bailey came over to the track , where we were going through the last sad rites , and hauled me aside . `` Take off those togs , kid , '' he said . `` I 've got a stunt . These yaps are going to hold another meeting to-night to decide on Martha Scroggs ' fiancé .