oard for
his mates to gorge upon. The only people aboard the _Rajah_ that ate
shark for supper that night were the Captain and the spinner of this
yarn. The skipper feasted on the fins, followed by a big dish of
cutlets. Of the last named delicacy I partook very sparingly, I warrant
you, being actuated less by appetite than by curiosity. Not being an
accomplished ichthyophagist like my Captain, I am forced to confess that
I found his flesh to be not only flavorless but coarse.

[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT]

It is an excellent thing for young men to be eager and enthusiastic in
their pursuit of sport, but they should never allow their eagerness and
enthusiasm to get the better of them. In a hotly contested game it is
sometimes impossible for spectators to retain that composure which lends
dignity to the Supreme Court, but, on the other hand, we should never
allow our partisanship to carry us beyond the bounds of good behavior. I
don't want to preach a sermon here on the etiquette of sport, because I
am fully aware that my readers know just as much about the subject as I
do; I merely want to urge them now to act on the grand stand, or along
the ropes, or in the field itself just as in calmer moments they know
they ought to act, and feel confident that they will.

In looking over a bundle of school papers the other day, I came across
an editorial which started me to thinking about the behavior of
spectators and players at school games, and I want to quote a portion of
it. It does not matter what particular schools are under discussion, and
so I have eliminated their names from the paragraph, substituting A and
B, but otherwise the quotation is taken word for word. I did not write
it myself.

There is one thing that we must condemn, and condemn very
strongly, too, and that is the ungentlemanly conduct on the part
of our boys, in jeering their opponents and trying to rattle their
contestants. It is true that the "A" School started this, but this
is no excuse for the boys to so far forget themselves and their
school, and act like anything but gentlemen. The boys feel
somewhat justified in the act, in that they did not begin jeering
for quite a while after the "A" School had started, but at no time
and for no cause are they excusable for forgetting that they are
gentlemen. But to cap all this, a free fight was engaged in after
the field day on some tri