But it always enrages or sickens me to hear Ruby , whereas I just wanted to laugh good-naturedly at Phil . Now , what is the why of that ? '' `` There is a difference , '' said Anne meditatively . `` I think it 's because Ruby is really so CONSCIOUS of boys . She plays at love and love-making . Besides , you feel , when she is boasting of her beaux that she is doing it to rub it well into you that you have n't half so many . Now , when Phil talks of her beaux it sounds as if she was just speaking of chums . She really looks upon boys as good comrades , and she is pleased when she has dozens of them tagging round , simply because she likes to be popular and to be thought popular . Even Alex and Alonzo -- I 'll never be able to think of those two names separately after this -- are to her just two playfellows who want her to play with them all their lives . I 'm glad we met her , and I 'm glad we went to Old St. John 's . I believe I 've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon . I hope so . I hate to feel transplanted . '' Chapter V Letters from Home For the next three weeks Anne and Priscilla continued to feel as strangers in a strange land . Then , suddenly , everything seemed to fall into focus -- Redmond , professors , classes , students , studies , social doings . Life became homogeneous again , instead of being made up of detached fragments . The Freshmen , instead of being a collection of unrelated individuals , found themselves a class , with a class spirit , a class yell , class interests , class antipathies and class ambitions . They won the day in the annual `` Arts Rush '' against the Sophomores , and thereby gained the respect of all the classes , and an enormous , confidence-giving opinion of themselves . For three years the Sophomores had won in the `` rush '' ; that the victory of this year perched upon the Freshmen 's banner was attributed to the strategic generalship of Gilbert Blythe , who marshalled the campaign and originated certain new tactics , which demoralized the Sophs and swept the Freshmen to triumph . As a reward of merit he was elected president of the Freshman Class , a position of honor and responsibility -- from a Fresh point of view , at least -- coveted by many .
He was also invited XXXXX join the `` Lambs '' -- Redmondese for Lamba Theta -- a compliment rarely paid to a Freshman .
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