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[Illustration: AS BOB CROSSED HOME PLATE WITH HIS RUN, JERRY WAS NOT
FAR BEHIND HIM.]




                       ----_The Motor Boys_----


                          NED, BOB AND JERRY
                            AT BOXWOOD HALL

                                  Or
                      The Motor Boys as Freshmen


                                  BY

                            CLARENCE YOUNG

                   AUTHOR OF “THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES”
                     “THE RACER BOYS SERIES” “THE
                       JACK RANGER SERIES,” ETC.


                              ILLUSTRATED


                               NEW YORK
                        CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY




BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

=Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.=


=THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES=

  THE MOTOR BOYS
  THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
  THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
  THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
  THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
  THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
  THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
  THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
  THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
  THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE ROCKIES
  THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN
  THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE WING
  THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE
  THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE BORDER
  THE MOTOR BOYS UNDER THE SEA
  THE MOTOR BOYS ON ROAD AND RIVER


=THE MOTOR BOYS--SECOND SERIES=

  NED, BOB AND JERRY AT BOXWOOD HALL;
    Or, The Motor Boys as Freshmen


=THE JACK RANGER SERIES=

  JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
  JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
  JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
  JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
  JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
  JACK RANGER’S TREASURE BOX


=THE RACER BOYS SERIES=

  THE RACER BOYS
  THE RACER BOYS AT BOARDING SCHOOL
  THE RACER BOYS TO THE RESCUE
  THE RACER BOYS ON THE PRAIRIES
  THE RACER BOYS ON GUARD
  THE RACER BOYS FORGING AHEAD


  COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY
  CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY


=Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall=




CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                               PAGE
      I. THE OVERTURNED AUTO              1
     II. A FAMILY CONFERENCE             10
    III. THE RACE                        20
     IV. THE DECISION                    29
      V. GOOD NEWS                       37
     VI. BOXWOOD HALL                    46
    VII. OFF TO COLLEGE                  53
   VIII. PROFESSOR SNODGRASS             61
     IX. THE PROFESSOR’S SHOES           70
      X. A COOL RECEPTION                79
     XI. THE PROFESSOR’S DILEMMA         87
    XII. IN THE GYMNASIUM                97
   XIII. THE BANG-UPS                   105
    XIV. THE INITIATION                 113
     XV. CAUGHT                         124
    XVI. A COLLISION                    132
   XVII. THE AEROPLANE                  140
  XVIII. THE POSTPONED EXAMINATION      148
    XIX. THE BOXWOOD PICTURE            160
     XX. “WHO TOLD?”                    167
    XXI. THE COASTING RACE              175
   XXII. THE ICE BOAT                   183
  XXIII. SPRING PRACTICE                191
   XXIV. A SCRUB GAME                   199
    XXV. A VARSITY LOSS                 207
   XXVI. DISSENSIONS                    214
  XXVII. THE ROOTERS INSIST             220
 XXVIII. IN THE TENTH                   228
   XXIX. MR. HOBSON                     235
    XXX. THE WINNING GAME               240




INTRODUCTION


MY DEAR BOYS:

With this volume begins a new series of adventures for the “Motor
Boys.” Under the title “Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall; Or, The
Motor Boys as Freshmen,” I have had the pleasure of writing for you
the various happenings that took place when the three young men, whose
activities you have followed for some time, entered a new field.

The fathers of Ned Slade and Bob Baker, and the mother of Jerry
Hopkins, in consultation