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The college year swept rapidly to its close, so rapidly to the seniors that the days seemed to melt in their grasp. The twentieth of June would bring them their diplomas and the end of their college life. They felt a bit chesty at the thought of that B. S. or A. B., but a little sentimental at the thought of leaving "old Sanford."
Suddenly everything about the college became infinitely precious -- every tradition; every building, no matter how ugly; even the professors, not just the deserving few -- all of them.