VII 



N the life of the bass time flies more 

 rapidly than with men. For him one 

 year is as five to man. Five times 

 may the earth revolve around its parent 

 body to age a boy as one revolution ages the 

 fish. 



So with the rolling seasons the fish of 

 our school rapidly matured. At five years 

 they were transformed from the little 

 quarter-inch wrigglers to mature specimens, 

 comparable in age to men of twenty-five. 



Not, of course, that all were the same size. 

 Among men the question is often asked as 

 to how large a bass of five years really is. 

 As if an answer could be given! At six 



