Betty, who has no one waiting for her at the station, complains that she is never sure if boys truly like her or pretend to like her to impress her father. Long, who is the academy's new commandant. Meanwhile, on the train, Lorna and Alice chat with Betty, the daughter of Col. When Tony drops by, Boff, unable to leave, gives him fifty dollars, asking Tony to deposit it in his account to cover checks he has written. In Jones's office, while Boff grades papers, the lieutenant douses his hair with hair tonic, unaware that Tony has added vegetable dye to the bottle. After Hal leaves, Tony, who arranged for the bogus telegram to be sent to Hal, prepares to meet Lorna. Jones, the school's chemistry instructor who has eyes for Alice, has summoned Boff to his office to grade papers, which will cause him to miss meeting Alice's train.

Hal's victory over Tony is short-lived, as underclassman Bender delivers a telegram stating that Lorna has the measles and must cancel her trip. Before Tony and Boff leave for the train station to pick up their girl friends, Lorna Carter and Alice Wheatley, another student, Hal Carlton, smugly tells Tony that, because of Tony's pranks during Lorna's last trip, her mother has arranged for Hal to be Lorna's escort. Roommates Tony Williams, Boff Roberts and Dave Crouse, who are seniors at Southern Military Institution, make plans for a weekend of festivities surrounding the academy's baseball game against the North Carolina Tarheels.

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