Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London

CHAPTER VI

Dick Forrest proved himself no prodigy at the university, save that he
cut more lectures the first year than any other student. The reason
for this was that he did not need the lectures he cut, and he knew it.
His coaches, while preparing him for the entrance examinations, had
carried him nearly through the first college year. Incidentally, he
made the Freshman team, a very scrub team, that was beaten by every
high school and academy it played against.