chapter dealing with the War of 1812 in a history of the British
Navy.

At his graduation from Harvard he stood twenty-second in a class
of one hundred and seventy. This caused him to be elected to the
Phi Beta Kappa, the society of scholars. Before he graduated he
became engaged to be married to Miss Alice Lee of Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts.

He told his friend, Mr. Thayer, what he was going to do after
graduation.

"I am going to try to help the cause of better government in New
York City," he said. And he added:

"I don't know exactly how."





CHAPTER III

IN POLITICS


When he graduated from college Roosevelt was no longer in poor
health. His boxing and exercise in the gymnasium, and still more
his outdoor expeditions, and hunting trips in Maine, had made a
well man of him. He was yet to achieve strength and muscle, and