# Tom Kelly — Stover at Yale character guide

> Tom Kelly in Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kelly

**First appearance:** 0004-v

## Who they are

A student and friend, often in the background.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/stover_at_yale_se/chapters/vii)

Leads a boisterous group of Sheff freshmen, performs an imitation of faculty members.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/stover_at_yale_se/chapters/viii)

Completes the triumvirate, participates in larks and attempts to hit the moon with a pool-ball.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/stover_at_yale_se/chapters/xxi)

Mentioned as part of the group at Mory's; Stover recalls his drunken antics with a boot under his pillow.

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