Betty Wales, Sophomore

eginning of her freshman term. She had seldom lived three months in any one place, and she had grown up absolutely without reference to the rules and regulations

shed her to find that her experiences were unique, because she had always accepted them as comparatively commonplace; but her pity for the gi

a little pleased, by her electi

they seemed to think they ought to show their appreciation. Nice of them, wasn't it? But I fancy I shan't have a large international corres

joke?" inq

f every word of my Spanish examination paper, because she couldn't read i

reaching for the paper at the to

"I thought I'd do them both while I w

ard Beecher's handwriting. It was cleverly told, but the cream of its humor lay in the

gotten now, and I can't," said Madeline, tossing the theme back on

if they did not, Madeline seldom exerted herself to make them do her bidding. She admired hard work, and did a good deal of it by fits and starts. But she detested wire

ke that! How it takes the fun out of everything! The right way is to go ahead and enjoy yourself, and work your prettiest, an

sed her idea of a college in conformity with what she found-and loved-at Harding. She had decided, with some reluctance, that she had been mistaken in supposing that all pretty girls were stupid. But she still believed that genius is an infinite capacity for taking

might be a song that they would care to sing, or a little verse or a story that Miss Raymond would read in her theme class, as she had Mary Brooks's version of the Chapin house freshmen's

of her habitual serenity, and finally because Betty admired her. Madeline Ayres, for her part, thought of Helen chiefly as Betty's roommate, noticed the awkward little forward tilt o

make you look like a different person. I'm going in for it myself, hard. I'm hoping that it will cure my slouchy walk, and turn me out 'a marvel o

e gym and you'd be with the

gym too? You can't do the exe

y. "I cut a lot last year, a

ong when you're not ready to g

dams had always considered gym at any hour a flagrant waste of time; but she did not say so. There had been something in Madeline's outspoken reference to her awkward carriage that, without

me in a little later, to find

ing?" she demanded. "Gym does

of my suit never was right. It's awfu

behind, that's all. Rip off the collar and I'll cut it down. And I have an extra blue tie that you

lel bars, ropes, the running track, and breathing exercises. But in time she did thoroughly appreciate the results of this physical training. Helen C

arious ways at Harding. There had been banners spread to the breeze, songs and bells in the night-watches, mock caucuses and

on day that she appeared in Mary Brooks's door-she had

of manly black beneath, to match the short brown wig above. "Let's h

rows of even white teeth, and Mary

," she said. "Nita Reese

and ge

nd," said Madeline. "You get

tion and have ice-cream

o lead a strenuous life finding clothes for Fairbanks,

and the barouche would not move the other way round, so he accepted the arm of the leader of the band and walked, chains and all. The vice-president walked from the start. At intervals of five minutes one or both of the successful candidates made speeches. The defeated candidate wished to do likewise, but the other two drow

he campus houses, but the twenty minutes to ten bel

cs over the parade, proves that it was funny. The further fact that she had firmly decided to leave college at Christmas time, but

sort of party, generally in costume. There is a good deal of rivalry, and as every house wishes to see and judge of the achievements of

ur lover on All Saints' Eve. The Westcott gave a "spook" party, one of the other houses a play, still another a goblin dance, to which everybody carried jack-o'- lanterns, and the rest celebrated the holiday in other characteristic and amusing ways. The campus resembled a cross between the midway at a World's Fair and the grand final

all distributed. Toward the end of the evening there were a good many small gatherings, met to talk over the fun in detail and enjoy the numerous "sp

merry party was assembled in Betty's room to eat the salad, sandwiches,

erself to another sandwich. "I suppose you gay young sop

midyears," wailed a fr

er midye

, that is the questi

edge

years," went on Mary, "the next thing o

o your wonderful societies after midyears, if we

ho hasn't thought of them occasionally this fall,"

rk to get into those soc

place beside

es," said Mary briefly, a

remark then, but when she and Hel

bout the societies a lot, and pl

en. "I shan't have to. I am

r as that goes," sa

overheard a Belden House senior telling Mary Brooks that Betty Wales was sure to go into a society the minut

be," concluded Helen loyally, watching Betty's face as she read a note that her mother had tucked in among the nuts. M