Chapter Page

I. Off To College 7

II.  J. Elfreda Introduces Herself 15

III.  First Impressions 29

IV.  Miriam’s Unwelcome Surprise 44

V. An Interrupted Study Hour 55

VI.  A Disturbing Note 62

VII.  Grace Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands 72

VIII.  The Sophomore Reception 84

IX.  Disagreeable News 95

X. The Making of The Team 102

XI.  Anne Wins a Victory 109

XII.  Ups and Downs 118

XIII.  Grace Turns Electioneer 125

XIV.  An Invitation and a Misunderstanding 132

XV.  Greeting Old Friends 142

XVI.  Thanksgiving with the Southards 150

XVII.  Christmas Plans 161

XVIII.  Basketball Rumors 171

XIX.  A Game Worth Seeing 181

XX.  Grace Overhears Something Interesting 190

XXI.  An Unheeded Warning 206

XXII.  Turning the Tables 214

XXIII.  Virginia Changes Her Mind 227

XXIV.  Good-bye to their Freshman Year 239

Grace Harlowe’s First Year at Overton College

CHAPTER I

OFF TO COLLEGE

“Do you remember what you said one October day last year, Grace, when we stood on this platform and said good-bye to the boys?” asked Anne Pierson.

“No, what did I say?” asked Grace Harlowe, turning to her friend Anne.

“You said,” returned Anne, “that when it came your turn to go to college you were going to slip away quietly without saying good-bye to any one but your mother, and here you are with almost half Oakdale at the train to see you off to college.”

“Now, Anne, you know perfectly well that people are down here to see you and Miriam, too,” laughed Grace.  “I’m not half as much of a celebrity as you are.”

Grace Harlowe, Miriam Nesbit and Anne Pierson stood on the station platform completely surrounded by their many friends, who, regardless of the fact that it was half-past seven o’clock in the morning, had made it a point to be at the station to wish them godspeed.

“This is the second public gathering this week,” remarked Miriam Nesbit, who, despite the chatter that was going on around her, had heard Grace’s laughing remark.