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[Illustration: THE "SHOW" WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS]
BETTY WALES, SOPHOMOREA STORY FOR GIRLS
BY MARGARET WARDE
Author of
"Betty Wales, Freshman"
"Betty Wales, Junior"
"Betty Wales, Senior"
"Betty Wales, B.A."
Illustrated by
EVA M. NAGEL
1905
CONTENTS
CHAP INTRODUCTION I MOVING IN II ELEANOR'S FRESHMAN III PARADES AND PARTIES IV ELEANOR WATSON, AUTHORESS V POINTS OF VIEW VI ON AMBITION VII ON TO MIDYEARS VIII THE "FIRST FOUR" IX THE COMPLICATIONS OF LIFE X IN THE "ARGUS" SANCTUM XI A PROBLEM IN ETHICS XII A BRIEF FOR THE DEFENSE XIII VICTORY OR DEFEAT XIV A DISTINGUISHED GUEST XV DISAPPOINTMENTS XVI DORA CARLSON'S "SUGARING-OFF" XVII A MAY-DAY RESOLUTIONXVIII TRIUMPHS AND TROUBLES XIX GOOD-BYES
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE "SHOW" WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
"DON'T PUT THAT GREEN VASE THERE"
"WELL," SAID MISS FERRIS, "THAT WON'T BENEW WORK"
"LET US MAKE A FAIR START," HE SAID
THE GREEN LINE WAS SHOUTING ITSELF HOARSE
ELEANOR DID NOT ANSWER
"NEVER MIND THAT NOW," SAID BETTY
INTRODUCTION
Readers who did not make the acquaintance of Betty Wales and her friendswhile they were freshmen may like to know that there were nine girls inall who spent their first year together at Mrs. Chapin's. Two of them,however, took very little part in the life of the house and left collegeat the end of the year. Katherine Kittredge, "of Kankakee," was the fly-away of the group, Rachel Morrison its steadiest, strongest member. Shy,sensitive Roberta Lewis found her complement in a volatile littlesophomore, the only one in the house, named Mary Brooks. Mary had atalent for practical jokes and original methods of entertainment, andsupplied much of the fun and frolic at the Chapin house. It was she whoput Betty's picture into the sophomore "grind book," who let out thesecret of the Mountain Day mishap, and who frightened not only the Chapinhouse freshmen but the whole class with an absurd "rumor" of her owninvention. Helen Adams, Betty's roommate, was a forlorn, awkward littlebody, who came to college expecting to study all the time, and was amazedand disappointed at what she considered the frivolity of her companions.Betty Wales, in particular, with her fascinating, merry ways, her love offun, and her easygoing fashion of getting through her work, was arevelation to Helen. She began by placing her roommate rather scornfullyin the category of pretty girls, who, being pretty, can afford to bestupid, and ended by loving her dearly, and fully appreciating what Bettyhad done to make her more like other girls and so happier in herenvironment.
In spite of her beauty and cleverness, Eleanor Watson was not a favoritewith the Chapin house girls. She was snobbish and overbearing, intentupon making herself prominent in class and college affairs, and utterlyregardless of the happiness of other people, as well as of the rules andmoral standards of Harding. Betty, who was unreasonably fond of Eleanor,though she recognized her faults, unconsciously exerted a great deal ofinfluence over her. How she finally managed at the instigation of herupper-class fr