Front matter
Reading edition
A SONG-CALENDAR
BY A. L. C.
I
“When blood of autumn Runs warm and red In all the branches Over head— Sing clear bright sunshine, And tender haze, Sing glad beginning Of College Days!
II
“When pines and spruces Are bowed with snow, When ponds are frozen And keen winds blow— Sing cozy corners Or jingling sleighs, Sing work or frolic Of College Days!
III
“When comes sweet April, With soft slow rain, And earth has broken Her frozen chain— Sing low shy birdnotes, And woodland ways, Sing mirth and music Of College Days!
IV
“When June days linger, And warm winds blow O’er fields of daisies Adrift like snow— Sing sad leave-takings And tender praise Of all the mem’ries Of College Days!” —Vassarion, ’95.
Cordial acknowledgment is due to the editors of the Youth’s Companion for their courteous permission to reprint in the following chapters of college life the episodes entitled respectively “Wanted: a Friend,” and “Her Freshman Valentine.”
SHE HID HER FACE AGAINST MARTHA’S DRESS
BEATRICE LEIGH at COLLEGE
A STORY FOR GIRLS
By JULIA A. SCHWARTZ
Author of
“Elinor’s College Career” etc.
Illustrated by
EVA M. NAGEL
The Penn Publishing Company
PHILADELPHIA MCMVII
Copyright 1907 by The Penn Publishing Company
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
I Bea’s Roommate 9
II Enter Robbie Belle 35
III A Question of Economy 59
IV Her Freshman Valentines 81
V The Giftie Gie Us 92
VI A Wave of Reform 115
VII Four Sophomores and a Dog 145
VIII Classes in Manners 172
IX This Vain Show 198
X Consequences 214
XI A Girl to Have Friends 231
XII An Original in Math 255
XIII Just This Once 283
XIV Classmates 299
XV Victory 321
Illustrations
PAGE
She Hid Her Face Against Martha’s Dress Frontispiece
Lila Stood Staring Out at the Snow 28
“Anything New?” 74
“Oh, Thank You; I Don’t Want Anything to Eat” 98
We Handed Over Five Dollars Apiece 204
She Waved an Open Letter In Her Hand 280
She Held Both Hands, Smiling 306
Beatrice Leigh at College