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The Girls
of Central High
OR
RIVALS FOR ALL HONORS
BY
GERTRUDE W. MORRISON
Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake
Luna, the Girls of Central High At
Basketball, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
BY GERTRUDE W. MORRISON
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume,
40 cents, postpaid.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH SERIES
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH Or, Rivals for All Honors THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON LAKE LUNA Or, The Crew That Won THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH AT BASKETBALL Or, The Great Gymnasium Mystery THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGE Or, The Play That Took the Prize THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON TRACK AND FIELD Or, The Champions of the School League
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS—NEW YORK
Copyright, 1914, BY
Grosset & Dunlap
The Girls of Central High
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
IA blow at the High Cost of Living1
IIAthletics—Pro and Con11
IIIA Real Alarm21
IV“Poor Bobby”31
VWhom Do You Believe?38
VIFalse Evidence46
VIIThe Committee on Organization54
VIIILaura and the Principal62
IX“The Day of the Touch”74
XThe Joke on Hester80
XIThe Man on the Spire86
XIIThe M. O. R. Initiation95
XIIIThe Haunted House104
XIVThe Test112
XVA Very Real “Ghost” Indeed119
XVIWhere Is Laura?126
XVIIThe Mystery135
XVIIIOn the Eve of the Contest143
XIXHester Fouls the Game151
XXThe Eight-oared Shell159
XXIThe Finish of the Boat Race166
XXIIStaging a Thunderstorm178
XXIIIThe Unveiling of Hester186
XXIVThe First Field Day194
XXV“Mother Wit”202