Chapter I: Front Matter

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BEATRICE LEIGH AT COLLEGE

A Story for Girls

by

JULIA A. SCHWARTZ

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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.

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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."

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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?" 73 "Oh, Thank You; I Don't Want Anything to Eat" 96 We Handed Over Five Dollars Apiece 201 She Waved an Open Letter In Her Hand 276 She Held Both Hands, Smiling 301

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