father'd never let me go to Battle Field College."

"Battle Field UNIVERSITY," corrected Olivia. "It has
classical courses and scientific courses and a preparatory
school--and a military department for men and a music department
for women. And it's going to have lots and lots of real
university schools--when it gets the money. And there's a
healthy, middle-aged wagon-maker who's said to be thinking of
leaving it a million or so--if he should ever die and if they
should change its name to his."

"But it's coeducation, isn't it? Father would never consent.
It was all mother could do to persuade him to let me go to public
school."

"But maybe he'd let you go with me, where he wouldn't let you go
all alone."

And so it turned out. Colonel Gardiner, anxious to get his
daughter away from Saint X and into new scenes where Dumont might
grow dim, consented as soon as Olivia explained her plan.


Instead of entering "senior prep", Pauline was able to make
freshman with only three conditions. In the first week she was
initiated into Olivia's fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Kappa, joined
the woman's literary and debating society, and was fascinated and
absorbed by crowding new events, associations, occupations,
thoughts. In spite of herself her old-time high spirits came
flooding back. She caught herself humming--and checked herself