The dressing-bell was rung at seven, and all the students were
expected to meet in the chapel for prayers at eight. Nothing was said
if they did not appear; no reproofs were uttered and no inquiries
made; but the good-fellowship between the students and the dons was so
apparent in the three halls that known wishes were always regarded,
and, as a rule, there were few absentees.

The girls went to chapel in their white-straw sailor-hats, simply
trimmed with a broad band of ribbon of the college colors, green with
a narrow stripe of gold. Breakfast immediately followed chapel; tea
and coffee and different cold meats were placed on the side-tables,
and the girls helped themselves to what they pleased.

The great event at breakfast was the post. Each student, when she
entered the breakfast-hall, would make an eager rush to the side-table
where the letters were neatly placed. During breakfast these were read
and chatted over. The whole meal was most informal and seldom lasted
more than a quarter of an hour.

After breakfast the notice-board in the large entrance-hall was
visited and eagerly scanned, for it contained a detailed account of
the hours for the different lectures and the names of the lecturers
who would instruct the students during the day. By the side of the
large official notice-board hung another, which was read with quite as
deep interest. This contained particulars of the meetings of the
different clubs and societies for pleasure or profit got up by the
girls themselves.

On the morning after her arrival Priscilla, with the other students,