"Nor out of any sophomore that she hopes to make a society," addedChristy Mason.

"I suppose," exclaimed Babbie, "that it's because nothing is competitive here.You just take what people think you ought to have. You stand or fall bypublic opinion, and of course you are never sure how it will gauge you."

"College men aren't that way," exclaimed Katherine. "They talk about suchthings, and discuss their chances and agree to help one another alongwhere they can. And if they lose they never seem to care; they joke aboutit."

"But we never admit we've lost, because we never admit we were trying foranything," put in Nita.

"I like the men's way best then," exclaimed Madeline decidedly.

"Let's try it," suggested Christy. "Girls, who of us here do you skinnykwill make Dramatic Club in the first two elections?"

There was an awkward silence, then a general laugh."It won't work, you see," exclaimed Christy. "Well, of those who aren't here,Marion Lustig will go in to-night of course,--she's our bright particularliterary star. And what do you think about Eleanor Watson?"

"Wouldn't she be more likely to go into the Clio Club next fortnight?" askedNita Reese.