class girls are expected at Hamilton today."

"Freshies, too," added Leila, as she brought her car to a stop and
prepared to alight. "Miss Humphrey told me she thought a large part of
the freshman class would be in on Friday and Saturday. I was complaining
to her of how few we had landed in the past week."

By this time Jerry and Vera were both out of Vera's car and had come
quickly up to Marjorie and Leila.

"Can you beat it?" saluted Jerry. "We think the Sans have come freshie
fishing. What do you think?"

"Little Miss Charitable thinks they may be down here to meet their own
friends," remarked Leila with a mischievous glance toward Marjorie. "You
guileless infant! Don't you know what has happened? The Sans are going to
do just what some of us said the other night they wouldn't take the
trouble to do. They have gone into the welcoming business."

"One, two, three----" Vera had begun to count the colorful array of
automobiles. "Nine machines." She turned to Leila with a little laugh.
"It shows which way the wind is blowing, doesn't it?"

"We are going to have some fun with them this year," predicted Leila
with a touch of grimness. "They are beginning to be afraid of losing
their glory or you would never see them down here welcoming freshmen."

"Let's get along and take a look at our rivals," suggested Jerry
humorously. "I suppose they will all be dressed to kill. Too bad they
can't appear in full evening dress. That would be so much more
impressive."

"I am not going to let them bother me," announced Marjorie placidly.
"The kind of girls we are specially on the lookout to help will not be
their kind. They will pick out the smartly-dressed ones and leave the
humble ones, if there are any, to us. After all, there are not very many
poor students at Hamilton. I suppose it is because of the high tuition
fees and the expensive board here."

"We had better hustle along. Hear that?" Jerry; raised a hand for
attention. "That is the train whistling."

Without further delay the quartette hurriedly sought the stairs and
reached the platform a moment or two before the train appeared in
sight.

"I shall not be sorry when our committee duties end," Marjorie said with
a faint sigh. "It seems as though about all I have done since I came
back to Hamilton is to meet trains. I have a lot of things to do for
myself that I haven't had time to think about. I haven't arranged my
study programme either."

"Cheer up. Tomorrow wil