`` But she need n't expect to associate with our set . I , for one , wo n't have anything to do with her . '' `` Nor I. I think it is time she should be taught her place . If we could only manage to inflict some decided snub on her , she might take the hint and give up trying to poke herself in where she does n't belong . The idea of her consenting to be elected on the freshmen executive ! But she seems impervious to snubs . '' `` Edna , let 's play a joke on her . It will serve her right . Let us send an invitation in somebody 's name to the senior ` prom . ' '' `` The very thing ! And sign Sidney Hill 's name to it . He 's the handsomest and richest fellows at Payzant , and belongs to one of the best families in town , and he 's awfully fastidious besides . No doubt she will feel immensely flattered and , of course , she 'll accept . Just think how silly she 'll feel when she finds out he never sent it . Let 's write it now , and send it at once . There is no time to lose , for the ` prom ' is on Thursday night . '' The freshmen co-eds at Payzant College did not like Grace Seeley -- that is to say , the majority of them . They were a decidedly snobbish class that year . No one could deny that Grace was clever , but she was poor , dressed very plainly -- `` dowdily , '' the girls said -- and `` roomed '' herself , that phrase meaning that she rented a little unfurnished room and cooked her own meals over an oil stove . The `` senior prom , '' as it was called , was the annual reception which the senior class gave in the middle of every autumn term .
It was the smartest and gayest XXXXX all the college functions , and a Payzant co-ed who received an invitation to it counted herself fortunate .
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