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BEATRICE LEIGH AT COLLEGE

A Story for Girls

by

JULIA A. SCHWARTZ

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A SONG-CALENDAR
BY A. L. C.


I

"When blood of autumn
  Runs warm and red
In all the branches
  Over head--
Sing clear bright sunshine,
  And tender haze,
Sing glad beginning
  Of College Days!


II

"When pines and spruces
  Are bowed with snow,
When ponds are frozen
  And keen winds blow--
Sing cozy corners
  Or jingling sleighs,
Sing work or frolic
  Of College Days!


III

"When comes sweet April,
  With soft slow rain,
And earth has broken
  Her frozen chain--
Sing low shy birdnotes,
  And woodland ways,
Sing mirth and music
  Of College Days!


IV

"When June days linger,
  And warm winds blow
O'er fields of daisies
  Adrift like snow--
Sing sad leave-takings
  And tender praise
Of all the mem'ries
  Of College Days!"

      --Vassarion, '95.

      *      *      *      *      *      *

  Cordial acknowledgment is due to the editors of the _Youth's
  Companion_ for their courteous permission to reprint in the following
  chapters of college life the episodes entitled respectively "Wanted:
  a Friend," and "Her Freshman Valentine."

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BEATRICE LEIGH AT COLLEGE

A Story for Girls

by

JULIA A. SCHWARTZ

Author of
"Elinor's College Career" etc.

Illustrated by Eva M. Nagel







[Illustration: SHE HID HER FACE AGAINST MARTHA'S DRESS]



The Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia MCMVII

Copyright 1907 by the Penn Publishing Company




CONTENTS

CHAPTER                             PAGE
      I  Bea's Roommate                9
     II  Enter Robbie Belle           35
    III  A Question of Economy        59
     IV  Her Freshman Valentines      81
      V  The Giftie Gie Us            92
     VI  A Wave of Reform            115
    VII  Four Sophomores and a Dog   145
   VIII  Classes in Manners          172
     IX  This Vain Show              198
      X  Consequences                214
     XI  A Girl to Have Friends      231
    XII  An Original in Math         255
   XIII  Just This Once              283
    XIV  Classmates                  299
     XV  Victory                     321



ILLUSTRATIONS

                                                       PAGE
SHE HID HER FACE AGAINST MARTHA'S DRESS        Frontispiece
Lila Stood Staring Out at the Snow                       28
"Anything New?"                                          73
"Oh, Thank You; I Don't Want Anything to Eat"            96
We Handed Over Five Dollars Apiece                      201
She Waved an Open