ARLINE'S PLAN "It was beautiful to be at home, but it is nice to be here, too.

If it wasn't for mid year exams, I could be happy," sighed Grace Harlowe, as she rearranged three new sofa pillows she had brought from home, the gifts of Oakdale friends.

Grace and Anne had invited Arline Thayer and Ruth Denton to dinner, and Miriam and Elfreda had dropped in for a brief chat before the dinner bell rang.
"We'll all survive even mid year," predicted Miriam confidently.
"We had a perfectly lovely time in New York, didn't we, Arline ?" asked Ruth Denton, looking at the little curly-haired girl with fond eyes.
Arline nodded.

"I wish our vacation had been two weeks longer," she remarked wistfully.

"I just begin to get acquainted with Father, when it is time to go back to college again.