After some conversation between Miss Lyon and Aunt Martha it was decided that Rose and Jenny should room together, as a matter of course, and that Mary should room with Ida.

Rose had fully intended to room with Ida herself, and this decision made her very angry: but there was no help for it and she was obliged to submit.
Our readers are probably aware, that an examination in certain branches is necessary, ere a pupil can be admitted into the school at Mt.

Holyoke, where the course of instruction embraces three years, and three classes, Junior, Middle, and Senior.

Rose, who had been much flattered on account of her scholarship, confidently expected to enter the Middle class.

Jenny, too, had the same desire, though she confessed to some misgivings concerning her knowledge of a goodly number of the necessary branches.