THE LAST STRAW The days glided by rapidly.

The Christmas holidays came, bringing with them the usual round of gayeties.

Thanks to the Phi Sigma Tau, the lonely element of High School girls did not lack for good cheer.

As at Thanksgiving, each member of the sorority entertained two or more girls on Christmas and New Year's, and were amply repaid for their good deed by the warm appreciation of their guests.
Tom Gray came down for the holidays, bringing with him his roommate, Arnold Evans, a fair-haired, blue-eyed young man of twenty, who proved himself thoroughly likable in every respect.

He lost no time in cultivating Miriam's acquaintance, and the two soon became firm friends.
Tom gave a dinner to his roommate, inviting "the seven originals," as he expressed it, and Miriam, who felt that at last she really belonged in the charmed circle.