You would be surprised to know how many of these young men, who have been sent to the University at a cost of goodness knows what sacrifices, return to their native towns in a few months wrecked in body and mind, without having once set foot in a lecture room, and, in fact, having done nothing except inscribe their names on the rolls." Shirley was glad she knew no such men, and if she ever married and had a son she would pray God to spare her that grief and humiliation.

She herself knew something about the sacrifices parents make to secure a college education for their children.

Her father had sent her to Vassar.

She was a product of the much-sneered-at higher education for women, and all her life she would be grateful for the advantages given her.

Her liberal education had broadened her outlook on life and enabled her to accomplish the little she had.