And to the letters of some of the girls who seemed bent upon nothing but social success, the little teacher now replied by an appeal to all of them: "Girls, some of these letters worry me.

I don't want to preach--you will lead your own lives.

But I cannot help reminding you of the things we talked about--the splendid things, exciting things that are stirring in this land today.

Oh, what a chance for women--what openings with narrow doors--what fights to make the doorways wide for the girls who will come after you! Keep yourselves strong and awake and alive--keep growing--remember that life is a school and for you it has only just begun.

Don't sit at your desks--in your homes, I mean--blinking with a man at your side.