CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PLAY'S THE THING Excitement ran high in the three lower classes one morning in early February when Miss Thompson requested that those interested in the production of a Shakespearian play go to the library directly after school, there to discuss the situation.
When the gong sounded dismissal, about sixty girls with dramatic aspirations made for the library.

The Phi Sigma Tau entered in a body.
They had decided at recess to carry away as many laurels as possible, providing they could get into the cast.
Miss Tebbs, teacher of elocution; Miss Kane, teacher of gymnastics, and Miss Thompson stood at one side of the library talking earnestly as they noted each newcomer.
"Oh, look!" whispered Jessica, clutching Nora's arm.

"There's Eleanor and her crowd." "Then look out for squalls," replied Nora.

"She'll try to be the whole cast, and will get a magnificent case of sulks if she can't have her own way." "Sh-h-h," warned Eva Allen.

"She'll hear you.