No school can be run on the basis of individual enterprise." Duly chastened, Winona left the prefects' room.

She had the further annoyance in the afternoon of explaining the situation to several comers who turned up in answer to her invitation.

Notwithstanding this preliminary disturbance, the Old Girls' Guild was started with thirty-five members on the roll.

A Hockey Club and a Dramatic Society were formed, both of which promised to have a flourishing existence, and Winona had the satisfaction of fixing a Past _v._ Present match for the following March.

The prefects were magnanimous enough to bear her no ill-will, so on the whole she came out of a very unpleasant dilemma much better than she expected..