The other girls are going to help with the sandwiches and ice cream.

By the way," she added, as they went down the steps, "be sure and come to the basketball meeting at the gym this afternoon." And so it was arranged that Anne Pierson, the shabbiest and poorest girl in Oakdale High School, was to help receive at one of the prettiest and most charming houses in town.

Miriam Nesbit's rudeness was to bring about a friendship between Anne Pierson and her three schoolmates that lasted a lifetime.
After the half-past two o'clock dinner, which was the universal custom in Oakdale, the chums met again at the gymnasium in the Boys' High School.

Wednesdays and Saturdays were nicknamed "ladies' days" by the High School boys, for on these afternoons the girls were permitted free use of the gymnasium.
The meeting to-day was not for gymnastic exercises, however, but an important subject was to be discussed--the Freshman Basketball Team.
Also the captain of the team was to be elected.
Other club meetings were in full force when the girls arrived, and the great room vibrated with the hum of voices.

The three freshmen, who knew better than to interrupt sophomores and juniors at their pow-wows, made their way quietly across the hall to the appointed place of rendezvous.
Of course, the entire Freshman Class did not assemble to discuss this subject.