while you do it. If you need a subject perhaps I can furnish the
inspiration. As long as I intend to become a newspaper woman I might
as well begin to sprout a few ideas."

"All right, I'll come," laughed Grace. "Did I tell you I was taking
chemistry this year? I find it very absorbing."

"I liked it, too," agreed Mabel. "I am more interested in
psychology, though I like my essay and short story work best of all.
I'm going in for interpretative reading, too. All that sort of thing
will help me in my work when I leave here."

"I wish I knew what I wanted to do," sighed Grace. "I'd love to
begin to plan about it now."

"It will dawn upon you suddenly some day," prophesied Mabel, "and
you will wonder why you never thought of it before."

The diners strolled along together as far as the campus. There,
Constance Fuller, Mabel, Frances and Helen Burton left the quartette
from Wayne Hall.

"It's early yet," said Elfreda, consulting her watch.

"What time is it, Elfreda?" asked Grace.

"Half-past eight," answered the stout girl. "We have plenty of time
to study. I, for one, need it. My subjects are all frightfully hard.
I tried to pick out easy ones, but did you ever notice that the
schedule is so arranged that you can't possibly pick out two easy