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210 her father, and he had the reputation, well deserved of being the dullest lecturer on the campus.

Only one event disturbed the pleasant calm oi Hugh’s life after his argument with Tucker. H< did not attend Prom because he knew no girl whon he cared to ask; he failed again to make his lette and took his failure philosophically; and he receivec a note from Janet Harton telling him that she wa engaged to “the most wonderful man in the world’ —and he did n’t give a hoot if she was.

Just after Easter vacation the Nu Deltas gav< their annual house dance. Hugh looked forward tc it with considerable pleasure. True, he was no “dragging a woman,” but several of the brother were going “stag”; so he felt completely at ease The freshmen were put to work cleaning th< house, the curtains were sent to the laundry, bed room closets and dresser drawers were emptied o anything the girls might find too interesting, and ai enormously expensive orchestra was imported fron New York. Finally a number of young alumni, th< four patronesses, and the girls appeared.

Getting dressed for the dance was a real event ii Hugh’s life. He had worn evening clothes only ; few times before, but those occasions, fraternit banquets and glee club concerts, were, he felt relatively unimportant. The dance, however, wa different, and he felt that he must look his best, hi very “smoothest.” He was a rare undergraduate