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about home affairs that she mortally despises the newspaper clippings sent from home. Since she has such an affectionate nature not to be sur- prised that she loves her music teacher so devotedly that pulls his hair until he screams. The few who her approval are indeed fortunate, [or they escape the sharp criticism she visits upon everything which arouses her disapproval. Her sharp wit and ready tongue give her words double force. She is a musician of some talent and a strong advocate of temperance. In contrast with her sedate and matter-of-fact sister Enlalie Vivian Harris is capricious. It is impossible to forecast her actions, but one may be sure that they will be unexpected. She will drink water from only one glass at the table, and that a cracked one. She is subject to the" blues," and is prone to melancholy. Of course such a one is imaginative and fanciful. In the first place she began to construct tenses for the French verb by using the present participle with the She works so industriously at perfecting these that she has never been known to know her lessons. Naturally she would be a firm believer in ghosts and kindred spirits of the nether regions. Her slumbers have been rupted by a mysterious rappi ng- on the her room, and strange voices have disturbed the quietness of her night. A rational explanation of these would make them the fanciful echoes a mind worn out by a too frequent perusal of the adventures of her'; Icbabod." blessed the class with her presence in the Sophomore year, since which time she has devoted considerable time to the cultivation of her musical talent, both vocal and instrumental. She is kept under close surveillance by her relatives lest she should lose her allegiance to her native state. _, There are still two more representatives of the old "North" state who have returned to the Alma Mater of their father in search of the wisdom of the gods. There was some hesitancy in present- ing one before the other, but as senior partner of the Mabel Blanche Harris deserves first mention. Naturally she is the and for three years the burden of the oversight over her relative has fallen upon her should- ers. It is strange that she, too, is a firm believer in ghosts, and has also been disturbed by some mysterious noise on the window and by strange voices. In -+ 43 +-
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