precedentedtie—uphadbeendiscussedformonths，theboyssuddenlygaveuptheircandidateandnominatedmefororator。
ThiswasnotatallwhatIwanted，andIimmedi—
atelydeclinedtoserve。Wegirlsthennominatedtheyoungmanwhohadbeenfirstchoiceofourbrothersociety，buthehaughtilyrefusedtoacceptthecompliment。Thereunionwasonlyafortnightaway，andtheprogrammehadnotbeenprinted，sonowthepresidenttookthesituationinhandandperemptorilyorderedmetoacceptthenominationorbesuspended。Thiswasawhollyunexpectedboomerang。Ihadwishedtomakeagoodfightforequalrightsforthegirls，andtoimpresstheboyswiththefactofourexistenceasasociety；butI
hadnotdesiredtosettheentirestudentbodybytheearsnortobeforcedtoprepareanddeliveranorationattheeleventhhour。Moreover，Ihadnosuitablegowntowearonsoimportantanoccasion。
Oneofmyclassmates，however，secretlywrotetomysister，describingmyblushinghonorsandex—