South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-03
Why [ NeUer Married
By Elinor Green

Theresa Clyde arranged the shade
of her electric light at just the right
angle over her desk, spread out a
little bundle of manuscript notes
conveniently at the left of her type
writer, placed a dish of cookies at
her right. pinned up the sleeves of
her kimono, settled down comfort
ably in her chair and prepared to
make a night of it
IT was O'Clock and if she worked
till two in the morning-as she had
planned would be seven
hours ahead of her in which to write
the two papers. Theresa had pur-
posely planned to leave this import
ant work till the last minute, know
ing that she always worked under
pressure best Besides in her soil
tary life there was an unusual JOY TO
be gained from the feeling that she
really had to accomplish something
important in haste.
She first began her paper for her
class in household architecture.
Having found herself at IS the pos
SCISSOR of a small patrimOny. alone
In the world and without any special
training, Theresa had, six months
before, sold out her small holdings
I'm the country, put her money in a
city bank ans settled herself in a
tiny apartment near the university
Of her choice where she devoted her
time TO the study OF house-piaaning.
Perhaps the reason she chose this
course was because. next to having a
little home of her own, Theresa
thought the incest thing in life
would be to plan homes for other
people She had worked hard IN all
her courses, but in none did she gain
more satisfaction, and into none did
she put more devotion than in Prof.
Morgan's course in household archi-
tecture. In part this was due to the
fact that the course was known to
be extremely stir and Prof. Nor
gan took it for granted that students
n his class were as entirely devoted
10 the practice Of hard and sustain
ed mental work as he was himself.
IT. part il was due TO the undeniable
fact that Prof. MOrgan's personality
stood out more wildly in Theresa s
consciousness than did that of any
of the other professors. 1t is not
only silly little school girls who fall
under the fascination of a favorite
teacher. som etimeS demure little
spinster graduate students like
Theresa conceive what in younger
girls would he termed a crush for
the favorite instructor.
Theresa had already worked hard
and many hours on this paper. Her
notes were thorough and complete.
She had merely left till the last the
final assembling and putting into
typewriting of this paper on which
her term grading was 10 be based.
For a half hour the clicks of the
typewriter keys was spasmodic. slow
and cautious then the keys began 10
hum out a steady succession OF
clicks. and before she had worked a
full hour she had forgotten her little
sugar cookies, had forgotten her
lonely existence in her wee apart
ment and thought only of the sub
jcCt upon which she was writing.
The subject that had been ass gned
was this Planning the $1,000 cot
tace" In order 20 write the paper
Theresa had drawn many plans so
thorough and workmanly that they
would have done credit 10 any pro-
fessional architect and she had
spent So many hours OF day dreams
thinking about this modest little
cottage that she had almost come
10 think OF il as really existing.
When the clock struck 10 the pa
per was completed. The first
drauGht had been carefully copied
and IL had been tucked in an en-
velope 20 be posted 10 Prof. Morgan.
I There's read the paper over. She
, was satisfied and yet she had a
vague misgiving. She knew it was
more complete and showed more