Evening star., 1928-04-08
Educating Patricia"
BY CORNELIA II. MILLER.
What Has Gone Before.

What Has Gone Before.
On the erea;ar at fhe daaud' opeT'
eta et Miss St6rhope'S Schooi F0t'7c'S
Ho'livushedd. arho sang The role ~ OFT
OF tse rjcked stepstSSefS, crfGQeo HsI
self IN her costume ana SeGrChcG lV'
fhe cold rcSh BAG Which Me h0o
planned 10 carry. baf Il 'raS PC p,as. '
IL nc found. Shortly before rms mar
Hcvris one of rotrjCid'S frifn0S. h0o
6tscorerecf the mysterious disappearance
=, q rlnffnuss nia, q Christmas giiI
J~ons her parents. "a,
The Christmas holidays orc oCer. nifh
fnfcresf nor ceHseri1o on tee HoCNey
and fhe 6aal basket bail game Uhich
is 10 decide fhe championship. Patricia
is hoo;no for fae opportunity 10 paa9
roa:se Darts. P6frscia'S roommate, IS
ce1;air of the SUator team. Hhitc PcQoS
Talcg one of the members az ne NVtt
N:rr is a; the head of the senior !cam.
THF gymnasium was festive in the
extreme. the green and gold oi
the itluior class mlnglng lis
streanerS and banners with Jhf
nine and white Of the seniors
Al one end was great blue ana White
banner bearing the class numerals o.
fhs seniors. while the opposite Wau was
sr,otherAd in green felt, with the juniors
graduating year sending ior'n a cNa!-
ienge in gold numbers foot hlgh. On
a table which announced It's severe
tho,5sh unarn,ed neutrality by hiding
t,enesth the banners Of both classes
tnvo1yed repoSed the championship cup,
as shtnlnnerinr as the Holy Grail-and
Almost as holy in the eyes ot me con-
teStants.
Frenzied cheers from the packed gal
iery greeted the teams as they ran our
onto the floor. the light OF the oatue
tn their eyes. Bands of blue and Wiite
across the chests Of the seniors oiStln-
guished them from their opponents,
who we're decorated in like manner Win
green and gold. Patricia resigned her-
self 10 her seat on the bench reserved
sn- the substitutes with as good grace
as nnssible. and tried hard not 10 hope
that some III should befaU one OF the
r,invprs so that her opportunity should
he forthcoming. She heard Peggy nlng
out a laughing reioinoer TO Louise
words OF challenge as they ran 10 tneA
places. 49,, 49,,
.c- NAV IN commence found Mary
Harris facing Elizabeth Stanton wlfn
menace in her eyes, forgetting Tor the
moment that they were ordinarily the
hest of friends. Mary, with a prodl-
rious leap won the first toSs-up and
with a quick swing Of her body sent the
hall swiftly across the floor 10 Louise.
Who caught it and commenced a Iuggle
IN the direction of the basket. but was
intercepted by Franny Elliott, who
caught it instead OF May Hutchlns. 20
whom she had thrown 1t at what
seemed an advantageous moment
Franny saw her opportunity TO pass 1t
to Peggy. who was at the extreme SIDE.
unruarded for the moment Peggy
made q clean catch, juggled cleTerly
around Kay Satterlee, who had scented
danger for the juniors and dashed
across the floor like hurricane. Just
too late TO stop the pass which Peggy
made 10 Marjorie Seaman. her own left
forward. Marjorie. her back 10 the wall
near the corner. caught the ball, lunged
forward with a mighty chest throw and
sent it tumbling into the first basket OF
the game, scoring two points for the
seniors.
DUT the juniors were not TO be
- daunted By this early disadvantage
and after netting ] point through q
foul. scored q basket al the hands Of
Louise who did some successful and
slippery juggling With the aid Of dou-
bic passing In spite Of the playing Of
the juniors. which was strong and sure.
the quarter ended with the seniors
holding an advantage of points. This
advantage. however. was cut down by
z points in the first moments Of play IN
the second quarter. when Mary again
won the toss-up and made more sue
cexsful pass. which resulted in swift
Is earned basket by May Hutchins
1t was a game IL which both sides
Nere noticeably on the offensive. yet
with q support that was solid as rock
with few fouls on either side. The
score fiuctuatec with little permanent
advantage for either faction, while eZ-
citemeni in the gallery vas intense. A
steady background Of cheering kept the
players on their n1etle and the CLINT
OF the cup. sustaining its dignifed,
silent spiendor in the midst Of the up
roar. urged them steadily on with the
Utmost 1enacity Of purpose.
AT the end Of the first half the
seniors still had slight advantage. the
score standing ar - 10 8, Partly on
behalf Of Patricia1s almost fearful en-
treaties. partly due 70 the fact that
Mary Hutcning had done such con-
sisrpnfIy strenuous work that she was
entitled 10 q rest. Louise decided 10 put
Patricia In Mays position Is forward
temporarily.
1t was the moment that Patricia had