"We ought to have a splendid games club this term," smiled Adah complacently. "There should be several sets of hockey going on in the same afternoon."
"There isn't room in the field for more than one," ventured Laura Talbot.
"Then we must take a larger field," decreed Consie. "With so many new subscriptions we can easily afford it."
"Ninety-five girls instead of only thirty-six in a school make a difference," admitted Irma Ridley.
"The treasurer will have quite a nice little sum in hand," chuckled Isobel Norris.
"I want the school to begin and make a name for itself," said Adah. "I don't want to say anything against Jessie Carew and Maggie Stephens, last year, but really we all know they were slackers."
"Silverside must buck up!" agreed the others.
"You, Laura, and Janet, and Ethelberga have the makings of good players in you," murmured Adah reflectively, "and of course Consie and myself, and perhaps Joyce."
"What about the Hawthorners?" asked Isobel.
"We shall have to include them, of course."