The Girls of Central High on the Stage; Or, The Play That Took The Prize

by Gertrude W. Morrison

Press of

THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.

Cleveland

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	What the M. O. R.’s Needed	[1]
II	What Josephine Morse Needed	[9]
III	What Mr. Chumley Needed	[18]
IV	What Mrs. Prentice Needed	[28]
V	There is a General Need	[34]
VI	It All Comes Out	[40]
VII	The Hand Held Out	[50]
VIII	The Race Is On	[60]
IX	A Skating Party	[70]
X	The Mid-Term Examination	[80]
XI	Missing	[87]
XII	Counsel for the Defense	[95]
XIII	A Way is Opened	[104]
XIV	In Suspense	[113]
XV	A Mile a Minute	[121]
XVI	“Just Like a Story Book”	[128]
XVII	Lily Pendleton Is Dissatisfied	[139]
XVIII	The Ski Runners	[146]
XIX	The First Dress Rehearsal	[153]
XX	“Mr. Pizotti”	[160]
XXI	Mother Wit Puts Two and Two Together	[170]
XXII	Mrs. Plornish	[178]
XXIII	“Caught on the Fly”	[187]
XXIV	The Great Night	[197]
XXV	Good News for Jess	[202]

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGE

CHAPTER I—WHAT THE M. O. R.’S NEEDED

The M. O. R. house was alight from cellar to garret. It was the first big reception of the winter and followed closely the end of the first basketball trophy series and the football game between the Central High team and that of West High.

The M. O. R. was the only girls’ secret society countenanced by Franklin Sharp, the principal of Central High. Until you belonged to it you never knew what the three initials stood for; after you were lucky enough to belong, the name of the society became such a deep and dark mystery that you never dared whisper it, even to your very closest “spoon.”