“You haven’t had much time to learn them. Have you gotten over the effects of mountain climbing?”
“O, yes; there weren’t any, except my tired feet.”
“Everybody here and ready?” asked Miss Patricia, looking last to see if Isabel and Virgie, who were to manage the curtains, were in place.
At her signal, they drew aside the curtains, revealing the eight girls—Frances, Marion, Nora, Hilary, Lilian, Betty, Cathalina and Eloise, who were dressed in full camp costume, including head bands, arm bands, and diamonds on the sweaters, and carried each some emblem of Merrymeeting activities, from volley ball and paddle to the silver cup marked Merrymeeting Trophy.
After a chord from the accompanist, the girls sang to a popular ragtime tune the “Opening Chorus” of the program:
“Just a head band,
Golden and Blue;
Athletic emblems
Of what we can do—
Swimming, baseball, tennis, paddling, basketball,