e they may be our friends instead of our enemies? It's a case of
'Take up the White Man's burden.' We stand together, not as Scotch, or
Canadians, or New Zealanders or Americans, but as good Anglo-Saxons, the
apostles of peace, not 'frightfulness.'

"I'm going to ask every girl in this room to join the League. There'll
be various activities in connection with it. We haven't decided all yet,
but we hope one of them will be to establish a correspondence between
this school and other schools in England and the Colonies and in
America. We'd like to write letters to their prefects and hear what they
are doing, and have copies of their school magazines. It would be like
shaking hands over the ocean. Then why shouldn't we correspond with
girls in missionary schools in India or China or Japan? Think how
exciting to have letters from them and read them aloud. We should hear
all about their eastern lives, and all kinds of interesting things.

"Well, these are far-away schemes yet that need a little time to
establish. I've something much nearer to put before you. Miss Rodgers
has given us seniors leave to hold a fancy-dress dance on the 31st of
March, from 7.30 to 9.30, here in the gym. We invite every girl who
joins the League to come. Nationality costumes will be welcomed. There
will be first, second, and third prizes for the best dresses. The judges
will take into consideration the scantiness of the materials available,
but they wish to announce that any girl found guilty of borrowing
articles for her costume without the leave of their owners will be
disqualified, and further, that any member of the League convicted of
playing practical jokes will be expelled from the dance. The prefects
think it wise and necessary to mention that, though the evening of March
31st has been set aside as a holiday and certain rules have been
relaxed, the school is nevertheless bound to preserve its usual code of
good manners, and every girl is put on her honor to behave herself. I'm
sure I need not say more, for you surely understand me, and agree that
when Miss Rodgers has allowed us to have this fun we ought not to abuse
her kindness. Will every one who's ready to join the League and wants to
come to the dance hold up her hand."

Almost every girl in the room responded to Rachel's invitation.
Some--the higher-thinking ones--were attracted by the ideals of the
League itself; others were merely anxious not to be left out of the
festivities. It