one o'clock
To be sure there was a marked coolness exhibited by most of their classmates , but David took charge of Anne and saw to it that nothing disturbed her . Grace , who was a general favorite with the High School boys of Oakdale , could have filled her programme three times over . She was the embodiment of life and danced with such apparent unconcern that the mind of more than one sophomore was divided as to whether to cleave to Miriam or renew their former allegiance to Grace . It was well after one o'clock when the `` Home , Sweet Home '' waltz sounded . The floor was well filled with dancers , for the majority of the guests had remained until the end of the ball . As the last strains of the music died away the sophomores sent their class yell echoing through the gymnasium . It was answered by the various yells of the other classes , given with true High School fervor .