6:15
At nine o'clock the sophomore ushers began arranging the couples in a long line leading to the grind table , and Betty knew that her hour had come . The orchestra played a march , and as the girls walked past the table the sophomore officers presented each freshman with a small booklet bound in the freshman green , on the front cover of which , in letters of sophomore scarlet , was the cryptic legend : `` Puzzle -- name the girl . '' This was explained , however , by the inside , where appeared a small and rather cloudy blue-print , showing the back view of a girl in shirt-waist and short skirt , with a pile of books under her arm , and the inevitable `` tam '' on her head . On the opposite page was a facsimile telegraph blank , filled out to the registrar , `` Please meet my dear young daughter , who will arrive on Thursday by the 6:15 , and oblige , `` Thomas -- . '' Everybody laughed , pushed her neighbors around for a back view , and asked the sophomores if the telegram had truly been sent , and if this was the real girl 's picture . So no one noticed Betty 's blushes except Mary Brooks , upon whom she vowed eternal vengeance . For she remembered how one afternoon the week before , she and Mary had started from the house together , and Mary , who said she was taking her camera down-town for a new film , had dropped behind on some pretext .