"Miss Hicks," says I, feeling like a fly in an acre of web, "I am a plain and simple man and not handy with my tongue. What I mean is this, and I hope you'll excuse me for living--do you admit that you had a hand in those class elections?" Miss Hicks looked at me in the friendliest way possible. "It is more modest to admit it than to declare it, isn't it?" she asked. "Certainly," says I; "and this leads right back to question Number One--Why did you do it?" "And this leads back to answer Number One--Why shouldn't I?" she asked again. "Why, don't you see, Miss Hicks," says I, "that you've elected a lot of girls that never have been active in college work, and that don't represent the student body, and--" "Don't go to the proms?" she suggested. "I didn't say it and I'd die before I did," said I virtuously. "But what's your object?" "Education," said Miss Hicks mildly. "I'm paying full tuition and I want to get all there is out of college. I think politics is a fascinating study. I didn't get a chance to do much at it last year, but I'm learning something about it every day now." "But what's the good of it all?" I protested. "You'll just get the college affairs hopelessly mixed up--" "Like the Oratorical Association was last year?" she inquired gently. "Oh, pshaw!" said I, getting entirely red. "Let's not get personal. What can we do to satisfy you?" "You've been satisfying us beautifully so far," said Miss Hicks. "Who's us?" I asked. "I don't in the least mind telling you," said Miss Hicks. "It's the Blanks." "The Blanks!" I repeated fretfully. "Never heard of 'em." "I know it," said Miss Hicks, "but you named them yourselves. What do you say you've drawn when you draw a homely girl's name out of the hat as a partner for a class party?" "Oh!" said I. "We're the Blanks," said Miss Hicks, "and we feel that we haven't been getting our full share of college atmosphere. So we're going into politics. In this way we can mingle with the students and help run things and have a very enjoyable time. It's most fascinating. All of us are dippy over it." "Oh," said I again. "You mean you're going to ruin things for your own selfish interests?" "My dear boy," said Miss Hicks--my, but that grated--"we're not going to ruin anything. And we may build up the Oratorical Association." That was too much. I got up and stood as nearly ten feet as I could. "Very well," said I. "If there's no use of arguing on a reasonable basis we may as well terminate this interview. But I'll just tell you there's no use of your going any further. Now we know what we have to fight, we'll take precious good care that you do not do any more mischief." "Oh, very well," said Miss Hicks--she was infuriatingly good-natured--"but I might as well tell you that we're going to get the Athletic offices, the prom committee, the Oratorical offices and the Athletic election next spring."