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The Society for the Prevention of Uselessness
Nan Howland leads a college club that aims to prepare members for practical careers but faces ruin after her father’s business crash. The group reforms, funds itself, and invites Nan to return with a plan, proposing a tea room to support themselves and a tutoring effort for freshies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Howland
Margery Vinson
Marsden Hall
Alice Murray
Olive
Marvin Ayers
Marvin
Dixie Ayers
Alice
Tess
Dixie
Nan
Society For the Prevention of Uselessness
Margery
Bess van Arsdale
Tess Haines
Trump
Helen Cuyler
Olive Murray
Papa
Little Dixie
Society For the Prevention of
Tess Haine
College Town
Murray
Mr. Howland
Howlands
Howland
P. S