A Young Man's Fancy
by Hilda Manning

Donnie Hoofle, high school junior, is going to have his first big date for the college Freshman Hop.

He's invited Bertitia Butt who he says has a beauty of spirit though not of face.

Joo Joo Miller, fifteen, has a crush on him, but he tells her he can't take a mere child to such an event.

But Donnie discovers Bertitia is the college's perennial wallflower and agreed to go with him as a last resort.

But tragedy for a sixteen year old like Donnie can't last and a natural way out is suggested to him.