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What happens when the college life you love begins to give way to the future?
Betty Wales enters her senior year at a women's college, where close friends share the fun and troubles of student life. In this story by Edith K. Dunton, familiar college houses and school traditions frame a year when old habits meet new responsibilities.
Graduation draws nearer, and life beyond the campus begins to matter. Around Betty, friendship remains at the center of college life, alongside small rivalries and the pleasure of belonging. The question is simple but deeply felt: what comes after these years together, and how do you prepare to leave?
What you’ll discover
- A year of change Follow Betty through a final college year shaped by friendship, responsibility, and thoughts of what comes next.
- Friends through everyday troubles Spend time with companions who share both the pleasures and difficulties of life on campus.
- College life long ago Step into a community of young women, with college houses, familiar traditions, and small rivalries.
- The pull of tomorrow Explore the bittersweet feeling of looking ahead while still cherishing the world you know.
- Gentle humor and warmth Enjoy Dunton's cheerful manner, short scenes, and mild humor at an easy, unhurried pace.
Who will love it
You will love this if you enjoy school and college stories, close groups of friends, amateur plays and picnics, and gentle mysteries solved by kindness rather than cleverness.
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- Senior year opens with reunions and farewells
- A class meeting reopens an old wound
- A party of ghosts wins over the faculty
- Mountain Day brings a storm and a missing pin
- Helen Adams teaches a lonely girl to jump
- A toy shop shows who Eleanor has become
- Roberta steps out of the shadows
- A visit raises a painful doubt
- Scholarships put kindness into practice
Who’s who
- Betty WalesA kind, curly-haired senior who always notices lonely or overlooked classmates and wants every girl to share in the fun.
- Eleanor WatsonClever and gracious, she is working to regain her classmates' trust after a mistake in her past.
- Madeline AyresA witty senior from Bohemia, New York, who plans outrageous stunts and defends her friends fiercely.
- Roberta LewisA reserved girl who adores Mary Brooks and hides a talent for acting.
- Helen AdamsA bright, shy editor who feels like an outsider and finds her own way of helping others.
- Jean EastmanA proud, sharp-tongued classmate who wants prominent parts and resents Betty and Eleanor.
- Georgia AmesA cheerful freshman who shares a name with an invented girl and is much sought after.
- Katherine KittredgeA funny, hard-working Merry Heart from Illinois who adores Shakespeare and her friends.
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Betty Wales, Senior
by Edith K. Dunton · 1907
Betty Wales spends her last year at Harding College fixing other people's troubles, one friend at a time.
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Can one cheerful girl make a whole class kinder? Betty Wales, Senior is the fourth of Edith K.
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Senior year opens with reunions and farewells
Betty Wales begins her last year at Harding College by meeting freshmen at the station as a Students' Aid senior. She spends the afternoon with a girl from Los Angeles who has lost her trunks, and the two end up sampling ice cream at Cuyler's.
That evening the eight-fifteen train brings back the circle of friends called the Merry Hearts. Eleanor Watson comes from her father's camp in Colorado, and Babbie Hildreth arrives in a Paris suit with gloves for everyone. Katherine Kittredge reports a summer of mending stockings as the oldest of eight children, while Rachel Morrison has saved her office wages.
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Dunton, Edith K. Betty Wales, Senior. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/betty-wales-senior.
Dunton, E. K. (2026). Betty Wales, senior. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/betty-wales-senior (Original work published 1907)
Dunton, Edith K. Betty Wales, Senior. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/betty-wales-senior.
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note = {First published 1907}
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What is Betty Wales, Senior about?
It follows Betty Wales through her final year at Harding College. She helps friends, joins committees and plays, and gets caught up in the mystery of stolen jewelry, while the class prepares for commencement.
Do I need to read the earlier Betty Wales books first?
No. The opening note introduces the main friends and their history, so you can start here. The story stands on its own, and earlier events are explained as they come up.
Who are the Merry Hearts?
The Merry Hearts are Betty's circle of friends, including Madeline, Eleanor, Rachel, Katherine, Helen and the three B's. They enjoy fun together and make a point of welcoming girls who feel left out.
The author
Edith K. Dunton
1875–1944 · American writer
Edith K. Dunton (1875–1944) was an American writer who lived in the United States. She wrote under the name Margaret Warde. Her books included the Betty Wales series for girls, published in the early twentieth century. Betty Wales, Senior, one of the books in that series, appeared in 1907.
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