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What does true college spirit mean when loyalty to friends asks more of you than cheering from the sidelines?
Marjorie Dean returns for her second year at college with a cheerful nature and a strong sense of fairness. In Josephine Chase’s story, lessons are only part of growing up. Marjorie must also think about what she owes her friends and the college she belongs to.
Friendship, honor and good manners shape this warm story of campus life. At its heart is a fight for true college spirit: something deeper than loud support for a team. Marjorie’s wish to do the decent thing gives the story its clear moral purpose and its gentle appeal.
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- A heroine worth knowing Meet a cheerful, fair-minded student who takes her duties to friends and college seriously.
- Friendship at the heart Explore a college world where loyalty matters as much as what happens in lessons.
- More than team cheers Consider what true college spirit asks of a student beyond enthusiastic support.
- A warm campus world Step into an old-fashioned picture of young women’s college life, shaped by friendship and honor.
- Clear values, gentle storytelling Enjoy short chapters, plainly drawn characters and a heroine who tries to choose well.
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You will love this book if you enjoy college stories, close friendships, fair play on the basketball court and a heroine who answers meanness with courage and good humor.
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- Friends return knowing the way
- Marjorie chooses purpose over revenge
- Miss Remson needs loyal friends
- New arrivals reveal their values
- Kindness becomes a campaign tool
- Carelessness meets a quieter strength
- Fair play goes beyond rules
- A false appeal draws Marjorie away
- Hamilton belongs to every student
Who’s who
- Marjorie DeanA kind, brave sophomore who loves Hamilton College and wants it to be fair to everyone, whatever their wealth.
- Jerry MacyMarjorie's witty roommate, who teases everyone, hates the Sans and is fiercely loyal to her friends.
- Leslie CairnsA rich, domineering junior who leads the Sans Soucians and wants to rule the college and defeat Marjorie.
- Veronica LynneCalled Ronny, a very rich but modest girl who plans clever answers to the Sans and shares her gifts quietly.
- Lucy WarnerA quiet, sharp-minded friend and secretary who investigates the president's secretary and keeps careful track of time.
- Elizabeth WalbertA snobbish freshman who wants social standing and attaches herself to Leslie in hope of power.
- Phyllis MooreA frank, boyish freshman and gifted basketball center who becomes a friend to the shy Anna Towne.
- Miss RemsonThe brisk manager of Wayland Hall, who wants honest students in her house and fears the president no longer trusts her.
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Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
by Josephine Chase · 1922
Marjorie Dean returns to Hamilton College as a sophomore, and a forged note is about to send her into the dark.
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“The best way to fight the Sans is through influence.”
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What happens when five friends who once stood alone on a station platform come back as the ones who know the way? Marjorie Dean, Jerry Macy, Muriel Harding, Veronica Lynne and Lucy Warner step off the train at Hamilton College as sophomores.
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- 1922by Josephine Chase
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The sophomores return and meet old shadows
The book opens at Hamilton station with five friends who now call themselves sophomores. Muriel announces that this September it does not matter whether anyone meets them, since they know what to do. Jerry grumbles about the platform last year, where they stood like a flock of dummies.
Helen Trent, Leila Harper and Vera Mason wait outside with cars and warm greetings. Nine girls sort themselves into two cars. Muriel says the best part is being cherished enough to be met at all. In Leila's roadster Marjorie says the best fight is a quiet one, built on Hamilton's traditions rather than money. Then the campus comes into view, green and velvety, and she greets it as her first friend.
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Chase, Josephine. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/marjorie-dean-college-sophomore.
Chase, J. (2026). Marjorie Dean, college sophomore. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/marjorie-dean-college-sophomore (Original work published 1922)
Chase, Josephine. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/marjorie-dean-college-sophomore.
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What is Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore about?
It follows Marjorie and her friends through their second year at Hamilton College. They welcome freshmen, face a rival club called the Sans Soucians, and try to protect fairness in elections, sports and friendships.
Who are the Sans Soucians?
They are a club of eighteen wealthy juniors led by Leslie Cairns. The name means without care. They use money, cars and dinners to gain popularity and influence over freshmen.
Do I need to read the first book, Marjorie Dean, College Freshman, first?
The story stands on its own. The early chapters recall last year's events in clear terms, so a new reader can follow the friendships and the quarrel with the Sans without difficulty.
The author
Josephine Chase
1883–1931 · American children's writer
Josephine Chase (1883–1931) was an American writer who lived in the United States. She wrote books for young readers in the early twentieth century. Her Marjorie Dean series appeared under the pen name Pauline Lester. The series included Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore, about a young woman attending college.
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