I tell you, it is the monitresses who are your best friends, and who can decide what's good for you.
We're ready to obey our monitresses on questions of school rules, but we're not Saxon serfs.
Gipsy's anything but a favourite with the monitresses after this Guild business, and they'd be only too delighted to drop on her if they found a reasonable excuse.
The monitresses must be obeyed," continued the head of the school.
Will you never learn that the monitresses have some authority here?
Do you want the monitresses to come out and catch you?
The monitresses would have been edified if they could have seen the war dance she executed in the passage as soon as the door was shut.
Do you realize that monitresses are officers in this school, and that their authority is only second to that of the mistresses?
Perhaps the matter had come to Miss Cartwright's ears after all, for in the course of about a week she congratulated the monitresses upon their vigilance.
A particular point at present disturbing several of the monitresseswas the behaviour of the juniors on their way home from the College.
Laura Kirby was head of the school, and among the monitresses were Bess Harrison, Lottie Lowman, Freda Kingston, Maudie Stearne, and Mildred herself.
One afternoon at the end of October the monitresses were gathered in the sanctum for their weekly discussion.
With her fellow monitresses Mildred also hoped to keep on good terms.
I believe she'll make one of the best monitresses St. Cyprian's has ever had.
I put it to the meeting, then," said Lottie, "that the monitresses in future hold themselves responsible for the good conduct of the juniors in the street and on the trams.
The monitressesmeant to stand no nonsense, and marshalled their flocks as if they were drilling them in the gymnasium.
The five years had brought changes to many of her former fellow monitresses and class-mates.
For a whole month the monitresses would not need to pounce on Third Form sinners, or write black entries of the misdeeds of certain rebels in IVB.
Viola, when Mrs. Franklin and the monitresses had counted the proceeds.
Miss Aubrey, with the monitresses as special helpers, flitted backwards and forwards between Aireyholme and the village, making last arrangements and putting finishing touches.
In the privacy of their own study, the three monitresses discussed the matter at some length.
On the evening of May Day, being a Saturday as well as a special festival, the monitresses decided to give a cocoa party in their study, and invite the rest of the form.
We monitresses take an all-round view, and consider the general good.
Someone ought to speak to the monitresses about it," said Jill Barton.
The monitressestook their laurels with an air of dignified humility.
There was certainly some occasion for the rather jealous attitude which the monitresses were inclined to adopt towards Katrine.
The three monitresses were glad of the change; after the hard brainwork and the very close application that had been required from them, they turned to painting with the greatest relief.
The three monitresses scanned the book, and looked somewhat blank.
There are certain free hours during the day, and there are definite school bounds, which one of the monitresses will explain to you later on.
Boxes were brought down from the attic, and teachers and monitresses were kept busy superintending the packing of clothes, linen, schoolbooks, and numberless other articles.
It's no use asking them their sweet secret, for they wouldn't tell us; and I'm afraid setting the monitresses on the track would only make things worse.
The result is the juniors have got it into their tiresome young heads that monitresses are a species of teacher.
I've seen such shuffling and queer business going on when any of themonitresses came in sight.
It was most unfortunate for Ulyth that this special Saturday should be the one devoted by the monitresses to the purpose.
I was saying before, we're not going to be sat upon, either by teachers or monitresses or seniors.
You won't get the monitresses to join," interposed Katherine dubiously.
Oh, the monitresses will do that part of the business!
By that hour monitresses and servants alike would probably be asleep.
Such grave suspicion fell on the Mystic Seven that the indignant monitresses took the matter in hand, and insisted on investigating the entire business.
The Sixth had fared as badly as the Fifth or the juniors, and even monitresses were loud in their complaints.
After all, monitresses are monitresses, and to affront them is rather like twisting a lion's tail.
The monitresses were fired with the idea, and all, except Linda, had decided to "do their bit.
At the sight of monitresses they dived round the corner of the building, and escaped into the orchard.
Let's talk intelligently to the monitresses about intellectual subjects--the deeper the better.
The monitresses swept all remaining comestibles into the baskets, stamped out the fire, emptied the kettles, and proclaimed the camping-ground left in due order.
Raymonde's improving enormously in her music," commented Hermie, as the two monitresses went back along the passage.
They spent Saturday afternoon in the schoolroom writing punishment tasks, while the monitresses went boating on the river.
I shan't speak to you, in any case, for a week, and I hope none of the other monitresses will.
It was only a few days after this, at twenty minutes past two by the big clock in the hall, that Vivien turned into the Sixth Form room, where most of her fellow-monitresses were assembled.
Miss Kingsley had never given the monitresses leave to keep girls in, or give them punishment lessons.
They were not making very much noise, and most monitresses would have just walked past the door and taken no notice.
I wonder who will be monitresses in our place, and whom Miss Kingsley will choose for head girl?
The monitresses constituted a court of appeal on this score.
The monitresses met in the Sixth Form room for the last time.
Having decided to keep a tight hand over the turbulent juniors, the monitresses proceeded to live up to their resolution.
Naturally, they talked over the monitressesamong themselves.
Two monitressesstood in the cloak-room and sternly chivvied the younger girls to hasten their steps homewards.
Then came the exciting afternoon when the boxes were carried down from the boxroom and everybody set to work to pack, with the help of the monitresses and Miss Coleman.
The monitresses will lead the games and all the various societies.
If Miss Mitchell had had any sense she'd have waited a fortnight till she got to know the girls, and then have chosen the monitresses herself.
I like themonitresses to do all they can for the school, but they must remember their own work comes first, and that they have to set an example to the rest.
Among the many activities of that important afternoon one point seemed to stand out firmly and clearly--Merle above all the other monitresses had shown herself capable of taking the lead.
By this time both monitresses and mistresses had caught glimpses from the window and came hurrying out to see what was happening.
She was cautious in airing these, and wisely so, for most of them caused the monitresses to lift their eyebrows in amazement, whereupon she would instantly retract her remarks and declare she was only 'ragging.
The two monitresses elected, therefore, are Muriel Burnitt and Mavis Ramsay.
To the rest of the world, of course, the four monitresses will seem absolutely at one about everything.
Miss Mitchell, new herself, gave the monitressessome general rules and directions but left them to make what she called 'their own by-laws.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "monitresses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
