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Miss Upton and Miss Packard, as a matter of fact, had many tastes in common.

Both had eager and inquiring minds ; ;

and both believed that intellectual growth must go hand in hand with the development of sturdy character and Christian zeal.

Both loved the out-of-doors, including mountain climbing and horseback riding.

In 1890 when the trip to Europe and the Holy Land was arranged for Miss Packard, it was Miss Upton who planned the trip, and `` with rare executive ability '' bore the brunt of `` the entire pilgrimage from beginning to end ''.

So strenuous it was physically, with its days of horseback riding over rough roads that it seems an amazing feat of endurance for both Miss Packard and Miss Upton.

Yet they thrived on it.