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Stella Ames, the most popular and wildest girl at Winston College for Women, sets her cap for handsome young anthropology professor James "Gil" Gilmore, with whom she once accidentally shared a berth on a train.  Nothing seems to lower his professional demeanor, though, until Stella is abducted by some drunks one night at a roadhouse and Gil comes to her rescue.  After they kiss and exchange confidences, Stella is certain that Gil will give her an "A" on the paper she will turn in the next day.

The next day, however, she is subjected to a humiliating lecture about her lack of dedication.  After storming out of class in tears, Stella decides to go to a wild "house party" at a neighboring men's college and takes her shy, serious friend Helen Owens, with her.

Stella has a change of heart about Gil after hearing that he was shot by one of the drunks who abducted her; when Gil returns to campus, they profess their love for each other.

The next day, when Stella takes the blame for receiving some suggestive love letters that actually were sent to Helen, Stella is expelled.  She is certain that she has lost Gil's love, but is happily surprised when Gil asks her to join him on an expedition to Malaya, where there will be no "morons," only savages.