Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A College Drama: In Three Acts, Entitled an Episode in College Life
Scene I. - Glass room. Sound of hell. Scuffling of feet. Rush of Freshmen into the room. Some take seats, others stand. Uproar and noise.
Song.
Smith. - The next will be a beautiful and lone
Duet by Peter Wunderbank.
West. - Give place
To Germany!
All. - A song from Germany!
Peter. - All right! I sing you such duets my boys,
Dat all the people say to me, let him
Duet again! Let him duet again!
(Song by Peter, followed by confusion.)
Enter Prex.
Prex. - Young gentlemen, gymnasium's over there!
(To Scott.) Take off your hat! (Exeunt.)
Words. - Now furl our sail and down our helms,
After the gale let fall the calms. (They sit down.)
Scott. - What an imposing man he is! Quaked, quelched,
And quieted by but a look! 'Tis clear
That Prexy's lord of wind and wave, and when
He speaks, then this diminutive, and this
Tumultuous sea of ours is quieted.
Smith. - It well befits his station. We would laugh
At less a man. But let imposing men
Beware of imposition! They remain
Imposing longer.
West. - Nay I saw him smile
And look good natured as he went from here.
Smith. - Oh, he's all right! A frown and smile is far
The better than a smile and darker frown.
Say, none of us are hurt, are we? By Jove!
We've nearly got a run!
Several. - Who kept the time?
Smith. - A minute more!
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