Scene: A Hall in Old Main.
(Enter a crowd of Sophomores marching in lock=
step and singing.)
Merrily on we go, we go.
•
Merrily on we go.
Away with trouble, away with care,
We're looking for pleasure everywhere
As merrily on we go.
'hey march back and forth several limes, singing ti ,
same thing over and over.)
R: Company halt! Right face! Dismissed!
hey break ranks with a shout of laughter, and a
•ices ensues. Then a voice is heard above the nois
Hear ye! Hark ye! Hear ye!• Ye jabbering
And monkeys! Sir Oracle wants to speak.
(After much trouble silence is secured.)
: I speak? Ah no, my friends, you do me wron
I do not wish to speak, I wish to eat, •
To eat and drink, to rest, then eat again.
Why, sir! I swear I'd rather have me now
A goodly feast than bags of glittering gold.
(Stops to think, then suddenly exclaims.)
But gad, man, I have neither.
(Cries and groans of symAathy on all sides.)
AC LE:
But if thou