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The Night Before Pen Mar. A Scene in One Act. Place.-White's room. Time.-7 P. M. Friday, September 18, '03. Dramatis Personae.-Boys of Senior Class. "G. L."-"Well I want to know how many of you Fellers are going to Pen Mar tomorrow, the girls want to know." "Alkie:'-"What the Hex do they want to know for?" "Lev:'-"Why so they can find out how many can get a feller, you know there wont be enough to go around:' "Ben:'-"That's a fact, some of you fellows will have to take a couple:' "Boose:' - "Well, Ellie its up to you." "Ellie:' -"No, I'll be dogged if it is, if I take care of one I'll be lucky." "Alkie."-"That's right, you'll be lucky to get one:' "Ellie."-"Well, you needn't talk, anybody that's been trying as hard as you have for the last four years to get a strike, and hasn't succeeded yet." "Alkie."-"That's all right, I didn't have to ask a dozen girls for Thanksgiving dinner before I got one." "EUie:'-"I did not ask a dozen, thank you, only nine." "G. L."-"Here stop your scrapping and talk business. Shall we go or shall we not go?" "Paul."-"Go? Of course we'll go." "Bucky."-"Oh, you could not keep him away, Marie is going." "Paul." -"Well, you need not act so big, you're only sore because Alice can't go:' "Lev."-"That's right, why can't you get a girl in your own class without going into the Junior." "Bucky:'-(With a crushing air)-"I'd rather have a Junior girl than none at all," 177