Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1909, Page 42

Description:	Much Ado About SomethingDramatic Personae:Owl One ]Owl Two > Three Seniors.Owl Three )Mr. Sanders, The Superintendent.First Citizen.Second Citizen.Third Citizen.Mr. Ramsey, The Principal.Miss Sanders, The Superintendent’s Daughter.Senior Class, Sixty-eight in Number.Potter, The Janitor.ACT I.Scene I. Street near High School Building. (Night, Thunder and Lightning).Enter: Three Owls.1st Owl:-When shall we three meet again.In thunder, lightning and in rain?2nd Owl:-Tomorrow night our plots we lay,That we must do ere break of day.3rd Owl:-If Potter does not show content,On him our plots must then be bent.1st Owl:-The school house we will paint all white.And daub the steps while yet ‘tis night,And all the mischief we have doneTo Freshmen’s credit will be won.I take your hand, that you may knowOn equal terms we join in woe.ExeuntScene II. Office of School House. One night Later.Enter: Three Owls.2nd Owl-Why plot we this ill fated deed?3rd Owl:-The faculty will think that they,Who are the youngest in our school,Have done this deed to show their sand.But we, the Seniors, “Strut and Fret”Around the young and innocent.1st Owl:--If ‘twere done when ‘tis done,‘Tis well ‘twas done quickly.3rd Owl:-Such I account thy bravery.1st Owl:--What if the janitor should come?Methinks ‘tis then I’d fade away,And leave the darkness all to thee;Or else his life must pay the costFor crossing such a dangerous path.(Turning to 2nd Owl)--On the third floor thy mischief do.Leave not thy trace in tint or hue.(To 3rd Owl)-And o’er the second floor you spreadThis liquid which I have prepared.Exeunt 2nd and 3rd Owls.I’d rather be what is destroyedThan do this thing, a work devoid.Forsooth my hair is stiff and hoar,Just like the bristles of the boar.It stands erect. And when I walkI scarcely touch the ground. A poundWorld counterpoise my weight.Alack! Why should I fear myself?This knife will do what I command;It longs to taste of human blood-To drink the liquid, warm and red;And quench the thirst, I will, if theySee fit to seek the schemes we play.To be or not to be a foolIs but the asking of the same.I chanced to know my own degree.Ill jump the world that is to come;My lifes a bubble in the wind:42
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