Robert Ervin Howard

Robert Ervin Howard

Summary

Portrait of Robert Ervin Howard Robert Ervin Howard Sleeping Beauty (1926)

An upperclassman is attempting to sleep.
Upperclassman: “Things have quieted down and I’ll get a chance for a nap.”
He dozes.
A class-mate: “Hey, wake up! All out for Hunkusville!”
Upperclassman: “Aw, set on a tack.” He dozes.
A Freshman begins blowing a horn.
Upperclassman: “Enough is too darned much!” He chases all the Freshmen out. He dozes.
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Portrait of Robert Ervin Howard Robert Ervin Howard Sleeping Beauty (1926)

Upperclassman: “Curses!” He dozes.
Scene III A few minutes later. A flock of girls come through.
Girls (supposedly singing) : “I gotta gal, her name is Lulu! I love Lulu, I love Lulu, darling!”
Upperclassman jumps seven feet out of seat: “Ye gods, what next!”
Girls: “Seventeenth verse, same as the fist, I love Lulu” —exit.
Upperclassman: “Applesauce.” He dozes.
Scene IV Upperclassman sleeping. Girls return.
Girls, still singing: “Seven hundredth verse, same as the fist, I love Lulu, I love Lulu, darling!”
Upperclassman develops deep and snduring hatred for the name Lulu.
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