Word: slumbered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Until lately the seven o'clock morning bell was practically the only disturbance of slumber that the senior was forced to endure. He protested many times to this, but in vain. Finally he learned to ignore the bell, for it, at least, was regular, and a seemingly necessary evil. But, recently, many seniors have adopted the custom of yelling in concert at an average hour of midnight the one word "Reinhardt" across the Yard, and yelling it in as many keys and as loudly as possible. And, worst of all, men returning from dances at twelve and one o'clock...
...popular and able actress, retired from the stage coincidentally with her marriage to August Belmont. She has not acted since. Her plunge into playwrighting was occasioned by insomnia. In the pursuit of sleep one night she picked up The Boule Cabinet; it so effectively banished the final vestiges of slumber that she concluded it had merits as a play. She summoned Harriet Ford (who wrote for her A Gentleman of France and Audrey 15 years ago), and after working over the plot for a year, introducing romance and laughter, they presented it for managerial approval and production...
...program will be as follows: Prelude and Fuge in B fiat major, Bach Andante (Symphonie Gothique), Widor Professor Davison Recitative, "Thus saith the Lord", Handel Aria, "But who may abide", L. R. Ring Handel Arabesque, Vierne Allegro Vivace, Vierne Legend, Vierne Professor Davison "The Little Sandman", Brahms Slumber Song, Brahms To an Aeolian Harp, L. R. Ring Brahms Chorale Prelude, "Was Got tut, ist wohlgetan", Karg-Elert Chorale Prelude, "Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder", Kuhvau Toccata, Boellmann...
...assisted by L. R. Ring 1G., baritone: Prelude and Fuge in B. flat major, Bach Andante (Symphonie Gothique), Widor Professor Davison Recitative, "Thus saith the Lord", Handel Aria, "But who may abide", Handel L. R. Ring Arabesque, Vierne Allegro vivace, Vierne Legend, Vierne Professor Davison "The Little Sandman", Brahms Slumber Song, Brahms To an Aeolian Harp, Brahms L. R. Ring Chorale Prelude, "Was Gott Tut, ist wohlgetan", Karg-Elert Chorale Prelude, "Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder", Kuhvau Toccata, Boellmann Professor Davison...
...hope that succeeding generations may be spared the matutinal proclamation--abandon such wanton waste of brain energy! For as long as royal decrees survive, and until the initiative spirit of the outside world has penetrated the venerable customs of antiquity, the inane din will continue to destroy precious Senior slumber...