about seven in the evening
Or , if he felt the need of something really `` wild '' in the way of diversion , the lucky plebe was permitted to go over to the Academic Building and examine the mineralogical or geological collection ! As a matter of fact , the plebe who in most instances was doing badly with the great amount of study and recitation required of him , was likely to spend most of his afternoon leisure in `` boning '' the studies in which he was deficient or which he found difficult to master . At 6.25 came the call for supper formation . That meal was through at about seven in the evening . Then came study time , lasting until 9.30 in the evening . At 9.30 the plebe was at liberty to turn down his mattress and go to bed , if he felt tired enough ; if not , he was at liberty to study a little longer . At 10.30 , however , taps sounded on a drum just inside the north sally port .