midnight
We 'll surely get the right one that way and perhaps the other two will not be so bad . '' Upstairs , Petey Simmons was wearily explaining to our Smith for the ninth time that Freshmen were not allowed to appear on the campus for the first three days ; and that it was considered good form to keep indoors until the Sophomore rush ; and that there was n't a room left in town anyway , and he might as well stay with us a while ; and that the police were looking for college students downtown and locking them up , as they did each fall , to show their authority . Blanchard relieved him of his task and he came downstairs mopping his brow . Then we went to work and planned details until midnight . It was to be the plot of the century and every wheel had to mesh . We spent the next day in a cold perspiration . Neither Alfalfa Delt nor Chi Yi paraded any pledged Freshmen .