midnight
For most , there were those tough courses at Tech . And a job , for money , for sustenance . And the time that must be spent working for -- Destiny . Sleep was least important -- a few hours , long after midnight , usually . Frank Nelsen figured that he had it relatively easy -- almost as easy as the Kuzak twins , who , during football season , were under strict orders to get their proper sack time . He worked at Hendricks ' -- old Paul did n't mind his combining the job with his labors of aspiration . Ramos , the night-mechanic , Tiflin , the car-washer , and Two-and-Two Baines , the part-time bricklayer , did n't have it so easy .