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The Nebraskan
Friday, Oct. 28, 1960
The
By Dick Masters
The SATYR would bear
another banner today. The
never-ending contest be
tween the forces of the
underworld and the good
guys must be waged in an
other issue. So bear with
me for a few more scintil
lating column inches vwhile
I bare my breast in anguish
and tear my hair in
despair.
Lethargic little sheep, a
crisis has come upon us.
Homecoming loses its gaie
ty in the face of mob ter
iorism. Children, a lion is
lose in the Union. He
threatens to' disturb our
apathetic contentment He
is a fanatical madman who
seeks overthrow and open
rebellion.
Dare we allow such a
person to remain in gra
ciously among us? Hear me
out for I would relate to
you this war criminal's
nefarious record in Student
Council meetings. This up
start dared to call the Stu
dent Council into executive
session. Mind you, be closed
the doors upon the voice
ef the people, (mainly Herb
Probaseo). Rumor has it
that this sophomoron
banged his shoes upon the
table and' screamed ota
scenetks at the delegates
around the hallowed table.
After defaming the long
and glorious tradition of our
representatives, he p r o
ceeded with much audacity
and presumption to voice
positive proposals (27
in all). Bear it in mind
that these proposals would
entail work and investiga
tion by sp&rial committees
of that solemn, noble group.
No doubt you have all
read the story in last Fri
day's publication. Many
of you possibly wailed to
get your copy of the Rag
before migrating. In case
you might have missed it
through serious illness, epi
leptic seizure, or extreme
headache resulting from
confinement by your nurse
and mine, Ruth, allow me
to vent a few of these
rabble-rousing ideas.
First to come to the
SATYR's attention was the
issue women's hours.
Obviously this fiend is at
tempting to undermine vic
toria culture and supplant
it with an atmosphere
which would promote riot
ous living and make for
large scale orgies.
Next, the demogogue
asked the Council to inves
tigate the drinking prob
lem. Naturally this .will be
discarded since any self
respecting council member
knows that there is only
one problem at Nebraska
PARKING. Until this
Inside
By Phil Boroff
k THE DARK AT THE
TOP OF THE STAIRS, a
Warner Brothers picture
starring Robert Preston,
Dorothy McGuire, Eve Ar
den, Angela Lansbury and
Shirley Knight
. William Inge is con
sidered one of the most
competent of America's
current playwrights. Three
previous I l g e plays
''Come Back, Little Sheba,
"Picnic," and "Bus Stop"
have been successfully
transferred to the screen.
Now "The Dark at the Top
of the Stairs,'" one of the
recent Inge plays, receives
an understanding screen
adaptation.
Story concerns the con
flicts involving the Floods,
an Oklahoma family in the
192(Ts. Rubin Flood, the
father, is the Ticlim of
technological unem p 1 y
jment No one seems to
want harness gear any
more. Cora Flood, the
mother, Is tired of "penny
pinching." As a results
their marriage is not a
aolid union.
Mavis Pruitt is Rubin's
friend, wrongly referred to'
as "the other woman, Lot
tie, the wife's sister, has
prejudices against almost
everything, and does not
have the love of her hus
band. Sonny Flood, the
young son, has little secur
ity; he is afraid of -"The
Dark at the Top of the
Stairs.
But the most interesting
and poignant conflict cen
ters around Reenie Flood,
the teenage daughter. She
is reserved and shy, afraid
of the emotions she would
have if, she knew love.
Then she finds love with
Sammy Golden, a cadet at
a nearby academy and the
neglected, exiled son of a ,
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Satyr
horrendous impediment is
removed no other problem
bears looking into.
(Note: I see that the fel
low attempted to worm his
way back into the graces
of the group by proposing
one-way streets. It is ap
parent that this move was
made to appease those who
recognize the real prob
lem PARKING.)
The only reason that this
incitor-to-riot wanted an in
vestigation of the five-point
system was purely selfish.
'It was secretly disclosed to
me in a dream that the
five point system would
mean that his over-all
would now be relative to his
intelligence. This is to say
that his old average would
now be a shiny new 5 in
stead of an unlucky 87.
How about that?
I could go on with this
foolishness but that is not
my purpose. Hang him
from the yardarm, kiddies.
Are you going to sit back
and allow this Kuklin fel
low to admit that student
government can be effec
tive? Are you going to al
low him to criticize your
elected representa
tives? Are you going to al
low him to upset a long
tradition of a sit-on-hands
policy? Are you going to
allow him to state that
there is any other problem
besides PARKING?
In order to maintain the
University as we know it,
and in order to remain
casual, we cannot and must
not allow this revolution
monger to run loose with
these idiotic proposals. We
have no recourse but to
take immediate action and
silence him. These are the
times that try and our
happy state of humdrum
and doldrum is endangered
by (his mad dog.
Kiddies, the Old SATYR
may be forced to close
shop. It looks like the cru
sade is rapidly drawing to
an end. With no group to
stick little barbs in, there
will be nothing to write
about. Here's hoping that
Pi Xi and Red Dot organize
again so that this enter
prising columnist will have
something to crusade
against
Itll be nice to see it done
with the sweat was
getting a bit deep anyway.
Wonder who will have those
extra t a c k 1 i n g-assign-ments?
Little Jack Hoemer sat in.
the corner
Defending executive ses
sion He stuck in bis foot and
pulled out a statement
And left us wondering at
his discretion.
View
movie star. But this first
love is short-lived. Sam
my, since be is Jewish, is
asked to leave a party at
a restricted Country Club
where he has taken Reenie.
This immediate outburst of
prejudice activates every
thing that had previously
hurt him. After taking
Reenie home, Sammy self
initiates a car wreck that
causes his death the next
jnorning.
The film is hindered
mainly by a slow, talky be
ginning and by the ineffec
tiveness of two perform
ances. Eve Arden, Lottie,
still seems to be Our Miss
Brooks' trying to he some
one else. Robert Preston,
as Rubin Flood, has not lost
all the mannerisms, both
vocally and physically, of
his highly successful inter
pretation of Harold HiE in
"The Music Man." At any
moment you stpect him to
go into a chorus of 'Sev-enty-Six
Trombones.
However, Omahan Doro
thy McGuire is believable
as Cora Flood and Angela
Lansbury does a fine job
as Mavis PrewitL Frank
Overton, featured perform
er as Lottie's husband, or
the brother-in-law, is also
effective.
N e wumtfi Snirly
Knight, as Reenie., and Lee
Kinsolvisg, as Sammy, both
are standout, , eyen when
competing with the more
experienced per formers.
They both appear to be
young performers with suc
cessful careers ahead of
them.
The f I ! m is capably di
rected by Delbert Mann,
who won a directing Aca
demy Award in 1855 for
"'Marty, his first motion
picture. Technically, the
film is accomplished Not
able ar?. the fine music
score and the costumes.
Strictly
By Sam Jensen
Today, I'd like to talk
about the religious issue
or the irreligious issue.
I speak for myself and
no one else.
In the
past few
weeks, a
que stion
has formed
in my mind
and in the
minds of
other
A m e r i-
cans. It is
this:
"Are the
Kennedy forces keeping
this religious issue alive in
a way which they believe
will win them, both Catho
lic and Protestant votes?"
A practical and experi
eiced political observer
noted the other day that
no wise politician brings
up an issue which he be
lieves will hurt him and
vet few people who have
watched television in the
past weeks have missed
seeing a rebroadcast of
Kennedy's appearance be
fore a group of Texas min
isters. Is this showing being
used to consolidate the
Catholic vote and also as
a massive "Bigotry in Re
verse" scheme, the purpose
of which is to imply that
any vote against Kennedy
is a vote for bigotry?
And make no mistake
about it The Republican
Party organizations are
not distributing hate litera
ture. In the third television
debate. Vice President Nix
on said:
I repudiate anyone who
ases the religions issne. I
will not tolerate it I have
ordered all of my people to
have nothing to da with it
Rep. William E. Miller,
f Catholic, chairman of the
GOP Congressional Cam
paign Committee, said re
cently, "I believe that the
intelligence and patriotism
of Catholic voters is insult-,
ed and damaged by asser
tions that they are gullible
enough to vote for a candi
date for high office merely
because he is a fellow Cath
olic." I hope this is true and I
think it is, but the efforts
continue of backers of Sen
ator Kennedy to keep the
religions issue alive.
PersonaDy, I d not be
lieve that Sen. Kennedy
would in any way be in
fluenced by his church, if
elected, to act in any w ay
contrary to what be be
lieved to be the best in
terests of all Americans.
The Constitution provides
b religious test for hold
ing office, in fact, such a
test is prohibited.
Stilt in Detroit recently,
the UAW distributed a
pamphlet saying the issue
is not the men, Nixon or
Kennedy, but "liberty or
bigotry.
COPE, the political arm
of the AFL-CIO, is distrib
uting this pamphlet, a pic
ture of which appeared re
cently in U.S. News &
World Report
Last weekend, another
similar pamphlet was is
sued from Kennedy-Johnson
headquarters in Wash
ington published by Labor's
Committee for Kennedy
Jofanson. The title of the
pamphlet is "Don't Let the
GOP-lins get you' and the
title appears above a Ku
Klux Klan figure and a
witch frightening a voter.
Sen. Thruston Morten,
GOP National Chairmaa.
aid, "There is developing
a pattern ef Democratic
mear literature in the clos
ing days of the campaign
on the bigotry in reverse
theme.
Representative M S J I e r
says the program may be
dated back, to 1556 when
Kennedy's staff circulated
5 memorandum which stat
ed that with Kennedy m
ithe ficket, the Democrats
could recover the Catholic
ute and the big Northern
states. This same sheet was
l-irculated iin 1900.
McGregor Burns, Ken
nedy friendly biographer,
cat written that Kennedy's
strategy to -win in 1360 is
based on an appeal to a
supposed Catholic vote in
the big cities.
T ii e Democratic chair
man of New York has re
cently reported on a poll
which stated that the key
lo New York State is the
-"Catholic vote. Obviously,
this poll precedes a cam
paign for "Catholic" vote?
in New York. Wly else
tf'ould it be taken or the
results announced?
US. News k World Re
port tells of this reverse
Democratic spokesman wh J
Partisan,
explains the approach
to GOP Catholics this way:
"0 n r precinct workers
go in and talk . about the
candidates for Governor
and Senator. Finally they
raise the question, "Do yon
think they are going to keep
Kennedy from being Presi
dent Just because he is a
Catholic? It gets a good re
sponse. We are winning lots
of new votes."'
In a' now famous article
about Bob Kennedy, Time
reports:
"Hard boiled Kennedyites
who run a continual poll
on the Catholic vote, know
that Jack's confrontation by
the Houston Protestant
ministers helped them with
N i x o n-minded Northern
Catholics and know that a'
fall-off of interest in reli
gion will hurt them in the
same area. Bobby plans to
show a film of Jack' Ken
nedy's session with the
Houston clergy in every
state."
The showing of his film'
Inflames the religious issue.
It does not quiet it
If the film is being
shown in order to keep the
religious issue alive, then
aB. the Senator's public
statements deploring reli
g i o o s considerations (I
agree with most of his pub
lic statements in this area,)
are open to serious ques
tion. .
Isn't the real religious
question of the campaign
the choice of a man who is
qualified to I e a d Western
Civilization in its fight
against an atheistic Com
munism which would wipe
out an religions?
Cor Removal
AQ cars mnst be removed
from lSth Street and R Street
by 1 p.m. today.
Kitchen Receives
Commandant's
Award
Robert W. Kitchen re
ceived the Commandant's
award this week from Chan
cellor Hardin for exceptional
leadership qualities and out
standing ability in all aspects
of the ROTC training pro
gram. Kitchen, a senior at the
University, placed first
among the 300 Air Force
ROTC cadets who attended
the summer training pro
gram at Ellsworth Air Force
Base in South Dakota. He is
a cadet lieutenant colonel in
the University's Air ROTC
program and is a member of
the Arnold Air Society.
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