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A Historical Play:
Point Of Order
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following play
Is a tragicomical history with strong over
tones of farce written by a historical fig
ure in the University's past.
POINT OF ORDER
(Or, The Case Of The Red Dotted
Marshmallows)
THE SCENE: A Wednesday afternoon in
the August chambers of the Senate.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Senator Joe McSchaffy . . . Wallace
Berry.
Vice Pres. Roger Door . . . Wally
Cox.
Treasurer Andy Warning . . . Lady
Macbeth.
President Terrance Shaft . . . Burt
Lancaster.
Senator Lizzy Aching . . . Margaret
Rutherford.
Senator Mike Jess . . . Played by
himself.
Eugene Pocorny ... (No one could
be obtained to play this role.)
Dean G. Robert Russ Brown . . .
Raymond Burr.
Senator Nisha Newmaster . . . Kath
erine Hepburn.
Jan Itching . . . Sophia Loren (in a
cameo role).
SEN. McSHAFFY: Mistaahhh Chaih
man, Mistaahh Chaihman.
VICE PRES. DOOR: The chair rec
ognizes the senior senator from Wisconsin.
SEN. McSCHAFFY: (brandishing a
piece of paper in the air) Mistaahh Chaih
man, I have heaahh in my left hand a
list of names of 347, I repeat, 347 card
carrying members who belong to the
veerrry pink Rod Dot Sub-Rosa organiza
tion on this campus.
VICE PRES. DOOR: How many?
SEN. McSCHAFFY: 430, I repeat, 430
card-carrying members. And so I say, we
got trouble. Yes, we got trouble. Right
here in Lincoln. We got trouble, and that
starts with T and that rhymes with D.
And that stands for Dots.
PRES. SHAFT: Yes, there has been
an increase in Red Dot activity lately.
VICE PRES. DOOR: Well, frankly,
Terry, I agree with you. These Red Dots
are running all around the campus.
TREASURER WARNING: (whisper
ing) Really, Rodger, I haven't seen any
of them.
VICE PRES. DOOR: And then, on the
other hand, they aren't very conspicuous.
And I guess nobody has really seen
them. So it's my thinking that they prob
ably don't exist on this campus after all.
SEN. McSCHAAFY: Sure they exist.
Who do you think has been leading the
songs at Abel Hall during the fire breaks?
Or who is behind sending the marshmal
lows to Viet Nam? Who do you think
tried to sabatoge the game with a bomb
at Iowa State?
SEN. ACHING: Well, so what? I think
Red Dot has the inalienable right to le
gislate, execute, or adjudicate anything
he or she wants to outside of the class
room just so it conforms with the Con
stitution, laws, Supreme Court decisions,
and treaties made by the United States.
PRES. SHAFT: I think, however, a
Red Dot has to earn those rights and
privileges by first proving he is mature
enough to govern himself. Thus we may
have to wait a while on this question of
rights. Perhaps the first good indication
we will get whether a student can really
govern himself is by letting 18-year-olds
vote, a proposal which we all favor.
SEN. JESS: (now this Mike Jess Is
not to be confused with the other Mike
Jess who wrote a letter into the Daily
Nebraskan to criticize that paper. This
Mike Jess ii the one who later sent in
another letter refuting his first letter and
also stating that be never wrote his origi
nal letter in the first place.) Senator Mc
Schaffy, just who do you Include on your
list?
SEN. McSCHAFFYt I think everyone
on this campus is a Red Dot who is not
a Sig Ep from Hastings, Nebraska.
SEN. JESS: This Is ridiculous. Under
your theory, almost everyone on the cam
pus seems to be a witch In this witch
hunt, which makes me think you don't
know which witch is which.
SEN. McSCHAFFY: You are making
some awfully big statements, Jess, for a
man who doesn't even have a seat on
this Senate. You might even be a Red
Dot yourself. In fact, Jess, who knows
what you really carry in that trombone
case. A machine gun perhaps. And just
last week I smelled marshmallows on
your breath.
SEN. JESS: A pack of lies.
SEN. McSCHAFFY: In fact, you're so
guilty, Jess, you have Red Dots written
all over your face.
SEN. JESS: Well, I did come down
with the measles two days ago.
SEN. McSCHAFFY: Do you see what
I mean, senators? These 148, I repeat,
148 card-carrying Red Dots have com
pletely infiltrated the entire organization
ofASUN.
PRES. SHAFT: Now I know that's a
lie. Everybody knows we haven't even
organized yet.
SEN. McSCHAFFY: Nowhere does the
Red Dots evil lust for power end. Look
at how they have insidiously taken over
the reins of power in the Associates.
PRES. SHAFT: That's unfair. By as
sociating an Associate with a member of
his house on the interviewing board, you
are simply using the technique of guilt
by association to cast suspicion on the
Associates of this Association.
EUGENE POCORNY: I agree with
McSchaffy. President Shaft, I think
you're only dreaming impossible dreams.
Now it seems to me, that this air of
excitement about Red Dots is always pre
sent in any environment that is under
going rapid change. It is the prevalent
feeling at the University and is also an
appropriate description of the prevalent
feeling in our world and nation today.
We feel excitement today because we are
Increasingly aware of our roles in the out
going process of Creation, which is as
good a description of life as any other.
Being in the process of Creation has al
wiys been the state of man. And man
has always been aware to varying de
grees of this unique human stance where
he is between the No Longer and the
Not Yet. Man alone is the one who must
decide what the Not Yet will be like. In
this situation, which is life, man is given
complete freedom to make decisions. It
is an often-used cliche that with freedom
goes responsibility, yet few of us fully
realize the implications of that, especially
In the range of cosmic freedom and ab
solute, historical responsibility. With his
freedom man can responsibly build a fu
ture which will enhance life and make
life more meaningful for all, or with his
freedom man can, just as easily, irre
sponsibly destroy all life a fact which
burst abruptly into the world's consci
ence just last week when we realized the
Red Dots had returned.
SEN. JESS: Ahhh, Pocorny, ya' mud
der wears combat boots, the Man of the
Mancha was a pinko, and Sancho Panza
was a Commie dupe. (Jess should read
this line with sarcasm in his voice, which
will require a great deal of direction and
practice.)
DEAN G. ROBERT RUSS BROWN:
Now I would submit, or it seems to me,
as I should perhaps suggest, that speak
ing about education, in terms of a uni
versity, certainly with respect to this par
ticular institution, it is conceivable to say
that, educationally-wise, at least within
the general form of reference of learning,
that is to say, within a total educational
experience, it is proper indeed to carry
on this type of dialogue, discussing and
delineating, through debate in an effort
to figure out exactly what we were talk
ing about a few minutes ago in the first
place.
SEN. NEWMASTER: Who writes his
speeches, Eugene Pocorny?
SEN. JESS: No, Casey Stengel.
PRES. SHAFT: I agree with Sen.
McSchaffy. These Red Dots are like a
malignant cancer eating away the benign
cells and tissues. They are like the clan
destine, surreptitious termites who de
stroy the moral fiber of our foundation.
They are like the stealthy moles who
work underground caving in the ground
work of any Institution. They are like the
ubiquitous bacteria who decay and degen
erate our health and energies. They are
like the . . .
VICE PRES. DOOR: Right, Terry,
these Red Dots are so much like can
cers, and termites, and moles, and bac
teria that it la very difficult to spot them,
except maybe if we would use a micro
scope. Or perhaps we could take a poll
of the campus asking just who do belong.
PRES. SHAFT: In fact, this issue is
of such magnitude that we will spend the
rest of the semester having speakers
come to our meetings to tell us about the
dangers of the Red Dots. First of all we
will have Don Ferguson who warned us
about the imminent dangers of the Red
Dots two years ago. The week following
we will have Nobby Tiemann who will
tell his experience with the Red Dots
twenty years ago which should have di
rect bearing on this issue also. Then
Phil Sorensen will have equal time.
VICE PRES. DOOR: Oh, good, this
will also bring better communication be
tween the Student Senate and the Gov
ernor's Mansion.
PRES. SHAFT: After that we will
hear Carl T. Cutlass explaining Congres
sional ethics and investigating procedures
After Carl we will have G. Man-fred
Hoover from the Hoover Vacuum Com
pany who will explain how to clean house
with the Red Dots. Then Dr. Lloyd Hoov
er, a former FBI agent, will explain his
anticipated 1967-6-9 enrollment projections
for Red Dots on the campus. Finally Joe
Valanchl will drive out to squeal on how
the Red Dots are connected with the Ma
fia out of Chicago.
VICE PRES. DOOR: President Shaft
has just made a motion to have these
speakers come to Senate meetings. All
those In favor say, "Aye."
SENATE: (In unison) Aye!
VICE PRES. DOOR: The vote was
33-0 to have these speakers come to cam
pus. PRES. SHAFT: Using the Constitu
tional powers delegated to the ASUN Pre
sident, I will now veto the preceding mo
tion. SEN. JESS: How come he vetoes his
own motion?
VICE PRES. DOOR: President Shaft
has just announced that he will explain
in two weeks why he vetoed his own mo
tion. JAN ITCHING: Who'd have thunk It?
SEN. NEWMASTER: Oh, no. Does
Pocorny ghost-write her columns too?
As v Ci
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Wo
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The other day I passed a
little girl in a forest who
was conversing with a vo
luminous cat. "Cheshire
Puss," she asked, "would
you tell me please which
way I oughta go from
here?" "That depends a
good deal on where you
want to get to," said the
cat. "I don't much care
where," said the girl again.
"Then it doesn't much mat
ter which way you go," re
plied the cat.
Thus spoke sunny Alice!
And thus, in NU's educa
tion classes, do a thousand
of our own sunshine girls
speak. We needn't worry,
however, for Teachers Col
lege has plenty of Cheshire
faculty members to go
around.
Consider the recent
ASUN Education Forum,
for instance. Out of 18,000
students about 30 attended.
Anybody from Teachers
College? I doubt it. Why
one faculty member was
even asked to speak on the
panel but he never appeared
(maybe he was caught
knapping?).
How sweet it is to live as
one in this community of
scholars, a veritable won
derland. And consider our
elite corps, our future
teachers. Oh they're real
busy: clipping paper dolls
out of the NEA Journal,
scurrying hither and thith
er to find overhead projec
tors. That's probably why none
of them came to the forum
they were too busy. True,
PR was poor. The forum
wasn't publicized as much
as the Homecoming Dance.
Or could it be actually that
out of 18,000 only 30 of the
students are interested in
getting an education, and
the other 17,970 merely
want a diploma and some
"training."
Dick Schultz should be
congratulated in starting
out his Conduct Committee
Forums with one on educa
tion. We have to start by
defining our terms, soul
searching to our goals, find
ing our common ground
with the entire University
community.
While I'm in a congratu
1 a t o r y, complimentary
mood, let me bring some
hearty praise to the door
of L a d d Lonnquist. The
Faculty Evaluation Book
has come off with a classy,
pungent bang. At the same
time it appears to me to be
more responsible and ac
curate than many books of
longer tradition.
Our Man Hoppe-
Jay Travels In Circles
Howdy there, folks. How
y'all? Time for another tee
vee visit with the rootin'
ttotin' Jay Family, starting
ol' Elbie Jay an energetic
feller ready to travel half
way 'round the world to
make friends. If'n he can't
make any at home.
As we join up today with
ol' Elbie, he and his pretty
wife, Birdie Bird, are sitting
amid a heap of souvenirs.
That's their cute tad, Myna
Bird, asking 'em questions.
She's on her lunch hour.
Elbie (with a happy sigh) :
I guess that was just about
the most interesting, re
warding, enriching trip any
body ever took. My, we sure
did learn a heap and get a
heap done.
Myna Bird: I want to hear
all about it, Daddy, minute
by minute. In about (glanc
ing at her watch) 37 min
utes. Elbie: Well, now, we
started out in . . . Where'd
we start out, honey?
Birdie Bird: Honolulu,
dear.
Elbie: That's right. Then
we went, on down to . . .
Well, I know we went to
Australia, cause t h a t 's
where your ma had a pas
sle of fun digging up old
pots and things.
Birdie Bird: No, dear,
that was in the Philippines.
Australia's where they
threw paint on our car.
Elbie: You sure? Well,
anyway, Malaysia was
mighty nice, excepting it
rained a lot so we couldn't
do much but sit around the
lobby writing postcards
and . . .
Birdie Bird: Excuse me,
dear. But I think it was
Thailand where it rained.
And a little bit In New Zea
land. Elbie: New Zealand? You
certain we . . . Oh, sure
enough, that's where I took
that farmer in a funny hat
for a helicopter ride. Fine
place, New Zealand.
Birdie Bird: South Korea,
dear.
Elbie: Yep, and then I
snuck off from there for the
afternoon to visit our boys
In Viet Nam. "Come home,"
I told them in my ringing
words, "with the coonskin
on the wall."
Myna Bird (puzzled): I
thought our soldiers called
them gooks.
Birdie Bird: That was
Manila, Elbie.
Elbie: What do you
mean? Our boys are fight
ing in Viet Nam. Or Is It
Thailand? Or ft It both? It's
hard to think straight.
Birdie Bird: I mean you
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Campus I
Opinion 1
Freedom Is
Not Free
Dear Editor:
Is freedom free?
No. If democracy has a right to existence and a place
in this world, it must have a new spirit, be filled with a
fresh inner fire and be carried with a clear aim in the
hearts of a determined people.
Only the speed, guts, militancy, dynamism and dedi
cation that is latent in this generation, if mobilized to a
white-hot pitch, can alter the world picture.
A revolution to release all people from their small
aims and purposes that have divided and held humanity
back, is long overdue.
Is this generation ready to march with this Idea? A
generation bursting to build something new?
The present drama of life on the world stage has in
it two dimension-oriented men with two dimension methods
seeking to solve three dimensional problems.
This world needs a new idea to set the imagination
on fire, and with mental, physical and spiritual resourc
es energized, concentrated and trained to the task, this
world of the 20th Century will be turned upside down.
Too long have nihilism, cynicism and materialism
dampened the noble dreams of the nations.
Who will join in who will spark the revolution in this
part of the planet?
Let us call ourselves Vivarians and call for thousands
to become one with us and then set our faces like flint
toward a destiny waiting to be captured and claimed.
Paul Armin Romay
The Most 'Peace-Loving' State
Dear Editor:
In Mr. Ranon's one sided presentation, the Arabs were
described as predatory aggressors who can be dealt with
only by force. At the same time, he presented Israel as the
only country concerned here with the peace issue. Israel's
actions in the last ten years indicate what sort of peace Isra
el really wants. The attack on Sinai in 1956 is a distinct ex
ample of now Israel, the most "peace-loving" state in the
world, attempts to sustain the United Nations resolutions
about peace in the region.
It would appear that Mr. Ranon's peace overture is
similar to that of Mr. David Ben Gurion who in "Israel:
Years of Challenge", pages 117-134, delineates the kind of
peace Israel wants in the Middle East: "Not to restrict
ourselves to defend tactics but to attack ... not only
In the territory designed for Israel ... but to strike the
enemy wherever he is found". After the attack on Sinai,
Ben Gurion reluctantly evacuated in the face of interna
tional pressure. This withdrawal was undertaken in the
consoling belief that the world did not understand Israel's
peace bid because of "The dominant feelings of contem
porary civilization under the threat of hydrogen bomb".
This above quotation illustrates the spirit behind both
Mr. Ranon and Mr. Ben Gurion's hypocritical position
relative to peace in the Middle East.
How can Israel set a peaceful example in the Middle
East while she maintains her Arabophobia, her underlying
disrespect for existing system of international justice, and
her proud material spirit?
In view of Israel's knowledge of its own hostile atti
tude and actions, it would seem that this "peaceful" na
tion is suffering from a sense of guilt as severe as that
felt by Judas after he betrayed his Master.
M. A. Dabbagh
Please Not Another Rule
Dear Editor:
After receiving a parking ticket while parked in front
of Women's Residence Halls, a serious problem came to
my mind.
I had received a ticket from the city for parking four
teen minutes in front of the dorm. On paying my ticket
I was told there was a five minute time limit on the
green parking areas in front of the dorms. Now isn't this
a bit absurd?
Who ever heard of a girl getting ready in five min
utes! What if you wish to go see a girl during visiting
hours? Must you go out and move your car every five
minutes or else try to find a parking spot in the already
packed lots probably blocks away from your destination?
If you've ever tried unloading a girl's car you'll know
five minutes isn't even a good start. Some action should
be taken by someone to change this rule.
However, if nothing can be done, let's make it fair
by giving everybody a ticket, not just a few inopportune
souls who happen to be caught. Why let some part for
hours with no ticket and others receive one for a few
minutes?
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Perturbed Parker
Capitalism Smells For First Time
Dear Editor:
After living in what was once a pleasant city for two
years, I smelled capitalism last Friday night for the first
time.
An unbearable stench from the local packing house
then blanketed the entire surroundings of the downtown
Post Office.
Whether Its Cyklon B at Auschwitz, Tear Gas at Selma
or Incinerated cow hooves at Lincoln, the right wing al
ways seems to display a penchant for air pollution.
I would therefore like to see some portion of the "mod
ern left on campus take action like promoting a city
ordnance or something to remedy this situation before the
downtown campus starts smelling like almost every oth
er Midwestern city.
Tom Bleser
Back to Teachers Col
lege: What can we do to
evict it from its solipsistic
ghetto? I'd not be so bold as
to suggest a total reform of
the college (though one is
truely need). At least under
the present set up one
learns the virtue of pa
tience, a virtue most help
.ful later on.
What I do suggest is an
experiemental honors pro
gram. Recommended stu
dents would study in depth,
that is to say, read and dis
cuss Rousseau instead of
dropping his name. Instead
of dallying in Ed. Psych 59,
honor students could do
individual reading in the
field of psychology.
This idea could be incor
porated in with the idea for
a College for Independent
Scholarship (a platform
plank of CFDP last spring).
ASUN might also do well
to investigate the new Ex
perimental College of S a n
Francisco State as reported
in "Newsweek," Nov. 7.
If you care where you go,
it matters very much
which direction you take.
If you object to universities
being mere training centers
for corporate liberalism,
then make some reforms
before it's too late.
if Jr
snuck off from Manila. Re
member, that's where you
had your conference?
Elbie: Conference? Say, I
plumb forgot! That's where
I got a real lot done and
made a heap of fine friends
I'll never forget, like . . .
Like . . . Hand me my ad
dress book there, Birdie
Bird.
Birdie Bird (sighing
wearily): You know, Elbie,
I'm not saying it wasn't a
great trip, seeing all those
countries. But, my, all that
traipsing around! Next
year, let's just pick the
country we like best and
spend the whole two weeks
In one place. Seems to me,
you'd accomplish just as
much.
Elbie (snorting): Accomp
lish what? You think I
could keep those Republi
cans off the front pages by
spending two weeks in Tex
as? Well, tune in again,
friends. And as you mosey
down the windin' trail of
life, remember what Elbie's
old granddaddy used to
say:
"When skies are grey,
when you haven't got a
friend, when the whole
world's down on you look
busy."
Daily Nebraskan
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