Keynto success lies
in ladder climbing
Mendetta
by CALVIN RIFE, JR.
In the true spirit of education
and enlightenment, I am going
to introduce you to a new (?)
"game," a game I'm sure you
will find quite challenging.
Now, if I am to be successful
at conveying the nature of this
"game" to you, it is of the ut
most importance that I use a
time-proven systematic ap
proach, which will enable you
to gain a very sophisticated
understanding of the game
within a necessarily short time
period. ' : ,
LET US start with the who,
where, when and why. The who
is nearly all of us, whether we
want to admit it or not. The
where is almost everywhere.
The game is played at one time
or another on nearly every
square foot of ground we walk
on. When? Right now the
game has to be played con
tinuously if the players are to
achieve a high level of profi
ciency. Why play the game?
Because it has always been
played, and even more impor
tant, it seems that if you can't
play the game you can't "get
ahead". . .
The most important thing is
the rule. There is only one. But
it must be observed if one is to
advance up the "ladder of suc
cess": You can walk on your
toes, but you had better not
walk on anybody else's. This
simple rule is designed to
eliminate friction, thus
virtually e I i m i n a t i n g the
possibility of the highly flam
mable decayed wood of the
"ladder of success" from
catching on fire and going up in
big billows of thick black
smoke.
PERHAPS THE most
graceful of the ladder climbers
is the "yes" man. His body is
generally quite slimy, but he
does possess a good pair of
hands, which is necessary if he
is to be able to get a firm grip
on the ladder. He plays the
game with such deadly skill
and cunning, that his reputa
tion is known both far and
wide.
ROTC announces
two-year plan
The Army ROTC Department
at the University is now ac
cepting applications for its two
year program.
Students interested In enter
ing the program must have at
least four semesters of college
remaining to qualify, according
to Col. William W. Gist, head of
Army ROTC.
If accepted for enrollment, a
student attends a six week
summer session. Travel ex
penses are provided and ap
proximately $170.00 are paid
for the period. Upon returning
in the fall a student enrolls In
the senior division of Army
ROTC.
During the junior and senior
years the cadet receives $50.00
a month. However, remarked
Gist, the active duty military
commitment upon com
missioning is of the same
duration as selective service,
which is two years.
Deadline for applications is
March 1.
He has a way of keeping one
of his "good hands" firmly on
his present level until he has a
chance to get a firm grip with
his other hand on the next
higher level. This makes it
almost impossible for him to be
without the security of the lad
der. Although no letters, to be
worn on sweaters and jackets
are awarded, the game does
have a way of providing for
those that develop exceptional
skill within the confines of its
limitations.
LITTLE REWARDS, such as
"nice" houses with two car
garages (for the image) in
"nice" neighborhoods. This
makes it possible to get a
"pretty" wife (for the image)
and to buy her "pretty" clothes
(again for the image). She in
turn will have (you guessed it)
"pretty" children, who will go
to "pretty" schools, where they
will have "pretty" teachers,
who together with the "pretty"
parents will teach the "pretty"
children the art of playing the
game.
Why? Because that's the way
to get ahead. Besides it really
isn't a very difficult game to
learn to play once you get used
to it. You don't even have to
think about what you are
doing; because you're really
not doing it anyway.
Editor's Note Rife is an
NU senior in elementary
education.
by Fred Schmidt
Once upon a time a large empire of
people was governed by a wise and
courageous man whom they called Fearless
Leader. He had not always been held in
so high esteem as he was at the time
of our story.
Ten years before the people had re
jected him in favor of a Dashing Prince.
Then, a couple of years later, he could
not even gain the barony of his own pro
vince and he was so angry he turned
on the messengers who brought the bad
news.
But gradually things began to turn
Fearless Would-be Leader's way. Dashing
Prince, who had won so many noble battles,
was felled by an adder in a province known
for adders.
The people were so upset that they
gave overwhelming approval to the new
leader, Old Fox, who oddly enough came
from the province of adders.
THINGS quickly turned sour. Old Fox
sent large numbers of soldiers to fight
an impoverished group of insurrectionists
in a foreign land thousands of miles away.
And the empire's former slaves, who had
been promised much but given little, let
Old Fox and the people know quite em
phatically that they were fed up.
Many of them died, including their two
wisest and most moral leaders, but they
were only more resolved. To make things
worse, the people's children sympathized
with the slaves and began to challenge
aid customs.
The younger brother of the Dashing
Prince decided to ask approval so that
he could lead the people. He was challeng
ing a new hero, the Red Cross Knight,
who was responsible for deposing the Old
Fox. The two champions fought fiercely
for the prize. But sadly the younger hero
died as his brother had and the Red Cross
Knight was forced out into the rain where
he soon rusted.
CONTROVERSY
FEARLESS Leader again presented
himself to the people and, with no heroes
in sight, enough of them approved him
so that he gained the prize he had coveted
so long.
But many people, especially the former
slaves and the young, were embittered.
They had seen four of their finest cham
pions killed. Many of their brothers had
fallen in the far-away war.
Their constant agitating might have
shaken a lesser man, but not Fearless
Leader. If the empire had problems, then
obviously the dissidents were to blame.
But Fearless Leader was bent on saving
the empire. So he made the dissidents
his scapegoats, relying largely on his
Minister of Balderdash, the Iron Veep. His
appeal was to what he called his Great
Silent Majority (although many of the
dissidents likened these folds to poultry
excrement), using rocket ships and public
games and the banner of the empire as
aphrodisiacs for frustrated patriots.
SOMEHOW, Fearless Leader managed
not only to gain the laurel of his empire
but to actually get his foot on the necks
of the dissidents. He beat his chest and
coughed. Someone had poisoned the air!
Fearless Leader became fearful.
Something had to be done. Surely his Great
Silent Majority would help. But the
members of that august group merely
yawned and drank a little beer while en
joying the public games.
Fearful Leader was loathe to ask the
dissidents for help. They would adapt all
the rhetoric and tactics of their past causes
to the cause of clearing the air. So Fearful
Leader did the predictable thing. He made
a speech, promising in the vaguest of
terms, to not only clear the air but cure
all the rest of the empire's ills.
Then he ordered a gas mask and went
home to greet the leader of the winning
team of the most recent public game, con
gratulating him champion to champion.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1970
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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