VOL. II, NO. 9
FEBRUARY 17, 1961

Murdock Interrogated By
Stall Spy
Act IV Scene III

Dialogue runs along consistent-ly as boy and girl walk around halls of Maine West. Enter girl from stage left; boy is already situated on stage center:

Girl: "Hi! Would you help me?"

Boy: (helpfully) "Sure, you sick or something?"

Girl: "No, I'm new here and I'm lost."

Boy: "Oh, that happens to me sometimes. Invariably I'll set out to go someplace and end up completely lost. By the way, my name is Bruce Murdock."

Girl: (giggling) "Merduck?"

Boy: "No, Murdock."

Girl: "Oh. Tell me about this school. Do you belong to any clubs or things?"

Boy: "Well, I was out for baseball and basketball all four years, in M-club my junior year, a representative to Boy's State, and now I am vice-president of Brotherhood society."

Girl: "Gee, where do you get all the time?"

Boy: (thoughtfully) "Oh. .1 work it out."

Girl: "Well, I just moved here from out West. Do you have any fun around here during the summer?"

Boy: "I play baseball, water-ski, and swim a lot. Sometimes we even go sailing on Lake Michigan."
 Girl: "We?"

Boy: (smiles broadly) "M-m-mm, yes!"

Girl: "What kind of food do they have in the cafeteria? Is it good?"

Boy: "It's O.K. They don't have my favorite often enough though, steak and cranberry sauce."

Girl: "Say what's that little room underneath the stairs?"

Boy: "That's the teacher's lounge. Something I really hate - the smell of cigar smoke!"

Girl: (pause) "What is all that noise in the gym down the hail?"

Boy: "Oh, that's our basketball team. What a bunch of guys! I'll never forget my freshman year when, during a basketball game, I was chewing gum. It fell out of my mouth, and when I went to pick it up, the forward I was guarding drove by, shot the ball, and made a basket. I've been ribbed ever since!"

Girl: "What are you going to do after you graduate?"

Boy: "I plan on attending Elmhurst college and majoring in business administration."

Girl: "Well, thanks a lot for the information."

Boy: "Huh? Say you look familiar!"

Girl: (whispering) "To tell you the truth, I'm a secret reporter on the Westerner!!"

Boy: "Foiled again!"