Indignation Page #3

groceries and crashes the truck...

[Max continues speaking]

[loud classical

piano music]

[knocking

at door]

You're Marcus Messner,

right?

I'm Sonny, Sonny Cottler.

This is Marty Ziegler.

We're wondering if you

have a couple of minutes,

maybe head over

to the Owl for a soda.

What's this

all about?

We're with Zeta Tau Mu. The

Jewish fraternity on campus.

We'd love to talk

to you about rushing.

Look. I'm sorry. I don't think

I'm going to join a fraternity.

Well, you don't have to.

Why don't you just come over to

the house for dinner some time?

You can come tomorrow night.

It's roast beef night.

You'll have a good meal,

meet some of the brothers,

and there's no obligation

to do anything else.

No. I don't believe

in fraternities.

Believe in them? What

is there to believe in?

A couple of like-minded guys get

together for friendship and camaraderie.

We play sports together,

we hold parties and dances.

We share our meals together, it

can get awfully lonely otherwise.

You know that out of

1400 people on campus,

less than 80

are Jewish?

That's a pretty

small percentage.

The only other fraternity

that'll have a Jew is

the non-sectarian house,

and they don't have much going for

them in the way of facilities

or really anything.

I'm a senior, Marcus. And

president of the house.

I don't want

to pressure you

but some of the brothers

have seen you around,

they think you'd make

a great addition.

They say you seem

to be a real scholar.

Did you know that since Zeta Tau

was formed just ten years ago,

we've won the Inter fraternity

Scholarship Cup five times...

more than any

other house.

Sonny's being

modest, Marcus.

He's actually the president of the

Inter fraternity Council this year.

Listen, that's great.

I appreciate your coming around, but I'm

not going to be joining any fraternity.

Can I ask why?

I, uh... I have my job,

I have my studies.

I'm just not in the market for

anything more than that right now.

Thank you anyways.

I hope you're not offended.

Not offended at all.

I admire

your determination.

Give me a ring at the house if

you think about it some more

or if you need

anything at all.

And if you decide to stay for

dinner, all the better. Deal?

Sure. Sure.

Alright.

...But the Puritans faced

a particular challenge

as, by the 1660s, the first

generation began to die out.

So in 1662 the Reverend

Solomon Stoddard

devised the so-called

Half-Way Covenant,

whereby members

of the community

could be half-members

of the church

if they agreed to abide

by its rules,

even if in their hearts

they could not profess

a complete Puritan

conversion... Yes, Jack?

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