When the scene opens, we are introduced to a young man named Chester, who has just graduated from college and is now studying at the university with his older brother, Charles. The two men are discussing the fact that they are both studying the same university, and that they have similar interests and goals. The young man asks his father why he is being transferred to a different psychiatrist, and his father replies that he has too many lines memorized for the next day's performance, and he will not be able to memorize them tomorrow. He tells the young man that he must be more forceful in front of the audience, and the two men agree that it is better to teach others than to complain or gripe. They agree that there will be a day when Charles will acknowledge that he is "just speaking of alright," and they agree that they will write down their goals for the rest of their lives.