VOLUME XXII
NUMBER III
SPRING ISSUE
MARCH 1926
THE
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Volume X X I I
MARCH, 1926
Number III
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Alumni Notes
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Rcceiit Afagazincs
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School Notes
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I fumor
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T H E CRliMSON A N D \VI1ITI<
DITORIA
J. ±L JbU
Tt has been sug^^ested that a challeni^e to debate l)e tiiven anioiL^the societies. Should this project meet with success, Alihie Hi^h will
stand a fair chance to enter the ranks as a ])()ssil)le debating- ^rou]).
It is a fact that there are amonj;- the students of Milne certain
ones who are gifted with, or have ac(|uire(l, laudable talent in the art
of debating-. lUit it remains to bring this talent to light.
In past years the only notable debates recorded in the annals of
the school ha\ e been the debates held ])y tlie Seiiior classes. W e set l;
to extend the list throughout the entire school. W'e often s])eak of
school s])irit as the vital factor; but consider, class cooperation and
inter-class rivalry necessarily provoke school s])irit by arousing- the
interest of the individual.
J\'lany of you will go to college. We see that certain colleges emphasize the ([uestion of your j)art in what debating exercises your
school has held. As evidenced by this, the college in general must be
ever emphasizing the advantage of the debate in its own institution.
It is readily seen, therefore, what may be advantages of ])articipation in inter-class debating. The training it offers is self-evident.
Thus, the more extensive the debate, the greater the advantage of
training. The training ajjplies to a particular field,—that of Law. The
study of Law is becoming great; many are taking it u]) in preference
to other courses wherein they may better employ their own ])articular
lalenls. .Mthough not necessarily, Law may lead to I'olitics. Politics
in\()lve debate. /And here we are back where we started.
Debating means work, in order to do it right. And if the i)arties
involved are interested in the project the}' are c()mi)leting, it means
thai the work will be done in an efficient manner.
tak'e u|) the subject in detail, Adelphoi contemplates a debate
with Sig-ma. Adelphoi being the only boys' society in the school, the
culcome remains in the future, for neither has proved its efficiency
liefore the school. I'erhaps the school will be sm-])rised.
I).
S.
TIIK CRIMSON AND W H I T E 3054
FTCLIS
MURKSgUIC
J'elis sedil by a liolc,
Intenla she cum o m n e soul,
I'rendcre rats.
M i c e cucurrenl o ' e r the lloor,
In n u m e r o d u o , trcs or m o r e . —
()1)Hti cats.
I'Y'lis saw them ocuHs:
"I'll have them," inc|uit she, " [ ii^uess,
Dum
ludunt."
T u n c ilia cre])t toward the i^rou]):
" l l a h e a m , " dixit, "i^ood rat s o u p ;
I'ins^ues sunt."
M i c e continued all ludere,
Intenli in ludum vere,
Ciaudentur.
T u n c rushed the felis into them,
h'.t tore them omnes limb f r o m limb,
\'iolenter.
Moral
O m n e s mures nunc be shy,
l^t aurium praebe mihi,
r.enif^ne.
Si h o c facis verbum sat,
A v o i d a devilish, hungry cat,
Studiose.
—Anonymous.
THP: CRIMSON AND WHITE
ONI-: IN A
THOUSAND
S i f u s 1 lUndledoozcr, the best and most cf)r])iilent hunter tlie w ilds
have ever k n o w n , was horn in l)e Skunkville, IA'l)ruary 29, ISSO.
Ilis
])arents were f a r m e r s , and wliat sour milk the ho.^s didn't drink", >Sifu>
did.
I ' r o m early childhood he was inclined to take up vast (|uantilies
o f space, f o r , on his third birthday, beins^- then twelve years of aj^e, he
lipped the scales at one hundred and lifty.
T h e H o n . lUuidledoo/cer may ri<^htly be called " T h e M a n
T h e Saturday
I'A'enini^- Post M a d e . "
That
his early education
con-
sisted, a f t e r he had learned to read Latin by moini;- to chui-ch, o f c o r respondence courses.
T h u s he .gained a liberal education in biolos^y,
arithmetic, astrolos^y, lirst year hj^^lish, and i)arasitolo5^"y.
H e even
learned a f e w points on Algebra, and he prided himself on the spK'udid
vocabulary he had obtained throu.^h the ])ursuit o f this lanjjuai^e.
It
is to the Saturday Iwenini^- Post that he is indebted f o r learnin;;- o f this
type and also f o r such valuable earl\- trainins;' as contained in articles
entitled, " T h e Value o f the I'edbui^- to the T a x i d e r m i s t , " " T h e
Anni-
hilation o f H o u s e bdies Throu.qh the Cooperation o f IJij^ ( l a m e
Hunl-
ers," and others.
S i f u s ' first initiation into the art of huntin,^- came on a dull day,
amid most interestint^- circumstances.
This day was I'rida)- the thir
leenth o f O c t o b e r in the year one thousand nine hundred and six.
\\v
was wanderin^q- throuj^h the w o o d s in pursuit of wild onions when a
pretty little black-and-white stri])ed kitten indifferently crossed the path
of his h i t h e r t o un(|uestione(l pros^'ress.
At hrst S i f u s made an attempl
to capture the pretty animal, but soon a f t e r w a r d s , not beins^- able to endure further the atm()si)heric conditions, he ascended a l o f t y saplini^'.
llovvever, alas! the tree was unable to bear the elepliantine fu,^ili\e,
and as a consecjuence transferred the cause of the op])ressive burden to
said pretty feline.
W h e n S i f u s recovered sufficiently to extricate him-
self f r o m the hard loam, he f o i m d that the f o r c e o f his impact had
reeked
wonders;
f o r the kitten's f u r lay Hat and smooth upon
the
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.•ground, while deep in Tartara
were imbeded what had been its internal
orijanisms.
Sifus took the hide home and found to his j^reat astonishment that
he had an excellent f u r piece, ready f o r market.
Sifus.
" Y e (^ods," said
" M y fortune's m a d e . "
Usinj^ his new device, which he had patented, he traveled
over
such wild rej^ions as A f r i c a . Asia, Germany, and N e w Y o r k City, meeti n , w i t h ,£jreat success.
l)Ut the jinx of the thirteentli luiallv concpiered him ; f o r one da\'
while tryin,n- his method on a mouse on top of the W'oolwtjrth buildint;-, he fell over the eds^e and met an untimely death in the shape of a
sidewalk.
This hap])ened on O c t o b e r
I'^'iday, 1020.
T h e world misses him i^reatly because, since ]\lr. 1'undledoozer
had his device patented, no one has as yet found couraj^e to use it.
W T L T T S I. Ar( K r N N I - : Y . '26.
MORI-: T R U T H T I I A X
POETRY
( W i t h A])pr()])riate Apolo.^ies to John Milton >
When I consider h o w my masj^neto is si)ent
I'^re half its days, in that old h^ord of mine,
And that one part which, stallins^;, wants to die
Lodt^ed in it useless, thouj^ii T hnd a dent
In every f e n d e r ; these are no less bent
I'y pumi)in.^- lam])-posts ; but I, i)onderiniH", c h i d e ;
" D o I'ords re(|uire batteries, more expense im])lie(l?"
I fondl)- ask.
lUit Patience, to prex'ent
That murmur, soon replies, " Y o u r car doth not need
liatteries o r niaiiiietoes.
W h o w o u l d s t best
l^njoy such .animals, them do not try to run.
Their state is extravai^ance, dollars at their upkeep si)eed,
.\nd ])ost o'er service station and
without rest ;
T h e y also serve, who sell theirs f o r old tin."
W . T. M c K . , '26.
TIIK CRIMSON AND WHITE 3057
AX UNLLX'KV START
James Robertson was born on I<^-i(lay the 13, 1900, diirini^ a storm
in the mid-Atlantic.
in Cuba.
H i s father was a wealthy ci.nar m a n u f a c t u r e r
Althouj^h the ])oy was reared amid the most luxurious sur-
roundin.^-s, he possessed a yearninj^- to travel which i^rew with liim.
W h e n he w a s ,t>'ra(hiated f r o m a s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l , he w a s s^'iven his
c h o i c e l)et\veen a colles^'e e d u c a t i o n and a place in his father's b u s i ness.
H e c h o s e the f o r m e r .
O n September 2, 1918, he left Cuba, in his father's i)rivate y a c h l ,
with
three thousand
dollars in cash.
His destination
was
w h e n c e he was to ])roceed to Cambridge, and H a r v a r d
I'oston,
I'niversily.
H e bade his j)arents farewell at I'oston.
A month ])assed.
and then three.
His i)arents received no letter.
T w o montlis,
In December his father wired to his son at Harvard.
H e received n o rej)ly.
In (les])air he wired the dean.
A f t e r several
hours the reply came that on the H a r v a r d rei^ister was n o name o f
James R o b e r t s o n .
to seek his son.
Immediate]}' tlie father en.^a.^ed countless detectives
His absence was featured in the papers, t.'dked of all
o v e r the United States.
His (lescrij)tion was sent to Iuiro])e.
were spent, but to n o avail.
Millions
T h e only clue was s^iven by an automol)ile
s.'desman in I'oston w h o disclosed that a youn^' man had entered his
sho]) hurriedly one day, bous^ht a hijj;-h ])owere(l car, j)aid cash f o r it,
and had driven away.
Rut no one had seen the car or the boy, and as.
a result the search was finally abandoned.
Tn 1932 dredj^ers, workinji^ in the H u d s o n river on the proi^'cl o f
the deeper H u d s o n , encountered an obstacle on the bottom wliich stubbornly resisted the efforts o f the dredf^es.
I'inally it was brouf^ht to
the surface, and there was revealed an old model automobile, with :i
Ljrim skeleton at the wheel.
James R o b e r t s o n .
T h e slceleton \va^; identified ns llial
of
H o w he met his fate n o one k n o w s , or ever will
know.
I-:. T. O., '2r,.
o
T o the modern [jirl a line is somethinj;- with which to calidi maU's.
o
Tt is reported that the faces o f w o m e n instead o f those o f
will be used on bill-lxiards to advertise cii^areltes this year.
O h , well, we can still i)ose for collar-ads.
men
TIIK CRIMSON AND WHITE 3058
THl-: S T L V K R
COMB
It w a s an eveninf,^ in early M a y , and A l a d a m e H u m p h r e y sal in
lier liis^li-hack chair at the ri.^ht o f
the hearth, thinkin,^-.
The
li.qht
f r o m tlie fire m a d e hriiLjht hs^hts and d e e p sha(k)\vs in the s o f t i^ray o f
the twilit r o o m .
O u t s i d e , b a r e l y to be d i s c e r n e d in the s w i f t l y .c^ather-
inj2: dusk, w e r e the o r c h a r d s , i)ink with i ) e a c h - b l o s s o m s like a sunset
c l o u d , and the i)aler, m o r e fra.qile b l o o m o f the ai)ple trees.
window
she
could
have
seen
the .^ray, m i s t - c o v e r e d
I ' r o m the
river
flowini;-
silently b y at the f o o t o f the hed.^ed lane, and the ^ray sky, with o n e
clear star in the S o u t h .
the beauty w i t h o u t .
])ortrait
above
the
Ihit M a d a m e H u m p h r e y ^vas not lookin.c^ at
Instead, she l o o k e d Ion;;- and t h o u f j h t f u l l y at the
mantle.
A <jirl l o o k e d out f r o m the c a n v a s , a jj^irl with j^reat .qray eyes o f
a peculiar steel-like tone, with a firm chin, and c l e a r - c u t features.
Her
dress was o f an o l d e r day, but h e r b e a u t y was o f the type that is n e v e r
o l d , and its crownins^" .s^lory w a s her hair.
T h e r e w e r e i^reat masses o f
it, b r o w n , with i^old li.yiit'^, piled hi<';h a b o v e her head, and at the top,
a silver c o m b s h o w e d its s c a l l o p e d e(l,L>e.
It w o u l d have been a sintjularlv u n o b s e r v a n t person w h o
not h a v e rec(),!>ni/ed in M a d a m e the orit^inal o f the ])ortrait.
would
A s she
sat there lookin<;- at the portrait, she had m u c h the same f e a t u r e s that
she had had i i f t y years earlier, but h e r hair w a s c o v e r e d b\' a ca]), and
her b e a u t y o f colorin;;- had {^one y e a r s b e f o r e .
P r e s e n t l y she turned to a w i n d o w at which a fi;irl sat lookinp; out.
T h e ,qirl w a s almost startlin,!Lil\- like the portrait.
T r u l v , the clothes
w e r e unlike, and the hair w a s not a r r ; m " v d in the same w a v ; ])Ut it w a s
the same
hair,
;m(l
the
f e a t u r e s \\'ere
i('entical.
iMadrune
si^oke:
" M a r t h a , will y o u
to m y r o o m and brin/'; m e the c a r v e d b o x
from
before
'A\'s,
went
the
mirror?"
(Irandmother,"
she
assented,
and
(|uiclclv a w a y .
W h e n she returned with the b o x , "Mad.ame t o o k f r o m it the silver
c o m b o f the i)ortrait, and out it in tlie jnrl's hand.
" T h a t , " she said,
"i:; the \\'ashin<':ton c o m b , and since \'ou are n a m e d f o r m e , T shall jjive
it lo y o u n o w .
l . n o w , " she w e n t o n . "that \\'ashinf;lon p'avi' it to
n'e, and this is h o w it c a m e a b o u t —
"Tt w a s a day in M a v just such as todav has I)C.n; but
' i x t y vears aj^o, in 1776.
nearlv
T h a t a f t e r n o o n , as T sat sewinj^-, a man r o d e
into the farm-ward and d i s m o u n t e d .
T h e r e w e r e so m a n v spies a b o u t
in those days that T m o v e d rather reluctantl\- t o w a r d s the d o o r , and as
I went. 1 h o n e d that the stran,y-er had seen fit to s'o to the barn w h e r e
m\- bi-olh 'r Daniel wa^ \';orl;in"'
1 T()\«'''vei\ lie h.adn't; f o r I'ust then
T H E CRIMSON A N D WlllTi^!he k n o c k e d , and I opened tlie d o o r .
In spite of the fact that it was
late, he asked f o r some (Hnner; so I asked him to enter and be seated.
"lie
was a tall man, with a ])ale face, slij^ditly ])ock-marke(l, a
rather lonj,^ nose, and a pair o f the most piercing gray eyes that ever
were seen.
H e w o r e his o w n hair.
all n o t e w o r t h y .
Mis clothes were dark, and not at
1 noticed that his eyes, as 1 took him to the dining-
r o o m , w^ere not furtive like those o f some other strangers we had entertained.
this man's entertainment, mother and I got dinner hurriedly ;
and, o f course, as we w o r k e d , w e talked.
W'e had shut the kitchen
d o o r c a r e f u l l y , and so we felt safe in sa}'ing what we liked.
\Ve specu-
lated as to the man's sympathies, we talked again o f our anxiety ahout
father and m y elder brothers w h o were lighting on the I'ritish side.
T h e n w e talked of our o w n wishes and sympathies with the Colonial
cause, and o f h o w Daniel wanted to light with the Colonists, but could
not on account of caring f o r mother and me.
It was unsafe, bul our
walls w e r e thick, and our d o o r s and w i n d o w s were shut.
T o o late we
remembered that some men had broken half tlie glass in the ]<ilchen
w i n d o w s only the day b e f o r e ; and that the d i n i n g - r o o m w i n d o w was
()pen!
" W c were very frightened, and 1 ran to have Daniel c o m e into
the house b e f o r e we served the dinner.
"When
he came,
1 served
the man his dinner, and as
1 was
l)ringing in the beans, he saw Daniel in the kitchen, and called to him.
Daniel came, and the man asked if he would r o w him across the rivei"
to the Van T'runt farm.
"As
H e aslced, too, just where that farm was.
Daniel looked out o f
the w i n d o w to point it out, he saw-
Captain B e v e r l y trotting along the river road to our house.
C\'i])tain
I Beverly was a red-coat captain w h o was stationed in the n e i g h b o r h o o d ,
and w h o came to see us.
T think, m y child, that I was the cause of
his frequent visits.
"Daniel refused to g o , because he dared not be out o f the housewhen I'everlv called.
Colonies.
W'e feared that he suspected our loyalty to tlie
Daniel exj)laine(l some o f this to the man.
though, to hide the man's horse f r o m
l i e was willing,
I'everly.
" H e went out o f the house, and took the horse d o w n to the cell;iio f the barn, where he left it, and came back.
"Tn the meantime the man had told us that he was Ceneral W a s h ington, and asked us to hide him somewhere.
" T h e r e was no time to Ite lost, and T led him downstairs to the
cellar.
T h e r e I showed him a stone in the wall which turned and let
him into a passage to the river.
A n d I told him that \ would c o m e f o r
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him when it was safe.
T h e n T left him, and, filling a tankard with o u r
l)each cider, went upstairs to the kitchen to greet our guest.
" B e v e r l y , or, as he wished me to call him. Jack, said that he w a s
looking f o r a Colonial spy, and that he had to search every house
where he might be hidden.
H e searched f o r W a s h i n g t o n high and
l o w ; he looked through every r o o m f r o m cellar to garret very carefully, hut in the cellar he was not quite careful enough ; he did not
find the
opening.
" W h e n , finally, he decided that Washington was not there, it w a s
nearly su])per-time; and so mother and I again ])re])ared a meal.
This
time, you may be sure, we did n o talking.
" A t last supper was ready, and 1 went to call Daniel.
H i s answer
came f r o m the d i n i n g - r o o m where he was staying with Ca]itain B e v erly.
T h e Captain sus])ecte(l that Daniel had been about to start f o r
the Rebel cam])s, and on seeing him had ])ut his horse back.
S o , Daniel
was forbidden to leave the Ca])tain's sight.
"l'\)r supper, we gave the Ca])tain a tankard of very old grape
wine, and he, w h o was y o u n g and not used to hard drinking, went to
sleef) in his chair.
" W h e n T saw that Ca])tain I'everly was asleep, T went d o w n cellar with some supper f o r the Ceneral.
the lantern.
Daniel went with me to c a r r v
W h i l e the (General was eating, he again asked Daniel to
g o across with him, and Daniel again had to refuse.
go, because if T'everly wakened
l)urn the house.
with
H e dared not
Daniel not in sight, he might
T h e Ceneral could not take a boat, because he did not
k n o w the currents, and besides, if Beverly should find a boat gone, w e
would be homeless.
"Suddenly,
1 heard m}- o w n voice asking if T couldn't r o w the
Ceneral across, and the voice o f (leneral W a s h i n g t o n assenting.
were to g o right away, and Daniel went upstairs to get me a cloak'.
W h i l e w e waited, T saw the cellar over again with n e w eyes.
Tlu-
bunches o f herbs, hanging f r o m the rafters, made (jueer shadow^; in
the lantern-light.
T h e r o w s of barrels and bins had never seemed so
beautiful a b r o w n b e f o r e .
T h e c r o c k s of nreserves and of
pickk";
shone under the lantern-light, and the end o f the cellar that was o u r
d a i r y - r o o m was never so sweet and clear,
i-'or a ])rook ran through
tlie d a i r v - r o o m , \vith onlv stei)])ing stones to walk on, and the c r o c k s
of milk and butter w e r e kei^t there in the running water.
That night
even the gurgle o f the b r o o k sounded sad and f o r e b o d i n g .
"1 had looked at all o f these things, and was looking at the stairs,
w ith the one in the middle o\'er which I always trii)i)e(l, when the stair
d o o r opened, and T^aniel threw m\- clonic d o w n .
As it went throu<>h
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the air, a c o m e r o f it cauglit a strin,<;- of pepiKTs, and they fell on the
lloor to^£^ether.
T h e red i)e])pers looked like threat i^oiUs of blood on
m y coat, and 1 shivered and turned to i^o.
"The
under^^round passai^e seemed lonii^", and terrihh' dark, al-
thouj^h it really was neither; but i'lnally we came out of it in a thicket
o f bushes on the river bank.
T h e r e he waited while T ^ot a boat and
c a m e f o r him.
" I t was still too early f o r a m o o n , and the stars did not ,qive much
lit;ht; but the mountains on either side of the river were black ai^ainsv
the dark i^ray sky, and f r o m the river 1 could see the li,<;hts in our
windows.
" T h e currents are treacherous in a ])art of the river, and T had
hard w o r k rowins^' across.
O n c e , the General offered to r o w in mv
])lace, but T dared not let him.
Tt was over at last, and I let him out
at the f o o t o f the \'an I'runt lane.
around and r o w e d back home.
Ide thanked me, and
I turned
T liad just reached our shore when
the m o o n came o u t ; so T hurried into the house witli an armful of lilies
that I had picked on the way.
T h e subterfu.qe was not necessary, h o w -
ever, f o r B e v e r l y had £^one.
" Y e a r s later, when the war had ended, a packas^e came to me and
in this packaj^'e was this silver c o m b , and this n o t e :
" 'Tt has often been a source of serious rej^ret to me, not to hav(^
been able to see and thanlc you in jierson f o r y o u r c o u r a g e o u s rescue
o f m v life f r o m British hands, and m\' ])lans f r o m oblivion.
I'^-.r tiiese
reasons, it has been ni}- ardent wish to remind you, not only b\' words,
but by the m o r e endurin;;- token o f this comb, of m y ])ermancni s^ratitude.
" 'Believe me, dear madame, your obedient servant,
" 'Geo. A\^'ishin,qton.' "
A L I C I A iriT.DRlCTIT A N D R F A V S .
-oKissin^" is iust the lans^uai^c of love, but some bf)vs sjiealc seven
lan!';ua,^'es.
o—
—
T o use a handy little trot
T haven't any scruples,
'Cause those w h o use one all alonc^
lU'come such brilliant pupils.
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T H E CKlMSOiN A N D W H I T E
l-:r)\VARl) NORTMINGTON
T h e story o f I v l w a r d
Nortliiiif^ton's life is not k n o w n to m a n y
I)copk', but an account o f his death is still kept amonj^- the archives o f
o u r national heries.
I'^dward Northinijton was born in N e w Y o r k City, April 20, 1892.
H i s father, James Northin^^on, was a wealthy banker.
A l l during his
early years the b o y was lavished with all the luxuries o f wealth.
When
he was about to enter the University of I'ennsylvania, his m o t h e r died,
l i e had been ijreatly attached to her, and her death was a bad b l o w to
him.
l u l w a r d had intended to enter the University in 1910, but he d e layed idly until 1911 b e f o r e actually enterin,^-.
showed
All throu.nh college he
what an effect his mother's death had had u])on him.
cared little about anything exce])t reading.
He
A f t e r his graduation, his
father wished him to enter his business, but E d w a r d t o o k n o interest
in it.
I'or the t w o vears f o l l o w i n g this ])eriod, he si)ent most o f his
time at different clubs.
m o n e y than time."
H e b e c a m e k n o w n as " t h e f e l l o w with m o r e
T o be sure, he had a great amount o f both.
At
last even his father had to admit that his son was of n o use excej^t to
s])en(l his m o n e y .
O f t e n had his father censured him, but always with
the same replv, " I ' m not interested."
At last, in 1917, when our foreign relations w e r e beconn'ng rather
strained, A m e r i c a entered the W o r l d W a r .
l u l w a r d had f o l l o w e d the
events of the w a r closel\'. and when A m e r i c a called f o r men_, he went.
His f r i e n d s w e r e as much sur])rised as his father.
"Wh\- sacrifice y(<ur f o r t u n e and y o u r f u t u r e ? "
"Tt is m v d u t w "
K v e r v o n e asked,
H e w o u l d onlv re]ily,
A n d so he went.
Little was heard o f him a f t e r his arrival in F r a n c e , e x c e p t o f his
c o m m i s s i o n as an oificer.
T h i s made his father r e j o i c e , f o r he h o p e d
lhat at last his son was g o i n g to fuid his nlace in the w o r l d .
ing m o n t h s
of
strife, turmoil, and v;aitin<.>;, brought
T h e ensu-
little n e w s
of
N o r t h i n g t o n , until one day his father received a large letter f r o m the
I nited States g o v e r n m e n t .
Tn cold type and with simple w o r d s was told the storv o f
the
heroic death of l u l w a r d X o r t h i n g t o n , on the third o f D e c e m b e r , 1918.
l i e had died in an attempt to dislodge a m a c h i n e - g u n nest
been endangering his c o m p a n y .
A l o n e and unaided he had
hich had
cri])ple(l
the obstacle, and in the arms o f his c o m r a d e s he had breathed his last,
nnu'muring, "Tt was m v dut}'. D a d . "
A s M r . N o r t h i n g t o n read the account, his f a c e whitened, and then
his eyes filled with tears.
.Somelhiii"; fell l o the lloor, bre.akiiv his
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THE (CRIMSON AND WHITE
iixcd s^aze.
his hand.
H e stoojx'd to ])ick u]) the envcl()])c whicli had fallen f r o m
There on the lloor were two medals, one the medal of honor
of the I'Vench l'J_ei)ul)lie, the other that of the United States. l i e ])icke(l
them nj) and sat t^a/.int;- at them f o r a few moments, waitin.n", it seemed,
f o r a full realization to come u])()n him.
Slowly a smile flickered
across his tear-stained countenance, as he said, " A n d 1 once wronged
}'ou hy thinkini^- you were ])ractically worthless.
M a y T be f o r g i v e n . "
GIJCASON SPia^Nr.URGli,
THE
'26.
I)KI-:AM1':R
T h e moon, a sins^le petal of a ])ale flower, drifted across the midnii,dU sky.
Tall, slim birch trees were a(lmirin_s^- themselves in a silver-
veined lake while a sin.iiini^- breeze rustled their silken dresses,
i'ine
incense, interminj^led with the faint p e r f u m e of sleepinj^- water-lilies.
'idle largest, whitest water-lily slowly o])ened its soft petals.
tiny fair\' stood in the center.
A
Her silver dress lluttered aboul her,
and her winj^s unfolded like white buttertlies.
She llitted, :i chaste
tl.'une, to the shore, and, shiverins^- slii^iitly, wra])pe(l a birch leaf around
her.
She (lew until she reached the edi^e of the v.oods wlu're a white
house stood surrounded by willow trees and rose bushes.
in an ()i)en w i n d o w and rested on a small table.
She darted
A younii;- man was
' iltin^- by it, dreamini^".
"Little Silver b\air)'," he whis])ered, "are you here a.qain?"
" Y e s , D r e a m e r , " her voice tinkled.
"Wdi}' do you c o m e ? " he asked, " I n the morninj;- I k'uow it is a
d r e a m ; yet you haunt me.
Y o u have taken mv ha])piness away.
Do
not c o m e any m o r e . "
Silver I'airy trembled.
" D e a r Dreamer," she pleaded, "let me stay tonij^ht, and 1 shall
never trouble you ai^ain."
" Y o u may sta\' tonij^ht," he promised.
She hovered about him, ))attin,!.>- his hair with her tiny hands, and
closing' his eyes with kisses like cool rose K'aves.
W h e n the first scarlet llame of dawn transformed the lifeless skv
into somethint;- alive and (|uiverini^, he said, " G o , .Silver k'airy, an<l
never return."
.She looked at him sadly, wistfully.
" Y o u must come with me. Dreamer,
of a fair\'.
Look" into m\' e\'es!"
^^ou cannf)t scorn the love
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T H E CRIMSOiN A N D W H J T E
Spellbound, he obeyed.
rose-tinted lake.
H e saw a great, silver water-lily on a
Its ])etals were o]:)en, revealing its heart of burnished
gold.
" W i l l y o u c o m e with nie, and be m y k i n g ? " she asked softly.
H e f o r g o t everything, his w i f e , his h o m e , his friends.
H e saw-
only the fairy in her silver dress.
" Y e s , y e s , " he cried.
" I will g o a n y w h e r e with y o u . "
H e f o l l o w e d her to the lake.
She llew to the water-lily.
" C o m e . " she sang, stretching her slender arms to him, " c o m e to
me."
lilindly he staggered into the water
T h e next m o r n i n g the dead b o d y o f a man was f o u n d a m o n g the
water-lilies on I Taunted Lalce.
His f a c e w o r e a strangely beautiful
smile.
T h e news])apers said that there was nf)thing unusual f o u n d in his
study, where he was believed to have s])ent his last hours, exce])t ri
withered birch leaf.
T h e nearest birch tree was three miles f r o m th«'
house.
H K T . K N P.. O T T S , '27.
Nine-tenths o f the conceit in this world is monopolized bv S e n i o r
lis'h S c h o o l
r.ovs.
iUK Till-: r i ' k i r ,
LAY
A traveler, ])assing through a colored settlement, heard cries o f
anguish.
R o u n d i n g a turn in the lane, he came u])()n a large black
woman w h o u n m e r c i f u l l y was belaboring a small wailing pickaninny.
" W a i t a minute," said the stranger.
" W h a t ' s the b o y done 1(f
deserve such a b e a t i n g ? "
" l i e ' s done plenty," staled the w o m a n , pruising with hand uplifted,
" l i e tuk an' left de chicken-coo]) d o ' open an' all de chickens got out
an' run o f f . "
"I
wouldn't
w o r r y about lhat," said the gentleman, anxious to
sa\'e the o f f e n d e r f r o m further punishment.
arc
" Y o u k n o w h o w chickens
they'll c o m e back h o m e . "
"Come back?"
lh('\'II (/() b a c k ! "
l l e r voice rose to a pestered shriek.
"Huh,—
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AIXIAINI
IFiGir
ATILNK
Si'-NKMIS
AND
NOTES
"THKIR
SISTI:RS
Corsixs
AND
AXO
I V U N T S " W'IFO H A V E T.I'KX S T I ' D K X T S AT ]\RILXI-.
Carrie Q u a y
I'lornux- Q u a y
Mari^arcl W'innc
Mcrcditli W'inne
,
Helen W'inne
Janice Storrs
I'^rancis S l o r r s
Cleason Speenljuroli
X'era Speenhur^li
Amilia Carr
Clara C.arr
l''le,'m()r W^'eber
Thelnia
Dederick
j a n e t (loldrin,;^
J o y c e (loldrin^I'red (loldrinq'
CJrace (loldrin^'
Kallierine (loldrin^'
W i n i f r e d (loldrin;''
S T A T R COI.I.KCI', NI:\V ^ ' O R K ,
Dear
March
S,
1026.
Mihiifcs:
1 have discovered f r o m several years' ex])erience in Milne that it
is customary f o r alumnae to be reminiscent.
N o w , I have been told
that that is a sii^n o f old aj^e—a collej^e instructor said so, so it must be
true—but alumnae, jjrovidinj^' the}' are not over twenty-live are still
comparatively yount^-.
l l o w e v e r , in o r d e r to avoid an\' suspicion
of
m\' bein,i;' near the old aj^e point, 1 will e n d e a v o r not to dwell on past
years.
Tt may be impossible.
1 really should tell you all about the terrors of freshmansliip ; the
blood-curdling- events o f ( k ' t - W i s e nij^ht; the horrors o f
disdain.
Sophomore
I'ut all that is an old stor}-, and, like man\' stories—yon know-
h o w it i s : most of you write them—slii^htlv exas.;-,iterated.
Studies?
O h , yes.
I have survix'ed
the intricacies o f
College
Ali^ebra, but whether or not Trii^- leaves me unscathed is still in the
dark niystery of the future.
1 like iCns^lish best.
1 don't ha\e to take
b'reshman l^nj^lish, so have a reall\' e n j o y a b l e course in literature.
I must tell \'ou of our s}-stem o f marks.
o f it:
lent.
I'erhai)s }-ou have heard
A — a w f u l ; 15—bad ; C — c r e d i t a b l e ; 1)—delii^htful; 1-:—excelIn fact, the latter is so excellent that the one w h o receives it is
entertained by the Dean in his olTice.
In e x t r e m e cases tlie recipient
is even allowed to sto]) takin.i;- that subject, the p r o f e s s o r realizing- lie
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THE (CRIMSON AND WHITE
cannot be tau^lit anytliini^- m o r e al)()iU it.
It is really a remarkable
system.
I suppose the Seniors are tbinkinj^- of essays and i^raduation.
remember tliat last year at this time—there 1
:
1
1 really should be
careful.
I can't think o f anythin,^- m o r e that I ouji^ht to write to make it a
conventional alumnae letter.
1 ho])e this one hasn't bored you.
T^lease
be s^'enerous and r e m e m b e r that, like most other stories, it is slii^litly
exa.^'s^erated.
r>est luck" to the S e n i o r Class and " C r i m s o n and W'iiitc."
^lAKIOX
UKCl-NT
I. On
COPTRS
the c o v e r
of
01<
1-:. C O N K L I N , '25.
hWMlTJAR
U^orld's
Work,
MAC,AZiNl<S
March,
1926, a])])ears
the
title " T h e Clash o f W i l s o n and I'ryan and Revelations o f the Cabinet's
1\'dks on ' T h e Dant^er o f W a r with j a p a n , ' a narrative f r o m the D i a r y
of Secretary David \\ H o u s t o n . "
Y o u w h o are amoni;' tlie f o l l o w e r s
o f W^jodward W i l s o n will find this most instructive and interestinj^'.
World's
]Vork
also contains an article on the new plans f o r Stone
Mountain M e m o r i a l , by Aui^ustus Lukeman, the sculptor f o r the Stom^
Mountain
Confederate
Monumental
II. T h e IMarch Mentor
Association.
has in it the life o f Joan o f A r c . tliat fa-
mous I'rench heroine, alon.^- with copies of painting's rmd i)ictures o f
statues illustratini;- various ])hases o f her life.
I'ii^elow I'aine, w h o has written Maid
of
T h e .article is by Albert
Fraiicc,
and also, that f o r
which he is better k n o w n , a bioj^raphy of M a r k T w a i n .
III. 77/t' .Ulantic
Mo)ilhly
contains, as usual, the best of
ma-
terial which one can luid—])oems, stories, essays, and items on e c o nomic conditions and ])()litics.
Mr!
is a ])oem b\' l"\'mnie
Stearns ( l i f f o r d which is es])ecially a])pealini[.v.
T h o s e w h o are inter-
Wait
for
ested in ])()etry would lik'e the manner in which all the fascinations o f
sprini^- are presented.
lliiifonii
for
71ion(/Irls, by Margaret Lynn, tells of all the twists
rmd (|uirks our b'nj^lish vocabulary can have.
T h e r e are aNo articles on h'rance's problems, and on the I^hilij)pines.
1\'. The Oitflook
f o r M a r c h o, 1026, contains the hrst installment
o f the autobiomraph}' o f a " S o n o f the ("ity," entitled " A n l^ast Side
American."
THE CRIMSON AND WIIITK
IJ;
T l i e r c are also f o u r o f the l)esl cartoons, whicli add to the s^eneral
interest in tlie nia,^azine.
V. In the Sciciitific
nicriraii
for March
" P e a c e T i m e Uses f o r ]\)is()n ( l a s . "
is an article
entitled
S o m e o f the uses ])ictured are
cnrini;- colds, (lestroyini>- the boll-weevil, s])readinf;- (lisinfectin_q- i^ases
by a hand j^renade, and fmishini^- a tennis c o i n i b)- a chemical which,
while beini^' put on, j^ives o f a deadly i^as.
\'l. " T h e A m a t e u r Stas^e" is, o f course, the ])ai;e of the
which is most interestini^- to Milnites.
Ma(jarjiuc
scene f r o m Romeo
and Juliet here ])ictured looks
Theater
Certainly the t o m b ])erfect.
Tn the c o n -
test between Seniors and j u n i o r s , which is to c o m e , let us h()])e that
there will be just such p e r f e c t i o n .
in the Ci ood-]]ousekeepUKj
f o r M a r c h , there are three hun-
dred seventy i^uaranteed " a d s . " while there are t w o luindred ninetynine ])a,^"es.
Let us not set our standard by this mai^azine, f o r , b\' llu'
s-ame ratio, we should have only forty-three
\'T1T. Read, in the JAterary
"ads!"
f o r T^'bruary 27, 1926, "]M)xy
Digest
Clossf)ons are l/.zy and M o e , " and learn abf)ut the comedirm-i'rohibition
enforcers.
articles,
i\lso, in the Alarch 6th Digest,
"How
Youn!^- Te(l(l\-
"Teachin,q- the Deaf by
I X . In The Ladies
and
Kermit
are t w o very interestingClrew
Whiskers,"
and
Radio."
Home
Jotinial
f o r M a r c h , is bei>un "1die O n e
I K n e w Least o f A l l , " Alaude A d a m s ' own story.
W h o is there w h o
does not want to k'now m o r e of Peter I'an, Lad}' I'obbie, and A m a n d a ?
T h e story is to be continued in next month's issue.
Tt is well worth
\-our while to read all the installments.
X . T h e M a r c h Natiojial
the
r^irst Natural
Color
Ceographic
Photo,graphs
MagarAue
from
has t w e n t y - t w o o f
the A r c t i c ,
alon.^' with
ninety-ei.n'ht other illustrations, ])ictures taken f r o m various i)arts o f
the world including- l^qypt, Sin,^a])()re, and Transylvania, a n e w ])rovince o f
!
Rumania.
(I. 1). S . — " I heard y o u ' r e entiat^ed ?"
I). T . S . — " I heard the same thin.^-."
(i. r.. S . — " W h o is s h e ? "
I). T . S . — " T h a t ' s what I've been tryin,^' to ("ind out f o r the past
month.'
THE (CRIMSON AND WHITE
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SCHQQLfNQTES
ADia.PHOT
T h e office of I^-esidenl fell at4<'iin to I'red Goldring', with ICd O s horn as V'ice-l'resident.
and
when
Ivlj^ar
Heath Cole retained his office as S e c r e t a r y ;
IJowen
T r e a s u r e r in his place.
left us, (ileason
M r . Jordan retained his ofiice o f
Adelphoi
anticii)ates
remainder o f the }'ear.
Speenburs^h
was
elected
Ray Kroll is n o w Master o f Ceremonies, and
some
Ser^neant-at-Arms.
interesting^" activities throus^hout
T h e weekl\- ])roi;rams have been
the
enjovable,
and there are m o r e to f o l l o w .
A number o f new members have been elected, but as yet n o definite plans f o r the initiation have been laid.
T h e r e is, h o w e v e r , a c o m -
mittee on it; and /\(leli)hoi looks f o r w a r d to an enjoyable initiation.
II. C.
OLMN
NOTb:S
T h e new officers of Ouin f o r this semester a r e :
I'resident
Vice-President
Recording' Secretary
Correspondint;- Secretary
Treasurer
Senior iulitor
Mistress o f Ceremonies
Meredith
W'inne
j e a n (iilles])y
Catherine T r a v e r
l^velyn
I'ilts
Helen W e s t
I'deanor Stei)hens()n
lU'atrice Case
Pianist
Helen I leim
Marshall
Hi-lty Chris])
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THE (CRIMSON AND WHITE
T h r e e upper classmen—I^leanor Curtis, .Anne T.erner, and Laura
P i e r c e — h a v e joined o u r ranks.
I'rosh.
T h e y will be initialed with the elii^ible
All plans f o r initiations have been com])lete(l and we are l o o k -
in£T f o r w a r d to a grand
Ouin skirls!
and (/lorious t i m e !
( Y o u ' l l need it.)
Here's luck to you, future
W e l-cnow you'll be as asset to o u r
society.
ZETA
SI C M A
A sign o f Si.qma spirit that has been well manifested during the
last semester was the large attendance at the regular weekly meeting.
Cirls !
Continue the regularity.
W'e sincerely h()i)e this semester will
be as successful as the last under our new leadershi]).
is president, Virginia
W^ard vice-])resi(lent,
Mildrd I"1scher
j e r r } - Criffin
secretary,
Pearle O s h e r treasurer, /Vrlene D w y e r marshal, lulna Ivoshirt senio,editor, ILsther de R e u s mistress o f ceremonies, and N o r m a L y o n critic.
Invitations have been issued f o r our next event, "initiation," to
which we are eagerl\- looking
forward.
STUDl^NT COLNCIT. NOTb:S
O n Saturday night, April tenth, the annual " O . T . .S. A . " dance
will be held in the gymnasium o f State College.
f o u r societies,
Quintilian,
(Theta
Nu),
Zeta
T h e members o f the
Sigma, and
y\delphoi
give such a dance each y e a r ; and the p r o c e e d s f o r m a prize f o r that
Senior w h o has had the most and best school s])irit, and has done the
most f o r Milne Lligh S c h o o l during his f o u r years' stud}'.
lla])py is
the Senior w h o receives this one hundred dollars, along' with
])rizes, on his (iraduation
other
Day!
A n Irishman w h o was signing articles on board a shi]) began to
write his name with his right hand, then, changing the i)en to his left
hand, finished it.
" S o you can write with either hand, I ' a t ! " asked the olTicer.
" Y i s , s o r , " rej^lied Pat.
"When
I was a b o y , me father
(rist
h i m ! ) always said to me, 'T'at, learn to cut yom* fmger nails wid y o u r
left hand, f o r some da\' ye might lose the right!' "
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SCHOOL
NOTES
S e c o n d semester has bei^un, and if it is as successful as last was,
all will be well.
T h e school rece])ti()n is creditably over, and the O , T .
S. A . dance is just ahead, the tenth of April.
be as fine as the recei)tion.
h()i)e the dance will
M i d - y e a r s are over, too, to our ijreat relief.
T h e r e are two new additions to ATilne which we are .^lad to w e l c o m e — o u r school orchestra and the i^irls' Glee Club.
T h a n k s to Miss
Rhein's ability, both have p e r f o r m e d well several times in Chapel, as
well as ^iviuf,^ a tea dance to raise m o n e y f o r the benefit o f the o r c h e s tra.
T h e tea dance was a success, and w e feel p r o u d to say that it is
tv])ical o f the s])irit that is risini,^ in Milne.
G o o d luck to them both in
the f u t u r e !
Dramatics Club and French Club, too, are in full swin.c^.
lender
the direction o f Miss 1 [am])el the Dramatics Club presented three o n e act i)lays early in i ) c c e m l ) e r .
W e coiii^'ratulate the casts, and
we
are sure that with M i s s Flani.^-an this s e m e s t e r the C l u b will c o n tinue to flourish.
All our classes have or^-anized n o w .
T h e Senior Class has started
w o r k with I'deanor Ste])henson, i)resi(lent; R d w a r d O s b o r n , vice-presid e n t ; I'renda Coulson, s e c r e t a r y ; and I'^Jeanor \W'eber, treasurer.
T h e j u n i o r Class has the followins^- o f f i c e r s :
President, Rennetta
M i l l e r ; vice-president, M a r i o n W a l l a c e ; secretary, (k'raldine Crriffin;
treasurer, Ruth .Anderson.
The
Sophomore
Class elected
Bill
O ' N e i l l vice-president, and I ' o b Ramroth
Kinj^sley president,
Charles
secretary-treasurer.
T h e bVeshman Class have organized with O l i v e r Y o r k as presid e n t . M a r i e j u d d as v i c e - p r e s i d e n t . W i l l i a m
Deraj^'on as s e c r e t a r y ,
and ^^'illiam S h a r p as treasurer.
At ])resent the Seniors and j u n i o r s are t^reatly interested in a
challen.^e which the Senior Class issued in Chai)el W e d n e s d a y , b\'bruary t w e n t y - f o u r t h — a
challent;e f o r the j u n i o r s to contest with
the
S e n i o r s in puttini^ on an act f r o m one o f Shakespeare's ])lavs, without
outside help o f an\' kind, in the way they think the author would have
inter])reted the act.
future.
T h e contest will be staj^ed in Chai)el in the near
This is one of the first m o v e s that has 1)een made towards any
inter-class rivalry.
May it lead to somethin<^- !;reater!
Milne is showiui^- her s])irit in another way, too.
proud o f her basketball team.
She is surely
With the (loldrinj;-( lipp-Liebach
com-
bination and the w h o l e s o m e sui)])ort of the rest o f the team, w o n d e r s
ba\'e been accomplished.
W^ith only t w o defeats recorded
for
the
st'ason, and with two smashini^' victories o v e r A l c o ruid Silver Hav, the
3071
THE (CRIMSON AND W H I T E
team has put Milne " o n the niaj)," so to sj)cak.
T h e r e has l)een dancing'
a f t e r each game witli the music furnislied by the " R o m a n c e r s " o r c h e s tra.
Perhaps this lias been an attraction, f o r tlie attendance at the
i^ames lias l)een fairlv jn'ood.
W e ' r e iijlad to show tlie team we're back"
o f them.
I), r... '2(k
—o
(\'in y o u imai^ine—
ICdf^ar l)()wen counting" liis calories?
I'^leanor Ste])henson razzing- the S c o u t s ?
Willis A l c K i n n e y preachinj^ a s e r m o n ?
Alicia A n d r e w s without her p o c k e t b o o k ?
Kay Wilson as Teter P a n ?
Alden Ivosbrook without his curly
hair"
llelen Otis with n o ])oem b o o k ?
O l i v e r Y o r k not t.'dkin<i- to a .qirl?
i'auline Smith six feet tall?
Do I'rimmer without her h o m e w o r k ?
l\a\- Kroll in
rompers?
o-
MAC.AZINI'.S
AND
MII.MTK.S
W o m a n ' s H o m e Com])anion
O l i v e r York-
Iwervbody's
I^d.^ar R o w e n
Literarv Dif^est
David
IMiysical Culture
Eleanor W e e b e r
Scholastic
I'red Goldrini^'
Smart Set
Storrs, L y o n , Plsche:'
True Romance
Va\ and Iv
^'oulh's Companion
ti
Saunders
Harriet
Hutches
T h e Red P>ook
Crimson and W h i t e
.Snappv .Stories
Excuse from homework
in .Sunday School we t^et a blessingIwer}' time w e ^ive a penny.
1 ho])e the same is true o f i)ayins^C^ur assessments, which are many.
22
THE (CRIMSON AND WHITE
r.ASKETBALL
Milne is about to close a rather successful season on the basketnail court.
starts.
T o (late, the team has j^athered in six victories out of ei.^'ht
Scarcely any of these were very closely contested.
Nearly all
of Milne's victories were by scores of f r o m ten to twenty ])oints over
their o])])onents.
T h e followini^- are the scores of each j^ame:
Milne
0])])()nen1>
Milne vs. Castleton Hioh
41
14
Milne vs. St. Joseph's
15
K)
Milne vs. State Teachers Colle,^-e Reserves
1()
1-1
Milne vs. St. Joseph's
10
22
Milne vs. Silver Star A. C
43
10
Milne vs. A l c o Draftino"
4()
9
Milne vs. Silver T.ay School
26
16
Milne vs. Ravena llij-h
43
10
Total
242
111
Muw» w uuui-tY BH»usrfl£ir »auk, j h . 1935
Ivxchanj^e! This is a small word wiUi a larj^e meanins^-. T h e d i c tionary says that exchaui^e means to s^ive and receive reciprocally, but
to us it means a (lei)arlment in the "Crimson and W h i t e . " \Ve don'v
want a small de])arlment in one corner of our maj^azine. W e \\ant one
as lari^e and e(|ually as _L;-ood as the other departments. Studen.ts, you
can help.
If you have come f r o m other schools to join the ranks of
Milne, please j^ive the b'.xchanj^e lulitor the name of your f o r m e r
schf)ol so that we may arrans^e an exchans^e. Or, if ^•ou are actjuainted
with hijdi schools other than those on our list, just do the same. T h a n k
you !
Mb:RI-:i)rni W I X N I ' . l-xchano-e Ivlitor.
TIIK CRIMSON AND WHITE
23
W'irAT W'K SAY AHOI'T OTIII:RS
W e s t liiLjh S c h o o l ,
Occidcut,
Kochcstcr—
\^ery interestins^" and clever i)ul)licati()n !
lUit why not
have an I'^xchans^e Department?
I'ini^hamton Miji^h S c h o o l —
Pauoraina,
Y o u r magazine has an interestiniL,'' T.ilerary
De])artnienl
and " n e w s y " notes.
Sliucis,
S c h e n e c t a d y Hii»h S c h o o l —
\Ve like y o u r b o o k very much indeed.
ment seems c()m])lete.
/////// School
Rccordcr,
W h y not add a f e w m o r e cuts?
Saratoi^a Sprins^s 1 l i ^ h —
very enjoyable publication!
interestinj^.
l-A'ery depart-
Y o u r editorials are ver\-
" M i s s Pepjiy's D i a r y " and " M i s s l'ep])y's
Ad-
vice to the l . o v e l o r n " are indejd amusing-.
The
L y n b r o o k Hi,qh S c h o o l —
Clarion,
A mai^azine with well arrans^ed and well balanced depart^'our iokes show i^ood selection.
ments !
The
Trvin,^- S c h o o l . T a r r y t o w n - o n - I l u d s o n —
Irvouian,
W h a t has ha])pened to y o u r l.iterary Department?
Your
C o v e r desii^n and cuts are very clever.
Shtdcui's
Pen,
I'ittsfield VW^h S c h o o l —
Y o u r b o o k certainly shows i)oetic ability.
"I^Jook
Re-
v i e w " is an interestin,^- department, but w h y not have a cut
f o r it?
ilarlivick
Semuiary,
Hartwick
Seminary—
A n interestin,^- monthly
The
Oracle,
])ublication.
Txensselaer Ilij^h S c h o o l —
Your
jokes are clever.
Class and society notes are a
,qreat asset to }-our ])aper.
The
Torch,
Hriarcliff M a n o r Ilitih S c h o o l —
Y o u r Tj'terary l)e])artment is line.
W^e like the idea o f
m a n y short stories.
Picayune,
I'atavia Hij^h S c h o o l —
" A n 0|)en Letter to the Spirit of the P i c a y u n e " is very
interestiu"' and must mean ver\' much to the Picavuiie
staff.
24
TIIL^] CKIIMSON A N D W H I T E
Red and White, T o d d Seminary f o r
P)Oys—
W^elconie to our exchane;-e list.
arc unique.
Tattler,
Y o u r cuts and cartoons
Y o u need a lariti^er T.iterary Department.
Walton Hi.qh S c h o o l —
Another
new
exchans^e!
Welcome!
Your
paper
is
" n e w s y , " and that is the kind we like to read.
VoJeaiio,
HorjieJl
Mi£>h S c h o o l —
^'our ])ai)er certainly does justice to its name.
The l\eeorder,
Central Ilis^h, S y r a c u s e —
^'our articles are very interestini^.
" T h e s e Seniors" is
(|uite the cleverest thiu]"-, allhous^h \ve don't think all Seniors
act like that.
h'ensselaer
Fnlyteehuie,
R. P. T., T r o y , N. Y . —
W e l c o m e , R. P. T., to our exchanis^e.
Y o u r " P i c t o r i a l " is
vt'ry interesting- and instructive.
Aeademe,
*
Girls' A c a d e m y —
W e can always heartily praise the /leadcme.
peciall}' enjoyed
rmmber.
"Walter
\Vc es-
\'\an \\'ie," in the Thanksf^ivinq-
just a f e w more humorous articles,
Aeadenie.
'The Cue, Albany Poys' A c a d e m y —
An extraordinary number f)f a d s !
ATay The
Cue
keep
up such work.
^'our cuts are interestins^-, as well as the literary articles.
\Vc cf)mmend y o u r Athletic Department.
WiFAT OTifKRS SAY Ar.ouT U s
.\ clever, well written book. W v feel, however, that your maj^a/ine is too i^ood f o r such a thiiij"' as your "Cupid's C o l u m n . "
ConL'ralulations on \-our publication !
The Chirion.
I li there!—\\'e think y o u r W'rsion of the Twenty-third Psalm
was (|uite the cleverest thins; ! W e su.^i^est }'()u enlarj^e \'our School
.NTotes 1 )e])artment.
Shueis.
"S^jur mat^azine is a credit to Milne ITis'h. W e like the idea of
nu'xim^ the jokes with the ads. It j^reatly im])r()ves your pai)er.
The
Pieavuue.
TIIK CRIMSON AND WHITE
25
Y o n have a very i^ood j o k e d e p a i i m e n t , but would it not i m p r o v e
it [greatly if you kept your advertisements out o f it?
^7)ur l.iterary
Department is well (leveloj)ed.
The Student's
W h a t is the matter with the athletics o f the school ?
Pen.
Y o u should
have somethini^- in about some o f the sports.
The Irvonian.
A sense of h u m o r is a fine feature f o r any mas^azine and is well
develojied
in the " C r i m s o n
and
Wliite."
\\"e think, h o w e v e r ,
that
m o r e s])ace f o r Athletics and less f o r " C u p i d ' s C o l u m n " would raise
the standard of the i)aper.
The Hiffh Schcwl
Reeorder.
Y o u r stories certainly are well written, but w e miss an Athletic
Department.
Class notes would mal<e y o u r ma.qazine m o r e "news\-."
ilifih Sehool Panorama.
have a splendid b o o k with a strong- Literary De])artment.
Oeeident.
T h e department which stood out as the best in your Christmas
n u m b e r was H u m o r .
/\s it is a rare thin»" f o r us to find a ])aper with
a joke (lei)artment that a|)peals to o u r sense o f h u m o r , \ve nuist praise
y o u r j o k e department hii^hly.
Wdiy not s^'et some of y o u r humorist'^
to write stories f o r y o u r T.iterary D e p a r t m e n t ?
tainly w o r t h y of congratulation.
Y o u r poets are cer-
AVe w o u l d also lilce to read a fe\^•
m o r e leaves f r o m the diary of a Milnite, as the f e w you had were in
terestiui^.
W h e n we do receive the Crimson
and While,
\vhich is l)Ut
seldom, we derive iL^reat ])leasure f r o m readin.q' it.
Ttie Cue.
o
A
famous
New
York*
beauty
has
disap])eared!
Perhaps
she
washed it ofl\
o
A k'ind-hearted ^^^entleman, hearinj;- a do.i;" howlinii' m o u r n f u l l y , decided to investis^'ate the animal's ailment,
l i e f o u n d the do,*^' sittiuf;;
calmlv upon his haunches but still emittinj^' a.nonized yeli)s.
" O h , he's just lazy," returned the o w n e r
unconcernedly.
"lUit laziness w o n ' t make a dot;- h o w l . "
" N o , but that dos.;' is sitting- on a srmd-bm'r."
THE (CRIMSON AND WHITE
26
S O M A N Y O F TH1<:M D O
A forci.sji'n ])ianist was en.i^aj^ed to act as accompanist f o r an aspirinfT amateur sinj^er.
T h e amateur was a lady.
bitions hut her teclinic|ue was faulty.
She had l)oun(Hng am-
This defect became manifest at
the iirst rehearsal.
A f t e r the ])()or woman had flatted and Hatted until she had flatted
practically all her notes, the accompanist waved her to silence.
" M a d a m , " he said mournfully, "it is no use.
I j^if u]) der chob.
I blay der black keys, 1 blay der white keys—-und alwavs vou sin_^" in
der c r a c k s ! "
fkiDi'.
A little boy was on his knees recently one nii;ht, and auntie, stayin,i;' at the house, was present.
"Tt is a ])leasure. "she said to him, afterward, " t o hear you sayin.^"
your prayers so well.
Y o u speak so earnestly and serioush', and mean
what you say, and care al)()ut it."
" A h !" he answered, "ah, but, auntie, }'ou should hear me ,J4ari,de ! "
o
A fool there was, and he saved his rocks,
I'A'en as you and 1 ;
lUit he took them out of the old stron.^- box
When a salesman called with some wild-cat stocks.
And the fool was stripped down to his socks.
ICven as }'()u and 1.
o
T.ove is a disease—i)1easant if there's someone sick with \'ou. but
fatal if vou're isolated.
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