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AUTUMN ISSUE
November 1926
THE
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Volume X X I I I
NOVEMBER,
1926
Number I
CONTENTS
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Ijiterature
Hc'hool
News
FJxehanse.s
Alumni
Hiimoi-
Notes
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19
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24
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'RH]<: C R I M S O N A N DW H I T H3148
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MILNE, THE MODEL HIGH SCHOOL
W e read in jiast I'eeords that Milne High School w a s started
as a inotlel school in which college seniors were to be ti-ained as
teachers. A n d , of conrse, this is still so; l)nt we also have a different
idea of ' ' m o d e l . " it is a thing wliich has reached perfection and is
looked nj) to as perfect. The (jnestion arises, how does Milne fnltill
this second shade in meaning? Or does it f a i l f P r o b a b l y the latter,
for, we ai'e taught, notiiing can l)e absolutely ])erfect. AVe may
consider wherein the school falls short of being " m o d e l " and
wlierein it lives up to all i'e(|uisites, fi'om the standpoint of scholastic
i-ecoi'ds and from that of records of spoi'tsmanship.
W i t h college seniors as teachei-s we are very apt to take adv a n t a g e of them because they ai'e " y o u n g and inexpei'ienced."
S u r e l y , we were not send to school by well-meaning i)arents to
learn fi'om oiu' another tiie " t i ' i c k s of the t r a d e , " or " h o w to
s h i i ' k . " So let us i)ut aside all folly and treat our teachers and
parents, not as obstacles, but as a nutans for our success, as Fi'iends
who will delight in high recoi'ds, and as humans.
P)nt then, we hear dissenting voices say that Milne has, in s])ite
of her faults, a high scholastic I'ecord. Yes, Milne may w a v e her
Crimson and AVhite bainu'r with j o y and pride above many othei'
color's, I'oi' Avhen it comes to Regents r(»coi'ds and state scholai'shi[)s,
Milne holds prize aftei- prize. Not a y e a r goes by witiiont at least
one ami i)ei'ha])s more ol' hei- g r a d u t e s ' attaining thai m a x i m a laus,
one hundred dollai-s for each of het (and sonu'tinu's his) four
y e a r s in college.
Thei'e is nu)i'e fanlt to find with oui' athletic I'ecords than the
scholastic; or perhai)s, to be vei'y exact, we should say with the
non-supi)ort(Ms of oui' team. Here lies a great tronble; at most of
OUI' ganu's, which are played in mid-winter, lliere are no cheers or
cheerei's, or at least few, to lead Milne lo victory.
lint again, we have an oifsetting v i r t n e : our team, if last v e a r ' s
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TLLL< C R I M S O N A N D W H I T K
I'ocord can Ix' allowcil to speak, wins vietoi'ies despite the lack of
eiitluisiasiu witii wliieli tiie news of a game is g r e e t e d !
With this good start in studies and athletics, c a n ' t w e go all
the w a y to pei'fection, despite what the Fates must desire to decree,
and make Milne a truiy model school"? A n d to ch(>er us on in our
undei'taking, let us r'e])eat the words of our s o n g :
" A n d honours briglit oui- lives shall write
ri)()n Ihy
histoi'y."
M. n . w .
TWO POEMS OF SCHOOL
" M y School" Is Such a Lovely Phrase
" A l y s c h o o l " is sucii a lovely phi-ase;
It stands i'or such a gi'acious thing,
l^'or l ed brick, gi'ay stone, dark brown wood.
I^'oi' teachcn;, i)upils, whis])ering
in class. It stands foi- all I know.
In later yeai's I lio[)e 'twill stand
For nuiny friends, Tor high ideals,
l'\)r wot k well done, lead by Mer hand.
After School
There are iu)ises in this corridoi". . . .
Many iu)ii;es . . . a babel of voices . .
Doors slam . . . feet shuffle . . . voices
Tiieie are echoes, I'evcrbei'aling sounds .
Slo\\ly, one by one, lhe pui)ils leave.
Dec)), unbi'oken silenee setlles npon the
silence ol' haunting sadness
.M'ler the life of the day.
.
call . . .
. .
hall,
A . H. A . '27
'RH]<: C R I M S O N A N DW H I T H3150
THE V E N I C E OF T H E NORTH
l)i'iigos is a (|iiaiiit old c i t y in I'x'lgiuin. AVe visited it w h i l e
in Eui'ope, and it w a s one of the most ])leasant e x c u r s i o n s of Ihe
whole suiniiiei'. To get to P>rnges it w a s necessary to t a k e the train
fioiii Ostende, whei'e we w e r e s t a y i n g .
A n d so, h a v i n g m a s t e r e d
the mysteries of l>elgian money, w e b o u g h t oui* l i e k e t s and s t a r t e d
for l)i'Uges, to arrive tliere about an houi* b e f o r e noon. I^'roin tiie
railroad station we strolled d o w n a sti-eet lined with shoi)s of various sorts but had not gone a gi'eat w a y b e f o r e my A u n t s wei'e
attracted by a linen store w i t h w o n d e i ' f u l t h i n g s in its w i n d o w s .
So that was the end of that moi-ning! A s I stood in the shop doorw a y meditating on the j)ictures(|neness of the place, there c a m e b y
a hand-organ, di'awn by a, h u g e dog, and t h a t saci'ilegious conli-aplion began to play, " V e s Sir, T h a t ' s M y r>aby."
It w a s the
lieighl of i n c o n g r u i t y !
When i1 began to be lunch lime, m y f a m i l y I'cluctanlly tore
themselves a w a y from the most marvelous bai'gains and slai'ted f o r
an o l d ho1(>l of which we k n e w . It w a s difficult to pass the j e w e l r y
shops and mor(> linen shops and w o n d e i ' f u l p a s t r y sliops, and, " M y
dear, what adoi'able p a i n t i n g s ! " It w a s sonu' soi't of festive^ d a y in
Bi'uges, and as we wended our w a y t h r o u g h the chairs and t a b l e s
on one side of the i)iiblic s ( | u a r e , — foi- the restaurant tal)les ai'e
often set I'ight out on the s i d e w a l k t h e r e — w e heard a band p l a y i n g
and saw coloi'cd (>lecti-ic l i g h t s sti-nng up al)ove. T h e hotel w a s a
delightful |)lac(>. We entered by a c o u r t y a r d , aiul, i)rocee(ling uj)
several small ])airs of ste])s past a (pieei' s t a i r c a s e w l i e r e a little
white goose posed on e v e r y ste]), and a ;-;i)in(lle a|)|)eai'e(l fi-om his
open bill, we finally ari'ived in the dining-room.
Here w e took
Innch and departed aftei' h a v i n g been shown the secret room in
which the master of tlu> house had h'd his oldest wines when tlie
(lernunis gained po.^session of his home d u r i n g the wai'.
The lieluian "Notr;.' D a m e "
in !>rug.s .'ind thi,;, a:; w d l
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1^111-: C R F M S O N .AND W H I T R
the " C h u r c h
j
of H i s l>lood," w e v i s i t e d .
In the l a t t e r wei'e some
w o n d e r f u l j e w e l s and other w o i ' k s of art.
Intei-mitteiitly, e v e r since
|
w e h a d entered B r u g e s , w e had h e a r d liei' f a m o u s chimes r i n g out
to m a r k each ((uarter of an hour, and now, as w e w a n d e i ' e d t h r o u g h
n a r r o w streets, t h e y i-ang a g a i n .
dei'ful chimes in the w o r l d .
T h e y are t h e second most w o n -
A n t w e r p has the l)est.
•
Oui' stroll f i n a l l y lead us to a c a n a l , and, g a z i n g up and d o w n
it, w e could see othei- w a t e r s t r e e t s l e a d i n g a w a y in both directions,
lii'uges is sometimes called " t h e
her canals.
V^'iiice of the N o i ' t h " b e c a u s e of
W h i l e w e wei'e Avatching, w e s a w sev(M'al motor b o a t s
with toui'ists in t h e m ; so, f o l l o w i n g t h e i r e x a m p l e , w e also
a boat.
That w a s a spleiulid ride.
hireil
As we "])ut-i)utted" along we
s a w s t a t e l y s w a n s g l i d i n g t h r o u g h the w a t e r .
p o p p i e s on the b a n k s , and w e s a w
T h e r e wei'c (M'imson
i v y rand)ling o v e r stone w a l l s .
.And tiie bells r a n g out fi'om t h e i r belfi-y.
S e v e r a l t i m e s w e sailed
u n d e r b r i d g e s so low that w e wei'c o b l i g e d to c r o u c h in the b o a t ' s
bottom
foi" s a f e t y .
grown-u])s.
That
caused
great
consternation
among
Sometiuu's w e passed childi'cn w h o , inniiediately
the
they
s a w us, clattei'cd a f t e r , a s k i n g f o r " l']ngleesh ] ) e n - n y " in such a
m e c h a n i c a l w a y that t h e y s o u n d e d s t r a n g e l y l i k e ])an'ots.
I sighed
with s o r r o w w h e n the sail w a s o v e r ; A u n t Jatu' s i g h e d with
S h e is not fond of the bottoms of boats.
relief.
Upon r e t r a c i n g our stei)s
we entered several of the little shops, whei'e w e b o u g h t a f e w bi'ass .
t r i n k e t s and ])ost-cards.
T h e n w e t r a v e l e d b a c k to O s t e n d e ,
g i n g tight our memoi'ies of a d e l i g i i t f u l d a y .
J. M. (J.
W A L L PAPER
Tlic l l o w e r s on m y w a l l ])ai)tM'
Ai'c ((iiainl little
latlios
In stiff, starelu'cl skirts.
'riicir h e a r t s a r c pinclicd and stai'vcd
llcncalli llu'ii' small, light
They
primly
^
\vaists.
smile.
II.
O.
hug-
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'RH]<: C R I M S O N A N DW H I T H3152
THE "CRIMSON AND W H I T E "
RECOMMENDS
"MESSER MARCO POLO"
Messer Marco Polo, b y Donn
^
einatiiig stoi'ios I have ovci- road.
l i y r n c , is one of the most
fas-
Tlie simplicity of plot is i-athcv
retrosliiiig- Avheii oiio has c o m e f r o m the c o m p l e x i t y
I
Copperfield.
f
the l)ook w o u l d lose mucli of its appeal.
of
a David
T h e vividness of desci'iption is such that witliout i1
I>ut the p e c u l i a r chai'iu
is the coud)iuation of the lure of tlie Hast with the prettiness and
sim})licity of the Irish
tongue.
Perhaps not so long as an ordiiuiry novel, the l)ook is longeithan a shoi't s t o r y ; yet its ph)t is as simple as that of
Marco
Island.
Treasure
P o l o ' s father and uncle came fi-om China willi a
c h a r g e f r o m Kubli Khan to b r i n g back a su])poi'ter and
of the Christian faith.
T h e y decide upon M a r c o
preacher
Polo, and. with
the P o p e ' s blessing, he starts ofC, seemingly to I'eform (.'hiiui, but
'
I'cally to see ( i o l d e n
}
has heai'd much.
;
e n o u g h , ami
,(
i>ell is v e i y much taken with y o u n g Aiai-co I'olo, and soon Ihey are
mari'ied.
'
liells, the K h a n ' s d a u g h t e r , a b o u t w h o m
he
He ari'ives in China, but his a p p e a l is not sti'ong
no one is m o v e d
toward
He I'cnuiins in China
Chi'istianity.
fouiteen
liul
yeai's a f t e r
which o c c u r s three yeai's al'tei* theii' mari'iage.
(iolden
her
death.
D u r i n g these seven-
teen years he gives ui) his attempts to Chi'istianize China, but on
the K h a n ' s deaHi he takc>s his r-eligion b a c k to Italy, aftei- having
been urged to flee f r o m tiu' c o u n t r y by a vision of ( i o l d e n liells in
her little
The
gai'den.
description
is
i-emarkable.
iu)t
oidy
when
he
talks
of
real things and places, but ev(Mi nu)re I'emai'kable when he comes
I
to invisil)le things, m e n ' s ideas and ideals.
The th'sci'i|)tion of the
trip across the desei't is, I thiidv, the most vivid in the b o o k : " t l i e
Disnud J)esei't w h e r e no sti'cam sang.
.
.
.
A n d in the desei't
they ])asse(l the trees of the Sun and M o o n which speak with the
voices of m e n . "
The Hill of the P.ell, the Old man of the Mountain,
w h o a l w a y s kept on(> hundred one assassins and f o u r hundi-ed foni'
wonuMi to attend them, the
sand
awful
storm, must
ci cations
beautiful
is of
of
have been
(iolconda.
of
.
.
the w o r l d
.
the
as b a d
a nightmi;i'(\
V^'iiice:
Jewel of the Kast . . . .
Ihe w o n d e r
Hill of
"The
And
Pride
D i u m s , and, finally, the
as or woi'se than
yet
of
the
the
the
nu)st
(lesci'i])t ion
most
West
she
was,
A n d as f o r i-iches and treasui'cs,
she w a s !
There
dianioiuls
wei-e
the
oh!
fi-om
Y o u ' d see peai'ls and sai)pliii'es. toi)a/. aiul cinna-
'RH]<: C R I M S O N A N DW H I T H3153
inon f r o m C e y l o n ; lace aiul agates, brocades and coral f r o m .Coinb a y ; hammered vessels and inlaid weapons and embi'oidered shawls
f r o m Cashmei'e . . . antl f r o m Zanzil)ar came i v o i - y . "
l)Ut, most unusual and chai'iuing of all is the f a c t that w h e n
Donn l i y r n e descrilx's ideas, he has something' o'f tlie vividness of
Saint Paul when he tells us of I^ove. Doiui
f^ays, ' ' N o a v all
the Christian world had gone I'eligious, and y o u n g M a r c o w a s no
e x c e p t i o n ; f o r 'tis not only the old that are religious. T h e y o u n g
are, t o o ; but tliere's a difference. The religion of oh.l men is reason
and t r a n s l a t i o n ; the religion of tlie y o n n g is just a bui'ning c l o u d . "
A g a i n , by the words of the Pope, Doiin liyrne expresses himself,
"never let youi' di'eam be t a k e n from you. Keep it unspotted from
the world.
In darkness and- in ti'ibulation it will go ^vith you as
a friend, but in wealth and powei- hold fast to it, f o r there is
dangei'.
Ijet not the mists of the woi'ld, the g a y divei'sions, the
little ti'ifles, d r a w you from g l o i ' y . "
P)Ut thi'ough this desci'iption, this advice, and tliis development of an almost intangible thouglit, is spi-inkled tlie humor of
the Irish bi-ogue.
Foi- instance, with the sentence, " A n d moons
wei'e born and d i e d . " w h i c h brings out the atmosphere of the
Kiastei'ii desert, comes this sentence, " A n d when they came to the
C i t y of Acre, sui'e the Pope was d e a d . "
A g a i n , even the new
Po])e s])eaks in these woi'ds, " ' N o w y o u ' l l t h i n k i t ' s the (jneer
Pope I am to be telling y o u t h i n g s like this instead of d e m a n d i n g
c o n v e r t s . ' " And still agin, on Marco P a l o ' s ai'rival at the K h a n ' s
|)alace, the Khan says, " I t w a s herself, here, w e e C o l d e n l i e l l s , "
and Marco i^olo finsM-ers, " ' A long w a v I'm al'tcM' c o n n n g ' . "
M. R. W . "27
A D A Y IN SICILY
We were s k i r t i n g the bleak coast of Sicily when, upon I'oniuling a clilT, we came ni)on the loveliest bay imaginable.
It w a s
(lee|), deep blue and lined with mountains. T h e city ol' Palermo
la\' bel'oi'e ns along the shoi'e and back np the monntaiii side.
As we entered the bay, we wei'e met by small, b r i g h t l y ])ainte(l
boats bines, gi'eens and i)inks—manned by Italian families w h o
come out to mecM their IVitMids and I'elatives.
As Palermo bay is not dee[) enough to dock an ocean-going
THK CRIMSON AND
liner, w o aiichoi'od out in tlie middle.
WHITIi
O u r p a s s p o i ' t s h a v i n g been
e x a m i n e d , w e w e n t d o w n t h e side of the shi]) on a l i a n g i n g staircase a n d s t e p p e d into l i t t l e blue boats that t o o k us to the
dock,
i t w a s c r o w d e d w i t h p e o p l e ; g e n d a r u u ' s Avho w o r e h a t s w i t h r o o s t e r
f e a t h e r s h a n g i n g ot'C the b a c k , and " o f f i c i a l g u i d e s " w h o
ui) d e s i r i n g
I'ushed
employment.
W e h i r e d t a x i s and di'ove d r i r e c t l y to the A m e r i c a n E x p r e s s to
get
Italian
money.
T h e c a r s a r e sinallei' t h a n
horns, a cross b e t w e e n a siren a n d a hoot.
oui's ami
possess
T h e y d r o v e like
the
wiml.
E v e r y w h e r e wei'e f u i u i y l i t t l e two-whe(>led d o n k e y carts.
wei'e
completely
chassis.
ilecoi'ated
with
])ictui'es—the
wheels,
They
iuib
and
T h e gi'oin w o r k w a s vei-y d e l i c a t e a n d cai'el'ully e x e c u t e d .
T h e d o n k e y s w o r e bi'ight
red
harness, to t h e t o p of w h i c h
was
f a s t e i u ' d a tall silvei' oi'iuiment w i t h f e a t h e r s s t a i u l i n g up like an
inverted
winsk-l)i'oom.
One
of
tiie
onunnents
was
ato])
the
d o n k e y ' s h e a d and anothei- ovei- the small of his b a c k .
M o n r e a l e , a small t o w n
w a s t h e lii'st p l a c e v i s i t e d .
on one of the hills b e h i n d
Palei-mo.
On the w a y t h e r e w e i)assed
oi'ange
a m i lemon g r o v e s ami once s a w nuicaroni d r y i n g in the sun.
I'oad
twisted
feached
the
and
twiiu'd,
sunnnit.
gradually
Such
a
ascending,
wondei'Tul
and
])anoi'ama
The
we
was
soon
si)read
b e f o r e u s — f i e l d s and orchai'ds, the c i t y , the b a y aiui the blue sea
b(>yoml!
iVlonreale
Cathedral
was
vei'y
cool,
(|uiet,
(juaint
and
o l d — j u s t as it a l w a y s has been. T h e w a l l s w e r e c o v e r e d wi1h (|ueer,
crutle nu)saics, i l l u s t i ' a t i n g t h e
iu)t I'ead.
l>ible stories
I'oi- those w h o
W e w e n t into t h e i)i'etty cloister a n d
could
garden.
M e a n w h i l e a nuMubei' of the ])ai'ty had g o n e to look up
huckster's family.
her
Slu' f o u n d hei' w a y w i t h d i f f i c u l t y to the s t r e e t .
I m m e d i a t e l y all the w i n d o w s on both sides t h e s t r e e t w e r e filled.
At
the
home
she
was
effusively
greeted,
the
childi-en
swarmed
a b o u t hei', c l i n g i n g to her skii'ts, aiul o u t s i d e c r i e s of ' ' A m e i ' i c a n o , "
" A n u M ' i c a n o " wei'e h e a r d c o n s t a n l l y .
Avas end)raced b y the nnither, ami
S h e th^livei-ed hei* messag?.-,
finally l e f t , a g a i n
lialf, or all, t h e poj)ulation w a t c h i n g hei- d e p a r t u r e .
honoi-ed
by
A n d no w o n -
dei', f o r it w a s a neve]'-to-be-forgotten d a y w h e n an " A n u ' i ' i c a n o "
s1o])i)ed
America.
and
looked
Soon
up
a poor
she i-etui-ned
and w o u m l oui- w a y d o w n h i l l .
I'amily
and
to
bi-ing
W(> all j u m i ) e d
greetings
fi'om
into the
taxis
On m a k i n g a s h a r j ) lui-n, w e
met
a ca'i't c o m i n g leisurely u]) the hill with the d r i v e r fast asleep on
10
THE CRIMSON AND WIIlTi-:
his load. 1 wisli you could have seen, him jump whcMi wo l)low
Iho siren!
St. John of tlu> Plei-mits, a lovely old Noi'inau monastery, built
iu 1132, partly in ruins, was next visited. 1 picked some jasmine
in the mouasteiy garden, the loveliest of its kiiul \ have ever seen.
Downtown in Palei'mo, tiie sti'cets are extremely crowded and
very luu'row. The shops are interesting and, here and there, one
catches a glimi)se of an arcade or an alley leading olT, lined with
])ictui'es(iue houses and more overflowing sti'eets.
The most interesting ])art of the Cathedral was the sacristy,
which contained sonu' of lienevento Cellini's silver work ami
tapestries end)roi(lei'ed with jewels.
I wish you could have seen us trying to eat macroni that noon.
They seem to expect one to eat a whole plate full of slippei'y
sti'ing, which oiu^ winds and winds.
l>y the time it is securely
fasteiu'd on the fork, it is far too large a mouthful; so it is necess a i y to begin again. W e finally cut it. Delicious gelati (ice cream)
consoled us aftei'wards, howevei*.
Then we were off to the King's Palace, which was vei'.N
shabby and unattractive, it did not thrill me as a i)alace should
So oil tlu' way to the boat we stopped at a sidewalk cafe for beei'
and gelati.
We had oui- shoes shined at the dock, wei'c rowed back and
climlxMl aboard the " i ' a t r i a " in time I'oi- aftei-noon tea!
Thus ended a perfect day and one never to be foi'gotten by nu^
for it was my first adventure on a foi-eign sti'and.
11. D. A. '27
THE AMERICAN FLAG AND W H A T IT STANDS FOR
Its Orig-in and History
b^'ery pei'son who lives with the boundaries of the United
Stales of America should know somelliing of Ihe origin of our
I'^hig in order 1o love, honor, revei'ence and i'esi)ect the emblem of
onr Counlry in a fitting manner.
Litlle is known veiy definitely of Ihe origin of this wondei-ful
l^'lag. In the (>ai'ly colonial times, before the United Colonies had
wrested free from the yoke of (Jreat liritain, the emblems of liiiglaiul were used. The bMrst Union F l a g to be hoistetl, January 2,
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J776, as the flag' i'o]- the ContiiuMital a n i i y , contained tliirteen
stripes, with the ci'osses of St. (ieorge and St. Andi-ew on a blue
field. A f t e r that, various ilags of nuuiy designs were used. Tiie
outstanding one w a s a baniu'r depicting a rattlesnake cut in thir
teen pieces, re])i'esenting tiie thii'teen colonies, with the motto
' ' J o i n or D i e . "
Ijatei- when the colonies became more united in
their i-esistence to l^)ritisli tyi'anny, they i)laced ui)on the F l a g a
well-formed rattlesnake prepared to sti'ike. with the motto, " D o n ' t
Tread on M e . "
T h e next form of the F l a g w a s a model foi' oui' present stand<ird, the Stai's and Stripes. On June 14, 1777, Congi-ess resolved
that the national Hag should be of thirteen stri])es, alternate i-ed
and white, and that the Union be thii'teen white stars on a bhu;
field, representing " a new c o n s t e l l a t i o n . "
A g a i n was oui* emblem changed, foi* on -January 18, 1794, l)y
an act of Congress, it was altered to fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars on account ol' the addition of two mor(> states into the Unioji.
^'et this seemed too unwieldy so it was changed back to thii'teen
sti'ipes and fifteen stai's, A p r i l 4, 1S18.
W h e n e v e r a new state entei's the Union anothei' stai- is placed
on the F l a g the -July 4th Following its admittance into the Union.
In oi'dei' to honoi', reverence and display tiie l^'lag on api)i'opi'i
ate occasions, bMag Da}' has been set aside lo commemorate the
oi'iginal F l a g Day of .June 14, 1777, when our national emblem was
born.
History anil the biographies of gi eat men g i v e us many
instances of the ])art the l^'lag played in the winiring of many
battles.
If I were to enumerate them I would have to wi'ite a
b o o k — b u t it is enough to say that while the scenes of battle wei'e
often separated by thousands of miles, yet the result was a l w a y s
the same.
The sight of their gloiious bannei' g a v e them lU'w
c o u r a g e and powei's ol' endui'ance and spuri'ed tluMu on to victory
The most nobl(> and dai'iug deeds have been peri'oi'ined with th(>
thor.ght that they were being doiu' I'oi' th(> honoi' of theii- l^'lag
and CountI'y!
Ilonoi' and
lo be a loyal
She nuule the
it and thus
i<"'i'ancis Scott
oner, but tlu'
i)atriotism are vii'tues which a pei'son must possess
Aniei'ican citi/en. lU'tsy Ross ])ossesse(l tlu'se traits.
flag foi' W a s h i n g t o n when the country most needetl
])r()ved hei' love and devotion for her C o u n t r y .
Key suf'Cered many hardships while he was a j)risgreat j o y of seeing " t h a t our l-'lag w a s still t h e i ' e "
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iiis])ii'od hiiu to write the woi'ds of our gloi'ious National Antlicin,
" T h e Star-Spangled lianner."
The sentiment ex])i-essed in this
song' causes all lieai'ts to thi-ill Avliether y o u n g oi- old.
Tlie noble and hrave deeds which wei-e pei'Toi'ined I'oi' the F l a g
also inspired many autlioi's and ]ioets to ])ieture 1he sacrifice and
heroism whicli tliey witnessed.
As an example I mention John
Oi-eeideai' Wliittier.
His "I>arbai'a Fi'ietcliie" poi'ti'ays the hei'oism of which oui' forei'athei's wei'e capable, in sliedding their blood
fearlessly to make and presei've our nation.
Tiu' woi'ds,
' ' S h o o t if you must tliis old g r a y head
But spare y o u r c o u n t r y ' s t l a g ! " she
said;
have thrilled tlie lieart of nuiny a boy and girl and have been the
seeds of many a resolve to serve tlieii' counti'y in a like manner.
.May all the citizens of the United S t a t e s show such a tine, true
loyalty to their F l a g as w a s ])orti'aye(l by l i a r b a r a i^'i-etchie.
In oi'dei' to attempt to explain w h a t oui' F l a g stands foi', I
shall have to return to our ))rave and noble foi'cfathei's, who w h e n
the y o l k of lOngland had become ()i)])i'essive, ado])ted the Declai'alion of Independence.
Wy a cai'cful study of this Document, w e
note t h a t some of the ideals ai'e stated clearly, while othei-s I will
meidion have been standards of true Americanism for over one
hundred and f i f t y yeai'sI could einnnei'ate many but thes(> ai'e
1h(> oulstaiuling ideals.
This is the first ideal for' which the American F l a g stands.
Foi' this libei'ty nuMi have fought and died from the l i a t l l e of
(N)ncord in ITTf) to the iVIeuse aiul the A r g o n n e in 1918. Foi* it
they will a l w a y s die if occasion ai'ises—but bettei' still, let them
live for it, and live nobly. The woi'ds of Patrick i r e n r y , " ( l i v e me
liberty or give me d e a t h ! " have a l w a y s expressed the sentiment
of all ti'ue Americans.
The bond which bound the original Ihirteen colonies was bai)ti/ed in blood, and the Tnion thus formed ivMiiained staunch and
(inn, until the Civil W a r shed the blood of brothers.
This w a s
the i)nrifying fire through which oui" rnioii must pass to i)urg<it from the stain of slavery, and to teach the individual states that
Ihe i'ate of the Tnion was more important than S t a t e I'ights. May
the woi'ds of Daniel Wehstei' be ever our guide, " L i b e r t y and union,
now and foi-(>ver, one and i n s e ] ) a r a b l e ! "
i\o words of mine can bettei' (>xplain this ideal than the
(U'"g'nal woi'ds from the Declaration of Independence: " W e hold
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those truths to be self evitleiit: Tluit all iiicii ai'e crcated e q u a l ;
that they are euclowed by tlieii' (^reatoi- with certain inalienable
I'ig'hts; that, among these ai-e life, liberty and tlie pursuit of happiness; that, to secure tlu'se rights, governnuMits are instituted
among nu'n, dei-iving their j u s t powei-s fi'om t h e consent of the
governed.''
Justice has a l w a y s been our w a t c h w o r d . E v e r y Avar in whicli
w e e n g a g e d has been oiu', not of aggression, but rather one wiiich
called our love of j u s t i c e into ])eing, and our greatest saci'itices in
the Civil and W o r l d W a r s have been nuule in ordei- that Justice
might reign.
The immigi-ants who are p o u r i n g into the Cnited
States ai'e attracted here by oui' Amei'ican fi'eedom aiul justice.
The innnoi'tal w o r d s of Lincoln best expi-ess the nu'aning of
this ideal. ''AVith malice t o w a r d none, with c h a r i t y foi' all, with
tii'nuiess in the I'ight as (iod gives us to see the right, let us sti'ive
on to finish the woi'k we are i n ; to bind up the luition's w o u n d s ;
to cai'o f o r him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow
and or])han—to do all which nuiy achieve and chei'ish a just ami
lasting peace anu)ng- oui'selves and with all n a t i o n s . "
This ideal is the most pi-actical one for evei-y Anu'rican boy
or girl, nuui or wonuui. Oidy through service can we show our
love foi' our I^'lag and C o u n t r y . These words b y M a r y M c D o w e l l
very b e a u t i f u l l y sum up our d u t y . " O u r counti'y does not ask us
to die for hei' welfai-e, she a s k s us to live for b(>r, and so to live
and so to act that hei* governnuMit may be pure, hei' officers honest
and every corner of her teri'itory shall be a place fit to g r o w the
best men antl wohumi, who shall I'ule o v e r h e r . "
1 quote the w o r d s of W o o d r o w W i l s o n :
" T h e l^'lag nutans
uidvei'sal e d u c a t i o n — l i g h t f o r evei'y mind, k n o w l e d g e f o r every
child. W e must have but one flag. W e must also have but one
language. This must be the langiuige of the Declai'ation of Imlependeuce.''
The D u t y of the S c h o o l . — O n e of the highest duties of the
school is to ti'ain u s to be g'ood A m e r i c a n citizens. T h e school
should be a " c r a d l e of Pati'iotism."
llei'e can be t a u g h t all of
the w o n d e r f u l histoi-y of oui' bMag; the iu)ble ideals for which it
stands and the d u t y of evei-y man, woman and child t o w a r d the
Flag. It is here t h a t resjx'ct and obedience for our l a w s should
be taught.
It is here that the child of foreig-n parents can be
ti'aiiu'd to allegiance to but one F l a g , the I^Hag' of our Counti-y.
It is here that we should have teachers who are one hundi-ed pel-
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cent Amei'iefins, and textbooks whieli are pei'ineated witli a si)ii'it
of ti'ue Aniei'ieaiiisiii.
llei'e we should be taiigiil oiii- National
Anthem and other pati'iotic songs, i-eligiously attentive to the
meaning- of every woi'd. Here we are tanglit the " i)ledge of allegia n c e . " The meaning of this pledge should be t a u g h t to the tiniest
l)upil in oui' sciiools. and the daily Salute to the l^lag should be a
revei-ent cei'emony instead of a nu)n()tonous drone of indifferent
pui)ils.
This ])atriotic ti-aining is bound to be I'etlected in the
lives of the pupils to the honoi- of theii- C o u n t i y .
We must begin in oni* earliest youth to revei'enee, honor and
respect our Flag, and show oui- attitude toward it tluit we recognize it as an emblem of all thr.t is most woi-thy in the life of our
great (\)unti'y.
l\ee])ing ever in mind that our F l a g stands f o r
those wondei'ful ideals I have mentioned, we must sti'ive each d a y
to cultivate the vii-tues Avhich shall make us an honor to oui' F l a g .
Keei)ing in mind the wondei'ful sacrilices of the gi'eat heroes and
heroiiu's of oui' C o u n t r y ' s history, we must strive to emulate them
in word and deed and at an early age (l(Mlicate our lives to the
'
service
of (lOD
and
COUNTRY.
I. (i. '29
^riie above essay receivi'd lirst ])ri/e in 1925 f o r being the most
excellent story of our l^^lag writti'U in Ihe county.
FANCY
I shall go to the vale of winds, and build myself a house;
I'll make it of cool rose leav(>s and other Fragrant Ihings.
Then 1 shall iind a wishing ring, and this shall be my w i s h :
To be a little fairy lass wiUi iridescent wings.
1 shall make a chariot of moon i)etals and bits of stars
.Vnd I shall catch six dragon (lies to pull it through tlu> a i r ;
And Ihen I'll need some golden cloth to make myself a dr(>ss
So I shall capture sunbeams in a little woven snare.
All day I shall be ha])i)y, doing lovely, pleasant things.
Like singing to the grasses and dancing with the w i n d ;
.\n(l if 1 should be lonesome when the grev evenina' comes,
O »
o
f
Then I shall smile, remembering that yon were kind.
11. 15. (). '27
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SCHOOL NEWS
MILNE
mE
R I M
ASSEMBLIES HELD
The Millie Higli Scliool has
I'O-opt'iKHl f o r the seliool year
192(5-1927.
The
eiitlmsiastic,
renewal of student activities
gives promise of an interesting
{ind enjoyable season of social
(vents.
The tirst meeting of the student body in H'hapel' was held
Octobei' sixth. Mr. S a y l e s ' animal a<ldress to the students
this yeai' embodied a discussion
of " A m b i t i o n " which lanru'lied
i!s on the scholastic work oi:
(lie year with inspii'cd. vim.
The tirst Student Council
meeting in (*hapel was held
the folloAving week and the
l^^reslimen were afl'orded tlieir
tirst opportunity to see the repI'esentative body of the school
in function.May the succeeding schoolyea i* start off as promisingly as
Ihis one has!
PROFESSOR SAYLES
HONORED
The Crimson and White is
vei'y ha])py and i)r()U(l a1 this
time—the (ii'st ()|)i)ortunity al'I'orded—to recognize the honoi'
paid late last spi'iiig to oni- es-
teemed
principal,
ProfessoiJohn M. Sayles.
j\lr.
Sayles
received
the
singular rewai'd of a Phi lieta
Kai)pa key for his services in
pi'actice-teaching- since he left
his college, Colgate Univei'sity.
The l^hi T.eta Kappa key is
a sign of high scholastic rank
attained during four years at
college. When All'. Sayles took
his degree, there was no Phi
lieta Kappa chapter in Colgate.
Now that there is one, his unusual w o r k has received this
splendid acknowledgment.
AN EXPLANATION
j\Iav we beg a monuMit's o-race
from 0111' readers and ci'itics
(we hope that all oui* i-eadei-s
are not " c i ' i t i c s " l)Ut we wish
that all critics are " r e a d e r s " )
f o r an explanation?
The " S c h o o l Ne^vs" is a new
variation of an old dei)artment
of the Crimson and White.
" S c h o o l N o t e s " , the original
name, evolved last year into the
Diary of a Milnite. This year
the (lei)artment has been expanded to include school activities, clubs, societies and
sports; social interests; parties
or any new developments; and
personals which in this issue inclnde the Letters to Milne Students and Professor Sayles
Honored.
We ask that yonr eyes rest
k i n d l v — w i t h none but a I'riend-
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ly spirit of criticism—upon this
1})'2()
pi-esentation
of
the
•'S(ihoo] Notes 1 )epai'tiiuMit"
of the Crimson and White.
LETTERS TO
MILNE STUDENTS
"SCHOOL S P I R I T "
Aliss li'cne (Jediiey, one of
the ])i'()iHinent inenihei'S of tlie
chiss of '27, received a pei'sonal
h'tter from Mi's. (Joolidg-e. We
have been kindly extended ]:)erinission to <|uote it here:
Deal' Miss
h-ene:
I thank you for the beautiful
|)iid< I'oses and the lovely white
one you t>'ave me in memoiy of
Calvin. I have it hei-e on my
(h'sk by his pi(;tui'e now.
I send yon my congi'al uhilions npon youi' attaiinnents as
a s|)eHer aiul assui'e you that I
am t a k i n g g'l-eat pains with my
s|)ellino' in this note.
With my best wislies
Sincerely
()i'ac,e Coolidge.
Se|)tend)er 20, 192(v
In tiu' liiu' of ci'iticism
have tliis h'ttei':
we
S t a t e Normal Sciiool
Worcester,
and wish you great success in
its management.
T h a n k i n g you again f o r y o u r
thoiightfulness, I beg to remain
Very t r u l y yours,
William !>. Asi)inwall
Massachusetts
Octobei- 4, U)2().
.My (h'ar Kditoi';
I ap])i'eciate your court(>sy
in sendini«' me a co])y ol' the
Jnne issue of Ihe "(h'imson and
White."
I enjoyed I'eadin^' it
and i-ecallin^' the ])leasan1 years
ihal I s|)(Mi1 both in the Milm^
High Sciiool and in llie ("olh'ge.
I c o n g r a l u l a l e you ni)on the
size and ([uality of the paper
" S c h o o l s p i r i t " is a iiuu'hiised t e r m ; y e t how
many
peojile who use it consider what
it stands for? " S c h o o l s p i r i t "
is the willingness to sacrifice
time and strength, not for one's
own henetit, hut foi" the benetit
of the entire school.
" S c h o o l s p i r i t " is loyalty to
the school and its institutions,
loyalty which leads one to obey
school laws because they A R IO
school laws, whether or not
they are i-igidly enforced.
" S c h o o l s p i i ' i t " leads one to
do his l(>ssons creditably so
that
the
school's
aca(lemic
standards may he raised.
'i'lie boys who spend hours
each week practicing basketball for the bettei'iiig of iVlilium's
Athletic
record of
previous
years
are showing
"school
spirit."
It is f o r the rest of
us, ^vho cannot shine on the
court, to su])ort the team by our
constant
attendance
at
the
games. A team tights better if
its school is behind i t ; so the
moi-e the students attend the
games, the s w i f t e r and more
exciting the games will be, and
the more liable the victories
are to be Milne's.
There are t w o hundrcMl (iv(>
piil)ils in Milne lligh.
^vill
be on the basketball
court.
C a n t ' the other two hundred
show our " s c h o o l s p i r i t " and
support the team?
TLLK C R I M S O N A N D
ATHLETICS
T h e 1926-27 Basketball Season will oi)eii Deceinbei' 4 on
0111' home eoui't. Altlioug'li our
team has lost roiii* ol' its last
y e a r stars, we trust that we
shall be able to develop some
basketball nu'u I'l'om our 192(5
I'eei'uits. T h e liiu> U]) will ine.lude: Alexaiulei", l^jg'gleston,
Kioll,
Hanii'oth,
Kosbi-ook,
Shai'j), Spauldiiig and ]3i'obably
Koiiu' rresluneii. W e intend to
])lay a " h o m e and h o m e " game
with the following' teams: Kindcrhook, Castleton, Silvei' Stai'
A(\)bleskiU, Ravena, A l t a mont ami Chatham.
Come to the games, Milnites
and sui)poi't youi* t e a m ! Daneing will follow all home ganu's.
R. S. K., Mgr.
SCHOOL RECEPTION
The animal Sehool Reee])tion
of the Millie High Sehuv>l is
seheduled to be held in the lorm
of a danee F r i d a y night, January seventh in tlie State College C y m n a s i u m . T h e students
of the school and their escorts
will be admitted upon the presentation of theii' Student T a x
ticket.
It is hoped that the attendance tliis y e a r will exceed any
of former years.
Let us all
unite in helping to make this
i\'eception a success!
CLASS PARTIES
'i'wo separate events wl
• now command the interest of
every class in Milne are the
"Jiinior-I^'reshman P a r t y " and
the " S o p h o m o r e - S e n i o r l^arty."
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T h e foriuei- is to be held November 19. The Seniors Avish
them as g r e a t success as last
y e a r ' s event of the same name.
The " S o p h o m o r e - S e n i o r
l^irt y " will be held S a t u r d a y jiight
November fifth.
Needless to say the entire
school joins in d e l i g h t f u l anticipation of these parties.
NEW JUDGING METHOD FOR
PRIZE SPEAKING
T h i s y e a r a new method of
selecting the sj)eakers f o r the
contest foi- the Robert C. Pruyn
medal in public s p e a k i n g has
been adopted.
in former y e a r s anyone who
was interested mig'ht try out by
reciting on the appointed day.
A committee of j u d g e s then selected the f o u r boys and four
g i l l s who could best re])resent
the school in ])nblic speaking.
The u n f o r t u n a t e part of this
method lay in the fact that inevitably
someone
of
merit
would lose ()i)portunity to com])ete by being ill and therefore
absent on the dav for the " t r v outs-"
i)y the new method any such
u n f o r t u n a t e elimination is ])rohibited.
^Fhe contestants are
to be chosen by their oral I^]nglish a v e r a g e for the year. Also
a committee of students and
teachers has been elected foi
the purpose of j u d g i n g the student when he or she, as th(> case
may b(\ addresses the school in
Chapel.
This ne^v plan
is sure to
bring' forth a group of speakers
who will do credit to the school
in the I'ri/.e S p e a k i n g Contest
next JNlay.
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DRAWS BY CUDLET BRADBTRRIKT WADE, JR
Sigma, has s t a r t e d w l i a t w o
oxpoct to be a most s u c c e s s f u l
year.
S i g m a spirit a u d g r e a t
e n t h u s i a s m has been s h o w n ))y
all the uuMiibei'S. P l a u s f o r t h e
^"'reshmeu Hush P a r t y , O c t o b e r
29, h a v e been c o m p l e t e d . W i t h
J\'uth H u g h e s as Misti-ess of
(V'l'emoiiies w e are l o o k i n g I'oi'w a r d t o an e x c e p t i o i u i l l y g o o d
tinu'.
The officers f o r the y e a r a r e :
President
(loraldino
Vicc- rresiden
t
de
Hens
Treasurer
Irma
M.
Lons
Critie
Alicia
of
Cen
t^eiiior
iiioiiiesMuih
Andrews
I
Helen
f'Jditar
President
Vice
Edward
I'reside
III...
tiecrelarn
Treasurer
.l">i\n\e\
Osl)orn
Alexander
H e a t h Cole
S t a n t o n NcheTniali
H. C.
Dwyer
Marjoiie
Mistress
othei" y e a r w i t h all b u t thi'ee of
its old nuMiibers. Oui* social act i v i t i e s s t a r t e d w i t h a theati'c>
pai'ty at the C a p i t o l and a ])art y at t h e house of Olivei' Voi'k.
W i t h some u e w menibei's w h o
ai'c to be i n i t i a t e d iu the n e a r
f u t u r e , w e t r u s t to uuike this
season one of A d e l p h o i ' s l)est.
(}. ( I r i f f i n
A rline
Secretd.rij
Marshall
193 3
hislies
1 'a x 11
Sai'a
^''ry
S. M.
())uin is p l a n n i n g a tine y e a r .
AVe f e e l t h a t w i t h the officers
w e h a v e chosen, e s p e c i a l l y th(>
p r e s i d e n t , and the progi'ani as
it is a r r a n g e t l , w e o u g h t t o Ix^
l u u i s u a l l y s u c c e s s f u l . O u r new
officei's a r e :
J'reside lit
Arvilla
Treasurer
Dorolliy
Correspaiidiiif/
Heerelari/.Anne
Marshal
liOrnei-
Marie
h'eeordiiifi
W e tn'e v e r y g l a d 1o announce that w i t h llie o])eniug
of school, A d e l p h o i entered an
Coul.'on
I Mrchenonsh
Secretary.
, Msther
J'iaiiist
frene
Critic
Marion
Senior
lUliior
lean
.ludd
Higby
(ledney
Orvis
(iille.si)y
J. (i.
TLLK C R I M S O N A N D W H I T E
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" T h e Panorama,"
toii—
Biiighaniton
('(Mitral
Hio'li
Seliool,
liiiigliain-
AVc are placiiij^ you at the head of our list, " Pauoraiiui," because thai is where we think you belong-. The
" H o o ' s H o o " (lepartuu'ut is as cleverly wi-itteu as anything w e ' v e read in a long time; y o u r exciianges are
inai'velous (we are green with e n v y ) . Our only adverse
ci'iticisni would be that the paper- is too absolutely pei'fect!
" T h e I^ed and
York—
P.lack,"
Friends'
Academy,
Locust
Valley,
Y o u r last g r a d u a t i n g class had intei'esting faces.
W e ' d like to meet some of them.
liut tlieir " l i f e hist o r i e s " had a moiu)tonous similarity.
W e wei-e rather
disappointed in the Class Pi'ophecy, too.
It seenu'd to
us a rather bungling way for a " i ) r o p h e t " to introduce
his pi'edictions.
Perhaps it is our ingi'ained dislike for
gambling!
But youi- Athletic departnu'ut w a s enthusiastically Avi'itten up, and it di'cw us right ijito the spirit
of it.
" T h e V o l c a n o , " Hornell High School, Ilonu'll, New
/
' •(
York—
When we tinished reading this exchange, we laid it
down with a sigh. If oidy there wei'e more of it!
Why
must all good things conu' to an end? W a s the cartoon,
" T h e AVeai'ing of the O r e e n , " drawn by a high school student? W e lik(>d it immensely. It reminded us of the tinu'
when we " w o r e the g r e e n . " l*\)r the (ii'st issue of a school
neM'spai)ei', it contaiiu'd a sui-prising amount of school
new^s. C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !
New
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" T h e El-So-Hi,"
Yoi'k—
Elmira
Soiithsidc
High
School,
Elmira,
New
This is our idea of a w e l l wi'itteii higli seliool newspaper.
Its vei'y print breathes out optimism and school
spii'it. The " K n o w T h e s e ? " dei)ai'tment is clever as well
as original, and the " L o c a l Red O r a n g e s " article w a s tine!
The ediloi'ials are as well-written as one would tind in
the public ])ress, inspiring and instructive.
" T h e A c a d e m e , " A l b a n y A c a d e m y for G i r l s —
A m o n g our exchanges w e found " T h e A c a d e m e " one
of the most commendable magazines.
Y o u r literary dej)ai'tment w a s unusual and singnlai'ly splendid. AVe liked
your clever w a y of inserting yoiii- pictures ami your attractive cuts. However, we did not care for the arrangement
of y o u r jokes.
" H i g h School R e c o r d e r , " S a r a t o g a Springs High
School—
W e found your Juiu' " R e c o r d e r " vei-y interesting.
Voui- exchanges are si)l('ndid, youi' class poem well-written
and "JVIiss P e i ) p y ' s " section as e n j o y a b l e as ever.
All
fields of w o r k seemed to have been reviewed cleverly by
youi' i)aper. We hope that we may have the pleasure of
another exchange.
FOG
The world is wra])])e(l in silver mist
liike M gi'eat cocoon.
Silver threads are f a l l i n g . . . f a l l i n g .
1^^'om the silver moon.
.
.
H. ii. (). '27
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ALUMNI N O T E S
S t a t e College for Teachers
October 10, 1926
1 )eai' iMiliiites all.
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H a v e y o u r heai'd tiie song which ends, " T h e w o i i d ' s a great
big puddle, and I'm just a little f ] ' o g " f I'm sui-e it must have beeu
written by a State (,'ollege I'l'eshiiuin. for it just describes my feelings tlu> first f e w days here. I surely was t h a n k f u l f o r my yeai's
at iMilne, foi- although there were many new faces, tlu? rooms of
the buildings, at leasi, ^^•ere familiar to me.
The tii'st f e w days wei-e ratlu'r hectic. W e wei'e lectured and
addressed and then lectured a g a i n ; oui- intelligence was tested
unlil I, for one, wondered vaguely how I evei- happened to get out
of High School. I hit now evei'ything has settled tlown into regulai'
work, and it's just tine.
I had no i(h>a it wouhl be so much different fi-om MilneEvei'ything here is lecture, and if you can't take notes, y o u ' r e
plainly " o u t of l u c k . " Oui- ])rofessoi's give assignments and then
never collect tliem, but woe unto the ones who haven't done tliem
by tinals! In oiu' class we are told how good we are, and in another
how bad. In Matii chiss a few days ago the ])rofessoi' asked iiu'
how long it would be before 1 would be live yeai's old, I felt rather
insulted until it seeped thi'ough the tissues of my bi-ain (isn't that
a lovely ex])ression? I leai'ued it in Hygiene) that he w a s illustrating the use and value of the minus (|uantity. And so it go(>s. I
like it evei' so nuu'h, but nevei- get the idea y o u ai'c mei'cly t a k i n g
a fifth year at Milne when you come to S. C. T.
Aside fi'om all feelings of conceit, oui' class is pretty line. I
mean it. Don't you see how i)r()U(lIy we are w e a r i n g our rreslimaii
buttons'? Von siiould have seen tiie si)irit our boys showed at the
Oet-Wise i)arty the So])lis g a v e us, too. I wonder if any of you
noticed the effigy of '29 hung in one of our college elms.
And
best of all, the intelligence tests, in s])ite of all their horror, show
that we are th(> brightest class by one point ever admitted to
State C o l l e g e !
Just think of t h a t !
Don't yon think we have
reason to i)uff out our chests a little, even if w e are only freshmen f
I'm glad, though, to be near Milne still. I like to feel I haven't
broken off all my ties just bi'cause I am an alumna. My only wish
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TILL':
CRIMSON AND
WHITE
i'or the ' ' C r i m s o n and W h i t e " and all other expressions of Milne
life at the beginning of tlieir new y e a r is the same as President
r>rnbachei''s for oui- " S t a t e College N e w s " — n m y yon be b i g g e r and
finer than ever before.
Sincerely yonrs
D O R O T H Y L. l i R I M M E R
of)? M y r t l e A v e n n e
A l b a n y , N e w Voi'k
October 11, 192(5
Dear Milnites,
It certainly is Imrd to write and tell y o n abont State College
when you are next door, so to speak, and know pi-actically eveiyliiing that 1 do, so far a n y w a y .
Our first two week-ends at State were made pleasant by various receptions and ])ai'ties- The f a c u l t y eiitei'taiiu'd us on Ei-iday
evening. Sei)tember the twenty-fifth, and I think evei'yone had a
very good time.
The lu'xt Aveek end on Ei'iday ;.'vening the
So|)homores gave us {i " l i a b y P a r t y " at wliich we had to dress like
babies, cari-ying a doll or a I'atth", and wearing a hair ribbon oi
a bonnet. We had to l)lay such gamrs as " L o n d o n P>ii(lg(> is l^^alling D o w n , " and " I l e i ' e ' s the W a y W e (io Rouiul the Mulberry
l ) u s h . " Tliere wei'e about three huiuli-ed Ei-eshiiuMi there dresseil
like chihlren, and, they eei'tainly looked pretty.
S a t u r d a y al'teriu)on tlie Juniors aiul Ei-eslimen had a sing in the rotunda, and
Satni'day evening V. AV. C. A. g a v e us another i-eception.
Of
coui'se it is im])ossible to seat all of us in the gymnasium, and (hiring the " l i a b y P a r t y " I heard oiu> girl remai'k that one thing they
taught us at State College was how to stand on oui- feet.
It seems just as if I wei'e back in Milne High again, that is,
ail except the (|ueei' hours tiuit 1 have to be at college dui'ing the
day, and it eei'tainly makes college more pleasant to see the familiar
Faces of the High School students, f o r as yet I have not beconu'
ac(|uainted with nuiny ')! my classmates.
I give my heartiest wishes to JMiliu' foi" a successful yeai' under
your new Student Conncil President, Miss Reiu'tta Miller.
Sincei-ely yonrs
PJdZAP.ETll
P(H)T
TiLL-: C R I M S O N A N D
\\
IILTE
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D 13 fJore Hall,
Caiiibi'idge, .Massaehnsotts
Octol)ei' 4
i)ear Milne,
Personally, 1 think the most t r y i n g time in a m a n ' s l i f e is
when he is asked to wi'ite a lettei' to his Alma ]\Iater a f t e r he lias
been gracinated. 1 don't mean that the task is to be dreaded, but
the g r a d u a t e wants to say so inueli about his eollege in addition to
tlie usual I'efei'enees to liis past A b n a Matei', that he finds himself
confronted witli the diffieulty of eutting it down.
Firstly, Harvard lives up to its three hundred y e a r old I'eputalion of excellent instruetion.. Secondly, with t r u e sentiment and
])atriotism—oi- should 1 say l o y a l t y ? — I hold that t h e r e ' s no place
like it on earth. The Y a r d , witii all its stately, ivy-eoveretl old
buildings, against a background of miture's finest woi'k, is someIhing to be admii-ed.
W h a t imi)resse(l nu' most wei'e the oldfashioned l)enches in the elassi'ooms, I'eminding me of Tom l>rown
at R u g b y .
I'm still pui's\iing an elusive knowledge of Latin, and this,
with several i)i'esei-ibe(l courses, and a g r a d u a t e course in philosophy, makes up a more or less interesting progi'am.
The athletic parlies of Milne may be intei-ested to know
Harvard lost, for tlu' first time in t w e n t y yeai-s, its opening
ball ganu'. This is sulTicient ground for tlu)se a1 Milne who
an and)ition to chase the i)roverbial " p i g s k i n " to send a
juiniber iiere next fall.
that
foolhave
good
It is the eui'i'ent ()i)inion that a college man has some measui'e
of loneliness and misses his High School. That is ti'ue to a cei'taiii
extent. The college nuui misses his Alma Matei' as much as eould
be expected, i^ut such a new life has l)een unfolded to him that
he has very little time to thiidc b a c k w a r d s . T h e old school is not
i'asily forgotten, although the subject is not a l w a y s ])resent in his
mind.
If wishes express the pro]HM' sentiment, I sincerely hope all
Milne emerges next June Troiii a successrul y e a r . T o avoid any
fi'ouble, you all should begin to learn youi' valedictoi'ies now.
Sincerely
D A V I D T. S A U N D H R S
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TILL': C R I M S O N A N D W H I T E
Motto for a Dog's Kennel:
1 love this little house because
It offers, aftei' dark,
A ])aiise foi' rest, a i-est foi- paws,
A {)laee to moor my hark.
-Life,
" M o l h e i ' , may I have some watei- to chi-isleii my d o l l y ? "
"No, dear.""
" T h e n may I have some wax lo vvaxiiiate h e i ' ? "
—Time-
GETTING TIED UP
Sweet y o u n g thing to offieei': " T e l l me, ilo they close the poi't
holes when the tide I'isesf"
N. V. E v e n i n g
P L A Y F U L . NOT HOLY
Parva lilia : " M a m a , can 1 go out and p l a y ? "
Manm: "AVluit! with those holes in youi' sto-^kings?"
\\ E. : " N o , with the kids across the sti-eet."
— N o t t i n g h a m Y'ear Book.
Till-: C R I M S O N A N D \\ I i l T E
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R a y : " T h a t girl lsal)el is tt>rTi))ly (liiinl). She thinks .Mussolini
is a town in Austi-ia."
A l d e i i : " H o n e s t ? iUit say whcM'c is i t ! "
" D o yon want a iiarrow man's e o i n b " (|uei'iiHl the d o r k .
" N o " , groAvled the cnstonioi'. " I want a comb I'or a fat man
with rubber t e e t h . "
— N . V. Ji.
SHE W A S PARTICULAR
Policeman (to drunken i'l'ieiid) : "Sliui'e, .Moike, y o u ' d better
be t a k i n ' the street-car h o m e . "
M i k e : " S ' j i o (bic) use, she w o u l d n ' t have it in the h o u s e . "
IFe who lauu'hs last is nsuallv the (hnubesl.
THEN THE TROUBLE BEGAN
Ijittle boy (ITOUI next house) : " P l e a s e nuiy I have my a r r o w f
l i a d y : " W i t h pleasni'e, deal', where did it r a i l ? "
Little b o y : " I think it stuck in youi' c a t . "
Irritable Husband (to wil'e driving J i a i l ) — " H o w e v e r do y o u
i'xpeet. to knock a nail in the wall with a clothes brush? For goodness .sake use y o u r head, ( h ' a r l "
L O N D O N TID-IMTS.
N o matter bow impossible a movie may seem there's alwavs somethins.'- reel al)out it.
Fearey s
44 N O R T H P E A R L
OPPOSITE
STREET
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for
Shoes and Hosiery
Boulevard Cafeteria
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Nary Stiegelmaier School
The School of
Individual Instruction
SHORTHAND
G e o . D, Jeoney
198 Central Avenue - at Robin
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11:15 to ?:15
THE PANTS STORE
" W e
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Whether your suit cost $25 or $100, w e have the trousers to match it or nearly
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to
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For a College M a n ' s Suit
You may be unable to detect the difference, but when you
go to college, you will find this style almost as essential as
your High School counts.
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IMoaso inontion " T h e Crimson aiul WTiite"
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ELSEWHERE
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