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Crimson and White
VOL. XIII. No.TL
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
MARCH 17, 1944
School Council
Lists Activities
Gotier Reports
Stamp Sales Lag
State Work Makes C & W Delegates
Jim Sick
Leave for N.Y.C.
Will Present Broadcast
On WABY About Work
“The War Stamps’ total for this
semester as released by Dr. Cooper
shows a disgraceful lack of enthu­
siasm on the part of the students.
The War Bond total is much better,
as many parents are buying bonds
through the school,” stated Pat
Gotier, ’44, chairman.
The stamp total is as follows:
H.R. 129............................ $15.00—7th
H.R. 321............................ $56.60—7th
H.R. 324............................ S 2.70—7th
7th Grade
8th Grade
H.R. 129—$15.50
H.R. 320—$17.85
H.R. 321—$56.60
H.R. 126—$ 6.75
H.R. 324—$ 2.70
H.R. 226—$11.05
9th Grade
10th Grade
H.R. 227—$ 5.00
H.R. 128—$ 8.25
H R. 336—$113.75
H.R. 230—$30.70
H.R. 329—$ 32.50
H.R. 323—$ 7.50
11th Grade
12th Grade
HR. 127—$12.30
H.R. 233—$ 0.00
H.R. 333—$ 3.00
Art Room $ 1.00
H.R. 130—$18.50
H.R. 124—$13.80
Miss Gotier suggests that a chart
be kept in every homeroom with
each student’s week by week rec­
ord. “This might shame some of
the delinquent students into buy­
ing. Don’t think that because the
Fourth War Loan is over that you
can stop your purchases. The need
is just as great as ever.
“Sales this semester have fallen
far behind last semester’s record.
(Continued on Page 3)
Under stress of so many Milne
students our janitor, Jim, was
sick this week and we were
without his invaluable service,
him because he had to help out
in State. This might have made
him sick.
It is indeed difficult without
Jim. We all hope that Jim will
be better soon and back with us.
There is plenty of snow to be
shoveled.
Under the sponsorship of the
Paren-t-Teachers’ Association, stu­
dents from city schools will present
a picture of the activities of the
Albany Student War Council over
WABY on Friday, March 30, 1944.
Include All Activities
The program will include all ac­
tivities of the past two years, in­
cluding: War Bond sales, volunteer
enlistment cards, volunteer training
institute, Red Cross dance, musical,
Book and Posner War Bond Rally,
paper salvage drive, and future
plans.
The rehearsals for the program
will start Monday.
The Fourth War Loan drive of
the War Council topped $100,000.
Philip Livingston, Hackett and Al­
bany High Schools topped the drive.
A new quota will be set, probably
toward a “Mustang” areoplane.
Tickets for Lecture
Ken Stephenson, president of the
Council, has tickets for a talk by
Leland Stowe, correspondent, to be
presented Thursday evening, March
30 at 8:15 at the Albany High School
Auditorium. Student tickets are
$.55. Mr. Stowe will talk on the
subject, “What Next in Russia?” He
is presented by the Albany Public
School Teachers’ Association.
The Council is npw forming a
“Victory Squad” who remind people
of scrap paper pickups on Friday
afternoon. There will be over 400
of these young people in Albany by
April first doing their part in the
war effort.
Shaver Prepares Seniors
For Scholarship Exams
All the seniors attended a special
meeting last Monday at 12:27 p. m.
in the auditorium. Miss Elizabeth
Shaver, supervisor' in history, pre­
sided at the meeting.
Miss Shaver gave a brief discus­
sion of typical questions that may
be included in the New York State
scholarship examination which all
the seniors will take.
The seniors will take an examina­
tion which the State will use as a
basis for scholarship awards.
Miss Shaver conducted a' short
American History test in order to
find out where students are weak in
their history.
The assembly was concluded at
12:57 p. m.
Note, as if you could miss it,
the green paper of this week’s
issue. Shure, and it is St. Pat­
rick’s Day.
Assembly Committee Meets
To Discuss Future Programs
The Assembly committee met to
discuss future assembly programs
on Wednesday, March 8, 1944. The
committee decided to have a popu­
lar music jam session in the near
future, which will be entirely man­
aged by the students and with no
assistance from the supervisors.
The committee also arranged to
have Dr. H. Senseman continue a
talk he had started many weeks
ago, at the Junior High Assembly
on Tuesday, March 14 in Page Hall.
7 wo Milnites Join Union College
Rivalry; Report on Alumni Activity
By the
Downhearted after leaving the
Mont Pleasant game last Friday
night, Lee Aronowitz and I went
over to Union with Arnold Baskin,
a very fresh freshman at Union.
Here is a report of what is hap­
pening to Arnold and Arden Flint
who is also at Union. Caught up in
the traditional freshman-sophomore
rivalry, Arden was tied to a tomb­
stone in a cemetery five miles from
Schenectady. Think of it, Arden
tied to a tombstone.
He was
there for about an hour before some
freshman rescued him.
Main object of the rivalry is a
Chinese idol on the campus which
the frosh try to keep painted green
and the sophs try to keep painted
red. Since the frosh are outnum­
bered about five to one, they have a
tough time of it.
Under cover of dark, the opposing
classes patrol the campus. Two
sophomores were caught when we
were there and when they were
almost stripped, they were thrown
Editor
into the shower. Not satisfied with
such kind treatment, Lee and I
threw their clothes into another
shower.
The freshman usually get the
worst of it and “Tiny” got his.
When we returned to his room, it
was in an indescribable mess.
Everything was strewn about the
room. To get into the rooms to
ransack them, the students tear up
screens and anything else barring
their way.
Besides
all of this,
Arnold got a good dose of red
paint Friday night.
When Arnold returned to Union
Sunday, he found his room again in
a wreck even worse than Friday
night’s job. Despite all his efforts
to keep the sophomores out, they
got in. However, this will not go
without revenge. Arnold bought a
gallon of green paint (a whole gal­
lon) and took it back with him,
and if we know Arnold, those sophs
had better watch out if they know
what is good for them.
Next Thursday
Nine Staff Members and
Miss Wheeling to Attend
Nine members of the CRIMSON
AND WHITE staff will leave school
Thursday, March 23, to attend the
twentieth annual convention of the
Columbia Scholastic Press Confer­
ence in New York.
They plan to leave Albany on the
9:15 train to register for group dis­
cussions and confrence meetings
which will last until Saturday
afternoon.
Conferees
Conferees are: Janice O’Connell,
Pat Gotier, Betty Gallup, Betty Bas­
kin, Joyce Knapp, Bruce Hansen,
Herb Lucas, Jack McGrath, and
Sanford Bookstein, editor.
Miss
Katherine Wheeling, supervisor in
English, and faculty adviser of the
paper, will accompany the delegates.
The group will stay at the Hotel
Edison, Broadway and 46th Street.
Will See Waring
Thursday night they will attend
a rebroadcast to the west coast of
Fred Waring’s radio show, in addi­
tion. to seeing the Rockettes in a
performance at Radio City. Friday
evening each will go to a play of his
own choice. Some selections are
“Voice of the Turtle,” “Mexican
Hayride,” “Othello,” and “A Touch
of Venus.” At the conclusion of the
conference on Saturday the girls
plan to go to the Metropolitan and
that night those who stay, hope to
take in “Stars on Ice,” starring
Sonja Heini.
Saturday afternoon the conference
will conclude with a large banquet
in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel
Astor in celebration of the twentieth
anniversary of the conferences. A
huge birthday cake will mark the
celebrations.
Attending will be
Charles F. Troxell, Frankfort, Phila­
delphia, Pennsylvania, acting direc­
tor of the convenfion, and Captain
Joseph M. Murphy, originator of
the conventions.
Representatives will come from
all over the United States and its
possessions to exchange ideas.
Delegates were selected on the
basis of service to the CRIMSON
AND WHITE and scholarship stand­
ing and were approved by Miss
Wheeling and Dr. Robert W. Fred­
erick.
CRIMSON AND WHITE
MARCH 17, 1944
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
Vol. XIII
March 17, 1944
No. 14
mime merry-go-round
Published weekly for the Student Asso­
ciation of the Milne School, Albany, New
York, by the members of the CRIMSON
AND WHITE Board. Address exchanges to
the Staff Librarian, and other correspond­
ence to the Editor.
For advertising Rates and Policy, tele­
phone Albany 5-3521 extension 19, or write
the Advertising Manager.
Several Milne couples were seen at the freshman
shin-dig at State Saturday night. Among them were:
Diane Ostrander, Bob Kelly, Nancy Morehead, Jesse
Barnet, Nancy Lee Clark, Eugene St. Louis, Peg Gallivan, Chuck Terry, Judy Hunting, and Donald Starrett. Stags included Jim Meyers, Pete Hunting, and
Herb Lucas.
Sue Pelletier, Deanie Bearup, Nancy Bearup, Donna
MEMBER
Kimeblot, Sherman Kimeblot, Jerry Kotzin, and Janet
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Rabineau went to see Rosie Kotzin, Joan Frumkin,
Capital District Scholastic Press Association
Dodo Einstein, and Rita Sontz in “Ye Old Minstrel.”
Lee Aronowitz’ sixteenth birthday was the occasion
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
for a surprise party (on Saturday nite, too). Those
SANFORD BOOKSTEIN, 44 .... EdItor-in-Chlef
who wished Lee a happy and sweet sixteen (and never
been kissed) were Betty Stone, Betty Baskin, Sandy
JOYCE KNAPP, 44
.............................Associate Editor
Bookstein, Elinor Yaguda, Bert Friedman, Barbara
HERBERT LUCAS, ’45............................................AssociateEditor
Bookstein, and Arnold Baskin.
BETTY BASKIN, ’44....
Girls’ Sports Editor
Couples seen at the Palace included Shirley ChampBRUCE HANSEN ’44
. . .
. Boys' Sports Editor
lin, Alvin Bingham, Jan Paxton, Diez Distlehurst,
SUE HOYT, ’44
.......
Feature Editor
Glada Appleton, George Ross, Winnie Hauf, and
BERT FRIEDMAN..........................................................NewsEditor
Frank Colburn.
BARBARA MAC’MAHON, 45 . Co-Advertising Manager
Peg Gallivan went out with Chuck Terry, Ed MuehHELEN HUNTINGTON, ’45 .
Co-Advertising Manager
leck, Jim Detwiller, Scott Hamilton, and Don Cristie
after the Mont Pleasant game. Sophomore girls went
PAUL DISTELHURST, ’44 ...
Business Manager
to the Rollartorium Saturday again . . . Bob Beckett
INEZ WARSHAW, '44
....................
Exchange Editor
was there also.
ROBERT BLUM, ’47.................... Junior School Editor
Nan Rypins and Cynthia^Robinson traveled to New
LEE ARONOWITZ, ’45 ... . Circulation Manager
York City last weekend. *
MISS KATHERINE E. WHEELING
.
Faculty Adviser
Come next Friday John Taylor is sponsoring a hay
MR. JOHN ROACH.................................. Faculty Adviser
ride. . . . They seem to be the rage just now.
Pete Peterson went to Florida over the weekend
THE NEWS BOARD
so it would seem ... it couldn’t possibly have been
her new sun lamp. Some bright child wanted to know
Jean Figarsky, Pat Gotier, Caryl Ferber, Jess Barnet,
what happened to the other six candles on Frankie
Betty Gallup, Marge Bookstein, Alan Gould, Dick
Kirk’s birthday cake, Wednesday. . . . Fig Figarsky
Stock, David Packard, John Thompson, Elinor Yaguda,
heads for Cornell and Syracuse today. ... A Junior
Jack McGrath, Jim Myers, Janice O’Connell, Lois
High dance is imminent, come the end of month. . . .
Meehan, Jean Dorsey, Janice Haul, Caryl Jacobs,
Have a nice time C.S.P. delegates.
Zelda Weinberg, Betty Stone, Arlene Blum, Janet
Rabeneau, Patty Briggs, Ann Underwood, Roger Hag­
gerty, Nan Rypins, Jim Clark, Henry Bonsall.
**(£§£*
The Seniors Retire
With this issue, the senior members of the
and White retire from the staff for the
remainder of the year. This is done each year
so that the seniors can devote more time to their
ever increasing activities before graduation and
so that the juniors can have a helping hand in
putting out the paper for the last issues of the
year.
This year will conclude the third year of
a printed weekly for Milne. As we look back
over the year, we wonder if it has been worth
it to spend all of the time we have on the news­
paper. A huge cry arises, “Yes.”
Becoming very general, is any extra-curri­
cular activity worth the effort put into it by any
one. Where would the school be if nobody
went in for extra-curricular activity? We would
have no basketball team, no .dubs, no societies
and no newspaper. Apparently if the school is
to be anything, someone must participate in
these activities.
Is it worth it to the people who participate
in these activities? What do they get out of
them? They gain experience which is the most
valuable thing which they receive from their
efforts,—experience, which is invaluable to them
in later years. Perhaps they will take up their
work and make a career out of it. In college,
this experience gained will put them so much
farther ahead of the next fellow.
Through their extra activities they make
practical use of what they have learned in the*
Crimson
rfittm<tecu4
fay
Helen Culp, ’41, and Bill McGregor were married
last Saturday. Helen Norris, ’41, was her maid cf
honor and Harry Culp* ’43, was best man. Harry was
home on leave from St. Louis.
George Edick, ’43, is home on leave, and June
Bailey, ’43, home from1 Green Mountain Junior Col­
lege, have announced their engagement.
Ed Mooney, ’43, left for the army this week. He
attended RPI after his graduation from Milne.
John Jansinsg, ’42, was promoted to a corporal in
the Marines.
Frank Ryan, ex-’44, is stationed outside of Norfolk,
Virginia. He will soon be stationed on a minesweepsr.
Stan Heidem-eich, ’43, is home on furlough from the
army ski troops in Colorado.
Nick Mitchell, ’43, is home on a ten-day furlough.
Stogie DeMoss, ’43, has transferred from navy V-12
to the naval air corps.
Dick Bates, ’43, was just transferred from Georgia.
Gifford Lanz, ’40, is home on leave from the Marines.
Midge Dahmen (Midge Stanton), ’38, was out walk­
ing her six-month old daughter the other day. Her
naiiie is Joyce.
Jack Casner, ’43, came home from Syracuse to take
the V-12 Wednesday.
Len Jones, ’44, is at Dartmouth. His address: U. S.
Navy V-12 Unit, Darthmouth College, Topcliff 301,
Hanover, iN. H.
classrooms. As a matter of pride, they bring
public recognition to their school.
We have tried to make the paper better and
better each year and we are sure that this up­
ward trend will continue. We are proud be­
cause when we look at other school papers, we
find that they are published only. 10 or 12 times
a year while ours is published 20 or 25 times
a year.
We are sorry to say that the paper will not
b’e published for the next few weeks because of
the Press Convention.
Senior Spotlight
-------by Janice O’Connell-------
SANFORD BOOKSTEIN
“When are you going to hand in
your assignment?”
If anyone has worked on the
GRIMSON AND WHITE, this sen­
tence will strike a familiar chord
and the Editor will immediately
appear before your mind.
One of Sandy’s “pet sayings” is
the above quote. I think that this
sentence has been worn out com­
pletely so the new editor should
think of something different just
for variety.
A strong hate of Sandy’s is people
who never hand in their columns
until the last possible minute,
(which always helps him1 get the
paper out on time).
Another thing that makes Sandy
see red, rather green this year, is
stupid girls. He can take anything
but ignorance.
Treasurer of Junior Class
Being treasurer of the junior class
and assistant editor of the C and W
has given Sandy valuable experi­
ence in the art of hounding people.
This ability has carried him through
two years of successful accomplish­
ments.
The Frosh Big Ten had a program
set up the other night and during
the evening they raffled off a $50
war bond. The lucky number was
929 and the winner was none other
than a Milne student, which didn’t
please the State students. Sandy
collected his money Wednesday and
in ten years he will be $50 to the
good for post-war buying.
The Hotel Adler had a valuable
bellhop last summer, but as the
weeks went on them anager found
out that the salary wasn’t high
enough and because of the strike of
all bellhops, Sandy among them, the
manager gave them all a raise.
If you ask Sandy about strikes
and their effects, he will recommend
them as being quite successful.
“The Shadow” and arguing with
the Bricks and Ivy staff are among
his favorite likes. He finds that both
give him good mental exercise and
keeps him interested in life.
Wednesday he took the V-12
exams and if goes well he will enter
a college in July with the Navy as
his instructor.
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
Baker, Aronowitz Make
All-Albany Cage Teams
Milne Winds Up
In Second Place
Tie With Lions
Two Milne basketball players received city-wide honor when
they were named to the All-Albany Basketball teams. Lee Arono­
witz was named on the first string All-Albany, selected by the
Times Union and Bill Baker was named to the second string All- Baker Finishs Fourth
Albany selected by the coaches of
In League Scoring Race
the Albany teams in the Knicker­
bocker News.
The mythical team picked each
year by the local papers consist of
players from Albany teams only.
Last year Hal Game, Milne captain,
made the All-Albany team and this
year two Milne players did the
trick.
Aronowitz Fine Defensive Player
Aronowitz was named for his fine
defensive qualities under the boards
and his scoring ability. The other
members of the team were: Jay
Biondo, GBA, Joe Busch, top league
scorer from VI, Johnny Griggs,
Cathedral’s high scoring center, and
Laverne Hastings, AHS ace ball
player who left for the Marines
after playing only six games this
season. There was some comment
over Hastings as he played only six
games.
The first team in the Knicker­
bocker News was different from the
Times Union with Chick Cleveland
of Albany Academy, and Bill Lewis
and Jack Germann of CBA on the
first string instead of Aronowdz,
Biondo, and Hastings.
Baker Sparks Offense
Bill ‘Drink” Baker was elected to
the center position on the Knicker­
bocker All-Albany and Lee Arono­
witz was a forward on that team.
Baker, with his six-four height, has
been an outstanding offensive player
on the Milne team all season . He
finished up four in the league scor­
ing and for a short time, he was the
League A scoring leader. “Drink”
has played fine defensive ball all
season and deserves at least the
position on the All-Albany second
team.
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Honorable Mention
Ed Muehleek and Chuck Terry,
other Milne first stringers, were
given honorable mention for their
ball playing.
With Aronowitz and Muehleek
only juniors and Terry but a soph,
Milne looks eagerly forward to next
season’s basketball. Also returning
will be Don Christie, a sophomore.
The players chosen can come
from Albany teams only. This year
because of the newly formed leagues
the Times Union did not pick any
players from the Class B League.
The coaches voted for the team
in the evening paper. John C.
Tanno, Milne High coach, was
among the selectors.
The scholastic commission is now
looking forward to the baseball
season and plans are in the making.
The baseball loop will probably
be divided into two league with five
teams in each league. Milne will
probably be in the National League.
They are made up according to the
schools’ location. Those closest to­
gether are each put in one league.
Pleasant Trounces
Milne, 64-24
MARCH 17, 1944
Bill Baker, Milne’s six foot-four
inch, red-headed terror, has finished
the individual scoring race in fourth
place. “Drink” has a grand total of
9.3 points per game. Bill who was
third in the race for most of the
Milne’s spirited ball club went season, was overtaken by Johnny
down to defeat for the second game Griggs, Cathedral star. Griggs has
in a row by a far superior Mont a total of 96 points. He obtained
Pleasant quintet, 64-24, last Friday seven points last week as Cathedral
evening on the Mont Pleasant court closed its loopdriv e with a onein Schenectady.
point victory over Albany High
Mont pleasant garnered seven School.
field goals and two free throws to Busch Wins
Joe Busch, Vincentian ace, cap­
lead 16-0 before the half of the first
quarter was over. In the rest of tured the Class A League individual
that quarter they only outscored scoring championship last weekend
as CBA held the Albany Academy
Milne six to three.
star, Chick Cleveland to five points.
Red Raiders Fight Hard
Cleveland needs 15 points to tie
In the second quarter Milne tried Busch for the first slot. Busch has
desperately to bring their lead a season’s total of 113 points while
down, but the Red Raiders were up Cleveland holds second with 103
against one of the area’s leading points.
team and could gain only two points
It was noted that throughout the
making the score 33-16 as the half
season, no CBA player was among
ended.
the leading five scorers. But at the
The third and fourth quarter saw finish of the race, Jack Germann,
the Milne team fight gamely, but OBA, has taken over fifth slot.
they did not have the punch or re­ Germann has a total of 75 points.
serve power to keep up to the
With the Class A League cham­
Pleasant pace. The game ended
pionship
already in its possession, a
with the score 64-24.
hot CBA team wound up its league
Ball Leads Offense
drive last week by defeating Albany
Dutch Ball, Milne captain, and Academy, 33-24.
Lee Aronowitz, led the Milne of­
Milne and VI finished their league
fense with nine and seven points games two weeks ago. Both teams
respectively.
Walliman, Pleasant haye won five and lost five games.
sharpshooter, scored 20 points to This ties them for second place in
lead the winners.
the Class A League. Both teams
The Milne JV also suffered a de­ started the season off with a poor
feat at the hands of the Schenec­ record, but half way through the
tady juniors by the score of 34-20. race they both shot toward the top
of the league.
The Mont Pleasant court on which AHS Loses
the game was played, is the largest
Last week when Albany High was
inthe area. It exceeds
even the nosed out by Cathedral, the third
very large CBA court.
slot was deadlocked three ways.
Pete Hunting, Milne forward, was Albany High, Albany Academy, and
high scorer for the Jayvee with Cathedral have all won four and
eight points.
lost six games.
Milne
Biggest surprises of the season
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fp tp. were Milne and Vincentian’s sensa­
Christie ............................. 0 0
0 tional comebacks and Albany High’s
Muehleek ......................... 0 2
2 downward plunge after their star,
Dyer ........................
Oil
Laverne Hastings, left.
Aronowitz ....................... 3 17
In the Class B race, Rensselaer
Baker ................................ 12
4 won the title, with St. John’s
Hopkins ........................... 0 0
0 second.
Terry ................................. Oil
Class “A” League Standings
Ball ........'......................... 4
19
Player—Team
W. L.
Pet.
Christian Brothers
8
2
.800
8
8 24 Milne
5
5
.500
Vincentian
5
5
.500
Mont Pleasant
4
6
.400
fg. fp tp. Albany High
4
6
.400
Hogan ............................... 3 17 Albany Academy
4
6
.400
Penarzo ............................. 113 Cathedral
Walliman .........................10
0
20
Class “A” Individual Scoring
Supronowicz, D............... 113
Player—Team
f.b. f.p. t.p
Gutoski ....................
4
311Busch—Vincentian
41 31 113
Hladik ............................... 0 0
0 Cleveland—Alb. Acad 45 13 103
Supronowicz, M............... 5
3
13 Griggs—Cathedral
38 20 96
Bombik ............................. 0 0
0 Baker—Milne
36 21 93
Roberts ............................. 0 11 Germann—CBA
32 11 75
Belensz .............................. 3
0
6 Powell—'Albany High
32 10 74
27
10 64 Aronowitz—Milne
30 8
Betty
Blabs
It seems that last week’s predic­
tion was all wrong when it was
stated, “Milne will beat St. Agnes.”
As it happened, St. Agnes beat
Milne 30-18. In the first half, St.
Agnes was in the lead with a score
of 22-8.
Jean Dorsey, Barbara
Richardson, and
Betty Baskin
played as forwards, and they played
hard too.
The guards, Wilma
French, Jean Figarsky, Joyce Stan­
ton, and Pete Peterson, played ex­
tremely well with Wilma French
snatching the ball at every chance.
But despite Milne’s good teamwork,
St. Agnes was a little bit better.
Second Team Loses
Milne’s second team was a loser
also.
Jean Hurlbert as guard
played an excellent game.
She
didn’t give up until the game was
over.
This afternoon, Milne’s first team
is trouping over to St. John’s to
play ball with their team. We don’t
know who will win, but as usual
we think Milne is favored. We
all have confidence in this school.
The eighth grade is determined to
beat the seventh grade each time.
Since they lost that one game, they
have decided never to lose again.
But that seventh grade has a good
team. They are hard to beat. With
such good players as Joan Horton,
Nancy Simmons, Joan Austin, Betsy
Knighton, Nancy McMann, and
Helen Bigley, we don’t think the
eighth grade has a chance. It’s too
bad though, that Marjorie Norton,
Alice Cohen and Patsy Carroll don’t
join the squad. Then that pee wee
class could even beat the seniors.
Gym Night Soon
Gym Night, known to others as
the Annual Antics, is but three
weeks off. All the classes are work­
ing with Mrs. Tieszen to achieve a
swell show. They will do it too.
Being the last issue by the seniors
for the year, this will be the last of
“Betty Blabs.” A junior will take
over, and is sure to do a good job.
If there is anything interesting in
the line of sport news here at Milne,
be sure to notify her. I wish to
thank Mrs. Tieszen, our physical
education teacher, Miss Wheeling,
the CRIMSON AND WHITE faculty
adviser, “Pete” Peterson, president
of the G.A.C., and all the girls here
at Milne for their swell cooperation.
Goticr Reports Stamp
Sales Lag
.
(Continued from Page 1)
In the remaining time students
should build up that record.
“Homerooms 330, 321, and 230
have done comparatively well but
outside of these, there is no home­
room which can be proud of its
record. 233 has done especially
poorly with not even one $.10 stamp
to its credit,” concluded Miss Gotier.
MARCH 17, 1944
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Frosh to Present
Milne to Play Finale
Play at Assembly
In Game with Delmar
Under the direction of Mr. John
Withoff and Miss Eugenia La
Chance, section II of ninth grade
English is soon to present a playlet
at Junior High assembly.
The playlet, a mystery thriller en­
titled “Murder in Marcus Mansion,”
was written by the students.
Tryouts have been completed, and
the following cast has been selected:
Jack Marcus ................... Alan Gould
Jean Marcus ................... Adele Forth
Tig Marcus ..............................-..............
Bert Royce .................. Jim Spandau
Grandmother ....... Margie Bookstein
Special Investigator..... John Taylor
Police Lieutenant.... John Thompson
Police Sergeant ............. Roy French
Butler .......................... Richard Stock
Maid .......................... Florence Drake
Walter Marcus ................ The Corpse
Milne will play its last game of
the season tonight in Page Hall gym
when the Red Raiders face Bethle­
hem Central. Milne has a good
chance to finish off the season with
a .500 record if they beat Delmar
tonight. Milne won in the first en­
gagement with Delmar by the score
of 28-22.
Delmar, who has had a tough
year, finished up in last place in
the City Class B League. Barring
any accidents, Milne should come
out on top in the game although
anything can happen on the court.
Everyone on the team should see
plenty of action in the tilt. The
varsity game starts at about 9:00
p. m. and the Jayvee is scheduled
for 7:30 p. m.
The regular court season will be
finished in the city after tonight’s
engagement. There are a few post
season tournaments in the area.
Frederick Names Men
For Banquet Committee
Dr. Robert W. Frederick, prin­
cipal of Milne, has announced that
no definite date' has yet been set
for the annual fathers-sons banquet
which is usually held shortly after
the conclusion of the basketball.
A committee of fathers and sons
work on the banquet each year with
Dr. Frederick. This year the mem­
bers of the committee are: Mr. Wil­
liam Kelly, Mr. Leon Detwiler, Mr.
Henry Oppenheim, Mr. Lawrence
Clark, Mr. Herbert Lucas, Mr. Ed­
ward Mooney, Mr. Clifford Beckett,
and Mr. Henry Stock, who is away
in the navy. The Committee also
includes their sons.
It is possible that there may be
no banquet because of the food
situation. There may be some other
way in which the awards could be
publicly made instead of the usual
banquet.
Last year the banquet was held
at the Trinity Methodist Church at
Lark and Lancaster. Well over 250
people attended the '-banquet.
Some sports reels are usually
shown at the banquet. Last year’s
guests were: Ellis Chapman, New
York State director of athletics, and
Dr. Hiram Jones, New York State
director of health and physical
education. More detailed plans will
soon appear in the CRIMSON AND
WHITE.
Sigma to
Hold
The members ’of Zeta Sigma
Literary Society will hold their an­
nual luncheon tomorrow at noon.
The luncheon will take place at
Jack’s Restaurant on State Street.
The society has had their luncheon
there for the past three years.
The new girls will receive their
pins. They will be presented to
them by Pat Peterson, president of
the society.
Helen Huntington, ’45, is vicepresident, and Janice O’Connell is
treasurer. Ruthu Welch, ’45, is the
secretary. The whole society ex­
pects to attend the banquet.
Gotier to Attend Red Cross
Meeting at Blood Bank
Pat Gotier, ’44, president of the
Junior Red Cross chapter in Milne,
has been selected as the one repre­
sentative of the Junior Red Cross in
Albany to attend a special meeting
in celebration of the success of the
Red Cross blood band and to sit on
the platform in uniform.
The program will be conducted at
8:00 p. m. at the Blood Bank in the
Albany Law School on Tuesday,
March 21. Mrs. Leon Aronowitz is
in charge of the meeting. She is
the mother of Lee Aronowitz, Milne
junior.
Pat said, “I consider it a great
honor to be selected to go to the
meeting.”
ZteaKan,
Absolutely tops is Jerry Wald’s
suggestive theme melody, which is
almost but not quite ruined by its
garish background. And definitely
tops is Bing Crosby’s recording of
“Poinsiana.”
No matter whether
you like the tune or not, no matter
whether you like Crosby or not,
you will have a hard time finding
a recording of this type to top it.
Nevertheless we feel that . Dave
Rose’s non-vocal recording of this
tune is the most appropriate and
also the better of the two. Crosby’s
singing is admirable, but the tune
is meant to be a melody, not a
sticky mess of stale lyrics. Incidently, speaking of the above men­
tioned Jerry Wald, he is no Good­
man and no Shaw either, but he
does well enough in his own way
and is well worth listening to.
Nightmairzy Doats’
Francis Murphy’s appropriate
and probably his only clever remark
of “It should be Nightmairzy Doats”
is only too true. Could be that
some song writer was sowing his
wile Doats.
Really terrific number is Lester
Young’s recording of “Afternoon of
a Basin-ite.” Not so terrific is Ella
Fitzgerald’s “Cow Cow Boggle. At
best it is an imitation of that other
Ella, Miss Morse. The reverse side,
however, which is “When My Sugar
; Walks Down the Street” measures
up considerably better. Watch for
Tildegard’s recording of “Leave Us
Face It” for Decca, with “Suddenly
Its Spring” on the flip-over. “Leave
Us” written by the author of Duffey’s may cause a revolutionary
change in the whole structure of
English grammar. Possible succes­
sor of “Mairzy Doats” is a number
called “Oh Please Tell Me Darlin.’ ”
We hope not.
Oscar Levant is scheduld to play
Gershwin’s “Concerto in F” under
Senseman Again Speaks
At Junior High Assembly Things to Come
The Milne Junior High School
students at assembly Tuesday,
March 14, 1944, were fortunate to
hear Mr. H. L. Senseman, world
traveler and teacher. Mr. Senseman completed his talk which he
had started at an earlier assembly.
He told the students of the difficul­
ties of getting out of war preparing
Japan. He and his wife, with sixty
other people, were crowded in the
hold of a Chinese ship. Finally
reaching Hong Kong, they boarded
an American ship which took them
home.
Club Elects Prescott,
Bookstein to Office
, The Office Management Club held
election of officers on Wednesday,
March 8, during the club period.
Lois Prescott was elected president
and Marjorie Bookstein was elected
to the office of publicity director.
The club meets in the main office of
Milne and is under the supervision
of Miss Marion Clancy, secretary to
Dr. Frederick. The members bring
the mail around to the supervisors,
and in general do the odd jobs
which come up in the office.
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the baton of Arturo Toscanni on
March 26. Stan Kenton, who is
traveling with the Bob Hope show,
has persisted in disregarding the
Jim Crow prejudice and is carrying
his Negro trumpeter throughout the
show. Hope fully approves and so
do we. Slow, blue and effective
is “Tessie’s Torch Song” which
Dinah Shore delivers in her current
picture “Up in Arms.” We under­
stand that Dinah does it up brown,
but we’d like to hear Lena Horne
try it. As yet we haven’t heard an
even mediocre arrangement of this
really good tune. Ina Ray Hutton’s
version is painful. Speaking of Ina
Rae, is it her evening gowns or her
band?
‘Up in Arms’
Incidentally, the star of “Up
in Arms,” Danny Kaye, the screen's
new and electric find, has a pleasing
and very mellow tenor voice, if he
would manipulate it seriously more
often. He used to, way back when
he was doing radio singing. His
untouchable album, which we men­
tioned in a previous column, contains
one serious record, along with the
other examples of his Mercurial
wit. This one record, “Eileen,” is
evidence of a really fine voice. Both
of Harry James’ present vocalists
are out of this world, but we won’t
tell you where out of this world.
How a band with James’ promi­
nence can get away with using such
inept, unsatisfactory and downright
poor calbre singers is beyond us.
Speaking of James, he’s now the
papa of a bouncing (in boggie woggie time) baby girl.
Watch for Darych Sampson’s
“Monday Wash.” This youngster
from New York comes up with some
pretty fancy keyboard work. He’s
a musician worth keeping an eye
on; all his playing lacks is poise and
time will probably furnish that
quickly.
Tuesday, March 28
3:06—Faculty Meeting.
6:00—Crimson and White Banquet
Friday, March 17
Wellington Hotel.
Basketball—Bethlehem Central —
Friday, March 31
Gym.
7:30-10:30—Junior High Party —
Saturday, March 18
. Lounge.
9:00—Phi Sigma Initiation.
Saturday, April 1
11:00—Theta Nu Initiation.
Nothing Special Scheduled.
1:00—Sigma Banquet—Jack’s Res­
taurant.
Monday, March 20
12:27—Senior Review in Ma­
thematics — Auditorium — Dr.
Snader.
Tuesday, March 21
3:06—Faculty Meeting.
Thursday, March 23
Press Conference—New York City.
12:27—Senior
Student Council
Meeting.
Friday, March 24
Press Conference—New York City.
9:15—All marks due in office.
Saturday, March 25
Press Conference—New York City.
9:30—Adelphoi Initiation.
Monday, March 27
All report cards given out in
homerooms.
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