Crimson and White
Vol. XXX, No. 7
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
MARCH 2, 1956
Colleges Welcome C & W, B & I Dance Tomorrow Night
Sixteen Seniors
To date, at least sixteen of our
seniors have been accepted at the
college of their choice. This is a
surprisingly large number because
most colleges do not make their ac­
ceptances until later in the year.
State Colleges Welcome Milnites
Next year you may still see quite
a bit of Merrill Andrews because he
has been accepted at Albany State
Teachers College. Dorothy Clizbe
and Ginny Pitkin .will also be seen
on a State College campus but they
will be at Oneonta State.
Some Accepted At Two Schools
Both Art Evens and Linda Shoudy
have been accepted at two colleges.
Art will be traveling to either the
University of Virginia or Clarkson
Tech. Come September, Linda will
attend classes on either the Keuka
College or Plattsburg State College
campus. Should Linda decide to
attend Plattsburg State, she will
probably find her classmate Joyce
Miller there.
Acceptances Come From All Over
Howard Chura has recently been
accepted at the Syracuse College of
Forestry.
Trudy Shaw and Ruth Spritzer
will both be packing for the trip to
Ohio, and Oberlin College.
Another pair of seniors planning
to attend the same college are Lois
King and Jackie Marks. They will
attend Green Mountain Junior Col­
lege.
Carl Eppleman has been accepted
at Hartwick College which, incidently, isn’t far from Oneonta.
Judy Jenkins has been accepted
at Clark University in Worcester,
Massachusetts.
Elaine Cohn has
heard from Bryant College.
Cornell Invites Three
Cornell so far has accepted three
seniors. Merrill Andrews, Mike DePorte and Steve Weinstein have all
received notification within the last
few weeks.
Tri-Hi-Y Prepares to
Entertain Veterans
The Tri-Hi-Y has decided to pro­
duce a variety show to be presented
at the Veterans Hospital here in
Albany. On March 12, a group of
members will perform for the vet­
erans.
Annabel Page and Joyce Seymour
are in charge of entertainment, with
Miss Glass, the Tri-Hi-Y advisor,
supervising.
A few acts already decided on
are: Maryann Bullion and Virginia
Huntington singing, “Diamonds Are
a Girl’s Best Friend”; Joan Parry,
Jane Armstrong, and Betsy Pilat
cavorting to “Mostly Martha” and
Annabel Page and Joyce Seymour
pantomiming to “Its a Sin To Tell
a Lie.”
Rosie Becker will do an acrobatic
dance, Shirley Vanderburgh a piano
The Crimson and White and
Bricks and Ivy staffs have once
again combined efforts to sponsor
their annual dance. The dance will
be in the Page hall gymnasium to­
morrow, March 3, at- 8:30 p.m.
Grades seven through twelve are
invited.
Metronomes Hired
The dance, the thirty-first spon­
sored by the two publications, will
have music played by a local student
group. The band committee, com­
posed of Stu Doling and Jim Dough­
erty, was fortunate in obtaining the
Metronomes, an ensemble that took
a second place award in the dance
band contest last year.
CHECKING NEW STAFF: Shown here going over the list of next year’s
publication staffs, which will be announced tomorrow night, are several
members of this year’s staff.
History Classes
View Legislature
Three American history classes
recently observed democratic pro­
cesses at work in the New York
State Legislature. The students at­
tended a session of the Assembly.
Short Cuts Surprise Observers
Many were amazed at the “short
roll call” and other rapid methods
of voting that seemingly gave no one
a chance to vote for or against a bill.
Under the short roll call system,
only four persons are called upon
to vote. They are the majority
leader, and the first and last as­
semblymen alphabetically. If they
do not vote at all it is put down
as a “yes.”
Debate Arises Over Bill
At the session attended by the
Milnites, a strong debate developed.
It was in controversy over a bill
concerned with juvenile delinquen­
cy. Representative Butler, the bill’s
sponsor, dramatically answered a
stiff attack on the bill. After a while,
Assemblyman McGinnis of Albany
denounced “juvenile delinquency”
in the form of snowballs thrown at
moving vehicles.
Committees Do Most of Work
Many of the bills passed so hur­
riedly were not really considered on
the spur of the moment, as was ap­
parent. They had been in commit­
tee and it was on the basis of a
favorable committee report that
they passed so easily.
After touring the capitol and see­
ing the assembly, the seniors
tramped back to fifth period classes,
stopping at restaurants along the
way.
The class considered itself
lucky to have seen such an active
session of the assembly.
solo, Carolyn Stein a dance, and
Jackie Torner, a recitation. There
are many other girls participating,
but their acts have not been de­
cided upon yet.
Group Plans
Career Talks
The Milne senior student council
has embarked upon a program that
will bring speakers from various
professions and careers to Milne to
speak to interested high school stu­
dents about the many aspects of
their particular vocation. A special
committee composed of Gene Blabey,
Bob Killough, and Tripp May is at
present planning these sessions with
the assistance and cooperation of
Mr. Harold Howes, Milne Guidance
Director.
Modernistic Decorations Planned
The chairman of the decoration
committee, Ginny Huntington, and
her co-workers, plan to use decora­
tions of a modernistic type. The
gym will be decked with red and
white crepe paper and mobiles of
varied shapes and sizes.
New Staffs To Be Appointed
The main feature of the daqce,
and the one that has proved to be
the most exciting in the past, will
be the revealing of the new staffs of
the publications. Paul Cohen and
Mike Deporte, editors of the C & W
and B & I, respectively, will an­
nounce most of the appointees. The
page editors of the C & W, Steve
Weinstein, Trudy Shaw, Jackie
Torner and Paul Howard, will name
their successors.
Committees At Work
In addition to the decoration
committee, several groups are busy
planning other phases of the dance.
Frank Ward, Dave Bairn and Steve
Weinstein, the publicity committee,
have made all the odd signs in the
halls (with much assistance from
Questionnaires Distributed
the C & W cartoonist, Willa DeTo ascertain what groups were Sousa). In addition, they are seeing
most interesting to the student body, to it that the dance receives pub­
the committee distributed question­ licity via radio and newspapers.
naires in sophomore, junior, and Performers Recruited
senior homerooms on February 17.
Paul Howard and his entertain­
Students were asked to check three
of the 40 jobs listed. The results ment committee are assembling
were tabulated by the committee Milne talent, which in the past has
which found that the most interest proven to be plentiful, to perform
was in jobs in the following areas: at the dance. The names of the
1) aviation, 2) engineering, 3) fash­ performers have not yet been an­
ion design, 4) nursing, 5) modeling, nounced.
6) chemistry, 7) medicine, 8) ele­
Ginny Pitkin and Tripp May are
mentary education, 9) secondary in charge of the sale of tickets
education.
which may be bought at the door
for 75^ stag and $1.25 a couple. Judy
Wider Program Planned
Jenkins and her refreshments com­
The committee feels that it is very mittee will try to keep order when
likely that the program will be ex­ the punch and cookies they have
panded even further. It is antici­ prepared are uncovered.
It is
pated that the expanded program rumored that the refreshments table
will include from 10 to 15 speakers will be situated in a spot more
representing different fields.
spacious and accessible than usual.
Last year similar meetings were Committee Cleans Up
held, and they enjoyed some suc­
When the music and activity has
cess.
The speakers came during stopped, and the gym is empty and
the homeroom period, and spoke on quiet, Steve Greenbaum and his
seven different vocational fields. committee will perform the neces­
Meetings were held in the little sary and important task of removing
theater and in classrooms every the last traces of this year’s C & W,
other week.
B & I dance.
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 2
MARCH 2, 1956
cTTfe Inquiring
Reporter"
What Are You Doing Tomorrow
Night?
Social affairs such as dances are important
factors in the good reputation that Milne now
has. Milne is outstanding for its many extra­
curricular activities, and these activities make
our school popular with the students and effec­
tive in its educational program. Without our
activities, school would be an entirely dull,
lifeless place, and student morale would be so
low that learning would be almost impossible.
However, there has been a tendency in re­
cent months to be lax in attendance at school
affairs.
Some Milne students seem to prefer
doing nothing rather than making an effort and
participating.
This trend is not in the best
interest of the students and the school.
All Milnites are urged to attend the dance
tomorrow night.
Much effort is being ex­
pended to make this a very enjoyable affair.
Nothing can be lost by coming, yet an evening
of pleasure and a part in upholding Milne s
reputation can be gained.
Several recent
dances have been failures or near failures.
Let’s not let this happen to the B & I, C&W
dance.
-----------AL UMNEWS Saliy Cooke from the class of ’55, and John Murphy,
class of ’54, were married recently in Vermont.
Carol Myers ’55, and Bill Wade ’53, have announced
their engagement. The date of the wedding has not
been set exactly, but they expect to be married within
the next few months.
Robert Bullis ’53, was elected publicity secretary to
the Faunce house board of governors committee in
charge of the social events in the student union.
The engagement of Claire Marks, class of ’53, has
been announced to Edward Joseph Lansing.
Mary McNamara ’54, has been named to the dean’s
list at LaSall junior college.
—Lois Smith
Crimson and White
Vol. XXX
MARCH 2, 1956
No. 7
Published every three weeks by the
CRIMSON AND WHITE Board, The Milne
School, Albany, New York. Address ex­
changes to the Exchange Editor and
other correspondence to the Editor.
nmm
MEMBER
Columbia Scholastic Press Ass’n.
Empire State School Press Ass’n.
THE EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief..........................................
.... Paul Cohen ’56
News Editor................................................. Steve Weinstein ’56
Associate Editor.......................................
___ Trudy Shaw ’56
Associate Editor........................................
..Jackie Tomer ’56
Boys’ Sports Editor................................
...Paul Howard ’56
Asst. Boys’ Sports Editor...................
......... Jim Cohen ’57
Girls’ Sports Editor..............................
...Judy Jenkins ’56
Exchange Editor.....................................
. Jackie Bonczyk ’56
Staff Photographer................................
....Frank Ward ’56
Feature Editor.............. :.........................
. . Ruth Spritzer ’56
Business Manager................ ..................
.. . Ginny Pitkin ’56
Faculty Adviser.......................................
...Mr. Hugh Smith
THE STAFF
Will a deSousa, Lois Smith, Judy Webel, Shirley Vander­
burgh, Hilda Klingaman, Jennifer Jackson, Dickie
Berberian, Mary Killough, Tripp May, Jayne Harbinger,
Maryann Bullion, Bud Mehan.
TYPING STAFF
Chief Typist, Lois King; Judy Jenkins, Linda Shoudy,
Judy Dobris, Ann Quickenton, Dee Huebner, Cathie
Scott, Karen Dougherty, Ann Marshall.
THE NEWS BOARD
David Bairn, Steve Greenbaum, Joyce Miller, Dorothy
Clizbe, Joan Canfield, Sue Hershey, Ellie McNamara,
Judy Malzberg, Peter Pappas, Ellen Hoppner, Ginny
Huntington, Carol Newton, Carolyn Stein, Ellen • Sher­
man, Carolyn Male, Charlotte Sackman, Annabel. Page,
Abby Perlman, Jean Verlaney, Adrienne Rosen, Cynthia
Frommer, Jane Armstrong, Stephanie Condon, Gr'etcherf
Seiter, Ann Pitkin.
Credit goes to Sue Goldman for one of the best open
houses of the season. Importing Rex Stewart s Jazz
Band from New York City, Sue celebrated her birth­
day in grand style. High praise was heard from Judy
Jenkins, Mary Ann O’Connell, Bob Martin, Tripp May,
Joan Parry, Dave Bairn, John Wiltrout, Linda Shoudy,
Trudy Shaw, Paul Rissberger, Ginna Huntington, Paul
Cohen, Art Evans, Jackie Bonczyk, Russ Peck, Ginny
Pitkin, Carl Eppleman, Shirley Vanderburgh, Ron
Killelea, Annabel Page, Bill Jardine, Doreen Goldberg,
Carol Rathbun, Judy/Webel, Skip Crane, and Stu
Doling.
Mary Lou Haworth and Bryde King got into cahoots
and came up with a surprise party for Aim Pitkin on
her birthday. Fred Taylor, Dick Collins, Joan Haworth,
Richie Lockwood, Connie Evans, Rickie Sautter,
Sybilyn Hoyle, Kip Grogan, Cathie Parry, Buddy
Mehan, Jennifer Jackson, George Jordan, and Richard
Martin were all in on the fun.
Seventh graders joined the ranks of surprise-partythrowers. Springing one on Janice Lenda were Joan
Switzer, Carol West, Sandra Chamberlin, Barbara
Corbat, and Penny Pritchard.
Sue Clizbe celebrated our victory over B.C.H.S. with
a slumber party. Penny Male, Rose Becker, Carolyn
Male, Arlene Susser, Carolyn Stein, Moira Hickey,
Ellen Hoppner, and Jean Eisenhart all upheld tradi­
tion and sleep was an unheard of thing.
Wilma and Nancy Mathusa couldn’t miss with a
Valentine party. Among those seen celebrating this
terrific holiday were Bob Blabey, Sandy Sutphen,
Linda Dreis, Henry Hallett, Dorothy Hoyle, Grace
Stephens, Jed Allen, Allison Kelly, Judy Allen, Dennis
Slattery, and Patsy O’Brien.
Wintertime was enjoyed by several Milnites who
were improving their skiing techniques at Alpine
Meadows.
Barbara Lawrence, Bill Warren, Tom
Cantwell, and Dick Berberian all waxed enthusiastic
over their favorite winter sport.
Seen gathering pointers and offering encouragement
at a recent freshman game were Paul Howard, Dave
Quickenton, Bruce and Barry FitzGerald.
Lincoln’s birthday found many Milnites attending
a party given by Liz Clemenko. Katie Simmons, Tom
Sternfeld, and Sue McNeil were among those present.
—Hilda, Die’ ’n Shirl
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KUMQUAT
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Q PEESIKAMOty
“I resign!”
—W illaDeSousa
By Judy and Jennifer
Question: If you were the Inquir­
ing Reporter, what question would
you ask?
Penny Pritchard: What are your
likes and dislikes of Milne?
Joan Haworth: What are you go­
ing to do over summer vacation?
Judy Dobris: What size toothpaste
do you buy?
Julie Florman: Don’t ask me, be
creative.
Karen Dougherty: I don’t ask
questions.
Paula Propp: Do you bleach your
hair?
Ricky Stuart: How many char­
treuse sweaters do you own?
Julie Propp: What color was your
hair last week?
Fred Taylor: How big do you want
the new gym?
Ci Tompkins: Does Arabella hate
peas?
Mary Lou Haworth: Whew! Should
escalators be installed?
Bryde King: What’s v/rong with
the mice in the hall outside of
science?
Ann Pitkin: What do you think of
going steady?
Larry Giventer: Is it warmer in
the summer than in the country?
Nancy Leonard: What would you
wear to a dog show?
Dee Huebner: Why are people al­
ways late?
Bob Brown: What makes Mr.
Rosenthal laugh?
Howie Wildove: That depends on
who I’m asking.
Ann Wilson: What would you like
to invent?
Cathy Parry: What’s your favorite
sport?
Ann Quickenton: What don’t you
remember most about hoop season?
Max Streibel: What time do you
get up in the morning?
Warren Abele: How high is the
sky?
Steve Greenbaum: What will hap­
pen to Milne when this year’s seniors
leave?
Tripp May: Why is the Senior
Spotlight the best part of the paper?
Barry FitzGerald: What happened
to the rumor about Mr. Fagan?
Elaine Cohen: What do you think
of interdigitation?
Frank Ward: Are all artists who
make posters crazy?
Linda Shoudy: What do you think
of Mendel’s matzoh balls?
Chuck Curry: How does Pogo go
with you?
Ronnie Killelea: What do you
think of going steady?
Paul Cohen: Do you think the
rain will hurt the rhubarb and if
not do you think it will hurt the
apple orchards if the apples are in
cans, if the cans have holes in them,
and if the cans have holes in them
how would that affect the price of
peas in Peoria?
Dave Wilson: If you were the In­
quiring Reporter what question
would you ask?
Jon Harvey: Who ate Dr. Moose’s
alligator?
Shirley Vanderburgh: What is
your life’s ambition?
MARCH 2, 1956
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Raiders Earn Quarter-Final Berth
Milne to Meet
Northern Champ
Rams, Shenendehowa Obstacles
In order to get in the Class C
Sectionals Milne must finish higher
than both Van Rensselaer and Shen­
endehowa in the Capital District
League. These three schools are
the only ones eligible for the Class
C Sectionals since Bethlehem Cen­
tral and Columbia are both Class B
and Boys Academy, although Class
C, is ineligible because it is a prep
school. Schools are classified into
different classes from A-E according
to the number of boy students
eligible for athletic participation. A
school such as Milne with an en­
rollment of from 100-199 eligible
boys, is a Class C school.
Cobleskill Ends Regular Season
Cobleskil Ihigh school travels to
Page hall March 2 to avenge an
earlier defeat by Milne. Cobleskill
always provides tough competition
and has beaten the Red Raiders four
out of the last five games. A large
crowd is expected to watch Milne
finish its most successful season in
some time.
►;«.—" — <■—i—.,
j Judy Jots |
Very recently, February 9, old and
new teachers gathered in the library
for the Student-Teachers’ Tea. This
event was sponsored by the Girls’
Athletic Association for the purpose
of acquainting the student teachers
with each other and the faculty.
The tea is usually held twice a year,
once in the fall for first semester
teachers and again early in Febru­
ary for the incoming ones. This
year the council decided to experi­
ment and do it somewhat differently
than in the past.
Many of the
teachers were practicing off campus
and would not be included if done
in the usual way so the council de­
cided to invite both semester teach­
ers for one big congregation. This
proved to be a very good idea and
to quote the words of the council
president, Mary Killough, “We had
about 300 at the tea and it was very
successful.
Many thanks to the
Home Economics for their assist­
ance.”
Milne’s varsity basketball team
will represent the Capital District
League in the Class C Sectionals
with their first game to be held
March 9, at Mechanicville starting
at 9:00 p.m. Milne will oppose the
champions of the Northern Confer­
ence which will be either South
Glens Falls, Whitehall, or Granville.
The winner of this quarter-final
game will be eligible for the semi­
finals March 12 at Saratoga, where
they will meet the winner of the
Fort Plain, Ichabod Crane game.
The winner of the semi-final game
will have reached the finals which
will be played at Saratoga, March 16
against a now undetermined team.
Fourth Year in Row for Milne
Milne first captured the area Class
C Championship during the 1952-53
season when Don “Flamingo”
Coombs and “Bunny” Walker were
playing for the Raiders.
Milne
never got past their first outing as
they were defeated by Corinth. The
following year Milne again went to
the sectionals. “Criss” Cross, Jud
Lockwood, and Art Melius were
standouts for this Milne team who
got as far as the semi-finals by de­
feating Fort Plain in the first round
before the Raiders were beaten by
Ballston Spa.
The 1954-55 Milne basketball team
also earned a berth in the sectionals
at Saratoga. Such players as Joel
Berman, Tom Foggo, and Larry
Genden helped Milne capture the
area Class C championship.
At
Saratoga, a jittery Milne team
started slowly and was losing by 22
points at the end of the first half
in their initial game against Corinth.
Finding themselves in the second
half, Milne staged a terrific rally
which overcame the Corinth lead in
the final period. Corinth squeezed
out a one point victory in a see-saw
affair.
PAGE 3
Jayvee Cheerleading Tryouts Held
There is a second thing which has
been changed this year and this was
Paul Howard (29) leaps high in an attempt to block Ken Lyons’ (12) the time the tryouts for the jayvee
cheerleading squad would be held.
jump-shot as Russ Peck (30) gets set to pull down the rebound.
The tryouts have usually been at
the end of May but this year Miss
Lydia Murray decided that the
month of January would prove bet­
ter as there were two State college
students willing to help first sem­
ester with the cheerleading club.
So, on a Monday, not too far in the
past, many nervous girls from the
After holding off a last quarter
After trailing by 17 points early seventh and eighth grades gathered
rally, the Milne Red Raiders came in the third quarter, the Milne Red in the little gym to try out for the
through with a stunning upset over Raiders fought back in the final half squad.
the Bethlehem Central Eagles 64-60, to edge the Columbia Blue Devils
Finally, after a long and hard
February 10, before a packed crowd 82-78, in a thrilling league contest afternoon, seven girls had the honor
at Page hall. It was Milne’s sixth February 3, at East Greenbush.
of becoming members of the squad
straight victory, and their first over
The score remained even to mid­ that will cheer for the frosh and
the Eagles since 1953.
way through the first period, when jayvee teams next year. There are
B.C. scored eight straight - points Columbia moved ahead 13-8. Milne three returning eighth graders, these
early in the game to move ahead tied the game at 13-13, but the Blue being Sandy Sutphen, Judy Allen,
10-4 but the Red Raiders narrowed Devils again went in front, to gain and Joan Haworth. The rest of the
the margin down to 14-12, as the a 19-17 lead at the end of the quar­ squad will have four girls cheering
first quarter ended.
ter. Led by Jimmy Clifford, the for the first time. They are Joan
Blue
Devils pulled away to a 44-31 Switzer, Patty O’Brien, Barbara
Russ Peck scored on a drive at
Lester, and Gracie Stephens. Con­
lead
at
halftime.
the start of the second period to tie
gratulations girls!
the game up at 14-14. B.C. moved
Columbia scored two quick
in front 20-16, but Milne closed the baskets at the start of the third Scene Shifts To Rice’s
gap to one point. The teams then quarter to move ahead by 17, but
“Ru - - m, cr - a ck ” A strike!
traded baskets to the end of the from there the Red Raiders battled Soon after this sound is heard, an
quarter, where Brian Beers hit on a back. Sparked by Paul Howard and excited girl from the senior high
set, and Bill Guerera on a hook, to Russ Peck Milne steadily decreased may be seen walking exuberantly
increase the Eagles’ lead to 34-29 the lead to 57-54, when Bill Hoff toward the score-keepers with a
at the half.
scored on a fast break and a foul proud smile to announce her
In the third period the Red Raiders shot to tie it up. Columbia how­ achievement of gaining a strike in
fought back to narrow the margin ever, moved right back into the lead bowling.
Obviously, the older set have
down to 39-38, when Dave Bairn hit 61-57, on a jump shot by “Bevo”
on a jump shot, to send Milne ahead Bruso and a set by Clifford as the begun intramural bowling this year
and a great majority of the Milne
for the first time in the game. B.C. buzzer sounded.
The lead changed hands several girls are taking advantage of this
gainecf the lead again on two foul
time
before
the
Red
Raiders
scored
sport seldom seen in other schools
shots by Beers, but Milne came
thundering back on a hook by Paul eight straight points to pull in front in the Albany area. Miss Lydia
Led by Bruso, the Blue Murray has arranged with the Rice
Howard and a pair of free throws 78-69.
by Barry FitzGerald to pull ahead Devils roared back to cut the lead bowling alleys to have bowling every
44-41.
Milne continued to lead to 80-78 but Bruce FitzGerald sank Wednesday afternoon as it has been
48-46 at the end of the third quarter. two foul shots as the game ended done in past years. The girls are
receiving assistance in this act by
In the beginning of the final with Milne ahead, 82-78.
Bill Warren was top scorer for Miss Virginia Hilfiker, a senior at
period Milne moved ahead by four,
State.
but Herm Feldhusen scored on a the losers with 14 points.
For those who are interested,
three point play to move the Eagles Academy Stops Milne
to within one point at 52-51. From
Albany Academy halted Milne’s here is the way the game is played
there, however, Milne held on to six game winning streak February (in a selected short subject)! The
win 64-60.
17, by beating Milne, 63-57, on the object is to knock over as many
Howard was to^s for Milne with Academy court. Academy took an pins with the ball as possible. A
19, followed by Barry FitzGerald early lead and at one time was lead­ “strike” is attained by knocking
over all the pins with just one ball.
ing 8-0.
with 12 and Peck with 11.
Milne Edges B. C. Milne Divides Two
In Court Thriller Loop Contests
PAGE 4
HELPFUL HINTS
TO DELEGATES
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Senior Spotlight
By MARY ’n TRIPP
Slumber Parties Shock Manager
Back at the hotel the act of dis­
illusioning the management begins.
They are not acquainted with
slumber parties. We found it ad­
visable to stock an extra supply of
food for the manager each time he
came up. It helped.
We included an efficient camera
and photographer on the trip. The
opportunities for good pictures were
too good to miss.
The next morning, we made an
attempt to be kind to the peasants
back home. Several of us stood
outside Dave Garoway’s studio,
transmitting our happy, warm faces
back home via T.V. The New York
Times will then treat the delegates
to a tour of its buildings. Inten­
tion—to lure high school editors
from wasting their talent on local
papers.
Village Offers Variety
Don’t miss Greenwich Village.
Beware! This tour usually takes
place Friday afternoon. Hope you’ll
be as taken in with Rienzi’s, a semi­
confectionary in the Village, its
Bohemian atmosphere, Turkish
coffee and rose water sodas, as 'we
were.
Other attractions are the
small Japanese and Swedish cera­
mic, leathermaking' and jewelry
shops. If any jazz enthusiasts seek
an evening of such, Nick’s is the
place to go in the Village.
HIGHLIGHTS
Well, here I am all ready to take
up another minute and five seconds.
That’s the average time taken to
read this quaint little piece of liter­
ature. It’s a fact that it would take
one out of every three doctors only
65 seconds to read this column.
The C.S.P.A. Conference, among
other things, many other things,
draws Milne journalists to New
York city every spring. To uphold
Milne’s tradition on this trip timetested procedures must be followed.
Our school’s dignity must be
maintained at all times.
If you
must sing, laugh, scream, or holler
on the train going down, a subtle
technique can be used to indicate
that Albany high is your Alma
Mater.
Helpful Hints From Experts
Having spent the time in N.Y.C.,
the staffs of the yearbook and paper
are experts on New York night life.
Recommended for dinner is Ruby
Foo’s, an ultra-exotic Chinese res­
taurant off Broadway. We’ll tell
you ahead of time, that the rice is
not free.
Tickets for the top shows can be
sent for ahead of time. If you want
to add a touch of sophisticated in­
dependence, however, you can make
the rounds of the box offices before
show time for cancelations.
JUNIOR
By BUDDY MEHAN
By RUTHIE SPRITZER
Innocence Aides Delegates
On arriving at the Biltmore, home
away from home, a look of quiet
serenity should mark all the shining
little faces. In this way, the hotel
is in for a bigger surprise later on.
Columbia university is the next
stop, for the conference itself. Try
to carry several issues of the C & W
and if possible, a B & I with you.
All the other important little dele­
gates will show a decided interest
and will pore hungrily over them.
You, in turn, are expected to make
complimentary little remarks about
the originality and freshness of
East Podunk Central high school’s
“Weekly Worker.”
MARCH 2, 1956
Steve Weinstein, Lois Smith, Shirley Vanderburgh, and Ron Killelea.
STEVE WEINSTEIN
Do you listen to amateur “radioeers?” Are you a ham? If you’ve
been listening in the past months to
the amateur bands, probably you’ve
heard Steve Weinstein, news editor
of the C & W. “Esteban,” at the
present, is only a novice in the
“ham” business, but will soon get
his general class license, that means
soon he will be calling “CQ” by
voice. If you care to listen for him,
his call is KN20VM. Keep tuned!
“Stef’s” likes are amateur radio
(good for talking to people), field
trips (good for getting out of class),
and New York city (good for . . .
well, almost anything). His real
passion ,however, is Mississippi—the
most forward looking and demo­
cratic state in the union. His only
dislike is chem quizzes.
That’s
reasonable.
If Steve’s big ambition of inherit­
ing one million tax-free dollars
should fall through, he’d like to go
to Massachusetts Institute of Tech­
nology and from there hop a banana
boat to some Latin-American coun­
try and help build up their elec­
tronics industry.
LOIS SMITH
Should we visit Keuka college
next year, Lois Smith will probably
venture forth to greet us. She plans
to prepare herself for a career in
nursing. Smitty is also stimulated
toward aspirations of acting because
of her part in the senior play.
Lois’s advent to Milne was in the
seventh grade, and during the six
years that she has graced the school
with her presence, she has been
known for her fondness for Cathe­
dral, Maryann’s racoon coat, and
popular records. Her favorites
among popular recordings are the
recent “Lovely Lies,” “Chain-Gang,”
and the real oldie, “I’m Forever
Blowing Bubbles.”
Lois likes food, but has sufficient
will power to resist the temptation
of over-indulgence. She is active in
many extra - curricular activities
such as Milnettes, Sigma, and C&W,
and sadly admits that she likes them
much better than the classroom.
Lois was born November 9, 1938
in Albany, and attended P. S. 19
before coming to Milne.
RON KILLELEA
When the class of 1956 presents its
production of “Gramercy Ghost,”
Ronald Stanton Killelea will be seen
in one of the starring roles. Ron
embarked on his stage career fol­
lowing a campaign speech that he
delivered last May. He found that
he enjoyed “crowd pleasing” so
much that he made a successful bid
for a part in the aforementioned
production.
Ron, or “The Till” as he is many
times called, is planning to attend
Hudson Valley Technical Institute
to study in the field of refrigeration.
With the knowledge acquired at
H.V.T., Ron hopes to be able to mix
and properly care for the free soup
that he likes so well.
In addition to the soup, Ron also
finds pleasure in ham, Epp’s “smoke
room” and psychology.
He and
“Doc” also get along well together.
His greatest thrill this year occurred
when Fitz’s elbow landed rather
harshly on his nose.
Thus it can easily be seen that
the Beau Brummel of 1956 has come
a great distance from that day in
1938 when he was born, twentyseven inches long and weighing a
scant eight and one quarter pounds.
SHIRLEY VANDENBURGH
“Doc”—If anyone mentions “Get
out of the hole you’re standing in,”
Shirley will probably send him di­
rectly to the supervisor. After see­
ing the situation at Milne, she plans
to attend Fredonia State Teachers
college and become the smallest
piano teacher in history. One may
contend that Shh’ley is small but
certainly not when it comes to
tickling the ivories. She has started
her vocation; already she has five
pupils.
Shirley’s musical career
began at the age of four, and she is
a graduate of the Octavo School of
Musical Arts. Viewers of WRGB
have seen Shirley on Teen-Age
Barn. These qualities have led her
to be a member of Milnettes and
pianist for the Milnemen.
A native Albanian, Shirley was
born at 6:15 in Albany hospital on
July 25, 1938.
Since coming to
Milne, she has held the offices of
secretary of Junior Student Council
and treasurer of Quin.
Council Announces Dance
Well now, I had better get down
to business.
On March 10, the
Junior Student Council is holding
it’s third dance of the year. This
affair will be a leap year dance, for
the benefit of girls on the prowl.
Prizes will be awarded for elimina­
tion and novelty dances.
Last October, it was suggested to
the eighth grade homerooms that
they form a committee for home­
room periods. The committee’s pur­
poses are to provide activities for
homeroom periods.
Committee Discusses Topics
The group is headed by Mr. Harold
Howes, and the members are Sandra
Sutphen, Howard Berkun, Henry
Hallett, Linda Dries, Patsy O’Brien,
and Jed Allen.
The students decide dto discuss
various topics. Our first topic was
Social Etiquette and Everyday Man­
ners. The homerooms were shown
movies on the topic, and discussion
followed. This topic seemed to be
popular with both guys and gals.
The second topic selected was
How to Choose a Job. Mr. Howes
presented the topic with a discus­
sion on the various types of jobs.
A movie followed, wrapping up the
program.
J.V. Cheerleaders Present Problem
It has come to my attention that
the junior varsity cheerleaders are
in dire need of new cheerleading
outfits. The girls are willing to buy
the needed material, and fashion the
suits themselves, but this seems to
be against school policy. The money
needed has to come from the
MGAA’s funds, which are nil.
What can be done? The girls need
new suits but no money from school
is available. Any ideas from the
student body would be appreciated.
Please contact me if you have any
ideas on this subject.
Look What’s Coming
Friday, March 2
Basketball—Cobleskill at Milne
Saturday, March 3
Basketball—Milne Frosh at Acad­
emy (11:00 a.m.)
DANCE—C & W-B & I, Page Hall
(8:30 p.m.)
Thursday, March 8
Red Cross Assembly
Friday, March 9
Basketball—Section two quarter­
finals at Mechanieville
Saturday, March 10
Basketball—Milne Frosh at Guilderland (11:00 a.m.)
Junior High Dance, Lounge
(7:30 p.m.)
Monday, March 12
Basketball — Rensselaer Frosh at
Milne (3:30 p.m.)
Friday, March 16
Report cards distributed
Monday, March 19
Senior play preview assembly