Crimson and White
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Vol. XXXIII, No. 6
New Students
Enter Milne
Five new students have started at
Milne during the second semester.
They are Andre and Janine Donikian, Norene Jann, Jim McClelland
and Jed Allen.
Andre, a junior, is not only new
to Milne, but he is also new to the
United States. He arrived in the
States January 26 from Beirut,
Lebanon, with his family.
Janine Donikian, a freshman, like
lier brother, is new to this country.
She says she enjoys swimming very
much; in fact, she makes that her
hobby.
Norene Jann comes to Milne from
Utica Free academy, where she was
a member of the Dramatics club,
among other things. Norene would
like to be a teacher some day.
Jim McClelland, a junior, is a
transfer from Guilderland Central.
Jim has already secured a notch on
the varsity basketball team, and is
thinking of playing baseball.
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
Paper, Yearbook
Sponsor Dance
Berkun, Rider, Walther, Welt
Win Senior High Elections
New staff members of the Crimson
and W’hite, Milne newspaper, and
Howard Berkun, Torn Rider, Carolyn Walther and Jan Welt are the
Bricks and Ivy, the yearbook, will new oflicers of the Senior Student council as a result of yesterday’s
be announced at the publications elections. Students in the ninth through twelfth grades elected the officers
dance Saturday, February 21.
in their homerooms following an election assembly for the whole school.
Sybillyn Hoyle and George Hous­
“I’m pleased that Milne students have put their confidence in me, and
ton, this year’s editors, will reveal I will serve them as best I can,” said winning candidate Howie Berkun.
the new staffs at the semi-formal
Tom Rider, the new vice-president, said after the elction, “I’m glad
dance, which will be held from 8 to I won. It’s only too had you can’t have two winners because Art Hengerer
12 pun. in Page hall. Tickets will would have made a good vice-president.”
be available for 75 cents stag or
In the other contests, Carolyn Walther defeated Ann Wilson for the
$1.25 per couple. Chaperones for
office of secretary and Jan Welt defeated Marianne Maynard to become
the dance are Mr. and Mrs. Harold the
new treasurer.
Mager anl Mr. and Mrs. Vincent
Walker. Miss Millicent Haines and
Mr. Harold Howes will help in
decorating the gym.
Crimson & White
Opens Contest
Only All-School Dance
Arrangements for this, the only
all-school dance, are being handled
jointly by the yearbook and the
The Crimson and White announces
paper. The theme committee con­
sists of Jed Allen, Bob Berberian, its annual Contest in Creative writ­
the editors and other interested ing beginning today, February 13.
All students of the junior and senior
people.
high are eligible to enter with the
exception of the page editors of the
C & W.
Judging will be done on two
levels: junior and senior high. The
judges are Miss Anita Dunn, Mrs.
Naomi L. Mager, Dr. James Coch­
rane and George Houston.
Humor in Separate Contest
Entries in two categories will be
accepted. In the field of serious
v/riting, poetry, short stories, essays,
and sketches of not more than 1,000
words are welcome. Humorous
sketches, cartoons, or articles of 500
words or less will be considered
separately.
Typing class? Not quite. Milne's student council, led by Bob Blabey,
plans for the charity pool, student banking and an A.S.C.C.D. dance.
Council Acts On Pool, Bank, Dance
The Milne Student council has
been* working on some important
projects: the charity pool, student
banking and the A.S.C.C.D. dance.
The charities that will be repre­
sented are Mental Health, Muscular
Distrophy and Cancer. $300 is the
goal, $100 for each charixy. Members
of the Student council will make
collections in the homerooms. An
assembly, including a skit and
speeches, will kick off the drive on
February 26.
Student Banking Considered
Student banking is being consid­
ered for the first time this year.
Under this program each student
will have a bankbook and will de­
posit his money once every two
weeks. The money will be distrib­
uted in local savings banks.
The A.S.C.C.D. (Association of
Student Council of the Capital Dis­
trict) will hold a dance April 11 at
Bethlehem Central high school. A
FEBRUARY 13, 1958
band is only a possibility for the
free, informal dance, to be from
8:30 to 11 p.m.
Milnites Write Skit
The Charity pool assembly skit
is being planned by a committee
headed by Jon Harvey. Members
of the committee are Larry Giventer, Kathy Henrickson, Stuart Lewis
and Jan Welt. William Kraus is
acting as faculty adviser for the
group. Short talks will be made on
the three charities by Milne stu­
dents. Howard Berkun will speak
on the Heart Fund, Dave Blabey on
Muscular Distrophy and George
Houston on Mental Health. Students
will be able to contribute to the pool
for a week following the assembly.
A poll taken throughout the
school to find how the students felt
about student banking resulted in
a 2-1 vote in favor of banking in
the senior high and a 7-2 vote in
favor of banking in the junior high.
Three Sen iors
Get Honors
Three Milne seniors, Karen
Dougherty, Larry Giventer and
George Houston have received rec­
ognition for outstanding achieve­
ments in various fields.
Geoi'ge Houston, Milne senior, is
runner-up in a competition spon­
sored by the National Council of
Teachers oi English. Scrolls were
presented to' George and to Milne
for outstanding achievement in Eng­
lish. The council writes letters of
recommendation for acceptance and
scholarship aid to the colleges of
the winners’ and runners’ up choice.
To enter this competition, George
had to submit four compositions: an
autobiographical sketch, an in-class
paper and two out-of-class papers.
Three letters of support were writ­
ten for him by the faculty. George’s
efforts were evaluated by outstand­
ing English teachers in New York
state. A number were heads of
college or university English depart­
ments or chairmen of college com­
position courses.
Prizes will be awarded in both
classes and in the junior and senior
high divisions. The prize-winners
will be published and cash awards
of $4 for first prize and $2 for sec­
Giventer Top Science Student
ond prize will be given.
Dr-. Theodore Fossick has an­
nounced that Larry Giventer is the
best science student of the class of
1959. Larry has had a straight A
average in all science subjects he
has taken since the seventh grade.
The senior class plans to take a He receix ed a 99 in biology and a
field trip to the State Capitol build­ 98 in physics regents examinations.
ing. The League of Women Voters He will receive a bronze medal at
invited one section of seniors to the the school Honors assembly.
Capitol for a tour on February 24.
Larry will be eligible to compete
The remaining classes will go the for the Bausch and Lomb science
following week.
scholarships this year. The Uni­
The seniors will see the Senate versity of Rochester offers three or
and the House of Representatives in more scholarships annually. Their
action. They hope to have the good combined value is $9,600.
fortune that preceding seniors have Dougherty First Honfiemaker
had in meeting and talking with in­
Karen Dougherty received the
fluential people. Previous trips in­ highest mark in Milne in the Betty
cluded talks and lectures by the Crocker test for the Future Home­
governor, members of the Legisla­ maker of Tomorrow. She has been
ture, and other prominent figures of given a pin for this, and her exam­
the state government.
ination paper will be entered in the
This trip is a supplement to the competition for the State Home­
three weeks the class has spent on maker of Tomorrow. The winner
the study of federal and state gov­ will receice a $1,500 scholarship and
ernments. It gives the student op­ an expense-paid educational tour of
portunity to see the procedures they Washington, Mt. Vernon, and New
have studied.
York city.
Seniors to See
State Capital
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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c^Tfe tTWilne
EDITORIAL
Merry-Go-Round
In Which Our Editor
Protests Against
Various Things
Among the students, faculty and
alumni watching the R.P.I.-Prince­
ton hockey game were Cathie Scott,
Stu Horn, Brud Snyder, Dr. Theo­
dore Fossieck, Bob Killough, George
Hartman, Pete Quackenhush and
Miss Miriam Sanderson.
Chuck Barbaro, Chris Rourke,
Pete Crane, Carol Ricotta, Ann
Riley, Bob Huff, Bruce DeMurio
and Lynn Wise were seen rolling
the little sphere toward the ten pins
at Mary Ann Galpin’s bowling party.
Cal’s drew a big crowd after the
game Wednesday night. Seen there
werePaula Propp, Ann Marshall,
Richie Lockwood, Winnie Hamilton,
Elaine Spath, Jon Harvey, Faith
Meyer, Karen Dougherty, Ann
Quickenton, Ricky Sautter, Wes
Jacobs, Barbara Sager, Steve Einhorn and Nikki Genden.
Seen having fun at the . recent
“Escapists Escapade”, a Junior High
dance, were Marc Kessler, Karen
Giventer, Ann Riley, Bob Huff,
Mary Grear, Paul Galib, Cherie
Dominski, Bill Barr, Sue Weinstock,
Martin Begleiter, Rosemary Axel­
rod, Peggy Crane, Nancy Feldman,
Berne Bryan, Sherry Weiner, Art
Brooks, Karen Thorsen, Mike Dag­
gett, Susan Garman, Jeff Berman
and Peggy Carney.
—by Connie, Dave and Gay
Did you ever notice that when­
ever you are really thirsty, you run
up to one of the faucets in the hall,
bend over, lips pui'sed to catch the
wonderful flow of water, and quickly
straighten up, suddenly not thirsty?
For there in the faucet is a big
slimy wad of gum, or a slightly
decomposed apple, both of which
seem to ruin the water.
What always puzzled me is why
people couldn’t just hold the gum
or apple until they reach a waste­
basket somewhere. But no! They
have to dump their garbage right
in the place I drink from!
This is one of the little things that
irritate me a good deal. If there
were just this, it wouldn’t be so bad.
There are, however, many little
things which can actually ruin a
whole day.
How about the people who stand
and talk in that little hall between
the stairs leading to the second floor
and the art gallery? They always
do it when about two hundred Milnites are trying to get through, and
they block motion so effectively that
it is well nigh impossible for anyone
to go anywhere.
I myself have indulged in this
sport, I’ll admit. However, it was
done mainly for revenge, and I am
willing to stop doing it if everyone
else will.
FRID/Ki S~—
FEBRUARY 13, 1958
Art Students
Exhibit Work
Art work of various classes was
exhibited at an Art show and tea
sponsored by the Milne art depart­
ment Friday, February 6.
Faculty members and parents of
art students were invited to the ex­
hibition, held in the art room and
gallery from 1 to 3 p.m.
Advanced art students Paula
Propp, Klara Schmidt and Linda
White showed some of their impres­
sionistic paintings. Deborah Mac­
Millan exhibited a stained glass
window.
Many Styles, Mediums Shown
Some students exhibited paintings
in the style of great masters. Bar­
bara Butler painted in the style of
Braque, and Ellen Collins in the
style of Van Gogh.
Basic art class students did watercolor, tempera and chalk studies of
trees. The class had previously seen
a movie on tree-painting technique.
Seventh and eighth graders also
exhibited some of their paintings,
which were of action subjects.
Mechanical drawing class had its
work on a table, and the interior
design class exhibited model rooms
and houses designed and constructed
by students.
We/>rtt)DAY t<f- —
WOLKIN, GIVENTER
LEAD HONOR ROLL
Ellen Wolkin, freshman, and Larry
Giventer, senior, finished the first
semester with all-A report cards.
They led a list of 54 students who
made the honor roll for the semester.
Freshmen on the term honor roll
are John Bildersee, Richard Doling,
Jana Hesser, Laurie Hyman, Susan
Johnstone, Susan London, Judy
Margolis, Susan Policoff. Carol Ri­
cotta, Gail Spatz, Shelly Spritzer,
Janet Surrey, Karen Ungerman and
Ellen Wolkin.
Sophomores are Helen Alpert,
Janet Arnold, Margaret Childers,
Patience Cincotti, Barba"a Currey,
Barbara Faulkner, Joan Kallenbach,
Judy Koblintz, Alan Markowitz,
Suzanne Newman. Ellen Price, Julie
Propp, Bonnie Reed, Steve Rice,
Jane Siegfried, Ulnca Stewart and
Elizabeth Weinstein.
Twenty-three Upperclassmen Place
Howard Berkun, Stephen Einhorn,
Kathleen Henrickson, Virginia
Lange, Amy Malzberg, Ruth Malzberg, Marianne Maynard, William
Nathan and Arlene Tobonsky were
the juniors on the list.
Seniors are Fred Bass, Robert
Bildersee, Robert Blabey, Larry
Giventer, Richard Grear, Martha
Hesser, Sybillyn Hoyle, George
Houston, Richard Lockwood, Ann
Marshall, Deborah McMillan, Max
Streibel, Michael Ungerman and
Linda White.
Fifty students made the third
marking period honor roll. These
included 18 freshmen, 13 sopho­
mores, 5 juniors and 14 seniors.
Crimson
People who don’t read the editor­
ials also annoy me a good deal. This
is a perfectly natural reaction on
my part, of course, and I wish you
would ask anyone you know who
doesn’t read them to start right now.
Vol. XXXIH
Gee-------
Related to the hall-talking motionstoppers are those people who get
ahead of you on the stairs, two
abreast so you can’t pass, and take
their own sweet time, causing you
to be late. Why don’t people who
want to walk slowly stick to the
right so a “passing” lane can be kept
open on the left for people who want
to walk a little faster?
Flot/j)AY 20-----
to
OH OFaF 0
Milnites are fairly polite and
thoughtful now. With a little ef­
fort, and through the consideration
of the above suggestions, they could
become very polite. But, whether
they become polite or not, they must
remember to read those editorials!
The Inquiring Reporter
by ANN
Just
c AtefOL,
From Our Files
February 19, 1954
Seniors give Page gym new scoreboard. “. . . we now have our
Sandy Berman—Candles made out
new ultramodern board.”
of Dallow.
February 20, 1953
Jim McClelland—Everything suits
Eight students receive straight A’s
me to a “T”.
for the marking period.
Tom Thorsen—Biology and girls.
February 18, 1949
Art Bass—Nosy reporters.
Faculty chooses system for senior
Cindy Jacobs—Brothers.
high honor roll—all B’s or better
Ginny Bullis—Homework.
qualify a student.
Milne Rifle club is accepted as a
Ann Marshall—Operations with­
out novocaine.
member by the National Rifle
association.
Sybillyn Hoyle—Photographs that
don’t come out.
February 14, 1941
Martha Austin—School.
Girls’ basketball team to meet St.
Agnes’ sextet in Page gym.
John Hilta—-Tom!
Jed Allen—They’re too numerous February 25, 1938
to mention. Not really!
Milne varsity defeats State college
freshmen, 25-24.
Jon Harvey — I can’t make Mo
laugh! Later—
Typewriting club elects officers.
Question: What is your pet peeve?
ALUMNEWS
Ginny Pitkin, ’56, will be married
in August to Richard Russuck. Both
are juniors at Oneonta State Teach­
ers college.
The engagement of Honey McNeil,
’55, to Ens. Quentin S. Meeker has
been announced recently.
Judy Jenkins, ’56, has been elected
managing editor of the “Scarlet,”
the undergraduate weekly news­
paper at Clark university.
A summer wedding is being plan­
ned by Elaine Lewis, ’56, and her
finance Edward Katz, a junior at
Albany Pharmacy.
—by Karen
i
and
Wiiitj:
Feb. 13, 1959
No. 6
Published every three
weeks by the Crimson
and White Board, The
Milne School, Albany,
New
York.
Address
exchanges to the Ex­
change Editor and other
correspondence to the
Editor.
MEMBER
Columbia Scholastic Press Ass'n.
The Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief George Houston, '59
News Editor
Linda White, '59
Associate Editor
Nancy Jones, '59
Boys' Sports Editors,
,
Bud Mehan, '59, Dick Collins, '59
Associate Editor Larry Giventer, '59
Girls' Sports Editor Cathy Scott, '59
Feature Editor
Fred Bass, '59
Asst. Boys' Sports
Stuart Lewis, '60
Staff Photog.
Doug Margolis, '60
Asst. Photog.
Jon Axelrod, '61
Chief Typist
Barbara Sager, '59
Business Mgr.
Bob Bildersee, '59
Exchange Editor Faith Meyer,'59
Faculty Advis. Mrs. Naomi L. Mager
The Staff
Dave Blabey, Karen Dougherty, Con­
nie Evans, Martha Hesser, Aaron
Jasper, Barbara Kircher, Nancy Leon­
ard, Richard Luduena, Judy Margolis,
Mary McNutt, Ann Marshall, Eric
Sautter, Ann Quickenton, Linda Scher,
Clara Schmidt, Gay Simmons, Fred
Taylor, Stu Horn.
Contributors
Warren Abele, Lynda Dillenback,
Kathie Henrickson, Cathie Pabst, Paul
Sabol, Peter Sarafian, Jan Welt,
Steve Whaley.
FEBRUARY 13, 1958
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Cobleskill Evens Seasonal Series
“I’m unavailable for comment due
to the fact that I’m holding my
nose,” stated Milne coach Harry
Grogan in reference to the officiating
after the Milne Raiders were nipped
by a score of 75-69 by the Red
Devils of Cobleskill in a disputed
contest played Friday, January 30,
on the victor’s floor.
“I thought it (the officiating) was
the worst I have seen in all my life.
That’s one way to win a ball game,”
remarked Mrs. Grogan, wife of the
Milne coach.
Milne Paces Devils
Successive field goals by Larry
Tyrell and Jack Mattice put the
Red Devils ahead to stay after
Milne’s Wes Jacobs had knotted the
score at 69-all. Tyrell canned a
pair of free throws in the finals sec­
onds to insure the victory for the
home team.
Milne took an early lead in the
game, but Cobleskill knotted the
score at 30-all just before half-time.
Kip Grogan then scored 5 consecu­
tive points to give the Crimson a
35-30 advantage as the buzzer
sounded, but the Devils quickly
made up the difference and went
on to win after the lead had changed
hands many times.
Jack Mattice accounted for 28
points, hitting consistently with lay­
ups and jump shots. Ralph Lighthall and Larry Tyrell each scored
18 for the Devils. Milne was paced
by Kip Grogan and Wes Jacobs,
who obtained 22 and 20 points, re­
spectively.
Milne and Cobleskill split for the
season, the Raiders having beaten
Cobleskill in the season opener by
a score of 57-53.
Coach Grogan has stated that
Cobleskill will not be rescheduled
in the future.
J.V.’s Splurge Falls Short
Milne’s junior varsity comeback
fell short of the mark as the Raiders
dropped a 46-43 decision to Coble­
skill.
Milne fell behind by a score of
34-14 at halftime but were able to
make up part of the difference as
they narrowed the gap to 14 points
after three periods, finally losing the
game by 3.
Ken Lockwood led Milne scoring
with 13 points, while Mic Grogan
chalked up 12.
But You Can’t
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Chatham Win Stops Loss
Streak at Eight Games
Second Victory
Non-League Tilt
A determined Milne quintet ter­
minated an eight game losing streak
with an impressive victory over
Chatham, January 28, on the Page
hall court.
Kip Grogan spearheaded the at­
tack for Milne, accounting for 18
points and as many rebounds, as
the home team coasted to a 62-48
victory. Wes Jacobs chalked up 13
and Richie Lockwood 12. Ron Coe,
son of the Chatham coach, salvaged
20 points for the visitors, including
12 points picked up on the charity
stripe.
Jeff Segel, right, appears to be rather apprehensive about the whole
situation as Milne’s Bob Blabey drives in with a practice layup.
RAMS BUTT RED
RAIDERS, 79-58
Led by Jim Brady’s 22 points, four
V.R.H.S. players hit for 75 points of
their team’s 79 point total. John
Rucker controlled both backboards
and notched 20 points.
Kip Grogan proved to be the
bright spot of the evening for Milne,
as he garnered high scoring honors
with 26 points.
Second-Half Comeback Not Enough
V.R.H.S. led 21-13 at the quarter
and 44 to 22 at the end of the first
half. Although Milne outscored the
Rams 36-35 in the second half,
Rensselaer was able to hold on to
the big lead gained in the first two
periods of play, and finally won, 79
to 58.
J.V. Loses by 2
In the j.v. contest, Mike Daggett’s
strong rebounding and shooting were
not enough to overcome a tall Ram
j.v. Ken Lockwood and Daggett led
Milne scoring with 8 points each.
At the final buzzer V.R.H.S. was on
top 29-27.
Watervliet Cops by 80 to 68
Control of the backboards proved
to be the deciding factor as Water­
vliet triumphed over the Milne
varsity by a score of 80-68, in a
game played Friday, January 23, on
the Watervliet court.
to click in the second period, as
Milne took a 4 point lead before
Watervliet obtained a 43-39 half­
time margin and a 61-55 margin
after 24 minutes had passed.
Chet Rysendorph and John Walko
each pulled down 12 rebounds, while
scoring 21 and 12 points respective­
ly; Nick Slish was high scorer for
the home club with 23.
Jacobs Cans 27
Wes Jacobs hit consistently from
the inside, scoring 27. points Lr the
Milne team, which hit more than
50% of their shots. Bob Blabey
tallied 14.
Watervliet rushed to a 24-14 lead
in the opening period, unbothered
by Milne’s pressing defense. How­
ever, the Crimson’s defense began
Watervliet Outlasts Visitors
Watervliet’s j.v. got off to a fast
start and handed the Milne junior
varsity a 47-39 setback in a game
played on the Watervliet court. The
home team took leads of 11 to 1 and
29 to 14 at the end of the first and
second quarters, respectively. Milne
outscored their hosts in the second
half, but were unable to make up
the deficit.
Ken Lockwood led a balanced
scoring attack with 8 points. Mike
Daggett and Chad Grogan each
added 6.
Leod Throughout
Hampered by a lack of rebound­
ing power, Chatham fell behind by
a score of 17-5 after one period, and
were unable to make up the differ­
ence as they trailed by scores of
33-17 at halftime and 45-34 after
three periods.
Sportsmen of the Issue
The game was Milne’s second vic­
tory in ten tests. The losing streak
During the first half of the Red dated back to December 5, the sec­
Raiders’ hoop schedule, the two ond game of the season.
players who have contributed the J.V. Also Victorious
most points and outstanding per­
Mike Daggett ripped the nets for
formances have been Kip Grogan 16 tallies and Mic Grogan added 14
and Wes Jacobs.
to point the way to a Milne tenWes, a 6 foot 2 inch senior, has point junior varsity victory over
been doing an outstanding job of Chatham, 52 to 42.
rebounding and converting under
Outscoring the visitors by 20
the boards, plus doing his share of
the defensive work. Wes has been points from the field, Milne com­
most successful offensively with his manded quarterly leads of 17-5,
short hook, lay ups and jump shots. 23-18, and 37-28. The early lead
built up enabled co-coaches Tom
Plays More Than Basketball
Buckley and Lou Wolmer to sub­
During the spring, Wes adds his stitute freely.
talents to the Raiders’ baseball team.
He plays for both Milne and the
State Champion Fort Orange Amer­
ican legion team.
Kip, a well-built, 6 foot plus sen­
ior, has been working with Wes and
Coach Harry Grogan was happy
the rest of the team to keep Milne
within close range of the opponents to announce that Jim McClelland, a
6 foot 2 inch junior, has transferred
if not in front of them.
from Guilderland Central high
Aims at Perfection
Kip has been hitting quite con­ school between semesters and will
sistently with a variety of shots. His be in uniform against Albany acad­
jump shot from the line is rather emy tonight.
deadly. When Kip is working from
Because of his fine reputation as
the pivot, he manages to throw up an athlete, he was immediately
a hook shot with both hands along placed on the varsity at the start of
with a deceiving drive off the pivot the second semester.
that rarely misses its objective.
However, Capital District league
Along with his other qualities, regulations state that a transfer stu­
Kipper has a definite desire that dent must be enrolled in a new
one does not find in every member school and must complete ten days
of the team. That is the desire to of organized practice before he may
attain perfection in everything he appear for his new school; this is
attempts.
the reason that Jim could not dress
for the games prior to tonight.
McClelland joins
MILNE VARSITY
Look What's Coming
Friday, February 20
Basketball: Shenendehowa, away.
Saturday, February 21
C&W-B&I dance—Page hall.
Friday, February 27 '
Basketball: Rensselaer, away.
Saturday, February 28
Basketball: Chatham, away.
Friday, March 6
Basketball: Cohoes, away.
Fourth marking period ends.
Plays Baseball Also
Actually, Jim’s appearance will
not be an entirely new one to many
Milnites, for he has competed against
Milne, while at Guilderland, both on
the court and the baseball diamond.
Incidently, Jim is also a fine pitcher,
having performed this past summer
with the Voorheesville American
Legion baseball team. Some may
also remember his performances
against the Milne junior varsity last
season.
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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Win at Quizzes!
Senior Spotlight Students Score
by MARTHA and AARON
by FRED BASS
The other evening, being too tired
to do my homework, I began look­
ing through some back issues of a
well-known magazine. Nearly all
the issues contained one form of
quiz or another, the most common
type being the simple “True-False”
quiz. I know that everyone who
reads this column must be interested
in odd things, so I decided to record
some of the questions to pass on
to you.
A Sample Test
Question: Mice like cheese. True
or False?
v Answer: This statement, although
seemingly true, is false. Actually
all mice dislike cheese intensely.
They are fairly intelligent animals,
however, and have formed a union,
composed entirely of volunteers and
misfits, to rid the world of cheese.
This fast - moving, quick - striking
band of dedicated mice has led the
world to believe that mice like
cheese.
Question: William Tell shot an
arrow off his son’s head. True or
False?
Answer: False. Contrary to legend
and popular belief, the target was
a large grape.
Question: Pencils are made of
graphite, not lead. Yes or No?
Answer: Not so. As any fool
knows, pencils are made of wood.
For Our Science-Minded Friends
The above questions have been of
the so-called “General Knowledge”
type. Now for a few “Scientific”
questions.
Question: Is it correct to say that
the sun rises in the east and sets in
the west?
Answer: I’m afraid not. You see,
in ancient days when the first maps
were being drawn, a huge error was
made by the cartographers. The
world was portrayed> with Norway
and the Scandinavian countries at
the top and Africa at the bottom.
Just recently science has shown that
Africa is north of Scandinavia. Thus
all our maps are actually reversed
and the sun rises in the west and
sets in the east.
(Juery: A man normally has two
arms and two legs. Right?
Reply: Wrong. In 1931 an 'anony­
mous scientist discovered that man’s
right arm is in reality an extension
of the shoulder blade and not a true
arm. Therefore a normal man has
only one arm and two legs.
Conclusions
As you can readily see from the
above examples, any question that
you have always thought of as a
true concept can be proven false.
Thought for the Week
Study for many hours, woi’k hard,
keep trying, and you may turn out
like the young man in this short
poem:
>
There once was a job they said
couldn’t be done,
But he wanted to go right to it.
So he tackled the job they said
couldn’t be done
And, by George, he didn’t do it!
Will Boh Bildersee save Barbara
Sager from a sliding death? Tune
in again . . .
BARBARA SAGER
Here’s a girl that wasn’t born in
1941, didn’t go to p.s. 16 and didn’t
cone to milne in 7th gtade. instead
Barb cami to albany on March 12,
1542, went to P.s. 19 and P.S. 19,
them to B.C.H.S. and then to Nilne
in 10th grade,
Even though Barb isn’r an old, ole
fixture in thi semior class she has
taken on lots of activities. These
incudi hir mayor office as top
woman in quim, money handler for
the english department, membership
in M.G.a.A., .h.A., Tri hy Y, She
attended yhe national convention for
Tri hy y in Ohio one year.
she is on the jov outside schol too,
workin on the Whitney Fashion
board ande as a member of hir
church fellowshi;. for fun she belones to the b.C.H.S. canteen. Mext
year she will probavley be just as
busy either at Valhalla in White
Plains or at binghamton studing
dental hygiene;
Oh, by the way, Barb is also
chief tipist for thes paper.
BOB BILDERSEE
Once upon a time there was a
little boy. The little boy’s parents
were happy because he was a hearty
eater and he was growing very
rapidly. But too much of a good
thing is bad. When the ex-little
boy had reached the tender age of
thirteen and the tender size of a
bull moose they found it necessary
to put him to work in order that
he might eat.
If you think that I am referring
to Paul Bunyan, you’re wrong. But
you’re not far wrong, for I am re­
ferring to the largest land mammal
in Milne: Bob Bildersee.
That joke about Bob’s making
money is as large a truth as Bob is
a boy. In fact, it’s an understate­
ment, for Bob is the biggest child
prodigy to hit the business world
since the guy who bought Manhat­
tan from the Indians. How many
kids of 16 do you know that are
already taking advantage of the
buying public with their own corpo­
ration?
With all his size and brains, I
think that it is safe to assume that
Bob mill make a big splash at Col­
umbia, his immediate scholastic ob­
jective.
You can’t say that he hasn’t made
an impression on Milne, either.
I bet that there is not one soul in
this school who did not recognize
him as the D.A. in the senior play.
On Board Exams
Fred Bass, Larry Given ter, George
Houston and Jack Fenimore re­
ceived scores of 700 or better on
their College Board examinations.
Bob Bildersee, Bob Blabey, Aaron
Jasper, Linda White and Mike Ungerman have scores of 600 or better.
Larry did especially well with 740
on the verbal part of the exam and
798 on the mathematical.
The hiehest possible score was 800
and the lowest possible 200. The
average score is usually about 500.
while a score above 700 indicates
that the person did better than 99%
of the high school seniors who are
planning to go to college.
Discuss Careers
February 12, Kathy Henrickson
was hostess for the career series on
modeling. The speaker was Mrs.
Rosalind Lang, a representative from
the Fashion Arts School of Charm.
Veterinary medicine was another
topic covered the same day. Bill
Minahan introduced the speaker to
the sophomores, juniors and seniors
interested in this field.
The third topic covered February
12 was Auto mechanics. Charles
Averill was the hos to Mr. Eugene
O’Haire.
Editor’s Note: All programs Feb­
ruary 12 were canceled.
Prospective programs are as fol­
lows:
February 24
Fashion Designing
Bookkeeping and Typing
Medicine
March 5
Medical and Dental Technology
Commercial Art
Secondary School and College
Teaching
FEBRUARY 13, 1959
Junior Highlights
by JUDY and DICK
“What? On January 24? That’s
right in the middle of exams!”
“Sure, and why not? That’s the
reason they’re calling it the ‘Escapist
Escapade.’ We’re escaping from all
those (Ugh!) piles of books. Come
on over. Everyone’ll be there!”
That was a very typical conversa­
tion among the members of the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades
during the week or so preceding the
dance.
Incidentally, just about
everyone did come—and they’re all
glad they did. The discs, doughnuts,
drinks and decor were the latest and
the greatest. Many thanks to our
ever supreme Student council who
were responsible for it all.
Mr. Viertel’s seventh grade Social
Studies class has been studying vot­
ing and how a ward leader learns
how the people are going to vote.
They put posters on the walls of
loom 327 saying “Vote Republican”
or “Vote Democratic.”
Williams Prof.
Experiments
Dr. Richard Rouse, professor of
Psychology at Williams college, per­
formed a research experiment on
Mr. Edward Fagan’s fourth period
psychology class February 3 and 4.
The test, which takes over 40
minutes, is part of a research pro­
gram consisting of experiments in
learning. The program is sponsored
by the Austen-Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Dr.
Rouse does part-time work.
Tests Many Groups
This is the sixty-fifth group tested
by Dr. Rouse, who has been at Wil­
liams 11 years. He received his Ph.D.
at Yale, after which he taught at
the University of Connecticut before
going to Williams.
The present experiments are in­
tended to gather information abom;
the relation of learning to the de­
velopment of mental illness. It is
hoped that this information will aid
Milne mathematics students will in psychotherapy in future years.
be able to participate in a competi­
tive examination with 5.000 other
students in upper New York state.
The examination will take place on
March 5.
Milne students will try to equal
The thirteenth annual Studentthe mark attained by Roger Dewey Teacher tea, sponsored jointly by
last year. They will also be striving the MGAA council and junior and
to win scholarships offered by five senior members of the Home Eco­
local industries and twenty-three nomics class, refreshed the teachers
colleges.
who attended Thursday, February 5.
In order to take this test a student
“Silver Bells” was the theme for
must have completed intermediate
the tea which lasted from 2:30 to
algebra.
4:00 p.m. Miss Lydia Murray, who
organized the first tea 13 years ago,
was in charge of the Council mem­
Jon Harvey, Milne senior, is in bers while Mrs. Anna Barsam took
the process of writing a full-length charge of the Home Economics stu­
novel. Consider Me Old, to be fin­ dents.
Refreshments, consisting of tea,
ished early next fall, is a character
coffee and cookies, were prepared
sketch of an old sea captain.
The book tells of the experiences by the home economics students.
of the elderly gentleman as he tries MGAA council members had charge
to sail around the world in a small of other arrangements, including
decorating according to the theme.
sailing vessel.
Supervisors and student teachers
It is “not a paragon of the Amer­
ican novel,” says Jon, who has not are both invited to the tea, which
yet decided to what publishers he is intended to make it possible for
will submit his manuscript. He has supervisors and student-teachers to
about three chapters in the book meet and talk with each other in­
written, and it should come to about formally. Some 250 guests attended
this year.
ten when finished.
Math-Minded
Milnites Meet,
Match Marks
Students Run
Teachers Tea
Harvey Writes Novel