Crimson and White
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
Vol. XXXVI, No. 5
Honor Students
Chosen
Brian Carey encourages bowler at party for retarded children given by
Milne Red Cross Club.
Red Cross Club Gives Party
By PETER SLOCUM
Both the Milne Red Cross and the students at the School for Retarded
Children spent an enjoyable afternoon on Saturday, April 6, at an Easter
party given for the children by the Milne group. The program included
bowling, dancing, games and re­
freshments. While this was not the tarded Children, where the children
first chance the Milne Red Cross has enjoyed dancing and playing several
had to work with the School for games. Almost all of the children
Retarded Children, this opportunity were found to be proficient dancers,
was just as enlightening and re­ and they exhibited an enormous
warding as the others have been.
amount of social grace. The refresh­
Since we of the Red Cross Club ment period provided time for
have had no previous experience friendly banter back and forth
with the retarded children’s bowl­ among those present, and although
ing ability, we were doubtful as to the ice cream was not the most
whether or not this part of the party flavorful, the supply was quickly
would be successful. Much to our exhausted.
delight, the bowling party was one
The members of the Milne Red
of the most rewarding episodes we Cross who were able to help with
have undertaken with the retarded the party are greatly indebted to the
children. We discovered that not School for Retarded Children and
only did the children have a good to the Red Cross for offering us this
time, but also that they weret quite opportunity. We could tell by the
children’s faces that they enjoyed
able bowlers.
After bowling at Schade’s alleys, that Saturday afternoon as much as
we returned to the School for Re- we did.
Montreal Rallez-vous
Bv RICHARD LUDUENA
Montreal was introduced to the
ralla on April 25 76, and 27, when
the Milne French ill class made its
annual trip. After leaving Milne at
7:15 Thursday morning, the class
stopped at Lake Champlain to par­
take of a comfortable luncheon at
a deluxe, open-air cafe on the lake
shore. (To tell the truth, the cafe
was really a boathouse, which,
though undoubtedly open-air was
anything but deluxe, and it was
closed, anyway.) Check-in at the
Hotel Laurentien in Montreal was
at 3:30.
After dinner at the “Tour Eiffel,”
the class was originally scheduled to
visit the Canadian Broadcasting
Company. The radio station was
closed, however, because of a bomb
scare. These bombs are planted by
a terrorist organization which wishes
to make Montreal independent from
the rest of Canada. Rumor has it
that the head of this society poses
(Cont. on Page 2)
Seven honor students in the Class
of 1963 were presented certificates
of achievement at the annual Senior
Honors Assembly held March 21 in
Page Hall Auditorium.
Two valedictorians of the class
were named. Richard Luduena and
Daniel Morrison tied for first honors
with identical records of all marks
of “A” during the three and a half
years of high school work. This
situation last occurred in 1957 and
before that in 1955, and in each of
those cases it happened that two
girls tied for first place.
Richard Luduena, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Froilan Luduena, is a National
Merit Scholarship finalist and a
member of the National Honor So­
ciety. He was also selected as a
Fellow in the General Electric 1962
Summer Research Program at Union
College from more than 600 ap­
plicants. Two years ago he was
awarded the Francis E. Harwood
Prize for the sophomore boy showing
the best scholarship and citizenship.
Richard has participated in both the
Music Appreciation Club and the
Chess Club, of which he was Presi­
dent last year. He has assisted with
the athletic program by acting as
manager of the cross-country team
this fall and the treasurer of the
Milne Boys’ Athletic Association. He
has written for the Crimson and
White and has been a representative
to the Student Council, as well as
being an accomplished pianist.
Daniel Morrison, the son of Dr.
and Mrs. Albert Morrison, is also a
National Merit Scholarship finalist,
and was selected last year for a
Telluride Summer Study Grant at
Cornell University. His extra-cur­
ricular activities include member­
ship in the Chess and Music Appre­
ciation Clubs and the National
Honor Society of which he is vice
president. He was president of his
class during the 11th grade and has
been the Sports Editor of the C&W.
In his junior year he was a member
of the cross-country team and at
the annual Honors Assembly was
awarded the prize as the best stu­
dent in English for the 1961-1962
school year.
The other seniors designated as
Honor Students for having as many
A’s as B’s in the records for the past
three and a half years were: Martin
Begleiter, Paul Feigenbaum, Marc
Kessler, Stephen Levitas, and Gay
Simmons.
Other achievements of the Class
of 1963 which were recognized at
the March 21 assembly included the
presentation of the Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow Award to
Ellen Karell, and the Bausch and
Lomb Award for the best science
student to Daniel Morrison.
Remember . . .
Ridgefield Isn't1
Far Away
MARCH 14, 1963
No Change in
School Day
No change in the length of Milne’s
day is being scheduled for the 196364 school year, Dr. Theodore Fossieck, Principal, disclosed today. Dr.
Fossieck explained that proposed
plans for additional periods and for
prolonging those already in exist­
ence were rejected because of the
effect the change would have on
those classes and activities con­
ducted before 9:00. Possible changes
in the College’s bell schedule also
would make alterations in Milne’s
day quite involved.
French classes held before the
regular school day begins are in­
cluded in the list of courses offered
next year. The success of these
classes in the past and their im­
portance in the future influenced
the faculty to reject plans calling
for the regular session to begin be­
fore 9:00. Sports practice held dur­
ing the early morning hours which
would be eliminated by a change in
the school day was also named as a
determining factor in the decision.
Although a definite schedule has not
yet been established, a revision in
the College’s bell system is prob­
able. The uncertainty involved, the
lateness of this school year, and the
task of co-ordinating two new bell
schedules would make a change in
Milne’s day quite complicated.
Since lengthening of each alreadyexisting period would, by necessity,
cause the regular session to begin
earlier next year, the proposal which
would have made each class about
six minutes longer was defeated. In
announcing the plans for the com­
ing year, Dr. Fossieck stressed the
fact that the feasibility of the longer
session will again be considered for
future- years.
Girls Demonstrate
Physical Fitness
Thirty Milne girls, along with
Miss Delamater, demonstrated vari­
ous exercises to many spectators at
the Hudson Valley Community Col­
lege, Saturday, April 20. Bonnie
Pruden, the famous expert on phys­
ical fitness, led the demonstration
and also gave a speech on the ne­
cessity of exercise to maintain good
health and sound mental and phys­
ical condition.
Miss Delamater, a former student
of Miss Pruden at Springfield Col­
lege, had been asked previously to
selected a number' of Milne girls
who would help illustrate a few
basic exercises. During the week
prior to the event, the girls who had
volunteered spent their gym classes
getting used to Miss Pruden’s rou­
tines.
Since not everyone could
participate, a process of elimination
was established: one hour of strict
exercise after school in Page Gym.
In this manner the thirty girls to
participate were selected.
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We Get Letters?
President Kennedy recently affirmed his
belief that the entire truth, publicly exposed,
even though what is printed is sometimes un­
favorable and controversial, is vital to the
operation of our democracy. Similarly, Milne
students should realize the importance of their
school paper to the educational community
which is their school, demand that issues
(which they have paid for) appear more often
than they recently have, and, above all, air
their complaints and compliments through
letters to the Editor.
Milne students probably are unaware of
the stature of the student publication in many
other high schools. At a recent Columbia
Scholastic Press Association conference, the
C&W editors were amazed to see sixteen-page
editions which are published every two weeks.
In many schools throughout the nation, jour­
nalism classes are held, often in the sopho­
more year, to prepare the future staff—not
just the editors, but the reporters, too. Some
such student-run papers have staffs of forty.
The newspapers are deluged with letters to
the Editor—two pages of letters on the con­
troversial subject of whether to hold a Junior
Prom inside or outside appeared in one such
paper. Competition for editorships, almost
non-existent in Milne, is fierce elsewhere.
Problems which plague student editors in
other high schools, public and private, do not
present difficulties to Milne's staff.
The
Crimson and White is fortunate in that it does
not lack funds. A paper in Kentucky is faced
with the problem of battling the School Board
for appropriations while they have several
issues ready to go to press as soon as money
is available. Many schools must solicit ad­
vertising to meet costs. Another common
obstacle is that of extreme censorship by the
school principal, a problem by which Milne's
staff is not confronted.
It is evident that Milne has a potentially
vital publication in the C&W. Facilities, a
faculty adviser, and funds are all available
and there exists, we believe, a responsibility
somewhere within the student body to create
a newspaper which is regularly prepared and
eagerly awaited. As has been said before,
but must be re-asserted for it is the undeniable
truth, the C&W staff can only achieve its goal
—a paper vital to the school—through stu­
dent interest and participation. Let's start
with the letters to the Editor!
Letter to the Editor
TOO LATE, 1963
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Montreal Rallez-vous
(Cont. from Page 1)
as a bus-driver. The students at­
tended a French play called “Les
Violettes” instead of going to CBC.
Ottawa Tour
The next morning at six o’clock,
the members of the class were
awakened for a trip to Ottawa. They
were unable to obtain tickets for
the charity performance of Lester
Pearson doing the hula, but they
were taken through Parliament in­
stead. After the tour, they paid a
visit to Eastview High School, where
courses are given in French. After
observing several classes, the' stu­
dents danced, for a while before
leaving for a tour of the city of
Ottawa. That this tour was not a
smashing success is probably due
to several factors: first, everybody
was dead tired from staying up late
the night before; second, the guide
made the erroneous assumption that
his passengers would be extremely
interested in learning the name and
history of every bridge, bank, and
insurance company in Ottawa.
Rambling Louie
The main event of Saturday was
a guided tour of Montreal headed
by an unusual character called Louie
the Busdriver. As on the Ottawa
trip, the tour included every bank
in Montreal. Louie, meanwhile, dis­
coursed on the efficiency of the Can­
adian financial system, and on the
beauties of the French language and
the importance of learning it.
Among his favorite expressions were
(with this reporter’s comments):
“Montreal may not be the nicest
city in the world, but it is the only
one which has a statue of Lord
Nelson with his back to the sea.”
(Don’t feel sorry for Lord Nelson;
he may not be facing the sea, but
he is looking at the Bank of Nova
Scotia).
“When I was talking to the exvice-chancellor, he said, ‘Show me
a Kresge’s and I’ll show you a Woolworth’s’.”
“Lester Pearson is called Michael
for short.”
“ J acques Cartier discovered
America in 1534. Jacques Cartier
was born in Britanny.” (Louie was
born in Britanny, by a strange co­
incidence.)
“This is the church where I had
my first Communion, and you can
get off here for five minutes.”
“A la gauche, vous avez—to the
left, you have the legal firm of
Oswald and Drinkwater.” (Thanks a
lot, buster. The legal firm of Oswald
and • Drinkwater is just what I’ve
always wanted to have on my left.)
Each year at this time it is customary for the Jackson Club to submit suggestions for the betterment of
the Milne School. These are constructive criticisms
and we hope that they will be received recognizing
that our only aim is to improve the Milne School.
It has come to our attention that a new upright piano
has been ordered for the music room to replace the Banks on Parade
present upright and to supplement the $4,700 Steinway
Many famous landmarks were part
grand piano. We feel that a new piano is unnecessary of the tour, such as the Church of
and that the school has more urgent needs than a new Notre Dame, situated between the
piano. They are:
Royal Trust Company and the Tor­
1) A douse-shower and an asbestos fire-blanket for onto Dominion Bank; the statue of
the chemistry lab, two items which, in most labs, Macdonald, across the street from
are standard safety requirements.
the Imperial Bank of Canada; and,
2) Repair and enlargement of the language lab.
last but not least, the Bank of
3) An enlarged coaching staff to assist Mr. Lewis.
Montreal, between the Bank of On­
We would like to commend the past year’s Student tario and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Council for the fine job it did in reorganizing the The importance of Macdonald is
extra-curricular activities.
obsgure. According to Louie, his
We hope that our suggestions are carefully con­ ^significance in history is that he was
sidered and we remain
the first person to open a checking
The Jackson Club
account at the Bank of Toronto.
The ninth grade French II class sponsored a dance,
the French Twist III, on the day school closed for
Easter vacation. Serenading the group were Paul
Feigenbaum, Sue Press, and Coddy Nuckols. Milne
jazz musicians were Jack Baldes, Andy Siegal, and
Jerry Bunke. Those twisting it up besides the French
II class were Judy Salomone, Carol Fila, Cathy Levitz,
Ricky Otty, Linda Lockwood, Joe Aponte, Warren
Edwards, Sally Button, Bob Brand, Judy Graham, Sue
Edwards, Nan Knox, Bill Wallace, Pete Slocum, Margie
Linn, Carol Sanders, Mike Benedict, Marcia Pitts, Mark
Lewis, Marilyn Hesser, Peggy Crane, and zillions more.
Karen Hoffman and Joan Griffin nearly tried out a
non-regulation fallout shelter when they were trapped
in the passageway between Huested and Richardson
while returning from the movie “Mr. Roberts” at
Draper on April 19. After two bad cases of claustro­
phobia developed, they spent a seemingly endless five
minutes pounding on the doors and had visions of
spending the night until Charlie came to the rescue.
Those who also saw the movie, but managed to miss
the excitement, were Mike Benedict, Marilyn Hesser,
and Craig Leslie. On the same night, Sigma spon­
sored a Sop Hox. Those who put in an appearance
were Mark Lewis, Katy Wirshing, Diane Carroll, Mr.
Lynch (I wonder why?), Cindy Newman, Jeff Rider,
the Dugan twins, Jill Kapner, Sam Zimmerman, Sue
Press, Ken Thomas, Sandy Longe, Annie Miller, Jerry
Bunke, Marcia Pitts, and not too many more. Jim
Hengerer, Coddy Nuckols, and Jim Lange didn’t follow
directions when they wore their Bermudas to the
dance instead of wearing their skirts and changing
into them once they had gotten there.
On Saturday, April 27, the MGAA council sponsored
a trip to the Aqua Show at Troy. Under the watchful
eye of Miss Delamater many Milne girls avidly watched
as performers wavered high-atop ladders in the Fieldhouse. A song composed on the way home, sung to
the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In” is
“When Amy Shuts Her Mouth.”
HONOR ROLL
9th Grade: Virginia Bearup, Elizabeth Breuer, Harry
Contompasis, Barbara Craine, James Gewirtzman,
Anita Harris, Stephen Harrison, Leslie Johnson, Robert
Langer, Laurie Levine, Susan Mellen, Stephen Milstein,
Thomas Oliphant, Linda Paul, Paul Schrodt.
10th Grade: Rhona Abrams, Lynda Bearup, Gail
Herres, Libby Jochnowitz, Craig Leslie, Carol Lynch,
Frank Marshall, Bruce McFarland, Joseph Michelson,
Robin Morse, Lance Nelson, Alan Richter, Peter Slo­
cum, Edward Spath, Elizabeth Wirshing, Andrew Zalay.
11th Grade: Diane Bakke, Nancy Button, Margery
Linn, Martha Lowder, Larry Pellish, Marcia Pitts, Sue
Press, Susan Tafler, Barbara Toole.
12th Grade: Jerome Bunke, Paul Feigenbaum, Karen
Giventer, Maureen Glasheen, Daniel Morrison, Gay
Simmons.
a
Crimson
Vol. XXXVI
and
White
May 14, 1963
No. 5
Published by the Crimson and White
Board, the Milne School, Albany, New
York.
Address exchanges to the
Exchange Editor and other correspon­
dence to the Editor.
Member
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
The Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief ------------------------------- Nancy Button, '64
Associate Editor________________________ Sue Press, '64
Second Page Editor .........
__ Karen Hoffman, '64
Third Page Editor_________ ___. Michael Benedict, '64
Fourth Page Editor__________________Joe Michelson, '65
Treasurer __________________________ Tom Oliphant, '66
Exchange Editor_____________________ Sue Krimsky, '66
Faculty Advisor----------------------- Mr. Theodore Andrews
Contributors
Martha Lowder, Jane Mayersohn, Sherry Press, Lance
Nelson, Peter Slocum.
TOO LATE, 1963
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 3
Milne Wins 2 of First of 5 Games
The Milne baseball team, 1963 edition, opened its season inauspiciously
by losing to Averill Park 7-1 on Friday, April 26th, at Averill Park. Those
Milnites successfully handcuffed by Averill Park’s pitcher included sopho­
mores Bill Dey, John Mellen, Pete Slocum, and Ted Brown; juniors Bob
Valenti and Bernie Bryan; and seniors Leo Mokhiber, Tom Bennett, and
Dave Wurthman. Dave and Leo were the only ones able to salvage hits
with Dave getting one and Leo two. Milne manufactured its only run
with the aid of an Averill Park error and Leo Mokhiber’s single. Coach
was somewhat disappointed in Milne’s efforts on the mound and at the
plate, but was optimistic about the outcome of future engagements.
Averill Park did not appear to be bothered by the cold weather which
seemed to affect their opponents. They rapped both Tom Bennett and
Leo Mokhiber freely, for a total of seven hits and seven runs. Only
John Mellen, who came in to pitch in the sixth, was able to hold them
scoreless. Milne manufactured its only run with the aid of an Averill
Park error and Leo Mokhiber’s single. Coach was some what disappointed
in Miln’e efforts on the mound and at the plate, but was optimistic about
the outcome of future engagements.
Slips by McCloskey
While gaining its first triumph of the year, against Cardinal
McCloskey, the Milne nine exhibited three qualities; a strong moundsman,
a sure infield and a sporadic attack. Rising to the occasion whenever
things got tough, Mokhiber pitched good ball all the way and emerged
with a 2-1 victory. Offensively, Milne was quite fortunate in scoring
both runs as neither came as a result of an awesome display of hitting
prowess.
The next day Milne opened its league competition against the boys
from Academy. Again they fell victim to weak hitting, or good pitching
by the opposition, as they succumbed to a three-hitter by Tom Eggleston,
5-1. Tom Bennett, pitching in the rain for Milne,, pitched better than
the score would indicate. He gave up only one earned run and struck
out twelve while scattering eight hits.
Gains First League Win
It was a different story as Milne evened its overall record to 2-2, and
its league record to 1-1, by defeating Shenendehowa 3-2 on May 2nd at
Ridgefield. John Mellen and Tom Bennett combined to pitch a one-hitter
as Milne won its first league game. Milne pushed across their three runs
on only five hits while committing two errors.
John started on the mound for Milne and pitched brilliant ball. He
retired the first sixteen men in a row before allowing a single in the top
of the sixth inning. Tom Bennett came in to relieve John as he tired
later in the sixth and pitched the rest of the way. Leo Mokhiber turned
out to be the hitting star of the game with his triple in the first and his
game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh which scored Mellen
with the winning run.
Riders Triumph
On Friday, May 3rd, Milne went down to defeat, 5-2, at the hands
of the Riders from Ichabod Crane in a game played in the tradition of
the New York Mets. Leo lyiokhiber, on the mound for the Milnemen,
opened the game by walking the first two men to face him on nine pitches,
but eventually worked out of this jam, giving up only one run in the
process. Milne missed a golden opportunity in the second when they
loaded the bases with no outs, but only managed to score one run on a
Texas-league single by Pete Slocum. In the third, Ichabod assumed a
2-1 lead when a runner scored from second, on a pop-up that dropped
in the midst of a cluster composed of second baseman Bob Valenti, first
baseman Tom Bennett, and rightfielder Deane Rundell. In the bottom
of the sixth Milne tied it up when Brown reached on'a single, his third
hit of the day, and Dave Wurthman sent a triple to right center, scoring
Brown easily.
Then came the seventh inning! In the top of the inning, John Mellen
ran into some trouble in centerfield as he lost a fly ball that resulted in
a home run. The next man up singled and stole second when Dave Wurthman’s throw went into centerfield. It was not Dave’s fault however, as
there was no one on second base to take the throw. At this point “Casey
Lewis brought in Tom Bennett to put out the fire. He walked the first
man he faced and the next reached first on Slocum’s error, loading the
bases, still with no one out. With the infield drawn in for a possible play
at the plate, the next batter grounded a two-run single between third
and short. Then, Tom Bennett bore down and got out of the inning with
no more damage done, and Milne entered the bottom of the seventh down
5-2. The first man up, Slocum, was hit by a pitch. Bernie Bryan, inserted
to hit for Deane Rundell, lofted a lazy fly ball down the leftfield line, and
“then the fun began.” The ball was trapped by the leftfielder and Bernie
was safe with a single. Slocum, all the way to second, saw the base
umpire give a sign that the ball had been caught, (he later changed his
sign), and Pete, not wishing to be doubled up, hurried back to first.
Bernie, seeing Pete running back to first, deduced that the ball was
caught and that he was out. Therefore, Bernie proceeded back to the
bench, but by this time the ball was retrieved and both runners were
tagged out. After an argument and long deliberation on the part of the
umpires, Pete was declared out and Bernie awarded first. John Mellen,
the next batter up, popped a ball up to the infield that the third baseman
dropped but then retrieved in time to force Bernie at second. Bill Dey
then lashed a long line drive into right center, scoring Mellen, and pulled
up at third with what he thought was a triple. This wms not the case.
He had forgotten to touch second base and all was in vain. The run did
not count and the final score remained 5-2.
John Mellen attempts to pick off Shenendehowa player as Tom Bennett
waits to put on the tag. The runner was the first to reach base for
Shenendehowa as he singled with two out in the fifth inning.
Sectional Review
Milne began its post-season sec­
tional competition against BerneKnox on March 16th at Scotia, and
emerged on top after a struggle,
51-49. In the final few minutes
Berne-Knox fought back and tied
the game, but for the first time in
the season Milne fought to regain
the lead and salvage the victory in
the waning moments. The turning
point came in the last minute when
“Ruby” Carey connected on a driv­
ing, twisting, left-handed layup to
ice the game for Milne. Jim Lange
Ted all scorers with 19 points and
added 13 rebounds.
The next game enroute to Milne’s
first Sectional Title in basketball
took place the following Tuesday
night in a spacious Troy High gym.
The opponents were a tall Hoosick
Valley team, but Milne won 61-45.
Jim Lange and Terry Thomas
sparked Milne to a 19-11 first quar­
ter advantage which was built up
to a 29-19 margin at the half. The
teams traded baskets until the last
3:21 of the game when, with Milne
leading 52-44, the Red Raiders
broke the game wide open holding
Hoosick Valley to two points in the
remainder of the game. Jim Lange
again led all scorers with 22 points,
the high game of his career.
Win Finals
Saturday, March 23, 1963, will be
recorded as the night when Milne
won its first basketball title. The
scene of the action was the same
Troy High gym and some five thou­
sand people were in attendance to
watch Milne do battle with a Northville team seeking its third straight
basketball crown.
Tom Bennett,
overcoming a mild scoring slump, led
Milne to a 12-9 first quarter ad­
vantage. The second period saw
Milne build up a 23-13 lead, but it
was cut to 29-24 at the half. In the
second half Northville, a streaky
team throughout the Sectionals, cut
the margin to three at 42-39, but
Milne came back to lead 48-42 at
the conclusion of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter Milne outscored Northville by 23-12 to make
the final score 71-54. In the second
half Milne shot a torrid 64% from
the field. Bennett finished the night
with 22 points while Thomas and
Slocum aded 17 and 13 respectively.
Tom Benentt led all rebounders
with 17 as Milne dominated the
boards 40-23.
This win sent Milne to the special
Class C-D playoff game, again at
Troy, on March 30th. Milne’s op­
ponent was Ichabod Crane and even
though the Red Raiders lost, the
team never gave up. After a closely
fought first half, Milne led 23-21
only to lose this advantage in the
third quarter as Ichabod went on
top 37-30. The fourth period saw
Milne battle back to tie, only to
lose 49-45 on a disputed last minute
call.
Milne, playing without the
services of Jim Lange, put up a good
battle against the favored Riders.
Tom Bennett and Pete Slocum led
with 15 and 12 points respectively.
Bowling Review7
Milne started out with high hopes
for its first season of league bowl­
ing. Participating in the Capital
District League, Milne finished last
with 3 wins and 29 losses. Their
aspirations were finally realized in
the Section II D-E Championship
which Milne won. Bowling three
games apiece, Bill Butler, Bill Barr,
Ted Brown, Deane Rundell, and
Hank Stock compiled scores of 538,
502, 501, 472, and 420 respectively
for a total of 2,433 pins to the near­
est rival, Heatly, with 2,367.
VARSITY TOTALS
Player
Tom Bennett ............
Brian Carey ..............
Terry Thomas ..........
Jim Lange ..........,....
Pete Slocum .............
Jeff Rider .................
Jim Hengerer .........
Bob Valenti .............
Curt Cosgrave .........
Coddy Nuckols .......
Jim Nelson ...............
WON 8 — LOST 14
% FTA FT
81
64
36
58
40
95
62
39
36
34
76
35
34
44
23
19
10
35
21
32
33
12
8
36
1
33
35
—
—
50
29
6
10
G. FGA FG
22 405 147
72
22 182
75
21 194
61
176
19
40
117
18
75
26
20
18
56
22
36
13
12
13
37
14
12
6
6
2
7
6
MILNE ..................... 22 1315
OPPONENTS .......... 22 1332
481
460
37
34
453
483
265
278
% REB. A. Av.
70 361
25 16.3
9.2
21
61
99
8.9
44
58
61
8.2
10
45 143
52
15
5.7
67
14
3.1
21
53
2.6
64
54
27
2
2.8
67
5
22
9
1.9
33
____
2
2.0
5
1
60
10
1.7
59
58
844
777
171
—
55.8
54.5
Tot.
358
202
186
156
103
62
57
34
27
12
10
1227
1198
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THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
Africa —Unlimited Potential Your Epicurean
Yet to be Cultivated
Journalists
The material for this article is based upon correspondence
between Joe Michelson, feature editor, and Mr. David Champagne.
Africa is an ancient and yet a modern continent. While many tribes
of people remain dogmatic, ignorant, and lie basking in the noonday sun,
many Africans are thinking young and modern, and are beaming with
newly-acquired knowledge that will build a modern
Africa. Africa needs incentive to progress, and the
impetus of the young Africans is education. Once
inspired, they’ll be able to industrialize and modernize
as scientifically as their European neighbors.
Many expatriates from Britain, United States, Israel,
and other nations have realized the potential of the
vast land and the many people. Africa’s technicians,
teachers, and governmental authorities are imported to
help the natives help themselves. David Champagne,
a former physics supervisor at Milne and State, is
teaching in a newly-formed “high school” in Abeokuta,
Nigeria. Mr. Champagne, along with other American
teachers, will spend two years instructing the Nigerians
in the regular American high school curricula and also
the administrative duties involved in operating a
school. Then the Aiyetoro Comprehensive High School
will be turned over to the Nigerians in order that they can teach them­
selves.
Nigeria is like the rest of Africa—it requires a lot of development.
School facilities are minimal, if they exist at all. Those students who
can’t go to “high school” are relegated to the status of manual laborers.
Only those who go to school are able to develop their ability; those who
don’t, regardless of intelligence, never have a chance for an occupation
that might better suit their attributes. There are so few schools in Africa,
that it is easy to understand why foreign technicians are needed and
imported.
Many Africans can’t attend secondary schools because of financial
difficulties or lack of knowledge of English or of whatever foreign tongue
the school lessons are usually taught in. Since the teachers and techni­
cians are mostly from those countries which previously ruled the area,
classes are conducted in the languages of these mother countries, not in
the vernacular dialects.
HEALTH
There are many health problems also. Mr. Champagne tells of several
children with cancerous growths; there is malnutrition, and many diseases
occur because of neglected hygiene. Most of the health problems are
being tackled by the individual governments and United Nations com­
missions like UNICEF and WHO. Still, ignorance provides the biggest
stumbling block for modern medicine. Not only is some primitive medicine
still practiced in Africa, but many necessary health measures contradict
the mores of established tribal custom. Only infants have milk (their
mothers’), and when growing children need their milk to give them strong
bones and good teeth (you’ve undoubtedly heard this line before), they
just won’t drink any because no other children have before them. Modern
medical facilities are fine, but when nobody uses them they don’t do
much good. Education will play the largest role in medicine in Africa for
a long while.
TERRAIN AND ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION
Africa is a continent of varied terrain—mountains, deserts, brush, etc.,
and much of the land needs improved construction. Mr. Champagne cites
the example of a long bridge that is only one car wide, but is used by a
For whom the bell tolls—Mr. Champagne summoning students to class.
The new editoral staff of the
Crimson and White—Nancy Button,
Sue Press, Karen Hoffman, and Joe
Michelson,
were
recently,
re­
luctantly, dragged back to Albany
from New York City by their ad­
visor, Mr. Theodore Andrews. Not
only did they attend the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association Con­
vention, but each also saw two
Broadway plays, experienced the
despondency of being “taken by
sharpies,” thoroughly enjoyed New
York’s various selection of maga­
zines, ate in nice restaurants, at­
tended a banquet at the Waldorf
Astoria, and two heard the Dukes
of Dixieland for 11V2 minutes before
they were rudely interrupted by a
boorish man (with absolutely no
esthetic outlook upon life asking the
ages of all the listeners.)
The young cosmospolitans en­
joyed themselves and learned the
lessons of the “big city.” After the
show Thursday night, the four stu­
dents retired, very hungry, to the
room of the three girls. After or­
dering two roast beef sandwiches
and a few bottles of soda from room
service about 1:30 a.m., they eagerly
gobbled up their provisions. Having
looked at the bill, they realized that
they had eaten seemingly goldplated sandwiches and Pepsi sent
from the French Riviera.
The next night, having profited
from the experience the previous
night, two students journeyed across
the street to a delicatessen, where
they
befriended
an
inebriated
Texan who liberally treated his new
friends to two ugli-fruits, about
which they were joking. The two
then went back to the hotel where
the male counterpart of the two­
some acquired extra glasses for the
post-midinght snack from the Mer-
TOO LATE, 1963
Feature Editor's Note
The entire Feature staff of the
Crimson and White would like to
thank artist Lance Nelson for going
on location to Abeokuta, Nigeria to
paint the picture of the Aiyetoro
Comprehensive High School as seen
on this page. Artist Nelson is syn­
dicated—you can see other work by
him in the London Daily Worker,
Pravda, Izvestia, the Oubadougha,
Upper Volta Dispatch.
Mr. Nelson, at present, is work­
ing on a full-sized mural of the
cafeteria for the Senior Room. Try­
ing to make the painting as realistic
as possible to better convey the
idea of the sanitary, immaculate
conditions provided for us in the
cave, artist Nelson will do away
with oils and use mustard, ketchup,
relish, salad dressing and spaghetti
sauce instead. The frame will be
made out of hamburger dishes
adorned with straw wrappers. When
completed, the painting will portray
a typical table on which we eat like
ladies, gentlemen, and gorillas.
maid Room.
The four students surprised Mr.
Andrews by demonstrating that
they were true cosmopolitans. Ex­
cept for spilling coffee and not con­
trolling
prolonged
spasms
of
laughter at dinner, they behaved
well. The four students took* sub­
ways independently of Mr. An­
drews, the intrepid leader who
blazed trails through the endless
mass of humanity. Only one trouble
arose; if you readers ever take sub­
ways in New York City, keep your
eyes peeled for Karen Hoffman; she
is probably still on one. All had a
wonderful time and have many
souvenirs to show for their experi­
ences—an exhausted Mr. Andrews,
“do not disturb” signs, ash trays,
menus, jelly beans, memories of
ugli-fruit, Spanish magazines, the
London Times of March 14, and a
Manhattan telephone directory.
train also. A driver has to be sure that he is not on the bridge when the
train is coming or he has two dismal alternatives: to try to beat the train
across, or to leave his automobile on the span and take a swan dive over
the side into the water underneath where the friendly reptiles are playing
and eating each other.
Gravel roads give way to dirt roads which give way to mud roads
which give way to four lane super-paths. There are few automobiles in
Africa now, so this problem isn’t too great yet. Eventually, however,
the countries will be industrializing rapidly and their goods shall be driven
:n trucks, carried in trains, and flown by planes all over the continent,
and even the world. Thus roads, airports, and railroad construction will
gain importance in the future.
MAJOR DIFFICULTY—TRAINING
As was already stated, the major hurdle to jump is training. Educa­
tion is the path from squalor and destitution to industrialization and a
higher standard of living. Young Africans are being taught not only to
be white collar workers, but to be Africa’s builders of tomorrow. In ten,
twenty years or more. African technicians will replace the European
technicians in Africa, and the Africans will stand on their own feet, stably
and proudly. But they must be taught how to lead, care for, and improve
their own people and to perpetuate stable, democratic government. Today
the Africans are being brought in contact with, and are being influenced
by, the world of man’s achievement and creations. Tomorrow they shall
be contributing to it. Education will lead many Africans injto engineering,
teaching, medicine, law, sociology and the arts. Being educated, the
Africans will be able to establish good government, build bridges, dams,
highways, and skyscrapers; they will be able to care for themselves medi­
cally and legally. Africans will undoubtedly contribute to music, painting,
and sculpture—they already have such a rich, beautiful, primitive legacy
of art as a basis. When they learn about themselves and others, and
become as “modern” as we are supposed to be, perhaps a few “moderns”
will lose their prejudices of “primitives.”
The Africans have a rich culture behind them, and an unlimited
potential before themselves. There are about 200 million people in Africa,
including Negroes, Arabs, and Europeans. If 18 million Negroes in the
United States can produce men of such calibre as George Washington
Carver, Booker T. Washington, Ralph Bunche, Langston Hughes, and
Richard Wright, just to name a few, think of the vast wealth of intellect
Africa must have that has yet to be cultivated.