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Vol. XXVII No. 4 THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
DECEMBER 20, 1963
Motivation is the primary purpose served by the Honor Roll, according to the recent survey conducted among Milne students. Recognition of achievement, which faculty members had accorded first prior­ ity, was ranked second by the pupils.
When asked to rank relatively as possible purposes of honor rolls
“recognition”, “motivation”, and
“provision of data for colleges”,
27.7% of the students gave first priority to recognition; while 51.7% accorded motivation first place.
Provision of data for colleges ranked first with 7.0%; no answer was given by 11.0% of the students and 1.0% gave other purposes first place.
Motivation Discussed
The motivational function of the honor roll was further confirmed by
47.5% of the student body which answered affirmatively to the ques­ tion, “Do you frequently think about the honor roll before the last week in the marking period?” No answer to the question was given by 9.8% and 42.6% answered “No.”
Asked is they would recommend the elimination of an honor roll,
13.3% of the students failed to answer, 71.8% said, “No,” and 14.9% said, “Yes”. Of those students who were eligible for the honor roll in the preceding year, 38.5% reported that they had been on the honor roll, 56.3% said that they had not, and 5.2% did not answer.
Asked if they would recommend the elimination of the publication of an Honor Roll, the students re­ sponded thus
Grade
8
9
10
11
7
12
Yes
10
23
6
6
9
10
No
50
59
59
56
38
46
No
Answer
12
7
7
11
13
7
Total
%
64
% 14.9
Faculty 9
30.0
308
71.8
12
40.0
57
13.3
9
30.0
Considering the year in school in which to begin computing an honor roll, oply 5.3% would delay it un­ til the 10th grade. Exactly 50% suggested staying with the present system of starting publication in
Grade 9, while 10.7% suggested the
8th grade and 24.4% would begin it at the 7th grade.
The minimum standards which students should attain to be desig­ nated as honor students was the subject of a wide variety of student opinion. Most frequently men­ tioned was the present standard of
“All Marks of B or Higher in Both
Achievement and Adjustment”
(20.1% of the student body). The most frequently mentioned recom­ mendation for change was for an
“Average of B in Both Achievement and Adjustment” (12.3%). “All
Marks of B, Except for One C in
Both Achievement and Adjustment” was suggested by 9.37%. To this
The Milne band’s woodwind section rehearsing for today’s Christmas assembly.
The annual Christmas Assembly was held today, December 20, in
Page Hall. The program marks the beginning of Christmas vacation and has been a tradition at Milne for many years. Parents were invited to attend.
Although the nature of the As­ sembly remained the same this year there were two new additions to the program. Along with the
Milnettes, both the Milnemen and the Milne Band performed for the first time. The Milnettes, con­ ducted by Mrs. York and accom­ panied by Dr. York, sang “Merry
Christmas,” “Sleigh Ride,” “Echo
Son,” and “Soon-A Will Be Done.”
Milnemen Sing
The recently organized Milnemen performed for the first time since
1959. The group now has twelve junior and senior boys as members.
The organizing of Milnemen this year was due chiefly to the efforts of
Larry Pellish and Stan Lockwood.
In their first performance the
Milnemen sang “Christmas is Com­ ing,” “Now the Day Is Over,” and
“De Gospel Train.” They also sang
“Winter” and “Riding, Riding” to­ gether with the Milnettes.
Since last year the Milne Band has been preparing for its first per­ formance which took place today.
Grades seven through twelve are represented in the band. Several college students also aid the Milne members and today played with the group in its debut. Today the band played “National Hymn.”
Audience Participates
As is traditional, the audience joined the Milnettes, Milnemen and
Band in singing “Deck the Halls,”
“Jingle Bells,” “White Christmas,”
“Its Beginning to Look Like Christ­ mas,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” and “Silent Night.”
The meaning of the FP symbol was explained ot the student body in an assembly held November
21. Three weeks prior to this time, it had been discovered by the Senior
Student Council
President, Larry
Pellish, that
Milne is affili­ ated with the
„ . . Foster Parents’
- _. pian
Fabio Pena According to this plan, the school is sponsoring a six-year-old boy from Bogota,
Colombia, named Fabio Isnacio
Pena. In order for Milne to con­ tinue this sponsorship, we must raise $180.
The Senior Student Council or­ ganized a series of auctions, start­ ing November 21 and continuing sporadically through December 9.
The amount of money gained from these auctions was $27.50. Because of the apparent failure of the auc­ tions to raise funds for the Foster
Parents’ Plan, the Council has ap­ proved a plan for an ajl-school raffle.
question 18.6% of the pupils did not answer, and the remaining
39.63% responses were distributed over a wide variety of recommended standards.
Standards Debated
While 3.5% would establish more stringent standards, some 45.57% of the pupils would lower the stand­ ards. The two areas of Achieve­ ment and Adjustment would be retained by 26.27% of the students, while 19.3% would limit the'honor roll to a consideration of “Achieve­ ment in Subject Matter” only.
Thirty students at Eastview High
School in Ottawa, Canada, will visit Milne on January 16, 17, and
18. The Canadians will stay at the homes of French III and IV students during their visit.
On their arrival in Albany, the visitors will meet the members of
Milne’s French III, IIIx and IV classes at a reception in Milne’s library. On Friday, the Canadian students will attend classes with their individual hosts. After school from 3:30 to 5 the visitors and their hosts are invited to the Governor’s
Mansion, following which will be a pot luck supper back at Milne un­ til 7. Friday night everyone will attend the basketball game and the dance that will be held afterward.
The farewell brunch will be held at 10 on Saturday morning in one of the College buildings. After the brunch, the Canadian visitors will head back to Ottawa.
The French III class last year visited these same Canadian stu­ dents at their school. Next spring, the French III and IV classes will again journey to Canada. This year’s French III class will visit
Montreal and Ottawa while the
French IV class will travel from
Montreal to Quebec.
Tomorrow night, December 21st, the class of 1965 will sponsor the annual Alumni Ball. This year the theme is a Winter Carnival, which is a change from previous years’ themes of Stairways to the Stars,
Sea, and Moon. The separate com­ mittees for this dance, under the supervision of the chairmen, Steve
Hutchins and Lance Nelson, have been busy for the past two weeks gathering ideas and materials.
Heading some of these committees are Carol Lynch, in charge of the decorations Joanne Bradshaw, head of Invitations; and Roberta Polen, entertainment. From 8 o’clock un­ til midnight, alumni plus Milne’s juniors and seniors will attend “a winter carnival” at Brubacher Hall.

PAGE 2 CRIMSON AND WHITE DECEMBER 20, 1963
Just before the Thanksgiving vacation, the French
IIIx class sponsored the French Twist IV. Among the many ice cream eaters and twisters were Bruce
McFarland, Toby Gellman, Joe Aponte, Dave Skinner,
Sue Press, Jack Bennett, Jeff Rider, Linda Bearup,
Chuck Eson, Peggy Crane, Nancy Hyman, and Dick
Blabey. The singing of Pete Leue also helped make the dance a big success.
Recently, Sigma held its annual initiation ceremony at Jack’s Restaurant. Among the members are Kathy and Ellen Sinclair, Shelly Bond, Terry Hoffman, Sue
Polen, Jayce Carey, Robyn Miller, Selma Levitz,
Susan Krimsky, Jean Feigenbaum, Ginny Bearup, Liz
Sheer, Linda Paul.
AAA
Two Tuesdays ago, Quin inducted its new members at Herbert’s Restaurant. Karyl Kermani, Judy
Graham, Sue Edwards, Shelly Zima, Nan Knox, Judy
Dexter, Nancy Dorsman, Anita Harris, Kathy Toole,
Linda Wilson, Linda McCabe, Val Chevrette, and many others all had a great time and gorged them­ selves at the smorgasbord.
a a. a.
Last weekend the Milne Raiders played host to the Academy cadets. Paul Korotkin, Ted Brown, Nan
Knox, Morris Warner, Hardy Turnbull, Sue Edwards,
Bob Iseman, Greg Robinson, and Bill Wallace were all heard yelling at the tops of their lungs to no avail.
a a a
The Senior Class presented “The Innocents” No­ vember 27. There was a large turnout, including some old Milnites. Some old faithfuls in attendance were Richard Luduena, Dave Wurthman, Steve
Levitas, Jim Dunn, Marty Begleiter, Ann Miller and
Jon McClelland.
No Milne students have ever been seen studying.
I don't think anyone who wants to be an athlete should smoke. Smoking cuts down on wind and that's what he needs the most.
When a man's in competi­ tion, he only wants fresh air in his lungs. *
Most of the great Olympic champions don't smoke. A champion can't be half­ hearted when he trains. He must do everything to keep himself in condition. It pays off in the long run.
I can't tell you not to smoke. You will if you want to. But before you take that first drag, do me a favor.
Take on long, deep breath of fresh clean air. Then decide.
BOB MATHIAS
Twice Olympic Decathlon
Champion
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
\ Y kHoNOiUM>U
Is "motivation" really the reason why Milne students hold the present Honor Roll system
(see p. 1) so dear? If 45.57% of the student body favors lowering the standards by which the Honor Roll is compiled, and only 3.5% favors raising them, how can "motivation" be a reason for maintaining the system? We don't think it can, and the results of the faculty poll agree with us.
Because Milne students would like to see a lowering of the standards for making the
Honor Roll, their kind of motivation is not strictly the constant striving for self-improve­ ment type, but for recognition in the form of seeing their name placed on a first floor bulletin board. The placement, therefore, of both "motivation" and "recognition" on the poll is ambiguous because one is an explana­ tion of the other.
The Honor Roll is, however, a worthwhile means of recognizing achievement. (Achieve­ ment here doesn't include just marks in the
"Achievement" column on a report card, but also the pay-off for efforts to satisfy the standards for being well-adjusted in Milne terms.) We would disagree that Achieve­ ment marks in Physical Education should count, simply because many such marks of
C or lower in gym can't be helped at the time, or ever. While this would admittedly apply to a small number of students, the inclusion of gym marks in the system can't be justifi­ able for anyone if it can't be for all. While adjustment marks in subjects which also grant achievement marks should certainly remain as criteria, those given in study halls and homerooms should, we feel, be elimi­ nated. As in the case of gym marks, a sys­ tem which is not fair for everyone is not fair at all. This unfairness in homeroom and study hall marks arises because some teach­ ers arbitrarily give marks of "average" to many of their students who are seldom pres­ ent during that period because of going to the library, meetings, or remedials.
The Honor Roll should remain—71.8% think so. The recommended changes would, we believe, make it more equitable and there­ fore a more accurate way of recognizing worthy students.
C rimson and W hite
Vol. XXVII Dec. 20, 1963 No. 4
Published by the Crimson and White
Board, the Milne School, Albany, New
York. Address exchanges to the
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Faculty Advisor
Member
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
The Editorial Staff
__________________ Nancy Button, '64
__________ ____________ Sue Press, '64
________________ Karen Hoffman, '64
_______________ Michael Benedict, '64
__________________ Joe Michelson, '65
__________________ Tom Oliphant, '66
____________________ Sue Krimsky, '66
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Mike Frumkin, '64, Lance Nelson, '65 .
______________Mr. Theodore Andrews
Contributors
Robin Morse, Sue Lurie, Steve Milstein, Paul Schrodt,
Sol Zimmerman, Sue Hohenstein, Sherry Press, Jane
Mayersohn, Mark Lewis, Paula Boomsliter, Steve Melius,
Mike Frumkin.

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PAGE 3
DECEMBER 20, 1963
By MARK LEWIS
The President of this year’s il­ lustrious senior class is Dave Ker- mani. Dave is a member of the
Honor Society and sings with the
Milnemen. Outside of school, Dave serves as President of the sub-dis­ trict Youth Council. When asked about his likes and dislikes, he pon­ dered before giving an answer of
“indifferent”. That is, however, until I brought up the subject of math. Dave is one of the lucky seven who take Advanced Place­ ment. That is the reason why he lists “doing math homework” as one of his hobbies.
When I asked about his college choices, Dave replied, “Brown, I hope” (College Boards willing) followed by Middlebury and St.
Lawrence. Dave would like to enter the business world, where he would be able to count his first million without the aid of derivatives, dif­ ferentials, or tangents.
Believe it or not, Carol Hagadorn does not only fill the office of class vice-president. She also serves as president of Quin and secretary of
FHA. Her contribution to the sports world is evidenced by her mem­ bership on the MGAA council and as a girl in red, a member bf the cheerleading squad. Many Milnites know Carol as the girl to give money to for the spectator bus fares.
When this year is over, Carol would like to aid her plans to become an elementary school teacher by wear­ ing her beanie at Oneonta State or
Cortland.
As keeper of the purse strings of the senior class, Dan Dugan busies himself each homeroom with going up and down the halls begging
“Coins? Coins?” Aside from this capacity, the Abear has distin­ guished himself in the field of sport. Since coming to Milne in the ninth grade, Danny has played JV baseball and basketball, and was a member of last year’s Section II bowling champs. He has run cross­ country for three years, was a co­ captain this year. He also plans to star for Mr. Ahr’s indoor track team. If Dan had his way, you would be able to see him Saturdays on TV., wrestling with his idol, the
Calypso Kid, and other notables of the mat world. Completely apart from the sports world, (and prob­ ably from any other world), Danny prides hmiself as a member of the
NFS. Next year he hopes to be seen at Cornell or Hamilton.
The secretary of the class of 1964 is Peggy Crane, also known as Meg,
Scooger, and, in French class, Mar­ guerite. Peg is a real active and wide-awake(?) member of -the class. She is President of MGAA, a member of Quin, a cheerleader, and would have been President of
FTA, but that organization folded.
She made, her acting debut this year as Miss Giddens in the school play. In that same dramatic ap­ pearance, she also ' introduced to the world “The Crane cut”, a revo­ lutionary hairdo, destined to set hairstyling back fifty years or more.
Peggy, a member of the Honor
Society, is applying to Middlebury,
Duke, and St. Lawrence.
By JOE MICHELSON
Have you ever stopped to notice the several types of hand raisers about you in class? Some quietly raise their hands and leave them in one position. Others brace their their raised arms with the other.
Some even brace those two with a third, but they are quite unusual.
Anyway, the real interesting ones are those who get very excited.
They move forward to the edge of their chairs, sometimes rotate both arms like airplane propellers, and more often than not utter sounds as if they are having cerebral hemorrhages or something of the sort. If they have only raised one hand, it waves about in time to their discordant vocal noises.
Just picture one of these types in your mind. Say, in English class, the teacher holds up a picture of
Ernest Hemingway (whose beard looks like a Rorschach blotch any­ way) and asks the class to identify the person. Joey Adrenal shoots his hand into the air, bolts forward in his chair, and proclaims to his classmates, “Arrgh, uughhf, ompph, mjjjloodpp.” “OK. Joey,” the teacher says, “Who is it?” Naturally the rest of the class is perturbed because their mothers told them never to act like gibbons and talk like hippopotamuses in school and thus are ignored by the teacher.
Oh well, to observe the person out of class, it is necessary to stay a good distance away, so as not to cause any ill feeling. These types don’t like to be observed and often resort to violence. Anyway, in the lunch line they are equally lovely.
They sort of make the waiting un­ bearable among other things. Then they try to get the attention of the women with such flattering eu­ phemisms as “Arrrggf” or Ugghhh- nnnnlllmp.” Then when they get into the lunch room, and try to get someone’s attention who is far away, they provide the sound ef­ fects of a maternity ward. But don’t become disconcerted when you find out your best friend is an
Excitable Hand Raiser. It hap­ pens to the best of our students.
One day somebody quietly raises his hand, and then the next day . . .
Tension has been diagnosed as a possible cause; or maybe it’s the cafeteria food and is organically in­ duced. So far we don’t know. But try to understand these people; they need our help. If they don’t get our help, think of the conse­ quences! They will be running down our quiet suburban avenues, beckoning help with the pitiful cry,
“Arrgthh, ggllup, OOOuughfhfgrhlk jmoomnjkjj h.”
A ball bounces
A girl flounces
A stamp sticks
A foot-ball player kicks
A boy looks
A bowling ball hooks
Water splashes
A sign flashes
Classes break
Teeth aaaache
Words repeatttt
People eat
A child jumps rope
We sometimes use soap
Movies flop
Writers stop.
I dream and cry,
I remember and sigh,
I run and can’t hide.
I can’t forget,
Though I’ve tried.
It’s still there,
It won’t go.
It isn’t fair,
How I know.
It’s always around,
It haunts me all day.
And this I have found:
I can’t get away.
It’s one little job,
That cannot be shirked.
I’m one of the mob,
Who’s awfully, overly
HOMEWORKED!
—Sue Hohenstein
Through the lonely night I wander
Amid the dark, echoing chambers of my heart
Searching for a friend
All the doors I have thrown open wide
Yet only the mourning wind passes
Thru shadows of friends flit
Like unstable moths loving but never seeing
Rousing spirits of dead loves
Restlessly haunt empty chambers
Memories mists floor aimlessly down makes without end
And many a rock or stone does steady my trembling hand
Cold and damp are the shadows upon the walls
Tears of tonight mingle their poig­ nant
Salt with the sea of so many yes­ terdays
Light all around yet darkness shrouds my eyes
Beauty beckons and I long to run
What is it that so tightly and cruelly shackles my feet?
Can the world He created have turned sour?
Would He let the fruit of His womb devour its feeding hand?
Either we are perverse or He is or both
Were we not created in His image?
Perhaps God is dead?
THE VOLUNTEER
By Tom Adams, a student at
Fulton High School
By PAULA BOOMSLITER
A mournful, saddened natiom’cried.
A man they dearly loved had died.
He was loved by one and all,
A somber shroud of tears did fall
From grieving land to foreign shore
When it was learned that he was no more.
Through a world is felt the grief
Expressed on a simple funeral wreath.
In far Berlin we heed the cry
Beneath his portrait—simply, “Why?”
A nation and a world has cried.
A man they dearly loved has died.
Up in the laboratory, what do we hear?
A cheerful voice calling, “You re a volunteer.”
It rattles in the test tubes,
Shakes the beakers on the wall,
Students even stand aside as it rumbles down the hall.
Drop your pencil in the sink—
Your test tube on the floor?
Did your flying ten gram weight hit the guy next door?
No man on earth can save you,
No power hold you clear,
Cause if you did it buddy, you’re a volunteer!

CRIMSON AND WHITE DECEMBER 20, 1963 PAGE 4
Milne’s varsity basketball team ended Coach Lewis three-year open­ ing night win streak as they opened the 1963-64 season inauspiciously with a 66-62 overtime loss to Greenville.
The Red Raiders dominated the early play as they obtained a 20-9 first quarter lead. Led by Jim
Nelson and Peter Slocum, who re­ peatedly sank jump shots, Milne
Milne’s Junior Varsity opened the built up a commanding 31-15 lead and went into the locker room at the half leading, 36-26. Nelson had
1963-64 season on a bright note by beating Greenville, 42-32. The first
16 and Slocum 12 in the first half, while Greenville’s high scoring quarter saw a cold-shooting Milne team fall behind 10-9. However,
Frank Miller was held in check, partly by a vociferous Milne alumni the Milne boys gained the lead, thanks to good overall playing by
Tom Kingston. In the second half group.
Milne began to have foul trouble
Milne gradually widened its lead.
The Raiders were led by Ron in the second half and Greenville, now controlling the boards, moved
Koven, who tallied most of his points on driving lay-ups. Koven into a one-point lead at the end of the third quarter. The lead was increased to nine, but the Raiders, finished as Milne’s high scorer with
16, while Kingston had 11 .
without the services of Nelson,
Slocum and Shoudy who left via
Rensselaer
The J.V. Raiders went down to the foul route, fought back. Rider,
Mellen and Valenti led a late surge their first defeat November 26 at
Rensselaer, bowing by the score of
49-38. The first quarter saw a see­ which finally tied the score with
0:12 remaining. Just before the saw battle with the Rams coming out on top, 10-8. Led by Rick final buzzer, Jeff Rider was fouled in a scramble for the ball. The
Gould’s set shots and jumpers, the stands were gripped with silence as his shot arched toward the basket,
Milne hoopsters gained the lead and went into the locker room ahead by 18-16. The third quarter again circled the rim, hesitated—and fell off to one side.
saw Milne and the Rams playing fairly evenly, but the Raiders were
In the overtime period, Greenville took the lead on a foul shot, but
Valenti’s hoop put the Raiders one unable to contain Rensselaer in the final stanza as V.R. pulled away from Milne and went on to victory.
ahead. The victors then scored a controversial basket and went on to victory. Flack had 18 for Green­ ville, while Nelson (20), Slocum
(16), and Valenti (12) turned in double figure performances for
Shenendehowa
The first home game of the season saw the junior Red Raiders plunge to defeat at the hands of the Plains­ men from Shenendehowa. Although
Milne.
they received a 15 point perform­ ance from junior Tom Kingston, the
Junior Varsity could only muster
Saturday, December 14th, saw a
Milne five, visibly tired after their three overtime victory the night be­ fore, succumb to the Cadets of
Academy, 59-56. The Raiders made a gallant effort, twice coming back from eight point deficits, but the effort fell short at the end. The game was won off the backboards as Academy, led by Archie Coupe, out-rebounded Milne, two to one.
Milne was slow starting in the first quarter, as Academy built up a 10-2 lead, only to have it cut to
13-7 at the period’s end. The teams traded baskets at the beginning of the second quarter, but two quick jump shots by Bob Valenti and an­ other field goal by Bill Dey put Milne ahead for the first time, 24-23. The on® point lead was retained at the end of the first half in the form of a 28-27 score.
Academy came out strong at the beginning of the second half and built up a 42-34 lead. Milne came back with six straight points to nar­ row the Academy lead to 42-40 at the end of three quarters. Nelson scored four points and Shoudy made two foul shots in this spurt. The final period saw the cadets run up a 53-45 lead with 5:27 remaining.
Milne then employed a press and thanks to five foul shots by Dey and two by Slocum, Milne was only behind 57-52 with 1:41 to go in the game. Quick baskets by Valenti and Slocum narrowed the lead to
57-56 but at this point the Raiders ran out of gas. High for Milne was
Peter Slocum with 15, followed by
Bob Valenti with 14. Coupe’s 23 led Academy.
29 points to their opponents’ 41.
During the entire first half, Milne attempted only 10 shots from the field, leaving the floor after sixteen minutes of play on the short end of an 18-8 score. Scoring picked up for Milne when they returned in the second half, but unfortunately so did Shenendehowa’s.
Cohoes
Friday, December 13, the Milne
Junior Varsity invaded the Cohoes
Armory for a game with the Cohoes
High Tigers. Trailing by six points at halftime, the Raiders emerged victorious after a tight struggle,
53-50. Early in the opening period
Milne built up a 10-3 lead, only to have it cut to 14-12 at the end of eight minutes. Taking advantage of a weakened defense, Cohoes quick­ ly took possession of the game to lead 27-21 at the half. A fired-up
Milne team took the floor at the start of the second half and out- scored the Tigers 17-7 to take a
38-34 lead into the final period.
Cohoes knotted the score several times during the last period, before regaining a 50-49 advantage with less than a minute to play. Four free throws by Steve Milstein, Pete
Drechsler (2), and Ron Koven put the game on ice for the Raiders.
Leading the jayvees in scoring was
Drechsler with 17.
Academy
The next night the j.v.’s made it two in a row as they squeaked by
Academy by a 39-38 score. Behind for most of the game, the Raiders came on strong in the second half to take the lead and maintain their advantage with a freeze for the last
3 Oseconds. The period scores were
14-6, 21-16, and 30-24, all in Acad­ emy’s favor and 39-38, Milne at the
“The Dork scores.” Peter Slocum scores a two-pointer against Green­ ville as, left to right for Milne, Chuck Shoudy, Jim Nelson and Bob
Valenti look on in amazement.
Friday, December 13th was a most unlucky day for Cohoes High School.
The Milne Red Raiders, after four quarters and three three minute overtime periods, pulled out a thrilling 52-49 win over the Tigers.
Jim Nelson’s fine shooting and rebounding led Milne to an early first quarter lead, but Ryan’s long jump shots kept Cohoes close. Val­ enti’s three quick hoops left Milne leading 12-9 at the end of the first quarter. The teams traded baskets in the second quarter and, with
4:21 remaining in the half, Milne went into a freeze! With Jim Nel­ son on the bench with three fouls and Chuck Shoudy injured, the
Raiders were short on height. There­ fore, Coach elected to preserve the lead using the freeze, which greatly upset Coach Murphy and his Cohoes team, and Milne held a 22-16 half­ time lead.
The Raiders continued to play slow-down ball in the third quarter, but Cohoes managed to cut the lead to 32-28. Led by Plante and Bon- omo, Cohoes rallied and took the lead, but Rider’s basket tied the score with 80 seconds remaining.
The opponents decided to hang on to the ball for one final shot, but
Ryan’s jumper was off and the score was 43-43 as regulation time ran out.
Overtimes Close
Cohoes took the lead in the first overtime, but Nelson tied the game with a short jump shot. The Tigers again had the last shot, but again they missed. Procak put Cohoes ahead in the second overtime, but
Rider made good on a one and one to re-tie the score. Once again
Cohoes had an opportunity to win the game, but the shot was missed as the second overtime drew to a close. Bonomo again gave the
Tigers the lead in the third over­ time, but a three point play by Dave
Dugan on an assist from Pete Slo­ cum gave Milne the lead for good.
John Mellen added four critical points to clinch the victory. Best for
Milne were Nelson (12), Valenti (11) and Slocum (10), while Bonomo and
Ryan each had 14 for the losers.
end. Credit should be given to Jim
Gewirtzman and Barry Hatt who came off the bench when the starters were in foul trouble to score five and six points respectively. High in the game was Tom Kingston who collected 17 points.
On Tuesday night the third of
December the Milne varsity staged a dramatic come-from-behind vic­ tory over Van Rensselaer, winning by a score of 79-77. This game proved to be Milne’s second cliff- hanger in as many game$. Jeff
Rider and Jim Nelson had early foul trouble and had to take the bench, which resulted in a growing Rens­ selaer lead. The Rams led by as much as thirteen points in the sec­ ond quarter, but inspired play by
Dugan, Slocum, and Shoudy cut the lead to 44-35 at halftime. Dugan and Shoudy again led a third quar­ ter spurt, in this game of offenses, which left Milne only three points behind, 61-58. Dave scored fre­ quently on jump shots and layups, while Chuck gave the scoring and rebounding a healthy boost until he fouled out.
Milne led by Nelson, Rider, and
Slocum, finally overtook Rensselaer midway in the fourth quarter. Key baskets by Dugan and Nelson gave
Milne a four point lead, but Len
Singleton’s fifteen foot jumper cut the lead to two. Nelson’s two foul shots with seconds remaining put the game out of reach. Milne had five double - figure performances:
Dugan and Slocum, 17 each; Nel­ son 15; Valenti 11; and Shoudy 10.
Singleton had 23 for the Rams.
Milne’s home opener on Decem­ ber 7 turned out to be a disaster as the Raiders could do nothing right in losing to Shenendehowa
71-39. The Plainsmen were led by
Greg Wilson’s all-'Sround fine per­ formance. Wilson controlled both boards and added 26 points in the process. The Milne five could only manage a meager 20% from the field against Shenendehowa’s tight defense. The defeat was costly as
Chuck Shoudy fractured his nose in a scramble during the third quarter. Jeff Rider was the only
Milne player to break double figures as he tallied 11.