Crimson and White
VOL. XXX, NO. 7
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
Clips from Clubs
Raider Five Wins
Sigma and Quin
Australia is next on Sigma’s cal­
endar. During homeroom Wednes­
day, April 5, Jeanine Josephs, Al­
bany High’s exchange student, will
speak to Sigma members about life
in Australia.
On May 20, Sigma and Quin are
holding a joint trip to New Yo"k.
where the girls will shoo, sightsee,
and see The Impossible Years. After
the play, the girls will eat dinner at
Patricia Murphy’s, where they en­
joyed dining last year. Accompany­
ing Sigma and Quin members will
be Sigma’s advisor, Mrs. Helen
Kiernan and Quin’s advisor, Dr.
Ruth Wasley.
Further along in the year will be
the annual joint picnic, where pew
officers will 'be announced.
F.H.A.
Speakers to F.H.A. have been a
visiting nurse, fabric specialists from
J. C. Penny’s, and a social worker.
F.H.A. week is featuring a lunch­
eon with a T.V. personality as
speaker on Monday. Monday will
be followed by a bake sale on Tues­
day.
Plans for the near future include
a speaker on interior design. Not to
be forgotten, are the plans for a
theater party.
After the theater
party, there are the yearly elections
with a picnic for the announcement
of the new officers.
Stamp and Coin Club
Stamp and Coin Club members
will attend a coin show at the Inn
Towne Motel at which American
and foreign coins will be bought
and sold on Sunday, April 2.
Newly elected officers Gerry
Hausler and Aaron Kuperman plan
to reorient the club to the needs of
both stamp and coin collectors; the
Stamp and Coin Club is currently
oriented to the needs of only coin
collectors.
Chess Club
After a losing effort in the first
chess match of the year to Albany
High, Chess Club members remained
hopeful. First man on the squad,
Josh Kuperman and fourth man Bill
Wachsman split games with their
opponents while second man Jim
Kaye lost one game and stalemated
the other.
Chess Club President Steve Patent
is trying to arrange a full schedule
of matches with other schools for
next year. New chess boards and
pieces were purchased for future
meetings and matches. A second
match with Albany High is being
planned for the near future.
Sectional Title
John Margolis gets off his feet to
help the team to its sectional
championship. By defeating Broadalbin 52-48, March 11, Milne cap­
tured the Class D Sectional
Championship. Class C Champion
Fort Plain received an unsuccess­
ful challenge from the Raiders,
March 18. Ending the season with
a 17-6 record, Bob Blanton (943),
John Margolis (418), and Ken
Brooks (386) made the list of top
ten career scorers.
Supervisory Board Initiated
LEGISLATURE
VISIT OCCURS
Fifteen Milne students attended
the recent Student Day at the Legis­
lature, sponsored by the League of
Women Voters at the New York
State Capitol. The pupils, accom­
panied by Miss Down and Mr.
Neiderberger, visited the Capitol to
learn how state government func­
tions.
In the Assembly gallery, Assem­
blyman Harvey Lifset addressed the
group of Milnites and students from
other schools. A representative from
the League then spoke and reiterated
some of Mr. Lifset’s points on the
Legislature.
Later, the visitors toured the
Capitol, viewing many famous fea­
tures, including the million dollar
staircase and the Hall of Governors.
During the tour, an aide of Governor
Rockefeller, Mr. Joseph Kilgallen,
spoke to the students.
The gathering then returned to
the Assembly gallery to observe a
session of that body. When the
meeting failed to convene for some
time, the Milne students left and
returned to school.
“Au Canada” is Students’ Cry
Part of the Canadian trip this year will be a movie and a play (both
in French), a tour in a caleche, as well as the visit to a French-Canadian
school. The French III and IV students will leave for Quebec at 7:00 a.m.
on April 20. They will stay at the Chateau-Frontenacc, the grand old
hotel which housed a similar group of Milne students last spring.
The next day, the students will
travel to Levy to visit the Canadian
school.
Actually there are two
schools: one for girls, and one for
boys. That afternoon they will tour
Quebec in a caleche (a horse-drawn
carriage) and afterwards the stu­
dents may shop or sight-see. The
students will dine at Kerhulu’s, the
most famous French restaurant in
Canada, and afterwards hope to at­
tend a play or an opera.
On Saturday, they will journey to
Montreal where they will tour shop,
and so on. At 4 p.m., the travelers
will leave for Albany and the end.
of a whirlwind weekend.
Assembly Honors
Senior Academics
To honor outstanding scholastic
work, especially by seniors, Milne
held a special assembly recently.
Many students received recognition
at the assembly at which both Mr.
Bell and Dr. Fossieck presided.
Dr. Fossieck presented the Bausch
and Lomb Science Award to Naomi
Jochnowitz and Steve Patent, who
have shown an aptitude for science,
^ood character, and a potential for
Chaperons will be Mrs. Susan high achievement.
Losee, Mr. William Harold, Mrs.
Nine seniors have attained an
Constance Snyder, arid Dr. Ruth average of 3.5 or better out of a
Wasley.
possible 4.0 over the past 3V2 years.
The students who have been desig­
nated Honor students, are: Marlene
Abrams, Barbara Berne, Carol Gra­
ham, Naomi Jochnowitz, AmyLinter,
Syracuse University and the Citizenship Education Conference will John Margolis, Anne Miller, Steve
be the destination of eight history .students, April 15, when they travel Patent, and Bill Wachsman.
with Miss Cynthia Down of the history department.
Sue Hohenstein and Sally Button
Sponsored by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, the purpose of the conference is to announced the C&W editorial board
encourage more effective citizenship training and to. promote research in for the coming year. The new edi­
tors are: Mary Moore, Laura Harris,
the field of citizenship.
Following a brief introductory speech, there will be two discussion Barry Richter, Margaret Diggs, Roz
Hohenstein, Aaron Kuperman, and
groups on topics of current interest and concern.
Seniors Carol Graham, Sue Hohenstein, Frank Martin, and Barry Pr&ss Jim Kaye.
and juniors David Feiner, Mary Moore, Richard Otty, and Barry Richter
Barry Press announced the new
are the participating students.
editors of the Bricks and Ivy. Sue
Of the approximately 1,200 attending (he conference, eight juniors and Schorr is editor-in-chief and Sue
eight seniors will be winners of scholarships to Syracuse University.
McDermott is assistant editor.
Pupils Attend Citizenship Conference
MARCH 31, 1967
“Milne students will assume re­
sponsibility for their own actions
when the Milne Supervisory Board
is set up next marking period,” ac­
cording to Carol Dillon, chairman
of the committee which drew up
the plans for the board.
Each grade in the senior high will
have two representatives on the
board, the eighth ’ grade will have
one. and the seventh grade will have
a non-voting observer.
Next week, there will be an all
school assembly to explain the
board to the student body. The
board will operate only on a trial
basis for the last eight weeks.
Appointees of the board will help
keep order in Page Auditorium be­
fore school and in the halls during
both lunch periods. Students who
are constantly bothersome will be
dealt with by the board.
“Mr. Bell is bending over back­
wards to help the students help
themselves. Perhaps this board will
promote better communication be­
tween the students and the faculty,”
Carol states.
Stride into Summer
How long has it been since you
looked at the guidance office bul­
letin board? A glance at the notices
posted there might change the en­
tire course of your summer vaca­
tion.
There ai'e many groups of teen­
agers you can join if you want to
travel this summer.
Some tour
many countries, stopping about
three days in each, while others
concentrate on one particular na­
tion, where you might stay for as
long as two months. There are also
trips around the United States for
high school students.
Colleges and universities seem to
be following a trend toward offer­
ing summer sessions in subcollegiate
levels. Although most do not carry
credit with them and are rather
seminars on a special field of inter­
est, there is an increasing number
that do. Students interested in these
should obtain application blanks
now, since in most cases there are
deadlines to meet.
If you ai’e interested in a specific
vocation, there is no better way to
find out if you are really cut out
for the job than to have siimmer
employment in the field. Hospitals,
newspapers, summer stock theaters,
and riding stables all have some job
openings.
Voluntax-y service is a character­
istic of the American way of life.
Summertime brings many chances
to serve, whether it be a swimming
teacher’s aide at Lincoln Park,
working with children at a play­
ground, or brightening up patients’
days as a candy ptriper.
—Mary Moore
Bald Soprano
Lives Again
On Page 3
PAGE 2
Just Burns Me Up
While searching for a picture to accom­
pany the C&W Survey article (page 4), I came
upon a curiously disturbing photograph. It
was of an American Nazi Party member who
soaked himself in gasoline and was deter­
mined to immolate himself to protest the mix­
ing of the White and Negro races. The punch
line of this ghastly story is that he kept on
pouring the gasoline, neglecting to light a
match because the can was filled with
WATER.
There is not much for me to add to such an
anecdote.
The most important quality to
possess is the ability to back up one's beliefs
with all the ammunition in your arsenal. The
Nazi's beliefs are worthless because he him­
self didn't feel strongly enough to support
them with courage.
Why should anyone else support them?
—S.B.
So Progress Already
Milne. The experimental campus laboratory
school for the State University of New York at
Albany. Students must be prepared to make
many adjustments in the unusual organiza­
tion. Very progressive.
Progressive? In the almost eighty years of
Milne's existence it does not seem to have
come very far. Indeed, it has barely kept pace
with the public and suburban schools. This,
when Milne should be the school that is ex­
perimenting with the most progressive, newest
and most unusual forms of education.
Twenty-five years ago, a sort of "C-S-U"
marking system was attempted in the seventh
and eighth grades. (See page 4). Apparently
it didn't work, because it is no longer in use.
Why not try this same sort of system in the
senior high where it might work? The result
might be more concentration on learning and
understanding rather than on the attainment
of an "A."
CRIMSON AND WHITE
MARCH 31, 1967
What Do You Think?
To be able to think and to express
your ideas is one of the most preci­
ous rights you have. For this right
to be of any value, however, you
must exercise it. How do you feel
about the war in Vietnam? How do
you feel about love or hate. What
is your opinion of lowering the vot­
ing age? Think, form your ideas,
and then express and believe in
them. This country is based on
people’s ideas and beliefs, and yours
will become more important with
time. Your beliefs will be the basis
for your future and your country’s
future, if you voice and support
them.
—Roz Hohenstein
... Things
. . .'Funny thing about that Easter
vacation—I overslept one day and"
missed it completely . . . America’s
first organized sport was horse rac­
ing—first started in New York in
1664 . . . All the rest have 31, ex­
cepting Sprout-Kale which has 28,
and in leap year 29. . . .
. . . There are three types of
chemistry problems—the hard, the
harde", and the hardest ... If you
can’t find a ruler, try a dollar bill—
it’s one-sixteenth of an inch less
.han six inches . . .
March 31: Stanley Hummel, Pianist,
Albany Institute, 8:30 p.m. $1.50
April 3: Marlboro Trio, Page Hall,
8:15 p.m.
April 9: Yale University Band, Page
Hall, 3:30 p.m.
April 10: Holiday for Milne students
April 11: Albany Symphony, Strand
Theater, 8:15 p.m.
April 12: Lovin’ Spoonful, Washing­
ton Avenue Armory
April 14: Report Cards distributed
April 17: Senior Parents’ Meeting,
8:00 p.m.
Api-il 20-22: French Trip to Canada
April 21: La Traviata, Hudson Val­
ley Community College
April 28: Student Council Elections
periods 1 and 2
April 28-29: Uncle Vanya, Galaxy
Players, "Page Hall, 8:30 p.m.
So Long, Farewell
Like the man says, “It's that time again,
folks." Time for out with the old editors and
in with the new improved brand.
As we
ancient senior editors fold up our headline
charts and notebooks and steal away into the
night with this, our last issue, we would like
to say that it has been fun, interesting, often
discouraging, rough, gratifying, and a chal­
lenge to bring you the Crimson and White.
Thanks for the memory and good luck to the
new staff. They'll need it!
—Ho (Creamcheese) Hohenstein, Catfish
(T.H.E.) Button, Boom (Boom) Boomsliter, Emanon (No-Ohm-y) Aronson,
John (Laurence) Margolis
The
C&W
WANTS YOU!
Crimson and White
Vol. XXX
The idea of independent study has already
been experimented with in many schools. Why
not this same sort of program in Milne, even
if only for a selected group of seniors and
possibly juniors? If they were given one period
a week, for example, perhaps in social studies
and English, it would be possible to do outside
reading in the subject, talk over a certain
point with a teacher and gain a much deeper
knowledge than the survey offered in class.
The outlook for next year is getting
brighter. More courses are being offered, in­
cluding advanced placement American His­
tory. But this can only be a beginning. Milne
is still lacking in solid academic electives,
especially in the English department.
We have the faculty, the facilities and the
potential for more experimentation. Why not
use these advantages fully?
-r-S.K
Letter
To the reader:
Are you there? Do you read me?
Sometimes we’re not too sure. We
wonRer whether anyone actually
reads the C&W or whether it’s just
something handy in which to wrap
orange peels. We wonder what kind
of. articles you, the readers, like
best.
We wonder if there’s any
particular part of the C&W which
you prefer. We wonder what you
think of us.
How can you tell us? Try a let­
ter to the editor. Sit dov/n and
write us: share with us any of
your ideas; give us constructive
criticism; help the C&W to reflect
the Milne student body.
Once you’ve written your letter,
give to to a member of the edi­
torial board or leave it in the C&W
office, Richardson 180.
We’ll be very happy.
Laura Harris, Editorial Editor
March 31, 1967
No. 7
Published by the Crimson and White
Board, the Milne School, Albany, New
York.
Address exchanges td the
Exchange Editor and other correspon­
dence to the Editor.
Member
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
The Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief. Sarah Button, Suzanne Hohenstein
Associate Editor ................................................ Mary Moore
Editorial Editor .............................................. Laura Harris
Sports Editor..... ............................................ John Margolis
Feature Editor.
Paula Boomsliter
Treasurer ............
Naomi Aronson
Exchange Editor
Margaret Diggs
Faculty Advisor
Mr. Richard Lewis
Staff
Bill Wachsman, Linda Wyatt, Elbe Ainspan, Kathy
Langer, Roz Hohenstein, Bob Castellani, Judy
Schuster, Dick Ettleson, Aaron Kuperman, Jim Kaye,
Barry Richter.
MARCH 31, 1967
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 3
Pianist Christopher Sager
Appears Here on April 13
E. Ray J^ry Speaks
Constant Happening Happens
“Acting is fascinating work,” said Mr. E. Ray Fry, one of the four
talented and professional performers who brought A Constant Happening
to Milne last Tuesday.
“You have to adjust to the audience,” he continued. “In some of the
areas of New York State where we have played, the students do not
respond as well to verbal communic:ation, but they react to the physical
actions. Here at Milne, they didn’t miss a trick.”
Mr. Fry labeled himself as a kind
of “malcontent” due to the fact that and interesting choices and were
he attended no less than five col­ generally well-received and appreci­
leges in his study of d ama. He ated by the audience. Even the lack
studied at such places as North­ of elaborate props and settings con­
western, San Francisco State and tributed to the concentration on the
Stanford with a “ten year vacation wo ds and characters’ portrayals,
between his sophomore and junior rather than on other essentially
extraneous aspects.
year.”
The students were almost forced
During these years, his, time was
occupied with acting in New York to become totally immersed in the !
and serving his time in the Army. p ay, and to employ their imagina­
According to Mr. Fry, the study tions to their fullest capacity. And
of drama involves many related the players did well to concentrate
areas including acting - techniques, on getting the point across through
plays, voice and diction, and even expression in the dialogue and small
courses in modern dance and fenc­ physical actions such as facial ex­
pressions.
ing.
The purpose of the actor, he
stated, is to “illuminate what the
playwright has to say.” This may
be done, as the Repertory Theater
does, through the individual actor’s
Last in the series of Lincoln Cen­
or director’s interpretation, but must ter Student Programs will be the
be done without “violating the play­ Morganstern String Trio, which will
wright’s intent.”
appear in Page Hall on May 11.
Bo h of the scenes from the works
The mo gram will consist of selec­
of Shaw (Caesar and Cleopatra and tions from the wovks of Mozart,
St. Joan) were the first scenes in Webern and Dohnanyi. Members of
each play, and Mr. Fry brought out the trio are first violinist Marvin
their technique of “getting right into Mor-ganstern. violinist Karen Tuttle,
the play.” This seems to be neces­ and cellist John Goberman.
sary to create and hold audience
Both Mr. Mo ganstern and Miss
interest, which these players evi­ Tuttle have been on the faculty of
dently succeeded in doing. All the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and
excerpts had a comic flair, but the appeared in the first Pablo Casals
underlying theme of conflict between Festival.
Mr. Morganstern spent
the characters was evident.
ten years with the Galami String
Mr. Fry also illustrated the com­ Quartet, and Miss Tuttle made a
parison between Ionesco (The Bald 1960 appearance in Carnegie Hall.
Soprano) and modern jazz, as seen
Mr. Goberman has toured Europe
in the variations on one theme or and the Soviet Union several times
thought. An example of this would with the State Department in the
be the many variations on the word Robert Shaw Chorale as a solo
“curious” and on the idea of the cellist. He also has his Bachelor of ;
Arts in Russian Language and Liter­
strange circumstances.
The scenes presented were lively ature from Columbia.
String Trio Coining
Selections from the works of Bach, Schumann, Schonberg and Debussy
will make up the program of pianist Christopher Sager, who will appear
in Page Hall on April 13. The recital is the second in the series of three
Lincoln Center Student Programs.
Born in New York City in 1941, Mr. Sager attended school on Long
Island, where he was the winner of many musical competitions. Before
his graduation, he appeared in recitals at Steinway and Carnegie Halls.
After high school, Mr. Sager went on to study the piano (with Emil
Danenberg) and the harpsicord (with Fenner Douglass) at Oberlin Con­
servatory.
Returning to New York in 1960, cism. He believed that music should
Mr. Sager entered the Juillard epresent the inner states of mind
School of Music and subsequently and soul. Schumann is considered
received his Bachelor of Music and o be the successor to Schubert in
the a-ea of song composition and is
later his Master of Science.
Mr. Sager has won first prizes in well known for his meaningful inmany competitions including a na­ te:p etation of poems set to music.
tional competition in Washington,
Schonberg is also a descendant
D.C.; he has also appeamd in Phil­ f om the school of Romanticism, al­
harmonic Hall and on various New though his pieces do not follow this
York radio stations.
form religiously. For example, he
In his Milne recital he will play does not often repeat a musical idea,
A ia Va iata alia Manie a Italiana most of his pieces are more coherent,
(Ten Variations in the Ita’ian Style) and he also employs counterpoint
by Bach, Ca nival Scenes Mignonnes with more virtuosity than previous
sur Quatre Notes by Schumann, romantics.
One Piece fo m Opus 19 by Schon­
His works are structured with the
berg, and LTsle Joyeyse by Debussy.
use of dissonance, the twelve tone
Debussy Paints in Sound
The piece by Debussy is a classic chromatic scale or “tone row,” and
example of the school of Impression­ unity through repetition of notes or
ism in music, of which he is con­ a certain melody.
sidered the founder. This school
has a close relation to the Symbolist
French poets and the Impressionist
painters of the same era. All these
Through the cooperation of the
areas of the arts marked a radical New York State Education Depart­
departure from the older, established ment and the Lincoln Center Coun­
and more conservative forms which cil on Educational Programs, student
had come previously.
programs are organized to introduce
Debussy, for example, used orien­ high school students to the perform­
tal scales and modal scales. These ing arts.
scales were completely different
The Teachers Guide to Lincoln
from the usual harmonic sounds, and
were rather a “series of parallel Center states, “This pioneering co­
sounds.” His music was often a operation between a state education
“painting in sound” that expressed department and a group of artistic
institutions encou- ages the broaden­
a scene, a mood, or an emotion.
ing of school curricula to include
Bach Has Rhythm
Bach’s music is characterized by studies in the performing arts where
strong rhythmic patterns, firm har­ such studies are not now offered.”
The performances are live, on a
monic support and constant use of
counterpoint (two or more indepen­ professional level, and are provided
dent melodies played simultaneous­ by the Julliard School of Music,
ly).
The degree of complication the Metropolitan Opera Studio, the
and employment of these elements New York City Ballet and the Reper­
by Bach has been called “monu­ tory Theater of Lincoln Center.
mental.” His varying and displaced
The Teachers’ Guide goes on to
rhythms are comparable to modern state, “By exposing these students
music and jazz as are his imitations repeatedly to high standards of ar­
and variations on one single theme tistic excellence through live per­
melody.
formance, the Student Program helps
The music of Schumann has rela­ them to form discriminating tastes
tion ‘to the movement of romanti­ of their own .
Culture Arrives
A string trio of the type soon to visit Milne,
PAGE 4
CRIMSON AND WHITE
HOLY HOLIDAY!
With St. Patrick’s Day still fresh
in our minds, I wish to disclose a
holiday that owes its origin to the
previously mentioned occasion. Very
few people have heard of Sir Percy
Day, which is celebrated by a few
alcoholically saturated die-hards (if
they continue to drink, they will die
hard) who are laughed at by a dis­
believing world. This festive occa­
sion transpires annually exactly fif­
teen days after St. Patrick’s Day.
The holiday was named after Sir
Percival Haynes Graplich, son of
Waltham Exsertile Graplich, a used
bodkin dealer in southern Liverpool.
(It was Sir Percy’s father who
originated the phrase, “odds bod­
kins,” after a pre-Easter sale at the
shop.) Sir Percy was born in 421
A.D., in a butcher shop in downtown
Liverpool and died later on in life.
Sir Percy’s major honor in his
common existence was his nowfamous fraternity prank that caused
him to be knighted (although it was
only three p.m. at the time) and in­
spired Sir Percy Day. It’s not tha'
Sir Percy went to college and joined
a fraternity, but he had twelve
brothers that were as mischievous
as himself. Upon hearing of St.
Patrick and his removal of the
snakes from Ireland, Sir Percy
formulated a devilish plan to re­
turn the snakes to their original
dwelling grounds. He gathered all
of the evicted snakes by playing
“The Flight of the Bumblebee” on
his C minor Flugelhorn. (The sub­
ject matter of the song made no dif­
ference to the snakes because snakes
don’t have any ears. However, this
particular tune has good vibrations,
conducive to a captive audience.)
Gathering his followers, Sir Percy
then took the 11:14 ferry to Ireland,
where they were allowed to dis­
perse.
Thus, Sir Percy was one of the
major instigators of the Anglo-Irish
animosity that has existed through
the ages. When Ireland celebrated
St. Patrick’s Day, England cele­
brated Sir Percy Day and had been
doing so until the colonization of the
Americas, when the Americans re­
named the holiday April Fool’s Day,
in honor of the king. Since then,
Sir Percy Day has never been the
same, and neither have the snakes.
—Barry Press
MARCH 31, 1967
Old Albany Recreated
At Institute
What’s Who Around Milne
By AARON KUPERMAN
Days when the Union Jack flew
over Albany are recreated through
priceless miniature buildings on dis­
play at the Albany Institute of His­
tory and Art.
All of Albany as it appeared in
1659 is featured in one display. Back
then our city stretched for four
blocks along the Hudson River; Al­
bany extended f'om the then blue
Hudson to an English fort that stood
where New York’s capitol building
now stands. Street layout resembled
modern day Albany except that
Rutten Kill, a small stream that ran
through the center of Albany has
long since vanished. Entering Al­
bany from the neighboring country­
side a person would have used one
of six gates to pass the stockade
that surrounded the young city.
Nineteenth century Albany is re­
created in an adjoining a1cove. Four
b’ocks of Broadway, then called
Market Street, a^e shown in detail
as they appeared in 1805; each build­
ing is labeled as to who owned it.
Replicas of other important build­
ings from the middle nineteenth cen­
tury are displayed and explained in
separate display cases.
Painstakingly constructed between
1933 and 1937 by Paul Schrodt,
grandfather of ’66 graduate Paul
Schrodt, the mini-structures rang­
ing in size from less than one inch
to about a feet were built accord­
ing to old photographs and draw­
ings.
By MARGARET DIGGS
Calling an assembly to ieminsce Civil War stories was Albert Nathaniel
Hus'ed’s method of uniting the school. Husted. a teacher-soldier, was
captain of Company E, 44th regiment of the N.Y.S. Volunteers during the
Civil War. A well loved p ofessor of Mathematics (1955-1912) the class
of 1928 presented a plaque to Husted
which hangs on the open peristyle Greek, was one of the more out­
standing to teach at the normal
between Draper and Husted.
A leader in the normal school school in Albany. His graduating
movement, David Perkin Page, was class consisted of 33, a record
the first principal of the normal breaker as far as graduates were
school, then a 2 year course for ele­ concerned.
In 1918, the school became known
mentary school teachers, now, a 4
year college for high school teachers. as the William J. Milne High School.
1847 was the year that Page wrote The name was taken from Dr. Milne,
his book entitled, Theory and Prac­ who was, for a generation, president
tice of Teaching, the first of its kind.
(Cont. on Page 6)
David Perkin Page was outstanding
in his contributions to the field of
education. Suddenly, on January 3,
1848, he died of pneumonia. Page
Hall in Milne was named in his
honor.
Basketball games scheduled with Schuyler, Bethlehem Central and
Draper, a politician and educator,
was a member of the board for the Van Rensselaer. Governor of New York State speaks in Page Hall. First
N.Y.S. normal school from 1882- Alumni Ball held in Pierce Hall. Favorite programs are the radio esca­
1886. He was state superintendent pades of Henry Aldrich and “Baby Snooks”. These interesting bits of in­
of public instruction.
Active in formation come from the Ciimson and White files of 1941-1942 and are
N.Y.S. Republican circles, he also part of the fascinating history of Milne.
At that time, Milne students were
managed to be a member of the
At that time, there was an un­
Board of Education. Draper Hall graded on a percentage basis. To usual profusion of clubs and organi­
get
on
the
senior
high
honor
roll,
a
commemorates his service in the
student had to have an average of zations, some of which are still in
educational field.
existence today. Quin and Sigma
The Reverend Dr. Leonard Woods 90 per cent or better. .In the sev­ were around but so were three boys’
Richardson, a retired professor of enth and eighth grades, however, a literary societies: Adelphoi, Thetathe ancient languages, Latin and new marking system was being Nu and Phi Sigma. There was also
tested.
Only three grades were
given: “C” for commendable prog­ a French Club, a Chemistry club, a
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark
ress, “S” for satisfactory progress Boys’ Cooking Club and an Out­
places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love
and “U” for unsatisfactory progress. door Camping Club among others.
is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
A student’s progress was based on
Perhaps the most prevalent theme
—J. R. R. Tolkein, The Fellowship of the Ring
his adhievement of certain objec­ of the issues of the C&W was the
tives. There were common goals war. Rules for air raid drills were
such as “The ability to think clearly printed in the paper. Defense Bonds
. . . apply general principles . . . and saving stamps were sold in
Home Economics' classes
I sat contemplating the scene be­ although I knew it would be short­ draw conclusions . . . live and work school.
fore me. The sunlight glancing off lived. As fatigue overcame me, I in a social group.” And each de­ were kept busy with knitting for the
own
specific
partment
a1
so
set
its
Red Cross programs.
Instead of
the crystalline snow had a blinding slowed to a walk 'and started to
radiance. The pines groaned under watch the “happenings” around me. goals based on the courses which fire drills there we'-e “black-out
they offered.
drills.”
Students were urged to
the weight of the enveloping snow.
A crow cawed as he flew toward
The budget of the Milne student save electricity by turning out
It was warm out, with an unusual some distant roost. His black body
serenity in the atmosphere.
The outlined by the blue of the day. He of twenty-five years ago was also lights and to keep the walls clean
unadulterated beauty of the world too is free, and alone. Yet, he went quite different. The student tax was in prder to conserve paint. The shop
around me somehow helped me to to meet some other crow that shared $6, books cost about $10, a sand­ classes had to build 50 model planes
perceive an unreal and wistful pur­ his roost. There was no one for wich in the cafeteria was 7if, and for demonstration in defense train­
ing. And the C&W editors, alarmed
pose in life. An urge came over me me to . meet. While I contemplated a telephone call cost a nickel.
New faculty faces in 1941 in­ at a paper shortage, urged that
to walk for miles through this this thought, a road crossed my
cluded Mr. James E. Cochrane and teachers decrease the amount of
fantasyland.
path. While this feeling of loneli­
Hurriedly I flung on a jacket and ness was upon me, I saw a plan of Mr. Roy York, Jr., both of whom written homework and substitute
are still at Milne and both of whom oral quizzes.
This editorial was
dashed outside. As I walked, I be­ action.
now have their doctorates.
Dr. publicized in the New York ‘Times
came bewitched by the surrounding
As I turned onto the road, I York, since then, has built the entire an distributed nationwide by the
beauty. My lone tracks followed
ceaselessly behind me across the thought of the world I was leaving Milne music program from the small Associated Press wire service.
Dr.
wide expanse of as yet untrampled behind. There were no feelings of department created in 1941.
These things are only part of the
snow. Half running with excitement, remorse! I looked back and saw my Cochrane, English supervisor, had
I dashed toward the horizon with lonely fpotsteps; I looked ahead and only intended to stay at Milne for entire story of over 75 years of
one semester, as a replacement for Milne history.
a feeling of ecstacy. As always, a saw a long/ twisting road.
* -—Reid Golden an absent regular faculty member.
—Sue Hohenstein
sense of freedom overwhelmed me,
Thoughts Upon A Winter’s Day
It Happened Twenty-Five Years Ago
MARCH 31, 1967
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 5
Tracksters: Swift and Strong
The First Inning
By BILL WACHSMAN
According to coach Arthur Ahr, “We can’t help but have our best
(track) season ever.” Strengthened by a turnout of sixty runners, includ­
ing a nucleus of veterans, the future of Milne’s 1967 track team certainly
looks bright. The distance events are the backbone of the Milne squad.
Veterans Tim McNally, Reid Golden,
Louis Oulette, and Rich Millard
have scored consistently in the past
and are expected to maintain their
winning ways.
Dean Elsworth and Bill Wachsman are solid competitors in the 880.
Both have three years’ running ex­
By ARTHUR S. VENER
perience, and are dependable, if not
1.
The
basketball future will de­
spectacular, trackmen. The Khachapend on the development of 6'2"
dourian brothers, although having
sophomore Bob Kayne.
limited experience, do possess fine
natural ability.
Their versatility, 2. A most commendable effort by
plus the welcome improvement of
Tom Bearup in the Academy
Stu Welch, lend depth to the middle
away game.
distance.
3. Ken Brooks a solid performer in
the clutch for this season’s var­
In the 440, the Red Raiders show
sity hoop team.
only one proven runner, Dean
Quackenbush. However, the shorter 4. Overall athletic ability at its
dashes are well manned. Returnees
best is in the Class of 1967.
Tom Wahl and Rich Schubert will 5. Jim and Bill Khachadourian
be teamed with newcomers Ira Oser
must be potentially the toughest
and Steve Simmons, thus affording
forward combination in Class
Milne a formidable array of speedy
“D” basketball competition.
sprinters.
6. This year’s only three sport man
After a highly successful season
is junior Dean Quackenbush
last year, hurdlers Don Van Cleve,
(cross country, basketball, and
Bob Blanton, and Rich Reynolds re­
track).
turn.
Frequently producing first 7. Senior Steve Rider showing
place finishes in previous seasons,
some real talent on the lanes
the three have made the hurdles a
in four consecutive years of
Raider forte.
varsity bowling.
In the Field
8. The best is yet to come with
all but three members of last
Once weak in the field events, the
season’s varsity nine returning
Future Profs now are well repre­
after capturing runner-up hon­
sented in each area. Elsworth and
ors in the sectionals. With the
Wahl double in the hop, step, and
addition of a fine crop of J.V.
jump as do Blanton and Golden in
yearlings, we’re looking for the
the broad jump. Van Cleve per­
title this year.
forms exceptionally in the shot put
and discus. Also capably handling 9. A frequent sight was track
these weight events are Steve Gasocoach Ahr accompanying his
rowski, Mike Cali, and Skippy Dickrunners along the snowy Febru­
stein. Rounding out the squad are
ary streets in preparation for the
Mel Grant in the high jump and pole
season ahead.
vaulter Geoff Berman.
10. Excellent performances by Mr.
Bell and Mr. Wallace in the
Schedule Highlights
varsity-faculty bowling match.
The official opening meet of the
season is against Albany Academy 11. Is Albie Holzinger, a three year
varsity golfer, going to turn to
on April 28th. The following day,
baseball in his senior year?
a mile relay, composed of the four
fastest 440 runners, will compete in 12. Coach Lewis hopes that the
the New York Relays on Randall’s
“working spirit” will be around
Island. Other important meets are
next November 1st when hoop
the Middleburgh Invitational, the
tryouts begin. The ’66-’67 chamlCounty Meet, and the sectionals.
pionship is now a memory and
only hard work will produce
The tracksters have been practic­
another- title.
ing diligently, even in deplorable
weather conditions. The enthusiasm 13. This corner sees Milne copping
the Class “D” sectional crown in
shown in preseason workouts, as
every sport offered during this
well as the talent, should result in
campaign. We’re already 3-0.
a fine campaign.
By LOUIS ROVELLI
Milne’s varsity baseball team for 1967 finds itself with a rookie coach
and nine veteran ballplayers. Coach Bob Wallace inherits a squad with
a notable record and even more notable promise. Last year’s team finished
second in the Central Hudson Valley League and was runner-up in the
Class D sectionals. Only three play1967 Baseball Schedule ers from this team will not be re­
April 17 Maple Hill................. Away turning this year.
Before hazzarding a forecast for
19 *Schoharie
Home
20 Waterford
Home the upcoming season, let us examine
24 Catskill
Away the team, position by position, in re­
27 Voorheesville
Home lation to strength and depth.
May
2 *Averill Park
Home
Catching
4 Heatly
Home
In recent years, this position has
5 * Albany Academy
Home been somewhat of a problem. But
8 Coxsackie
Away after three years of varsity experi­
11 Maple Hill
Home ence, Artie Cohen seems to have
13 ^Albany Academy
Away mastered his post. A defensive stal­
15 Waterford ............. Away wart, Artie’s steadily improving hit­
16 *Averill Park
Away ting should be a great asset to the
18 Catskill.......................Home team. At present, the reserve spot
22 Voorheesville
Away is still open.
25 Heatly .........
Away
Pitching
June 1 Coxsackie
Home
This is undoubtedly the biggest
All home games will be played at question mark. The pitching staff
Ridgefield Park.
will center around seniors Mike
All games will start at 4:00 p.m. un­ Brodie and Mark Borlawsky Brodie
less otherwise indicated.
is an established standout with three
*Non-league games.
years experience. He led last year’s
team with an 8-3 record and 80
strikeouts. Borlawsky, a lefthander,
will have to provide the necessary
complement if the team is to suc­
ceed.
Infield
The infield appears solid in all
aspects. Senior shortstop Steve
By BRUCE KOROTKIN
Patent is the only non-junior. Ron
With the nucleus of last season’s Laraway at third, Rick Otty at sec­
Central Hudson Valley League ond, and Warren Edwards at first
championship team returning, the round out the infield. Reserves are
varsity golfers are looking forward Bob Schacter and A1 Lerner.
to another fine season. This will be
Outfield
the sixth season of golf at Milne,
The strength here lies mainly in
every team previously having had
centerfielder John Margolis, a var­
a winning record.
In addition to the C.H.V.L., the sity starter for three years. Joining
team will probably compete in the him in the outfield are seniors Steve
Rural School Golf League this sea­ Rider and Mark Borlawsky.
son. This league is made up of
Hitting
approximately ten teams, including
The team has great run-scoring
all members of the C.H.V.L. golf potential centered around last year’s
league. Last season, our team was leading hitter, John Margolis (.327
the only C.H.V.L. team that was not Ave., 19 RBI’s), Ron Laraway (.302
included in the R.S.G.L.
Ave, 12 RBI’s), Mike Brodie (.285
The larger league will enable the Ave., 10 stolen bases), and Mark
team to schedule approximately Borlawsky (17 runs, 15 stolen bases).
twenty matches. In the past, only Consistency is the key here. Spor­
a twelve or thirteen match slate adic hitting could produce run-scor­
was made for the linksters. Home ing difficulties.
matches will again be played at Al­
Strength
Depth
bany Municipal Golf Course.
Catching
GOOD
FAIR
FAIR
POOR
The 1966 team compiled a 5-1 Pitching
EXCELLENT FAIR
league record and was 7-4-1 overall. Infield
GOOD
POOR
Returning from last year’s team are Outfield
EXCELLENT FAIR
seniors Bruce Korotkin (match aver­ Hitting
age— 41.0), A1 Holzinger (match
Forecast
average—41.6), and Ron Meckler
This team can run and hit, but a
(match average—44.6). Also junior look at the above chart reveals the
Jon Goldfarb (match average— true story.
With greatly limited
43.1) and sophomore Bob Kayne depth, success will depend upon a
(match average — 42.3) are back. maximum effort from a minimum
These five played sixty-two of the number of players.
seventy matches last year.
For
depth on this year’s team, a con­
tingent led by Dr. Arthur Vener
will attempt to gain berths on the
squad.
Inspiration — Mr. Ahr leading his
This year, the linksters seek an­
charges along the snow-covered
other league title, and hope to suc­
avenues
cessfully defend the sectional crown
(combined classes “B” - “C” - “D”- Spirit — the track team
Unknown — the date when the 1966
“E”) they won last season.
cross country sectional trophy
will be presented to the school.
Artie’s Sports
Views
Final Varsity Basketball Statistics 1966-1967
Games
Played
Name
23
Blanton
23
Brooks
23
J. Khachadourian
23
Margolis ................
B. Khachadourian
23
23
Lai away ................
Brodie .................... ... 23
20
Bearup
20
Goldfarb
8
Nelson
12
Glinsky ..................
MILNE TOTALS
OPP. TOTALS
23
23
Total
Points
407
233
183
183
140
99
78
63
37
8
5
F.G.
%
34.8
47.7
46.6
43.8
43.1
43.5
31.6
50.9
39.0
37.5
16.7
F.T.
%
70.1
62.0
57.1
62.1
47.8
49.0
63.6
50.0
83.3
00.0
20.0
Avg.
17.7
10.1
8.0
8.0
6.1
4.3
3.4
3.2
1.9
0.8
0.4
Rebounds
80
185
130
136
76
30
59
27
44
10
17
1434
1261
40.8
37.5
60.6
62.9
62.3
54.8
794
860
F airway
Forecast
Assists
73
31
36
131
41
66
16
12
9
This being my final page, I should
2 like to thank all those who worked
11 so hard for me. I am deeply in­
debted to you, my editors and my
423 wonderful staff, for all your support.
—
—J.L.M.
Thank You
Definitions I
Definitions II
Pride and
the ’66-’67 varsity
Dedication — basketball team
Precision — Mr. Robert Wallace
Coach
— Mr. Robert Lewis
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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MARCH 31, 1967
Vietnam Holds No Majority, Lower
Voting Age Supported in Survey
Demonstrators voice their opinions on
issues.
A LOOK AT MILNE POLITICAL OPINION
The most startling result of the Crimson and White Political Survey
was the overwhelming discontent with this country’s Vietnamese policy.
The next most startling result was the large number of students who are
simply impatient with the war—eager to get it over with one way or the
other. This is a rather distressing point of view, which ignores the con­
sequences of full scale attack or
immediate withdrawal.
Domestic
problems could be solved more
easily if our Vietnamese commit­
By BARRY PRESS
ments were ended, but our good
After a penetra ing sea"ch through faith with countries throughout the
various historical records, this re­ world would cease.
porter has accumulated valueable
Students Comment
Other comments on Vietnam
information concerning the high
school adolescence of some of our ranged the extremes of hawk and
mo e famous personages.
Herein dove. Remarks such as “Blow North
Vietnam and Red China off the
lies the results of that research.
map” were scarce.
Little Bobby Kennedy was repri­
New York State’s controversial
manded by his high school dress “Blaine” amendment was obviously
revue board. The reason: his hair unfamiliar to most students. The
was too long.
law, which forbids state aid to
Joey Stalin failed world history parochial schools is opposed by the
because he kept rewriting the facts Roman Catholic Church, and is one
of the main issues which will con­
in his textbook.
Adam Powell was suspended from front the Constitutional Convention
school for his flagrant violations of delegates this spring.
Answers Analyzed
school policy. Am6ng the list of
A small number of Milne students
offences is a statement of Powell’s
either had no opinion on all three
calling the principal a “fink.”
issues or took the entire survey as
Lindy Johnson was once sent a joke—perhaps to mask their gen­
home from school because he eral lack of knowledge.
wouldn’t pay for his graduation pic­
It is also interesting that thirtytures.
three percent of the students did
'Jimmy Hoff a lost the lunchroom not want the voting age lowered to
supervision committee chairmanship eighteen. These students might have
when he tried to organize 9 student felt that an eighteen year old is
strike.
not mature enough to cast a wise
—Bally Button
Earl Warren lost his senior privi­ vote.
leges when he followed his own in­
terpretation of the rules governing
My mind
senior liberties.
Famous Milne Failures
By ROZ HOHENSTEIN
In a recent survey by the Crimson and White three issues were put
before the Senior High student body. They were: the present Vietnam
war policy; the voting age; and the “Blaine” amendment.
Lower Age Endorsed
Sixty-five percent of the students were for lowering the voting age
to eighteen, thirty-three percent were against it, and two percent had no
opinion. A few students felt that if it were lowered it should be only
for those fighting in Vietnam.
Fifty Percent: “No Opinion”
The “Blaine” amendment (which prohibits the giving of State aid to
parochial schools) didn’t seem to interest Milne students, as fifty percent
had no opinion, and twenty-five percent each were in the pro and con
columns. One teacher supported it because she feels parochial schools
are the only form of adequate education in some areas of the State. Both
the “Blaine” amendment and the voting policy will go before the delegates
to the Constitutional Convention, scheduled to convene April 4th.
No Majority for Vietnam
Our country’s Vietnamese policy was the biggest issue; 47 percent
supported it, 43 percent didn’t and 10 percent had no opinion. Of those
who didn’t support it, 78 percent gave alternatives. Some alternatives were
toward peace; “Further peace talks and a real, honest attempt to end the
fighting. A possible cease fire might eventually lead to this”; and “We
should stop bombing and with help from the U.N. persuade Vietnam to
come to the peace table and make an agreement.”
Some wanted full escalation of the war; “Escalation of bombing, in­
cluding low yield atomic blasts, at military and non-military targets, to
force negotiations as an alternative to destruction”, “If we are going to
fight in Vietnam, a wholehearted effort must be made, instead of a half­
hearted attempt.”
Many students wanted complete escalation or a withdrawal; “Carry
out the war by completely de-escalating or completely escalating; either
fight a total war or pull out”; “We should either get out completely or we
should go completely all out to win.”
One student felt that the public was being misinformed about Vietnam.
A few students felt we should, “Declare it unconstitutional because until
we declare war we have no reason to justify our presence.” •
C&W Scoops
-ExclusiveAdam Clayton Powell has ac­
cepted an invitation to give the main
address at the 1987 graduation in
June.
•
Reliable sources indicate that a
certain physical education teacher is
being sent to Gung-Ho province in
Vietnam to teach calisthenics to the
Vietnamese peasants.
•
It was recently disclosed that the
field in front of Page Hall covers
a sea of oil. Drilling and rigging
operations will begin soon.
•
The administration will soon an­
nounce plans to cut back the size of
all Milne classes to 25 students.
Those with the highest marks will
be the first to go in order that the
student teachers have a more real­
istic classroom situation.
•
It is safe to assume that tomorrow
is April Fool’s day.
often wanders
to a place far away
What’s Who
(Cont. from Page 4)
of the college and under whose ad­
ministration the old normal school
was transformed into an institution
of collegiate status.
The school
cherishes as one of its prize pos­
sessions an oil painting of Dr. W. J.
Milne after whom it was named.
Through time, the Dr. William J.
Milne School.
Every hall has a great man behind
it who was capable and outstanding
in his field of education.
The Mad Biologist
Smiling
I need no prompting to go this way
My thoughts are always
pleasant here in my secret hide-away
Laughing
I am always very gay
It is the nicest
in May
(and even) sometimes
I feel as though I might stay
Sad (that I cannot)
And so I slowly walk away.
—Dianne Herkowits
I^jjgyr.r -vs*.
J
The year was 1910. It was a cold,
windy night. An old, small house
stood at the foot of a hill. Half of
it was covered by a weeping willow
and small brush. Inside it was dark
and dusty and the wind shook the
windows. At the top of the stairs
a small light showed from a crack
in the door. An old man stood
huddled over a table; on the table
were bottles, papers and some books.
The room was small and dingy, and
it smelled like rotten bananas. When
the .wind stopped blowing you could
hear a buzzing sound.
Then the old man straightened up
and turned around, he looked like
he hadn’t slept or eaten for days.
He took a deep breath and said,
“Eye color in Drosophila melanogaster is a sex-linked trait.” Then
a big smile came over his face. He
took another deep breath, picked up
a bottle and threw it against the
wall. Broken glass and dead fruit
flies lay on the floor. The old man
shouted “Well what would you do
if you were in this dirty, dingy,
dusty room for three days and saw
nothing but fruit flies?”
And so the long, hard work of
another great biologist was finished.
—Roz Hohenstein