Crimson and White
VOL. XXXI, NO. 1
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
OCTOBER 20, 1967
David Feiner Named Semi-Finalist
Board, enabling him to become eli­
gible for the stipend awarded the
finalists.
David Feiner, National Merit
Scholarship Semi-Finalist.
David Feiner, senior, and presi­
dent of the Fencing .Club, has been
named a semi-finalist in the Nation­
al Merit Scholarship Award Pro­
gram this yea’' after taking the
National Merit Scholarship Qualify­
ing Test. David was one of the
highest scoring students in New
York State. David Feiner will be
taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test
of the College Entrance Examination
TIDBITS
Languages
Method students will be the new­
est addition to the Spanish depart­
ment this fall.
Spanish students
will also have a chance to correct
pronounciation with the aid of the
Language Lab.
“Team Teaching” is the newest
set-up in the French department.
Mr. Herold’s French IV class and
Mrs. Losee’s French V class are
combined on Fridays for conversa­
tion.
Junior High English has gone
creative allowing the students to
become better acquainted.
Inter­
views of classmates and recording a
horror story have been enjoyed by
the Junior High so far this year.
Clubs
Starting its second season, the
Archery Club had an outipg at the
Mayfair Archery Range in East
Greenbush.
Innovations
Typing has become a mandatory
course for seventh graders this year.
It is primarily an introductory
course allowing the seventh graders
to learn «the basic fundamentals of
typing.
This year, Milne’s Art department
is concerned with the development
of art appreciation in the students.
The seventh, eighth, and ninth
grades will employ a variety of
materials.
New in the Music department this
year is Mr. Lee Lorallo, a senior at
SUNYA, who will assist Dr. Roy
York in tutoring the bandsmen.
Singing has also become part of
the seventh and eighth grade music
curriculum.
Miss Barbara Quayle, Home Eco­
nomics teacher, is keeping the
Junior high busy this year. The
seventh graders will be studying
food., clothing, and careers. The
eighth graders are in the process of
sewing new fall fashions, while the
Freshmen are studying child de­
velopment.
Letters of Commendation
Letters of Commendation are
awarded to students for their high
performance in the National Merit
Scholarship Program, but who
ranked just below the semi-finalists.
This year seniors Laura Harris,
Bradford Knipes, Mary Moore,
Kathy Sanderson and Rachel Tomp­
kins were awarded Letters of Com­
mendation in Assembly, October 19.
The Merit Program covers five
major areas: English usage, social
studies reading, natural science
reading and mathematics and word
usage.
Program Established
Since 1955, the Merit Program has
increased services to 90% of all
schools in the Uni'ed States, with
grants from the Ford Foundation
and Carnegie Corporation, who un­
derwrite the expenses of the Pro­
gram.
Purposes of the Program
The primary purposes of the Merit
Program are to encourage excep­
tionally talented students through
a nationv/ide program and to in­
crease scholarshin opportunities to
students displaying a variety of
abilities.
History Studies Vary
Advanced placement American
History, a course given this yea'
for the first time, is currently being
taken by 12 seniors. Miss Cynthia
Down, a supervisor of the Milne
Social Studies Department who
teaches this course, says that the
course will cover many viewpoints
of various issues and problems in
American history from iS'iO. Each
student successfully competing the
course will receive one college
credit. Currently, the students tak­
ing the course are doing some re­
search on subjects such as inflation,
the Black Muslims, water pollution,
the Viet Nam election, LSD, hippies,
and race riots.
Mr. Lamanna, also of the Milne
Social Studies department, states
that about 60 students are taking
Social Studies 12. The first sem­
ester will include sociology and eco­
nomics, with the emphasis on soci­
ology.
Eleventh grade social studies will
now place the emphasis on concepts
and ideas rather than on historical
facts, as it has in the past. This is
part of New York State’s experi­
mental program, for which Milne is
a trial school in eleventh grade.
Tenth grade social studies will be
world history centered on modern
European history. One class has
begun learning about the Middle
Ages and will work backward study­
ing the contributions of cultures
such as those of Greece and Rome.
Then from the Middle Ages the class
will work forward in time.
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COUNCIL OFFICERS
ATTEND WORKSHOP
Student Council officers set a
precedent by participating in the
Student Council Leadership Work­
shops during the past summer, since
Mi1ne Student Council officers have
never attended the Workshop pro­
gram before.
President of the Milne Student
Council, Richard Friedlander, and
Vice-President, Richard Otty at­
tended the first conference at the
University of Rochester, June 29.
Secretary, Debbie Ball, and Treasiwer, Sandy Herowitz traveled to
State University College at Oswego,
August 28, for the final conference
of the summer.
New Ideas Acquired
Daily activities in which the stu­
dents participated consisted of two,
hour long lecture periods, • and two,
one hour group discussions. These
group discussions provided for an
exchange of ideas among the others
participating. Problems common to
all Student Councils were talked
over.
Milnites Welcome Four New Supervisors
Although presently having to live
in a motel because her furniture
hasn’t arrived yet from Plattsburgh,
Mrs. Charlotte McKeefe is “very
haopy” with her new job of super­
vising all seventh grade social
studies and teaching one section.
Collecting old history books, sewing,
and being a grandmother keep her
busy.
Siena College granted Mrs. Made­
line Sapone, French I and III super­
visor and 7 Demonstration teacher,
her Bachelor of Arts degree. Since
then, she has filled some summers
with further studies, one in France
under a Fulbright Grant and two
at Middlebury College’s Ecole Francaise and had Shaker Junior High
School as her teaching post for three
years.
\
“I Love It Here”
“I love it here,” is Math Super­
visor Mr. Joseph Viggiano’s reaction
to Milne. Some further observations
gathered from supervising pre­
algebra and eighth grade math and
teaching a demonstration geometry
class were, that Milnites are a good
crop of kids ,eager to learn and sin­
cerely challenging.”
Spanish Supervisor Ferrari Returns
Although a French major at Harpur and the State University of New
York at Albany, Miss Mary Ann
Ferrari supervises Spanish 7,' 9X,
II, and III.
“Students are students anywhere,
but Milne does have a very pleasant
atmosphere,” according to Miss Fer­
rari, who is not really a stranger
to Milne as she has been a super­
visor in the past and for three years
worked off campus.
Discovering the grading strategies
of essay markers through the de-
velopment of a computer technique
kept Mr. Robert Shostak, supervisor
of all junior English busy during a
two-year leave to study toward a
doctorate at the University of Con­
necticut.
New Staff — left to right: Mrs. Madeline Sapone, French; Mr. Robert
Shostak, English; Mr. Joseph Viggiano, Math; Miss Mary Ann Ferrari,
Spanish.
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Give Me a Lead
Where’s It At?
No, the white space on page one -is not just
another printing error. It is the lead newsstory.
Action makes news. No action, no newsstory.
Have there been any all school activities,
club-initiated projects, or drives, in short, any­
thing to get excited about?
This absence of action is something to get
excited about. Make the front page. Make
something happen!
—4.1.8.
Spirit Through Singing
Beginnings and endings of assemblies are
for displaying our national and school spirit,
NOT for doing homework, gossiping, or sleep­
ing. Wait for classtime to do those things.
We have a great nation to praise. Even if
you disagree with the President, violently op­
pose Viet Nam policies, or just hate the whole
political system, we still have our country
deserving of our esteen. The least we can do
is to sing the National Anthem before assem­
blies. And then at the end of those assem­
blies . . .
We're part of a great schooK?) so the new
module system is giving you a nervous break­
down, you hate your student teachers, and
you find it impossible to take five patterns of
lunch when you were scheduled for dumb
things like history, English, and math. Milne
is definitely unique; therefore it deserves, to
say the least, our 400 weak voices to sing in
admiration of our revered Alma Mater. Let's
get with it and take some time to pay homage
to the country and school dearest to our hearts.
—L.B.
Look Before You Toss
Congratulations! The C&W has aroused
your curiosity long enough for you to read at
least one article of this paper before you shove
it in your math book, never to be seen again.
Hopefully by the time you finish this article
your previous motivations will have been de­
stroyed and you will want to read the rest of
the paper.
Each student has his own use for the C&W
including everything except readinb it. The
academic student figures out his chemistry
problems on it, the athletic student plays hoop
with the wastepaper basket with it and the
doodler doodles all over it. But if these stu­
dents took the time to read the paper they
might find that they have doodled over their
own name, or thrown out an article that
might have interested them.
The C&W is written for every type of stu­
dent and includes everything from sports to
major problems concerning everyone. The
paper is written for you and it is about you.
Want to see your name in print, want to know
what's what at Milne or what should be?
Then READ the C&W! Please!
—R.H.
CRIMSON AND WHITE
LETTER
Albany State
To the Editor:
“Familiarity breeds contempt.”
This pithy expression corresponds to
most Milnites’ attitudes toward Al­
bany State, but why? Times are
changing and the State University
of New York at Albany is changing
with and even ahead of them.
Just a few years ago the univer­
sity offered only about five hundred
courses; today the course offerings
near fifteen hundred. Imagine the
choice a student has in selecting his
program, and his teachers, as well.
Since 1938, the number of faculty
members has grown from eighty to
over nine hundred, and the “profs”
are still coming.
Accompanying the multitude of
educators are hundreds of students
who realize the tremendous oppor­
tunities and advantages of SUNY
Where else, except at# State, can a
person suffering from the exhaus­
tion of college pressures relax in
the lounges of a Student Center,
bowl on his campus’ private lanes,
or read one million books in a palm
tree-studded library? State caters
to its supporters.
From now on, when someone de­
grades Milne’s “mother university,”
impart to him your newfound
knowledge about SUNY at Albany.
With your aid, it might become “the
college to attend.”
Marina Barelski
Let Each Become
All He Is Capable
Of Becoming
Motto of the State University
of New York
Father’s Name. . .
Occupation ....
About that letter the office sends
out every year, telling our parents
to sit down with us and make out a
schedule of all our waking moments
so we don’t waste time—destroy it
at once. Those who send it don’t
practice what they preach.
In one forty-eight hour period in
the first part of this month, some of
us wasted approximately one hour
and twenty minutes and were not
only encouraged but were forced to
do so by those who send*us those
messages telling us that our lunch
is in the 6ffice, that our mother will
not pick us up, or that we should
call home as soon as possible.
Obviously, this wasted time was
the 'amount of time it took for the
average student to fill out five
schedule cards. Perhaps more Latin
homework would have been done,
mgre math understood, and more
sociology lectures heard if the stu­
dents had not been otherwise oc­
cupied.
In this age of machines, this ques­
tion must be asked, “Why not have
the student neatly and legibly make
out one schedule card and xerox
the rest?” To economize, several stu­
dents’ cards could be copied at the
same time, unless the size of the
cards were greatly increased, and
the sheet of paper or cardboard
could be cut.
—4.0.8.
OCTOBER 20, 19fi7
Personal
Dear 41 8,
Are you a senior girls with blue eyes and
brown hair? If not, please give this note to
814, 184, 481, 148, or 841, whichever one
those characteristics fit. I'm sorry, but I was
never too good at remembering names—er,
numbers.
Anyhow, 814, 184, 481, 148, 841, or 418,
I saw 971 (I think that's his number) today—
you know the guy with the horn-rimmed
glasses and blond hair — and he apologized
for not calling me last night. According to
him, there's no 408 listed in the phone book.
Some excuse! He should have known that
the city is not as progressive as Milne—it still
uses names!
Help! I'm in big trouble with No. 1. By
mistake, I called my pattern 7 teacher 2 in­
stead of 246. No. 1 thought that I called
him by his first name on purpose. I wish the
teachers would stop calling us by our full
numbers. I hate my middle numeral.
This number business has certainly helped
my math. I write 709-f-408= 1 1 1 7 over all
my notebooks instead of Herbert-)-Ingrids
true love. My friends at Albany High think
I'm a real math bug.
Well, that's all for now. Don't let the mad
decimal point (178) get this, or we'll get
remedials.
Yours,
4.0.8.
Crimson and Wiiitk
Vol. XXXI
Oct. 20, 1967
No 1
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 Ediforial Board
Editor-in-Chief ................................................Mary Moore
Associate Editor................................................Laura Harris
News Desk .... Mike Cali, Margaret Diggs, Vicki Smith
Sports Desk
Barry Richter, Rick Otty,
Paul Hardmeyer
Headline Department
Roz Hohenstein
Photography Editor......................................... Linda Balog
Typing Editor.................................................. Kathy Langer
Exchange Editor...................................... Aaron Kuperman
Treasurer ............................................................ James Kaye
Faculty Advisor........................... Mr. Richard Lewis, Jr.
Staff Writers
Judith Allen, Pamela Auerbach, Merle Bachman, Jane
Barker, Catherine Benedict, Jay Bindell, Kathryn
Brown, Margaret Bulger, Robert Castellani, Sharon
Dees, Rochelle Donner, Deborah Dugan, Pamela Feltman, Carol Fila, Louis Finkelstein, Margaret Francella,
Jack Freele, Richard Friedlander, Barbara Gallo,
Beverly Graham, Anthony Hazapis, Maria Hazapis,
Sandra Herkowitz, Susan Iselin, Phyllis Jacobson, Alan
Jupiter, Bonnie Jupiter, Charlotte Kaplan, William
Khachadorian, Merle Koblenz, Nancy Kolmin, Karl
Krichbaum, Joshua Kuperman, Sara Lapidus, Audrey
Levine, Joyce Levine, Charles Levitz, John Losee,
Ellen Manning, Celia Moore, Dino Patelos, Rosanne
Retz, Carol Richter, Elizabeth Rudolph, Adrienne
Schapiro, Gordon Smith, Katherine Soulis, Rachel
Tompkins, Arthur Vener, Harriett Webster, Mary
Welch, Stuart Welch, Elaine Wieczorek, Susan Wieczorek, Linda Wyatt, Agnes Zalay.
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
OCTOBER 20, 1967
BASKETBALL: SUCCESS PREDICTED
Cross Country Running Strong
By PAUL HARDMEYER
With Louis Ouellette finishing second and Stuart Welch running fifth,
With four sharp-shooting veterans from last year’s championship team
the varsity cross-count) y team took a second place trophy at the Milne
returning, Coach Lewis should have the make-up for another banner bas­
invitational last Saturday. Running a two and one-half mile course, host
ketball season. Forming the nucleus will be senior Ron Laraway who will
invitational. Running a two and one-half mile course, host Milne bowed
be counted on as both a defensive and offensive stalwart. Bill Khachadourian
to Richmondville by only two points. With a field of more than 80 runners
and Tom Bearup are able men to supply scoring punch and should easily
representing ten schools, Milne collected a low 90 points and Richmondville,
pick up the slack left by ace Bob Blanton. The fourth member of the
88 points. The junior varsity had its five scorers in the first ten for the
senior barrage is Jon Goldfarb. The
J.V. competition. This tremendous
six-footer will be called upon to do
run gave the Jayvees a first place
some rough rebounding chores. He
trophy.
will probably have some help from
Cross-country season is under
How would you like to increase
velops his coordinabon, his reflexes
6'-2" junior Bob “Spider” Kayne.
way. This is the most successful
your strength and overall fitness?
become acute. A healthy person is
After an active summer of “hoop,”
alert, active, and responsive. These sport in the school’s history. In the
including a week’s visit to K.C. The Milne athletic departments are
last five years Milne has won five
admirable traits are usually main­
Jones Camp, Kayne should be ready jointly sponsoring a “Run For Your
sectional titles. The trophy case is
tained
by
a
sound,
wholesome,
ableLife”
program
which
will
be
con­
for a promotion to the varsity ranks.
filled with “gold” won by Mr. Ahr’s
bodied individual.
Until November 1, when formal ducted on an intramural basis for
The “Run For Your Life” program boys.
both boys and girls. Throughout the
practice sessions begin, a big ques­
This year the varsity has a 2-2
will start this month. All interested
tion will remain unanswered: What fall season, this program will oper­
boys and girls a'e urged to bring record. Both losses were suffered
amount of depth will the team ate three days a week.
in their parental permission slips to at the hands of class A and class B
In today’s mechanically oriented
have? Depth was a heavy factor in
Miss Palm by Oct. 18. Beginning schools. The varsity lost to Bethle­
last year’s winning campaign and world, electrical devices have con­
siderably simplified practically all of at a moderate level, exercises will hem Central in Washington Park.
again will be necessary if the Raid­
gradually increase in number and At Cobleskill they beat Ravena and
ers are to make themselves felt in our tasks. Jobs which used to re­
difficulty. Running will be a prime Middleburgh, but met with defeat at
CHVL standings. Among those who quire hours of manual labor now
the hands of the host.
will be bidding for spots on the demand merely a machine operator component on the agenda. As the
The varsity is composed of Rich
program
makes
headway,
the
indi­
who
is
competently
schooled
in
the
squad will be JV graduates A1
Millard, the only senior; Stu Welch
vidual
will
be
making
progress.
Set
art
of
instrumentation.
However,
to
Lerner, Jon Pitts, Ira Oser, and
the pace for tomorrow’s world by and Louie Ouellette, juniors; and
Dean Quackenbush.
This senior attain true success one needs a
building your health today. Join the Dean Karlaftis, Mark Landau, Rich
strong
mind
as
well
as
a
strong
foursome includes good shooting
“Run For Your Life” program at Schorr, and Chris Barker, freshmen.
body. A healthy person is more
ability as well as defensive and re­
These boys are closely followed by
alert and can face squarely all situ­
Milne.
bounding experience.
Sophomore
the top four anxious J.V. runners
—B.J.R.
Mel Grant and junior Joe Hanley, ations which may rise. As one dewho hope to secure varsity status.
both six-footers, show potential re­
At the Grout Invitational, the J.V.
bounding talents.
team won the class C division and
Preseason rumors point to new
took home first trophy of the year.
opponents on the Milne schedule
The freshmen finished fifth overall.
The first Milne student to successfully complete this puzzle and return it
such as St. John’s of Rensselaer
The depth is good as lettermen
to the Sports Editor will be awarded a free trip to the first away basket­
from the tough Parochial League.
Reynolds and Golden and newcomers
ball
game.
An 18 game slate is planned by
Kurland and Goldfarb push the
Coach Lewis, who expects to provide
speedy varsity and threaten con­
lots of action for lots of spectators.
tinually to take over a prime posi­
The shoes that eight talented
tion on the team. The outlook is
seniors will try to fill this season
excellent, for the fine young varsity
are not the average size. Four of
is potentially the best squad ever.
the most handy basketball players
Our prediction is a sixth sectional
Milne has ever had are gone. Lastitle for Mr. Ahr’s deserving varsity.
season’s leading rebounder and team
CROSS-COUNTRY SLATE
co-cantain Ken BT-ooks is among the
Grade
Grade
J.V.
Varsity
valuables that will be missing. De­
Sr.
Golden .....
Ouellette .......Jr.
fensive specialist John Margolis and
Jr.
Jr. Reynolds .
Welch
always tough Jim Khachadourian
Sr. Kurland .....Jr.
Millard
have also moved on to the college
Fr. Goldfarb . .... Sr.
Karlaftis
ranks. Not to be forgotten is AllJr.
Fr. Hardmeyer
Landau
Albany Bob Blanton, who could be
Fr.
Shorr ....
counted on to pace any offensive
Fr.
Barker
attack.
So eoes the saying, practice makes
perfect, and according to Coach
Lewis there are many long and
tedious hours ahead before any team
By MARY MOORE
will collect 17 wins in 23 attempts,
6—
Instrument used to propel a rac-Field hockey is the girls’ team
ACROSS
as did our 1966-67 varsity. Raiders.
, ing shell.
sport this fall. Yesterday, the squad
2—Game played by kicking a round
My personal view is that a very
8—When
, the men of a racing
faced Lansingburgh, with a game at
ball through a goal.
eventful season looms ahead for
shell must be synchronized.
Bethlehem Central, October 21.
4—A game played indoors with ball
10—
An oriental method of wrestling.Buffalo’s campus school may host­
Milne basketball.
and rackets. x
11—
A game in which large, smooth
ess the squad the weekend of Nov. 4.
stones are propelled on ice.
The Milnites will be repaying a visit,
12—
A pitcher must always watch asa the Buffalo gals played a game
....runner.
and spent the weekend here last
A set of exercises involving
Dec. 1—Maple Hill .................. Away 13—
November.
The activity period that high­
strange body contortions.
For girls interested in the field
”
8—Voorheesville
Away
lighted last spring’s sports season is
14—
A hunter may keep in practice
of physical education, there will be
” 12—-Averill Park .............. Away
now a memory. Being excused at
by shooting
a Career Day, November 1 at
2:10 greatly relieves some of the
” 15—Waterford
Away 17—
Track and ........... ..................
Mechanicville High School. Follow­
practice load that athletes carry. The
” 19—Heatly ......................... Home
ing a speech by Dr. Katherine Ley,
18—
A light boat.
feature was a good idea at the time
Chairman of the Women’s Physical
DOWN
” 22—'Catskill
Home
but seemed to die out when the
1—A game played with a small ball Education Department of the State
Away
modules “took over.” The time for Jan. 5—-Academy
University College at Cortland on
and a headed stick.
practices has now been set forward
” 12—Coxsackie
Away
“What Is a Physical Education
3—
Balls, hoops, mallets, and pegs
almost an hour and the great idea
” 17—Maple Hill
Home
Teacher?”, there will be an oppor­
are components of
behind last year’s activity period has
to talk with representatives
” 26—Voorheesville
Home
4—
Implement applied to feet tunity
for
been bitterly defeated.
from various colleges with physical
winter
transportation.
Feb.
2—Coxsackie
.....................
Home
Are Milne students to carry a
5—
Game played against a wall. education majors.
purely academic load? What is to
”
9—Catskill
..................... Away
Red plaid kilts and white long7—
is played on horseback.
become of the well - rounded stu­
” 17—-Academy
Home
sleeved blouses and kneesocks will
8—
Football
developed
from
this
dent? The new schedule is con­
be the new uniforms for girls at
” 20—Waterford
Home
game.
siderate of the demands of every
sports days, replacing pink tunics.
9—To
, one meets an opponent
” 23—Heatly .......................... Away
academic department; yet, athletics
New cheerleading attire will be
for a bout.
have been sadly mistreated.
” 24—-Averill Park
Home
sweaters and skirts, to be paid for
15— ......-off.
The showdown will come and the
in part by a future cheerleader16—
Hockey may be played on this
1 Tentative game.
Milne athlete will suffer either scho­
sponsored moneymaking project.
surface.
-Non-league game.
lastically or athletically.
By ART VENER
What Shape Is Your Stomach in?
Sports Whiz Quiz
A*
Si
nF"
G. A. A.
Modules Defeat Sports,
2:10 to 3:01
68 Basketball Schedule
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
OCTOBER 20, 1967
Saga of a Summer Spent Overseas
By RACHEL TOMPKINS
Ever since my return from Europe
this fall, people have greeted me
with “Hi, Rach, how was Europe?”
As I begin my discourse with “Great,
it was . .
they hasten to escape
from my verbal clutches.
This has left me with an untold
story in my mouth, in search of a
patient ear. Several days ago my
savior confronted me with the idea
that I could write out my story in
several spell-binding installments in
the C. & W. A marvelous idea. It
gives everyone the opportunity to
read it, and me the feeling that it’s
been told.
I left for Southampton from New
York City on June 29, on the stu­
dent ship, Aurelia. Life on a student
ship is an adventure in itself. Liquor
is not taxed, and there is no drink­
ing age. In fact, the Aurelia has
several brigs for the most rowdy.
By thfe time .1 came out of my stupor
(I had taken many -dramamines to
avoid sea-sickness) the ship had
turned into one big drunken orgy.
I way always half asleep from the
drug and couldn’t walk as it was,
with all the ship’s rolling, so rather
than take part in the orgy, I chose
to eat and sleep for nine days. The
meals were four course Italian
Rachel and French friend in Greece.
feasts, so I landed in Europe wellpadded.
After disembarking, my sister,
Ruth; a girl we’d met on board ship,
Linda; and I proceeded to hitch­
hike into London. British people are
extremely polite, and the rides came
in quick succession.
The drivers
even told us all the exciting history
of the countryside through which
we were travelling. We stopped in
Winchester and saw the Cathedral.
In the late afternoon we arrived in
London.
London is the most exciting city
in the world. I did not have a won­
derful time there, yet it was obvious
that it is a city that has everything,
and the best of everything. One
could never be bored just sight­
seeing, (the tales of British history
are more interesting than fiction),
shopping, (oh, the clothes, sigh),
and going to the theater, ballet, and
dance clubs (the city’s crawling with
them). A person could live in Lon­
don for a lifetime and never run
out of things to do. The people are
polite and the young people are in­
teresting. I, personally, just love
London and the British people and
culture.
I would have been glad to stay
there forever, but my sister dragged
me out to Brighton, on the south
coast of England, a favorite holiday
spot for Londoners. We stayed there
for two days and then took a ferry
to Dieppe and a train to Paris,
where I learned that my French is
putrid, and the average Parisian
(who isn’t necessarily French) has
no manners.
(/o l>e continued)
For Your Halloween Reading If You
Once again, the frantic search for leisure reading books has begun. The
coming of fall must be a shock to staid librarians after two months of com­
parative isolation among rows of neglected books.
For those of you who reached the
archives a bit late and found that
the current best-sellers were ail
borrowed and reserved for months
An unusual request, no? Does it
to come, don’t despair. Surprisingly,
sort of upset you? Aren’t C&W
there are many good books that articles supposed to be read and
were written before 1967.
appreciated? Yes—but this is the
In 1897, the most famous horror exception to the rule. Please, for
your own sake, follow the headline’s
story of all time was published. A
directions. Just disregard this arti­
gothic novel, written by Bram
cle. Why?
Stoker of Dublin, Ireland, it was the
This is a brazen attempt to fill up
terrifying adventures of Dracula.
For the unfortunate among you who space by not writing anything of
have had no previous contact with any redeeming value.
Dracula, a few hints of the plot will
be helpful.
The story begins in a huge, deso­
late castle in the gloomy forests of
What does “star” mean to you?
Transylvania, where an Englishman
is being held captive. At the same Someone belonging to a particular
time, in the London suburbs, a field in the entertainment world?
beautiful young girl suffers from a Someone superior to everyone else,
mysterious illness that seems to in every way? If we were to meet
suck the blood from her veins. In a celebrity, what would ordinary
a London asylum, a sadistic lunatic people like ourselves say to him?
They’re just not like you and I—or
tries vainly to follow all the direc­
tions of Ijis unseen “master.” What are they?
Recently, Janis Ian, a young song­
is this horrible force that controls
their very existence? None other writer and singer, and the Buffalo
than the centuries - old vampire, Springfield gave a concert at SUNY
at Albany. This writer was fortu­
Count Dracula.
Movie hawks who have seen one nate enough to interview Janis Ian
of the films based on this book will for an hour. The interview was not
typical, but rather more of a talk
undoubtedly be astonished to dis­
cover what a clever fellow the between friends. I discovered that
Count really was.
The cunning Janis is a real person: she does not
fit the stereotype of “celebrity.”
vampire could perform many amaz­
Janis, who plavs many musical
ing feats, including slithering down
sheer stone walls, head-first, using instruments, including the piano and
his fingers and toes to grip like a guitar, wrote her first song when
she was thirteen. Her first hit rec­
lizard.
This gothic suspense story is a ord, “Society’s Child,” was released
masterpiece in horror that has held two years later. Thg song became
generations of readers spellbound. It a hit last spring though at fi"st disc
jockeys hesitated to play it because
is a tale of vampires and were­
of the stress on the racial division
wolves, of creatures dead, but some­
how not dead. If you are not afraid
in the society of the United States.
of the dark, this book is for you.
When questioned about the civil
But, all others, be prepared to spend
rights movement, which she terms
a “farce,” Janis spoke adamantly.
sleepless hours listening for the
“Too much of the civil rights move­
angry flapping of a bat’s wings on
your windowpane.
—Peggy Bulger ment is being run by the whites and
Please Disregard This
Close-up: Drama
Performing in the Albany area is
a group of actors who well deserve
the attention of the general public.
The “New World Theatre” is a small
but very active group of young men
and women who thoroughly enjoy
acting and are immediately able to
convey this enthusiasm to their
audience.
The “New World Theatre” invari­
ably chooses for performance lively,
fast-moving plays intended to amuse
and interest the audience; all of the
plays are extremely well-cast and
well-acted. Among the works which
have been presented by the “New
World Theatre” are The Cocktail
Party by T. S. Eliot, Under Milkwood
by Dylan Thomas, and a satiric pro­
duction of Uncle Vanya by Anton
Chekhov.
After completing a six week en­
gagement in Virginia the “New
World Theatre” has returned to the
Albany area, and on October 20-22
at 8:30 p.m. will present George
Bernard Shaw’s A'ms and the Man
at Siena College in the Little
Theatre in the Well.
—Ellen Manning
Can’t Go to College, Go 10 State!
“If you can’t go to college, go to
State.” So runs the perennial Milne
student teacher-baiting taunt. Milnites casually toss off such phrases
as “He’s off campus this year,” or
“Maybe I can get it in the college
library,” but how much is actually
known about the new State Univer­
sity of New York at Albany?
Designed by Edward Durrell Stone,
architect of the Gallery of Modern
Art in New York City, the new
campus, when completed, will have
seventeen units. Most people know
about the twenty-three story resi­
dence towers and University Library
with a three thousand seating capa­
city, but few realize that a new art
gallery was opened earlier this
month by Governor Rockefeller.
With a student body of over
seven thousand in 1966, sixteen
thousand are expected by 1974. All
counties in the state, twenty-one
other states, and twenty-seven for­
eign countries is not a bad repre­
sentation for a “hometown” school!
Besides having a median academic
average of 87%, entering freshmen
also had an average of 650 on the
verbal and 640 on the math parts
of the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
An Interview With Janis Ian: “Open and Honest
Janis Ian
not enough by the Negroes.” Janis
believes that Adam Clayton Powell
should not have been ousted from
Congress, and that the act only oc­
curred because Mr. Powell is a
Negro.
Janis has no personal need for
drugs of any kind. She admitted
that she has smoked marijuana, but
she “did not get anything from it.”
However, Janis refuses to dictate to
others on the use of drugs. She just
doesn’t feel that it’s her business.
Vietnam is another topic about
which Janis feels quite strongly. She
does pot believe in war, but will not
admit to being a pacifist. Janis thinks
that the soldiers fighting in Vietnam
are being exploited for many rea­
sons, some of them political.
Janis Ian is not terribly anti-so­
ciety. She possesses a .great deal of
perception and she communicates
her knowledge to others. Janis has
a very good relationship with 'her
parents, who are proud of their
daughter’s accomplishments.
In many respects, Janis Ian great­
ly impressed me. She is refreshing­
ly open and honest she does not
hesitate to say whatever she thinks.
Her poise is obvious, particularly
during a concert where her sharp
sense of humor and keen wit show.
She is able to view society with a
perception that many adults do not
possess. Her songs*’ are fascinating
to hear because of Janis Ian’s great
insight and true ability to commu­
nicate.
The concert at SUNY was a re­
warding experience for the listeners.
In addition to “Society’s Child.”
Janis sang several other songs which
concerned suicide, prostitution, par­
ents ,and cigarettes. Unfortunately,
as Janis so aptly phrased it, “the
mikes were lousy,” and many of
Janis’ witticisms were not heard.