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May 251 1973!
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A Message from the Editors:
"What’s Happened to the Crimson and White?”
A frequent and much wondered about
question resounding through the halls of
Milne lately, has been “What’s happened
to the Crimson and White?" We would
like to take this opportunity to explain
the past situation and present to you
some new ideas and plans for the new
Milne School paper.
The predominant problem in publishing
the paper this year was that the printer
Milne has used for the past several years
has changed ownership and the new cost
to us is phenomenal. Some attempts were
made to find a new printer but they were
not successful. After careful searching we
have finally found means to print our
paper. Hence we have eliminated 50% of
our problem.
Casting aside the printer situation it
seems that the Milne paper has fallen into
the same predicament as most of the
extra curricular activities, the trench of
apathy. This has been half our problem.
Over the past few years it has been
increasingly difficult to get people to
write and devote time to produce a
quality newspaper. One of the complaints
of the past appears to have been that omy
the elite wrote for the paper, (the clique,
as it may be called), consisting of a very
select staff. This may be partly true but
the real reason lies in the lack of interest
and enthusiasm, resulting in few or no
articles. Some may feel that to write for
the paper one must possess expert writing
skills. If this was the past image, we
certainly would like to change it.
Let’s not dwell on past problems and
Albany Community School
Very few Milne people realize that
Albany Community School graduates re­
ceive a Milne diploma. Even fewer know
what or who the Albany Community
School is
The idea for an alternative high school
was conceived by Mary Leue, founder of
the Albany Free School-a grammar
school which practices alternative meLhods
in
education.
She also founded a pre-school. Meetings
were held this past summer to formulate
the first “free” high school of Albany; I
was able to take part. It was evident even
in those beginning months that a sense of
community had formed.
School officially began on September
11 with many ambitious students and
teachers. The school is located at 8
Wilbur Street; however, the classrooms
are anywhere and everywhere in society
and nature. The educators are well quali­
fied both legally and naturally. Albany
Community School is a non-funded, non­
profit organization with a present
enrollment of 18.
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is a maximum of $10 per week; tuition is
on a sliding scale, some students paying
no tuition at all.
Courses at the alternative school are
varied, each trimester introducing new
courses. Some of the unique courses are:
a 20th century English literature course
where the students eventually write their
own book; a Middle English poetry classpoetry is read in its original form and the
Middle English language is learned; a
Music Appreciation class which deals with
modern music (blues and rock). There are
many craft courses, but they deal with
individual preferences. During the first
trimester there was a journalism class
which was taught at the office of the
Washington Park Spirit.
If the Albany Community School stu­
dents accomplish state requirements, they
are able to receive a Milne diploma. This
year one student from the Albany Com­
munity School is graduating with Milne’s
senior class.
Fran Roznowski
Troy Project
Wandering through the halls of Milne,
you’ve probably heard whispers about the
Troy Project. It is mostly likely that you
don’t 'mow what ii is.
Scnool No. 1 in Troy is an inner city
school with a high absentee rate. Last
summer the school’s faculty asked for aid
in improving their seventh and eighth
grade program. An interdisciplinary team
was formed consisting of six teachers
from School No. 1 and Miss Hudson, Dr.
DeLuca, Dr. Atkinson, Mr. Greene, Mr.
Graber, Mr. Henderson, and Dr. Armlin
from Milne.
The team has been working and learning
together since the beginning of the year.
First semester they met once a week to
discuss ideas, problems, and solutions. At
the beginning of the second semester they
held a joint workshop. This resulted in
specific plans for a competency based
learning program in reading and math for
a group of seventh graders at School No.
1.
During this semester they have met
once a month to discuss new ideas and
rough spots. This month the team has
visited the resource center at Phillip
Livingston and are discussing the possi­
bility of one for the Troy school. Also,
several methods students are at the
school and Karen Russ is presently work­
ing there as a student teacher.
Where the Troy project goes has many
possibilities. One possibility is that similar
teams may be set up between Milne and
other schools. Another is an exchange
between the two schools. The members
of the team have already observed each
other teaching.
The project will also have benefits for
Milne. Some of the faculty will have
urban school teaching experience and will
have developed the skills in knowing how
and when to change. Most importantly
they will have developed a new way of
looking at education problems and can
bring this vision to Milne.
Carolyn Sharp
inadequacies any longer. Confronting us
now is a new and great opportunity to
express our opinions and to become
involved in a positive vehicle. At the
revival meeting we had a large turn out
and everyone exhibited much enthusiasm.
The final product of our work and a new
beginning for us is this newspapei. We
sincerely hope that this new flow of
interest and enthusiasm that has been
generated by a revitalization of theCn>nson and White does not turn to dis­
appointment and then to apathy.
Please remember that this is your paper
so why not take advantage of it. Work for
change always starts with you. Many
people use different methods in different
places but we all are working towards the
same goal, an effective means of
communicating. (One in which we may
express our thoughts and opinions and
become familiar with and respect other
peoples viewpoints, even if they differ
from our own.)
As of now we plan to publish a number
of papers next year. However this de­
pends entirely upon the interest forth­
coming from all of us at Milne.
We would like to extend an invitation
to everyone (faculty and students) to
help in making this a successful endeavor.
Any suggestions anyone may have will
always be warmly welcomed and appre­
ciated by the Editors, as well as our
advisor (Mr. Richard Lewis) and the
Crimson and White staff. We hope you
enjoy the paper!
Have a great summer!
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The Lessons of
Watergate
Some months ago, I sat in a restaurant
in northwest Washington, D.C. eating
dinner with members of my family. As
we were finishing our meal, I thought to
myself what a splendid view our restau­
rant afforded its patrons inasmuch as the
building across the street housed some of
the most important people in the city. I re­
marked what a vantage point we had for
noting the comings and goings of these
well-heeled celebrities. Little did I know
that within a few months the building I
was eyeing would become the scene of
America’s most publicized scandal-the
Watergate affair. Obviously, people more
diabolical than I also thought that the
Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge where
we were eating was a convenient place for
monitoring the activities of certain ten­
ants of the Watergate-namely, the Demo­
cratic National Committee. For it was
there in June, 1972 that the FBI found
electronic surveillance equipment belong­
ing to seven employees of the Committee
to Re-Elect the President.
Since that fateful night, the Watergate
caper has consumed many of the most
influential officials in our system of
government. What is not yet clear is the
damage this act of espionage and coverup
will have on the Presidency itself. Certain­
ly much depends on how the President
himself perceives the situation to be:
either as a personnel problem or as a
structural problem of his Office. Recent
events seem to indicate that he is coming
to the sober realization that the Water­
gate caper may have been a logical event
to happen-given the atmosphere of an­
tagonism that the White House helped to
create toward the press, the Congress and
others.
Following the conviction of the 7
Watergate burglars, the President had two
choices: he could let the investigations by
the federal grand jury and the Ervin
Committee proceed with the hope that
his closest aides (Haldeman, Ehrlichman,
Dean and Kleindienst) would not be
indicted Or, he could attempt to shape
the direction of the investigation itself by
letting these aides go with the hope that
the spotlight of attention would focus on
them, and not on the institution of the
Presidency nor his status as President.
The President’s speech of April 30
continued on page 4
A Century of Revolution
Many if not most Americans believe
that Communism is a worldwide move­
ment, directed by Russia for the benefit
of Russia, and that Fidel Castro and Tito,
for example, are but servants of the
Kremlin. Americans on the whole, do not
make a distinction between Castro the
Communist and Castro the Cuban Nation­
alist. The same applies to Vietnam, in the
person of Ho Chi Minh: What was he? A
Vietnamese patriot or a tool of the
Communist Conspiracy? Why is it that
many of the developed and not so de­
veloped societies have chosen one form of
political and social development as op­
posed to another kind? Why, for instance,
did China’s Mao utilize Marxism to pro­
duce modern China, rather than seek the
same end within the framework of the
Free Enterprise System?
The course. Ideas and Movements of the
20th Century, is designed to alert stu­
dents to the beliefs and views of thinkers
who have ahd a major influence on the
social, political and economic develop­
ments of the 20th century. We seek to
discover why nations have accepted or
rejected certain ideas and beliefs as ap­
propriate or inappropriate for national
development. For the conflicts between
supporters of Capitalism on one hand and
Marxists on the other, have given to the
20th Century the title of the Century of
Revolution.
The course is offered to 12th graders
who have better than average reading
ability and who are not afraid of hard
work.
Mr. Henderson
{ Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
Having been invited by the new editors
of the old and new C & W \o write a
letter and flatteringly told “It might even
be good,” I decided to try. Today is the
deadline they gave me.
The Milne faculty meeting on Monday
was long and ended on a philosophical
note. On of the particular items that
remained in my mind was a vignette of a
happy student informing a faculty mem­
ber, with joy, that said student had been
accepted at a selective institution of
higher learning. I hope it was said in jest
but the faculty member reportedly re­
plied, “They must have lowered their
standards of admission.” If I said it, it
was definitely in jest.
Having been at Milne so long that the
moss and ivy are beginning to show (grow
The Failure of Pass-Fail
It has long been my contention that a
pass-fail grading system does little, if
anything, toward solving the educational
dilemma for which it was instituted. As it
appears to me, the pass-fail marking code
was originally set up in an effort to
diminish the pressure involved when stu­
dents must continually strive for good
etter grades. The emphasis in an educauonal system, it was thought, should be
placed on “learning for the sake of
learning” as opposed to learning simply
for a letter grade: so much effort for an
A, so much for a B, and so on. While I do
not contest the validity of this last
statement, I am, never-the-less, very skep­
tical as to whether a pass-fail marking
arrangement can truly create the ideal
learning atmosphere which its institutors
are striving to achieve.
A new policy presently being instituted
at the State University, calls for a rein­
statement of the letter grading systerp for
all students. The University had, at one
time, been employing a mandatory passfail marking code for all freshmen and
sophomores. However, many complaints
were received from students who, as a
result of the system, had found it diffi­
cult to gain acceptance into medical and
graduate schools. In answer to this pro­
blem, the University changed its policy so
as to leave the grading code for each
course up to the discretion of the stu­
dent. When given the choice, most of the
students preferred a letter grade to a
pass-fail mark. Therefore, the University
further altered its policy so that all
students will now receive letter grades,
with the exception of the six credit hours
which each pupil is free to take on a
pass-fail basis. The State University has
thus discovered that pass-fail marking is
not the answer to the problem of the over
grade-conscious student.
In my opinion, the seekers of a solution
to this enigma are going to have to realize
that they are battling against human
nature itself. I do not believe that the
majority of human beings have the
capacit for self-discipline which would
enable them to study simply because they
Richard Nixon - Hero?
needed to learn something. Most people
require more than just the satisfaction
which comes from added knowledge, for
if man did not inherently need to be
rewarded for his endeavors, there would
be no need for awards, citations, com­
mendations, medals, or any other of the
many such guerdons which are a part of
our society. The promise of an A can
serve the impetus needed by many stu­
dents to prompt them to study. Of
course, the opposite is true. The horrible
spectre of a D or F on a test has probably
cost many a student a sleepless night of
cramming. In fact, many professors at
SUNYA found that, under the pass-fail
system, students exhibited a lesser degree
of motivation toward their studies.
It must be remembered that students
are very definitely human beings with all
their very human faults and inadequacies.
They will, therefore, need either a well
defined grading system or some similar
device to afford them the impetus needed
to maintain the self-discipline essential to
survival both in school and in the world
outside. As far as I am concerned, passfail was doomed to fail from the start, for
“you can’t fight human nature.”
Mna Feltman
Opinion:
My thirteen year old sister came home
trom school asking me who my hero was.
Not being able to give her a definite
answer 1 stalled for time. Thinking about
it iater I kept asking myself, “Who are my
heros!?’ Some very prominent names
came to mind, each representing a differ­
ent ideology.
I thought to myself it shouldn’t neces­
sarily have to be a hero; it could be a
heroine. With my liberated conscienceness and a need to re-dedicate myself to
the Women’s Movement I choose Gloria
Steinham and Bella Abzug as my hero­
ines. Turning the choice over again in my
mind 1 decided that was kind of risky.
The C.l.A. might investigate me because
the men in the White House (if there are
any lett) feel the Movement is being
funded by the Chinese Communists.
Disgusted with myself for dismissing
Bella and Gloria so quickly, I decided
Daniel Ellsburg was one of the real heros
of our time. This man told America what
they had been asking for year about
Vietnam. Mr. Ellsburg also was a man of
conscience which is much more than can
be said about our government officials.
Since I am a natural born chicken I
rationalized that if the F.B.I. could falsify
documents and allow people to break
into doctor’s offices they could just as
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easily break into the main office of the
Milne School, falsify my transcript and,
prevent me from graduating.
The thought occurred to me that they
were filming my purchase of a Joan Baez
album in Almarts. That scared me also.
I’d prove my allegiance to God, Flag and
country by writing a thesis on the heroic
qualities of John Wayne. My sense of
morality prevailed over my sense of
cowardliness and I had to find another
hero.
Ah, the perfect choice...Richard Nixon.
He has proven himself a hero time and
time again. After losing the 1960 election
because of a bad make-up job he was able
to re-new his face and win eight years
later!!! He also helped in blacklisting*
writers and artists to help save us from
the scourge of communism. Mr. Nixon,
also in the midst of a currupt White
House staff, deemed himself untouched
by the scum of Watergate. This man
can only be a hero remaining clean in as
big a mud puddle as Watergate.
Who are Nixon’s heros? Joe McCarthy?
Andrew Johnson? Benedict Arnold?
Jimmy Hoffa? Claudis of Denmark? After
allthe time I spent thinking about my
hero I still could not decide, but I envy
our President for having so many to
choose from.
Libby Derrico
Scholastic
Aptitude
I wrote this article in all honesty and
sincerity, not out of soreness. I assure
you that I do not wish to sound like a
sore sport because my SAT scores were
not very good. The arguments I advance
here are not new to me, nor will they ever
be. Perfect scores on the SAT’s would not
have altered my opinions.
These exams do not test many invalu­
able traits of an individual. They do not
test one’s dependability, one’s willingness
to spend hours studying, one’s compa­
tibility, and many other necessary traits.
If one wants to judge an individual truly
and honestly, these traits must be exam­
ined. Not for everyone, but for many
people the SAT’s lead to a miscon­
ception. If the college of your choice
requires excellent SAT marks, then it is
no longer a misconception, hut an injus­
tice.
I am most fortunate because my parents
believe in ME. They realize my capabi­
lities and encourage them. They care very
little about my SAT scores. Many thou­
sands of students across the country are
less fortunate than I. These students must
keep up family traditions and go to very
or appear), I have seen many changes take
place here. At the faculty meeting, it was
reported that some people have said,
“Milne has become soft and progressive.”
“It’s an easy school.”
In place of soft I would say that we
recognize individual differences to a
greater degree than formerly. “Progress­
ive” can mean derogatory to some people
but, to me, it means progress toward a
better school. A well-known principal
said that change for the sake of change is
not progress but change for the sake of
improvement is.
From my years of “vast experience,” I
feel that Milne was, is and will continue
to be a good school. Our faculty had
changed, our students have changed, our
administration has changed, times and
morals have changed, progress has been
made and will continue to be made if all
components of the system will work
together.
We have come a long way from the days
of Ichabod Crane, the school with the
bundle of birches for caning the recal­
citrant student, but the faculty, the ad­
ministration and the students must all do
their part for the greatest good to occur
to all. The above groups are not ranked in
the order of their importance.
At this point, the philosopher must pull
his head back in his mossy shell and say
“Au revoir,” “Auf wiedersehen,” and
“please get to class on time, your’re
ruining my nice neat attendance sheet
even if it’s your time and not mine you’re
wasting.
Sincerely,
The mad chemist and
best bowling chauffer
in Class D, Section 2
C.R.Johnson
Editor:
In recent years, it has become increas­
ingly evident that the majority of partici­
pation in extracurricular activities in
Milne is being focused on athletics. This is
sad because the situation may be adding
greatly to a problem known as “school
boredom.” To the person who happens
not to be athletically inclined, involve­
ment in the school is often zero. There­
fore I urge this type of person to look
into other activities available, such as the
School Newspaper or Yearboqk commit­
tee. I would also like to suggest that these
groups open their doors as much as
possible.
Not forgetting that maybe activities for
personal interests may not be available:
any individual who can obtain enough
interest, is almost certain to be accomo­
dated. I would say it would be definitely
worthwhile to try.
Athletic activity is not the only channel
through which a student can become a
productive part of Milne. Not only does
the body need to be developed, but so
does the mind.
Debby Hendler
“important” colleges. Their whole future
may depend upon these tests.
I have learned every ounce of work that
my high average at Milne shows. Nobody
can make me deny that. I am tired of
people telling me that this means nothing
and SAT scores mean everything. If they
do not believe in themselves, than I pity
them. At least I will always believe in the
real me, a most cherished virtue.
I will neither crawl in a crevice nor
blend in with the wall paper because of
wha I said in this article. From the
bottom of my heart I meant every word
of it.
_John Marsolais
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Is the New Government
Working at Milne
Jon Reinhardt, member of the Exe­
cutive Committee: “It’s working but not
as well as it could be. The Administration
could give us more decision-making
power, but it’s still early. It is disappoin­
ting that outside interest isn’t that strong.
During assemblies a lot say they care but
at meetings it’s a different story.”
Mr. Lyon, a member of the Executive
Committee: “Yes it’s succeeding-in some
areas. We are trying to do two things at
once sometimes, trying to operate effec­
tively even if the machinery isn’t there
Rotating
Possibibilties
In the light of recent success of the new
rotating schedule implemented here at
Milne, I would like to suggest further
experiments along similar lines to fur­
ther exploit the flexibility of the Milne
students and faculty.
The original rationale for the rotating
schedule was to alleviate the alleged
boredom of following the same routine
day after day. It seems that the people
involved with this experiment overlooked
the fact that the Milne student also
experiences boredom because he has the
same class in the same room on the same
floor every day or so. In this respect
Milne students are not flexible at all. As a
concerned Milne student I advocate the
implementation of the following new
rotating schedule.
The first three floor of Milne will be
designed as floor 1, floor 2, and floor 3,
husted-floor 4, and husted-floor 5.
On Monday, which is day 1, first floor
is first floor, second floor is second floor,
third floor is third floor, etc. On Tues­
days, first floor becomes 5, second be­
comes 1, third becomes 2, four becomes
3 and five becomes 4.
On Wednesdays, first becomes 4, two
becomes 5, three becomes 1, four be­
comes 2, and five becomes 3. On Thurs­
days one becomes 3, two becomes 4,
three becomes 5, four becomes 3, and
five becomes 2. On Fridays, to provide a
change of scenery all periods will be held
in Page Auditorium.
When this schedule is combined with
the already existing rotating schedule,
some interesting results can be looked
forward to. The best part of it is that it
doesn’t have to end here. The possibilities
are endless.
Another suggestion would be to list on
bulletin boards throughout the school the
names of all students in alphabetical
order. Each day every student would
assume the name of the person who
preceeds him on the list. This would
enable the Milne students to become
familiar with all their fellow students on a
first name basis. It would also force the
faculty to learn to remember faces, not
names, as well as to persuade them to
memorize the Milne student body alpha­
betically.
Another possibility would be to rotate
grades on successive weeks. Eaoh week,
grades eight through twelve would go to
the next highest grade, with the twelfth
grade beginning in the eighth grade. This
would afford each student the chance to
experience the various-subject matters
.being taught at different grade levels. It
would also allow each student at least one
carefree, easy, leisure week as a senior.
Larry Clyman
CRIMSON AND WHITE
yet. The Senate took action on four
major issues. I suppose the most popular
issue would have been the mini-semester.
Senate took action to write an alternative
proposal and endorse it. Before, there was
no alternative at all. Then, because of
personal problems involved, Senate asked
for volunteer advisors to the Honor
Society for the rest of this academic year.
Third issue: a student activities commit­
tee was formed to find out what activities
the students find important. Also, a
committee was set up to study the issue
of final examinations for next year.”
Jon Soffer, writer for the Constitution
and Executive Committee member: “I
feel that it is working. I think that it is
just starting to function effectively and as
time passes it will improve. I am very
pleased with the forums.”
Larry Lefkowitz, 9th grader: “Yes, I
think it’s working pretty good. It’s got a
lot accomplished. No one paid attention
to the Student Council-now everyone
can voice their opinion.”
Mr. Johnson, Chemistry teacher: “It has
accomplished a lot in a short time. Has
certainly given students a chance to ask
questions and get answers.”
Andy Altman, member of the Senate:
“Yes. Whenever a problem comes up we
try to solve it as quickly and as well as we
can.”
Nick Collins, 10th grader: “I think it is
definitely working better than the old
government. As for being more effective,
I am not really sure.”
Aaron Heller, 11th grader: ‘It is cer­
tainly making itself more obvious than
the old government. As for being more
effective, I am not really sure.”
Mr. Simpson, Business teacher: “I think
it is working nicely. There is more dis­
cussed in the forums and I like the
set-up.”
Dr. DeLuca: “Yes, I do. The govern­
ment has done some things. We are still
trying to make it work. It’s wprking.”
Irene Ronis
Mastery
Learning
Next year’s ninth graders will be the
first group of Milne students to take part
in an “Adaptive Instruction” program
based on mastery-learning theory.
The entire grade will be taught by a
team of five supervisors now headed by
Mr. Richard Lewis, English. In essence,
the team of students and teachers will
comprise their own school-within-a-school
determining their own use of time and
space.
Mastery-learning theory assumes that
different students take different amounts
of time to learn the same things. There­
fore, the curriculum in five subject areas
is being written to make it possible for
any one student to learn to master at his
own pace.
In addition, mastery learning demands
that all students achieve any given ob­
jective at “mastery” level, a fixed stan­
dard of achievement. There is no averaging together of grades, no comparison
with other students, no A-B-C-D-U
grading-only “mastered” or “not yet
mastered”.
Teacher team members are Ms. Cheryl
Hudson, math; Ms. Linda Gaylord,
French; Mr. Donald Pruden, science; Mr.
Robert Neiderberger, social studies; and
Mr. Lewis, English. Mr. Charles Graber
Two Views of Amnesty
-ConOften people talk about Democracy;
the super patriots and the radical both
take their opposite stands trying to ward
off the other’s influence. Each is doing
what he feels is right, and goes about it in
the way he feels is right. The person
seeking amnesty has fought for nothing
except that he may be pardoned.
People, nevertheless, do rule this coun­
try. They elect officers to represent them.
The duly appointed legislators thus make
decisions that govern this country and,
although some people don’t like the idea,
the laws must be followed. The reason is
that if everyone did what they wanted to
do and did not exhibit some self-control,
Democracy would die along with our
nation.
Amnesty is one of the problems of the
nation that questions the whole basis of
Democracy. Amnesty is an issue whereby
draft evaders from the United States
during the Vietnam conflict will be par­
doned and allowed to come home with­
out punishment. Today most Americans
do not want amnesty and, as long as this
is the case, amnesty will not come about.
The Idea of Amnesty is actually saying,
“Let those who committed a crime
against the country, and every person
inside of it, someone who killed National
honor, go free and unharmed, and let him
return to America.” If this person really
wants to return to America, he must want
America or need it, and if he does why
does he not have backbone enough to
fight for something he wants? If I were to
kill off half the human race with a large
bomb and then ask for amnesty what
would you say? The idea is that, as an
American living in America, you must
obey the laws as well as possible, and you
cannot choose which laws to obey or not
to obey.
A very important question, which must
be raised in regard to amnesty is “If you
grant amnesty for this conflict, what will
happen during the next war? Once am­
nesty is granted for draft evaders the once
strong force compelling people to fight
will die. Our nation would be in a terrible
state because no one would fight knowing
they would be given a full pardon later.
People in past generations have fought.
In World War II, Americans went to war
and fought, often with a good feeling, a
feeling that they were doing the right
thing. Many of them died a hard death, in
war. What would become of their ideals,
hopes, and the whole idea that they
fought for America? If amnesty were
granted, surely their deaths would be in
vain.
Kenneth Sutin
will teach the second level English pro­
gram.
Dr. DeLuca and Mr. Jack Greene work
closely with the team in developing cur­
riculum and planning operations.
Tentative plans call for the AI Group to
be housed in the third floor of Milne.
Ninth graders taking courses not yet
adapted to mastery learning would take
regular classes. Otherwise, the team hopes
to devise ways to insure maximum flexi­
bility. Although group instruction, will
exist, it will not be the only method of
instruction. Increased use will be made of
small-group and individualized instruc­
tion.
The program will be closely monitored
since the goal is that the entire Milne
School will be set up as a mastery
learning center in all subject areas at all
grade levels.
-ProHistorically, the United States has
granted amnesty for deserters and resis­
tors in postwar periods. In 1947, Presi­
dent Truman pardoned 1,523 violators of
the Selective Service Act. If amnesty can
be granted to those who refused to
participate in a war that was and still is
considered to have been morally correct,
how can we refuse to grant amnesty to
the young men who, following their
consciences, evaded the most morally
questioned war in the history of the
United States.
The majority of Americans have op­
posed the Vietnam War since September
1968. Should we punish those who had
the courage to act on their convictions
and refused to participate in what they
considered to be wanton murder? Now
that the war has been ended, many
United States leaders have admitted that
it was a “tragic mistake.” Shall we con­
demn to prison or exile those young men
who had the foresight to see this “tragic
mistake” for what it was?
According to a recent Gallup Poll. 63%
of the American people favor amnesty to
draft resistors and deserters with a service
requirement, 7% believe that amnesty
should be granted with no service require­
ment, and 1% favor amnesty, but aren’t
sure whether there should be a service
requirement. Therefore, 71% of the
American people agree to amnesty for
resistors and deserters in some form. If
this is indeed a country dedicated to
acting on the will of the majority then
the more than 5,000 draft resistors in
Federal jails, the 3,900 resistors under
inditment, and the more than 70,000
exiles abroad should be given back all
their rights and privileges as United States
citizens.
On November 12, 1971, President
Nixon told the American people, “We
always, under our system, provide am­
nesty...! for one would be very liberal
with regard to amnesty, but not while
there are Americans fighting in Vietnam
to serve their country...and not while
PQV’s are held by the enemy. After that,
we would consider it...” Well, there are
no more Americans fighting in Vietnam
and our POW’s have returned, but not a
word about amnesty have we heard from
the President.
Can our country afford the loss of these
thousands of young men who were will­
ing to risk the loss of their freedom
and/or the love of their frineds and
families to follow their consciences. This
nation was led to greatness by men who
did what they felt they must and acted
on their moral convictions. We shall have
a greater need of such men in the future.
Will not America suffer an irrepairable
loss by denying these men the ihance to
help America make the world a better
place for all mankind?
Granting amnesty will not ensure that
the soldiers who died in Vietnam have
died in vain. Rather, by granting those
who resisted the Vietnam War the chance
to shape America’s policies, those soldiers
might be the last American soldiers to
die.
Perhaps if more people had the courage
and morality of the thousands in prison
and exile for refusing to murder in
Vietnam we might see “What would
happen it they gave a war and nobody
came.”
Robin Pellish
The team’s, goal is to guarantee that
every single student achieves mastery in
every single subject!
PAGE THREE
'73-74/'73-74/'73-74/'73-74/'73'74
Good Luck, Seniors
There will be about 80 seniors
graduating this June. The Crimson and
White is presenting the names and
colleges known up to date, that the
seniors will be attending in the fall. We
are glad to see that everyone made it
through the year, and would like to wish
the class of ’73 the best of luck!
Milne Calendar
The calendar for Milne next year is
tentative at this time but is expected to
follow the University calendar very
closely. Here is a closer look:
Monday, August 27
Monday, September 3
Paul Hart-HVCC
Lawrence Abrams-HVCC
Thursday, Septembe 27
Susan Hawley-HVCC
Lilly Anolik-Utica College
Friday, September 28
Albert Hawn-HVCC
Evangelos Anton-HVCC
Thursday, November 22
Stephanie Heisman-HVCC
Leon Aronwitz-Collgate
Monday, November 26
Lynn Herkowitz-Skidmore
Michael Baleszen-HVCC
Friday, December 21
Jody Hockberg-SUNYA
Gary Balshan-HVCC
Monday, January 14
Timothy Barker-SUNYA
Steven Houck-undecided
Monday, February 18
Marian Hull-SUNYA
Charles Bond-HVCC
Monday, February 25
Kathleen Brady-undecided
Erick Isager-undecided
Monday, April 8
Peter Bulger-Brockport
Linda Joseph-Saint Rose
Monday, April 15
Rosalind Burrick-undecided
Nancy Kahn-Boston University
Saturday, May 25Guy Gashman-Embry Riddle
Mindy Lieb-Albany Medical Center
Sunday, May 26
Joanne Cholakis-Saint Rose
Karen Lyman-Brockport
Monday, May 27
Lawrence Clyman-SUNYA or Union
Paul Mayer-JCA
Friday, May 31
Greg Cole-Plattsburgh
John McAuley-Albany Medical Center Monday, June 10
Felicia Day-undecided
Sharon Michela-Maria College
Roger DeLong-Oswego
Mark Milstein-Syracuse University
Elizabeth Derrico-Wheaton
Charles Mirella—HVCC
Peter Dorsman-Syracuse University
Gerald Murray-RPI
The schedule for Milne should be
Irving Dunn-SUNYA
Mason Myers-undecided
interesting.
First the ninth grade will be
Thomas Durand-HVCC
Catherine Nolan-Michigan State
taught
by
the
adaptive instruction team
David Edwards-American International Margaret Nolan-St. Lawrence
with
a
brand
new curriculum. Grades
Douglas Edwards-Hofstra University
Scott O’Neil-undecided
10-12
will
operate
on a new schedule of
Brenda Person-undecided
Scott Emerich-HVCC
classes
(if
it
can
be
put
together) that will
Ann Farmer-Albany Medical Center
Carol Rabin-Ithaca College
resemble
a
college
schedule.
There are
Marilyn Raskin-Union
Nina Feltman-Union
many
new
courses
to
choose
from
besides
Sandra Richmond-undecided
Susan Fischler-HVCC
junior
and
senior
options
for
courses
Marta-Beth Rockwood-undecided
Donna Fisher-undecided
from the Allen Center. Some courses will
Ruth Rosano-JCA
Michele Fox-undecided
meet
three double periods per week,
Margaret Santen-Buffalo State
Lisa Geller-Union
Gary Graham-Clarkson College of TechiPatrick Scally-undecided
Gary Seitz-Cobleskill
Randi Greenberg-Brockport
Sandra Schneider-SUNYA
Gary Silverman-Ohio St. or Syracuse
Janet Hansen-Siena
Ileen Schonfeld-Brockport
Chrisanthy Sofologis-HVCC
Robin Hanson-HVCC
Deborah Schuman-HVCC
Lala STawowy-John Hopkins
David Stott-Hvcc
Susan Suarez-SUNYA
Watergate...
continued from page 1
The President’s speech of April SCfutilely tried to steer a middle course: while
letting his trusted aides go, he praised
them for their personal devotion--precisely the quality that led to their being
so deeply involved in the coverup in the
first place. While proclaiming his desire to
see justice served, he expressed a prefer­
ence for letting his new Attorney-General
lead the search. Yet it was precisely the
defective quality of previous Presidential
appointments to his staff that had led to
the public’s loss of faith in his ability to
be fair and impartial. It is small wonder,
then, that 50% of those persons polled by
Gallup after his address believed the
President himself to be a party to the
Watergate coverup. Events since then
have linked the office of the President to
the trial of those who leaked the Penta­
gon Papers to the press, to the deliberate
sabotage of the campaign of the Presi­
dent’s Democratic challengers, to the
illegal exchange of campaign contribu­
tions for private advantage.
There are several things to be learned
from our government’s present moral and
legal difficulties. Perhaps the overriding
lesson is that the American system of
government is a government of men as
well as laws. Despite the intentions of
those who wrote the American Constitu­
tion to build political institutions that
would survive even the worst-qualified
PAGE FOUR
office-holder, our system’s health relies
heavily on the good behavior of mortals
like you or I. As such, they are subject to
misguided beliefs, errors in judgment, and
shoddy ethics. As one former White
House staffer has noted: “...the trappings
of the (Presidential) office may enable a
man to hide his petty faults..,; but they
contain no mystical power to change his
character.”
What is unique to Watergate is the
apparent absence of one forthright indi­
vidual within the Administration willing
to expose his colleagues’ wrongdoings. It
is regrettable that it took two determined
journalists and a shrewd federal judge to
bring the incident to the nation’s atten­
tion. One can only be led to speculate on
what other activites remain hidden from
the public eye.
A second lesson is that one does not
have to commit a crime to bear the
criminal label. Many persons, including
the President’s most vocal critics, have
risen to his defense because the facts so
far established neither link him to the
Watergate burglary nor to its coverup.
Nevertheless, many persons believe other­
wise and it will take months, perhaps
years,-perhaps never, before his credibi­
lity cna regain its former status. In the
meantime, cynicism toward Mr. Nixon
will replace faith in the Presidential sys­
tem of governmejit.
It is ironic that -the issue of Presidential
character which figured so prominently in
George McGovern’s defeat last November
(“I’m behind Tom Eagleton 1,000%”) has
also consumed his conqueror. Never in
modern times has a President lost a
mandate to govern so quickly. Never have
the methods of governing so eclipsed the
quality of policy as a shaper of public
confidence.
The heroic qualities we ascribe to our
President can be quickly replaced by
equally intense feelings of despair. Ameri­
cans have been fond of crediting our
nation’s successes to the President who
was in office at that time. The Thirties
are conveniently known as the Age of
Roosevelt; the Fifties as the “Eisenhower
period.” By equating the Presidency with
the events of his term we run the risk of
transforming the man into a superman.
By expecting the President to be allpowerful in policy and a moral leader
besides, we feed whatever delusions of
grandeur he might possess. When this
image of invincibility is shattered by
events, we replace it with one equally
unrealistic-the President as villain. Both
views seem to thrive best when the
President is isolated from other political
figures as well as the general public. This
has certainly been the Nixon style and
the privacy which Americans used to
think helped him plan dramatic policy
changes now is seen as fostering the
Milne Opens
Closed-Labor Day
Closed-Jewish New Year
Closed
Closed at noon-Thanksgiving
Reopens
Close at noon-Christmas
Reopens
Closed-Winter recess
Reopens
Closed-Faster recess
Reopens
University Commencement
Weekend
Closed-Memorial Day
Milne Closes
Milne Commencement
others five forty minute periods every
day, still others two periods per week for
fifty minutes each plus many other
possibilities one can think of. The
schedule will probably reflect a seven
period day from 8:30 to 2:45 and
everyone should plan on staying all day
until scheduling is finalized.
It looks like an interesting year and
after the summer vacation, all the
students will be eager to start again!
Steven Sumner-Siena
Pauline Tung-Brockport
Norman Vener-Northeastern Univer.
Mary Theresa Wallace-HVCC
Richard Yarbrough-Stony Brook
pursuit of partisan ends. We pay a heavy
price for both these images--the President
as benevolent white knight leads us to
assume a cheery confidence that he can
work the world’s troubles out, however
complex they may be; as malevolent
leader it forces us into a deadening
cynicism that nothing we can do matters.
The Watergate incident also contains a
lesson for how our political leaders actu­
ally make decisions. By exalting the
President with an historical mission to
carry on the work of previous semi-divine
mortals (past Presidents), we run the risk
of separating the President from reality.
By striving too hard to protect the
President from the harsh world of rival
politicians and the press, the White House
staff contributed to his misunderstanding
of what the Washington Post had long
been telling him--namely, that there was a
full-blown scandal in his midst. While the
President should look for many qualities
in those who serve him, hero-worship and
the desire to please at any price should
not be among them. It is far too tempting
for a Presidential advisor to compromise
the truth in hopes of carrying the boss’
favor. This is especially true when rival
points of view are systematically ex­
cluded from the President’s attention. In
a greenhouse atmosphere such as this, it is
not surprising that the many shady ven­
tures of recent times have taken root and
flourished.
Qary ^ Spielmann
CRIMSON AND WHITE
And the Beat Goes On...Hopefully
Music, in one way or another, enters
everyone’s life daily. In whatever form it
may take, be it Classical, Jazz. Blues.
Folk, or Hard Rock, music is generally
accepted as an everpresent part of our
culture.
This is especially true with younger
people. Take a minute and think of how
much time you have spent listening to the
radio lately or how often you hear
someone singing or humming to them­
selves. While you’re thinking, try and
remember the last time you went to an
assembly at which the Milne Chorus sang
and then the Milne Band performed.
Don’t rack your brain trying to think
back to some ancient time period. It was
at least two or three years ago that a band
and a chorus existed at Milne.
As I understand it, Milne did have a
music program a few years ago but
attendance and interest in that program
were limited.
This year a lot of musical talent has
entered Milne in the form of new stu­
dents. The lack of a music program was a
disappointment to many of these new
students. In the schools where most of
the new students have come from, music
courses were available to be taken as a
credit-bearing course on a daily basis or as
an extracurricular school activity.
Milne is a new and modern school
where experimental courses are im­
plemented and new ideas are carried out.
This is good but some traditional courses
such as music should not be deleted.
It has been explained to me by a
reliable Milne source that Milne cannot
afford a music teacher. 1 offer three
alternatives to this problem.
First of all, Milne could get a music
methods student to come down from the
University and set up a music program.
This would give the college student added
credits for teaching, and it would give the
Milne students an opportunity to have a
music program at a relatively nominal
cost to the school or possibly no cost at
all.
Secondly, noney might be able to be
obtained from the State University’s
“Temporary Service Fund.” This fund is
set up to help in special situations. The
money could be used to pay a qualified
teacher and it would cost the Milne
School almost nothing to have a music
program.
The third alternative proposes to get
Milne students together before or after
school to start their own chorus or jazz
band. This is presently being done with
the “Just For Fun Chorus” which meets
during school hours.
I think that the first two alternatives
that I have mentioned would be better
because there would be some sort of
supervision to guide the students.
Milne should have a music course to
offer the students next year. There is an
unmeasured amount of musical talent in
our school an;if we had a chance. 1 think
that we could have a good program that
would benefit all. Our hearts would sing
out in joy and our mouths in harmony.
by Barry Goldstein
A Poem
My ears search for peace
And hear only guns.
My mind looks to trust
And finds only treachery.
My heart looks to love
And there finds the answer.
Carolyn Sharp
Good News
for Pickers
Welcome. This is the part where you get
to work on your cosmic consciousness...
Hot Dog! And I don't mean spiritual
enlightenment-not yet. Musically speak­
ing. it entails the revelation of a multi­
tude of items explicitly edited for your
learning pleasure.
So you say, “What does it all mean?”
Well, please allow me to decipher that
previous paragraph of hog wash into
English. Starting with the next issue of
C&W (Country and Western), I hope to
write a running articles dedicated to
eradicating the stagnation of progress in
guitar pickers at Milne. Hopefully I’ll
cover a wide range of music without
totally burying them too far under. Dia­
grams and chord notations will be in­
cluded along with the usual nonsense.
Here’s a riddle with no answer—No
Trick!
A is running. A sees B. B wears a mask.
A cannot go home. Why? (A&B are
people).
Now you’ve got something to play with
till next fall. If your cookies are really
boggled ask me for some clues.
Happy Trails,
Perry Vaughn
The Avant-Garde Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
by Aaron Heller
Igor Stravinsky, explaining his disdain
for concert program notes, said “If I
could put in words. I would have written
a novel.” Being in contradiction of Stra­
vinsky I can’t possibly win, but here I am
writing about music. This is the first in
what I hope to develop into a series, of
articles about avant-garde or experimental
music.
This first article is about the music of
Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Stockhausen's music falls into two
major categories. The first is selfreflective works in which he hascomplete
control over the final product. There is
no true original performance in the con­
ventional sense, but rather events are
brought together in the studio to create
the piece. The playback of the finished
recording is the performance.
The second category is intuitive compo­
sition. In this Stockhausen gives his
highly trained ensemble of musicians
-Group Stockhausen- very minimal in­
struction and the piece takes form during
the performance. He feels that these
vibrations are in all of use, but it takes
special training to be sensitive to them.
The only control he has over the finished
w)rk is to decide which of the many
recorded versions gets released on rec­
ords. But he makes it clear that no one
performance is any more valid than ano­
ther, just some more suited for records. 1
always thought it to be rather unfortu­
nate that, unless one was able to attend
actual performances of the music, he is
limited to becoming familiar with at most
two different interpretations of a particu­
lar piece (This reminds me of the audio­
phile who becomes Familiar with a work
CRIMSON AND WHITE
on 78’s and later when he attends a
concert he expects the music to stop
where the change in sides of his recording
occurs).
Much of what Stockhausen does is an
attempt to hear old and familiar music
and sounds through new ears. In the liner
notes for Kurzwellen (Shortwave) he <
writes, “Suppose you would find an apple
or an ashtray on a distant star. What is so
common here takes on magic there.”
In the first category, I am only clsely
famdiar with one piece - Hymnen fur
electronische unci konkrete Klange (An­
thems for electronic' and concrete
sounds). Stockhausen claims this piece was
written for after the apocolypse. In it
he takes the anthems of many countries
and transforms them (some are almost
unrecognizable) into a comment on
today’s world situation and portrays the
attempts of post-apocolypsian people to
reassemble the remaining fragments of
their former civilizations, represented by
the anthems, and create a utopian realm,
represented by “...the closing chord of
the Swiss anthem made into a quietly
pulsating bass ostinato above which are
concentrated gigantic blocks, planes and
pathways in whose clefts resound the
echos of shouted names.”
Hymnen was realized during 1966-68 in
the studios for electronic music of Westdeutchen Runkfunk Koln and released
(Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
2707039) in 1968. The running time is
just unde: two hours.
1 have only had the opportunity to hear
Stockhausen’s Telemusik twice, so I don’t
have any interpretations, but he appears
to be experimenting with the techniques
later used in Hymnnen, but rather than
anthems, folklore and folkmusic are used.
The released realization (DGG 137012) is
about 30 minutes long.
On to the second group. The two earlier
pieces which I will discuss, Zyklus (Cycle)
for one percussionist and Refrain for
three performers, use no electronic altera­
tion of the sound, but are rather experi­
ments in new forms which live music can
take on. For Zykllus, sixteen pages of
notation were special bound, side by side:
there is no beginning or end; the player
starts on whicever page he pleases, and
then plays a full cycle in the given order.
During the performance the player stands
surrounded by percussion instruments
and turns from one position to another,
clockwise or anticlockwise depending on
the direction he has chosen to read.
Refrain is'new ways of playing conven­
tional instruments. For example playing a
piano not only with the keyboard but
also by striking the strings, soundboard
and rim of the piano.
In Kurzwellen the Group Stockhausen
reacts, while performing to the com­
pletely unpredictable events which they
receive on shortwave radios.
He says, “Kurzwellen is the culmination
of a long development and at the same
time the beginning of a new conscious­
ness. Whatever happens consists only of
what is broadcast now; it is structured by
the human spirit, but also forms and
constantly transforms itself because of
the interference of all broadcasts with
one another, and is brought to a higher
unity by the players during a perfor­
mance. The former opposites of old and
new, the far and near and the familiar and
unfamiliary, are dissolved. Everything is
the whole and simultaneous, tenses dis­
appear, as will preconsciousness.”
The two versions released (DGG
2707045) run about 55 minutes each.
More recent Stockhausen is Aus den
sieben Tagen (From the Seven Days); a
cycle of compositons, written May 5
through 12, 1968, although not pre­
miered until the later part of 1969. Of
the entire cycle realizations of only four
pieces have been released on records
presently.
Es (It) is the ultimate in intuitive
composition. Each musician is instructed
to play only when he is at one with the
music and just listening, although not
thinking about what he or anyone else is
playing. Among the instructions for
Aufwarts (Upwards), also Aus den Sieben
Tage, are: play a vibration in the rhythm
of your smallest particles and play a
vibration in the rhythm of the universe.
The most recent Stockhausen is Opus
1970 (DGG 139461). It is an extention
of the ideas in Kurzwellen but instead of
exclusively shortwave sounds, he uses the
music of the classical composers, Indian
Ragas and some of his earlier composi­
tions, among other things, - old familiar
music being heard through new ears.
In these examples of Stockhausen’s
work I hope to have aroused some in­
terest in his music.
For further reading, 1 refer you to the
interview with him in the July 8, 1972
Rolling Stone and the liner notes of his
albums. The Harmanus Bleecker Library
has a copy of Kurzwellen, but it is in
rather poor shape. To familiarize yourself
with avant-garde and experimental music
in general, Brave New World, Saturdays
from 1 to 2 p.m., on WMHT-FM 89.1
MHz; is devoted entirely to that genre.
PAGE FIVE
Baseball Team Starts Strong
The baseball team is off to one of its
best starts in years. Their record as of
May 6 was 3-4. This is a pretty good
record considering the team is very
young. This year’s squad is almost the
exact team as last year’s with returning
lettermen Seniors Pete Bulger, Steve Sum­
ner, Pete Dorsman, Steve Houck. Paul
Hart, and Gary Graham; Junior Steve
Soulis; Sophomores Paul Dilello, Hal
Welch, Jim Poleto, and Guy Grew, the i
For the first time in four years, the girls
hockey team won a game. The team
nicknamed, “The Hooterville High
Hockey Team,” was victorious over Girls
Academy. The winning goal was scored
by Lynn Herkowitz in the final minutes,
and broke a two-two tie. It was too bad
though, that this spark of life occured
during the last game of the season. The
record of this year was: 1 win, 2 losses,
and 2 ties.
On the winning side again, the varsity
'lleyball and basketball teams also had
successful seasons with records of: 3 and
2, and 8 and 3 respectively.
Captained by Etta Aberman, the volley­
ball team with two other juniors, and
three sophomores also accomplished
another first. Instead of the yearly split
of the two matches with Albany High
School, Milne won both matches this
season. With the entire team returning,
Suggestions for
Cyclists
With the weather getting nicer and the
price of gasoline getting higher, the bi­
cycle has become a very important means
of transportation.
Along with the increase in bicycle riding
has also come an increase in the number
of bicycle thefts. Although there is no
sure-fire way to prevent your bike from
being stolen, there are a few things you
should remember when leaving your bike
someplace:
1. Always lock your bike to some
immovable object.
2. Use only a case hardened chain and
lock.
3. Chain links should be at least 5/16ths
of an inch thick.
4. If possible, only lock your bike
where you can see it easily.
5. Lock your bike where there are other
bikes that are less secure than yours.
Always lock your bike when you must
leave it-even for a second.
Andy Altman
newcomers are Mike Schlutz, Doug
Phillips, Dean Myers. Ken Hasselbasch.
and Mike Cole.
The baseball team opened up the season
with an impressive victory over St.
Joseph’s of Albany 12-6. but lost the
next game to Waterford 7-6 in 10 innings.
Milne won the next two outings 9-1 and
28-6 over New Lebanon and Heatly re
spectively. and are currently on a three
game losing streak, losing to Averill Park
and strong underclassmen participation,
next year’s team should be even more
successful.
Basketball, led by four seniors and two
juniors and three sophomores, was strong
in all areas. The wins included victories
over: Albany High, Marylrose, Kevney,
Voorheesville, and others. Upsets were
turned by: Girls Academy, Revena, and
V.L With strong upcoming sophomores
and an amazing freshman, next year
should be victorious for us.
The only team which didn’t fair to well
4-1. Berlin 5-1 and Voorheesville 5-4.
Pitching and good solid defense have
kept the team in most of the games this
year. The pitching staff consists of Pete
Bulger, Paul Hart. Paul Dilello and Jim
Poleto. Hitting has been the only weak
spot on the team but the hitting is
improving as the season progresses. Cur­
rently leading the team in hitting are Pet
Bulger and Steve Sumner with .363 bat­
ting averages.
Paul Dilello
this past fall was the Milne Girls Bowling
Team. With the record of one win and
three losses, the girls had a short but hard
season.
With Junior Varsity teams in sports
such as: basketball, volleyball, and bowl .
ing, new talents are always being found.
These girls are a basis for next year’s teams
and we expect promising results.
All in all, this past fall was a prosperous
season with a little help from our coach
Mrs. Peters (or A.Z. to her players.)
Etta Aberman
Milne Sitters Ride Again
In almost every sport there are always a
few members of a team who serve merely
as members of the team. Any other
purpose for thie presence isn’t really clear
because in most cases, the average time
played by these “patriots” is less than
Ron Carrington’s scoring average. What­
ever their purpose, they are always there,
at games and at practice.
The reason for this article is to assure
that these dedicated athletes do not go
unnoticed. For, in this writer’s opinion, it
just isn’t fair that a minority of the team
(the starters) get a majority of the atten­
tion, while a majority of the team gets
hardly any at all. It isn’t possible to
question the dedication of these people
because of the amount of their time that
they donate to our school. It should be
realized that every day that our starters
practice, so does the group' of people
fondly called the “manikan squad” prac­
tice. And when game time comes, they sit
the bench or “ride the wood” and never
really have any part in the team’s success
or failure.
To say that these people are always
unhappy wouldn’t really be true. For, at
Milne games, the action on the bench is
often more exciting than the action on
the court, 9 times out of 10, and it’s a
real shame that the spectators never see
what goes on. All the card games, checker
and chess games, and the traditional
passing of the tweezers to remove any
splinters picked up while “riding the
rail,” add to the excitement of a high
school basketball game. And, who will
forget the occupants of the best seats in
the house-the bench.
So, in closing, I say, HATS OFF TO
YOU, OLD FAITHFUL BENCH! You’ll
always be remembered-because the sup­
port us jocks provide on the bench is as
valuable'as the jocks on the court give the
players.
M. Gordon
Be
TATUMS) (\l_
//TOKT
Structured
Classroom
Walking down the hall of first floor
Richardson in the morning you may have
noticed activity in the rooms next to the
guidance office. Those are the rooms of
the Structured Classroom. No, Herman,
that’s not where they make you sit
quietly with your hands folded on your
desk. In fact, it’s quite different from
traditional classrooms.
The twelve Milne students have classes
from 9-11. At the beginning of each
week, each student agrees with the
teachers, Mr. Graber and Miss Hudson, to
do a certain amount of work in math or
English each day. If they finish the agreed
work early, they may leave or go to the
activity room where they can play cards
or sit around. Some of the students have
individualized Social Studies with Mr.
Spielman. Every Wednesday the students
meet with Miss Hudson, Mr. Graber, Dr.
Armlin, Mr. Green and Dr. Alliotti from
the University to discuss any problems.
It is possible that the program, which
has been running about twelve weeks, will
be continued next year. It is also hoped
that other schools will consider it as an
alternative in education for some stu­
dents.
Carolyn Sharp
How's Your Image?"
Richard W. Lewis Jr., Milne English
supervisor and advisor to the Crimson and
White is author of “Mr. Principal: How’s
Your Image?”, published in The Princi­
pal. The article deals with a survey asking
junior and senior high school students,
“What are most junior and senior high
school principals like?” Mr. Lewis probes
into the student image of principals in
attempting to get an insight into the
problems of today’s high school students.
Milne s Believe It or Knot
On April 10. 1073, Milne senior Larry
Abrams was brutally beaten about the'
face and neck by Mrs. Herkowitz and.
Miss Laucks because he allegedly talked
in the library. The librarians informed us
after the incident, that Larry had noi
paid hi$ overdue book fines and that they
were also trying to knock some-cents out
of him!!!
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Vol. XLMI
This MwaHT
May 25. 1973
No. 1
EDITORS
Danny Pickar and Steve Boochever
STAFF
Etta Aberman, Andy Altman, Wendy Appell, Mr. Charles Bowler, Dick Cheverette, Larry Clyman, Libby
Derrico. Paul DiLello, Nina Feltman, Lynda Freedman, Sue Gaus, Barry Goldstein, Mark Gordon, Aaron Heller,
Mr. Nathanial Henderson, Debby Hendler, Mr. Cecil Johnson, John Marsolais, Robin Pellish, Irene Ronis, Fran
Roznowski, Carolyn Sharp, Mr. Gary Speilmann, Robin Stulmaker, Ken Sutin, Perry Vaughn.
ADVISOR: Mr. Richard Lewis______________________________________ _
PAGE SIX
When Coach Phillips was in high school
he was a baseball star.
There were two outs in the bottom of
the ninth inning, bases loaded, the count
3 balls and 2 strikes on Coach Phillips.
Milne was losing 4 to 1.
On the next pitch Coach Phillips hit the
longest homerun in Milne’s history. Un­
fortunately fo; Milne, the home run
didn’t count because the ball didn’t hit
the Coach’s bat but instead bounced off
his batting helmet!!!
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And the Beat Goes On Hopefully
Good News
for Pickers
Music, in one way or another, enters
everyone’s life daily. In whatever form it
may take, be it Classical. Jazz. Blues.
Folk, or Hard Rock, music is generally
accepted as an everpresent part of our
culture.
This is especially true with younger
people. Take a minute and think of how
much time you have spent listening to the
radio lately or how often you hear
someone singing or humming to them­
selves. While you’re thinking, try and
remember the last time you went to an
assembly at which the Milne Chorus sang
and then the Milne Band performed.
Don’t rack your brain trying to think
back to some ancient time period. It was
at least two or three years ago that a band
and a chorus existed at Milne.
As I understand it, Milne did have a
music program a few years ago but
attendance and interest in that program
were limited.
This year a lot of musical talent has
entered Milne in the form of new stu­
dents. The lack of a music program was a
disappointment to many of these new
students. In the schools where most of
the new students have come from, music
courses v/ere available to be taken as a
credit-bearing course on a daily basis or as
an extracurricular school activity.
Milne is a new and modern school
where experimental courses are im­
plemented and new ideas are carried out.
This is good but some traditional courses
such as music should not be deleted.
It has been explained to me by a
reliable Milne source that Milne cannot
afford a music teacher. I offer three
alternatives to this problem.
First of all, Milne could get a music
methods student to come down from the
University and set up a music program.
This would give the college student added
credits for teaching, and it would give the
Milne students an opportunity to have a
music program at a relatively nominal
cost to the school or possibly no cost at
all.
Secondly, rroney might be able to be
obtained from the State University’s
“Temporary Service Fund.” This fund is
set up to help in special situations. The
money could be used to pay a qualified
teacher and it would cost the Milne
School almost nothing to have a music
program.
The third alternative proposes to get
Milne students together before or after
school to start their own chorus or jazz
band. This is presently being done with
the “Just For Fun Chorus” which meets
during school hours.
I think that the first two alternatives
that I have mentioned would be better
because there would be some sort of
supervision to guide the students.
Milne should have a music course to
offer the students next year. There is an
unmeasured amount of musical talent in
our school an;if we had a chance. I think
that we could have a good program that
would benefit all. Our hearts would sing
out in joy and our mouths in harmony.
by Barry Goldstein
A Poem
My ears search for peace
And hear only guns.
My mind looks to trust
And finds only treachery.
My heart looks to love
And there finds the answer.
Carolyn Sharp
Welcome. This is the part where you get
to work on your cosmic consciousness...
Hot Dog! And 1 don't mean spiritual
enlightenment—not yet. Musically speak­
ing. it entails the revelation of a multi­
tude of items explicitly edited for your
learning pleasure.
So you say, “What does it all mean?”
Well, please allow me to decipher that
previous paragraph of hog wash into
English. Starting with the next issue of
C&W (Country and Western), I hope to
write a running articles dedicated to
eradicating the stagnation of progress in
guitar pickers at Milne. Hopefully, I’ll
cover a wide range of music without
totally burying them too far under. Dia­
grams and chord notations will be in­
cluded along with the usual nonsense.
Here’s a riddle with no answer-No
Trick!
A is running. A sees B. B wears a mask.
A cannot go home. Why? (A&B are
people).
Now you’ve got something to play with
till next fall. If your cookies are really
boggled ask me for some clues.
Happy Trails,
Perry Vaughn
The Avant-Garde Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
by Aaron Heller
Igor Stravinsky, explaining his disdain
for concert program notes, said “If 1
could put in words, I would have written
a novel.” Being in contradiction of Stra­
vinsky I can’t possibly win, but here I am
writing about music. This is the first in
what I hope to develop into a series of
articles about avant-garde or experimental
music.
This first article is about the music of
Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Stockhausen’s music falls into two
major categories. The first is selfreflective works in which he hascomplete
control over the final product. There is
no true original performance in the con­
ventional sense, but rather events are
brought together in the studio to create
the piece. The playback of the finished
recording is the performance.
The second category is intuitive compo­
sition. In this Stockhausen gives his
highly trained ensemble of musicians
-Group Stockhausen- very minimal in­
struction and the piece takes form during
the performance. He feels that these
vibrations are in all of use, but it takes
special training to be sensitive to them.
The only control he has over the finished
w:>rk is to decide which of the many
recorded versions gets released on rec­
ords. But he makes it clear that no one
performance is any more valid than ano­
ther, just some more suited for records. I
always thought it to be rather unfortu­
nate that, unless one was able to attend
actual performances of the music, he is
limited to becoming familiar with at most
two different interpretations of a particu­
lar piece (This reminds me of the audio­
phile who becomes familiar with a work
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on 78’s and later when he attends a
concert he expects the music to stop
where the change in sides of his recording
occurs).
Much of what Stockhausen does is an
attempt to hear old and familiar music
and sounds through new ears. In the liner
notes for Kurzwellen (Shortwave) he1
writes, “Suppose you would find an apple
or an ashtray on a distant star. What is so
common here takes on magic there.”
In the first category, I am only clsely
familiar with one piece - Hymnen fur
electronische und konkrete Klange (An­
thems for electronic' and concrete
sounds). Stockhausen claims this piece was
written for after the apocolypse. In it
he takes the anthems of many countries
and transforms them (some are almost
unrecognizable) into a comment on
today’s world situation and portrays the
attempts of post-apocolypsian people to
reassemble the remaining fragments of
their former civilizations, represented by
the anthems, and create a utopian realm,
represented by “...the closing chord of
the Swiss anthem made into a quietly
pulsating bass ostinato above which are
concentrated gigantic blocks, planes and
pathways in whose clefts resound the
echos of shouted names.”
Hymnen was realized during 1966-68 in
the studios for electronic music of Westdeutchen Runkfunk Koln and released
(Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
2707039) in 1968. The running tirtie is
just under two hours.
1 have only had the opportunity to hear
Stockhausen’s Telemusik twice, so I don’t
have any interpretations, but he appears
to be experimenting with the techniques
later used in Hymnnen, but rather than
anthems, folklore and folkmusic are used.
The released realization (DGG 137012) is
about 30 minutes long.
On to the second group. The two earlier
pieces which I will discuss, Zyklus (Cycle)
for one percussionist and Refrain for
three performers, use no electronic altera­
tion of the sound, but are rather experi­
ments in new forms which live music can
take on. For Zykllus, sixteen pages of
notation were special bound, side by side:
there is no beginning or end; the player
starts on whicever page he pleases, and
then plays a full cycle in the given order.
During the performance the player stands
surrounded by percussion instruments
and turns from one position to another,
clockwise or anticlockwise depending on
the direction he has chosen to read.
Refrain is new ways of playing conven­
tional instruments. For example playing a
piano not only with the keyboard but
also by striking the strings, soundboard
and rim of the piano.
In Kurzwellen the Group Stockhausen
reacts, while performing to the com­
pletely unpredictable events which they
receive on shortwave radios.
He says, “Kurzwellen is the culmination
of a long development and at the same
time the beginning of a new conscious­
ness. Whatever happens consists only of
what is broadcast now; it is structured by
the human spirit, but also forms and
constantly transforms itself because of
the interference of all broadcasts with
one another, and is brought to a higher
unity by the players during a perfor­
mance. The former opposites of old and
new, the far and near and the familiar and
unfamiliary, are dissolved. Everything is
the whole and simultaneous, tenses dis­
appear, as will preconsciousness.”
The two versions released (DGG
2707045) run about 55 minutes each.
More recent Stockhausen is Aus den
sieben Tagen (From the Seven Days); a
cycle of compositons, written May 5
through 12, 1968, although not pre­
miered until the later part of 1969. Of
the entire cycle realizations of only four
pieces have been released on records
presently.
Es (It) is the ultimate in intuitive
composition. Each musician is instructed
to play only when he is at one with the
music and just listening, although not
thinking about what he or anyone else is
playing. Among the instructions for
Aufwarts (Upwards), also Aus den Sieben
Tage, are: play a vibration in the rhythm
of your smallest particles and play a
vibration in the rhythm of the universe.
The most recent Stockhausen is Opus
1970 (DGG 139461). It is an extention
of the ideas in Kurzwellen but instead of
exclusively shortwave sounds, he uses the
music of the classical composers, Indian
Ragas and some of his earlier composi­
tions, among other things, - old familiar
music being heard through new ears.
In these examples of Stockhausen’s
work I hope to have aroused some in­
terest in his music.
For further reading, I refer you to the
interview with him in the July 8, 1972
Rolling Stone and the liner notes of his
albums. The Harmanus Bleecker Library
has a copy of Kurzwellen, but it is in
rather poor shape. To familiarize yourself
with avant-garde and experimental music
in general, Brave New World, Saturdays
from 1 to 2 p.m., on WMHT-FM 89.1
MHz; is devoted entirely to that genre.
PAGE FIVE
Baseball Team Starts Strong
newcomers are Mike Schlutz, Doug
The baseball team is off to one of its
Phillips, Dean Myers. Ken Hasselbasch.
best starts in years. Their record as of
and Mike Cole.
May 6 was 3-4. This is a pretty good
The baseball team opened up the season
record considering the team is very
with
an impressive victory over St.
young. This year’s squad is almost the
Joseph’s of Albany 12-6. but lost the
exact team as last year’s with returning
next game to Waterford 7-6 in 10 innings.
lettermen Seniors Pete Bulger, Steve Sum­
Milne won the next two outings 9-1 and
ner, Pete Dorsman, Steve Houck. Paul
28-6 over New Lebanon and Heatly re
Hart, and Gary Graham; Junior Steve
spectively. and are currently on a three
Soulis; Sophomores Paul Dilello, Hal
Welch, Jim Poleto, and Guy Grew, the i game losing streak, losing to Averill Park
For the first time in four years, the girls
hockey team won a game. The team
nicknamed, “The Hooterville High
Hockey Team,’’ was victorious over Girls
Academy. The winning goal was scored
by Lynn Herkovvitz in the final minutes,
and broke a two-two tie. It was too bad
though, that this spark of life occured
during the last game of the season. The
record of this year was: 1 win, 2 losses,
and 2 ties.
On the winning side again, the varsity
llcyball and basketball teams also had
successful seasons with records of: 3 and
2, and 8 and 3 respectively.
Captained by Etta Aberman, the volley­
ball team with two other juniors, and
hree sophomores also accomplished
mother first. Instead of the yearly split
of the two matches with Albany High
School, Milne won both matches this
season. With the entire team returning,
Suggestions for
Cyclists
With the weather getting nicer and the
price of gasoline getting higher, the bi­
cycle has become a very important means
of transportation.
Along with the increase in bicycle riding
has also come an increase in the number
of bicycle thefts. Although there is no
sure-fire way to prevent your bike from
being stplen, there are a few things you
should remember when leaving your bike
someplace:
1. Always lock your bike to some
immovable object.
2. Use only a case hardened chain and
lock.
3. Chain links should be at least 5/16ths
of an inch thick.
4. If possible, only lock your bike
where you can see it easily.
5. Lock your bike where there are other
* bikes that are less secure than yours.
-, Always lock your bike when you must
leave jt-even for a second.
Andy Altman
and strong underclassmen participation,
next year’s team should be even more
successful.
Basketball, led by four seniors and two
juniors and three sophomores, was strong
in all areas. The wins included victories
over: Albany High, Marylrose, Kevney,
Voorheesville, and others. Upsets were
turned by: Girls Academy, Revena, and
V.l. With strong upcoming sophomores
and an amazing freshman, next year
should be victorious for us.
The only team which didn’t fair to well
4-1. Berlin 5-1 and Voorheesville 5-4.
Pitching and good solid defense hav^
kept the team in most of the games this
year. The pitching staff consists of Pete
Bulger, Paul Hart. Paul Dilello and Jim
Poleto. Hitting has been the only weak
spot on the team but the hitting is
improving as the season progresses. Cur­
rently leading the team in hitting are Pet
Bulger and Steve Sumner with .363 bat­
ting averages.
Paul Dilello
this past fall was the Milne Girls Bowling
Team. With the record of one win and
three losses, the girls had a short but hard
season.
With Junior Varsity teams in sports
such as: basketball, volleyball, and bowl­
ing, new talents are always being found.
These girls are a basis for next year’s teams
and we expect promising results.
All in all, this past fall was a prosperous
season with a little help from our coach
Mrs. Peters (or A.Z. to her players.)
Etta Aberman
Milne Sitters Ride Again
In almost every sport there are always a
few members of a team who serve merely
as members of the team. Any other
purpose for thie presence isn’t really clear
because in most cases, the average time
played by these “patriots’’ is less than
Ron Carrington’s scoring average. What­
ever their purpose, they are always there,
at games and at practice.
The reason for this article is to assure
that these dedicated athletes do not go
unnoticed. For, in this writer’s opinion, it
just isn’t fair that a minority of the team
(the starters) get a majority of the atten­
tion, while a majority of the team gets
hardly any at all. It isn’t possible to
question the dedication of these people
because of the amount of their time that
they donate to our school. It should be
realized that every day that our starters
practice, so does the group of people
fondly called the “manikan squad” prac­
tice. And when game time comes, they sit
the bench or “ride the wood” and never
really have any part in the team’s success
or failure.
To say that these people are always
unhappy wouldn’t really be true. For, at
Milne games, the action on the bench is
often more exciting than the action on
the court, 9 times out of 10, and it’s a
real shame that the spectators never see
what goes on. All the card games, checker
and chess games, and the traditional
passing of the tweezers to remove any
splinters picked up while “riding the
rail,” add to the excitement of a high
school basketball game. And, who will
forget the occupants of the best seats in
the house-the bench.
So, in closing, I say, HATS OFF TO
YOU, OLD FAITHFUL BENCH! You’ll
always be remembered-because the sup­
port us jocks provide on the bench is as
valuable as the jocks on the court give the
players.
M. Gordon
Be
^(YTVC>t\i (M-
Structured
Classroom
Walking down the hall of first floor
Richardson in the morning you may have
noticed activity in the rooms next to the
guidance office. Those are the rooms of
the Structured Classroom. No, Herman,
that’s not where they make you sit
quietly with your hands folded on your
desk. In fact, it’s quite different from
traditional classrooms.
The twelve Milne students have classes
from 9-11. At the beginning of each
week, each student agrees with the
teachers, Mr. Graber and Miss Hudson, to
do a certain amount of work in math or
English each day. If they finish the agreed
work early, they may leave or go to the
activity room where they can play cards
or sit around. Some of the students have
individualized Social Studies with Mr.
Spielman. Every Wednesday the students
meet with Miss Hudson, Mr. Graber, Dr.
Armlin, Mr. Green and Dr. Alliotti from
the University to discuss any problems.
It is possible that the program, which
has been running about twelve weeks, will
be continued next year. It is also hoped
that other schools will consider it as an
alternative in education for some stu­
dents.
Carolyn Sharp
How's Your Image?"
Richard W. Lewis Jr., Milne English
supervisor and advisor to the Crimson and
White is author of “Mr. Principal: How’s
Your Image?”, published in The Princi­
pal. The article deals with a survey asking
junior and senior high school students,
“What are most junior and senior high
school principals like?” Mr. Lewis probes
into the student image of principals in
attempting to get an insight into the
problems of today’s high school students.
Milne’s Believe It or Knot
On April 10, 1073, Milne senior Larry
Abrams was brutally beaten about the
face and neck by Mrs. Herkowitz and
Miss Laucks because he allegedly talked
in the library. The librarians informed us
after the incident, that Larry had noi
paid his overdue book fines and that they
were also trying to knock some cents out
of him!!!
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Vol.XLIII
This ('Tight
May 25. 1973
No. |
EDITORS
Danny Pickar and Steve Boochever
STAFF
Etta Aberman, Andy Altman, Wendy Appell, Mr. Charles Bowler, Dick Cheverette, Larry Clyman, Libby
Derrico. Paul DiLello, Nina Feltman, Lynda Freedman, Sue Gaus, Barry Goldstein, Mark Gordon, Aaron Heller,
Mr. Nathanial Henderson, Debby Hendler, Mr. Cecil Johnson, John Marsolais, Robin Pellish, Irene Ronis, Fran
Roznowski, Carolyn Sharp, Mr. Gary Speilmann, Robin Stulmaker, Ken Sutin, Perry Vaughn.
ADVISOR: Mr. Richard Lewis
^ , _
PAGE SIX
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When Coach Phillips was in high school
he was a baseball star.
There were two outs in the bottom of
the ninth inning, bases loaded, the count
3 balls and 2 strikes on Coach Phillips.
Milne was losing 4 to 1.
On the next pitch Coach Phillips hit the
longest homerun in Milne’s history. Un­
fortunately fo; Milne, the home run
didn’t count because the ball didn’t hit
the Coach’s bat but instead bounced off
his batting helmet!!!
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