CRIMSON AND WHITE
Friday, October 12, 1934
THE MILNE SCHOOL
Albany, N. Y.
Volume V,
JUNIOR
Number 2
NEV7S
SEVENTH GRiiDE ELEgTS
HOMEROOM OPFIQjERS
JUNIOR COUNCIL HaS
OPENING SESSION
LeRo^ Smith, Arthur B^tcs^^and-porls
Iiolmps were elected presidents of the
savGnth grade homerooms^ plates of o f ^
ficers are as follov^s;
Room
President ^ LeRo;/- Smith
ViOGrpresident « Robert StQvenson
Secretary - Marilyn Smith
Treasurer - David Y/ilpor^
Student Council Representatives T Jane
Yedder and Robert Wheeler^
Room £12—
President - Arthur Bates
Vice-president - Shirley Baldtwin
fSecretar/ - Alma Beik
Treasurer - Bruce ClemGnts
Student Council Reprosentutives -r Jean
Bugh, Donner Atv/ood,
Room 127—
President r- Doris Holmes
Vice-president - Dorothy Mosher
Secretary - Robert Mattell
Treasurer - Robert Stanford
Reporter - Fredrick Re^an
Student Council Representative ir Armon
Livermore, |VliXlioent Murphy
The 1934-35 Junior High School
Student pouncil opened its season last
l^ridcy with Wilspn Hume as presiding of-
IVLaNY activities IN
BOYS• GYM CL4S^ES
Coach Baker has beun more than
plaased at the attendance at the boys'
::'ym classes. The boys have a plioice of
playing football or baseball, When cold
weather comes, the;/ may choose ridin^,^
swimming-, basketball^ Rod and Gun Club,
or regular gym work, Since there are so
'Tiany activities to choose from, we feel
that each person assigned to a gym class
should go to every class that he can,
ficoJT,
The first business of the day yms
to elect a vice-president and secretary.
The nominees for vice-president v/ere
John Hsiwkins t;>nd J^ois Nesbitt. Lois was
elected by a majority vote, Both nomine^iS are from Homeroom 124,
Tho nominees for secretary were:
Gordon Robi^aon, To^gy Jantz, John Hawking, and J^iildred Mattice^ Peggy was eleoteii.
There v/^^s a discussion of the junior High budg'et,
Appropriations
for
clubs Cvnd pprtips were voted upon and
approved^
The approving and
clubs was discussed^
clubs were upproved|
B c^g i m e r s i Dc^nc i ng
Biology {ninth grade)
Bo^s' Shop
^oys! Tumbling
Dramatics
Trtfffic
chartering of
The following-
T;,Tewriting
The etiquette^ sewing, and stump
clubs were not decided upon, and the
Sports Club was temporarily rejected.
Milton Creesy made a report of the
Traffic Club, There i'.re seventeen members in the club, representing almost
every home room.
MISS WHEELOCK NEV^
i^SSISTiUIT LIBRiJRIAN
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLASSES
ikRE WELL UNDER W-iY
The social science dosses are now
getting under way. The 9A class has a
project on planning. The S(?venth grade
has a reading period on Fri^^^y every
v/eek, furing which members mt;y read any
novels or travel books pertaining to
social science.
The new assistant librarian is Miss
Ruth Wheelock, • Miss Wheelock graduated
from State College in 1929. She then
taught at Oakwood School in Poughkeepsie, New York, J^ast year she earned her
degree in l^ibrary Science at State
College,
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" T H E (ETUE&TIDN B O X
EDITORS-1JN-CHIEF
Virginia Tripp
Elizabeth Sirnino
(Question*-; Should we hcive the permit
Associate Editor
Bernard Swartz
""system again this year?
Sports Editor
Richard Game
Sports Editor
Virginia Mitcholl V i i ; g i M U c h e ^ n - : YES. Y/1 th permits
thei-e won'^TTe so "muclx cojifasixiXLJji the
Humor Editor
Frank. Stelnhardt
Student Council Reporter
Herbert Marx halls c.fter school,
1 uth Selkirk-j
You .don-^-s-tayi after
Composing Staff
Haz.el Roberts
"school"unless you have to. Those who
Patricia Gibson
h;ive to stay are in the'^'-rooffl?>-i?.nywn.y., .
Circulatdon and Publication Manag-er
Mc.ry Winshurst-; YES«> Jiany of us sbay
Billy Burgess
just"'to'have some-fun, i^nd.thls causes
Reporters
Jean Bush
too much noise und bedlam in the halls
Estelle Dilb^
a a d loGker..ro-om6 u^te-r'S4ihiX)XJaiDur.5.
Fredrick Regan
It's
toc'^iDi.u;h
Art-Editor
Janice Crawford •• Er/istis Davis-; NO.
bother','
Frw.rjJtclln Stelnhardt-* N O . M O S - T ^ ' A I ^ T H E
time is t^-ken in gettjjyg Jthe. permLt*
tQ„ Mar j o r l s • PcKid
imuwiL,. t o - h u r
.
"Iriends
cis "Jerry," r«turnud to Milne last Mon(^y -af tur-a- sex.inu&^J. 1 Iness. "Her- friejad£
hope ah.e-~will _catch up spe^jdily vvittL her
CHOOSING
IX
CLUB
Oiui©- Q^^oXn the time has come to
•<ihojasj>~4ihe clubs -which-we w-ant to join.
Thejr-e ^^ire-several points to consider In
making- this decision, and the first in
importance, of these is a consideration
of v/hat cluh offers, attractions that are
suitable "^or you.
Sewing, etiquette, debate, newspaper, and danclnti clubs are among' tiiose
offered. If no club on the list is just
what you wajit^ start a club which suits
you.
BQ- sure that the club 'you enter is
not too crowded. A few make a club; a
fereat.jnany-matce a mob.
HONOR STUDENTS
Perhaps you noticed in last week^c
"issue of this paper, an article unuer
the headline, "Hazel Roberts Heads Last
Year's Honor List." In it were the pupils' names who had. rani^ed highest in
scholasidc standine last year. Would
you like your name to be on- that list
next year—or, perhaps to head it? Certainly you would I Eut to do it you must
work hard and e^et ^ood marks. The persons whose .names were on that list did
not get honors by playing in class, disobeying- rules, and not doin^, the wox'k
assigned them; they t.o't them by cooperating, with their teachers and supervisors, and by showing' their Interest in
school activities. If you do all this
and really try hard, you will certainly
be one of the pupils who have the highest scholastic standing in his grade.
To curry us to lunds away.,
-Emi
Jii atJ Jk'j on
And in the - library'there are s^bme
new books whose-titles alojae-^arjry^as
lu.nds away. There- is-uliwaya a-rujah-for
good new hooks, so let's .mak^^i.—-fj,f.ty
dash to the secojad-f
jUet^c
stccipede the librai-y for one* ©"f-"the--new
books.
NE^JV BOOKS ADDED TO ' "
JUI'.IOR HIGH LIBMRY "
Here is the list of booKS that'Mlss
Eaton bought especially for the Junior
Hibh School:
Books for boys are:
David. Blaise - Benson
David Blaize and the Blue D o o i — Benson
Sun-up - Will James
Buckaroo - Hess
__
Prodigious Hickey - Johnson. - ....
Skipxjy Bedell - Johnson
'
Penrod—His Complete Story -.Tark-lngtan
B O O K S for glrlR ai-e*
iijine Alive - Fayerweather
Anne's Surprising Suimier - Allee^
Calico Bush - Rachel Field
Forgotten Daughter - Snedecker ...No Surrender - Sterne
Aramantha (sequel) - Sterne ^"
Swallowdale - Ransome
.
.
Land of Promise - Lynn
CHARi-xCTER SKETCH
If you think you have guessed the
person described, write your name
and
solutlon on a sheet of paper and give it
to Miss Moore. The name of the winner
will be announced in the following- issue.
He (or she) is a very smart person
in all his (or her) studies, being- on
If you keep up the
good work the HONOR ROLL last week. Its hair does
through high school, you may
win a not lie exactly flat on its heado It
was present at the last student council
scholarship to some college.
Do you
want to be a success? If you do, now is meeting. Have a care when you meet this
noble personage because he (or she)
tne time to begin.
holds your future in his (or her) hands.
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laKTH GRi.DE
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TO 1L.VE
If possible
tho pc.rty will be helc. in the Page
Gyiruaci^auiTu. . i n t h e
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JUI^IOE HIGH RLPELbEKTE.:")
m GILLS .AKLLTIC CLUB
Tho n i n t h e^rc^do homyrooms r.re plcining- to hc.ve a misquon-.de pcirty. Each
hcmorocm v^ill provido scmo k:ind of enturt.:.inmGnt for tht; o t h e r s •
O
|;U ij
Kail
evonin^.
JUNIOR COUIMCIL K^^S
SPECIAL MEETIKG
This yec.r tho Junior Hibh School
has tihe honor of haviiib' four freshmii.n
ti'irls ill the G,
C. These t,lrls were...dmittod last yer.r after they
received
their "M." They arej Hazel Egberts,
Fi-ances Seymour, Elizabeth Sirarnons, and
Virtjinl.. Tripp.
RIDIKG CL..SSES
Bl^GW THIS VvEEK
The sucond meetiii^ of the Junior
student council was c.-.-lled on Tuesday at
The ridiiig classes started this
11;30, The meeting was p^^stp^ned from
v/oeic. The begirjiiurs* C1L.SS is to be held
l...st Friday
because of the absence of
i5:30 on Tuesday. The t.dvanced class
four ninth grade bey representatives.
will be at ;2;30 on Wednesday,
Gordon Robison was appointed
senior council r^iiprtjsentative.
as
Profess'-'r S^^ylcs
requested
the
council to co-oper^ite with him on Fridt^y
in keeping the scho-.l in order L.S the
faculty supervisors vvfill not be present.
It v/us decided thc.;t there would be
two ninth gr;..de progr.~m chairmen, and
tv;o assistants.
Those sclectod v;ere
John Hav;kins ^cid Robert 'v'iheeler. Tho
girls will be chcsen on B'riday.
Follov^ing this business the meeting'
vvr.s ;.dj..'urned.
PLI.NS
FOR
CL..S^ES
IVL^TH
. . R E IVL^DE
Iviiss Goldiiia Bills, the mathematics
critic, v;as born in Maryland, New York.
She has been teachiiit, in Milne for the
last five ye^rs.
Right now the mc-th clt.sses are having tests. Later in the year, in conxivvcticn wi-uh tho social science department, the seventh gr..do classes v;ill
make a study ^f the mathematics that are
asod in the family.
NINTH GR..DE HOL:. JiOOM
The ninth grades plan to have bunkiae.,
st:.rt on V/tidnesday. Room 233
began
last v/ednesday.
GIRL SCOUTS
ELECT LE..DERS
The Milne Girl Scc'ut Troop 20 eleuted officers at their first meeting,
Uuider supervision of their captain, Mrs.
Douglas.
The girls v;hc v*/ere elected patrol
lt!i.....ers are Betty Douglas, Marian McCorfflv-ick, Df-mia V/inhurst, und Susan Poole,
The so tc assist them are Betty Shultz,
i.ixn Huntir^, and Frances Seymour.
As
y.jt they have not elected the troop
soiibe and tree.surer.
BOYS
.J^TICLES
IN SHOP CL..SSES
The seventh grc.de boys ure busy
hi'-kiiitj v/all shelves and square metc*l sugai- scoops in. their shop classes. The
eighth grade boys, v/ho t.re more advc^ncod, aro makirig different t^pes ...i
sc.il boaos.
ENGLISH Clu^SSLS SEE
"COUNT OF MONTE CRILTO'*
The ninth grade English cli:.-.sses,
uuder the supervision of Miss Moore, attended the moviFig picture, "C'.unt of
Moate Cristo." Class discussion conceraitig tho picture took place tod..y.
©
Staff for thfc Junior Weekly
QUESTION BOX
Editors-in-chief
Virginia Tripp
Elizabeth Simmons
Associate Editor
Bernie Sw&irtz
Girls' Sports
Virginia Mitchell
Boys' Sports
Richard Game
Art Editor
Janice Crawford
Student Council
Herbert Marx
Homor Editor
Franklin Steinhardt
Circulation Manager Billy Burg-ess
Composing Staff
Hazel Roberts
P^iitricia Gibson
Reporters
Jean Bush
Genevieve Williams
Estelle Dilg
Should we have a masquerade instead
plain party for the reception?
Lolfi Smith: No,
the
reception
should be more dignified than a masquert.d
would make it«
George Farrington; Yes, it would
bo a novelty for the 'schoolc
Alfred V/hceler; Yes, it v;ould provido mcFe~irntertainiii3nt o
Sylvia Rypens* Yes, it wold be a
chanje. It would give us l chance to
us'Q "orit.ihality®
ixdele Cor win;
No, sci.ie people
d o n H "have costumes. It is fairur to
the seventh grade to give them an—ardinary reception as we had last yearo
FIRST
SCHOOL
MimiCh.
PAPER
MID
01
IN
NO
IWS
A BUSY HOUR
The first high school newspaper
published in this country started
in
1829 at the Boston Latin School, the
first secondary school in America;.
It can not rei:;lly be called a.^siewspSper because it contained no nsV^, i^nd
had only one page on which were two stories 3 one beginning:
"There are some who question the
propriety of pulling' noses &nd c^ll it
an unmanly i.nd unhandsome propensity;
but in my opinion it is the noblest satisfactionfeiman can t&ke on pother man
who has done him
injury," and ending
v/ith the moral, "Acquire impudence by
some means or other and you will rise to
omincnce."
Comparison of that first nev^sp.vper
with a modern high school nuy^spt.per
t-hows the viast &nount of progress maide
in 101 years.
Smashl bang J a bell has just rung";
and it's Milne Junior High luiich hourc
The college students stand back against
the v;all as the Milne pupils rush by.
The stairs creak beneath them, and
the door casings stretch as they all try
to enter the cafeteria at once.
The
tr':..ffic officers lift their voices in l.
unison of protest but the hurrying crov/d
doesn't heed them. The chairs squeakj
and the voices are raised so that Dr,
Fredricks can't be heard when he makes ^
protest.
The food will wait for us; so let's
make less noise and be a little more polite .
BOOK REVIEV;
"Hepatica Hcv/ks" - RncheJ Field
OUR RECEIPT ION
Now, when nature is arrayed in
brilliant colors, approaches the time
when our equally gay school reception
comes again.
For the benefit of the seventh
t^raders, v/ho as yet feel a bit strange
and new, we will explain this first so^jial event of the year. Its main purpose
Is to acquaint the seventh grade with
the other members of the school and faculty, Usually a skit is given by the
Junior High and one by each class of the
Senior High, then dancing' in the gym.
On Hepatica's fifteenth birthday
she was an "act" in a traveling fre^^l:
showo Her only friends were her father,
Che giant; Miss Titania Tripp, the mic":.the performing dog; and the monkey,
Chi-chi. Like her father, Hepatica was
a gigantic child, standing six feet.
Hepatica longed to be like other young
people her age, and to have a good time
with them.
Then a lively boy, near her o-e
joined the show, Hepatica became hi',
friend and defender. Life was thrillin^
v;ith Tony around. He never seemed
ron;ombor that she v^us a giant's oversized daughter.
At a party "the more the merrier"
But hu.rd times ccjno and at
last
always holds true; so come on, attend, the show was playing in a Dime Museum in
and make it a good party.
Now York City, One day while
Hepatica
Was singing "Listen to the Mocking Bird"
her marvelous voice reached the right ea:.
CttiiRixCTER SKETCH
and her show days were over.
She received an audition at the Grand Opera
There were so many correct returns and was successful.
from last week's ch^-vracter sketch of
V/ilson Hume, president of the Junior
High School, that it is impossible to
print all the names.
Cctelxv
N, R.
OP: MUI}
11 couple of weoks -LO, up the ven(Ji'-.blo steps of Milnu mi.rchod tv/o vorily
lulsiiiformeC. seventh ^rr. .lers. They v;exit
Finally
tc their homers cms did Wr::ite.II
the 8:10 buzzer soun:loiI and the tv/u seventh ^iTc'iders went dutifully to their
classes where, in their minds, thoy v;ere
to '••Get rid of mthingi' i-ntl learn something . ( r > oiiur ).
a^t last ranti' the eleven o'clccic
buzzer. Into the annex and cafeteria
stormed the two hundred and two Junior
High School students (the tv/o beinc cur
seventh o'lcide friends), ^it 11:50 they
solemnly went back tc their homerooms
c.nd v/citedi —Waited for tv;olvc o*clock .
to come so thoy could satisfy
their
tnirst for Kn^.wledt.e and "Get rid of
nothing and le^nn scmething."
iq(i93q
lioiillimou NOTl^lS
7
Ii35 The pupils are pl'...nnirj^;; tc have
lu'llov^e'en party during; H.-illuv/e'en week.
\
I'^-k The class discussed the question,
"''Sh uld we have a masquerade or a regular dance for the reception?" The home1'Ov.iri voted in favor of the masquerade.
129 The class will meet every Tuesday.
iT IUJIS been decided te have an entertai'.iiuent every other Friday.
11:1 Tuesday the class voted on a nai:.e
fFr the homeroom* The member^ decided
tC' c<all themselves the "Kni^^hts of the
Kfrund Table."
The president, i^rthur
^vt^-'t, will be called Kint_, i;.rthur. OthoiMeuOers will receive nt;mes of knights
and li..dies of his court.
The committee i..r Hallowe'en conBaldwin, chairman;
-it last came twelve o^cl-ck, azid sists of Shirley
Ri.bert Bint-ham, Marc^aret Chase,
and
the tv/o seventh tjr.Aie knov^le .^e hunt^^i-s
and
marched djwn the halls of this ho^rable Stanley Eddison. Mc.ri\aret Chase
Charles Bi.rnes were appointee, to be the
domain on the trail of math.
1 • 0 0 Li c V.' iiTid 11 e e.
One 0*clock - the fatal hour, Dov/n
to the locker room went the two youn;., <^28 The class members announce that the
hopefuls. They stopped to .'•epc-sit their 7"'3blins will let loose here very soon at
books therein, then out of the building
iio^llowe'en party.
they wont, and in their minds there was
still much "nothing ' and very little
"somethinc^."
N I N T H GR.IDE
SOCCER
TE.J^ ELECTS OFFICERS
But strange.. .there v;ere no ether
pupils about ...wful thought! There was
yet another clc.>ss.
**nd now the puzzle? are the tvjo
seventh {,raders '..n the K. R.
or on
just-anothBr iitrlKe?
- Frc^^ic Steinhardt
m
CLUBb iL.VE
BLEW KIRMED
Last . 'i'U'--sday i\fternoon the ninth
i_.rade soccer team elected the follov/in^"
officers: Frances Seymour, captain; Hazel Roberts, business mana^^er; Elizabeth
Sinoons and Virit^lnia Tripp, advisory
boird.
The advisory -board will assist the
captain in choosing, ddii^stit'iiidtjabers of
the team*
By next
week the captain,
with the aid of the bo^.rd, will have
ch J s en^ ..the. t e am.
Two ,new ••••clubs,.. Tho- Girls •Shop Club
C^-okit:ii:, Club have
been
"ftfiiled. The Girls' Shop Club is primHOBBY EXHIBIT GIVEN
arily for the ninth ^^aders althout^h
BY ENGLISH CLASSES
.. lew eighth t.,r^ders h^ve been-admitted.
The members are planning, t'" have a bricThe d'ye-ahnan. -fin^llsh _ iiliisjs^.. .whi cI.
a-brac display.
meiJtTS in Room 2E8 at ten o'clock is
planning: a hobby exhibit, ^^ny pupil fror
the class who so wishes may brint-; a dis
Bi»i3Kii:TB..LL Pld^GTICE
play of his hobby.
TO ST..RT SOON
Since school wpone . the boys have
been playiii^^ football and baseball on
the campus. B^-iSketball is to start on
November .1.
Last yearns te^.m WL.S E,ood, and a
bettor one is expecte.. this year. Everyone who thinKS he has a chance of makint,
the team is requeste'.:. to come out for
it. Those who have no sneaks should ^o
to the coach's office where he mr.y obtain them.
H.xLF-HOLID.^Y ENJOYi.O
Milne Hi^h school students enjoyed
a half-holiday yesterday because of the
normal school conference hel::. at State
Colle(_e. The delec.ates were entertained
in the cafeteria from 11:00 to 1:U0;
consequently Milne Hi6li School students
had to ^0 home for lunch.