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STAFF
Elizateth Simmons
Edi-ter-'in-chi^-f
Mary Winshurst
Associate Editor
Lois Nesbitt
Senior Editor
Hazel Roberts
Literary Editors
Sylvia, Rypins
Frances Seymour
G i r l ' s Sports Editor
Edward Walker
Boy's Sports Editor
Martin Cr-'esy
Alumni Editors
Douglas McKean
Janioe Crawford
Art Editor
Business Department
Herbert Marx
Business Managers
Franklin Steinhardt
David Fuld
Mimeographer
M. E.
Gonklin
Faculty
Supervisor
i s s u e
Chvis-hras l^suf
THINK j F THATl
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their
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critici&us
of
XL.
3)ouf'.ly
pro-
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of
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T'-iis i s our conception
o2.or'essed
Th's i s
TiOre econi'iicc.l Dub-
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t b e -^'cgr.ziiie
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do-, n the h. 11 you cr.n
har
desire.
of convrrs': tion t h ' t Iticl you to
l ' . C £ . t i o n contL-ininp- p r r c t i c c l l y
' b e H o v e thi t they're
ininf'-.
::)cteri:l
th: t y o u hi-.ve hc.d i n
Listers! "I '-lon't l i k e tiie cchcdnle
this y e r r , c.o V Q U ? " "I thin'c the tc>::a
i s n ' t doin£ i t r bev-^t," "Iirrrinc, c-n e s FEy <:.t Iv.rst t'. o t^iodscnd v ordn lon{jI"
the rc .ie
.previous
issues.
[lorever,
c h t v e t.dded so-'ie n e v
tares of interest.
r e en-'.e: v o r i n A
to
TLUS y e c r .
include coiethin.'j of i n t e r e s t f o r every
student in the school, l e hcvc tried to
And, of course v.e ere not above bo sure thLt every schol; s t i c enter •)rise
linc.'ing f c u l t - ith o^'r f e l l o i clcss-^.tes. i s re;>rcsented. 5'ou \ i l l find you own
pi..rticul: r i n t e r e s t so'fic here i-nong
Gtop - nd think r
linute. Do you
these pr.^-es.
l.i":e
'ilne? I ould you I K C E to I C L V e
this school ind the friends you hfvo
1. h . t p o l i c y ' r e \e follo', ing?
here? Vouldn't you -"liss our s j f l l very co'vion one— to plecse the recder.
el- sv^es, dsnCes, c.nd rf gulr..r g e t - t o g e t h - V e have tried to coibine t i l your sugers.
gestions in this issue end present the^i
f o r your c.o,>rovr.l. As this i s c n exoer•jlnc orcsc-nts unusut.1 opportunit- iraent, \e L.s'z you to re£ d i t c a r e f u l l y ,
i e s to ^G.kc f r i e n d s . V.c h;. ve s n t l l £-nd to r e f e r you c r i t i c i s n s to the
c l r t s c s , c.nd our orn student council
StGff.
governs, v i t h our Lpprovol, l11 the t.ffcii'S :2ortraining to the students.
DP
In this issue of the Cri:nsor ^.nd
you r e a l i z e th:.t the faculty nernits us V'hite, you l i l l find 'Iilne ;:.igh School,
to use our o\n d i s c r e t i o n in school LS~ i t s oeople, c-nd their t i l e n t s . Your v o l fcirs?
con('Uct our ovn dcnces C'.nd untary contributions h. ve jrde t h i s , our
social f.ctivitics.
f i r s t £.tte:.npt, p o s s i b l e .
Upon yotir kind
conslderction ve r e s t our l a u r e l s , "
/.s bo the tec.n, they c;r6 coing the
Eliztbuth
rions*"'53
best they c....n u.nder the circunstr.nces.
They jiiust s it re their coi.ch end use the
gy n only t .i.co eekly.
i-ilso, vo hf.ve r
continued fro-i column 1
U n i t e d nu:-.ibcr of boys to choose fro.i.
In suite of t h c f c disL.>-v.:.;it£,:;;es y o u ' l l
Also, ve hcve the Ecivant. ge of
find our tc;:.'.i oefci. tin:i: others thr t hcve
hc.ving ?young tec.chers rho use the
their oi n corch, gy i, . nd t- l o t of grcnd
newest c nd ;.iost coproved methods of
Think of tho:t!
:ic t c r i f d .
torching.
You'll find then 'billing to
give you extra attention at cnj- timel'
L e t ' s co'isic'er the !io te-or c probble^.
iilne hcs t'le longest vc.c^'tion
Coabine these f r e t s £.nd think the'.i
of rny school in tVas d i s t r i c t , L.nd yet
over. I hope then, y o u ' l l r e s l i z e ho\
to-'c.y ' e ' r e on the S£ ie lessons thc'.t
forti^ncte you ere to ettend iilne.
other schools .. r e .
Think of thatI
coHGJnacd in coj.i.i;nn <c
El i be th i i Tuon s ' 53
"I think we have a very f i n e team
this year, rjid should go through our
season winning most of our games." This
opinj.on was expresses by C&ptain
Ceeley
.Punk of this y e a r ' s basketball team. I t
seeme that this thought more or l e s s
f i l l s th.e school. The confidence that
was l o s t , through l a s t y e a r ' s
disappointing si.cBon, i s returning with much
i n t e r e s t . After crushing v i c t o r i e s over
Bethlehem Central High School and St..
The members of the squad were, Joseph's Academy in' the season's openers
Elli.zabeth Simmons, number one; Frances the school i s f i r e d vith enthusiasm and
eagerly
avaitin
futurv..
encounters,
Seym'jur,
number tv/o; Marion Kosbob,
numbci- threej rnd Barbara Knox, num.ber
"'k.nager '(ennc.th Lasher has arranger a
four.
The tennis team was a great suc- schedule of eleven gtmec.
Seven of
cess competitively and in school i n t e r these . re to be plr.yed at home and four
est as seen in the me tied and three
£iway. Leonard Feniamin, Vvho lent his
successful games.
valued assistance, \ i l l succ?fd Kenneth
next y e c r . The te.; la is p r i n c i p a l l y composed of seniors, but Co. ch Thomas Ryan
This y e f r the g i r l ' s hockey team
seems to hrve much f r i t h in those up and
started the seasr.n wdth- annual gcme
vdth St. Agnes. This resulted in a de- coming so .tlffomorcs, Johnny Fink, and Rusfer t , but was immediately followed by a s e l l Jones. Those on the v/.rsity squad
are: Ceptain Seeley iunk, Robert T e f t ,
gr£nd victory ..ver Bethlehem Central
John Ber.gle, Fr--stus .Drvis, Fdgcr He r d High.
Bethlehem Central was also host
ing, Edvard l/valker, Riohrrd Gcme, Richt'^ the Milne g i r l s ' vfjrsity team at a
rrd Paland, end R.-'c'.ir rd Selkirk. The
pl&yday in which the h ;mc team was v i c team suffered a d i s t i n c t set back wlien
t o r i . u s in a s c r i e s of short h.,ckey and
"'krtin Creesy vr.s injured in p r s c t i s e .
basketball games. The hockey season
He w i l l not be able to play u n t i l
late
ended with a game at hone with Mt.
in the season,
Pleasant in which the oppjnentwS scoi-ed
the winning g:;al. The team Vvas mr de up
^•'hen spring rounds the corner the
of Damia IiVinshurst, Frances Seymour,
thoughts of young 'iilni tus turn l i g h t l y
Elizabeth 3"inm;ns, Virginia Tripp, Patto sports. On the docket f o r
active
r i c i a Gibsjn, Jean .McDermott, P/1ary
service this spi'ing- i v . three varsity
l\inshurst, Margaret Charles,
Virginia
sports, br s e b a l l , tennis, and g o l f . The
j;^ich.-)ls^ Lilian Eckelshjimer, Ruth Rcsp, vettrans of I r s t y e a r ' s scjuad are l o o k L : i s Mesbitt, and Recilla Rudnick. The
ing forward to thv f i r s t p r a c t i s e , e x rcc .rd sh . wed ono victory ..nd two depectant of successful ser sons in er.ch o f
feats .
th'^se f i e l d s .
Last year f o r the f i r s t tiirie the
Milne g i r l s started a tennis team which
was cnached by jMiSvS liitchcnck, their
a t h l e t i c i n s t r u c t o r . The season opened uith a f^a.Tie r i t h Bethlehem Central
K igh School in vhich the score- w..s t i e d .
Th;] s
was only the beginning o£ a succession of v i c t o r i e s over Mt. Pleasant,
Catholic Centra], rnd in the f i n a l contest of the year over Bethlehe:n Central.
c .ntinued .n he.^'^t page
continued on the next page
Ocntiniied frrm B r y s ' A t E e t i c s
The Orimsc
rroup.
The
fe.llovs in
school
-^-hat arc
n 3.nd. Whit© nins
will
not scfcivGly intorcctcci in i-'^ny of' T^h'c;
take the f i e l d under the a t l « leadership c.ports
thuir a t h l e t i c i^c creation
of CatDtain Robert T a f t . Fellows that auring tht ^ym periods. I t hc^s been very
earned l e t t e r s l a s t year and w i l l be a - i n t e r e s t i n g to note the chancre in the a t v a i l a b l e t h i s season are, Richard Game, t i t u d e , of the hoys takin-': pym, in the
John Fink, Erastus Lavis, Douglas McKean, pf.st f'..v,- years, i^ow the ryni clt-s; cs <'.re.
Martin Creesy, and James Mc!31ure. Mana- j^omcthins to be looked forv.f^rd t o ; v;here
ger William Burgess expects to base h i s in the pf:st the c l a s s e s hcv^. b^^tn dr^rdtt
schedule on ten games f i v e to be played ed end shirked. In my opinion tiu
obat home. The teams that ^ i l l probably b e v i o u s re;.;son f o r this chrnfe i s the nev,
encountered are: St, Joseph's Academy, intr£.~nur:-.l system introduced by Coc.ch
Vincentian I n s t i t u t e , Rensselaer
High H a t f i e l d . In the f r J l the V£.rlous honeSchool, P h i l i p Schuylor High School, and roons ple.y touch f o o t b e l l g.'.mts .i.fr:inst
Bethlehem Central High School. As the cech other. I t i s Coech Hr.tfiuld's plen
new f i e l d w i l l be suita^ble f o r p r a c t i c e to crrry on this pro^jrcri throu^^h-out th..
this year, the team has an e x c e l l e n t winter v.ith intcr-ho'Tieroon
b. skctb; 11
chanco to make a good showing rhen they .-..nd Volley b--11 c o n t e s t s .
This i s
suptake to the f i e l d .
le.nent'" d by i n t e r - c l ' . s s rivc?lry.
In
p r e l i linery to th... v r r s i t y r-' i e s , "hen
One of Milne's most
successful the. te.ein i f to p].'y t ho-^e, the
junior
teams f o r the past few years has been
h i / h scho 1 clc.sf.es f.l;
-les. Th'.se
the tennis team. This season the squad
c l : ss T^.'VNS LTK. f/iv^n i l i t t l e co; chin>'
T\is
w i l l be minus two of i t s l a s t y e a r ' s l e t - f r o n vSO'-e ;Vie'ib.-.rs of the v : r s i l y .
termen. Captain Edward Walker
expects
-r^.et i-: y in prep; rin^; theSu
that, with Seth Wheeler and Earl Good- younrsters for- thv.. v r s i t y
co'-ipetition
r i c h f o r a nucleus the team w i l l be able
hen they reech se nior hirh s c h o o l ,
to more than hrld their own* Manager A l f r e d Whoeler expccts to schedule ten
Th£ t includes i l l oi the boy'j:' ; thmatchcs \7hich are played at R i d g e f i o l d i t t i c pro£:rr."i f o r 1357-1938. li'very boy
Park, Probably the opposing teams w i l l jn lilne th. t i s o h y s i c l l y '-.ble t o ,
include Rensselaer High School, Vincen- ^-^.ts - n e d u c t i o n in s t v ^ r r l s p o r t s .
In
tian I n s t i t u t e , Albany A cademy f o r Boys, this vc..y ..Jl th... b j y s not on.ly he ve good
and Lansingburg High School.
hi.r-lthi'ul e x e r c i s e / but Ir £:rn to coDper•!. te end pi;.y in co:;rd:n' tion \ith other
With a l l of l a s t y e a r ' s lettermen
p.Qys. As t h i s i s one ..f the 'K^OT ,;r..bexcept William Hotaling a v a i l a b l e f o r the
ith \ hich hi.^'-h schools -lust copr,
squad, the g o l f
team should have a very teechin^
th^. puj.ils to
t.. ; i t h
good season. Last year the team won
enothtr, the sports in Iva.ine Hi: h
three mo.tches and l o s t three. The mana- ,Scho;:l help i t t r.ccjr.pliBh i t s pure^se.
ger fnd ca.ptain w i l l be e l e c t c d from l a s t
"
t
y e a r ' s squad c o n s i s t i n g o f , Seeley Funk,
C nitinued f r o i B i r l s ' . . t B l o t i c s .
Mr?,rtin Croesy, Richo,rd Palr.nd, and John
3eagle. The team exr.ects to play matches
. - i r i s ' b ? s k . . t b f l l n r i c t i s e oo•7ith Vincentian I n s t i t u t e , Albany Acpdemy
^^
bJov^ n o . r .
L')okf o r Boys, Bethlehem Central High School.
.^^ure th. r i r l s h-ve n
and the Mohawk School. At tne end of the i n t e r e s t i n g , -.nd ,.r ; - i i s i n - S c h - ^ u l e v i Ih
season kilne i s always represented i n the c^. . . r n c r / ' j t . ! ^ l c ' s : n t , B^thlihen CcriTroy I n v i t a t i o n Meet f o r Capital D i s t r i c t
t c,;.
^ .11, - F - e n • nd the
high school g o l f teams.
^ ^^^^ f ' Th' " v.tc r - n s 7 r
st y r . r ' s
The number of f o l l o w s included in
,,
.
.
^
the four v a r s i t y sports form a. very
^
,
,
Continued in the next column.
t(
small
.. „ r
- ' l i z ^ b a h T i r i ^ n r , Fr'nces t^eyV i r ' - i n i : Trip;:-,
10 y
I^e-ton,
Th^- ci '^teiii )f this yf;;. r ' s v: r s i t y
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ChrisAmas
l^sue
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Social Events
The 1937-1938 social
season of Milne High School began
v/ith the senior high reception which was held in the commons.
I t was a collegiate
dance with music by Barty Z a b i n ' s orchestra.
The following
week the Junior
High Reception was
held.
The Quin Rush was the next big event.
I t was held in
the small gym and much credit goes to Damia Vvinshurst who
was in charge.
The boy's societies had their i n i t i a t i o n s in
November
and both Theta I^u and Adelphoi
had outings at
Thacher
Park.
Sigma's
Rush wqs next
in order.
I t was a
grand rush which was enjoyed by a l l the sophomores.
Armistice Day was our f i r s t vacation of the year.
I t provided us
v/ith a short vacation
which was welcomly received.
Thanksgiving Vacation was next.
We enjoyed i t and liked th4 f i r s t
touch of cold weather,
i^delphoi -ind Theta Nu held a now and
successful dance,
December 1 1 .
I t was
the f i r s t
formal of
the year, and many well knovm alumni turned out.
Of course,
our Christmas Plays ended the f i r s t semester's social season
and we do ov;e the Dramatics Club
a vote of thanks for their
f i n e plays.
Quin will add another attraction to the Social Calendar
v/hen they hold a luncheon for their alumnae during Christmas
Vacation.
Sigma
has an Alumnae association
new, and they
seem to be quite busy with theater p a r t i e s .
The I^ew Year w i l l usher in the mid-year exams.
It also
brings the Quin-Sigma
Dance and the Hi-Y-G . A . C . and a party
for both Senior and Junior High School.
l/Vhen we recover
from our lAid-Year Exams in the Easter
vacation and f i n a l l y
May r o l l s 'round wi t h t he Q, 1., S, ji. and we have Society Day.
Of course you know that Class Night and Graduation come
in June
followed by the Senior B a l l .
The
very end of the
Year w i l l be the Excursion and w e ' l l see you then.
Lois Nesbitt
'38
at Isa.billa Thoburn
Lucknow, India
holds.
ships
study.
Oollegei
What thoughts and fancies that word "College"
Pictures of Degrees.'
Academical gowns J
Professorand a relaxation from high school's
strict code of
I set out for colle,ere with a hap^^y heart, determined to
make the best of this
ne''"' l i f e and to overcome all obstacles. When I
f i r s t saw the
stately p i l l a r s of
Ohand Eagh
and recognized
Isabella
Thoburn College, I said to myself,
"My l i f e , too, must be straight x^^ith no blemish."
Everything was strange P.nd confusing,but the friendliness of the older g i r l s , who acted as guides, saved the situation.
N
In the everting we were taken on a tour of inspection of
a l l the b u i l d i n g s .
Although I tried to
remember their distinctive feature,
I
couldn't tell one from the other when
the cp.mpus was viewed from an observation roof.
My mindwa.s
in a whirl.
While I looked
I saw the Eucalyptus G-rove; the
leaves were swaying and seemed to be waving a welcome to us.
The next day we all listened to the
and regulations, and we even had to take a
gence Test.
reading of rules
General I n t e l l i -
The third day we attended f i f t e e n minute
classes and
students
came to know our
classmates.
Though it7he older
said,
believe a word that they
teased us until ^e couldn't
we bore up g a l l a n t l y .
A l l ,Tood things must come to
an end when we
settled
down to work, but the memory of the
first few days in college will
serve to feed "smiling thoughts h e r e a f t e r , " and we
will look back to them with a mixture of regret and happiness, glad to progress but sorry to loGe those days of excitement forever.
Beryl David ^39
(This is from the Ohand Bagh Chronicle
Lucknow, I n d i a . )
published
in
Chus-^ma^
issue
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Si-'X.J
S k i d r u o r e C o l Siege
Saratoga orringr.,
N,
Y.
Doccmber b,
1957
Dear
Lllnltos,
I t c o r u a i n l y d o e s seem queer t o
be v / r i t i n g an
a l u m n i l e t t e r f o r t h e ^ i m s o r i a n d v / h i t e ,, f o r v.^hen 1
i n i.Iilne 1 a l i / a y s
i'lought o f t h e s e ' l e t t e r s
as
being w r i t t e n by older people.
i M g h t now I f e o l
as
t h o u g h I am
r i g h t \vij;li y o u i n s t e a d o f h a v i n g
f i n i s h e d with high school-.
Jhen
I l e f t i.Lilne
I
reali z e d hew
go'od a s c h o o l i t i s and t h e f i n e
opportimities it offers.
D o n ' t l e t me m a k e y o u f o e l " ' d i s couraged
about COliege as i t i s such « change
from
h i g h s c h o o l t h a t you n e v e r compare the two o f
them.
I
am a t S k i d m o r e a n d
l i k e i t very much.
If
any o f y o u g i r l s a r e s e r i o T i s l y t h i n k i n g o f
colleges
1 surely
recomirxend S k i d m o r e .
I am L a k i n g t h e
secretarial
c o u r s e a n d am p l a n n i n g t o b o a b i g
busin e s s Y/om.an.
Notice the "planning" part.
That
does
not imply
that I vrill be-one,
Instead of
lust
gett i n g a straigxht nusiness
c o u r s e I a..i a l s o
stud:ring
\-?.rlous
culture courses to
so3 i f
I
lik
anything
else,
Ti.e s p i r i t u p a t s c h o o l h e r o i s s o
wonderful,
0s p e d ally
f o r the freshmen.
./hen a new c l a s s
er.ters,
it is
a s t o u n d i n g t o s e e how f r i e n d l y
all
the
girls
are.
P e o p l e s a y " h o l l o " t o y o u v;hon y o u h a v e
n e v e r seen o r lieard o f
before,
and
thaL 1
so
onc c u r a g i n g \/hon y o u f e ^ l do'./n a n d
cut.
I v ' i s h t o e : - i t e n d my b o s t v / i s h e s t o e v ' r y o n o
L.ilno f o r a most suc'-^ossful
year.
Sine0 r c l y
yours,
T'arbara B i r c h o n o u g h
' ZC
G I I L ' S ALUL^NAS NOTES
The girls
of l?.st
year's claF!s se-m to have
centered around tho Mildred Elley School and Russell
Quite often, we see Marth?- Gordon,
Sage
Goll -pe.
Dorothy Harrison, Thelma Segall, and Peg Waterbury
from Mildr-.d Elley.
Then too, if you shauld visit
Bussell
Sage,
you'd
be sure to see M i l l i e Hall,
Carolyn
Hausmann,
Barbara
Knox,
Eette
Potter,
Virginia Soper, and Jan^- Tinohr-r.
continued on the n.:xt pagv5
U23
1F
Vida Benjamin is attending the Katharine Oibbs
School, in Boston whil.e her pals^ the Bremer twins are
quite busy at Albany Business College. Helen Anthony
is attending A.B.C. also.
We have several working girl.s too. Lillian Allen,
Jean Ambler, and Chris Bayreuther are quite promj.nent
in the business world, and their friends, Carol Louoks
and Li].lian Walk are studying extensively at Vassar,
Ethel Fasoldt at State,Marion i^osbob at Saint Rose" are
planning to teach school. We hear that Korma Kapewich
is up at Skidmore, Betty Iieibch at Simmons, Frances
Levitz at William Smith, and Betty Ruedermann at G-reen
I'ountain.
As you know, Lucille Armstead, Ruth Carwill, G-inny
Kelsey, Verna Perkins, Pricilla Sainpson, and Jane Weir
are taking P.G, courses here at Milne and Grace Gallien
is also in the city.
BOY'S ALUI^NI NOTES
As we look into the crystal ball, Wo sec m i n e ' s
Class of 1937 branching out into the world of knowledge.
In the neighboring city of Troy at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute can be found last year's class
president, Otto Schaler, as well as, Lowell Gypson,
Edmund Haskins, and Kurt Eben.
At Union College this year,
Herbert Smith, and Leland Beik,
we see
Warren Knox,
Sheldon Bond is a member of the Theta Belt,a Chi
Fraternity at Hobart College, Gordon Wendell is enjoying himself, as usual, at Cornell University. Seldon Knudson ia also at Cornell,
We find two of our grads carrying on post graduate
work at neighboring high Schools. They are Jack Jenkins and Toby Va/nKeuren,
Three of last year's seniors, Merwyn Atwood, Bill
Perkins, and Barton 2abj,n,are training for the business
world at Albany Business College,
Bob Emerick is another college man,and he^s working hard at Syracuse.
While Bill Hotaling slaves away at Dartmouth,some
of his friends are woiklng in the business world. Foster Sipperley, and Y/inford Ft-wton are in the Telephone
Company, and althoue:h we see a lot of him, Gordon Carvill is busily employed also.
C b v i S ^ S
Victorif. Ecin'Ry L:v:^cnce H'rus;i.:.n
\SSUf
Ywcrs -f Grrce
The v.ind v-"C h.vlinr ri M/.n the chinThis b.':k v..-F the b. si3 f .r the
ne-y £ nd under the e: ve:^, irkinp the
Br
y Dt': r"t (uccc sc "VM ct ritree.s si?-h
'f inst the h Uv^e. inside
st-rrirv- Holt.n K .ycs. In
ficries .f
' h-r- 1 . i! .. f
b e e or. curlsc'jnts tht. j\/.y brui.-T. ut Vict ri c'g
ed na sn! pfjed ii t • s-: y t Mu. •'n. ,
c h . r •. c t c r. Th c. v - ^ d c. f i ri i t L. ly I-: r n"y .u
t c. n't frirhten usj it's v.:r . .-.nd
cheery inside n'" y u c:n n.t ^-et in."
rule. Fr
thu very first v.hen the.
pri-It; -iinister inf r-.is Princess Vlct.rI curlt-d up in My ch ir by the. firei; she is c'lt-en, she rules.
She tells
pl^-ce f.ni
-pened the ; -K:, Ye.^irs
hc.r ^:.thcr th: t she vill n;t sleep v.ith
'f Gr: ce. Be f ..•re I h: a rcc ci very
her Miy 1 n -cr. She 'Iv-.ys, during her
f£.r, the f.ire be"cn t die d..vn £nd I
vh.'lo life kept cn eye ri Pi.rlic..iont,
her.rd
n'.ise behin-./ me.
S ."it ne h-d
if bills \ t.re n t t.. her likinr, the
•pened the d ; r. I I'li.ked '.r.'und r nd
(U'-:.'.n V, 'lid n t si 'n the.i.
She r.i; de up
si;v .-.f {11 pe.'ple, J;, ne
rd I v.h?•t f o
h(.r /.vn nind vh r she \ .;uld r^^rry. The
the h.er ine ..f LY b. k.
LS s ; n \ V O
Prince c:.ns rt h..vT:ver, ••n?',de Vict.>rij.
c'Uld speuk j.ftor rec.-verinr fr n s I
littl.e less h(j-dstr-nr"
he \-i s
surprise, I t-jld h.'.r '-h.;. I c s. the
f^jd inf.luence J>n her lifG.
Vict;ri:
t...ld -le
:..b .ut her
ther : nd fiShe
ther
\-s very str .n;: \-,illed; she rirde up her
'..nd sister, Is. bel. I £ sked if i-ndre\.
-.iind t- 4uickiy, ^ nJ she h- ted t.''
'ind shu v:;uld rot .-.ii rried, but she jnly
chvnre it. ivlth:uph Vict rir V.YU.S tiny
t-ld 'ne t.; roc.d the b . -k : n?, find .ut.
£.nd s:.ull, she- c/nin'ted the lives f
"Ue tf. Iked until the cl ck struck nine.
the p.;. -pic v.h ..• lived 'r.und h.er.,
She then t: Id ne
v :.u1'" h:.ve t r
J: net Cr-^vlcy '58 h .:ne f .^r her 'i.tiK-r v uld i -rry rb ut
her. S.^ she bi^'.
r.--d-bye r nd
:i:llilu2't n's C-l..ri .us i.dventure is luck end I cuickly be.--rn t: rc
-ly b... k,
rt .ut :. y .un<' . dventurer vh. f ll:.\,s the
tr.'il f Uiysscus. He tells ..:f his
C rrinne E"''
42
thrillin - ex.'eriences cli^-ibin'; M:unt 01 it -ry L L uis P' Gteur rt c^ntly ler.d
ynDUS, the .••i:nt .f the G ds.l:.'^. he svc.i
the Hull-..sp nt -..nd
ny
th^r ;.dvtintures. ne t^
:^inc' ture v rl'' f dcr ^bes vhere
the rule f "survivjl --f the fittest" is
R.bert Stevens.n '40
in full f rcc.
.iicr be Hunters by P: ul de Kruif
GilbLrt Drncy '40
tolls f the pr. b] is f• cin ;
scientist
Cr V'^ed xl urs ly L ni'\ ,.rth sh vs the
'.nd the '•i:.rdshi,.-s • nd v..rry he h^s t
p.;litic:;.l \ rid : nd the life --f c :-resithr-.u "h thr ;u-h t i n
success. The
h. j< reve-'Is
ne; \ ^rl..' vhich .ne e n ;;is-dcnts .^-u.ditLr, ; hite H use dtbutinte
c.vcr ty
kih int. c licr.sc^pe.
'.nd bride.
D ris H l;:ics '40
R bert Z c . l l '40
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WHAT A LIFE 1
One of the best evidences of the depths into which our
'.-lodorn society hr^.^ f.^.llen is that f^cathering of young people
knov;n
the d'^ncing school. It seei.is the fp.te of ^'lost of the
young innocents in this fp.ir city p.nd undoubtedly in most
others, to "be pounced upon "'ithout r.iercy at the tender age
?.nd op.rched off to d?^,ncing cl-iss. There they are sueoosed to
lose p.ll awkwp.rdness and lack of poise, and come out finely
polished Ip.dies and gentlemen, who will from then on feel perfectly p.t ease in p.ny situation, There are sonie, of course,
who are dcprivc^d of this iruport^.nt education but they w e the,
untouchables; they --r doomed foi-ev>-..r to the ranks of the stp.g
line rnd the v"^llflo^"':rs . Let us not talk of them; they rre
not even fit to en.ioy this wo^-ld of ours, Let us turn our
attention, insteai to those fr.vored younp: peor^le '"ho will ore
day be the cream of society.
Let u;^, for example; make
call urion "Miss Hester Kobson's
Dancinf School for Younjr Ladies and Gentlemen." But lut us,
first, be Hu•^ated firir.ly ^,nd finally in the balcony, ^^'here, as
casurl obse -vers, cur po^^ition is safest. We have arrived
oarly, ••nd the only ones there •\Te Kiss Hobson herself rnd
Egbert vith the glasses, who al'''^ys comes early.
is
tryinp politely to
Miss Hobson in convers-^.tion but is
h•\vinp his difficulties, b-C'-'Use Miss Hobson's mind is too full
of v.orries to think of him. Soon the younfr rrentlemen berin to
drift in just so many dark suits and wh^.te shirts. Tho threepiece orchestra also drifts in,
and 'rr-^nges its selecuioHns,
both few in number and rare in vintapce. More young gentlemiCn
arrive; where can the female riomlers of the organization be?
But thereJ' Much gigrlin^, and swishing of skirts heralds the
grand entr(ance of these blushing beauties, the nride and joy of
Miss Hester H obcon, Resiolendant in v?\ri-colored taffeta, viiih
here and there a radical in some other material, they enter,
shake hpnds with Miss H ester by whom they are all c-illed dif-ferent names than their own,
and ce^^t themselves on one si die.
of the room., not even -iware of the presence of the young gentlemen, although there are -rt least fifty of these.
The latt
now go into a huddle, in their turn completely icrnoring the
fair objects across the roomi. What cordiality and warmith are
displf'.yed by those friendly relations!
Suddenly the liechts g-^o"; di-.., the irusic starts and we
lean forwprd excitedly and grip the arms of our chairs, for the
great game of "learning-how—to-dance" has begun* En masse, the
young gentlemen approach the enemiy, and, after carcful scrutiny,
choose partners. Some of the young gentlemen seem to have
their signals mixed, and have a tendancy tc stray in the
opposite direction, but are soon straightened
out by Mis®
Hester, who herds themi back into her little foil. Soon every
one is dencing, little boys, big beys, fat boys, thin boys;
chubby girls, stubby girls, skinny girls, girls with glasses.
They all look, strangely enough decidely blp.nk of expression,
and are not always evenly matched* That couple over there,
for instance, is very unevenly balanced. The fem.ale half, or
perhaps we should say three-quaters, seems to have all the
advantage on her side. While over there by the orchestra, the
teensy slip of a girl is completely eclipsed by the huge football player who is trying to steer her around the roomi, and
wishes
:.he were back on the football field.
After
few minutes of this, the music, which never seems
to change, stops, and there is a miP.d scramble for seats, No^
sooner havo the dancers had a chance to recuperate, than it
starts up again, and once more the young ladies are thoroughly
locked over. It, is easy to tell by the boy's appearance v/hoiV-i
or what, he is seeking. rf
he runs up and down, peering eagerly c'.t the rows of fem.ale charmers, he is locking for that
cute blon^ whose toe he stepped on when they ¥DSe com.ing in.
If he is more thoughtful, no doubt he is trying tc pick out the
one who would appear to be lightest on his feet. If he is not
searching whole heartedly, has one eye on Miss Hcbson and one
on the door, he is probably just looking for cousin Susies'
daughter Jane, with whom he was instructed to dance.
Let us now listen mere closely and try to get the personal
side of the theme. There is P apj)arently a set rule for coiiversation between partners, no doubt taught by Miss Hester, ^"^hen
we wercn^'t here. The typical set of questions and.-;
answers rus
souiething like this.
Young Gentleman:-- "May I have this dance?"
Young Lady:- "Certainly," or "Yes," or just a gleeful
smile of conquef^t.
Y. G.:- "My nam.e is John Ellsworth; what's yours?"
Y. L.:- "Mine's Mary Jones^"orth. What school do you
go to?"
Y. G.:- "I go tc High,"
Y. L.:- "Oh, I go to Skem."
(Both of these names are
no doubt in code.)
After this great outburst of conversation, there is a silence, broken cocasionally by a brave p.ttempt on the part of one
of those involved to talk about something. "Something" always
consists of:-one--the lights; two-the temperature; three-the
crov'ded condition of the floor. four:-Miss Hester Hobson. Add
thp.t brings us to the ori^z:inator of this ^"'hole scheme, Kiss
H. herself. Vvhere does she fit into this picture? Hiss H.
flits pbout, hither and yon, se-in.-^ thrt eve^-yone is happy.
This Titanic task seems to bother her not at all. "Ve v:onder
i^reatly at Miss Hester's endurance, and, the situalion havinp
becoue too complex to cope ^'ith, ve take our hurried leave
feeling:, as v'e cco out, apprehensive as to the future havinp
seen some of its ^reneration. Let him who "^'ill try to disentalJfri;lc this national problem, and decide what ou^Tht to bo done
about it, We wash our hands of this matter.
Miriam Freund
'39
Friendship
Friendship is one of the priceless possessions of human
beinrrs. A fruitful friend is
who will a^ccept our n:riofs and
troubles, he who will try to overcome them with us and the kidd
of a person who will show kindness a,nd truthfulness to us.
Friendships sould ."'•ive you a new and bri^rht outlook on life,
A person is a friend who knows all about you and still
likes you. "If you would have friends, be one," said Elbert
Hubbprd Y'hen asked what one should do to increase his friends.
It is a i.-ift to be able to make friends for it takes power to pppreciate whatever is noble in another. A person is not
useless while he has a friend, nor while he is a friend.
Mary Vi/inshurst '38
Dreams by Ruth Van Gaasbeck '41
At nifrht, when
rest.
my work is through, I go
Then ,as my eyes
the land of dreams.
ver and ruby.
becoue
out of focus,
I find myself
There
are
silver
iridescent
livini" thinp:*
known, and
Then as
it
silver
SQf t,
trees
flows into
the m.usic
rrrows
dance p.round a mirror
is reflected.
cor»e
the air.
like
faster, I rlide
pool in which
that sway to
tiny
sil-
crimson
The w^lls are draped
and
is cominn:
the room,
I dance faster
white fcrmis
with
cloth that sparkler
sweet music
I drift off to
dancinr in a room of
balls hantTinp: on them like blossoms.
an
to a chair and
in
.'r^lows like a
from places
a ripplin.T
un-
brook.
back to earth
and
the splendor of the room
and faster, and out of
nowhere
and fro as their voices
Then the music .-''rows slower, and the
fill
picture fades,
and I find miyself in the chair from which it sprang-.
ChYi'sirmas
M
It's the Animal in Them
When your class "becomes a "bit boring,
and jrou've used up
all of your Daper by playing tit-tat-toe all by yourself, it's
fun to gaze around the room
and wonder what each person would
be if he were an animal.
Before your mind
(if you have one)
your first comparison can be drafted
up an argument with
can wonder very far,
upon hearing
"le professeur".
Seeley put
Surely he would make a
wonderful parrot, you think, and so you jot it down on a list.
It is surprising
started,
how
for as soon as
discussion,
on a limb
quickly a thing
goes
once
it is
Hazel and Wilson have taken over the
you immediately picture them perched side by side
silhouetted against the moon.
It's the owl that is
the wise bird, isn't he?
At this point,
you begin to wonder where you can pick up
some more likenesses because it seems that these three are the
only ones entering
spirations pop out.
what he is doing,
into the discussion.
But soon enough in-
If you ask Alfred Wheeler, very politely,
he's sure to tell you
that he's perfecting
a new invention, and you again wonder what you can compare him
to.
Directly in back of Al,
essary
see
sits Jack Beagle.
to exert yourself over him
because right away you can
that he would make a perfect monkey,
that distinctive profile,
devil;
It isn't nec-
not only because of
but also because he's such a little
always alive and up to some little trick.
Continued on next page
Then, on down the row, is Jerry Pond "'ho is pretendin;;^ to
be sound asleep. I wnnder what would hapioen if the door
ed?
Then you'd see
that she was
only playing
open-
possom.
Just
one more glimpse through the last row before the buzzer rings.
This reveals
Janet Cole
smile which is
Oh well,
giving
only returned by that typical
it's two more to add
hear the buzzer,
ing something
Doug McKean
to the list,
that
kittenish
bull-dog snarl.
you say.
As you
you also can faintly hear the teacher shout-
about having a test toraorro"' on this v/ork.
But
don't let that worry you.
Barbara Soper
'38
^T-IRTUllS OF LA2INESS
The virtue of lazinc-ss consists principally in its
cffect upon the mind of the idler. In those rare moments
when we can serenely tell our work to go to the devil till
morning because we just don't want to do it. We feel
sense of triumph. One.- more, mind has conquered manner
slavery^ ^as given way to the sublime. We stretch out with a
feeling of perfect abandon and carefreeness. No matter if
skies fall and teachers thunder, today we are definitely NOT
going to look at that despised task. Later on, we plan, we
shall d-svote Saturday to it, and set m shop with gallons of
ink and reams of paper, but now we are free.
in
The hours of idleness are spent first in revelling
the sense of freedom,sccond in seeing what can be done.
read, we drowse (which, by the way, is not as inactive as
one might think), or we go out in innocent pursuit of happiness. As a rule, once care is laid aside, it remains in such
state, and does not crop up again. We spend a few hours then,
doing something we really enjoy, no matter what.
Are the effects good or evil? This is the question.
We return to work like a giant refreshed it is true, particularly if we do not often indulge in such a sin. We
are
fresh and happy, and if we knew how to whistle, we would. As
for evil results, the ohly one possible is too extended procrastination, and the great principle of enjoying idleness
is to have only a little taken at long intervals. That
is
the art. That is what makes the. virtue of idleness; itii
rarity,
^
Sylvia Rypins ^ 38
Cv^v^v^i^TQs
teue
Dia
-CETR^'
Evening Prayer
0 thou, in whom I take my rest,
'Vhose teachings never cease,
0 grant to thip now tired soul
Thy blanket, white of peace.
Through all this day my mind has worked
It is bent, by burdens, low.
So as the evening hour draws near
Its cells are working slow.
I!y eyes today have seen deeds done
Which were not done by love
1 thank thee that Thou were with me,
0 Keav'n Descended Dove.
:.Iy ears have heard this very day
Bloody tocsins ringing;
Of far away- yet near.
Battle hymns a singing.
And much, much more today I've seen,
"uch more today I've heard.
But why should I enumerate
Those things which have Thee hurt?
Thankful am I, that I may come
To Thee thru evening prayer.
To lay my burdens at Thy feet,
Which gladly Thou wilt share.
Mow, just bc-fore I close my ^yes,
Father, I want to say.
Among the things I'V'3 left undone
i'ay I perform next day.
Janet Clark '39
November
The
The
But
The
bleak November days are here.
skies are dull and dreary,
here at Milne where we go.
days are always cheery.
Football, basketball, soccer, too.
It's so much fun to watch them through
November's not bad aftsr all
So cheer up and be glad it's Fall.
Dorothy Signer '43
Meditation
Last night
I meditated,
I recalled.
And I reflected. No-,
I decided there was no reason,
No reason why you shculd lave
left me.
But you did and
You said you didn't care.
How could you?
Have you no heart?—No conscience?
Are you like a cold statue
With a body
But stripped of all its warmth
and inner life?
Your heart was hard.
Yes,
Hard and rough
Like a boulder resting on the
edge of a cliff.
Mine?
Well, mine was like a soft sun
flower thriving at the foot
of the cliff.
My face turned upward admiring
you
But,
You were too high above me and
One day, a new love came and
Shoved the boulder over tr'.e
cliff.
It hesitated— then it tottered
and fell
D o w n — D o n — D o wn
Until finally it landed with
great force
On the little flower and
Crushed it
Crushed from it
All the light that had,before
Burned so radiantly,
And—
You said you didn't care.
Barbara Soper '38
Never explain-your friends
do not need it and your enemie*
will not believe you anyway.
Elbert Hubbard
Chvistmas
M m
n (T
t) f '
IriV^
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feu^
w
r n '
Ci'-U-
V/e thourrht thfit
ed in the fciculty''s
their own. STo, they
e. tcpic of their cwn
the students Fould te intGreetliterp.ry utility mg Tell
hn.ve written these ^^.rticles on
ohoioe for your pn,ioyinent.
I''m sure ycu will join the st^ff
our heartiest th^nke.
and .rive then:
The nhristniR^s period is hi universal period of
rejoicinn: in which we v/ho p-ro privile.^^ed find hap-piness and receive prifts, "bixt it p.lsc ou^Tht to
hrinn: to us the thour^ht of sa-orifice and service,
for it is throuirh a personal relp.tion where we
strUfTrrle to make life better for all of us that
real Christmas service comes and it is in this
spirit that r rreet you this Ohristmas.
A little more helpfulness where we cp.n rive
it, a friendly word, considerp.tion cf the needs of
those around us, a rebuildinrr of ccurare where
needed, and a definite purpose on our part to see
thpt we "hrinr no harm wherex^er we CO, and so, in
this spirit, r wdsh you a mierry Christmas.
John Mi Sayles
It is pleaspnt to reflect that we find time to
consider the fate of others once ca year. At this
particular Hhristmias tir.e with war, arm.aments-, depression, unemployment, and a host of other ills
mpkinr days anxious and nirht horrible for so m:any
of the world, it is more than ever urrent that eachifi
of us try in his own life to exer.plify the rep^l
spirit of Ohristm.as, Cmly through a rrenuine reprard
for the v/elfare of all others can each Ohristmias be
made"an honest celebration rather than an aspiration» Let our Ohrictmias be m.erry in proportion as
we try to miake the Ohristm.as of others merry.
Robert ^'^endell Frederick,
iq'3^ ffvl
It
was snowing
p. sort
of slush
that
dre'iry
Sundp.y
night
in
the
middla
of D e o e m h e r .
Why I
should b e
p.cross Sixty-Eight Street in the
v i c i n i t y of Central P^.rk rat g": 30 in the evening,
I
can't remember.
Ho^'ever, I do recp.ll q u i t e
vividly
that I "'as ''hatching rp.ther
cautiously four
boys a hep.d of me,
who were slinging ^-ads of s l u s h — n i c e
sno^'balls, to b e s u r e — a t m o v i n g objects on the far
side of the street.
As I neared Fifth Avenue, it
was noticed with
some concern that the progress
of a b r i s k l y m^oving
derby hat,
spinning cane,
and s l o p p o n g
spats was
jarringly disintergrated
b y what one
might
call a
"bulls-eye,"
scored f^omi my side of the
street.
I
slipped quickly into a door-way,
for the derby hat
^/''PG now b e n d i n g toward
the sidewalk,
the cane-'was
dropped, and gloves were now
slopping in the
slunh
instead of spats.
The customer on the
far side of
the street mernt businessi
He was going
to r e t u r n
the fireJ
The boys had now slipped away, for the
sa^mie reason that prompted m.y retrep.t.
Suddenly the derby came
to an erect position.
The glo/es
w e r e now
p o l i s h i n g something
held b e tween
the hands.
Sm.ooth objects do
carry
best
through the air, I thought.
A street light was
opp o s i t e ine. An armi v-as b e i n g raised in line '^ath the
l i g h t , and, ultimately,
in" line ^^'ith me.
Was I to
r e c e i v e the returJi fire"^
U p went the arm, and
back.
My apparent
opponent
now had me
in perfect
line
"Another
bullseye," I
with
his
arm
p.nd eye.
thought, as I almost felt a
bum.p b e g i n n i n g to rise
on miy forehead.
Put there was
no dischprge.
Just
r smack, followed by a grunt of
s a t i s f a c t i o n from a cross the street.
That
eye had served
its owner well.
B?',ck in
plPCOi it was ready for further shatter-proof duty.
T h e derby m^oved on.
Thomas K i n s e l l a
Someone
sug^rested that I w r i t e a recum.a
of
that European
trip of m i n e
?\nd lim.it it
to fifty
words.
Ten words make a telegrp.m, fifty a day l e t ter.
As for a cableerrami from. M a r s e i l l e to Chicago,
that would cost more than two dinners in London
or
p weeks'
rent
in A l b a n y .
And I couldn't
afford the cablegram
and the Crim.scn and V^fhite
can't
afford
to ecive me m o r e
space.
May I at le-^st say
that I had a nice tim.e in Ireland?
Grace Martin
On the Labrador
Icebergs at Battle Harbor
Battle Harbor is the most eastern point of
North Arr;erica» The coast is treeless, gray and
bleak, and the Wciter is dotted with icebergs on
their melting trip southward. As passengers, we
were taken from our large ship in sm.all boats to
the dock. Here we found we could rent a fishing
boot to take us for a close-up of an iceberg in the
inner harbor. Youthful Charlie Smith was engaged
to shew us the si^ht.
"I've never been off the Labrador," grinned
Ohcvrlie, displaying the few teeth which poor diet
left remaining in his mouth, "It's a good life^
Sealing in the spring, getting fish past
counting
in the Gum.mier and trapping furs wintertime*
It's
the best life you can get at]"
Charlie gave us this cheerful view of northern
life, while he steered his boat across the bay.
'Jifithin a few feet of the iceberg, it seemied long
and narrow, rising like a mountain with one point
about a third of its forty feet length. Encircling
the island of ice, the opposite side proved to be
coneave, faced with gorgeous acquam^arine blue, with
a few streaks of rose, in the startling whiteness.
The air tinecled sharply. A mathematician
iudged
that we were gazing upon one eighth of three hundred thousand tons of ice. All around "'ere smialler
iceberp:s that had chipioed off the big one.
"I eel: ergs are frozen spring water," said Charlie," and folks gather pieces of them for cool
drinks find such like."
V/hen we returned to shore, our places were
tf^ken by another bcatlQad. The ship's purser was
on hand by thp.t tim.e, and earned everyone that they
ventured close to the iceberg at their o^n risk.
The ice had reverted during the night, increasing
the dBTiger of its brecaking up entirely. In such a
case, anyone near it ^''•ould be dra.^^n under the v;ater
without a chance of being rescued. Such
information -added to the excitement of getting chum.my with
an icebergJ
Ann Barsam
In my Europep.n trp.vels, I found the n^.tives
most anxious to practise their skill in English;
Miss Crooks p,ccomp?=,nied me in pp.ris to buy a TBY:
hpt. She explained in French ray needs; the sr?,lesIp.dy brought me many samples. Finally I tried on
the most desirable and turning to Miss Crooks said:
"This brim if too bread."
"Ah" re^nlied the Frenchwoman in perfect
lish, "too broad? I '^'ill brinp^ y.ou one vith a
broad brim."
Engless
In a hot-1 in '^rerrn'^ny in v-hich "'e ^".'ere expected ^"e found this item on the menu: "drumiStik of
calf".
In S"'it zerland, ^^hen I least desired to havo
it so, I found thin sip-n on th..: elevator: "Out of
Fork".
Katharine E. Wheeling
I "Vanted a Book
I set out thin rnorninp-, my s -rviette under vny
arm and my carte dc l-^cteur s :cursly zinpvred in rny
purse. It is no triflinp- matter to be reader 21357
in the Departement des imiorimes of the Eibliothaque
Rationale: the Government of the Unit^^d States is
behind ine, in th.- -o-rson nf its a:abPSSrador, to
guarantee that it vill reolpce any volume that I
mif'ht defp.cr-, mutilate or lose.
Tintoeinc: into the fa-rious building of th-: rue
dc Pichelieu, I felt a little n-Brvous as the attend •••nt at th-• door of the salle de lecture scrutiniz-d'the sioectacled gun-moll pictur-d on my c^.rto
de lectur.^. Satisfied th^t thr- original matched
the r j-'-^roduct ion, the stout monsi-ur with th.. beaver handed me a y.-llo^"' sli"-- of reaper, un bull tin,
and 1 ~t !:'i£ in. It apio^.-ared one r^'as to vrito nam^
and address on le bulletin, -^Iso the number of th ..
sort one choso in the r .adinec-room, th m friv,- it up
to the Pur rau. One did. In .-xchange one '"'ould r 3ceiv-- mor bull -tins, according to the side of th ?
room on sat in. Orr :en stood for the riirht ^^'inff,
so prreen it
Enfin, the end senaed near. I took off my hat
and coat, left th-m at my Sv-at and '^lent in search
of the card cataloR-ue. Oh ^^ell, skip it, as th^y
say au cinema. After '\n hour I came back to th,.
Eur-pu, footsor • and grimy but ready to d ruiand
HiPtoire de 1'Education d'.rs Feinmes :n France par
laul ^ousselot, Didier et Cie, no. Y 37498, in 8 ,
by virtur of my gr en bulletin. A svV-re-locking
p'-rson at th ^ desk exai.iined my fiche sur toutes les
Cvin'^mtis l^vxe
coutres, stamped it» I offered it tt a mechanical
devico that K^iucked it in "^reediljr; it was seen
more.
I went hack to my seat and I waited and
r Waited. An hour'
ed; attendants Iroup-ht arm—
ful3 of books to the rirht and left of me. I went
hack to thf^ Sureau, whispered miy complaint,
-Un peu
patience, mademoisellfe, on r ^'ooupe
D E
V O U R I '
Tieppated the procedure at half-hour intervals.
At the end of the third hour I" received a
white Slip of paper, the "back was in use;
-Put if mademoiselle would like to reserve the
hook, there is- a pink bulletin for mornings, a hlue
one for afternione, a pale yellow
Mademoiselle fled for the nearest "feistro and a
cafe ncir.
2utJ' tomorrow I'll stop chez Oourville and
buy that satane livre.
H. M. Cfrooks
llt^s been an interestinr experience for me a,ll
fall to notice the ohani^es that ha,ve occured
in Milne since r started here. Some of themi had be.^^un
while r was here, auch as startinjT the newspp.per,
and rirl^'s varsity, and thn lnter-€ociety pp^nce,
and more have taken place since I left. May Milne
keep on rrowinr and improvinfr.
Hannay
One of the most interestinr: activities that
I have carried cn this year has been the rivinr: of the
Seashore Musical Tests to the members Of m.y eie^hth
year home room. These tests which hp.ve been developed and standardized by Professor Seashore of the
University of loWa have as their purpose the deter—
mination of the amount of musical ability a person
possesses. They test six different phases of thi.?
ability; namely, pitch, rhythm, intensity,
time,
harmony and tonal memory, The tests
recorded
Viotrcla records which are played w^hile the students
listen and write their answers.
At present all of the results are not complet^^
but indication are that r have several people who
are fer above averafre in musioal ability. I sine-*
erely hope that all these lucky persons will be
able to take music lesdons and develop the ability w^hich has bp>en given to them.
Oarleton A. Moose
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