CRIMSON AND WHITE
Friday, May 3,1935
THE MILNE SCHOOL
Albany, N. Y.
Volume V,
Number 23
SENIOR
NEWS
SOCIETY DAY TO BE IVIaY 15
CAS'P ANNOIJNCED FOR PLAY;
RYAI^ CHAIRi.IAN OF PROPS
MILl^E ViJ^SITY BASEBi.LL NINE
OPENS SEixSON AGAINST i.LT.JVIONT
TOMORROW 10:30 i.T RIDGEEFIELD
After
scarcely
two
The entertainment for
The Crimson and White in
Society Day which will be thj3...'b'alialf o f all Milne weeks of prcctica the Crimheld in the Page Hall Audi- students extends its heart |son and Y/b.1.te baseball ni.'ie
torium on the afternoon of felt sym^pathy to Sally and jWill take the field against
May 15 is nov/ in progresso Duntan Tynan in the hope ithe ii.ltamc.nt High Schcoj. "n
The rehearsals v;ere started that it may assuage in ithe opening game of thej.r
The game will Le
last v/eek, A play will be some measure their recent !season3
jheld at 10-»30 o»clock, Satgiven which will include sorrow _ _
urday morning. May 4, at
Individual skits by the so-""
Ridgefield Park.
cities. The cast for the play is as
follows: Virginia Hall, Amoeba; William
The probable battery for Milne will
Arnoldy, Artery; Roger Orten.. Professeur
be
Bob
Dawes or Richard Carvel on
the
Searchbottom; Donald Glen, Neptunej Betty
mound,
and
Howie
Rosenstein
behind
the
Boyd, Miss Clam; Arnold Davis, Squakins;
Guards, Lowell Gypson and Sheldon Bond; p l a t e o
Although many boys have turned out
Duntan Tynan, Davis Jones; Clarence Chatterton, Heeves; Ralph Norvell, janitor. for the team this year no outstanding
Sally Ryan has been appointed
chairman material has turned out.
of the set committee.
Many veterans from last year's nine
such as Bob Feldman, captain; Doug McHarg, first base; "Flash" Rosenstein,
IvIR. LY^^iiil^' -A. NIOREHOUSE Ta^LKS
catcher; Bob Ely, second base; Howard
IN iiSSElVlBLY CONCERN E^G CiuYiPS
Collins, outfield; Ralph Korvell, outare
on
Mr. Lyman A. Morehouse v;as the speak field; and Bob Dawes, pitcher
'
er in an assembly presented Wednesday at this yearns team.
12:00 o*clock for both the Juaior and Senior High School.
He vm's introduced by
Mr. John M® Sayles, principal, who
gave
FO.HVER MILNE STUDENT TO iJ^PE^R
a few impressions and incidents from his
iiS ..SSISTING ARTIST IN CONCERT
own experiences.
Ivliss Irene Gedney, the , assisting
Mr. Morehouse told about the beginartist at the Spring' Concert of the
ning's of organized camping ard the difState College Choral Society on May
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ferent kinds of camps. He said that the- at 8s30 o»clo'ck in Chancellor's Hall, is
modern or^i^anized camp was fast becoming
a graduate of Milne High School and a
just a summer resort where many differformer member of the college. She has a
ent things were learned. He told also
fellowship at' the Eastman School of
about using- the things which have a persjfc. Miss Gedney has bro£idcast over the
manent value in life and not just those
N.B«Cc network and has been guest artist
v:hich have a little v^Jue for a
short
of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at
time. "Put into life the
fine things
the request of its conductor, Eugene
all about you such as nature," he said.
Gooss'ens. Dr. Hov/ard Hansom, '
eminent
He also stated that God-made things are
American composer and director, has comoften much more beautiful than man-made
posed several concertos expecially for
things."
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- .. . Miss Gedney which were presented at the
recent Music Festig-al in Rochester
by
her under his direction.
HDNOR TOLL i^NKOUl^CED WEDNESDx.^
Milne students' v/ill be given the
The honor roll for last month was
opportunity to hear Miss Gedney by the
announced last Wednesday by Miss Cushing'. special price offered them by the Music
Carolyn Matt ice, Gi-.nson Taggart,
Olive
Council', twenty-five cents. Tickets are
Yroman, 'and Barbara ii.llen were on it for on sale in the Co-op. Tickets can
bo
the senior class. Vivian Synder, Barbara secured in the Co-op only on Monday and
Birchenough and Bob Dawes represented the Tuesday of next week, it v;as announced.
junior class, while Ethel Fasoldt was
the only one from the sophomore class.
"'CltriviSOR A l ^ WHIO®,
FF.IDAY
'MT
fiomothing must be dono, that is certain, Are v/e going to have the RecreaEditor-in-chief ' tion Center denied to us just as the
John Wlnne
Associate Editor louDge is, or are v/e going to remedy this
Barbara Birchenough
Feature Editor ! condition? Think it over, make up your
Arthur Thompson
mind, and act accordingly, but in ri«i:ing
your decision, thiiik of the feelings of
Business Department
others.
, Business Manage
Ganson Taggart
/ Printer
!
Germain Keller
JUIIIOR TEACHING
Robert Haner
/ Mimeographers
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Seldon Knudsen
"The mighty oak was once a tiny acorn," says an ancient adage, and a
Miss Katherine E. Wheeling'
slightly adapted version of it will presFaculty Adviser
ently show us how we may exercise the
all-t(bo-seldom-used virtues of co-operaMr, Daniel Van Leuvan
tion tind respect. Next v;eek our timeStudent Teacher Adviser
honored custom of Junior Teaching v/111,
for the second time this year, bring exPublished weekly 'by the Crimson and
White staff at the Milne School,"TT- • tra work to the already crowded desks
of our supervisors, dread and fear to
bany, Kev/ York.
the palpitatiiig hearts of many State ColTerms: -'j^l.OO per year, payable in ad- j lege students who are majoririg in Engvance. Free to students paying student | lish, and, it is to be feared, a most
tax,
i unholy joy to some of our own more frivI olous students.
This Crimson and White has been put :
The same custom, hov/ever, will afout by the junior cub class under the j
ford
Milne
English students a wonderful
supervision of Mr. Dan Van Leuvan. Those ;
who are in the class are Sally Ryan, opportunity to work with these embryo
professors who someday will be recognized
Jean Graham, Leslie Sipperly,
Marion
as mighty authorities in the fields of
Cooper, and Gertrtiide Wheeler.
education. It will be our privilege,
and it is a rare one, to aid, through the
manifestation of a spirit of understandv/HaT CAl^ V/E DO?
ing, co-operation, and genuine respect,
A fev/ weeks ago, at the Senior High the first steps of these studexits. Even
to witiiess the preparatory steps all
party, one of the college water founteachers
must take is not given to many.
tains was brol^en. There have been several theories as to who did this, but the
These young men and women, who next
official blame is laid on Milne because
week
will
take over for one hour the
we Y^Qro the obly group in that parji of
teaching and management of a classroom
college.
of twenty or so widely-varied adolescent
personalities, have learned by precept
When the deed was done. State Colalmost all there is to know about their
lege was holding- the Spanish Carnival,
profession.
Through experience they will
Milne was at its party, and there wore,
have
a
taste
of classroom problems in
to be sure, several outsiders roaming
teaching,
as
they themselves react to
around the halls.
Four or five times,
them.
groups of outsiders were seen hanging
around the stairs by the Co-op, in front
of which is the fountain.
It will, then, be our part to inspire confidence and a feeling of sufficiency in those teachers who need exWhat can we do about accidents such
periexice to adapt them a little more
as this? In various homeroom discussions
held during the past weeks, several plans thoroughly. It will be our privilege and
our pleasure to co-operate to the fullest
have been presented.
One is to let the
possible
extent with our Junior Teachers
faculty have complete control over the
and to offer them every fissistance which
activities. Thus the faculty would watch
we would show, as a matter of course, to
the doors, keep out outsiders, chaperon,
our own friends and acquaintances who
and perform other similar duties, A secare our elders.
ond plan is to have the faculty attend
in a body. The theory behind this is
that there would be enough faculty memNOTICE
bers to v/atch all the pupils,
A third
plcui is not to let any outsiders in at
Tomorrow ct 10:30 at Rldgefleld
any time. While this would lessen the
Park, the opening baseball game of
the
numbers at the dance, it would omit the
season will be played, Milne is playing
possibility of their breaking or disAltamont High School, Vie want a
big
rupting anything,
(Cont. in next column)
turnout t
CRIIvSOK AND 'ffllTE
FniD^Y
MAY 3 ,
CEB'ISON A1^ID WHITE
TEM\TIS TOURNAIvIEKT KEXT vVEEK
ON WASHINGTON P A M COURTSj
BASEBALL bCIffiDULE
POSTED
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Miss Hitchcock announced in the
tennis class last i»iOnday that the ^ tournaments for the tennis classes will start
Monday. The V/ashing,';J;on Park courts have
already been opened, a fact which enablet^
the members of the class to start playing there next week®
Last Monday in the baseball class,
the juniors played a practice game with
the seniors. The schedule for the girls
inter-class £amBs has been posted on the
ioor above the staps leading to the
girls• locker room by Miss Hitchcock.
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SOCILTY NOTES
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1935
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THE JOLLY MILNER
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Suggestion
I v/ouid suggest that the entire
Milne baseball team acquire special multi-pa ddod gloves due to the sore hands
suffered by such players as "Slish" Ely
and "Slop" McHarg after catching- some of
Captain Bob Fieldman's terrific pee,s.
Sad
^ ^
Through my demon efforts I have at
last found the reason for Coach Baker's
tears. Alas, dear Milnites, it seemf
that "Head Thinker of Beir^ Pitcher'Emery has fractured his shovel-arm alorg
with (s<:.y somo perhaps idle rumors) h's
head. *'Tis Inj-ky indeed that v;e ha-'/'e
"Curve Thrower" Dawes to rely on.
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Notes To You
Ncrte"s"'should be pasted about informing our baseball protegees of hither
QUm:
tocoming practices. It seems thc.t SaturQ,uotations last Monday were ^ talcen day last one of these fellov/s (dapperly
j.rom any poet or author. Ethel Gi.Tlespy attired in a new spring outfit) showed
reviev/ed the story "Susie*s Little Play" up, mu3^ to his disappointment, on the
"Gleeps" people
by Booth Tarkington. Due to lack of time empty practice field®
Mary York's report on the Maudie stories but I shan't mention any names»
by the LorimerB was cut short.
Pro?
It was mentioned to me that even so
Barbara Birchenough, general chairrrjan for the Quin banquet which will
be perhaps the proposed girls* uniforms
May 25, appointed Ruth Babbitt, Jean Gra- wouldn't be so bad after all in the fact
ham, and Jane Weir to look up places for that they would save the dear gals the
the affair. Jane Doran, Betty Ostrander necessity of changing for gymo
and Elsbeth Fronam were appointed on the
decoration and flov;ors committee.
FRENCH CLUB HOLDS DISCUSSION;
LEiJd\f TO PLiiY FRENCH BRIDGE
A motion was made and carried that
the society have as usual a page in the
ij. discussion concerning the pins
Year Book. The meetirig was adjourned a.t
was carried on in the French Club l-.st
11:30.
Monday, at v;hich Olive Vroman presidode
However, nothing wa^ definiibely docided
SIGMA:
upon, and a vote v/ill be taken next week
At the last meeting- of the society
For the remainder of the period the
quotations were taken
from
William
members
played French bridge and learned
Shakespeare.
to bid and ploy, spealcing- in French.
Barbara Allen gave a report concerning' the place for the Sigma banquet
v^hich v;ill be held May 10. Due to no deSCEITE FROM PIuxY PRESENTED
cision, a sxjecial meeting was held yesterday to vote on a place.
The weekly meeting of the
advanced
Drami^xtics
club
took
place
last
It v;as voted on and passed that the
Mary York and Elizabeth R C C . - D ?
society have a picture in the year book. Monday.
presented a sueao from Barrie'r plr../The meeting Y;CS adjourned at 11:30.
••••What Every Wen Uu Knows." Miss Ej'^abeth Griffin^ spcn.sor cf
the cLu-o,,
^.DELPHOI:
read a scene from the play, "Impoi tain;'".'
The v/eekly rexport was given by Clar- of Being . Earnest."
once Chaoterton on "The Saga of the Cornstock Lode" by Lyman.
Next week there will be a joint:
meeting
of all seotions of the Dramatics
It was also voted
the Adelphoi
Club.
have a picture in thu year book.
The
meeting- was c.djoui-ned at 11*30 o'clock.