CRIMSON AND
Friday, April 3,1936
THE MILNE SCHOOL
Albany, N. Y.
Volume VI, Number 21
SENIOR
AiMl^U-iL r o u i ® TABL]L JOKFSIuilI^'CE
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pAPiiiNTS*
F , UviiLEY
NIGHT;
TO
Tonight at 8;lb, tne annual Milne
Parents^ Ni^ht will basin v/ith a speech
by Dr. Dean F. Smiley, Supervisor of
Health and
Physical Edu cation*
Dr»
, Smiley will speak on the topic "The Home
and School Health Program for the Secondary School Chi Ido" After the speech,
, t^e school will be open for inspection
and its faculty and teachers will be
there to greet the parents«
NEW^S
TO BE
NIGHT, hU.Y 8;
B. HOTALIiJG K CH^J^OE
L'"st WedntJGday .t 11;0U o^clock, a
speci.J meeting of the f..ur sccieties
was c..lled in the P.ge Hr.ll auditorium.
Raymond Hotaling, president of the senior high school, xjrosided»
Bill Hotaliiig v;r: s elected generi.l
chairman of the ^-.T.S.i.. dc.nce, which
v;ill be on May 8, a Fridr.y night, it was
also decided that the dr.nce b..^ strictly
formal and that the price be ^1«50 per
couple.
Some of the exhibits in various
rooms will be as follows. In the Biolo,^ •
Leslie Sipporly was made general
gy room v/e will find the newcomers to
chairman
cf Society Day on May 14o The
Milne, thirteen little white rats, toOiitcrt...inment v/ill include a short skit.
gether with "mama" and "papa" ratso In
S-lly liyan gave a report cf plans conthe General Scienco room there will bo
cerning the skito
various demonsti-ations which have been
used in classes.
Tho;pe will be such
demonstrations as vacuum pumps, formalilFOm'LJ.
L..ST SATUF.Di.Y
tion of fog, causing floating soap bubW
DECORi-TED \-ITH STRE.-]\'[ERS
bles to burst into flame. An electrostatic machine and models of lift and
Last Saturday in the College Recforce pumps, kd. experiment demonstrating
reation Center, the Hi-Y Club and the
spontaneous combustion will also be in
Girls* ^^thletic Club sponsored an inthc.t room, A flamo which is sensitive
forni.-.l sport dance« The gym v/..s decoto sound v/ill bo a fer.turc of the physrated with green and v«/hite streamers;
ics exhibit. In room 324, moving pichats -aid serpentines were given out durtures on such subjects as atmospheric
ing' the d.ince.
Besides the dancing,
pressure, the mosquito, and water power
ping
pong'
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provided
L.muBement,
The
will be shovm. A model of a geyser, such
profit
has
not
as
yet
been
fully
deterrs r. feature last ye^.r, will again be on
mlr GI r
e";:lLibitlcn.,
irl';ro.;cope e-Khi'hii dbow-ing one-celled ,.nim..*ls, .-nd the circulation and hc;.rtbe<..t of a frog may be exCOI^IVENTIOl^ .JJNOUNCED
amine do
In the art room, there will be an
exhibit of murals made by Emilie BEchaca, Jane Vv'eir, Doris Shultes, Jane
Fromm, and Sally Eyan» Those murals were
made from snapshots t-.,ken in Mexico by
Miss Mai'tin. Muralsi in the process of
being made are also on display. Books
showing the architectural history done
in linoleum prints have boon made by the
seventh gride boys. Portraits of various
characters in school have been done in
chfircoal'^d in pencil sketches. There
are also bowls on which designs from
stories have been put, and tiles, made
by the seventh grade girlsc
The homo economics classes will
serve punch, as usual, A luiichecn table
set by the eighth grrde girls is in the
dining room. The senior high girls have
an exhibit of energy value cf feeds, The
sowing classes will h.;.ve an exhibit on
\ the care of clothing and also on household furnishings.
There v/ill be a
convention in
Sh'-;ron Springs,
according
to
Miss
Kr.therine Eo V/heeling, head of the English ftepartmont. ..11 those interested
in attending v^ill please see Jolin Winne
i-.'.s scon as possible.
(Continued from Column 1)
The English depc.rtment v/ill shov;
magazines made by the senior classes.
Each mrgazino contains representative
material from students in the class.
There are also sketches in them by the
art students.
The Crl'T^on and V/hite will have an
exhibit in r'^cin
Free copies of the
iiewsp.^per will bo distributed to the
pi .rents..
CRIivL'lON AND WHITE
CED/ISON AND WHITE
Make-up Staff
Virginia Tripp
Societies
Vida Bentjamin
Headlines
Doris Shultes
Art
l?uth Mann
Seldon Knudson
Mimeographers
G-ordon Robinson
Howard Collins
Printer
Miss Mary Tobin
Typists
V/illiam Freedman
Reporters
Gertrude V/heeler
Virginia McDermott
Patricia Gibson
Hazel Roberts
Jean Ambler
Barton Zabin
Barbara Knox
Business Department
Robert Mapes
Business Manager
William Freedman
Distributing Agents
William Burgess
Miss Katherine E, Wheeling
Faculty Adviser
Terms:
vance.
tax.
Crimson
School,
1936
WHY THE WEV/ SCHEDULE?
Editorial Staff
Artiiur Thompson
Editors-in-Chief
nohn V/lnne
Leslie Slpperiy
Features
V/alter Simmons
Sports
Gdward Y/alker
Jean Graham
Gaily Ryan
Humor
Elizabeth Simmons
Student Council
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C I V I C NEWS?
Before the eighteen hundred delegates of the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association gathered in New York City
at the ballroom of the Hotel Commodore,
Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed the
opinion that every school publication
should devote a certain amount of space
to problems of civic intorosto
We believe that in most cases this
idea would add greatly to the interest
of the students in governrr.ont affairso
However, the Crimson and White could not
possibly carry"^iTt this~plan because of
two difficultieso In the first pl.\cG^
the space is very limited. .Secondly,
thuro would be difficulty in keeping up
v/ith worldly affairs in a newspaper that
is issued but once a v;eeko The pages,
as you know, must be made up in advance
of the publication-. Therefore, the news
vvould be a week old before it would ajppear in print.
This is a very fine sug^^estjon.,
however, for schools publishing' bi —\7 e ek—
liesc Unfortunately, wi could not have
this in Milne.
Last week, cn article in the Crimson and White attracted great interei"t
fro^m"(7st'of~'the students« The article,
concerning the change in the schedule
for next year, has caused much comment«
Mcny arguments have arisen against makking the changeo
Under the nev/ system, school will
begin at nine o•clock and end at threefifteeno Thus there will be the same
number of hours as there are at present.
Hov;everj instead of having gymnasium
after school, when it tAkes up much time
which might be spent in other ways, it
will bo in the hour between classes from
eleven-thirty to twelve-thirty.
This
has been done for many reasons, among
which is this onop Many people do not
like to go to gym, and so they either
get a spurious excuse from a friendly
doctor or just simply do not go^ If gym
is in the middle of the day it v/ill be
much harder to miss it, and in fact, it
v;ill be well-nigh impossible to miss it
without a very good excuse.
An argument has arisen that it will
not be healthful to have so much exercise so soon after luncho Hov/ever, if a
person can speed thi'ough a meal and go
out to play all afternoony he can eat a
smaller meal tv/ice a week and then go to
have
some
scientifically supervised
exercise <>
This change in schedule has been
mfide for another reason, also. Many of
the seventh graders and those pupils who
live outside the city limits find it
very difficult to get to school conveniently so early in the morning. Also,
the supervisors of Milne want some time
to see the practice teachers before
school beginse« Therefore, in order to
accomodate both groups, school is beginning later.
We have heard , someone say that
since classes will be a little shorter
in the afternoon, that there will be
more homework« We see no reason for
this complaint. It simply means that
the pupils will have to v/ork a little
harder ond fool around a little less.
As for stopping extra-curricular
activities, they are just as important
as school work for various reasons. They
will bo continued as usual so that everyone can get the benefit from them.
Much time has been spent in making
out this schedule and all arguments have
been consideredo So therefore, let's
not aig\i0 about it, but do our best to
cooperate with itj It 3,s the best that
could bo made up under the circumstances
and is much better than the present one
for mux.y roasonso So let^s not waste
t-..i'ie ;n
but re^illy cooperate
vvi.'':h
i.s nov: example ox Mi.lue's progre s 3 ^ I'^•: liie • s march of pn>.ro,ss has
star-uc. againj it-'s up to us to keep it
VI
ZRIDU.Y
CJRB'ISON .U^ WHITE
B^.Si{Emj>L BixN^^UET SUCCESSFUL
SIPFEELEY
T^'vIlNTY PLu.YEES RECEIVE
The first I-'-IUHL CA1 D UJ. sketbc^ll b£in'2uet
of Milne High School, which was held
Ivlarch
was very successfal^ Viuny important matters were discussed, and a
general fine time was had hy all- The
banquet was held in a private dining
room of Jack's Restaurant, and the fathers, sons, and faculty attended in
fine arra,y to do honor oO our gallant
athletes.
i.PRIL 3, 1936
SCtlOOL TO uBSERVE FIELD D..Y
ON FRID.iii, THE SIXTH OF JUiM'E
PRICES TO BE GIVEIJ i m G^JvIES
Plans are rapidly being form.ed for
• the coirdi^ field day in June. The date
will be June sixth, but, in case of rain
on that day, it will be the thirteenth.
The coiraittee in charge has been
tc
Lj^ons L^".ke and Nassru Lake, tut., as yet,
has decided notni.rg c^bfinite as to location.
In the morxiing there v;ill be baseball, tennis, and soccer games. These
Mr, Creesy acted as master of cere- will be followed by various sports in
monies and led the gathering in the the txfternoon. Prizes will be awarded
singing of some college songs« Thoso for the winners. If the faculty are
song-s were those of colleges which the V7illing, perhpps there v/ill also be some
graduating players expect to attend,
events for them, also. There has been
some mention made of having dancing and
Mr, Sayles g^iive a very fine and in- swimming hut as yet nots^iing has been de. terestirig speech on the v;ords, "I shall cided in this respect. While the senior
maintain." It was full of pep and fire high is thus enjoying itself, the junior
I and flung a challer^'e to this year's se- high will have a treasure hunt.
niors. It wc.s not only a challenge but
• V7as fine advice for the fellows.
KID STUFF - OR IS IT?
The Pevorend Mr. Blake gave a talk
on the value of athletics and the value
by Leslie Y. Sipperly
of team play. He gave us some fine views.
Can you dig back into your mind,
Coach Bancroft spoke on the work of if you have one, and, blowirig- off the
the team and the players. He told that, dust, find the place where is listed all
although the season was successful as to the things that you did last Wednesday to
winning the majority of the games, the make life miserable?
squad did fine work in breaking 'Into
the city basketball circle. Coach Goewey
It seemed that on a^pril 1 just more
told of faults and
gave praise to things happened. Perhaps you were acertain players. Then he gavt; out the roused from your comfy bed and were told
letter awards for the year.
that someone v/ented you on the phone and
ycu were just sleepy and mad enough to
Captain Doug MacHarg, Ralph Nor- believe it. People that never offered
vell, Y/alter Simmons, Howard Rosenstein, ycu ;; choice stick of gum before did so
and Ray Ho tilling had already received on Wednesday and you, believing that
amends had been made, took it only to
white swe^'.turs v;ith intei-woven red
and year stripes on the left sleeve. got your finger nearly broken by a conThere were
These sweaters are only for this year's cealed mousetrap affair.
seniors in hoi:or of their court work and many kinds of tempting pieces of candy
offered and you, tired of keeping Lent,
getting- fine support nt the games.
decided to break |it and accepted the
Foster Sipperley, Martin Creasy, tempting chocolate/ and only
after
Bob Taft, and Bill Hotalirig-, manager, tryiiig to bite it, you discovered that
received varfeity letters.
you nearly lost your sat of teeth that
are essential to ^ou for a little while
Bob Peldman, Brud Davis, Leo Minkin, longei'.
Bob Ely, itobert. Dawes,, Kingsloy Griggs,
Jack Beagle, Gordon Carvill, Setily Funk,
Parents don't seem to rega.rd this
Edgar Harding, Richard Selkirk, and Ed- day as much as kids do;. For example,
ward Walker were av^arded small '¥i"s for one mother told her son to get home as
their work on the jpyvees,
soon after school as he could and she
would have something" for him.. The son,
nr. Creesy'B suggestion.that
per- wisely thinking? or was it, that she was
fooling^ reimiined after school for about
manent father's organiz-atioii-be form.ed
in Milne was met with great approval, tvi/c hours and then returned home. When
ii coiranittee of Mr. Houaling., Mr® Beagle^ he arrived., ho found a note sayirig that
Mr. Funk, and Mr« Creesy was chosen
to if he didn't care enough about getting a
draw up a constitution and organise such suit for Easter to come home on time,
a movement with the hearty approval of he'd have bo v/ear his old onoo
Mr.. Sayles.
Perhaps tbe jokers who are the most
Foster Sipperley, who was
this unfort.ivr:.bi.o ai'e those people- v;ho deyear's junior varsity captain and also light in mizi.i'ig' up thi-' contents in a
and salt cellar,
a member of the varaity toamj was elected sugar
captain of next yer^r's squad» He h(.is
^_nd so goes the old sa.yin^s, I mean
played on the varsity for the last two
that "Pecpio hove more fun "ch-.u anybody,''
years and will do u fine job next year.
-TI^IDaY
CREASON IVND VMITE
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SOCIETIES
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APPIL 3, 1936 ^
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C^UBI:
Q,uotations for Quin last Tuesday
'^•ere from Christina G. -t^osetti. A final
btatement on the •^uin-Sigrna dance revealed that there is a profit of about
iipSSaOO for each society.
Final arrangements were made for
ohe Solomon Grundy party which will be
held at Sally Ryan's home tomorrow at
o'clock.
It was votdd to invite the boys*
societies to participate in Society Day
with the girls.
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i^uotations for next week will be
from Picturesque Speech, from The Read* vOr<s Digest.
THfiTii i'lU:
A discussion was held on the banquet which will be given on April 24,
Society Day was discussed, and it was
voted to have joint programs with the
othor societies,
A report was given on the life of
Louis Pasteur by Mr, Shalor, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Selkirk. After
the report a discussion was held.
SICaiA:
The regular meeting of the Sigma
Literary Society was called to order at
11:05. The roll was called.
Quotations
were
from
Somerset
Maugham. Marion Cooper gave his works
and the biography was omitted due to the
absence of Betty Potter.
The author for next week will be
James Hilton. Margr^ret Sinon will have
his biogrt'-phy and Verna Perkins, his
works.
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"BUG DUST"
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" yVhat prominent senior recently exhibited his culincry art by cooking a
dinner and backing' a c^.ke for sundry appreciative companions?
Doris Shultes just
collected a
nickel from Bob Ely® In case you don't
happen to know the nature of the bet,
we'll give you a hinti It concerns that
same little senior who went promptly to
bed last Friday night despite tho two
late swains who paced the sidewalk.
More monthly tests are now coming
around the corner«
We are wondering
whether J in this history test, B;:a''bara
Birchonough will make Another boner like
her famous statement that Washington
wrote Lincoln's Gettysburg /(address.
Now that spring is here, our favorite sport is watching the society pins
play hopscotch. You can have a groat
time betting as to when
and where
they'll show up next.
/liTO/iL ANTICS Li'.ST FRIDAY;
SENIORS WIN CKaIVJ'IONSHIP 24-8
Last Friday night, with the gymnasium filled with Milnites rjid their parents, the girls' gym Glasses entertained
v/ith tumbling, dancing, mj->rching, and a
basketball game.
The program opened with a grand
march with all the girls taking part„
When the march ended the girls san^
Kililne's Alma Mater e Then both the junior
and the senior high girls did tap and
other dances«
The highlight of the evening was
the championship basketball game between
the sophomores and the seniors. The seniors won m th a score of 24-8. Miss
Hitchcock presented Ethel Gillespy, captain of the team, with the silver cup„
The money made on the Quin-Sigma dance was given to the treasury. A motion was mado and passed that the mistresses-of-ceremonies and the four presidents of the societies write and work
up a program for Society Day, May 14.
Members of the Girls' iithletic Club
acted as ticket-t.okers, ushers, scorers,
and timers.
iiDELPHO I:
The following spring' gym schedule
has been announced L.nd will begin after
the Easter vacations
Tennis on Monday and V/ednesday at 2:00.
Baseball on Monday and Thursday at 3:00.
Goli on Thursd,-..y at 2 s 00.
Swlmm.ing and Life Saving on Thursday at
Mr. Sipperly gave a report on "The
Life of Charles Stienmetz" by Norton. It
bold of his connection with the General
illectric Y/orks in Schenectady t.nd his
]ife in the United States»
SPRING GYM SCtiEDULE .ANNOUNCED
4.00w
The Q. T. S. A. was discussed, xnd
in outing was proposed for April 9.
roll
ualled,
approved.
LE CERCLE PR^JnIGaIS
Le Cercle Fr^ncuis was called to
order at 11 >06 by the prosidont.
The
tho minutes
read and
Miss Janice Freudmt.n, a member of
tho iilbany Girls' Academy, v presenl^ed a
talk on tno v/a,7 Fronoh ? s" t.^jrl-i h 'i.c t.ha
ica'^b.r / ^