CRIMSON AN
FRIDAY, F E B R U A R Y 10, 1939
THE
MILNE
V O L U M E IX
SENIOR CIASS PLAITS
COMIITG ACTIVITIES
liT i:OrTDAY ICESTIilG-
SENIOR
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Last Monday John G-ulnac, president of the Senior Class, called a special class meeting during
the senior inviolate home
room. The meeting took
place in the Little Theatre, v/here the seniors
discussed many important
events.
Joe Ledden, chairman
of the tea dance, gave an
account of the event, and
reported that the profit
v;as tv70 dollars, after
the janitor and orchestra
v;ere
paid. The
monej'"
v/ill te used for a portrait
of
Dr. Sayles,
which v/ill he the Senior
gift to the school.
Several
suggestions
v/ere
offered to raise .
additional money for the
portrait fund.
Among
these v/as that the Senior
Class should present a
play or a minstrel show.
John
G-ulnac
appointed
Bette Tincher, Una Underv/ood, George Scovill, and
Robert Gardner to a committee v M c h
will find
suitable plays,
i
Ii-
John Wykes suggested
that the class "begin to
think
ahout caps
and
gowns. Cotrell and Leonard ha,s offered gowns to
Milne, and advises the
graduating class to decide early, for several
other schools use the garments .
Richard Paland, "business manager of the Senior Class displayed four
different types of graduation announcements* The
class decided on a special
type of card "bearing the
school emhlem. The class
will vote on the type of
paper to "be used at the
next meeting.
SCHOOL
NEWS
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UMDSF-E A T c D R B m ^ L A c R
T-JIAM HOFlilS TO BRFAK OWIT LOSIITG STREAK I'J
ITIGHT^S GAtffl
HALFi-SEI-fflS!rER
Tomorrov/ night in Page
COURSES BSGIIT
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Hall the
Crimson Tide
Dr. Kinsella, commer- will again meet the allcial adviser,
has an- conquering
Renssaeler
nounced three nev/ classes aggEGgati.an,
The Black
v/hich are starting this and Orange invaders are
semester. Those arc;
probably the best team in
Typev/riting
the capital district this
A beginning class for season. Led by its pivotshot artist, ilarry Holton,
sophmores, juniors and
seniors, vrhich if taken this crack team has yet
defeat
after
until June will count ^ to taste
credit, until Ja miary 1 eight tough contests.
credit. This class meets
at 1:00 in room 235.
The 1939 Milne quintet,
Economic Geogra-phy
after a tv/o v/eeks leave
This class meets in
from the court, has reroom 230 at 10:00. The affirmed its ability and
subject may be an elec- is out to avenge its retive in any course. It is cent defeats at the hands
for eleventh and twelfth of Albany High School and
grades. The course v/ill Cobleskill. The Milne Jaybe completed in June and vees v/ill meet the Rensv/ill give "I- credit.
selaer Junior Varsity in
Business Law
a preliminary'contest,
Business Lav;
is a
starting at 7:00 P.M.,
course for seniors only. v/hich v/ill be follov/ed by
It is elective in any
the main event of the evcourse
and
carrieS'-r
ening, the Varsity game
credit. The class meets
at 9:00.
in room 323 at 11:35.
Students may sign up
lilLlIE BAITD 1®EDS
for these courses in room
IIORE m S I C STAilDS
236. Dr. Kinsella suggesti
signing up as soon as
Dr. Moose, advisor to
possible.
the Milne Band, has requested the Crimson and
In a nev/,
revised
White to announce tliat
course of Trigonometry
the band has not enough
this semester, Hr. Snader music stands for all of
head of the mathematics
its members and that playdepartment, vail intro- ing under such conditions
duce various instruments. is difficult. He v/ould
This is an entirely nev/ be very appreciative if
idea in Milne Trigonome- any Milnites
v/ho have
try. The devices to be
stands which they are not
used are: the slide rule, using at present v/ould
alidade, hypsometor, cli- come and see him about
nometer, angle mirror,
loaning them to the band,
sextant and transit. I'r. v/hom he promises v/ill
Snader advises that a
use them carefully and
student
taking
this return them in good conco\irse should have pre- dition.
viously had Intermediate
Algebra and f'lane Geometry.
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HIGHEST KiAPJC IH EACH
SUBJECT AiriTOmTCED
The follov/ing are the
people v;ho attained the
highest Riarks in the various subjects in senior
high school:
Plane Geometry
Edv;ard Langv/ig~97^
Intermediate Algehra
. Esther Stulraaker-lOO^
Solid Geometry
Joseph Ledden~95;;'^
History A
David Wend-gg^
History B
Herbert Marx-99^
Alora Beik-99fo
History C
Miriam Freund-985^'
Latin II
Marian Soule-95^j
Latin III
Evelyn V[il"ber-99^a
French I
Marian Scule~99^^
ilary Baker-99^
French II
Evelyn I'Jilber-lOO^
French III
Dorotliy Leonard~93:j
English IV
Betty BardGn-97^b
Benjamin Douglas-9
Physics
Benjamin ^ouglas-94fo
Tenth Year English
Mary SG:cton-95;j
Eleventh Year English
Florence Her"ber-97;.j
The Latin IV, Chemistry,
and Comr.iorcial
marks are not completed
as this goes to press.
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QOIN WILL COI^UCT
INtrtATIor-j Tftt^AYi
REELECT TRtMntNT.
. Tlie Quintiilian Literary Society will conduct
its initiation at 3:30
this
aftnrno'-^n in the
Little ThGMtro.
Mi Idr od
Ilat t i ce,
president,
requested at
the last meeting that the
girls should wear their
Q,uin ribbons. Katherine
Hov/ton told of the various
articles the
initiates
must bring vdth them.
At the last meeting
Mildred Mattice was reelected president by a,
unanimous vote. The nom,ination for new officers
took place, ^hey arc:
FEBRUARY 10,, 1939
PLAITS FOR QUIN-SIGMA
ARE UllDER 11A.Y
Plans for the Q^inSigma, the next social
event of the season, are
rapidly being formlated.
Co-cha.irmen of the dance
are Miriam Fletcher and
Esther Stulmaker.
The other committees
are as follows:
Decorations- I-Iargaret Chase
and Marcia Wiley, cochairmen; Suzanne Roberts, Evelyn Wilber,
Doris Welsh, Shirley
Baldwin,
Joan Manweiller, and Jessie
Doran.
Orchestra- Nancy Glass and
Bette Tincher.
Vice President-Jean Ledden, Betty Schreiner,
Estelle Dilg, and Florence Herber.
Programs- Ma..rtha Freytag,
Doris Mo chr i e,
Mary
Sexton,
and Marilyn
Tincher.
Recording^ Secret-ar"-- Jane
Phinney, Jean Layman,
Jane
Grace,
Miriam
Fletcher,
and Janet
Clark.
Pjiblicity- Janet Clark,
Betty Barden, Virginia
Jordan, Jean Best, Ruth
VanGaasbeck, and Catherine Morrison.
Corresponding SccretaryM.^rcia ^ l e y ,
Bette
Tincher, Jane Phinney,
and Suzanne Roberts.
JUinORS COITOUCT
IITORML Discussion
The juniors of homeroom 127 recently conducted
an informal discussion under the guidance of Mrs.
Crellin, their homeroom
supervisor.
The acting
chairman v/as student counMi-stress of Ceremoniescil representative Arthur
Ruth Selkirk,
Bette
Tincher, Kathyrn ITewton, Bates, The subjects, vrhich
v/ere discussed,
varied
Dorothy Shattuck, and
from
school
spirit
to
Virginia ITichols.
school
assemblies
and
Critics - l%rilyn ^incher, curriculum.
Jessie Doran,
Leah
Einstein,
Jaojaeline
"^ov/nsend,
and
Ruth
COLLEGES SEITD NOTICES
Selkirk.
Treasu.rer- Iferjory Sherman,
Bette Tincher, Jean
Ledden, Sally Devereaux,
and Dorothy
Shattuck.
Miss Hayes , gu.idance
Marshal- Joan Hiinting, Barsupervisor, in a recent inbara 'Thompson, Mildred
Spector, Jean Best, and tervievr v;ith the Crimson
and '.'^nite, said that s-he
Katherine Morrison.
was receiving announceof
scholarships
Reporter-Jane Vedder, Shir- ments
ley Baldv.dn, Florence from various colleges.
Herber, Miriam ^'letcher,
These notices
are
and Una Undervrood,
posted on the biilletin
board in her office, room
121. Miss Hayes sug^-ests
that
anyone interested
should investigate.
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CRIMSON Ai€) imiTE
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Editorial Staff:
Editor in Chief
Sr. Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Art
Features
Sports
Societies and CIUTDS
Exchanges
City Paper Corres.
Betty Barden
Chas. Sanderson
Fred Kegan
Marcia wiley
Chas. RacCulloch
Doris Welsh
Betty Tincher
Ed Starfc-eather
Rath pLasp
Jane Grace
Jean Be-^t
Doris Holmes
Reporters:
Sally Devereuz
Flovrence Eorber
Earl Goodrich
Dorothy Shattuck
Ira Moore
BOID B a r d e n
Jane
Phillips
Rotert Pfeffer
Hancy Glass
l-iartha Freytag
Arthur Bates
Richard Paland
Harriet Gordon
Journalism Class
Estelle Dilg
Margaret Chase
Anita Hyman
Ed Langvrig
TO
C^^illT A'-7^1 ro.ri.'^ KI!E)LY GEITTLSMIT
^sra'T/aE OF
V.lien Carroll Boyce recently moved to
Le.rchmont, he donated ten "books to the
Milne library. They are:
Discovery, "by Richard E. Byrd
Little America, by Richard E. Byrd
Beyond Horizons, by Lincoln Ellsworth
Come and Get
by Edna Ferber
Success, by Lion Feuchtv/anger
Business Staff:
Business I^nager
Printer
Mimeographers
Herbert Plarx
Nev/ell Cross
Armon Livermoro
A1 Metz
Dorothy Day
Shirley Burgess
Esther Stulmaker
John IVylces
Boh t'/ortendyke
Typists
Circulation
Faculty Advisers:
Miss Katherine "V/heoling
Miss Grace i%rtin
Green Worlds, b^^ l^feurice Hindus
Round "Uin, by Ring Lardner
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Four A];'oles,by Josephine
La vr once
General C/dang
."ilhek, by General
and Madame Chiang liai-Shek
Men Are Iljrt Stars, by C. A. Millspaugh
Published Weekly "by the Crimson And
White staff at tho Milne School, Aloany,
ITev/ York.
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The moral of this little tale i s —
if you seldom reread your good books,
don't let them rot and turn to dust in
the attic.
Bring them to our library
for someone else to enjo'^'-.
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MR. PRO—(tho average teacher)—
MR, COl'—(the average Milnite) —
1-Vath homevrork finished on time, one
i_What rewrrd does one receive?
:mat
may look the teacher straight in the eyo ig the use of sacrificing a movie for
vrithout flinching. And then, parents
homevrork?
are pleased at report card time.
2-Fun confined to v/eek ends is much
more pleasant—in the long run—than an
over-dose of amusement.
i;'.-"We're only young once!"
5-Rcal friends v/ill stick \iith you
spite of an honor average.
3-3tudy bugs arc as popular
vrorms and book vrorms.
in
as moth
As neutrals, v;e believe in a middle course, the halfand-half method.
Studying isn't bad once one masters tho
art of concentration, and tnere's no time like the present
to try out tho ^r'idd?_o i-ray. ^sk that hap^y Milnite v;ho has
time to pass every subject, and }\ave a good deal of fun as
well
he'll tell you the middle way is the right v/ay!
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BE MV VALEITTII^
Week After the Week Before
For the majority of the students of
Milne, no v/eekend has ever seemed so wonderful as the last. Such freedom; exa.ras
oVoD,, no homovjorlr, no hard -ainidyinjj to
look forward to; and nothing to worryabout and lose sleep over.
But, (there's always a ""but") did
you no"oice the change of expression, the
howed heads, heavy shoulders, and the
lii.Tht go out of many eyes on return Monday HiGruing? The cause of it all are
tho:3e little menaces and head joy killers,
marks I or as we say in French "notes"
(pronounced "nuts").
Bccausc Valontine's Day is just a
few days av;ay, v/e shall endeavor to
give out a fevi advarto^^ tips on ''Vniat's
Hot in Vale^ntines", OT "'^ays My Heart",
You doi^'t have loqks^ you^re not
so hot.
You're not} quite up to par
But won't you be my Valentine?
•Cause, gosh,^ you've got a car.
Someone rather musical,
Tall, and cute,^ and thin
We'd all like Joey Ledden,
To be our Valen'tin'.
This next is to anyone who v/ants it
and we ^ mean every girl in the Sophomore class,
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I'm 'kinda' good at basketball,
A flash flash on the floor;
I've never asked a girl to be
Ify Valentine—before.
Would you open up your heart.
If I should come and knock?
Remember that I'm cute and smart,
name is Chuckie Locke.
You vrouldn't have to be a 'wov;'.
Ify little Giffie Lantz;
I'd love you just the way you are.
If tall enough to dance.
We are happy, tut very surprised, to
find hov7 many people passed chemistry,
and v/hat a novelty to discover 70 instead
of the usual 13 on all the papers. We
arc sorry to hoar that Professor Motz,
that scientific vrhiz, did not pull down
his usiial 99^. Well, those things will
happen.
Because of the v/eather and the atmosphere, (wG guess) the Esther Stulmakoi"? and Evelyn Wilburs only received
10''''s in tv/o subjects, and one of thorn
go'l b'jlov; 9Qfo. Isn* that too "badl Imagine I
Of course v/e still have our little
abnenteon v-zho, while we are groaning over
oar iiuirkcs, o.re still worrying over their
oxc-..m3 yut to come. Earl G-oodrich is only
frantic about throe out of his four subj9.,;ts: ii.t.'.s. alv/ays nico to be confic'.Gnt
about one. Ohoerio—It's only a fov;
monlnn boioro vrc go through it all o^'or
acrAii f c dear old rogont'^.
»ffiST STYLES
Perhaps vrhat your wardrobe needs is
a conservative "stepping out" dress v;hich
can be worn v/hen you go for tea, an afiternoon of "sv/ing" or as a dress for the
evening movie. This dress v/ould be one
with fullness coming from the shoulders,
unpressed pleats masses tov/ard the front,
and the li?masses Dolman sleeve crushed
below the elbov: leaving plenty of chance
to shoir off the wide variety of novelty
bracelets. I'or those of fair complexion
maroon velvet vrould work wonders, but
d o n H forget your accessories. For the
afternoon; a smart five v/ay Dobs on hat
in black rr n'acching color with bag and
gloves to match, for evening the latest
fashion ficra Paris, the small high crov/n
hat v/ith vrimples.
Butterick 8153
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FEBRUARY 10, 1939
IT'S ALL OVER HOW
EXCHANGES
It's all over now refers to, of
course, our exam period.
Besides the
answers to the questions there are manyother things that still puzzle us from
last week.
— H o w did "Evi^r" Wilher get 99 on
the Cicero exam?
How many of our milnites shoveled
their cars out of snov/ hanks last v/eek?
For that matter, hovj many Milnites have
cars to shovel out?
After such a short lunch period
all last semester, hov; did v;e manage to
use up a v/hole hour for lunch hetv/een
exams?
V/hy, after "being placed yards
av/ay from other students during an exam
and chaperoned "by tv/o teachers, v/e must
sign, "I do so declare" to all our papers?
HOV7 much gum was chevjed to calm
exam nerves last vreek?
Vfliat is there ah out an examination room that makes the mind go "blank
warm and cold shivers and that "blanS: expression? Also, v/hy do these same people
act normally in these rooms any other
time in the year?
At the end of last week, v/hy did
everyone seeing a supervisor run the
other v/ay? Surely they weren't afraid
their marks might "be told.
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SVfflET SUE
Stuttering Sam Smith sighed sadly.
Sue sav; sad Sammy sitting sorrowfully,
and asked, "S^matter Sara?"
"Stutter", Sam said stoically.
"Stuttering seems so silly", she
said, "Surely a slow speech should stop
stuttering. Sometimes your stuttering
stops."
"S-Sure," Sam said, "I s-seldom
s-stutter 'cept I s-see s-some s-shapely
s-skirts."
Sue smiled sagoly.
"Sue", Snm said shylj'-, "They say
spooning smooths speech, and something
stirs souliully
".
"Strange", Sue said; Sam's stuttering
stopped. (So Sam v/ants sympathy) .
Sam sv/ore soundlesslj'", then said,
"Some socludcd spot somev/here?"
"Sap", she suddenly shouted, "Some
sucker'd say—Scram, son".
3.0111 souirmod, hut stood stanchly.
Sue shot and sent Sara hurrying for
shelter. She soon settled, hov/evor, and
stood sobhing. Sara v;as scon speeding
through Schenectady, so Sue soon smiled
sweetly. 'S'v/ondcrful.
Teacher: !Mov;, children, if you v;ish to
succeed, you must start at the hottorn.
Boy: But
1 want to be a parachute
jumper.
Goo:
Miy ancestors came over on the Mayf lov/er.
Foo:
That's nothing, my pop descended
from an airplane.
Scarlet Tanager
Mother:
Dorothy, you have disobeyed mother
by racing around and making all that
noise. ITow you shanH have that piece of
candy.
Father, (entering a fev/ minutes later),:
Why so quiet, little one?
Dorothy:
I W e been fined for speeding.
Holy Cross ITews
Clerk in hat store:
Pardon, Madame, this is the hat you
Just bought; that's the box you're v/earing.
Exchange
Famous Last Words:
Give me a match, son, I canH find
the kerosene can.
Let's play war v/ith Dad's old gun.
The Purple Pennent
'Tv/as just a kiss I asked for,
And you gave your consent.
And then I asked if e'er beforeYour kisses you had lent.
V/hen you said "no" in tones so meek,
My chest sv/elled out in pride
But v/hen you showed me your technique,
I knew darn v/ell you'd lied.
The Interlude
Wanted; Ifen to look after truck garden,
milk a cow vdth a tenor voice accustomed to singing in a church choir.
For Rent: A south- bedroom for tv/o men
tvfelve feet long and ten feet v/ide.
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