CRIMSON AND WHITE
ALBANY, N. Y.
FRIDAY, F E B R U A R Y 17, 1939
THE
V O L U M E IX
MISS EATOH REVIEWS I W
BOOKS m SR. ASSEI'BLY
On Wednesday afternoon
at 2:35 Miss Thelma Eaton
spoke at the senior high
assembly on the nev; "books
which she has recently
procured for the Milne
library.
During her talk Miss
Eaton reviev/ed the follov;ing "books.
Lippincott, Animal
Neighbors Of The Countryside
Sanderson, Animal
Treasure
Clarke, Valiant Dogs
Clarke, Gallant Horses
Stone, Sailor, On
Horse"back
Hindus, G-reen Worlds
Gray, William jPenn
Hertzler, Horse and
Buggy Doctor
Morris, Fifty Years A
Surgeon
Leaf, Listen, Little
Girl
V/
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r- VtvGoFA
as;D
fee-T-TeR
Floherty, Your Daily
Paper
Spaeth,•The Art of Enjoying Music
Weeming, Models Any
Boy Can ife.ke
Wright,
Of
Conversation
Halsey, With Ilalice
Tov/ard ITone
Allee, Little American
Girl
Kyle, Red Sly Over
Rome
Means, Shuttered Windov/s
Morrison, Lost Queen
of Egypt
Ferry, Honey Of The
Nile
Kings ley, Men In VHiite
Lane, Tree Land
MILNE
SCHOOL
N U M B E R 13
SENIOR N E W S
MiSS
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JN REVEALS PRIZE
DAT tone/SPEAKERS
MISS STRONG MAilAGES
PAPER THIS SSi.EST:3R
Miss !'/heeling, v;ho has
taught
the
journalism
class in the past, has
relinquished her duties
to Miss Jean Strong. Miss
Strong has "been assisting
the Crimson and White for
the past tv/o years. Last
year
she
conducted a
meeting on editorial ]policies at
the Colum"bia
Press
Convention. Miss
Strong revealed her plans
for the class
vrhen she
said: "We are going to
study the art of professional
journalism,
as
well as continue our work
with
the
Crimson and
White."
After the mem"bers of
the paper return from the
press conference in Nev;
York, the seniors v/ill
leave the paper. Juniors
and sophomores will take
over their work.
"Apprenticeship
is
starting this week," says
Betty Barden, editor of
the Crimson and White.
"The opportunity for any
j'onior or sophomore to "be
on the paper is open.
For all those interested,
attendance at the journalism classes at 8:10 on
Monday mornings is e;$sontial."
NOTICE
"During lunch
hour,
Milne students are requested to go down the
sids of -oho stai'.i-s
in 'BX chardson, "
s"ca. ued
Walter Seim, carjtain of
the Traffic Squad. "In
this way, Milne v;ill not
have to plough
through
the State line."
Miss Mary
Eliza"beth
Conklin recently announced those who vdll participate in the annual prize
speaking contest on March
2 this year.
The contestants
and
their topics are as follovrs:
Betty Barden -"Men and
Mice of the Year",
Florence Her"ber-" Slaves
of King Cotton".
Shirley Baldwin «"The
National Theatre".
Janet Clark -"Woman's
Place in the World Today",
Robert Gardener -"The
Future of Democracy".
Ben
Douglas -"Felix
Frankfurter".
Edward Sternfeld -"Insane? -Perhaps" .
Robert
Scham'berger "State and Socialized Medicine" .
W/a
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others v;ho took part
in the semi-finals are:
Donald Geisel, John Gulnac,
Bryna Ball, Arm Loucks,
and Una Underv/ood.
Judges also
selected
Betty Tincher and Margaret
Chase for the semi-finals,
"but "both v/ere a'bsent from
school at the time this
contest took iDlace,
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The results of the
library invent orj', taken
at the end of the first
semester, vrere "most satisfactory", according to
I-Iiss Eaton, librarian.
Onl.y three books v/ore
found to be missing and
tv70 of the missing books
wore located before the
completion of the inventory.
THETA IW iCSfiTS ADELPHOI
m BOVHijIITG 1IA.TCH TODAY
The Theta llv. Literary
Society, at their last
meeting, discussed
the
coining initiation,
the
date of vjhich has not "been
settled upon. President
Done
G-eisel appointed
Gifiord Lantz, Eissell
Jones, and G-uy Chi Ids in
charge of the event.
This afternoon,
the
"bovjling
team,
led hy
Captain Earl Goodrich,
will challenge Adelphoi
to a match at Hice's,
Others on the team are
Joseph Ledden,
Donald
G-eisel, and Charles MacCull och.
The one book
still
missing is "The Lady or
the Tiger," by Stockton.
Miss Eaton stated that
this
record is one a
school should be proud of
as the average school has
a much greater number of
books lost a semester.
HEBBEH TO DIRECT
ASSEM3LY PLAY
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FEBRUARY 17, 1939
QUIII ELECTS OFI'XCSRS
FOR SSCOl© GEMHSTER
The Quintillian Literar^r Society on Tuesday,
electtjf^ its officers for
the second semestux-. The
members had made the nominations at the previous
meeting.
At that time
the
girls
unanimously
elected Mildred Mattice
president.
The nev; officers are:
Vice PresidentJean lad den
Recording SecretaryJane Grace
Treasurer Sally Devereux
Mistress of Ceremonies Katherine Kewt;on
Corresponding Secretary Jane Phinney
Critic Ruth Selkirk
Marshall
Jean Best
Repoiter Florence Herber
After the elections,
Miss Matt ice sv/ore the
new officers into office.
Last Friday, the JuniorSenior Dramatics Club voted
to produce a play in assembly, about the last of
b o t U-'^
^ (^jZly^.
ci
March,
I
Miss Minst, director of
the club, and Eette Tincher, president, suggested
tliat a member take full
d u; y
charge of directing the
play. The members elected
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Florence Herber to fuli.n
O (I
fill this duty. She aprsi c r
pointed a committee of
f^
n
r-p
11 Betty Barden, Emily San0 derson, and Robert Wlieeler,
to bring suitable plays
to the meeting
today,
CLUB SEEKS PICTURES
from v/hich one will be
selected.
The Photography Club
The Sophomore Dramatics requests that all students
Club, last Friday, learned contribute any outstandS I G M PLAINS LUITCHEOIT
the technique of doing
ing pictures v/hich they
Chinese
and
straight
have, the best of v/hich
At their last meeting,
make-ups, under the div/ill be enlarged by the
the members of Sigma. Litrection of Miss Chrisler
club and exhibited Parerary Society formulated
and Mr^ Uordell. Recentents ITight in the Library.
plans for
a luncheon.
ly, the club conducted a
mock murder trial. Mr.
Janet Jgnsing, president,
The pictures should be
appointed Helen ITorris and Hordell took the part of
given to Robert Barden or
attorney.
Shirley Smith on this com- prosecuting
David
Fuld,
of HomeSome of the members did
mittee.
room 228, before Thursday,
impersonations of radio
Bfobruary 23. The name of
and screen stars; otheis
The society also disthe donor and homeroom
composed the jury.
cussed the possibility of
number should be on the
a tea and a theatre party.
back of each print.
All
pictures v/ill be returned
to the owners.
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CRIMSOl^ ArlD ^'.HITE
SPORTS PAGE
UPSETS MILI® 31-19
AFTER iBAlLim AT HALF TIME
A\JLh
Lr,st Saturday night in Page Hall
^ym, Rennsselaer continued on its winning streak, defeating a hard fighting
Milne quintet ty a score of 31-19.
As the game opened, Milne fell "behind 10-1, "but it then put on a terrific
scoring spurt. At the same time it held
a momentary "baffled Rensse?.aer snuad
scoreless from that point until half ti^ne;
v/hen, Milne lead "by a score of 13-10.
During the second half however, the team
from across the river put on a spectacular scoring streak to win 31-19.
Pink was high scorer for Milne v/ith
7 points, closely followed "by French
v;ith 6 points•
Individual scores:
Paland
Jones
Childs
Fink
Pluinmer
Clark
Stevenson
Gulnac
Scoville
French
fh
1
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
FEBRILIRY 17» 1939
2
0
2
7
0
2
0
0
0
6
MILICD JAY7EES TRIUilPH
OVER REiTSSSLAF.R 24-17
SatT]Tday night, in the Junior Varsity game, a greatly improved Milne team
gained their second victory of the season
vrhen they defeated the rensselaer J, V's
24-17.
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Tomorrow night in Page Kail gym the
Crimson qiiintet will again meet the Schuj'-ler five. This game is eiqpected to "b3
a ""breather" for our "boys after their
games with Al"bany High and Rensselaer.
Schuyler has had a very poor season,
loosing every game on their schedule.
The Milne rooters, vrhose team has gone
through a mediocre season, hope to see
their team finish the 1938-1939 season
v/ith an even number of games v/on and
lost. As the Milne team has lost five
and v/on three games, it v/ill "be necessary
for the tv/o remaining games to "be Milne
victories.
Dick Paland, leader of the Red
Raiders, credits the players fightingspirit to the fact that they hoped to "be
the team which "broke the phenomenal v/inning streak of the Rensselaer squad this
season, and the fact that the team received enthusiatic support of the Milne
rooting section. Continued Paland, "The
Schuyler contest v/ill "be the last home
game of the season, and Milne should v/in
if the school turns out and encourages
the team as they did at the last game,"
The Milne J.V. team v/ill play the
Schuyler Jayvee in a contest starting at
7:30. This game is a preliminary to the
Varsity game v/hich will start at 9 o'clock
This encounter v/as revenge for the
Milne Junior Varsity, since they lost to
Rensselaer in an av;ay game earlier in the
season,
>>
Vilson, high scorer of the Milne J.
V's, counted for 11 points in an outstanding streak of scoring.
JOE
MILN
observes
The Milne team rejoices in the fact
that Willie French, star guard of the
Crimson Tide, villi prohalDly he in the
starting lineup against Schuj^ler this
Saturday, In last Saturday's game vdth
Rensselaer Frenchie, in attempting to
stop a pass, came down hard on his heel.
As a result his right kidney v/as injured
which was feared might prove to "be a
serious injury.
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GIRLS BEGIN NEW GYM CLASS
A nev/ gym class has "been introduced
for girls of the Senior High School, meeting-on Tuesdays in the small gym at 4:30.
This is an feature which will "be part of
the girls Annual Antics, called interpretive dancing.
To the girls who do not participate
in classes such as "baskefball and skating
Miss Hitchcock "believes this will "be an
interesting and helpful class, the purpose of v/hich is to develop grace.
The girls have taken to the idea with
v/ide enthusiam. Those who have signed up
are as follov/s: B. Mann, V, Jordan, E.
Dilg, A. Chatterton, S. Baldwin, J. Best,
J. Murdick, H, Ehman, D, Mochrie and K,
One of the assistant managers of the Hev/ton,
Milne "baskethall team(a very small one),
recently cleaned a "baskefball vrith shoo
polish. Was his face rcdCor "black?).
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CRIMSOH AHD V/HITE
FEBRUARY 17, 1939
Editorial Staff:
Editor in Chief
Sr. Associate Editor
-Associate Editor
Art
Features
Sports
Societies and CIUTDS
Exchanges
City Paper Corres.
Betty Barden
Ohas. Sanderson
Fred Regan
Marcia Wiley
Clias. MacCulloch
Doris Welsh
Betty Tincher
Ed Stark\'7eather
Ruth Rasp
Jane Grace
Jean Best
Doris Holmes
Reporters
Estelle Dilg
Sally Devereux
Margaret Chase
Florence Herher
Anita Hyinan
Earl Goodrich
Ed Langvdg
Dorothy Shattuck
Bo"b Barden
Ira Moore
Robert Pfeffer
Jane Phillips
Martha Freytag
Nancy Glass
Richard Paland
Arthur Bates
Harriet Gordon
Journalism Class
Business Staff:
Business Manager
Printer
Mimeographers
Typists
Circulation
Her'bert Marx
Nevrell Cross
Armon Livermore
Al Metz
Dorothy Day
Helen Ehman
Esther Stulmaker
John Wykes
Boh Wortendyke
Faculty Advisors:
Miss Katherine !'/heeling
Miss Grace Martin
Published WeeldLy by the Crimson And
V/hite staff at the Milne School, Albany,
ITew York.
D D Y O U LOSE
SOME
NG^ JOE ?
1732
79 9
Washingt on v/as-^ a great man.
v/orld aclmoi'dedges his greatness.
The
Although the incident of the cherry
tree is probably a myth, we kiiov; his
steadfast honesty and truth are engraved
on the tablets of immortality. The frozen terrors of Valley Forge were unable
to quench his patriotic fire. VJhen at
last, v/orld-vjeary and v/orn from fathering his country, he bade fa-revjell, that
address contained all the political v;isdom of our nation. He did his job v;ell,
set a standard equaled only by The Great
Emancipator, and has never been surpassed,
He never did get around to doing
all the things he v;anted to do-—such as
personally supervising his plantation.
Yes, he v;as ''first in v/ar, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen," His life is a living lesson
of unselfish devotion to the welfare of
others.
G UM GA
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R.K.O., inspired by Kipling^s immortal poem, produced one of the y^ears
greatest motion pictures, GUITGA DIH, This
v/as photograjjhed on large scale in the
Rocky Mountains, There R.K.O. set up an
entire tent city for over 200,000 actors
and stage crev/s. They labored there for
three months to complete the greatest
battle scenes ever filmed.
Recently in search of some news, a
Cary Grant, Victor McLagen, and
staff reporter stumbled upon a small
Douglas Fairbanks as officers Cutter,
drav/er in the office filing cabinets. This McChesney, and Ballentine provide thrills
v^as labeled "lost and Found". Daily sets
for all as they repel native uprisings,
of keys, pens, pencils, and books are
Mr, Fairbanks shares the love scenes vfith
found and turned into this drav;er. Upon
Joan Fontaine in true Fairbanks style.
investigation, it proved to be not one
McLagen is the typical son of the
drawer, but three. These were found to
British Army and does his love scenes
contain the follovdng articles: school
vdth "Annie" his beloved elephant. Cary
text books -14, balls -4,pocketbooks -4,
•(3rant piovfJ.es humor that vdll please
automatic pencils -24,pens -8,rings,-3»
both young and old. Sam Jaffe, as the
glasses cases -3,key cases. -8, and five
character ''Gunga Din", turns in an excel*
notebooks. There v/ere other smaller
lent performance. Chills creep up your
things such as tubes of paste, a set of
ba.ck when Edueado Ciannelle, the villain,
dominoes, several odd gloves, small noteprays to the goddess of blood to bring
books, scarfs, one "light weight hat" size death to the British.
seven and trinkets (charm bracelets,
prayer beads, etc,) too numerous to
The story, written by Bon Hechet
mention.
and Charles I^c Arther, is the life of
three death-defying sargeants of the
The office staff v;ould apprecEnglish Army in India, You see the India
iate having students claim these articles. tribes battle the battalions of Scottish
They are in the Main Office,
soldiers. The Indian terror tfemple,
elephant artillery, Indian calvary charge
and shots vrill amaze everyone.
\ID\UVNE
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CHIMSOH AlTD V/HITE
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K I U M B E ^
FEBRUARY 17, 1939
A
HOIT-DICTIOMRY DEFIIIITIONS
TH2 M L E BOX
Soup
Dear M» B.
I am
sophomore
caught my
the v7oman
knov;n as the dead-pan of the
class, "but recently a girl has
eye, Hov/ can I get hack into
hater ranks again?
D. W.
Dear D,
Are you sure she isn't trying to
get you to cast your shell? If you get
away, it'll "be an arrow escape.
Dear M, B.
I hate to disagree v/ith you, "but I
like the girls. I "believe when I'm
married I'll "be at the end of my troubles .
(Slap5 Happy Senior
Dear Happy.
Used to v/ash your face v/ith.
Phase—
Where jrou eyes, nose, and mouth
are.
Burglar—
Man v/ho "blows a "bugle.
Tanks—
You're welcome.
CodeSomething you catch in your nose»
Germs—
Precious stones.
Jello—
Am overgrown violin.
Ratify-To kill rats.
Medicine—
The fourth president of the United
States.
Massacre—
A costume party.
—Exchange
I hate to question your integrity,
hut v;hich end are you speaking ahout?
S'
Dear M. B.
I'm in love
laer and intend
but I found out
half the "boys in
I do?
with a girl from Rensseto marry her some day,
that she goes out v/ith
Rensselaer. IVhat should
V
State College I^n
VJell, Well! Imagine
for advice!1!
a teacher
asking
Dear Teacher,
Continue v/ith her; after all Rensselaer isn't so "big.
IVEEK-EITD WORRIES
Well, it certainly has "been a long
strenuous v/eek-end, eh chickens? After
considera"ble scouting around hither and
yon, v/e have o"btained some specific information as to how the holiday was
spent.
LETTER FROM A 60 YEAR OLD MOSqUITOlI I
(condensed)...."and to think when I was
a youngster I could "bite the girls only
on the face and hands."
The Famous Triumverate of Dey,
Rasp and Murdick have "been at their favorite pastime "salle pour patiner" or
commonly called, ice-skating. To quote
the girls, v/e might add, "there*s more
to ice-skating than meets the eye'.'.
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Walt Seim tells us that after the
thrills and chills of seeing Gunga Din,
it v/as impossi"ble to spend the week-end
sleeping as he had previously planned.
.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
VJhen a girl v/on't
seldom makes a catch.
play "ball, she
It has often been said that February is the month of birthdays of famous
or prominent men. And so, v/e v/ish to
extend our heartiest greetings to Abe
Lincoln, George Washington and VJalt
Plummer,
Voiuwie
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FEBRUARY 17, 1939
A SC3S FABLE
or
THE TR/JDEGY OF i-IARY Ai© CARRIE
Beauteous iia.ry is delightful,
The "boys look tv/ice at the sightful,
Ivhile ior Carrie
They vill not tarry,
The o'iitlook for her is not "brightf^il.
I like an exam
I think it's fvji
I never cram
I don't flunk one,
(I'm the teacher)
— T h e Interlude
Visitor: Don't you find that a iDa^by
"brightens up a home wonderfullj''?
Young father: I do, V/e have the electric light on most of the
night novr,
— T h e Pen Dragon
Boss:
Say, v/hat are you here for?
Someone called up and said j'-ou
v/eren't coming "because you were
sick.
Employer: The joke's on him.
He
wasn't siipposed to call up until
tomorrov;,
--Exchange
I danca, I data,
Perchanca out lata,
a quizza,
A class a —
No passa
alassa!
—Bethlehem Star
Do you know that:
lOQf/o of the unemployed are out of
v/ork?
50>o of the married people in the
country are v/omen?
Doors can't "be made out of trees,
"because trees grov/ out of doors.
— T h e Harvester
Vfented: — A man to undertake the sale
of a new medicine.
The advertiser
guarantees that it v/ill "be profita"ble
to the undertaker,
— T h e Harvester
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Every night comely fery spoons,
Ev3.ry night homely Carrie moons,
All that sits v.dth her
Is her flea-oitben cur,
For she is the queen of all prunes.
Ah, hut here's the moral of my miise,
Gals vjith kisses for all (that are
loose)
Will end up in Reno
Playing solitaire and casino,
And drinking chilled Cactus juice.
So when you pick 'em, don't "blunder,
And don't let him go asunder,
P.S, l-feiry no longer yearns.
For down among the ferns
She's lying—six feet under,
hy Augusta Wind
(Joe Blows cousin)
GIRLS REDECOR^ITE ROOM
Since Christmas vacation, Mrs, Barsam's home decoration class has heen redecorating the model living room of the
Home Economics department,
"The northern exposure of the room
has made it rather dark and dreary in
past years", Mrs. Barsam, head of the
Sevang department, stated.
The class has made a study of textiles and has foimd that burgandy and
"blue-green, v/arm colors, are most appropriate for such a room. The designs for
the materials used unite to carry out an
early American effect.
I-IUD
Virginia Jordan made a nev/ valance
Beautiful snow.
and curtai n for the room's v/indovr, DorLovely morn
othy Dey "tackled" the v/icker chair and
Winter's child,
recovered its cushion. With the help of
Now is "born
Miss Martin, art supervisor, Virginia
Silver sleet
Jordan reframed three pictures for the
But chill hush
room, Winifred McLaughlin's "book case
Will soon "be
curtains and Ruth Rasp's desk lamp shade
Gushy slush,
add to the room's new beauty.
Nov; I'm up,
Nov; I'm notVirginia Mitchell and Helen Ehman
Winter ismade a chevron couch cover, v/hich, v/ith
Not so hot I
the burgandy and blue-green pillows by
Terrace trilDune Adele Corv/in and Ruth Rasp, completes
the nev; furnishings.
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The class changed the furniture arrangement by first drav/ing the room and
furniture to scale to avoid inconvenience v/hen moving the furniture.
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