CRIMSON AND WHITE ALBANY, N. Y. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 THE V O L U M E IX JUinORS ASSUI-E C017TH0L OF CRIMSOII Airo MILNE SENIOR M!1E SCHOOL NUMBER 19 NEWS DESCJGCKV ? R £ M D flACE LA [JL L A MME CRHLLIh With the advent of Spring, the ColumlDia S c h o - ^ ^ ^ ^ lastic Press Association passed history; the CrimPARIS EURITS III FRA'-TCI]; son and Fnite again has [ IHTSiSS^S KILlTITi^S clianfSed its staff as the''gQ;j juniors take over publi- T H E cation. The new staff is headed "by Fred Regan and Florence Herher, v/ho succeed Betty Barden as co-editors in chief. Miss Ida Besdesky will A succeed ^^rs» Frances Crellin on the faculty as - supervisor of French in Milne for the remainder |0f this year, Mrs. Crellin 'is suffering from a nervous breakdov/n. Miss Besdeslcy's home is in Accord, ITew York, She is a graduate of State College, and is working for her master's degree in French at State College at the present time. The nevr supervisor has assumed all of Mrs. Crellin' s duties, Miss Barden, retiring editor, states; "Speaking for the retiring seniors, J I wish the new staff the Paris, a very best of luck. I i\l steamer the French know that they v;ill'give WjLine, Milne "^tudonts their all* to make the vjhave learned burned on Crimson and White a biggerTuesday at dock in Le and better paper. Here's /^iHavre, France, 'fi "I feel that I shall hoping they will have as U much fin and experience The steamer was of like my new position, and as we had," special interest to many v/ould like to have more Milnites, because they French spoken in Milne. I Any sophomores or jun- 1. visited it during their like the tj'pical Milne iors v;ho are interested ^ trip to New York last student very much," Miss in v/orking on the ^rimmonth for the C.S.P.A. Besdesky has stated. son and VHiite may find convention. The fire their nitches, if they started in ,the ship^s attend the J ournalism kitchen. ^The Paris is EVE CURIE SPEAKS class every Monday mornalmost entirely deing at 8:10 o'clock in molished, However, a Eve Curie, daughter of the Little Theatre. few treasures which the famous v/oman scienFrench industries were tist, Mme Curie, the dissending to the New York coverer of radium, vrill OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS World's Fair were saved speak at Chancellor's Hall from the hold. on Thursday evening, Every year colleges April 27, at 8j30 o'clock. and universities all over Miss Curie is the author the United States offer "" ^JUifrORS m i T B ESSAYS of her mother's biography, scholarships to high Mme Curie. The subject school graduates. of her address , will be Juniors- vrill hand in "Science and a Woman". their essays on Friday, Cornell av/ards 300 April P.8. Hiss Ilary scholarships to students Elizabeth Conklin, General admission is who enter that university, visor of J:n;:lis"'i "'.c-s one dollar; reserved seats New York State also no definite li lit r, •• cno dollar and a half, gfferg ^750 scholarships Junior o s s r ' . y i : ' . ' . • 'i 's Conklin has tickets state universities. to sell. The Eastern Any student v/ho is interHi s t or i cal Albn ny s i New York Wellesley Club exted in obtaining,; a the s\T.bjcct upon w^-^ich is sponsoring the program. scholarship will find many Juniors are vrriting. ^he Year Book of American Last year Betty Barden Students^ Foundation in v;on a ten dollar pri'^^e Miss Hciyes' office a valav/ardod for the best uable help. essay on historical Albany, il •J No\um€lX/ PAas r CRIMSCl; ALID ifHITE APP.IL 21, 19^9 Q.ISA. lO-RE ON MAY 12 DRAMATICS CTJIB TO PldS^.l'T PLAY I:T AGSII'BLT V:ii.,„~;:3?:AY Plans for the anmial four society dance started underv/ay vhe.i tlie society inGmlDers elected Charles EacCiilloch gen.^Dral chairman at a joint mee'cing on Tuesday, The dance v/hich will he fe' 12, in simmer formal. !'JT:ii-'._e the a '-omeriv by xia:.':; '•/ertt;. it; the p'-uj' ^-rr.".ch thv-i U.ramatics Cj-'-.l) -wiJl p^ .3 e n : . n the s^ii or h-t-j. -isr-eral^ly on ^odi'.ecday . 7.1 or^jiic a Number llnr u —s \ t a t / \j is di. c- c • ... nj, L I.' e p r a.^: ^ on, IJ V C ^ ^ ^ 'i.'iTi ij xiavin; a ti'^ud- 1 ent to ^.'iv'^ h'j;. c^i'.ce, The q.T.S.A. is spona:j.{i to •:each her tha UfiSIFIORS G3T ISYS AT BAlTOTjET sored ainroallv hy the four ical"'i3s of p r e s e n t a societies to rai^e monoy pi a.y. The a m u m l Q,uin banfor a 3C:iolarship, This scholarship of onp, h.mquet took place on T'A^dnesThe characters are as dred dollars is av;arded d£'..y, April 5 at Jack's f ollov'S : to the graduating senior Mr. Cano:"'--I-iol)ert Scham- Rbsta.urart, The main event v/ho has done the most for of the evening v.ras the "berger Ililne on the condition pre:ier tatio]! of keys to Mrt', Canhy—Doris Holmes that he or she goes to the "Tenio.r girlf bj'" Jean Horhert Jr, — Robert Lcdden, vice -presidont, goocl^lfenting ^neret^'S'ifty liHieeler Mary Lou—Shirley Bald- 'i'h.OoO who received kejrs win vmro Jean Post, Janet dollars is av/arded at the •bogii'i'-ing of each semest3-randmother — Harriet Clai-k, Dorothy Dey, Liler. After the second av/ard, Gordon lian EcleBhymer, Miriam the receiver's name is Fletcher, Jan^ Grace, Jean placed on the placque in The action of the ^.Iny Lc?.yi:.'arj, 1' or o thy Le onard, first floor hall. takes place at the hroahMl1dr ed Mat t i ce, Ti rgi nia fast table of tho Can'ry Mi t chu 11, Joy c e -d. i ck, Mary Ifinshurst receivhomo, The plot c."inters aDay liewton, 7irgi.lia Niched the last scholarship. r ound a rni s i n t erpr et od ols, Jane Phinnoy, liarlove note. Jorie Shv/i-man, Bf^tte Tincher, 'O'na "CJnderv/cod, Marcia W < A Miss Marion Hinst, a V/iloy_ i\de.le Gor;-;in, Ruth . Qt.'ILT State College senior, has Seikii'k and '.Dorothy Shattuck. been in oharge of t^iis dramatic group during the The Members of the soBL/MV K year, ciety gave Mildred I^fettice pre'^ident, a gift of a geld bracelet, LE OERCLE ?EArCAI3 Kiitherine ITewton preELECTS iT33V; OEFI0SR3 sided as Mistress of CerJUST emonies. Doris Mochrie Le Corcle Francais olt h c and Betty Schreiner sang ected officers in a ro''E-very minute of the Hour", cer.t mee^'lng, The nev off- Jc!i.(it Clark played "Starice.cs a.re '"'J-.e L] o-./i ng. d.us c'' as a piano solo, and Florence Herber recit? r t ; s 1 dent — I ' C a . i r c ' In assembly ou .ioriJ. 5, ed ''to v/as I". Rober b 3-a/.'dcn^i- ocnli;.c t od ener the Ira^dn:^, for 'r-ho iinal 7;'. r.e • prt?s i d e n - • • Jo^r ownevcin.lij of a q-illo r.aao Jacquelyn Tovmsend and M'.irdx by g.irl:-; in ch.^ ^^orK"" 0}.'.irley Baldwin were genclass vfhon thoy wc^'o eral chair ion> .Iber th graders. Tiio u.'it^-i dosigned in 4rt e;.a;v: and G.APD PA.xTY CLI'IRS I-ROFIT C i.-J ' . IT. ' mado into a qii:] i .'L - - / .i. Economi cs , Only ti.i os: o n.' . : ! : • •... 3 on Do\iglas a.nnounced girls Svi'j^rot. t ^ r t a profit of $87.10 I 0 Jl U'.-.I accepted, ocv..-.:. era..' cloarcd, at the recent w ' . F Hep^-fcorJi..... the artiolo. ribr-ji]Cc.ird party sponsered by .r-';!dor..t coimcil. This is maher v/or tho • • i^i.'.n ^t ti-Ki nov'^ .r • , -jomp-.red v/ith the $61.10 chr. • I . . gavo her .r-"'- . '-'••iijrs p'jp^la': oov'^r; l::. ^'r . prrfitra.adolast year. in the Tra^vln;^ w i \ ginia Li ..holr,, Dci-: j. V.'^.-fc'G , .^m i.ii: : r.l.-iCc. Mi 1 dr od ! "a t r 1 f^, an/. 3j c ;p• •1' .1 oc'. r^. •• iv ^ J .L.-.'. •'. .. ^ •-^ '•' ii'iJhc committees v^orked hard, and did a good job othy Leonard. garioSj and ac..:^ cr iv-o '.'JG hope tliat marked in•pu s 1 c s n I t h a ch, cioaso will be an incentive to future coimcils," str.tod Ben Douglas, president . r V w ' l ^^ April 21, 1939 ^ Xlolum^lX^Nuiilb^r f ] Editorir.l tagc CRIMSON AHD VHIITE EDITORLVL STAFF Co-Editors Fred C. Regan Florence HerlDcr Doris Holnes Sr.Associate Editor Associate Editor Art JUST T M I N K ONLY j/Nie rst-r BOTD B a r d e n Art Bates John Van Acker Estellc Dilg Features Sally Doveretix RolDGrt TOioeler Sports Margaret Charge ^%rtha Freytag Societies and Clu"bs Harriet G-ordon Exchanges iuiita Hynan Alunni Kews Jane Phillips Li"brarian Journalisn Class BUSIiraSS STAFF Business Kmager Arnon Livernore Mi n e ogra,phc r s Carl French Bruce CI orients Frank Hev/es Bill Wiley Typists Phi11is Reed Marilyn Snith Elaine Droo7, Rarjorie Cade Josephine Wilson ^ O D A Y S LEFT Only forty more days, friends I Only forty nore days 'til the great axe falls and the hales arive for a few favored Milnitcs. I'/hat are v/e going to do ahout the Regents, The nost o'bvious, although not the easiest, thing to do is STUDY, After all, vre have had four days to sleep and rccuporate from our strenuous vacation. If you are siihject to spring fever, the vreather nov; is certainly holding it off for you. So let's hcgin I Let's v/ork nov;, Then sunner can find us, like Ferdinand, smelling the pretty flovrers—instead of text "books in sur.mer school, 1 "X'/riTi'i'cr^l r' \ sou frv^irnnAC- \ MOLE SOICC>L Uprtin Edv/ards Jack Broughton ^ra Moore Printer Circulation \. u I Faculty Advisors: Miss Kn.therine V.riieeling Miss G-race Martin { — 1/ Pahlished v/eekly ^y the Crir.is on and White staff at the Milne School, .Hoany, NQW York. r. i^r'r: y/r .1 OJW r-' Today, Friday 2L, narks the first issue of the Crinson and V.Hiite under the nev7 staff, as the seniors are novf released fron their duties on the paper., ! ) - r ( Y Dodre City^ the currently popular WrrnoT Brothers picture done in techni— cclrr, is aziothcr in the novieland iUier^ ican history series. This picturc shov/s thn. life in the 1870's, particularly in Dodge City, the center of cattle ship-ping and the vrestern. terminal of the Santa Fe Railroad at that tine^ One of the editors of the Crii.ison and White, seeing this picture during \'Ic of the nev; staff wi^h to congrat- Easter Vacation, said that the acting, ulate the retiring seniors on leading casting, and reality in this new product Cri.nson and Vriite through a verj^ of Vlarncr Brothers vjpb wonderful, and successful year. Besides heing active in that podge City is one show you should the Capital District Scholastic Prses not niss . 'the paxDor vron second place in the nineographing division of the nationvdde The main ido<a of the picture is contest at the ColuLihia Scholastic the opening of the West and this v/as Press Conve:-tion, All of us hope vre can "br'^U'Tht out throughout the f.-^st-noving carry on as uell as they have and pracstory Starring in Dodge Citj7 are tice the riany things they have tau^rht ut^., a,no Olivia DeHavillo.nd, \iho "•••Ire c-ri-^ -jf zhc love interest and the -1. in Also "Big Boy" Williams, Al'^r. and Ann Sheridan are in the SMpp or 11 ng s t, , 2B3 O T^r^a -k McHugh is excellant in his part '.-s ''Joo," the editor of the m p e r in O Dodge City. CRADI'ATING Si-. NiORS Dono "by the same director as Rohin Hood, Dodge City proves to "be as suc« cessful, cnid even more so than the for« nor. CRIKi^OIT AND V-TIITS o Sport P,ngG April 21, 1939 MJCE rr' j N r.n thn G-pi'ir^' c. ycin^- •lan s fanoy turns r-i.;? v .: ^-I^ou^^hts of >so"b;-al. At ::: UH-. priujticc has started in full i^virifr ;:c?.' zha 'l^atioiiai Sport,. This y3r.i-9i ij ihc proninoiiv. sportsman .^o'^r ?rGach, a senior, v;hc vas chosen by the last year s team,. CLUB T > Btf COHTfNUPO soriostor in Mili'O tnoru vri^ start, vor T.ho "boncfj/v of cjri?. v;ho were ro-'c . . . O S tod in baskcfuail, ar. oztra f'-jA P O R I O ^ in V / A : . C : I t>icy to-^L Xntoifrv-:tiv.'^ iianc.'.ng. 'I^ho'Ho - rho v/erc in the class liked vhr class so nuch tho.t it is •being COntinuod. / Th., schedule as this goes to press is still unconpleted, "but the following schools will r.icct Ililne in borahastic con"bats, Each school will ploy two ganos. The schools are: Cathedral, Aroany High, Roocie\illc, and Bothlehen Central, Coach Hc.tfield will onco coach the Milne Toan, All girls are interested iji taking are invited to attend the classes on vrhich arc now hold in the snail gyn Vrodnosday afternoons, TNNlS TERM SEl F O R FiJii StfiSQN again ^ast year the Milne "Red Raiders" ended the se-son vdth a nediocre record of throe to si::. Earl Goodrich, captain of the Milne tean, has conplcted a schodulc for this year, and is expecting a good season. Several of last year's letternon have grad-'oatod, but this year's tean has a go d start with two letter men fron last yerr. Added to this a large group of boys signed up to TRJT- OUT. for the tean. Captain G-ocdrich says in regai-d to the toa/'i, "^'c hrvo a very good schedule this year, Th'^re has been great interest sh'.T'n by-the fact that an exceptionally lnr.:;o group of fellov/s turned out,'' Tho s c h u l 0 is as foilows ; JOE MILITITE OBSSR^fES Although we arc ntill hoping Spring is hero to sta^r there is one p)oint to "be "brought up concerning winter; that is that "if'lash" Fink is captain of next year's "baaketball tear.io M;iny Milne girls have been seen by our roving snooppr Joe5 carrying tennis rackets to school^. You know the girls^ yport crhedule is now in full sv;ing tennis one of the major sports. 5. . . Mr'-mt rifiafj-:»rxt. ,. RidgAfiold " May 12.. ,Vincor.tianc ......Washington Park May 13 .Aibony H i g h . W a s h i n g t o n Park liay 16. ..Honss olaor c ......av/ay. yby 15..Mount Pleasant.away. May 27,. Hensselaer Washington Park June 6 n. 3 cthi ohei.i Cont ral,. away June 11.Albany High, Ridgefiold, G-IRLS' SPORT SCHEDULE "'luring Saster vacation Joe, as well as the other baceball fcllov;s, lost a groat n.eal 01 sleep by having to got up early TDO attend practice, Upon returning fron vacation the Milne girls have started their spring schodulc, but due to weather conditions the girls will have baseball practice in Page Eall G-yn and later at the Dornitory Field. Varsity baseball v/hich has practiced on Friday •afternoons, have schedfAecl pra-* ctio-^s April 21, April 28, and Mc.y 5, For the eleventh and twelfth year s^irl^ .hr: regular 2yn class on J-hurddays v;ill G^.-T^o-o of floor work such as postrr--^^ durj.ag Aprils Tonnis outside will qtrrt Il^y :'?ourti-.,, All tennis natchos bo on Friday afternoons. SCHI!I>Uli3 I oneway 2:30 3:30 Woe'no £ day Thursday Friday lOth 7 th 3 th llth, 12th 9th Tennis Tenniri Ton-'is O'onnis Tennis Riding Sr Ba-ocball Sr.Eanco Club Jr. Baseball V, Baseball CRIMSON k m WHITE APRIL 21, 1939 rxDJ l-.CE]Si (P ^ ffnuD oina m tffi iii iiifixa CD SUKSHIilE and SHADOWS STALETTES OR The melodic strains of ''The sun Things that Happened shines iDright on..," or " . .. sliadovs fall Before and During Vacation over.." might "be appropriate to introduce this bit of nothing, "but the idsa is, Just bouquets of congratulations to since vacation is o^er and spring :1s here Robert L. Stevenson for v/inning the (supposedly), that the days, and somehov/ almost unwinnable,..Yes, Bob is one of the nxghts, lengthen and the things which the few to be honored by receiving honorhappen have a touch of oh, nuts» able mention in a Puck Contest.-f several weeks past. Best wishes for similar If you notice a dark shadow of success in more of these brain-teasers, g'^t ,m steal across Jean Ledden's face Bob. at unexpected moments, it's all "because "Man Mountain"MtioCulloch is so engrossed Could it have been Dot Shattuck^s in musical activities (namely palying saddle shoe which found itself deserted the sax in the Blue Velvet orchestra) in an empty hall one- T^icsday afternoon? that he is imahle to take time off to Thanks to an obliging ninth gra,der, it "tread the "boards" at the "big Wilson v/as safely returned to 227. affair scheduled for Saturday night. It didn't take Len Benjamin very long to satisfy an inouisitive lad's • ITot'mcntioni:ig any na.mes , "but— curiosity?" concerning his new sv/eater there's a rumor that "the cutest Senior man taking chemistry" vjill make his de'but •swanki?uy adorned v/ith a big M, in fact Len really "let him have it". among .^nior society at this party.The girl?? Well, v/e canH say who, "but she's The Juniors, i-^erharjs,- look least vice-president, or something, of iigma.. refreshed b^'- the vacation. Emily Sanderson r.ight even show a fev/ grey Joan Ilanweiler is responsible for hairs...all because of Junior essays. the additional nerrimont sparkling in The swarms of rosy-chee, ed cherubs v/ho those "beautiful "brown eyes of Bo'b Taylor awaited the unlocking of the doors in (That's the sunshine part) the early raornnng nearly petrified the Papa Taylor is "beginning to think that libi'arians by their industrious methods Loudenville and East Grrecn"bush aren't so of scanning all the ancient volumes on far apart after all. Old Albany in less than an hour. Our promising young horticulturist, Evie Val"ber, may put in an appearance, Not all the Milnites devoted their "but one can never "be sure a"bout these leisure in such a way (by no means' The Elect-Select-Relect society of Gardners. sophomores displayed their spring enthusiasm by holding a roller-slcating A s^^rightly ray of spring sunshine is Esther Wykes, Esther recently proved festival in the elite place, Mid-City. to brother John he isn-t the only one in This new sport appears to have attainthe fnraily vrho can step out, by tripping ed a remarkably high rating among them, the light fantastic in the Kenmore, Not bad, for a freshman, v/e might say. Bryna Ball, who spent her vacation convalcsing from an operation, shocked all hospital authorities by ordering tv/o club sandvifiches on her third day out of ether OIq wonder if she vras outll) In tho latter part of the second v;eek, as 1.13s Ball returned to her ovm tallsit-.vr^ the gals gathered 'round to Tie,-, •^ 'my operation', but not ad'^ thrillers of their own • a.. ti T most ?^8rious "op" among them tc.v i.i.fsov.f..iny, i J Wu-'.. d'jcs '.in iron-clad war v-es ,r >/; ' h i- inchps of steel plating, « .ii" r .^rnj on board, woigh just f^'ari-ir.g on a cruise? h.r.vu'f^as anchor. lEfnjimbev ^^ CExiisci: Ai® w h i t e TH3 HS.T-JxliT OF TH5 VACATIOITISTS APBJ.L 19.79 the HAT KITC0K3 The men of the nation have r.o pro"After such a nice vacation you tested to this year's crop of woTiOn's should "be all set to "buckle do\vn to v/ork'| hats that we lia.ve conductcd cm opo:.i raid the student teacher, ^ihe students letter "cox for the Milno Ilnighcs to responded——a groan. o'ust vjhon the 0:rpro!•:s lihoir views, Thr'sso arc somo oi v/o?.vher begins to clear up or-ou^'^h "^o ^''ixve the lot tors we received (or shovild have p. 'oit of fun school starts, "V-hat A rcccArd, Jiife", However v;hile some of us spent cur spare moments rcclining ard -^/isiting Dear Feature Editor: the movies, othor of the dasning Milnitcs I^;- girl is extremely changeable made ncvrs or rather, the ncv;apapcrs. lately and I blame it on her nev; hat, fhe o-che:.' night v;hen I told her she was Speald-ng of nevrspapers did ,vou see good enough to eat'', she smiled and Niss Jansing of the Milne "^hna.rfc Set" giggled,. However, when I tried to take surrounded hy eggs? (Don't misinterpret a bite out of the pancake on her head this—it's eggs not "yogggis). Miss she slapped my face. Out In The Cold Tincher looked very coquettish peering over the ears of two hunnics. Dear Feature Editor: The Qp.in "gals"v/ere among the Milne On Easter morning I started out to delegates to socicty sections of the city go to church with my girl who v/as all newspapers too. drossed up, Naturally, I had on ITI^,'' new duds too, A block from the church the Although Bob Gale claims it's a feathery thing on her head spread its "baseball that hit him in the eye there is wings and flew av/ay. It landed under a still doubt in the minds of ccrtain car and I, being her gallant cavalier, Hilnites. We don*t know how hard Betty had to chase it. I got it but I didn't Schroinor^s fist is-—— perhaps the cause go to church because there was a mud is her new Easter Chapeau. The fact re- puddle iinder the car it v/ent under and mains-he was popped in the eye. after I came out she called me a mud rat and v/ent on v/ithout mc. Still In The Mud S o EtMlii^ B O U G H T H l M i k L f A HOlXSE.:' GET A MAH A HORSE HE CAST RIDE or THE) STORY CE E L I ® Dear Feature Editor: If the hat designers must make such queer concoctions for the heads of our beloved ones I suggest they put a sign on them—This Is A Hat. I v/ent to Angela's home the other night, I v/as going to take her to the movies, Wliile I v/o.s v/aiting I began to smoke a cigarette and put the ashes in the nearest ash tray. VJhcn the time came to leave for the Theatre I left alonc-v/ith a black eye. How was I to knov/ the ash tray v/as her new hat? Disgusted ^ jjc sji sjc jjc jjc "Elm" v/as never popular with the EXCHANGES * :(( 9|( >{<»!< 9i( sf: 9{< v/omen.He thoiight it v;as probably because he hal only a tv;o Cedar bicycle. Because VOLUNTARY ADVICE of vhi^ he saved some money and bought hinself r. fine Horse Chestnut. I Willow Milady, be v/ary of cupid. for the rest of my life, he thought, And list to the lines of this verse; bocau.3e T. bo";ght it on the installment To let a fool kiss you is stupid; plui^, x ll tiie timo ho Pined for the love To let a kiss fool you is v/orse. cf y.'. -'sc Wood v/hom ho had mot at the fey Avery Giles, Saturday Evening Post fost;.vc2 .rhilc they wore dancing around tlm I.-i,pLo. iTov; that he load a H^-^se Teacher: Use the v/ord rectify in a sentence. Caoscniifc "''o ?"odo over to see her every c ' f U n r . night he v/as ocpocially S'cr.don'u: !;v father says I "will get rectify drive too fast. Sp/iTGod -xp v't'i:ir. he went to visit the Berne- Knox V'ji-j.i'^, lo wa:-? 'Obat nl^hl. he asked her to rarrj ri b.'-^ed a.v. in a moment Teacher.: ITov/, class, I represent the sun ro tic Le -c'K^^'iO. LiM to h:s Inps, and ray hat v/ill represent Ifers. ue'.... •'.i-a^ aocu.t ?OL; I v.c'o.: t.'.j'i jto.'.y Student. I didnH knov/ Mars v/as inha,bited. ay ? very tb ;r.r. r riv d., Re-Echo ha;jpv. i.. i'! 3 1 .c.-rAn iDn is something you use to press pants : s r 1 v>/p.v. • d i- g i; d. Al"'oy is tho brother of Myrna Loy. Bethlehem Star