CRIMSON AND WHITE
Vol. XXXV, No. 4
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
DECEMBER 18, 1959
Council Cheers
Orphans, Vets.
Junior Red cross has been active
in recent weeks planning for the
holidays and the rest of the year.
As in the past, J.R.C. is sponsoring
a Christmas tree trimming at the
Albany Home for children. The
boys and girls at the home always
look forward to the trimming and
the parties put on by the Smile:
‘club of State college. ;
Entertain Veterans
December 15, students from the
entire Albany County gathered at
6:45 at Veteran’s Administration
hospital on Holland Avenue for the
annual V.A. Christmas Sing and
Tree Lighting. A giant, gaily dec-
orated Christmas tree stands in
front of the hospital and the pa-
tients are brought to the windows
to see Santa come flip the switch
that lights the tree. Then the
carolers sing a few Christmas songs
before going through the wards to
entertain the patients.
Chest Debated
Toward the spring, the council
has planned the preliminary stages
of a school chest. Letters have been
written to other schools who have
made them in the past, in order to
establish the cost. A school chest
is a high school J.R.C. project that
is quite similar to a giant gift box.
It contains enough school and health
material to keep a school room of
twenty-four persons on its feet for
one year.
Red Cross Council extends an in-
vitation to everyone who would like
to attend the meetings. They are
held in the ceramics room of the
shop during homeroom _ period
Monday.
Latin Students
Study Holiday
During the holiday season a num-
ber of the Latin classes have’ been
discussing a Roman holiday which
occurred about this same time.
This holiday, the Saturnalia, is a
festival to celebrate the God Saturn.
Many of our holiday’ customs have
their origin in this festival, such as
the giving of gifts, decorating trees,
and entertianing friends.
Study Old Customs
The Latin cultural-historical class
has been studying a reading from
Catullus concerning the decorating
of trees. It will form a basis for a
discussion of the customs of the
Saturnalia and its modern counter-
parts. The Latin I classes will com-
pare the Saturnalia with holiday
festivities in other countries as well
as our own through Latin readings,
booklets, and class participation.
'Cavaleria Ru:
Five Seniors Rate Top 3 Percent
Music Club Forms
Music Appreciation club has or-
ganized this year due to the efforts
of Bob Berberian, a sophomore, and
Dr. Roy York of the Music depart-
ment.
As its first project the club plans
to go on a trip to New York to at-
tend performances at the metro-
politan Opera, Carnegie hall and
possibly Radio City Music hall.
Scheduled in February
Leaving Friday, February 19, the
forty participants will take a char-
tered bus to their destination. In
the afternoon at Carnegie hall they
will hear Symphony No. 2 by
Mahler. This magnificent symphony
of five movements was written for
soprano solo, mezzo-soprano solo,
chorus and organ as wel las orches-
tra. Phyllis Curtin and _ Regina
Resnik will be the soloists. Leonard
Bernstein is conducting.
At the Metropolitan they will
hear the traditionally paired operas,
ana by Mascagni
and Pagliacci by Leoncavallo.
Dr. York says that if this trip is
successful, it probably will become
an annual event.
Group Reorganized
Attempts were made in ’57 and
again in ’58 to start the ball rolling
for this organization, but there was
poor membership and a_ general
lack of interest. This year, however,
there are sixty-five members par-
ticipating in this new activity.
Introduces Great Music
According to Dr. York, its main
purpose is to offer an introduction
to great music. The first piece
studied was Tchaikowsky’s Sym-
phony No. 6.
Sound equipment is certainly ade-
quate, for stereophonie sound will
be installed in the near future, and
a new $1,000 speaker is currently
being used.
By popular concensus of the
members, no officers are to be
elected and no dues collected, Un-
fortunately, the period for joining
has expired, and the closest date for
such a purpose will be next fall.
Bob Berberian and Dr.
club, conduct a meeting.
Roy York, organizers of the Music Appreciation
anv Plan
Undeterred by the prospect of
graduating next year with no caps,
gowns or diplomas, juniors have
dug into their dwindling class funds
to stage this year’s Alumni ball.
They have decided to have the
dance in the Ingle room of Pierce
hall at 221 Ontario street from 9
o'clock to midnight.
Alumni ball is semi-formal, girls
will wear formals and boys will
wear suits. December 19 is the
Alumni Ball
to all juniors, seniors and alumni
of Milne.
Showmen Theme
Snowmen are the theme of this
dance, and its name is appropriately
“Snowmen’s Serenade.” Music will
be supplied by Harry Raymond and
the Naturals.
Supervisors for the dance are
Miss Anita Dunn, Mrs. Harriet
Norton and Dr. Randolph Gardner.
Class officers have worked diligently
date of the dance; the affair is open! with the committee in preparation.
WRITERS TAKE
SPECIAL. TEST
Five seniors were cited for out-
standing scholarship at a special
assembly held in Page hall audi-
torium November 25. Each was
presented by Dr. Theodore H. Fos-
sieck, Principal, with a formal
‘Letter of Commendation” for his
performance on the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying test last
spring.
Ranking in the top three percent
of the more than a half million high
school juniors from 14,500 U. S.
schools who took the three-hour
scholarship test were Stuart Lewis,
Ted Standing, Kathie Hendrickson,
Doug Margolis, and Peter Sarafian.
Rate Scholarships
By achieving commended status
these students become eligible for
many scholarships apart from the
Merit program. The National Merit
Scholarship corporation estimates
that more than nine million dollars
in addition to the regular Merit
awards will be given in scholarships.
Two groups of students who
achieve high scores on the test are
recognized. Students in the com-
mended group are selected on a na-
tional basis without regard to the
high school population of the state.
In addition, the top seniors in each
state, selected according to the
number of graduating high school
seniors in the state, are named semi-
finalists and take a second examina-
tion for scholarships.
Writers Tested
Three members of the senior class
have been selected on the basis of
their demonstrated writing ability
to represent the Milne school in the
forthcoming scholarship examina-
tion sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of commerce in connec-
tion with the Junior miss competi-
tion. -
Kathie Hendrickson, Pamela
Press, and Elaine Spath were
nominated on the basis of the writ-
ing which they have done so far in
their senior English classes. Dr.
James E. Cochrane, head of the
Milne English department, made the
nominations after reviewing the
girls’ work and considering the
nature of the examination.
Test in Albany High
The girls took the examination at
9:00 am. Saturday, January 16,
1960, in Albany High School. It
was of the essay type and concerned
the reasons why a girl would want
a college education. The exact title
was announced at the examination.
The papers were judged by Mr. Ray
Cecil Carter, retired English super-
visor of the Albany schools, and the
Albany Junior Chamber of com-
merce.
A $300 award toward a college
scholarship will be given to the girl
submitting the best paper. The
next two papers will entitle the
writers to a $50 savings bond each.
location.
NOVEMBER 30, 1959
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CRIMSON AND WHITE Co nfusm as The Inquiring Reporter
Vol. XXXV December 18, 1959 No. 4 By PAUL
Published every three weeks by the Crim-
son and White Board, The Milne School,
Albany, New York. Address exchanges to
the Exchange Editor and other correspond-
ence to the Editor. sre
MEMBER
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
The Editorial Staff
a Peter Sarafian, ‘60
Editor-in-Chief.
News Editor. oe Bonnie Reed, ‘61
Associate Editor... Steve Whaley, ‘60
Boys’ Sports Editors..Stuart Lewis, ‘60, Stu Horn, ‘61
Associate Editor. 5 -Kathy Henrickson, ‘60
Girls’ Sports Editor. Sue Newman, ‘61
Staff Photographer “Doug Margolis, ’60
Chief Typist 7 Eleanor Steitz, ‘61
Business Manager .....Roger LaMora, ‘60
Exchange Editor. Lynda Dillenback, ‘60
Faculty Adviser. Mr. David Martin
The Staff
Daye Blabey, Cherie Dominski, Ginny Lange, Barbara
Lester, Mark Lewis, Alan Markowitz, Bill Nathan,
Pamela Press, Gay Simmons, Elaine Spath.
Contributors
John Breeze, Elaine Clawson, Linda Clawson, Karen
Giventer, John Hiltz, Joan Kallenbach, Janet Mattick,
Tom Rider, Barry Rosenstock, Jane Siegfried, Riki
Stewart.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I am a new student in Milne school this year and
I too can see the lack of interest Milne students have
in school activities, but I do not think that changing
the name of the school paper is going to help promote
school spirit among the students.
It was mentioned in the November 30 issue of
“C&W” that there are many people who have never
heard of Milne school, I am sure that this is no fault
of the name of the school paper.
We must remember that our school can become
as well known as the students want it, this can be
done simply by encouraging Milne students to attend
, and other activities in the
If changing a tradition is going to bring better
sults in school interest than I think it’s a good idea,
but it is my opinion that you are changing the wrong
thing,
SANDY B:
That’s the way to block a shot!!!
Christmas is an extremely confusing time.
Actually, the holiday is fine, but it’s the
people’s interpretation of it that is baffling.
Christmas is the birthday of Christ. Where
then does buxom benevolent, Santa Claus fit
in? He in no way corresponds to the spiritual
being after whom this holiday is named.
Where did the idea of showering kids with
presents come from? It just doesn’t seem
coherent with the original idea of Christmas.
Have you ever wondered why everyone can
be kind, generous and cheerful once a year?
Look at the rosy faces just before the holiday!
Then take a look at them after the New Year
hangover. Wow! | They're back to the old,
long-hanging faces again. Why can’t people
retain joy and good spirits most of the time?
It is riotous to see the names on Christmas
cards you receive. People haven‘t even called
you on the phone just once during the whole
year, and now they remember that you’re still
alive.
Much in the same way, our school does a
noble deed in aiding destitute families at this
time of year, but what do these families get
the rest of the year? Why should these
pepole be remembered only once a year?
Well, after all, one might as well have a
fling this Christmas season, One spree of
happiness is better than none at all. Forget
about all the special assignments that are
sneaked in over the holidays, Forget about
all the tests that will be popped .n you the
first week back. Disregard safety council sta-
tistics predicting elevendy thousand deaths.
Have a Merry Christmas.
In reply to this issue’s letter to the editor:
Pat, the intention of changing the paper's
name was not made clear. Our paper's name
is too typical and average. Almost every
school paper is named the school colors. A
name which means something was thought
to be better, a name like Monitor or-Herald.
It is thought by some that such traditions bog
down school spirit.
e/Milne Merry-Go-Round
By GLENN and GAY
enthusi.
Seen
Jimmy Hengerer, Ellen
ldman, Leo Mokhiber,
Blabey,
Deadra Smith and Ton
In the cheering section at Milne’s first game of the
no, Stan Lockwood, Carole
gadorn, Sue Gerhardt, Paul Galib, Leslie Murphy,
Curt Cosgrave, Mary Grear, “Coddy” Knuckles, Sue
", Sue Garman and “Moe” Glasheen,
¢ Johnson, John Breeze, Lorraine Maynard,
ren Abele, Gay Simmons, Paul Sabol and Jill
Kapner participated in a Junior Red cross tour of the
Veterans’ Administration hospital.
Having a good time and doing a lot of cheering at
lay night's game with Shenendahowa were John
Penny Pritchard, Jan Mattick, Gay Dexter,
Perry Cornell, Ted Standing and Ken’ Hoffman.
Helping to make the Tri-Hi-Y canteen a success
were Les Hoffman, Beanie Lanzetta, Dave Harres,
Barb Felkner, Bob Cantwell, Carolyn Walther and one
FRESHMAN.
Jed Allen had an open house for boys only the night
before the Senior Class play. Mark Kupperberg, Steve
Rice, Art Bass, Doug Margolis and Ted Standing
enjoyed themselves,
Question: What is a good question
for the inquiring reporter?
Doug Margolis: Oh, no! This trick
was pulled on me last year.
Cathie Pabst: I’m not very crea-
tive in the morning!
Paul Sabol: What do you think
of our school spi
Sue Newman: What do you think
of changing the Senior play to an
ool. pli
Lloyd ith: Why aren’t the
walls of Milne painted black and
blue?
Sarah Go ardt: Why knot?
Pete Moran: Should the Latin
office be converted into a telephone
booth?
hat's a good ques-
Kirchner: When are
going to get our new school?
Steve Rice: What do you think of
the basketball team?
Julie Propp: What does Milne re-
mind you of’
we
Mister Au What would you
like tor Christmas?
Pete Meuller: Why don't more
seniors leave campus for lunch?
r. Reynolds: Do we want a
skiing club?
Curt Campaigne: What do the
ry societies do ?
Anonymous I: What do you think
chers?
Anonymous I: How much time
do you spend on your homework?
Anonymous IL: Is a teacher
luctance to dole out good mar
sign of deep seated hostility,
tendencies and trauma
from their flunking in school, or
just natural meanness of teachers’
dispositions’
THE TURTLE
By DICK BLABEY
When the turtle decides to roam,
He is never far from home.
This animal may be a very
beast,
But he is worried not the least
The turtle acquires a very high
rank,
For he is nature's very own tank.
When at night while going to sleep,
He pulls in his head, tail and feet.
+ 8
By MARTHA LOWDER
The giraffe is well known for the
length of his neck
Of which he is proud, I can say.
Yet, I think you will note, had he a
sore throat,
That proudness would vanish away.
THE PIG
By DIANE BAKKE
A pig is such a funny thin;
Instead of a tail it has a
ses
THE BOXER
By KAREN HOFFMAN
A Boxer is known for a sad looking
slow
face,
Also a tail that is lacking in space.
Come To
Alumni Ball
DECEMBER 18,1959
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 3
RAIDERS TRAV
Lose First
Three Games
Milne’s Red Raiders are not going
to play Santa Claus to the Rams
from Rensselaer in this evening's
game at Van Rensselaer. The
Grogan men will be out to avenge
the two drubbings they received
from Coach Chirp Thompson's boys
last season.
Long John Rucker, six foot five
inch sophomore with one year of
varsity ball already under his belt,
will again be in the hair of the
Milne hoopsters. As if he needed
help, spring legged Rucker will be
aided by a starting squad that aver-
ages six feet per man. Steve Buono
and Moose Larken are going but
the Rams just keep rolling along.
This year the Rams will be de-
fending the title they won last year
in the first year of competition in
the new Capital District League.
They successfully began their de-
fense with a 58-54 victory over the
Knights of Lansingburgh.
Safford Stars
Lansingburgh’s. Dave Safford
capitalized on his height to score
22 points and lead his team to its
first victory in nearly a year as the
Knights stunned the Milne Red
Raiders 64-48 in a game played De-
cember 11 on the victor’s court. The
Knights had not won since they
defeated Milne in two overtimes in
Page hall December 13, 1958. Mike
Daggett racked up 13 markers for
the Crimson. The home team held
leads of 15-11, 34-26, and 53-36 at
the eight-minute marks.
Shenendahowa Victories
Second period blues, a problem
which gave last year’s Milne varsity
so much trouble, appears to again
be troubling the Raiders, as they
were outscored by ten points by
the Plainsmen of Shenendahowa in
that period, and were eventually de-
feated 65-51 in a league game played
December 4 on the Page hall court.
Trailing 31-17 at half-time, the
Raiders quickly chopped the visi-
tors’ lead to seven points, led by
the deadly set shooting of Jeff Segal.
However, the Plainsmen, led by
Nick Serba, who notched 15 points,
and Walt ‘Titterington, who con-
tributed 14, quickly took command
and were never again in danger.
Mike Daggett and Steve Rice were
high for Milne, with 12 and 10
markers, respectively.
Lose Non-League Tilt
Mohanasen’s new gym may have
all the modern conveniences, but
the Milne varsity and the three bus
loads of students who jollowed
them there could hardly have en-
joyed their visit, as the home team
drubbed the Crimson 58-35 in the
saeson’s opener for both teams,
played November 24.
After a closely fought first half,
Mohanasen led 24-19. The second
half was no contest, as the home
team moved to a 42-27 lead at the
three-quarter mark, and went on to
win by a sizeable margin.
Unlike last year, Coach Grogan
used frequent substitutions, and
Jim McClelland led Milne’s bal-
anced scoring attack with eight
points.
EL TO RENSSELAER
Up, up and away! The ball seems to be launched into orbit as the varsity
and J.V. tangle at the pep assembly.
J.V. Splits
Mohanason’s brand new gym may
have given its JV just enough spark
to edge Milne’s Junior Varsity 41
to 34. A young Milne squad showed
that a lot. can be expected from
them in the games to come.
Freshman Tom Bennett was high
point man, bucketing 10 markers
while turning in a fine game on the
backboard. Also showing the young
Raiders have a balanced offense
were Jon McClelland’s 9 points and
Sandy Berman's 7.
Plainsmen Edged
Smooth working Milne JV led
by ball handling wizard Codge
Jenkins knocked off a strong
Shenendehowa quintet at home.
Five points down at the end of the
first half the young Raiders did not
despair and with hot shooting hands
they poured 19 points through the
cords during the third period as
compared to only 5 for the Plains-
men. When the final buzzer sounded
Milne was ahead 38-33.
Coach Bob Pellaro’s ball players
showed that they were well taught
by passing excellently and running
Shenendehowa’s zone defense
ragged. Again balanced scoring
proved to be a key factor. Jenkins
and Jon McClelland led the scorers
with 10 points each, followed close-
ly by Sandy Berman with 9 and
Tom Bennett with 8.
Squad 3 Wins
Pete Sarafian scored one field goal
to lead squad three of Milne’s senior
gym class to a 2-0 victory over
squad one in an intra-mural basket-
ball game played in Page gym Nov-
ember 24. It was the first victory
in any sport for the squad, which
finished the football season winless,
tieless, and scoreless.
Chess Club Busy
Members of Milne’s Chess club
have been placed on a “ladder”
which indicates their respective
ranks in the club. Freshman Steve
Levitas and Richard Luduena have
shared the top spot thus far this
year. The club is open to all Milne
studenis.
Junior High
Teams Chosen
Milne’s freshman team appears to
be destined for success during the
|coming season, according to their
coach, Peter Spina, who is a student
at State. The team will open the
season against Shalmont December
22.
Members of the team are Bill
Berke, Brian Cory, Curt Cosgrave,
Paul Galib, Stan Lockwood, Leo
Mokhiber, Coddy Nuckols, Jim
|Olsen, Jef Rider, and Dave Worth- |
man.
Howie Berkun and Steve Einhorn,
two well-known Milne seniors, are
acting as coaches of the Milne eighth
grade team. Members of the team
are Dick Blabey, Bill Dey, Peter
Einhorn, Tom Grogan, Steve Guth,
Steve Huttins, John Melon, Bob
Mendle, Pete Slocum, and Bob
Valenti.
Around the League
Academy’s two point loss
;
SUE’S NEWS
| Girls Attend Playday
|. Milne girls from both senior and
|junior high participated in a volley
| ball play December 5 at Liv-
ingston high school. Miss Murray
selected the most outstanding play-
ers from each grade to represent
Milne. Those chosen from junior
high were ry Adesta
McDade, Gail Kelch, Gloria Kirch-
ner, Diane Bakke, Dee Smith, Sue
Gerhardt, Barbara’ Toole, Mibs ‘Tay-
lor and Marilyn Hesser.
Senior high representatives were
|Lynn Wise, Jana Hesser, Carol
Ricotta, Penny Traver, Joan Kallen-
bach, Sara Gerhardt, Barbara Lester
and Joan Brightman.
Ups and Downs
Our senior girls started out by
winning a booming victory over St.
Agnes, 18 to 2. In the next games,
however, the scores were not quite
so dazzling. Milne was literally
“massacred” by Philip Schuyler
high school, 15-4. Niskayuna de-
feated our girls, 12-7; Albany high
school, 15-4; and BCHS, 10-7. Al-
though Columbia was’ victorious,
Milne’s girls gave them a real fight.
Their final score was 12-13. The
day was perfectly ended, however,
as Averill Park was defeated by
Milne, 12-7.
Junior high scores weren't exactly
what the girls had hoped for, but
each girl did her best. Although
they were not victorious, our junior
|high played a close game with
BCJHS, 11-13. Livingston defeated
Milne, 4-18; Columbia and Hackett
both won over our junior high, 12-18
and 11-14. To the girls’ delight they
had a beaming victory over St.
Agnes, 21-11.
After proving their potential, Joan
Kallenback and Adesta McDade
were chosen as our best at volley-
ball skills. They participated in the
all-star game for all schools that
was the happy finale to a wonderful
day at volleyball.
High Scorers Noted
MGAA after school bowling is a
terrific success this year as always.
Many junior and senior high girls
are earning credit toward chenille
M’s and honor pins, having enjoy-
able afternoons with their class-
to| mates, and being taught basie bow!-
Cohoes was not as surprising as it|ing skills as well. A large number
seems. Paced by the Heroux brothers | of girls have shown high scores and
and Tony Gillie, the Tigers will be | considerable
a tough squad to reckon with .. .
improvement in the
last couple of weeks. We feel that
Hudson’s Hawks upset pre-season | special recognition should be given
pick Watervliet with another Van
Ness boy helping out Jay Whitbeck
and Chick Hughes. The new addi-
tion is Rodney Van Ness, brother
of big Bob, who will long be re-
membered around the Capital Dis-
trict league . . . C.D. league member,
‘Shenendehowa, squashed Shaker of
the Suburban loop. . . . Watervliet’s
varsity has been hurt considerably
by the loss of Chet Rysendorph and
Nick Slish, who were dismissed from
the team for “disciplinary reasons.”
Rysendorph scored 23 points in one
of Watervliet’s games against Milne
last season.
Bowlers Compete
An intramural league consisting of
| six teams has been formed in Milne’s
|Bowling club. Jeff Meislin’s team
| quickly took first place. Other mem-
bers of the team are Howie Berkun,
Chris Rourke, and Ken Sanderson,
to them
In the seventh, eighth, and ninth
grades high scores for the partici-
pants range from Martha Lowder
107, Gail Kelch 109, Cynthia New-
man, Susan Weinstock 112, and
Peggy Crane 105 and 116.
Among senior high bowlers whose
scores are at the top of the list are
Judy Koblintz 114, Beth Laraway
118, Carol Ricotta 124, Janet Arnold
|127, and Marianne Galpin 132 and
147.
Stars Named Tops
Two members of the Capital Dis-
trict league have been selected by
|"Dell Sports Magazine” as being
among the top 500 high school hoop-
sters in the nation. They are John
Anderson of Academy and John
Rucker of Van Rensselaer. Jerry
Kazmierezak of Mohonasen was also
named.
PAGE 4
CRIMSON AND WHITE
DECEMBER 18, 1959
Senior
Spotlight
By PAM and BILL
Barbara Lester and Doc Henger
stare off into the distance as they
dreamily anticipate the Alumni
ball,
DOE HENGERER
“Looks like another doctor”, is
what the doctors said when Arthur
rst born, The nick-
name, “ has stuck, although he
has already seen enough doctors
(besides his father), even at this
early age. “It seems I'm always
getting a broken this or a broken
that,” Doc says, looking at his latest,
a bandaged arm.
Of course the
rm was injured
avorite pastimes,
During his year of J.V.
of varsity basketball,
wed to rack up a total
of four injuries. A year of J.V.
basketball and another
have also taken their count.
summer he tries to keep up his “
jury-count” with water skiing.
Although he has sustained no in-
juries during the lunch hour, Doc
is a member of the exclusive lunch-
eon club, the Italy club. He is also
the vice president of Adelphoi and a
two year veteran of M.B.A.A, Doe
is a member of Milne’s strong-arm
during one of hi:
basketball,
In the
‘in=
of the law, that terrible, tough
traffic squad.
His college choices are Hamilton
and Lafayette, and while he is
counting the days until he will be
attending one of them, Doc will
continue grinding injured limbs in
Coach Grogan’s “whirlpool.”
BARBARA LESTER
Among the products of Water-
town, New York are papermaking
machinery, railroad air-brakes, snow
plows, flour and breakfas
thermometers, a memorial to Gov-
ernor Roswell P. Flower and Barbara
Lester, 5
Barbara probably won't have a
memorial erected in Watertown (un-
less she becomes governor) because
she only lived there for one year.
However, if Barbie's activities at
Milne are any ‘indication of her
future, she may be governor some
She is president of Tri-Hi
ident of Sigma, a past vice-
president of Sigma, cheerleader, an
MGAA honor-pin owner, and writer
of “Alumnews” for the C&W.
Barbara's plans for the future are
tentative, but we hope she doesn’t
go back to Watertown—after all, if
she becomes governor of New York
state, ALBANY wants the credit!
Thought for the Week
Confusious say: “Man who sit on
tack get lasting impression.”
foods, |
of varsity |"
Senior Girls
Take Home
Economics Exam
Senior class girls recently took
part in a nationwide test, the Betty
Crocker Scholarship examination.
This test is designed to pick out
girls in the country with superior
homemaking talents.
Multiple choice parts of the exam-
ination were held in the Little
theater, and were designed primai
ily to interest the girls by suggest-
ing the type of knowledge needed to
deal with problems they will en-
counter as they begin homemaking
careers.
Awards Given
On a nationwide basis the top
winner will receive a five thousand
dollar scholarship, and the second,
third, and fourth’ will receive four
thousand, three thousand, and two
thousand’ respectively. These scho-
larships don’t necessarily have to be
applied to home economies.
Milne’s school winner will receive
a pin, and the highest mark of all
the contestants throughout the state
will receive a fifteen hundred dollar
scholarship. The second in the state
will receive a five hundred dollar
college scholarship.
Schools Credited
‘The school of the winning senior
will be the recipient of the Eney-
clopedia Britannica.
Following girls of the senior class
"|S, Day, C. Pabst, V. Lange, C, Hend-
son, P. Olsen, J. Brightman, L.
Dillenbeck, L. Spraker, P. Press,
A. Tobonsky, S. Gerhardt, R. Malz-
berg, A. Malzberg, C. Walter, J.
Hillson, and N. Rosenthal, took the
Betty Crocker Scholarship test.
Hams Inc,
French Club
Resume Activities
Hans Incorporated, Milne's Dra-
matic club, held it’s first meeting of
the year on Mond
in the Little theate:
conducted by Mr.
Kraus, faculty advisor.
Officers will be elected on Decem-
ber 7 and production of a p!
be planned for the forthcoming sem-
William
est
The purpose of Hams is to gain
erience in acting, as well
backstage work. tudents in
grades 9 through 12 are welcome
to join.
French Club Reorganizes
Milne’s newly formed French club
has been busy reorganizing lately.
Sponsored and supervised by Dr.
Ruth Wesley, Mrs, Susan Losee and
the student teachers of the French
department, the club meets Mondays
from 2:30-3:00, and discusses various
topics in French.
Only French II and French III
students may take part in the club's
activities so that the club can give
its members a chance to rapidly add
to their knowledge of conversational
French. This club will be the nuc-
leus of conversational topics for the
French II and III field trip to New
York city planned for some time in
the spring. At this time the U.N.
may be visited to give students a
chance to hear French interpreters
in action.
November 30, |
The meeting |
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‘Juniors, Senio
Needles and Pins
We have asked for an article from
Milne’s great corps of invalids, We
chose Bonnie Recd’s response as she
managed to escape her usual duties
as news editor. = Ed.
First accident, first operation and
first hospital term can constitute a
valuable learning exerience. First,
I learned that it does not pay to try
to climb a tree in a car ., , you are
bound to get banged up .. . and I
did, Naturally, I like to do things
in a big way, so I went and broke
the biggest bone in my body: the
femur (thighbone, for all you non-
biology people), ‘The operation per-
formed on my leg involved having
an old rusty nail pounded into my
leg with a big dirty hammer. Not
really... the surgeon actually put
a metal pin in my bone to hold it
together while I mend, That's how
I was pinned by a doctor when I
went to the hospital. Enough lurid
details about the operation.
Gabbers Irvitate
Most of the first week after the
accident I spent in a quiet four-bed
ward adjacent to the ambulance
alley. My fellow inmates were two
middle-aged women—Florence and
Grace. Together they managed to
talk incessantly. Not that I mind
conversation, but they talked only
about their riches, their girlhood,
their families and their ailments .. .
during breakfast. (It was hard
enough to choke down anyway.)
When they ran out of things to talk
about, they would start all over
again.
Both of “the girls” enjoyed tele-
vision. When Per ‘y Como came on
Florence sighed, “Oh Perry reminds
me so much of my first husband—
he was a barber too! Although she
was 58 and looked 58, Florence
didn’t act 58. Whenever a cute
doctor came in she breathed, “Oh
what a D-o-I-l! She claimed she
had a tiny, delicate appetite and
couldn’t abide hospital food, yet on
Thanksgiving she ordered two pieces
of pumpkin pie and ate like a horse
the rest of the time. Poor Florence
was suffering from a terrible dis
—namely, hypochondria.
One night an orderly ne in at
3 am, shook me out of a sound
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After I woke up I was told that they
were bringing in someone who
needed oxygen, so no one was al-
lowed to smoke. Of course, the
orderly woke neither Florence nor
Grace (who smoked like a chimney).
Moved To New Room
After five days in the emergency
“overnight” unit, I was finally
moved to a semi-private room on
the orthopedic floor where everyone
had broken bones like me. In the
solarium, a sitting room, the patients
gathered to compare notes and sign
each other's casts. In this respect,
I felt left out because I didn’t have
a cast, The best I could do was to
have my sock autographed. Luckily,
I was in with a bunch of lively
people. There was one man who
had been in the hospital so long that
he had taken to writing “poetry.”
You might say he had gone from
bad to verse. We all had a good
laugh over Jud’s masterpiece, “Bed-
pan Blues.” By this time Iwas in
a wheelchair and had daily drag
races down the corridor with fellow
members of the Hobble club.
itors Hilarious
were almost as funny as
the nurses and_ patients.
There are several peculiar types of
the Bookworm visi-
tor and reads ‘all your
magazines until it's time to leave;
the Show Me visitors who comes to
be amused by the patient and the
Dead-On-His-Feet visitor, who as~
ures you that he needs the bed
worse than you do. Of course there
also a vast majority of normal
itors, whom you really appreciate.
Originally, I had expected to be
in the hospital for three weeks, but
when all my doctor's patients began
to leave, I got impatient. On the
second Friday after the accident, the
place was relatively deserted, That
morning I asked my doctor how
much longer I had to stay in the
hospital. He thought for a moment
and said, “You ean go right now if
you want to.” I hopped on my
crutches and left with imperceptible
delay.
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rs Take
College Boards
During the year, many high school +
juniors and seniors will be taking |
the College Board exams. These
exams are part of an effort to avalu-
ate readiness for college. ‘They are
given in the hope of obtaining a bet-
ter picture of how the student will
adjust to college work.
Have Two Parts
The College Boards are divided
into two parts. The first part is the
S.A.T. (Scholastic Aptitude Test).
This is given in the morning of the
testing day and the students are
allowed four hours to finish it. The
second part is the Achievement test
which consists of tests on thirteen
specific subjects.
S.A.T. Most Important
Of these, the S.A.T. is considered
the most important. This is given
with the primary interest of giving
the student and the college an idea
of how he ‘ited for college work.
This test is divided into a verbal
and a mathematics section, It is not
necessary to cram for this test. It
is set up so the student will be
applying basic knowledge to new
problems.
The tests are given at six dates
throughout the year, They are De-
cember 5, January 9, February 6,
March 12, May 2i, and August 10.
The tests are given at Albany high
school and State college. In order
to apply to take College Boards, the
student should see Mr. Howes.
The College Boards are marked
between 200 and 800. A score of 500
or above on the exams is considered
average and is a good indication that
the student can do college work.
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