CRIMSON AND WHITE
Volume IV,
Friday, April 20, 1934
THE MILNE SCHOOL
Albany, N. Y.
Number 22
8TH GRsDER TO SPEAK IN CON
Herbert Marx will tuke the place
of Grover Fayles, whe hes left Milne,
in the Junior High prize speaking con-
test on Thursday, upril 26.
The participants have chosen their
selections and are now learning then.
Miss Moore, supervisor of English, is
in charge of the contest.
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS .CTIVE IN SPORTS
The eighth grade girls are
ehead of the ninth grade girls in the
baseball games they have been playing
on Tuesdey and Thursday.
The girls' tennis classes have
beon practicing serves and playing
games.
CRIMSON «ND WHITE ORGaNIZED
IN 1904 .S SENIOR HIGH PuPER
(This article his been written
after research by Virginia Tripp and
Elizabeth Simmons.)
In 1904, when Milne High School
wes located on Willett Street, the
first CRIMSON .ND WHITH staff was
orgenized, oS & peper fer the senior
high school. When the schcol burned
down during the Christmas holidays of
1905, all recoras of the beginning of
the CRIMSON ..ND WHITE were lost.
The first editcrial staffs were
self-perpetuating. Scheol spirit
clone was respensible for the publi-
cation of the paper. There were at
first two students who served as
editor-in-chief; later the number was
reduced to one. There was a special
editor for exch department. an un=
written lew previded thi.t a senior be
the editor-in-chief.
The first issues of the CRIMSON
aND WHITE were encloseé in a standard-
Yzed cover, with alternating rea and
white @esigns. In every annual
issue was printed a picture of the
editorial stuff.
The publication of the CRIMSON
aND WHITE has never been discontinued
from the time cf the first edition--
thirty yeers aces
DR. FREDERICK SPE.KS TO STUDENTS
"De not neglect your work now
that the wonderful spring dnys ore
here. You have c jeb to do and you
had better do it," Dr. Frecerick,
ince of Milne Junior High School
LUNIOR NEWS
JUNIOR HIGH TO HVE P.RTY
The members of the junior high
school will have a party next Fridcy
night. «according to Foster Sipperly,
president of the junior Student Council,
the boys of the student ccuncil will
have charge of the party. unyone
wishing tc give ideas abcut the party
Imay speak with his homeroom Student
Council member.
PL.Y RUBEARS.LS 10 BEGIN MONDAY
The first rehecrsal for "The
Legend of Sleepy Hellcw", a play written
by the seventh eri.ders, will be held
Monday at two c'elock in the Page Hall
auditerium. Each seventh grade English
Glass is in ch:.rge of one of the four
acts, although the principal characters
will eppe..r throughout the plsy. The
parts hve now been mimeographed and
handec out to the members of the cust.
DEB..TING CLUB CHOOSES SPE..KERS
The Debating Club has chosen the
following members to pi.rticipate in
the debute which they will ceive in
assembly in May; Herbert Marx, Frank-
lin Steinhardt, David Ellison, Wilson
Hume, James Griffin, and Seeley Funk.
NEVSP.PER CLUB SELS MGIC
at the meeting of the Newspaper
Chub Wednesday, Virginia Tripp und
Elizabeth Simmons presented a program
which included magic tricks presented
by Lynn Sims and assisted by Bernie
Swartz.
These two junior high schecl
students have given this pregram last
Friday in homeroom 135 und Tuesday in
hemercem 1. They will clso appear
in homerocm 124 teday and in homercom
130 Mendcy.
SOCI.L SCIENCE CL.SSES PLAN PROJECE
The eighth grade socicl science
class which meets in rocm 121 at twelve
o'clock is planning te have a political
corvention. The seventh grade classes
which meet at nine c'clock aud cne
o'elee] are making an albany evide book.
STLEF FOR JUNIOR %
EXLY
Eciter-in-chief Janet Bremer
Monuging Editer ‘Richard .ncrews
4SS.cicte Eliters .
Christin: B..yreuther Bernie Swartz
June Weir
Sperts Editer Murtin Creesy
Circulcticn Editer Billy Burvess
Comp>sing Stuff
Ben «min Doug los Selicn Knudsin
George Farrington Gerdon Rebinsen
Re,crters
Benjomin Doug lis
Betty Leitch
Virginic M:.son
Virginis Mitchell
Betty Schultz
LITER..RY STUFF
Ethel Fasoldt Frances Seymeur
Mille Hall Eliz beth Sinmons
Sylvia Rypins Virginia Tripp
Jone Weir
Q.T.S.u. DANCE
Junicr high school stucents as
well cs these in the senior hijh shcul
buy tickets for the dance tonight in
Pye hill. The money which is ocllec-
ted will be used for the %.7.S.as
scholurship, Given to the pupil with
éreotest number of p.ints on the heme-
room churt. Sime d.y you junior high
students muy receive the scholurship.
This year some cf the meney cvl-
lected’ will be used te buy <. panel
ich will be put between Professor
lest cffice ond room lél. Each
r the name vf the student who
wins the schcli.rship will be «dded te
this punel. Sceme day you might be
vinw vi tue luye. ches whose numes
Yu a. iv Liste
th
STUDENTS VOTE FOR FOPULAR ACTORS
In & recent questionnaire tuken
in mest of the homeroums, it was
discovered that Eddie Cantor leacs
Jimmy Durante in populcrity, with o
vote of 58 to 41; Greta Garbc leds
Marlene Déetrich by 54 to 45; Marie
Dressler overwhelmed Mey Rebson with
125 to 0; and Franchct Tone ws 46
votes behind Rebert Younye
4PRIL BIRTHDAYS
The following junior high school
students huve birthd:.ys on the fol-
lowing dates in april;
Jean MeDermett 11
Rebert Grle eC)
Richi.rd Campbel 25
dames Griffin 25
Wilson Hume Joyce Murdick 25
Virginie Jordin 10 Lowell Gypsen 26
Richard Pulund 10 uttitenell Ford 27
John akullicn *
Helen anthony
Mery Winshurst
John Crawford
WOorter
Volume TW); NUWyey 22
QUESTION BOX
Question: Ii: what way do you think
Milne Hich Schcol cculd be improved?
Marion Kusbat; I think thct we
should have footbe11 and cther sports
tc c greater de,ree.
Mery Ellen Gillett; Eutert:.inments
shculd net be ccntrelled so exter-
sively by certcvin ercups.
Nerm: Kepewich: There is not e-
neugh discipline in classes.
Lewell Gypscn; There are tco mny
foolish rules and tee much hemewcrk.
Charles Buyreuther: Tnere is toc
much hemework, cand not enough par-
ties.
Thoms Parran; Newspcper should
print mere censtructive criticisms,
instead of harmful ones.
Frances Levitz; We shculé huve
mere assembly pregrums ond better
ccecpercticne
HTL Usvis CLUB QUESTION BOX
Question; Whenever I um invited
cut to dinner I hve & tendency
te tuke o drink cf wi.ter just cs
Sccn os we cre seuted ut the t.ble.
Is 1t oll right?
answer; Don't do it. Don't pley
with the silver or twirl your
w..ter goblet either. These ac-
ticns betriy the fuct thi.t you
“Feu NerveuSe
Questicn: Wher ft cm cub euting I
never know which fork or specn
to use. Ccn you help me?
answer; The best way to knew is
te lezrn te set the tuble cor-
rectly st home. In any cise,
a + the tuble is core
rectly set, use the silver fir-
thest iway from the plate for
the first c.urse, eto. If in
l-ubt, f llow the hustess.
BOOK REVIEW
Hive you red, The Light That
Failed, by Rudycra Kipling? It is
& story «bout . young mewsp.per
ertist who receives a blow cn the
head durin, . bottle in ufric.,
which ccuses his blintness. His
friend, Torpenzow, eces back te
*fric:., and Dick f:llews, blindly.
In the end=-but reid it yourself
te find cut. Like o1l ¢f Kiplin 's
b-2ks, it haus beth leo. 1 color and
G2nvers..tion. You will fin? The
Light Thet F.ile@ in the Milne
Hich library,
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