CRIMSON AND WHITE
Volume III, Number 5
Milne High School, Albany, N. ¥:;
Friday, October 28, 1982
JUNIOR NEWS
MILNE HIGH SCHOOL »DOPTS NEV SERVICE
AND CHARACTER POINT SYSTEM
Last week in the regular assembly
Mr. Sayles explained the point system
which will be used in Milne this year.
He talked about the service and char-
acter points which are the basis of
the list.
The-President of Student Council
gets 15 points for his service, Other
cefficers of council will receive 10
points and 411 other members, not offi-
cers will receive 5. The homeroom
presidents get 10 points and the other
officers 5. The editor of the CRIMSON
aND WHITE will receive 10 points, and
all members of the newspaper club, 5.
Ten points is given to the captain of
Traffic club and the rest of the squad
5 points. These service points were
alloted according to the work and res-
ponsibility connected with the office.
Classification on the character
point list is 5 points. A reliable
person is one who does 411 that he is
expected to d, willingly and thorough-
ly. People who work regularly and
patiently are classed os industrious.
Points for cooperation are given to the
person who cooperates with teachers
énd school, Courtesy and loyalty ere
the other character classifcetions.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BEGIN PRACTICE
FOR WINTER BASKETBALL SEaSON
The boys basketball prectice
begun Tuesday. Those who were on the
junior high school team lest year cnd
huve returned this year are; Stanley
Munton, Douglas McHerg, Bud Fales and
Fred Carr. There will be several new
members on the team this yecr.
The boys* gym clesses have been
Playing football cnd bisebell on the
ous but in the necr future, all
activity will be in the gymnasium, the
cocch said. The boys &re requested to
wer their own gym suits, cnd not the
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sketbell suits to ¢1l prectices.
CLASS VISITS TELEFHONE COMPANY
The business training class under
e lecdership of Miss Beuche Hoole a
field trip last week.
New York Telephone compény building on
State street ond found many interesting
and helpful things.
" e*clock Wednes
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMEROONS PLAN
HaLLOW'HEN PLRTIES FOR NEAT WEEK
Several homerooms are plenning
to hive Hallowteen parties this week
during the homeroom periods.
Room 129, < ninth grade homeroom,
will have c perty and also & candy scle
leter in the year to reise funds for
expenses. The three eighth grade home-
rooms are also plénning to have perties.
Room 121, is also plaunning to hive
enother purty liter in the year. The
members of Room 124, « seventh grade
homeroom, will huve lunch in the c.ufe-
teric first and thenreturnto their
homeroom to pluy gumes, Frences Seymour,
the president, saide Room 135, another
seventh grade room will hzve their
party on Monday.
TNELVE MEMBERS OF DEB..TE CLUB MEET
FOR DISCUSSION ON PROHIBITION
The debs.te club met ct 11:30
sy in room 129. The
twelve members cre divided into three
teams which tcke turns debi.ting in the
club period.
The two teams debcted during the
club period this week. The subject wos;
Resolved; .Thet the prohibition amend-
ment should be repecled, John Hawkins,
Neil McCoy, John Willie, and Edgar Hard-
ing upheld the cffirmetive side and
Herbert Mcrx, Bob Gilson, William Ford,
snd Herbert Mirx, and Leo Minkin, the
neg:.tive side of the question. Mrs.
Lutz, the libr:ricn, and Mr. Sroka, the
director of the orchestra, were the
judges. The decision wi.s for the neg—
tive.
DaNCING CLaSS PLANS PaRTY FOR MEETING
The beginners’ social dancing club
under the direction of Miss -Lohnrs is
Pl.mning « perty for its club progrem
next week.
This club meets during the regulur
club period on Wednesdcys, It hes nine=
teen members. The progrem includes
instruction in social duncing cna bell-
room mmners. 411 the members cre seven-
th graders.
GYM ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GIRLS
There will be no games between the
classes in the gym classes for < few weeks,
STsFF FOR THIS ISS¥E
Editortal Stuff Barbara Birchenough
Margaret Charles
Walter. Simmons
School News Ruth Mann
Helen Anthony
Gordon Wendell
Ronuld Kneller
Cireulction Carolyn Hallenbeck
Betty Nichols
Publication Milda Hall
Fred Carr
Leland Reik
pili Barnes
John Akullien
Mitda Hall
Betty Nichols
John Akullfen
Reporters
STUDENT COUNCIL REPORT
The Junior High School Student
Council has had very few meetings {n
which to mke ‘up c genersl policy for
this years However it has prepared
& budget end is ready to present a
constitution for the school.
The budget which will be presen-
ted to the Senior high school council
for cpprovel is as follows:
2 Janior High parties
Orchestra $10.00
Engineer 3.00
Punch 6,00
Miscellaneous 1.00
Total each ~ 20.00 {40.00
20 pins é 250 10400
Approprictions for orchestra, o gift
to the school, sweaters for the cheer
leaders andthe publication of a hand-
book will be requested.
This year the council would like
to make and pass © constitution for
the junior high school. 4A committee
@is working with Miss Halter on oneg ct
the present time.
The Council has mode a few rules
governing clubs in the junior high
school. One of the rules is that i.fter
November 9, noone will be allowed to
join or drop c club. Another club mule
is thet all members must be at their
meetings at 11:30 o'clock or get ex=
cuees as in a reguler classe
KEEP THE LIBRsRY IN ORDER
When in the library we sometimes
notice that some of the books are out
of place. If you dontt put them back,
don't expect others to do so for you.
Most of the books are listed in the
catalog. Those thot cre, should not
Be moved out.of place, os it would
be very herd to find them agcin.
some libraries, you will notice a
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sign which reads, “A Book Misplaced
is & Book Lost." [ces Milne librery
need © sign like that? Also the
library book shelves and the tebles
would look much necter if you will
keep them in orders Is it nmcesscry
to spread all your books cround?
Think it over. M.Co
SUPPORT YOUR TEAM
This season Milne Junior High
school expects to have a fine basket-
ball team to represent it.
The people who turn out for the
team and practice huve the correct
school spirit cnd the school should
help them by giving them cooperation.
This mecns coming to cll the gumes
end supporting the team by cheering.
Cheering mikes the tecm feel as if
it were not alone. When c team feels
that it has backing, it will fight herd-
er for victory for the school. If all
the Junior high comes to the games
this year, our team will heve many more
successes. Wee
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TIDINESS ¢
Tidiness is one word which is
emphasized very much in some ijilne
classrooms.
nop
high
Some homerooms, however, have
orgenized a jenitors' squad. ‘This
Squcd picks up pepers in the room and
keeps the desks in order, On the other
hind, other homerooms let ec.ch desk
get cluttered up with refuse and let
the room ippear very untidy. Why
not everybody adopt this janitor
idea, and help improve the general
appearence of the school. S.L Ms
QUESTION BOX 2
Question; How can the newspaper by
improved?
Vivian Snyder; I think the paper
should heve more humor in
it.
I think that more articles
should be contributed to
the newspcper.
James Nesbitt; I think that the news—
paper would he greatly im-
proved if the student body
would give more news and
coopercte with the news-
paper club,
I think it is allright cs
it 1s but we could use more
news stories,
Sam biunsons
Fred Cerr;
HOME ROOM NOTES
Home room 124 hed a musical
program on Octoberl2, during the home-
room period. Paul Munson played the
clarinet, John Hawkins, the coronet, and
Wilicm Hume, the harmonics. This is
e& seventh grade homeroom
The members of homeroom 224 assist
the librarian every Friday during the
homeroom period, This is c ninth grade
homeroome
The officers of homeroom 124 for
this yecr ure; president, Fronces
Seymour; vice-president, John Hawkins;
secretary, Jecn Le Grange. The student
council representatives are; Lois
Nesbitt cnd Niel McCoy. a treasurer
will be elected Inter.
Home room 130, o ninth gride room, is
plenning to heve a newspaper. They will
ecll it "The Keyhole."
Riel McCoy, Paul Munsun, cnd John
Huwkins will represent homeroom 124 on
the junior high school basketball team.
SHOP aNNOUNCEMENT
Mr. Reymond is mking fremes and
iron brackets for the designs that
were mde by the Senior art class last
year. They will be hyng outside the
rooms in a month or two.
ENGLISH CL.SSES HVE EXHIBIT
The seventh gr.de English classes
hive an Indicn exhibit in Room 135, to
which they invite «myone who may be
interested. The display includes
relics from the stone age and oll kinds
. of Indian goods.
GIRLS H..VE NEW GYM SUITS
The girls' gym suits this year
ure much different from those used lest
year. The outfit consists of amaroon
colored tunic, black stockings, a swect s
shirt and c middie.
Volume TL) Number 5
166 MEMBERS OF GR.DES IN JUNIOR
HIGH PY THEIR STUDENT Tu.X
One Hundred sixty-six students
in the junior high school hcve paid
their student tux up to the present
time. Of this number, 58 cre ninth
graderse
The following are the seventh
grade homerooms and the number who
have paid in each room; 235, twenty;
124, eighteen; 135, thirteen. In
room 121, nineteen huve paid; in
127, eighteen; and 123, twenty have
peid. These cre eighth grade rooms,
The ninth grade rooms are the reports
cre: 224, sixteen; 130, twenty three;
129, nineteens
CLUB PL.NS PLaY FOR MEETING
The dramctics club which meets
in room 135 on Wednesdays will begin
work on a ploy next week,
This club is mode up of eighth
and ninth grade girls. Diss McGoech
4s the club sponsor,
HUMOR COLUMN
Poputar Songs by Popular People
Hew Cen I Go on Without You
Barbora Birchenough
Three's a Crwod
Jean, slice and Ethel
Scy it Is'nt Bo
Flunked My Exams
Plecse Handle With Cure
John Winnie
When the bioon Comes over the Mountain
' Dorothy Thoupson
4s You Desire Me
Doris
Herets Hopin’
He isks Me
# Voice in the Old Village Chois
John Schilling
Mcther: Johnny will you be good?
Johnny; Yes, for « nickel, moms.
Mothers Why don't you be good for
nothing, your father always
WS 6
Jim: How do you spell bunt
Corl; BeM.
Jim: Curl, did you lexve out something?
Corl; Yes, Ue
J-ke; Heve you seen the mounted police
in Chicigo?
Ye gods, are the gangsters
stuffing them after they shoot
them.
Fred;
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