CRIMSON AND WHITE
VOL. XXX, NO. 5
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y. FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Honor Society Sponsors
Little Red Schoolhouse Team |
Albany Academy, Milne’s traditional sports rival, was victor in a scho-
lastic contest staged on the Little Red Schoolhouse program, February 7.
The final score in the Academy match was 190-160. Milne defeated
Catholic Central High School by a
Led by Steve Patent, who was appearing for his third year on the
program, the team earned seventy-five dollars for the National Honor
Society in their two weeks of play.
The money will be used to help
finance the Lincoln Center perform-
ances which the Honor Society plans
to bring to Milne this spring.
Other members of the team were:
Bill Wachsman, senior; Larry Binder,
sophomore; junior Mary Moore who
played in the Catholic Central game;
Yand senior Sally Button who filled
in the fourth spot in the garhe
against Academy.
Mrs. Marshall Losee, advisor of
the Honor Society, also advised the
“Schoolhouse” team. Practice ses-
sions were held in the Richardson
television studio with the equipment
which had been constructed for the
Albany State College Bowl team.
Although no formal announcement
was made to the Milne student body
because of the mid-semester break,
two bus-loads of students accom-
panied the team to the WRGB studio
for both games.
This year’s competition marked
Milne’s fourth year on the program.
Last year’s team won three consecu- journalism profession has something to do with it. Therefore, the C&W
tive matches, only to be defeated is printing this article to help soothe the troubled minds of the Milne stu-
| dents and faculty. The reader can a aan 7
|now feel satisfied in that he reads)
is
bad news, in fact, no news at
in the play-offs at the end of the
year.
Patent answered a total of nine-
teen questions correctly in the two
games this year, Mary Moore earned
eight points in her one performance.
Included in her answers was a series
on animal names based on Chaucer's
Canterbury Tale:
Mrs. Joseph McGinnis, formerly study of vocabulary in a public|before the day was over.
of the Milne faculty, will become an
associate in Teacher-Education with
the State Education Department,
upon her return from a Virgin Is-
lands vacation, February 18.
Her duties at Milne, super
English 11 and teaching an English
12 class, fall to Mrs. Abram Pock,
a mewcomer to the Milne faculty,
and Mrs. Joseph Kelly, respectively.
The eighth grade homeroom pre’
ously in her charge is temaporarily
under the supervision of a graduate
student teacher.
Faculty Senate member Mrs. Mc-
Ginnis also served as advisor to both
Ambassadors, the service organiza-
tion, and Riding Club at Milne. Mrs.
Vincent Walker, art teacher, will
fill out the remaining year of Mrs.
McGinnis’ term in the Senate.
Three articles written by Mrs.
McGinnis appear in published form,
Mr. William Kraus, a former Milne
English supervisor who is currently
an off campus teacher, collaborating
with her on the last, which concerns
the humanities course which all
seniors study.
Mrs. McGinnis has also composed
a pamphlet on a three year research
220-160 margin the previous week.
Moderator Dave Kroman qui
Lincoln Center Presentations
Hailing from the Repertory Theater of New York City’s Lincoln
Center, the American Mime Theater will give a performance at a special
assembly, March 28.
Under the sponsorship of the Milne Chapter of the National Honor
Society, the Lincoln Center Student Program will bring a.series of four
presentations to Milne, of which this offering will be the first,
cares Honor Society has:requested a flute
and harpsichord recital, a chamber
}|music ensemble, and’ a modern
jdance group for future assemblies,
f| All of the presentations, which
|may be actual performances, master
classes, workshops, or lecture-dem-
onstrations, are on a fully profes-
[|sional level.
Advisor Mrs. Marshall Losee
| |Sparked the Honor Society's enthu-
siasm for the project, after reading
a newspaper account of a similar
program at an area school,
To help finance the $925 project,
each student and teacher will pay a
small admission fee. Besides the
Milne student body, Honor Society
and the school itself will also con-
tribute.
From the proceeds of an all school
dance, March 11, from seven to
eleven P.M. in Page Gym, Honor
Society will pay its share of the cost.
val Milne and Academy teams.
No News Is
} 4
| What is the cause of the anxieties of modern man?
the
no
all in this article, his anguish can
be postponed just that much longer.
As someone once said, its an ill
newspaper, but since ther
one
high school and found a relationship
‘between a person's vocabulary range
and his intelligence, when compared
jin a modern, middle class society.
“I have enjoyed my years here,”
comments Mrs. McGinnis. She offers
this further observation, “Milne
gives a great deal of individual
freedom to the student, but it ex-
pects a great deal of responsibility
in the use of that freedom.”
Mrs. Pock has been a teacher of
English at Bethlehem Central High
School for the past fifteen years.
She is presently on a one year
ee leave from the school, so will
be at Milne only for the current
semester,
After receiving her college educa-
tion a the State University of New
York at Albany, Mrs. Pock had “the
kind of experience one wants to
have again.” She student taught at
Milne.
“Then, now, Milne students
were respectful and nice people to
|know,” according to hei
| Mrs. Pock’s main interest is her
husband, who owns the Blue Note
Record Shop.
as
Each student may invite one guest
to sway with the Revolutions, which
played at this year’s Alumni Ball,
The money accumulated on the
“Little Red Schoolhouse” program
for the past three years will also
help to defray the cost.
Good News
We feel that the
NEW YORK TRIP CENTERS AROUND ART
New York City was the objective for eight senior art students, January
31 as they traveled with faculty members Mrs. Arthur Ahr, Mrs. Vincent
| Walker, and Mr. Mark Yolles for a day of art 1 and i
Marlene Abrams, Paula Boom- ee
\sliter, Sally Button, Mary Contom-
|pasis, Chris Curtis, Sue Hohenstein,
Ron Johnston, and Bob Oppe man- |
Jaged to visit the Guggenheim,
Metropolitan, and Whitney museums
jewelry, and weapons collections,
among other exhibits.
Located at the new Whitney
Museum, the 1966 Annual Contem-
pory American Sculpture and Prints
Exhibition, with its ordinary and
unusual prints, odd shaped steel
structures, and realistic and “found”
art in many combinations, was next
on the schedule.
| First stopping at the Guggenheim,
the students saw Kandinsky’s water
colors, prints, and paintings on glass
}and Jean Dubuffet’s red, white, and
|blue impressions of scissors, coffee
| pots, and other utensils. | After a walk down Fifth Avenue,
At the Metropolitan, the group|there was dinner -at the Tokyo
dispersed into smaller units and|Sukiyaki Restaurant, where chop-
wandered freely about, taking time | sticks, tortoni, and tea were the
for the Rodin sculpture, Egyptian | order.
Class of ‘67 Sets Scholarship Record;
Patent Is Second in County With 281
Eighteen seniors, or twenty-five percent of the seventy-one members
of the class of 1967, have been awarded Regents Scholarships from the
Siate of New York.
Those presented with the awards were: Abe Anolik, Naomi Aronson,
Susan Bloomfield, Paula Boomsliter, Sally Button, Bernard Dubb, Carol
Graham, Don Herres, Sue Hohenstein, Al Holzinger, Naomi Jochnowitz,
John Margolis, Carol Michaelson, Anne Miller, Steve Patent, Phyllis Rick-
man, and Bill Wachsman. Bob Linn was presented with one of the awards
for relatives of disabled veterans.
Schcolarships awarded to students of Albany County totaled 332, with
the highest score being 282 out of a possible 300. Steve Patent scored
281 on the test to place second in the county. The highest score in the
entire state was 292.
These scholarships provide students with $250 to $1000 to be used in
furthering their educations, under the condition that they attend an
| accredited college in New York State.
PAGE 2
CRIMSON AND WHITE
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Don't Go to College
“And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
And they all get put in boxes
And they all come out the same.”
Is this it? Is this what students work for
from grammar school through high school?
ls a college education worth the thousands of
dollars invested and the loss of identity that
may result? In many cases the answer is NO!
Society is turning more and more toward
the philosophy that intelligence is measured
in degrees—the kind that come on a piece of
paper. Now it seems that success is impos-
sible without a college diploma.
Everyone is caught up in THE BIG PUSH.
Some students who will not be admitted to
any major college waste their time and money
applying to Northern Alaska University and
Miss Miller’s Junior College just so they can
go somewhere, anywhere, in September.
And what happens then? One out of every
70 students will threaten to commit suicide.
One out of ten will drop out after his first
semester. Many of them will never see a pro-
fessor, who is usually occupied with publish-
ing or lecture tours, until their senior year.
The grads will flood the labor market clutch-
ing their powerful diplomas only to be placed
in the stockroom or in a training course.
It is generally accepted that those with poor
verbal skills should not go to college. Those
with good manual skills are wasting their time
in a college Latin course. “Why not become
a good mechanic instead of a bad engineer?’
What are the alternatives? Work—get a
job and work at it . Use the money saved for
your first year’s tuition and travel — cross
country or to Europe. Join the Peace Corps.
Train in some practical, interesting and self
satisfying program. There is time enough for
college after you have learned a little about
yourself. And READ. Don’t stop learning
just because you are out of the classroom.
Think about this quotation from The Aims
of Educstion by Alfred North Whitehead:
“Culture is activity of thought, and re-
ceptiveness to beauty and humane
feeling. Scraps of information have
nothing to do with it. A merely well-
informed man is the most useless boor
in God’s earth.’”
—S.H.
“If a man does not keep pace with his
companion, perhaps it is because he
hears a different drummer let him
step to the music he hears.’’
—Henry D. Thoreau
HUH!
What, me learn? You're crazy!
Why would I do a thing like that?
Oh, sure, I go to school, but—well,
you know how it is...
But school’s really a ” plast—we
have a zillion different extra-cur-
ricular_ activities, like the Driver
Ed Club (it’s gear, man) (sorry) or
the KTDC, B_ (Keep the Desks
Clean, Baby). We all have a great
time at school!
Huh? What was that? Is Milne
serving inluck of parenthesis? Oh,
in loco parentis. Well, I don’t know
about that. My Chinese class hasn’t
reached the ‘i’s” on our vocabulary
list yet . . . Oh, so that’s what it
means! I suppose Milne’s doing a
passable job of replacing my
parents, but the administration isn’t
too free with the money, you know.
All in all, is Milne a good school?
Hmm. It certainly is! The student
teachers are pretty good-looking,
the auditorium seats arte comfort-
able, there’s a good selection of
food in the cafeteria... . Yeah, 1
guess I'd give Milne an A-OK
rating. What? Oh, I based my
rating on what counts, on the im-|
portant things. Classes? Why,
they have nothing to do with it!
—LH.
I's Happening —
5 happening —
February 20: Howard Johnson, MIT
president, speaks on science, Lin-
ton
February 24: Granville Hicks, lec-
turing on contemporary novelists,
Siena College, 8:00 p.m.
February 25: National Merit Schol-
arship Qualifying Test, and Milne |
entrance exam
February 28: Albany Symphony,
Strand Theater, 8:30 p.m.
March 1: Don’ Cossack Chorus,
R-C-S High School, 8:15 p.m., $2
March 11: National Honor Society
Dance, Page Gym, 7:30-11 p.m.
March ld: Porgy and Bess, Palace
Theater, 8:31 |
March 15:18; Morte ton of the Movies,
Page Hall, 8:30 p.
Mrareh 22) sistent acess Ibeging) al
noon
March 28: Milne resumes, 8:30 a.m.
March 28: Lincoln Center Student
Program
Coin Sense
Quo Vadis ?
The scene: A student teacher, Miss Informed
is going over a test with Joe (The Calculator)
Snojob. He has flunked it miserably.
Teacher: ‘‘Do you understand the theorem
now? You just couldn’t get the math part
correct on the test.”’
(Meanwhile, Joe and his friend have been
not-so-silently snickering at one of their own
witty jokes. Joe answers the teacher:)
“Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle.”
Teacher: ‘Joe, since you got a sixty-eight
on this test and a D on your last one, I’m
afraid this means you'll get a U for the
quarter.”’
Joe:
Joe (snapping to attention, mouth open
wide). Oh, no! If you add up my quiz marks
for the first four weeks, divide by the days
I've been absent, and square my homework
average, | can pass with a D. I've figured it
all out very carefully.” (A huge grin accom-
|panies this last statement). The curtain
drops, as does Miss Informed.
Epilogue
The Milne student, Homo sapiens (or so he
hopes) simply cares more about that little
cardboard report card than all his textbooks
combined.
A lecture is inevitably interrupted by the
query: Will we have to know this for our test?
If the instructor unwittingly answers in the
negative, twenty-four budding brains will be
switched off for the remainder of the period.
It seems there is one objective for the stu-
dent—his “‘scholastic’” record. The incon-
venience of learning something new is the
means to achieve this end,
One thing is certain. If the Milne student
continues to write his own script to this comic
tragedy, it will end with the first act.
Although the writer is nol on the
CEW slaff, we are glad to print
its contributions
1, Which United States mints are |
still in existence?
2, What was the first coin to tear!
the bust of an individual?
3. Was there ever an $8 bill?
4. Who designed the Lincoln Head |
penny?
| 1955 penny is worth
| 6. When and why did the U. S.
government print a coin in honor of
Albany?
| Answers
| 1, Those at Denver
| 2. The Lincoln Head Penny
| 3. Yes, minted by the 1777 Conti-
nental Congress
4. Victor D. Brenner
5. 1955 double die uncirculated
| 6. In 1936, to commemorate the
| 250th anniversary of Albany's char- |
It was a silver dollar.
| ter.
if —Alan Lasker
CRIMSON AND WIITE
Vol. XXX Feb. 17, 1967 No. 5
Published by the Crimson and White
Board, the Milne School, Albany, New
York. Address exchanges to the
Exchange Editor and other correspon-
dence to the Editor.
Member
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
The Editorial Board
Sarah Button, Suzanne Hohenstein
Mary Moore
Laura Harris
John Margolis
Paula Boomsliter
Naomi Aronson
Margaret Diggs
Mr, Richard Lewis
Editors-in-Chief
Associate Editor
|Editorial Editor
Sports Editor
Feature Editor
Treasurer
Exchange Editor
Faculty Advisor
Staff
Bill Wachsman, Linda Wyatt, Ellie Ainspan, Kathy
Langer, Roz Hohenstein, Bob Castellani, Judy Schuster,
Dick Ettelson.
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 3
SPORTS SPOTLIGHT |
By LOUIS
For three years, Milne court ace Bob Blanton has thrilled spectators
These honors have included several ap-
pearances on the Knickerbocker News Team of the Week, and last year’s
selection to the All-Albany second team,
and gained innumerable honors.
Blanton has led the ’66-’67 Raid-
ers’ balanced attack with 258 points
going into tonight's game
Averill Park, This is enough to
place him high among area socr-
ing leaders in spite of the fact that
he has played two or three games
less than most of the other leaders.
Bob is also locked in a leazue scor-
ing duel with Gary McVee of Voor-
heesville.
Bob Blanton now holds another
honor as Milne’s all-time scoring
leader. He broke the school record
in Milne’s finest effort of the season
against Waterford, His clutch foul
shooting and 22 point total went far
to aid the one point victory.
With every point he scores, Robert
Blanton adds to his record and en-
hances a basketball career that is
undoubtedly one of the outstanding
individual efforts in Milne’s ath-
letic history.
Excursion to N.Y.C.
By BARRY RICHTER
On January 31st, 40 Milne boys
departed from Albany at 2:30 in the
afternoon. They returned twelve
hours later after a very exciting
trip sponsored by the Milne athletic
department.
The destination of the energetic
group was Madison Square Garden
in New York City. After a quick
dinner in Ramsey, New Jersey, the
Milne throng set out for the Garden
and arrived just as the first. game
of a double-header began. In the
breathtaking first game, Detroit was
edged by the San Francisco quintet
by 2 points, The second game,
somewhat less “hair-raising”, pitted
St. Louis against New York; New
York won by a comfortable margin.
Commenting on the games, Ron
Laraway and other spectatores cited
Dave Berg and Lou Hudson, of De-
troit and St. Louis respectively, as
possible rookie-of-the-year candi-
dates. j
Because a bus was provided for
the group, the cost was minimal—
but, according to the travellers, ex-
citement and enjoyment were in
abundance.
GAA
By SALLY BUTTON
Milne will sponsor, for the sec-
ond year, a Mail-o-graphic Bowling
Tournament for Junior and Senior
High teams. Each _ participating
school sends in authenticated team
scores, which compete in this proxy
tournament. The Milne girls wiil
handle all the paper work.
Sandy Herkowitz heads the Var-
sity bowlers with her average of
146, Other high scorers are: Sue
Hohenstein, 144; Kathy Langer,
137; and Rose Ann Thompson, 132.
Dianne Dorenz laeds the Junior
Varsity team with a 146 average.
The Freshman team is topped by
Lynn Sherman with 125,
Hoopsters Organize
A small turnout and lack of prac-
ticing space are the disadvantages
faced by this year’s basketball team.
Nevertheless, four games are sched-
uled for this season. A sportsday at
Mechanicville; and games with Mt.
Pleasant, St. Agnes, and Linton.
with |
ROVELLI
Bob Blanton: Milne’s top point-
maker.
| Baseball Forecast |
| By RICK OTTY |
As the basketball season nears its |
end, baseball will soon be upon us.
In about a month and a half, the|
1957 baseball season will begin. It
should be a great one.
| Eight starting players from last|
year’s squad will be returning to
iackle the favorite spring sport, The
Raiders won eleven games in nine-
teen starts in 1966 and tied for sec-
ond in the Hudson Valley League
with an eight and six mark. The
team almost manazed to place sec-
ond in the Class “D” sectionals.
|(As yet, the runner-up trophy has
|failed to arrive). This record was
|compiled mostly by sophomores and
juniors,
The tremendous experience factor
accompanying the Milne team this
year should prove troublesome to op-
ponents. They have played together
for at least a year and can, wiih
student support, accomplish the
finest baseball season Milne has
ever experienced. Let’ find our way
to Ridgefield, and back our team.
At firs
or a difficult counselling session, the
Annie would bredk me up.
| from a “usually reliable” source,
| denied tomorrow.
ft Only Read the, Sports Page
| I find that year by year I read less and less of the daily newspapers.
first I stopped reading comics because after a t:ying day at a funeral
| news section because I no longer have confidence, not necessarily in the
| news media, but in the managers of the news.
As for the editorial page, the experts and the analysis
The Bowlers’ Alley
By BRUCE KOROTKIN
The varsity bowling team began their season in quest of a league
championship. Midway through their Central Hudson Valley League
schedule, the keglers appeared to have won the league title. In the latter
half of the season, the team lost any hope for the C.H.V.L. crown.
_ Milne’s first three matches were staged at the home lanes, the Play-
dium. The varsity defeated Catskill 4-0 on December 5, swept Water-
ford-Halfmoon 4-0 on December 12, and beat Maple Hill 3-1 on January
16. Senior co-captain Steve Rider paced the Raiders against Catskill with
a 194-566. Rich Friedlander rolled a 545 and a 491 in the Waterford and
Maple Hill matches, respectively. However, the loss of one point to Maple
Hill was just the beginning of a long down-hill fall for the Future Profs
(Maple Hill had previously lost 4-0 to both Catskill and Waterford).
Catskill, Waterford Are Waterloos
The next two matches resulted in twin 4-0 losses for Milne’s strug-
gling pinsters. At Catskill, January 30, strong performances by “Cat”
aces Randy Fried and Paul Overbaugh overshadowed Rider’s 205-525.
By virtue of their triumph, Catskill vaulted into the league lead. A fine
Waterford team effort, February 6, continued Milne’s decline despite
Friedlander’s 205-553.
The varsity bowlers have been hampered by inconsistency. In the
first match (Catskill), two bowlers failed to roll 450 for their three-game
totals while three other keglers topped 500. Against Waterford at home,
the entire team bowled well, averaging just below 170 per man. Yet,
in the following contest, scores dropped dismally, evidenced by the 150
per man average. Facing Catskill in Hudson, although Albie Holzinger
hit 505, lack of team support spelled doom for the Raiders. Finally sub-
par scores paved the way for defeat at Waterford.
With continued practice, the varsity hopes to regain peak form in
time for the upcoming sectionals.
VARSITY BOWLING AVERAGES (2/6/67)
Name Games TotalPins HighSingle HighTriple Avg.
Rider 15 2605 205 566 113.7
Friedlander 15 2537 205 553 169.1
Korotkin 1B 2054 179 519 158.0
Rovelli 3 468 168 156.0
Bartlett 4 624 188 491 156.0
Holzinger 6 921 176 505 153.5
Cohen 14 2113 1719 476 150.9
Meckler 12 1187 191 485 148.9
Buenau 5 743 168 442 148.6
Borlawsky 3 413 155, 413 137.7
Schedule Notes
The basketball game with Cox-
sackie, orginally scheduled for
January 27, will be played on Tues-
day, February 21.
1. Coach Cliff Tamsett has
done an excellent job with
the freshman basketball
team. Working diligently
at irregularly scheduled
Practices, the boys have
Milne will represent the Central LF )
displayed marked improve-
Hudson Valley League in the Class
“D” basketball sectionals. The Red) Ment in recent games. The
Raiders face the winner of the) Spirit and ability of both
Green County League (presently led) | coach and players will
by Greenville) on March 4th at Prove a great asset in
Milne’s basketball future.
The Milne Girls Athletic
Association’s sports pro-
gram must be one of the
most diversified of its kind
Ravena.
harsh lot of Rex Morgan or Orphan in the area
More recently, I have begun to ignore the]3. JV. basketball coach
Robert Wallace, substi-
Yesterday’s announcement | b
reinterpreted today and indignantly tuting freely, has found
depth in his bench
that cannot be tampered with. Here is the last refuge of credibility, and
it ought to be honored by being printed on Page One. Here are the last
believable men of the age. Would Arthur Daley dare to give Mickey
Mantle (.288) a batting record of 314? Would Red Smith dare to say
that when Willie Mays went down swinging, the score keeper was lying?
Washington, D. C., Bonn, Moscow, Hanoi, latch on to the sports writers
before it is too late —Rabbi David Polish
are on a steady diet of crow as every day's events shatter their cock-sure 4. Too bad non-league
pronouncements. As a character in a Saroyan play says, “There's no 5 h
foundation all the way down the line.” You can’t depend on anything— matches were not sched-
except the sports page. uled for the varsity bowl-
‘ No Credibility Gap in Spots Field ing team. According to
When the sports writer tells me that Sandy Koufax struck out eight
men, I can trust him. When I read that Notre Dame beat Indiana 26-1 team) members; such: cons
Ican be sure that it was exactly that tally, and I don’t have to worry tests would have been wel-
that the government inforamtion agencies will conceal ie score on try come.
to mystify me with reports that the loss was light, moderate or heavy..5, |t’s good t
When I learn that fifteen men were used by the Orioles in one game, I~ Whs2 are interested HEY
|can be certain that I won't be gulled by a phony body count. That's why : ae
I believe faith in men, when it is restored, will emerge from the sports spring sports start pre-
pages of America. That is why a theology of athletics should be devel- season conditioning on
Joped, because at least in the area of sports reporting, a touchdown is al-| their own
ways worth six points, not eight, or ten, or none. Here is a fixed truth 6. The trip to New York City
was a well coordinated
event. Hopefully it will set
a precedent for similar
activities in the future.
—J.L.M.
PAGE 4
CRIMSON
ND WHITE
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Hamster- Happy
By NAOMI ARONSON
Some of you may have noticed
that I have been rather bleary-eyed
in recent mornings, A. startling
contrast to my normally alert and
eager countenance, You see, I
haven't slept well lately; we have
hamsters.
Les Cauchemars
Hamsters reach their peak of ac-
tivity late at night. About 1 am.
they begin exercising on their
wheels, which never stay oiled. Now
this is annoying if one owns a single
hamster, but we are blessed with
four and a fraction of the furry little
rodents, (One of the females is per-
petually pregnant; she never seems
to deliver, though. Caesarian sec-
tion has been suggested, but I sus-
pect a diet would be a more effec-
tive solution,) The wheels must be
in great pain; they whine on for
hours.
However, if you do not sleep,
hamsters make endearing pets, as-
suming you can repress the uncom-
fortable feeling that after all, they
are really rats. Each animal has a
distinct personality, its own amus-
ing eccentricities.
Milady
Sara, for example, is the most
recent member of the group. She is
four weeks old, albino, very tidy
and delicate, Sara is a fastidious
little creature. After relieving her-
self, she grasps the refuse in both
paws and heaves it out of her cage,
much to the distress of the human
occupants of the room. (I hope you
appreciate the difficulties involved
in transforming this into printable
language. It loses something in the
translation.) The result is U.F.O.
(Unidentified Flying Offal).
Other Advantages
The hamsters have also been
known to slip out of their cages.
Once lost, they are almost impos-
FROM THE BOTTOM
Halfway through the year and
midterms are now a thing of the
past (Thank Heaven). But look what
lies ahead: sixteen weeks of exactly
the same misery we experienced the
last sixteen weeks and twice the
amount of notes to study for finals.
Ah, to be a senior .. .
After midterms the only thing
that haunts their minds is whether
or not they’ve been accepted at a
college. They don’t start worrying
until April, either, when they usual-
ly receive answers from the col-
leg And of course there are the
ones who were accepted on Early
Decision, They're the ones who
make the most noise when I’m try-
ing to fit in an extra ten minutes
of studying before a test, Their
classes usually go like this: shop,
study, jewelry design, study, lunch)
art, ete,
Jealous? Who me? Of course not.
I enjoy studying until all hours
while they leaf through their college
catalogs. Having biology, world his-
tory, geometry, and French right in
a row isn’t a hard schedule, No, I’m
not jealous of seniors.
I HATE THEM !!!
—Roz Hohenstein
sible to recover, Of th
causes great mourning,
pine after their missing pets. And
\housekeepers live in dread that the
animal will crawl out at night and
gnaw on the furniture.
Hamsters are suitable gifts for
frustrated equestrians. They eat like
horses. Fortunately, easier
to care for in other re:
I was going to conclude by recom-
| mending hamsters as ideal pets. On
second thought . . . how do you feel
|about goldfish?
course,
Children | “
What Is A Senior: Two Views
Tell It Like It Is...
The status of Senior by no means
implies freedom from academic ob-
ligation, nor indeed lessened work
in any area: the happy-go-lucky
air of most Milne seniors masks
anxiety over many things; and it is
not as opposed fo the amount or
| quality of work done as it may seem,
First semester Senior year is Hell.
The pressure for grades, extant
|since ninth grade, becomes. unbear-
jable. Seniors hold the responsible
position in extracurricular organ-
izations, positions involving a great
|deal of work in planning and exe-
cuting ideas, But these and the
other obvious factors are the least
Jof it,
Most schools require an autobio-
graphical sketch as part of their ap-
plication: to write one honestly is
unbelievably difficult.
Where am I heading? What am
I looking for in college, in life? Will
I be capable, academically, socially,
generally, of handling a college en-
vironment?
These are but a few of the ques-
|tions a college applicant must ask
himself and try to answer; sorting
the experiences and acquired atti-
tudes of 17 years that constitute his
[personality is a tremendously taxing
| job.
And, I think, the senior who takes
an art course, or two or three, works
as hard at them as he does in his
demic” courses, The pr
pation with grades, the pr
drive in most Milne students, grad-
ually, over four years, gives way
toa ing for excellence for per=
sonal satisfaction: a desire to learn,
not because it’s necessary, but be-
cause it is rewarding and actually
fun,
Seniors ave lucky. Education is
for them no longer a chore; it is an
intriguing challenge.
—Paula Boomsliter
Guiding Lights
By MARGARET DIGGS
Through the cooperation of all the
academic subject departments, our
Guidance Department is presently
compiling a Milne Course Directory
that will aid all students in grades
eight through twelve, The mimeo-
graphed Directory will list all the
courses offered in Milne and give
a description of each. It will out-
line in detail all the prerequisites
for all courses, and the student will
be able to determine what each
course demands.
Directory Supplement
Eventually, supervisors of all the
elective subjects will talk to students
in grades nine through twelve and
expand on the written descriptions
in the Directory,
The Guidance Department also
initiated junior group meetings this
year, designed to p:ovide informa-
tion and to discuss grades, careers,
and colleges.
Present-Future
Future proj e being mani-
fested this very minute. Mr, Mark
Yolles, Guidance Divecior, hopes
that every student will be able to
have a full-period interview with
his counsellor. The new-this-year
appointment book is already solv-
ing many interview scheduling prob-
lems. He anticipates a Student
Council-sponsored caveer series for
senior high students.
|The Interview Cri
“We have the best guidance office
jin the City of Albany,” according
to Miss Lydia K. Murray, the girls’
guidance counsellor, She feels there
is a need for students to be more
affable and able to conduct them-
selves when being interviewed.
Thus, a tape recorder will prove a
|valuable resource when Miss Mur-
|
ray and Mr, Yolles set up an inter-
viewing situation allowing senior
high students to hear their inter-
view verbatum afterwards,
The only problem the Guidance
|Department faces is the time ele-
ment, There are simply not enough
Iheuee in the day to see all the
| students!
The Press Test, or, An Approach to Insanity
By BARRY PRESS
Students of the absurd rejoice!
Back by popular demand (a demand
that I not do it—but no one can
dampen my devil-may-care attitude)
is that apathetically accepted exam
atiministered by yours truly. Be
prepared for the unusual and the
ridiculously obvious (not te mention
the obviously ridiculous). So with-
out further ado, I present to you
the Press test (better known as the
Ham’s Exam).
1, If Teddy Roosevelt had spoken
a little louder and used a smaller
stick, do you think that he still
would have had to wear glasses?
2, Since one in the hand is worth
two in the bush, why not put it in a
tree?
3. Math Problem: John is two
years older than Bill, who is three
years older than twice Tom's age
divided by four. Tom’s hair is a
lighter shade of brown than is
John’s. Why won’t Marsha speak to
Tim?
4. If mares eat oats and does eat
oats and little lambs eat ivy, why
do they still make cereal?
5. Since a dogwood is a type of
tree and a catfish is a type of fish,
doesn’t that make you think twice
about crow’s-foot?
6. When you get the cart before
the horse, why don’t you call it a
Volkswagon and save’ on gas?
7. What is wrong with the follow-
ing sentence? I went to the delica~
tessen to get her geese as soon as
when he didn’t arrive over there to-
morrow. (If you don’t have enough
room, explain what is right with the
above sentence.)
8. Do you think Milton would
have written Paradise Lost if the
dice came up seven?
Bonus Question: In what year will
Hubert Humphrey's picture appear
on the three dollar bill? (Trick ques-
tion. There is no such person as
Hubert Humphrey.)
This nari
Iam mad. But my madness is
The condition rather limits my
But someday, try looking with
Reviews and Reflections
tive had best be begun by observing the obvious:
not, as Hamlet's, feigned. It is real,
and a part of me; indeed, I couldn't be me and sane, that is, “normal,”
practical, and insensitive,’ concurrently.
value as a reporter, and so I refer
you to the front page, wherein there dwells a measure of “sanity.”
wonder at jewelry 5,000 years old,
noting the differences in 500 tiny scarabs, standing with your head back
between your shoulder blades to see the top of a 70-foot medieval choir
screen, laughing because a collection of jeweled swords is beautiful beyond
description, tracing the contours of a Rodin sculpture with your fingers.
That’s the Metropolitan. The Whitney museum has (had) a show of
contemporary American sculpture and prints, The sculptures have to be
touched, gotten into, and absorbed.
Most almost force the observer to touch them, or play their games,
or to try to be a part of them, The prints range from pure sensual experi-
ences to almost-problems in modern sociology.
Dubuffet, Kandinsky, and the Tannhauser collection are at the Gug-
genheim; but by far the best is a mobile by Alexander Calder: fluid,
suspended lilypads, perfectly serene. It’s great—from: the top, obliquely
from above, exactly on edge, or from below—have you ever looked out
of a lilypad pond?
‘Anyone who seeks to enjoy art must be supersensitive to shapes and
colors, forms and lines and moods, and above all, be able to entirely lose
himself, childlike, in the thi He must be almost totally oblivious of
himself: he must experience, r I'm like this, and not solely
toward contrived art. I can forget I’m me, because, basically, “self” is
entirely transitory and of no’ value except to “self.” Or rather, I know
I’m me but I don’t matter, except as a receptacle. So I can get lost in
a sculpture, a painting, people, a building, the dawn, a smell or a feeling
in the air, I'm mad, Gentle Reader: to be sane is to miss worlds.
—Paula Boomsliter
