CRIMSON AN
WHITE
Vol. XXIII, No. 4
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBAN.
DECEMBER 18, 1953
Christmas Assembly
Precedes Vacation
This year’s Christmas assembly
started off with “Deck and Hall,”
and “Jingle Bells” medley. The
choirs, band, and audience partici-
pated,
The senior choir then sang “Reli-
gion is a Fortune” and “O Bone,
Jesu.”
Milnemen Sing
A wonderful new addition to thé
program was the Milnmen, The;
are Martin Wolman, Paul Howard,
John Reynolds, Creighton Cross,
Don Wilson, Dick Green, Ron Kille-
lea, Don Smith, Jim Meyers and
Leonard Ten Eyck. This was their
third appearance. They sang “Silent
Night” and “O Little Town of
Bethlehem,” with the Milnettes do-
ing the descant on “Silent Night.”
Leonard Ten Eyck did the solo part
in “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”
Cynthia Berberian followed by
playing Debussy’s “Reflections in
the Water,” as a piano solo.
Choirs Vocalize
The junior choir, consisting of
seventh, eighth, and ninth graders,
ine “Cradle Song” and
” from “Hansel and Gretel.”
The "Milnettes joined in singing
“Here a Torch, Jeanette,” “Isabella,”
and “Carol of the Sheep Bells.”
The senior choir, returning, sang
“As Torrents in Summer,” “Medi-
tation,” and “When Icicles Hang by
the Wall.” Next, the Milnettes sang
“White Christmas,” with the audi
ence joining for the second chorus.
The program concluded with the
audience and both choirs singing
"Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye
Faithful.”
‘Accompanists in order_of appear-
ance were Beryl Scott, Toby Scher,
Charles Moose, Cynthia Berberian
and Carol Newton.
Council Elects Officers
On December 4, the Musi
cil elected officers. Cynthia
berian was elected president, Nan
Redden, vi president, Eleanor Erb,
secretary, and Beatrice Weinstein,
treasure)
Milnmen Make Their Debut
‘On December! 16, the
made their debut at the Thi Re-
formed church. “Appearinglj with
them were the Milneties. ‘Tha glso
sang at a faculty tea in Bruba
hall.
, =e
Look What's Coming
Friday, December 18
‘School closes
Columbia at Milne
‘Tuesday, December 29
‘Alumni Ball
Monday, January 4
School resumes
Friday, January 8
‘Academy at Milne
Friday, January 15
Milne at B.C.H:
oN
Juniors Pr
re
out,”
seniors
Each
take:
their
and away ¢|
are off ag
day at 114
newly) aequited:
going off campus
the “
ing
over
senior
sounds,
the
jet prope]
t pil
playing
they a
1 as
rive panting,
hoops,
still
into
field,
the last
happy, in homeroom.
The’
amount
means
feniors
er
the last bell
ed
that
motor
: uet
fapus Sipnquet was
look-
Yes, the
Di lege of
ch. At 1
stall,
their
t bell
= | closed
is some strings
may not
rings.
$69.84 more than any other
class in
gratulations
The Crimson
of the senior
all the Milnites for their
the histor
ior
of Milne.
wishes to
vehicles and
uudent must be in homeroom
But as
ior will tell you, it’s worth it!
enter
ior class is proud to an-
t their profits from the
“Big Hearted Herbert,”
he sum of $477.16. This
the 1954 class made
senior | s
Con-
nd White on behalf
thank
loyal and
enthusiastic support, and let us not
forget
friends,
the parents,
relatives,
and
December 10, the
Sigma installation
This
nual Quin
took
con-
tberg por-
Flannel
ed of Shirley ‘Van
he Girl
Joan
miele n_ version one
fore Cena
Ginny Ed¥
with
singing White
feline in:
d, and th eee
With the ‘singin of
New Members
O'Connell
entertainment.
was performed by a gr
members called the
companied by Jackie
filda Klingaman an
Mary Ann O'Connell.
The new girls were installed’ by
the president, Sherril Miller, and
the evening ended with the singing
of the Sigma song.
for Ball
“Orchids” Theme
. Of Alumni Dance
1955 is working hard
r the thirteenth an-
which will take
Hall gym on
from 9:00 p.m.
purpose of this
the alumni of
other and the
ine.
lected one of
ad each of the
r the ball which
freshments, in-
and 'mis-
se of you who attend the ball
ind the gym transformed into
ical dream world of purple,
and lavender hues. Be care-
t to fall into the “big surprise”
will be located in the middle
dance floor under a giant
hknded orchid. Alma Becker,
an of this committee, com-
decoration committee
s worked exceptionally hard this
We hope our efforts will be
ded by a large crowd at the
trobel, chairman of the re-
res) has ordered
‘gallons and gallons” of punch to
keep you on your toes, and with
the junior girls supplying the
cookies, you'll get an excellent
sampling of many different varieties
and recipes.
Nearly four hundred invitations
have been sent to alumni of the
past five years by Ann Crocker and
her committee. One invitation has
been sent to Dr. Theodore Fossieck,
principal of the school, inviting the
faculty, and another to Creighton
Cross, president of the senior class,
inviting the seniors to attend this
gala event. Mr. Harlan Raymond,
of the industrial arts department,
has graciously consented to print
tlthe invitations for the junior:
As you enter the gym, you will
be greeted by Ed Berkun and his
reception committee, which consists
of three junior couples who have
' | been chosen by Jerry Thomas, presi-
dent of the cla
Frank Mayer’s Band To Play
Milnites and alumni will
dance
t|to the beautiful strains of “Orchid!
in the Moonlight,” played by Frank
Mayer and his band. The gal who
is responsible for this part of the
ys Janet Vine, treasurer of
ary Lynch, of
department, ‘and
Mr. Hugh M. Smith, of the English
department, with his wife, will at-
tend the dance as chaperons .
Jerry Thomas stated, “I know it
will be a big success because the
class of ’55 is putting it on.”
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
DECEMBER 18, 1953
“MERRY CHRISTMAS!
CIRISVELISIEY
The wish, “Merry Christmas’, will be ex-
pressed many times and in many ways today
as school closes for the holidays and each of
us goes to celebrate the holiday in his own
way. We of the Faculty would like to take
this means of insuring that every student re-
ceives our best wishes for the Christmas season,
and we thank the Crimson and White staff for
the use of its editorial space for this purpose.
During the next week each of us undoubted-
ly will hear or use the phrase, ‘Merry Christ-
mas’, many times. If we take time to think
about how often that greeting is used, we may
be tempted to remark that we wish there were
some new way to convey that idea. However,
thinking a little further, we probably would
say reverently, “Thank God, there isn’t!”
The greeting “Merry Christmas’ has the
happy distinction of being one of a few per-
manent features in our world of constant
change, and we need a few such landmarks
to give us perspective as we move rapidly along
the path of our busy lives. That unchanged
greeting reminds us that the event which we
are celebrating is the same that Dickens wrote
about, the Crusaders called a truce to observe,
and the shepherds in Palestine wondered about
two thousand years ago.
The spirit of this season is as simple as
direct as the phrase, ‘Merry Christmas!"’ It
needs no special advertising campaign with a
new slogan each year. It doesn't need the
seventy-two new popular songs, twenty-six of
which have Santa Claus in the title, which have
been introduced this year. The true Christmas
spirit comes from within and can be expressed
equally well by the smallest child and the most
mature adult, especially if they use the word,
“Merry Christmas!”
Theodore H. Fossieck,
Principal
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Vol. XXII. DECEMBER 18, 1953
No. 4
Published every three weeks by the
CRIMSON AND WHITE Board, The Milne
School, Albany, New York.
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THE EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. Mary Lou_Deitrich
Ass'n,
Ass'n,
NEWS EDITOR... -Hannah Kornreich
ASSOCIATE EDITOR. -Mary McNamara
ASSOCIATE EDITOR. -Margaret Moran
BOYS’ SPORTS. Donald Smith
BOYS’ SPORTS. fudson Lockwood '5:
GIRLS’ SPORTS Beryl Scott
EXCHANGE EDI’ Susan Bower
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Donald Milne 736
TK John Wolfe '54
‘Pat Canfield '54
BUSINESS M.
FACULTY ADVISER... . ...Mr. Hugh Smith
THE STAFF
Sherril Miller, Gretchen Wright, Shirley Ann Crocker,
James Cohen, Gail McCormack, Diane Davis Ryan, Norma
Rogers, Art Melius
TYPING STAFF
Brenda Sandberg, Eleanor Erb, and Pat Canfield
THE NEWS BOARD
Barbara Mabus, Ginny Edwards, Mary Killough, Cynthia Berberian,
Janet Vine, Connie Olivo, Sheila Fitzgerald, Doris Markowitz, Sue
Hershey, Alice Goznell, Florence Selman, Shirley Vanderberg,
Honey McNeil, and Alice Brody.
>
ine
ERR
ge ROUND
“Big-Hearted Herbert” was the name of our play—
and among those seen at “our play” were: Kathy
Hunter, Terry Lester, Bob Killough, Maria Hartmann,
Dixon Welt, Judy Cotter, Ed Blessing, Paul Tamaroff,
Penny Male and Kathy Scott.
After the play, the seniors had open house at
Margaret Moran's. Gail McCormack, Nancy Nedden,
Karl Becker, Betty Alexander, Ira Rheingold, Sally
Simmons, John Murphy, Bea Weinstein, Fred Brunner,
Donald Wilson and Kathy Kendall were just a few
who were there.
While most of us are dreaming of a white Christ-
mas, Hannah Kornreich is dreaming of getting a sun-
tan during vacation. How come? She's spending the
Christmas holidays in Cuba, the lucky gal.
Another of our girls is also spending the vacation
where it’s nice and warm. Barbara Mabus is travel-
ing to Chattanooga, Tenn., to see if Southern Santas
really do ‘say, “Merry Christmas, you-all.” She's
promised to give us a full report when she returns.
Betsy Price had a birthday party and Katie Sim-
mons, Brud Snyder, Annabel Page, Stephanie Condon,
Mary Condon, Richard Lockwood, Dick Berberian and
David Klingaman were all there riding the horses.
You see, Betsy has lots of them!
If you say that R.P.I. is the place for a dance, Cecil
Blum, Alma Becker, Mary McNamara, Sara Seiter,
Barbara Wolman and Judy Brightman will certainly
agree with you. The dance was the annual Armed
Forces Ball. :
Nancy Kelly’s open house was a big success. Sara
Seiter, Sheila FitzGerald, Judy Hannan, Carol Myers,
Hilda Erb, Judy Hallenbeck and Sally Cook all added
to the fun.
la de Sousa had a slumber party after the Van
Rensselaer game. Ginny Pitkin, Jackie Torner and
Jackie Bonzyck were some of the drowsy girls,
Home for Thanksgiving vacation Dick Nathan had
an open house. Although those present were mostly
alumni, others who were there were Mary McNamara,
Ann Strobel, Bill Bullion, Polly Viner, Jud Lockwood,
Connie Edwards, John Murphy, Sally Cook and
Creighton Cross.
New York, New York, it’s a wonderful town, or at
least so Dick Bruce, Emmett TenBroeck and Dave
Howard tell us. How do they know? Because they
spent a weekend in the “Big City” recently. . Also
seen enjoying the sights were Jerry Thomas and Bob
Byrum.
by Shirley, Ann, ’n Jim
PLEASE: SANTA
Jhe Inquiring
Reporter’
By MIMI and NORMA
Question: If you were five years
old, what would you like Mr. Claus
to bring you for Christmas?”
Jerry Kane: “My two front teeth.”
Steven Levine: “A five year old
girl.”
Carol Stein: “A teddy bear.”
Sally Simmons: “A full piggy
bank.”
Judy Webel: “A doll house.”
Judy Hallenbeck:
lollipops.”
Willa de Sousa: “Long red under-
wear.”
“A. gross of
Jackie Torner: “A pony with a
charteuse saddle.”
Beryl Scott: “A bottle of Dixie
Bell.”
Miss Murray: “A little puppy.”
Barbara Mabus: “Santa Baby.”
Mr. Cowley: “A glass house.”
Don Smith: “A two year’s supply
of Carter's Little Liver Pills.”
Honey McNeil: “A jar of paste.”
Tom Foggo: “A choo-choo train.”
Judy Young: “A Girl Scout merit
badge.”
Don Wilson: “A space ship.”
Gail McCormack: “A space suit
so I can ride in Donald’s space ship.”
Dixon Welt: “A book on Einstein’s
nuclear theory.”
Howard Warner:
‘double bubble’.”
George Hartman: “That’s a good
question.”
Diane Reed:
Alan Alpart
Billy Airey: “A water pistol.”
Judy Hannan: “A nice five footer.”
Marion Preisser: “Superman Jr.”
Brenda Sandberg: “I would love
to meet Rudolph.”
Eleanor Erb: “An extended Christ-
mas vacation.”
Sandra Stegman: “A_hippopota-
mus.”
Pat Canfield: “A Kiddilac.”
Lois King: “A six year old John
Wayne.”
Shirley Male: “A Mexican jump-
ing bean.”
Betty Alexander: “A popo stick so
I can go pop.”
ALUMNEWS
Frances Ann Mitchell ’52, a senior
at LaSalle junior. college, is be-
trothed to Paul Carson Van Alstyne.
Ed’s, where the Milne elite meet
to eat, say many familiar faces dur-
ing Thanksgiving vacation. They
were Bill Wade °53, “MLF.” Moran
53, Allison Parker ’53 and Jerry
Hanley °53.
Robert Yaguda ’49, entered Al-
bany Law school this fall.
Mrs. Paul Hubbs the former
Helen Cupp ’50, had a baby boy on
Thanksgiving day.
Seen at the senior play were
Gene Cassidy ’53, Nancy Tripp ’53,
Ruth Dyer ’53 and Frank Parker ’52.
by De De
“A piece of
“A tot rod.”
GE 4
CRIMSON AND WHITE
DECEMBER 18, 1953
Look What’s Here
By SUE BOWER
Here we are on the eve of our
vacation, which is an
especially long one this year, Oh!
What a happy day for all the Mil-
nites, Many of them have made
plans so this holiday will be an
especially good one. It has been
rumored that a few of the students
are hightailing it for the warm
climate of the deep south, While
many are content to stay home and
have lots of fun at open houses,
skiing (if it only snows) and of
course tobogganing rties under
the same
Relax With Some Records
After those chilly sessions in the
snow you will probably find your-
selves relaxing next to a cozy fire-
place, drinking cocoa and listening
to some of the fine new Christmas
records. This year, Columbia has
put out two outstanding Jong play-
ers, Sammy Kaye's “Christmas
Seranade” and “Christmas With
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends.”
‘This includes Julius. Pra lly
every recording company has an
album of the traditional Christmas
carols and songs. An exceptionally
fine one is Mantovani’s release for
London. However “Bing’s” album
for Decea still rates number one
with the public,
Novelty Tunes Prove Entertaining
On the novelty side we find many
singles the current rage. Two of
those which have set the pace are
hardly comparable. One, “I Want
a Hippopatamus for Christmas” and
“Are My Ears Straight” is a Colum-
bia label done by Gayla Peevey, a
cute little gal with freckles on her
nose and blond pigtails . The other
disc is “Santa Baby” by Eartha Kitt
(need I say more), Another natural
for the holiday season is Stan Fre-
berg’s Capitol recording of “Chris
mas Dragnet.”
for Occasion
ening to this seasonal
music, you will find the gals decked
out like Christmas trees. The latest
fashions are separates. However,
this season they are not only color-
ful but glittery and noisy as well.
Brightly colored felt and quilted
full skirt splashed with sequins,
spangles and jingle bells that really
ring, Topping these skirts are
jersey blouses and jeweled cardigan
sweaters. The old standby is velve-
teen and taffeta dresses, which are
still prevalent. Also, the gals will
be drifting across the dance floor in
both ballerina and full length
formals made of yards and yards of
nylon net and chiffon in beautiful
rainbow shades.
Holidays Take On ‘True Meaning
Although much of the holidays
will be spent haying a wonderful
time partying, skiing and dancing,
many of the students are remember=
ing the real meaning of Ch
Various groups are going car
to some of the more misfortuned
and are making up Christmas gift
packages. There isn't any reason
why the friendly spirit at Milne
can’t be an “honest to goodne:
true Christmas spirit. Let’s all
make this vacation not only a gala
one, but one we can remember as
an especially significant one full of
gaod will towards our fellow men,
Merry Christmas,
Susy
Raiders Rally to Rout
Averill Park Five, 65-53
The Milne varsity copped their *—————
first victory of the season Wednes-
day, November 25, as they downed
a fighting and aggressive Averill
Park squad 65-53 on the losers’
court, It was a close, hard fought
battle all the way with the Milnites
establishing their victorious margin
in the closing minutes of the contest
on superior scoring an drebounding
strength,
Parkers Set Early Pace
Led by Don Stiles and Harold
Foster’s fantastic outside shooting,
Averill Park got off to a fast start
as they established a 22-12 advan-
tage at the quarter.
With Judson Lockwood and Don
Smith finding the range on jump
shots, the action continued at a fast
pace throughout the second quarter.
The Crimson tied the score at 26-26
before the Parkers retaliated with
two quick field goals to take the
lead 31-29 at the half.
After the intermission,
matched each other
basket most of the way.
Raiders Roar
Smith, Lockwood and Cross were
the big guns of the Milne attack as
the Crimson slawly pulled away
during the closing minutes of the
game. The Milnites also showed
their best form of the evening in
the fading minutes of the game, as
they froze the ball in order to run
out the clock. Don Smith and Jud
Lockwood were high for the Milne
outfit with 17 points, while Harry
Foster scored the exact amount for
the losers.
JV. Triumphant
In the preliminary game, the
Milne jayvee, led by the two Fitz-
geralds, won by the decisive margin
of 41-31
Senior Class
Committees
At a recent class meeting the
seniors formed various necessary
committees for their coramencement
in June. The committees and their
chairmen are: caps and gowns, Bill
Bullion; announcements, She rril
Miller; class gift, Beryl Scott and
John ‘Murphy. ‘The ‘seniors have
also chosen a committee to super-
vise and approve various things in
the senior room, This committee
approves and checks posters set up
in the senior room and announce~
the teams
basket for
ments written on the blackboard
and cei s them correct with their
initials. is is especially true
when Dr. ik has an announce-
ment.
English Classes
Conduct Drive
If yott were wondering why the
seventh graders were running
around with arm loads of books,
perhaps you stopped and realized
that November 16-21 was Book
Week. The second period seventh
grade English class conducted a
book drive to collect books for boys
and girls at the Child’s Hospital. A
total of 216 books were collected
and brought to the hospital on
Thursday, November 19 by , the
members of the book drive com-
mittee,
Saints Score, 53-46
On December 4, the mighty Milne
hoop squad traveled to gigantic
Convention Hall in Saratoga only
to lose another close thriller 53-46
to St. Peter's of Saratoga.
Raiders Take Lead
Capitalizing on their foul shots,
the Raiders grabbed a quick 6-2 ad-
vantage and were never threatened
in the perio das they took a 13-7
first quarter lead.
The second period was a preview
of the first as the “young profs’”
proficient shooting, superb rebound-
ing and sensational defense sent
them into a commanding 26-17
halftime lead.
Saints Sparked
Starting the second half the St.
Peter’s purple and gold scored two
consecutive hoops to cut the Crim-
son lead to five points 26-21. Sparked
by this turn of events the St. Peter’s
five applied a pressing defense on
the Raiders, and intercepted three
consecutive passes, which they con-
verted into Saint markers, thus tak-
ing a substantial four point lead at
the three-quarter mark 39-35.
Raiders Retaliate
Scoring two quick points to start
the final period, it looked as though
the Crimson might pull the contest
out of the fire, but after tying the
ball game up, the “profs” faltered
and dropped farther behind with
each final minute. With exactly
two minutes left the Raiders scored
two quick hoops to come within
striking distance, but two free
throws by St. Peter's captain, Bob
King, sewed up the ball game for
the Saints.
“Criss” Cross played an outstand-
ing game for the Crimson as he
notched 23 markers, while King and
Bostick combined 29 Saint's points.
Cobleskill Creeps
Past Milne
On Tuesday, November 24, in
their opening. ‘basketball game on
the Page Hall court, the Milne Red
Raiders pped a heartbreaking
58-56 decision to the Cobleskill Red
s before a capacity crowd of
tic Milnites and energetic
The quarter of the contest
featured an exciting nip and tuck
see-saw battle with the lead chang-
ing continually throughout the
period, Finally with 15 seconds left
in the quarter “Criss” Cross con-
nected with a jump shot to give the
Raiders an 11-10 lead at the period.
Profs Proficient
Starting fast in the second quarter
the Milnites scored three consecu-
tive hoops on interceptions to take
a 20-12 point advantage. However,
their lead slowly dwindled as the
Red Devils began’ hitting on long
shots from the outside, but the
Crimson managed to hold the lead
at intermission 26-24.
Raiders Increase Lead |
With “Criss” Cross, Don Smith |
|
What If?
Gretchen were wrong instead of
Wright?
John were a sheep instead of a
Wolfe?
Toby Lee were a pebble instead
of a Stone?
Robert were a bugle instead of
a Horn’
Sherril and Joyce were a cobbler
instead of Miller?
Lois and Don were a Jones in-
stead of Smith?
Carline were — brick
Wood?
Annabelle and Harry were a book
instead of a Page?
instead of
Don were B.C.H.S. instead of
Milne?
Janet were a bush instead of
Vine?
David were yellow instead of
Brown?
Scott were a keg instead of a
Beryl?
Ira were Schlitz instead of Rhein-
gold?
Creighton
Cross?
Leonard were a DeWitt instead of
a Ten Eyck?
Tommy were a queen instead of
a King?
Jerine were a crutch instead of a
Kane?
William were
May?
Toby and Irwin were heavy in-
stead of Scher?
Brenda were a hamburg instead
of a Sandberg?
F.H.A. Activities
“Have they come yet?” “Are
they here?” “We'll get them Fri-
day?” The long awaited F.H.A. pins
finally came. The F.H.Avers re-
ceived them in the installation cere-
mony and after a long struggle,
finally got them pinned on. We are
not through yet, another order has
been sent in’ and is expected soon.
Christmas is coming, so, as we've
always done in the past, F.H.A. is
sending five dollars toward the
Federation for Children Christmas
Fund. In order to help finance this
project and future projects, Future
Homemakers of Amer sponsor-
This sale will take
during lunch
were kind instead of
June instead of
ing a bake sale.
place on January 8,
period and at 2:15,
Any starving Milnites are to come
to the Home Ec. room to purchase
homemade cookies, fudge, and as-
sorted snacks. Mary Ann O'Connell
is chairman of the publicity com-
mittee and Polly Viner is chairman
of the foods committee.
Willa De Sousa, Carline Wood
and Elsa Weber are going to help
Miss Marks at the F.H.A. ottiee, with
the newsletter for this
and Joe Page finding the range the
Milnites slowly increased their lead
to seven points over the invaders
37-30, and were still leading by a
comfortable margin at the end of
the third period 46-40.
Devils Deadly
As the last period of play started,
Cobleskill scored a hoop on the
center jump and then tallied three
consecutive hoops on long shots to
take a 48-46 lead.
DECEMBER 18, 1953
CRIMSON
AND WHITE
PAGE 3
New York
By BARBARA MABUS
Tis the day before Christmas
And all through the city
Many creatures are stir
All’s rush and rapidity.
In every apartment,
On Park Avenue
Butlers carry boxes signed,
“From Santa Baby to you!”
From Riverside mansions
To cold water flats
In the Stork Club .
The Automats.
. Lindy’s
Uptown, downtown
Frem Brooklyn to Queens,
From crowded subways
To big limousines.
From Orbach’s and Macy's
To Henri Bendel
Bonwit Teller, Lord and Taylor
And more, too many to tell
Why all the bustle?
Why never a paus
‘Cause everyone's rushing
To help Santa Claus!
But this writer s
By Capezio's door
With an armful of boxes
But funds no more.
And so, dear St. Nick
In my stocking tonight
Won't you leave this poor dancer
One pair of wool tights!
Will It Snow ?
By ARTHUR MELIUS
’m dreaming of a White Christ-
mas.” I just looked out the window,
and I don’t need to dream. I saw
all those beautiful six-sided flakes
of snow which make such lovely
patterns. How fortunate we are
that we have snow for Christmas. It
seems like months since I was able
to gaze upon mother nature's bare
green earth. Thanks to the snow, |
T've been able to earn most of my
mas money by shoveling side-
Even my
because I
ands
8.
sore back was worth it,
Pat Canfield, captain of the varsity cheerleaders, coaches our mascot.
Milne’s New Mascot
Tells Own Story
By DORIS MARKOWITZ
I was made by Mary McNamar:
(she really worked awfully hard)
and I was dreamed up in the spring
of last year. Each week a small
fund w set aside to make the idea
of a school mascot work. Secretly,
gals from the M.G.A.A. council
sewed and pasted parts of the
costume together. Mr. Edward Cow-
ley and Mrs. Anna Barsam helped
many times when we had trouble
(When didn’t we?) Miss Murray
notified me of my new position for
I had known nothing of it previous-
ly. Each day I went up to the
Home Ec. room for fittings. Mar
Ann Bullion and Trudy Shaw lab
ored on the head. What a job! Mr.
love snow. Just think, snow for
Christmas! One of the nice things
about living in the north is that
we are alwoys sure of having snow |
for Christmas?
Those unfortunate southerners
who have no snow for Christmas!
How could St. Nick’s sleigh be ex-
plained to children in the south? It
looks like a long skiing season this
year, and there will be a lot of ice
skating if anyone has the ambition
to clear the ice, The snow is just
right for making snowballs and |
snowmen, the symboys of winter.
Albany has it’s usual traffic jams
because of the heavy snows, and the |
weatherman has predicted more
snow in the week to come. Every
one who can beg, borrow, or steal |
a toboggan is having a toboggan |
party, Oh what fun! |
Am I dreaming? Pinch m But |
what a wonderful dream it was.
What Will
. Nick Bring?
Now that I have my two front
teeth, I'm wonderin; what to ask
Santa for Christmas. I’m a'so won-
dering what happened last year. I
don’t think Santa is cross-eyed or
needs glasses. Perhaps he just read
my list wrong, At least I den’t re-
member that I asked for coal. This
year I hope he has a better assort
Cowley graciously consented that
we could have the use of the art
room for this task. (So that’s wher
jall the paper towels went!) At first
it was difficult to put the head on
my cranium, but after removing
half of the paper mache it slipped
on easily. All we needed now w:
miniature air conditioning -sys
insid id we would be set. The
pep assembly finally ved when
I received the name “Happy.”
first games were fun to.
The
lama
bas
I want to see all you Milnites at
the next basketball games. This is
“Happy Bear’ ‘signing off, and I'll
you there. :
Iso learning how to throw a
etball in my new outfit.
ment of ties and handkerchie
usual variety of trinkets
do not appeal to me.
Now if Santa would bring me a
college scholarship or something
like that. . But I know I must
work for it myself. What then
could he bring m2 that I would
Sinco I dcn't know, I'll
it up to him.
th
is giving
to you? Let Gs rethink what
isimas means to-us.
His
and toy:
|for a few
Faculty Chatter
for Christmas v
y tion!
ember
18, the Milnites will
the halls and classrooms of
Milne to return rested and ready
for work on January 4. The stu-
|dents are not the only ones who ar
agerly awaiting this vacation.
‘eachers too, are alice plans, Mr:
Armstrong is going to New York
s. She hopes to see
the Music Hall Christmas program.
Writing a magazine article will also
take up some of her time. Mis
Dunn is taking a trip to New Lon-
don, Connecticut, to visit her brother
and his family. is also going
to help play F
Rosem:
hope to get s
nidwest. On her return she
plans on stopping in Chicago to see
the Cadler Wells ballet. Mr, Fagan
will spend his time story.
Mr. Smith is looking forward to the
i Ball, to be held on Degem-
Weathei permitting,
lass is going skiing.
y is going to Vermont to ski
and on to Canada if there is no
vailable in Vermont. Mr.
ind will spend one week in
v Haven and another in the
Catskills. Miss Wasley has a very
important two yei old eDHEW,
wh-m she is going home to s Two
of our student teachers, Miss Snyder
and Miss Presmont, also have plans.
mont is going to write a
term paper and take a driving test
while Miss Snyder hopes to spend
most of her “Just relaxing.”
time
la
Miss Hudson’s plans include pr.
uidance on a six year old
and five year old niece.
Tibbetts is stay
work on the house.
On behalf of the Crimson
White the student body
entire facul
Happy New
ing home to
and
Year!
HAPPY WISHES TO
THE JUNIORS
FOR A
MERRY ALUMNI BALL
{| . monster
St. Nick Visits
Church Mice
(With apologies to Clement Clark
Moore)
Twas the night before Christmas
when all through the church,
|Little mice were running in flight
and in search.
| There stockings were flung o’er the
altar without care,
And the thought of St. Nicholas set
their hearts aflare.
!They scampered and then snuggled
warm in their paws,
| While their tiny minds
|
visioned cats
that danced and mewed.
|Mamma in her gray skin and I in
|__my_ brown,
Had feared that St.
not ‘visit our
Nicholas would
town.
When out in the church yard there
rose such a clatter,
|I sprang from my pew to see what
was the matter.
Away to the stained glass, I flew
like a flash,
|Tore open the shutters for there
| was no h.
The moon on the breast of the new-
| qlallen snow,
Gave a luster of midday to good
| mice below.
|When what to my bellicose eyes
should appear,
But a giant size sleigh and eight
mammoth reindeer.
With a jolly old driver so lively
and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be
St. Nick.
My heart pounded loud as I h
on the roof,
| The sh and the clatter
hoof.
|As I hopped off the sill and was
turning around,
Down the steeple old Santa came in
with a bound.
d
of each
|He looked humorous
| ,ftom his head to his foot,
For his clothes were all tarnished
with ashes and soot,
Then he looked straight at me, but
he saw me not,
And dumped beautiful toys onto an
be
old cot.
He spoke not a word, but went
straight to his work,
And filled the torn stockings, then
turned with a jerk.
Then laying his finger alongside his
ave a quick nod and up steeple
he rose.
He sprang to hi
gave a whistle,
And away the:
down of a thistle.
|But I heard his exclaim ‘ere he
| drove out of sight,
Happy Christmas to all,
you CHURCH MICE.
By a junior
sleigh, to his team
all flew like the
and to all
TEUGUS EGS StS ISS SSIS E SSSI NC
CRIMSON AND WHITE
WISHES YOU
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A
| HAPPY NEW YEAR!
MENGES SSIS SESS SIS IS
DECEMBER 18, eS
CRIMSON
AND WHITE
Rams Rap Red Raiders
Milnites Drop
Capital Debut
In their first league game of the
season, the Red Raiders from Page
Hall were victims of a stunning
upset, suffered at the hands of their
arch rivals, Van Renssela
school. V.R.HS, displayed a
anced attack, which thwarted
late Milne rallies by an overshadow-
ing of scoring punch, to
a slim 48-47 victory.
Rams Rally
With a burst of offensive power,
which combined speed and accurate
shooting, the Eastsiders captured an
early lead of 17-8 as the buzzer
sounded ending the first quarter.
Kenny Colville and
spearheaded the Rams’ early attack
as they combined fcr nine points,
Raiders Retaliate
The second period was a real
thriller as the Milnites rallied to
come the Rams’ lead and tem-
take the driver’s seat.
“Criss” Cross and Joe Page led the
rally as they displayed outstanding
set-shooting ability. The game con-
tinued at a fast pace Bye the
entire quarter, as both teams fea-
tured accurate shooting and good
ball “handling. The lead changed
hands three times, with Rensselaer
holding a slim two point margin at
half time, 24-22,
In the third period neither team
cutscored the other decisively, but
the Rams continued to employ their
bewildering zone defense and ag-
gressive tactics to take a 39-34 lead.
Crimson Come Clo:
As the fourth and final quarter
progressed, tension began to increase
with the clock ticking off those all
important minutes. With the clock
showing just two minutes to go,
Rensselaer began to freeze the hall
and therefore, stalled play just long
enough to merit their 48-47 victory.
“Criss” Cross was high scorer for
the evening with 17 points, followed
by Ed Gardner of Van Rensselaer
with 14,
An Albany newspaper aueled ue
Rams’ surprising victory as 5
cially frustrating for Milne,”
stands as an understated truth.
quote will undoubtedly spur
te
Milne team to capacity, and should
produce victories as an outcome,
Junior Varsity Victorious
In the preliminary game, the
Milne J.V. captured their fourth
consecutive win of the year by a
score of 44-28. Barry Fitzgerald
was the feature performer as he
tallied 10 points to lead both teams,
Win Four Straight
In their first four games this year
the Milne Jr. Red Raiders have
survived without a defeat. In com-
piling this record, they have scored
156 points to their opponents’ 117
and have limited their opponents to
an average of 29 points, while they
have racked up an average of 40
points per game
The best of luck and breaks to a
fine team and a successful season,
produce
Alvin DuBois
GROGAN 'S
By HORACE and HERMAN
Bill “Pauncho” Bullion: Advanc-
ing from the junior Bill,
has a fine array of left hand shots
and has the distinction of being one
of the smallest men on the squad.
He’s a mere 5-10. ‘
Bob “Bugsy” Byrum: Bob, a color:
ful performer on last yea iv.
team, recently has developed strong
driving ability and fine reflexes,
which coupled with an excellent
defense makes “Bugsy” a valuable
member of this year’s squad.
Creighton “Criss Cross: Last
high scorer and one of three
st year's returning starters,
iss” has a “dead-eye” right hand
push shot and an assortment of good
pivot shots. “Creight,” he. is
sometimes called, is also a capable
floor man and a scrappy rebounder
These abilities along with his 6-;
frame should help provide a record
breaking season for the team of ’53.
Horace Judson Lockwood: A vet-
eran standout and first string player
on last year’s varsity, Jud exhibits
a fine set shot and a capable right
hand push from the foul line. These
assets should help him become a
steady and important performe:
Art “Meal” Melius: A 6-1 senior,
Art was a very capable player on
last year’s, squad and should reach
his peak in performance during the
progressing season, Art is the owner
|of an excellent set shot and is a
fine team player, which should be
of incomparable help.
John “Dickie” Murphy:
senior, John spent last season
dividing his time between. j.v. and
varsity in order to gain much needed
}experience. He possesses an ac-
curate jump shot and is a fine pivot
man.
Harry “Joe” Page: Acauiring con-
fidence in his set shot, “Pogo” is a
A 6-3
GALLERY
| key factor in Milne’s basketball for-
|tunes ying developed scoring
|polish and finesse, Joe may provide
the spark to insure a winning sez
son.
Don “Herman” Smith
a rather tall, humorous male, di:
playing cat-like features, sauntering
down Milne’s halls of learning, stop
and take cond look. It's prob-
ably Milne’s answer to income taxes,
Weirdy Smith. Although real gone,
\Don possesses a great deal of varsity
experience, being a veteran first
If you
stringer, and has an_ excellent
corner shot. This coupled with his
effective rebounding and develop-
ing drive should prove advantageous
to the squad
| Don “Willy” Wilson: One of the
| outstanding newcome rs to this sea-
son’s team, “Wil is a competent
team player and prize hustler. He
is a clever ball handler and con-
stantly fakes his opponents out of
position
John “Wo! Wolfe: uate
from the 19 jv. oat John
|has an extremely accurate jump
|
shot and is a bulwark on rebound-
ing. If John lives up to his pa
performances, he will have a very
successful and prosperous season.
Lover” Howard: Last year
s a freshman, Paul displayed a
good scoring punch with the pos-
session of a variety of shots. His
terrific touch and 6-1 frame should
help Paul blossom into a future per-
former on the hardwood floors of
Page Hall.
| Russell “Russ” Peck: “Russ” has
a tremendous stride and like Paul
is a sophomore with a boundles:
| energy to learn and gain experience.
He is trying new shots all the time
and is rated as a good prospect for
future Milne teams, “Russ” is also
an outstanding performer on the
baseball diamond.
COOP
COTT
Well, here’s where I can test my
powers of ad libbing, Having
checked with everyone in sight, I
found that the Milne gals have d:
nothing drastic in the last three
weeks, so I will try out my gift of
gab which I have been accused of
possessing for so long.
Basketball
Miss Murray
with the
has surprised us
announcement that the
Page Hall gym will be open to
Milne gym classes on Mondays,
Wednesdays and every other Fri-
day. For those who like basketball,
this is a welcome surprise. For
those who like square dancing,
I can say is “Better luck next year
Powder Fights
Don't get me wrong? I'm not
trying to give the seventh graders
any ideas. They've probably al-
ready heard about powder fights in
the girls’ locker room, but if they
haven't, they soon will
A powder fight usually begins
before gym class, and is ended after
gym is over. This is the time when
every gal uses up all her old talcum
powder, and goes home with gray
hair, The object of the game is to
use up all your own powder, and
so get everyone in sight covered
from head to foot with that horrible
stuff that makes even the innocent
bystanders choke, The only trouble
with having a powder fight is that
all the little gals have to clean up
afterwards, You haven’t done any-
thing until you've cleaned powder
off of cement floors, The catch to
this little story is that there will be
no more powder fights by anyone
even the mighty seniors, orders
from “The Mur.” So, seventh grad-
ers, put away all your pipe dreams
about having a good fight, They
aren't any fun anyway.
Roller Skating Party a Success
On November 1, Hoffman’s Skate-
land was the scene of the Milne
Girls’ Athletic Association’s annual
skating party. The affair was a big
success and fun was had by all
Murder Ball
A familiar cry coming from the
little gym is “Hey, I hit you. You're
Jout.” "This, as ail the gals know, is
|what goes on in murder ball, that
fast-moving game where you either
duck those fast balls, or suffer from
an injured knee the rest of the day
The object of murder ball is to
eliminate the opposite team, yet
keep yourself in the game. What
results oftentimes, however, is that
some of the girls, in an endeavor
to keep themselves in the game,
accidentally on purpose forget the
rules of the game. This, known to
Miss Murray as well as their class-
mates as cheating, does not go well.
Hats Off to the J.V. Squad
Thus far, the Milne jayvee squad
has had an undefeated season,
think they deserve a big hand
|Here’s hoping you can keep it up.
fellows.
Merry Christmas
Christmas time-is here once more.
|Buying our presents; what a chore!
\Let’s give a gift of service
|'To those who really deserve
| Happy holidays to everyone!
PAGE 6
CRIMSON AND WHITE
DE
SEMBER 18, 1953
Honor Roll
Congratulations to the Milne stu-
dents who received all “B’s” or
better on their report cards. Leading
the school, with seventeen members
on the honor roll, was the sopho-
more class. The seniors just missed
a tie with sixteen students repre-
sented from their class. The larg-
est improvement was in the junior
class where six new members were
added.
Freshman Class—Stephen Arnold,
Gertrude Frey, Lois Grimm, Susan
Hershey, Melinda Hitchcock, Ellen
Hoppner, Robert Kercull, Carolyn
Male, Doris Markowitz, Sue Powell,
Ellen Sherman, Helen Stycos, Sandra
Wurst.
Sophomore Class—Howard Chura,
Merrill Andrews, Paul Cohen, Stuart
Doling, Arthur Evans, Barry Fitz-
gerald, Jayne Harbinger, Lois King,
Hilda Klingaman, Jacqueline Marks,
Barbara Rutenber, Frank Ward,
Edward Schwartz,’ Stephen Wein-
* stein,- Gaile Westervelt, David Wil-
son, Carline Wood.
Junior Class—Cynthia Berberian,
Edward Berkun, Ann Crocker, Anne
Gayle, Judith Hannan, Peter Hopp-
ner, Carol Myers, Thomas Nathan,
Carolyn Olivo, Marion Preisser,
Toby Scher, Sara Seiter, Martin
Silberg, Janet Vine.
Senior Class—Susan Bower,
Alfred Brunner, Patricia Canfield,
Mary Deitrich, Virginia Edwards,
Alice Gunther, Richard Holzhauer,
David Howard, Barbara Mabus,
Shirley Male, Willard Myers, Mary
McNamara, Art Melius, James Ruli-
son, Beryl Scott, Gretchen Wright.
French Club
Sends Gift, Money
French club started this year with
an interesting film about Paris. At
the following meeting Miss Alice
Cohen discussed the highlights of
her trip to France. The French
club elected as their leaders Judy
Young, president; Hilda Klingaman,
vice-president, and Shirley Vander-
burg, secretary.
Fun for All
Contests and an assortment of
games are weekly projects. The
favorite game is “Bingo”, for which
prizes are awarded. All is not fun
and games, however, the French
club is a very beneficial club to its
members, not all play and no work,
by any means.
The French _ cla: are planning
to send a Christmas present of
money to two French schools. In
previous years packages have been
sent, but due to the high shipping
rates, the classes have decided to
send money instead. In return the
French students will correspond
with various Milnites. Congratula-
tions to the French club for their
good work!
Tri-Hi-Y News
Tri-Hi-Y is certainly having a
successful year under the leadership
of “Mimi” Ryan. It was reported
that all the shakeroos made by the
orga were sold and the
pencils are selling very well.
To keep in the spirit of Christ-
mas, Tri-Hi-Y is sponsoring a fam-
ily, to whom they are giving food
and gifts. This warm-hearted com-
mittee is headed by Ann Stroebel.
SENIOR $
HANNAH KORNREICH
Lookee here, without this gal,
we'd never have to hand in assign-
ments for the Crimson and WI
Besides being our news editor she
has been active in many other
activities, some of which are: home-
room and junior class secretary:
C.S.P.A. delegate, graduation usher,
secretary of the senior student
council, and treasurer of Sigma.
doesn’t care for
Hannah noisy
gum chewers, betting on the
Dodgers, or playing scrabble with
“Jittle brothers.” More to her taste
re: trips to Cuba, bumbing around
in cars, “Dem Dodgers,” Stewart
Granger and those “crazy open
houses.” “‘C’est la vie,” remarks
Hannah, using her favorite expres- |
sion.
There's just one thing that irks
this bright-eyed gal and that’s ego-
tistical people. Her goals are set
for an “A” in history, and to beat
“Little Mo” in tennis. Good luck!
Hannah has been accepted at
Beloit college in Wisconsin
DONALD SMITH
Here comes another one of our
many Milnites. None less than A.
Donald Smith. He attended P.S, 19
before entering Milne in the seventh
grade and upon graduating he hopes
to have the position of
door keeper at the court of appea
If he doesn’t quite meet the qualifi-
cations, he plans on going
toothpick manufacturin;
While attending Milne for six
years, Don has participated in many
activities. Some of these are: co-
sports editor for the Crimson and
White, sophomore class and Adel-
phoi secretary, C.S.P.A. delegate,
junior class homeroom president,
and graduation usher. Sports have
also kept him busy as he has played
varsity basketball and baseball since
his sophomore year.
“Smittie” has one definite dislike
and that is: to have all the windows
closed on a red hot day with the
radiators and bunsen burners going
and the Pharmacy college.
. | around
into | 2
POTLIGHT
By SHERRIL ’n GRETCH
] MIMI RYAN
We won't tell you her name, be-
cause it’s common knowledge
these hallowed halls that
|she’s not too fond of it, but she'll
Jalways answer you when you holler
|Mimi. Mimi who? Why Mimi
|Ryan of course! “Meem” was born
in Troy, on April 11, 1936 and lived
in Latham until the age of eleven.
Like quite a few of our Milnites,
Mimi came to Milne in the seventh
grade. Since then her many activi-
ties include secretary of her home-
room, president of ‘Tri-Hi-Y, mi
|tress of ceremonies of Sigma, in-
| quiring reporter on the C
White and naturally parti
playdays.
Ask Mimi what she likes and you
will hear her reply, pizza, sports,
the Dodgers, and riding in the blue
goose with its head off (that’s her
dad’s car). Also, she likes those
crazy knee highs. Her pet peeves
are having to think up questions
for the inquiring reporter and those
Yankees.
| ROBERT DORN
| Robert James Dorn, more com-
monly known around school as “just
plain Bob” born in Albany, on
ch 24, and brightly com-
|ments that his mother was there,
too!
| Since coming to Milne, Bob has
| worked on the Crimson and White
In his senior
s fellow classmates elected
ident of Hi-Y, sergeant-at-
arms in Theseum, and he is head
man of all Milne varsity sports.
Just like most Milnites, Mr, Dorn
loves eating pizza, square dancing
and just making a general con-
|fusion. Bob looks sort of dazed
|when the name Marilyn Monroe is
|mentioned, and the only thing he
can say is, quote “wunnerful,” un-
quote. The only thing he can’t
stand is girls who show off!
“Just plain Bob” is going to
Bryant college in Providence, Rhode
Island. He plans to major in busi-
ness administration,
Everybody Loves
A Saturday Night
By JOHN WOLFE
All of us enjoy having a little
recreation now and then. After the
long school week has drawn to a
baggy-eyed Milnites look to
Friday and Saturday nights as the
time to have a little fun and forget
it all. A short fling at the phone,
and a date is obtained with the
present passion. However, a pr
‘em sometimes arises at thi
Just what is there to do?
Everyone Gees to the Movies
Perhaps the most popular form ol
entertainment is the movies. It is
noticed in the paper that Fifi La
Shape is starring at the Firetrap
theatre in her latest hit, “The Lost
Opium Den of Heroin Street.” So
you go sailing over to sweetie-pie’s
house, pick her up, and take the
bus downtown to the show. If you
manage to survive the trip, you
emerge at the theatre to see a huge
line of people. After taking a taxi
to the end of the line, it is the
generally accepted procedure to
pitch a tent and prepare for a long
wait.
Procedure for Ticket Buyers
Eventually the ticket booth is
reached and you are relieved of
your father’s hard-earned money.
Another fifteen minutes must ~ be
added at this point to elbow your
way into the interior of the build-
ing. Finally entering, you ask an
usher to direct you to some seats.
He looks at you and croaks “Are
you kidding. I've been working
here for ten years and I haven’t
seen one yet.” He walks away, a
contemptible smirk on his face, and
you glance toward the screen. Sud-
denly you are struck by a vague
similarity between this picture and
one which you observed last sum-
mer. You are forced to face the
hideous truth; you have seen the
picture.
‘There’s Always a Hayride
Another mode of amusement is
that noxious institution known as
the hayride. To us Milnites, who
of course know better, it seems in-
sanity for people to endure this
torture. A hayride is usually held
on some bitterly cold winter night.
With the wind howling about your
ears, you attempt to burrow a
into the hay as_ possible.
the hay itself, well, a whole volume
could be written on the subject.
There is very little of it, and it
smells exactly like the stable in
which it was formerly used. Further-
more, it is inhabited by numerous
little creatures such as mice, fleas
and chaperones. And there’s always
some comedian who gets cold and
drops a lighted match into the hay
to warm things up a bit.
Is There a Solution?
I have no concrete solution to
offer to the problem of our inade-
quate recreational facilities. To be
serious for just a moment, it seems
to me that a city of Albany’s size
and supposed enlightenment could
provide a youth center, where many
teen-age activities*could be carried
on, Many other towns have organ-
izations of this sort, and they have
proved to be quite effective in the
prevention of juvenile delinquency.
Let’s get on the ball!
