CRIMSON AND WHITE
VOL. XI, No. 13
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
’ MARCH 19, 1943
Hi-Y to Present
Yearly Carnival
Theta Nu, Adelphei
To Fight Intersociety Duel
Approximately one hundred Milne
boys will participate in the annual
Hi-Y Carnival on Saturday, March
27, in the Page Hall gym from 7:30
*to 11:30 p.m.
The general committee for the
affair is as follows: Ted DeMoss,
"43, president of the organization,
Alvin Bingham, ’44, Bob Beckett,
44, and Coach Harry J. Grogan,
The proceeds from the carnival are
used by Hi-Y for some gift which
is annually presented to the school.
Tickets are on sale at 30 cents per
ticket, and may be obtained from
any member of Hi-Y. All who at-
tend the entertainment, including
those who will participate in the
program, must pay the admission
fee,
The program will include a grand
march, calisthenics, apparatus work,
and boxing and wrestling matches,
The high point of the evening will
be the annual rivalry basketball
game between Theta Nu and Adel-
phoi, This will take place at about
9:00 p. m. Following the game,
there will be dancing until 11:15
p.m, to the nickelodian.
The members of Hi-Y are also
planning another money-raising af-
fair. This will be a sport dance,
which will take place on Friday,
April 16, in the State College
Lounge from 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.
The band has not yet been se-
lected. Tickets are 50 cents per
couple, The general committee is:
Raymond Stickney, ’43, Russell
Langwig, '43, Dave Golding, ’45, and
Bob DeMoss, ’45.
Junior Gehontsiadent
To Dance In Lounge
The Junior Student Council has
completed ‘all plans for the party,
which will take place in the State
College Lounge tonight from 7:00
to 10:00. There will be no decora-
tions, as all material is essential to
the war effort.
The publicity committee, headed
by Ann Graham, ’46, consists of
Elinor Mann, ’46, Betty Jane Flan-
ders, ’47, Glada Appleton, ’47, Ben |
Mendel, ’48, and Alfred Clow, 48.
Dick Grace, '46, has been’ ap-
pointed by Peter Hunting, 46,
president of the Junior Student
Council, to buy some new records.
The chaperones for the affair are
Miss Evelyn Wells, supervisor of
Latin; Miss Francés Slater, super-
visor in social studies; and Dr,
Floyd Henrickson, director " of
audio-visual aids.
Game Picked for
All-Albany Team
Hal Game, captain of the Milne
basketball squad received the well-
deserved honor of being elected to
the All-Albany basketball team for
1942-43, The mythical team, a
coach’s dream, is elected by a group
of Albany coaches, including Harry
J. Grogan of the Milne School,’ Hal
played superb ball throughout the
season, both offensively and defen-
sively. Unfortunately, because of a
knee injury, he missed five con-
tests near the beginning of the
season.
Members of three other schools
are represented on the All-Albany
team, The other members are:
George Bruda and Jim Carr of
Schuyler, Ed Lange of Cathedral,
and Laverne Hastings of Albany
High School
Game scored a total of 153 points
for 13 games. This is an average
of 119 points per game, This is
the same as Hastings’ average for
18 games, Hastings’ average was
the highest on the All-Albany five
for a full number of games.
In War Savings Sales
Homeroom 333, with Bob Warsh,
‘47, in charge, is leading in the
purchase of bonds and stamps for
the second semester,
Under the new system, Cornwell
Heidenrich, '44, and Betty Baskin,
'44, are co-chairmen of sales, Mon-
day and Friday, from 8:30 to 9:30,
Miss Baskin is at the Milne Bank,
while on Tuesday and Thursday
Heidenrich records the sales. On
Wednesday they alternate for this
duty.
“The students are lacking interest
in the bond drive. Sales have de-
creased, and except for one or
two homerooms, Milne would re-
ceive but a few dollars a week.
“Dr. Cooper is so very cooperative
in this project that Corny and I
would like to show him some re-
sults,” stated Miss Baskin.
| Journalism Will Be Offered
Miss Katherine E. Wheeling,
| supervisor in English, will teach a
class in journalism next year. The
|class will be open only to junior
|and senior students. Miss Wheel-
ling has taught journalism in Milne
|before, but it was discontinued for
some time.
The students will get school
credit for the course. ‘They will
Jalso devote some of their efforts
|to the Crimson ann Ware,
Ca W Wins
Qnd Time In 4 Years;
1st With Printed Paper
‘The Crimson ano Wattre has won
first place in its division in the
annual high school competition con-
ducted by the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association, This event marks
the first time in four years that this
goal has been obtained. The first
occasion was in 1939, when the
Crimson anv Ware, then a mimeo-
graphed publication, under the
editorship of Miss Betty Barden,
39, won the distinction of being
first in its class for the first time in
the history of the school.
Wheeling Compliments Staff
In winning the prize this year,
|the Crimson ano Wutre not only
won a first class spot for the second
time, but won it for the first time
as a printed newspaper. Miss Kath-
erine E, Wheeling, faculty super-
visor of the Crimson anp Wuire
complimented both the staff of '42
and the staff of ’43 in an interview
after the convention, “Last year’s
staff did a marvelous job in organ-
izing and editing a printed news-
paper for the first time in the
history of the school,” she stated.
“This year's staff has done no less
good job in making the Crimson
AND Wurre the equal or better of
nearly all the high school papers in
its class.”
750 Newspapers Compete
Recognition of Milne’s journal-
istic accomplishment was made in
the New York Times and other
metropolitan newspapers, as well as
in the Albany city newspapers.
More than 750 newspapers, sent
in by high schools all over the
country, competed in the contest as
a whole, Judging was conducted
| throughout January, February, and
Jearly March by advisers of the
Columbia Scholastic Press Associa-
tion. Announcement of the various
prize winners was made public dur-
ing the convention in New York,
which was held from March 11-13
inclusive.
M-D Banquet Postponed
The Senior Girls’ Mother-Daugh-
ter Banquet has been postponed
until Monday, March 29, at 6:30
p.m., at Keeler’s Restaurant, an-
nounced Ruth Ketler, chairman.
Milne Seniors to Oppose
State Cagers InW ar Benefit
Game to be Held Today;
Big Crowd Expected
The senior boys of Milne will
oppose those hard-fighting senior
teachers from State College in a
basketball game in the Page Hall
gymnasium at 3:30 this afternoon.
The game is being played under
the auspices of the Milne Junior
Red Cross, and all proceeds will
go to that organization, of which
Arnold Baskin is president.
Gerber Leads Collegians
The team from State, under the
leadership of Moose Gerber, is
composed of the following “ath-
letes”; Art Flax, Harry Bora, Ed
Reid, Howard Lynch, and Gerber,
of the Varsity, Other State seniors
playing are: Harley Dingman, Leo
Flax, Harry Kensky, Hal Singer,
Bob, Wesselman, and Owen Bom-
ar
The boys from Milne are all
members of the class of '43. Led
by All-Albany Hal Game, the team
consists of George Edick, Harry
Culp, Morty Swartz, Ted DeMoss,
Hawk Holmes, Bill Soper, Nick
Mitchell, and Jack Casner, all Var-
sity men, Other Crimson ann WHITE
players are Royal Heid, Dick Bates,
and Chuck Cross.
Frank Hansen to Referee
The game will be refereed by an
impartial State student, Frank Han-
sen, '44, who is refereeing for noth-
ing, as all money goes to the Red
Hi-Y boys will sell pop at
me, and are turning over all
profits to the same organiza~
Russ Langwig, °43, will keep
score, and Alvin Bingham, '44, will
be the timekeeper. Both the State
cheerleaders and the Milne cheer-
ing squad will be on hand for the
game.
Milne Sponsors Game Unaided
Last year, the Milne-State senior
game was played as a preliminary
to the Myskania-faculty game, in
which Mr. Paul Bulger, assistant
principal, and Dr, William Hartley,
former director of audio-visual aids,
participated. The faculty beat Mys-
kania, as did the, State practice
teachers trim the CRIMSON AND
Wire, The game was for the
benefit of the War Chest and the
Red Cross last year. Milne got
one-quarter of the profits. Today,
Milne is sponsoring the affair alone,
and will reap the entire profits for
their organization.
Each student is assessed for the
game. The tickets are $.30. They
are also on sale in the Co-op for
all State College students who are
interested in attending the game.
MARCH 19, 1943
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No. 13
Volume XII Friday, March 19, 1943
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NATALIE MANN. "43° - - - - Co-EDITOR-IN.CHIEF
MELBA LEVINE. ‘43 - - - - GO-EDITOR.IN.CHIEF
JOHN MORRISON. '43- - - - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
NANCY EDDISON. '43- - - - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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THE NEWS BOARD
Betty Baskin, Jane Curtis, Eleanor McFee, Dorothy
Rider, Marjorie Wright, Ruth Ketler, June Brookman,
Harriet Hochstrasser, Doris Spector, Roberta Smith,
Sue Hoyt, Joyce Knapp, Inez Warshaw, Herb Lucas,
Elaine Fite, Janice O'Connell, Frances Morah, Lucia
Swift, Shirley Odell, Betty Fettig, Robert Blum, Allan
Reagan, Barbara Bogardus, Helen Huntington, Barbara
MacMahon, Paul Distelhurst, Laurel Ulrich.
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You Must Be There!
This afternoon the senior boys from Milne
and State are playing a benefit basketball game
for the Red Cross. Every student in Milne is
requested to attend. This year, the Red Cross
has been doing a splendid job. ‘They could
have very well asked each student to con-
tribute a certain amount of money and let it
go at that, but instead they have planned an
entertainment for you, so that you just won't
have to give, and not get any immediate thing
in return.
In these times more than ever, the Red Cross
needs your support. Practically every one of
you has either a brother, parent, relative, or
friend in the fighting forces. Every one of you
is affected by this war, and every one of you
wants to help in some way. Your best means
of contributing to the war is through the Red
Cross. This month, they are having their an-
nual drive, and are trying to raise more than
their quota for 1942, as they have so much more
to do.
It's true that you all give through your
parents, but by doing that you are not really
giving up anything yourself. «Thirty cents is
the admission to the game and that will cer-
tainly not break anyone. Instead of going to
the annex, bowling a game, or seeing a movie,
just deprive yourself of one little luxury: that
you are accustomed to and give to the Red
Cross.
Every one of you should be in the gym this
afternoon as your means of contributing to a
great organization. Boys from your own school
will be giving up their time to provide you with
what you call “your money’s worth.” The game
will be fast and furious and each and every one
of you must be out there cheering for Milne,
and the Milne Junior Red Cross, and the fine
work that they have been doing.
milne merry-go-round
Milne students never realized what a good paper
they had been grumbling about for the last year.
The C&W (plug, plug) received a first prize rating
at the C.S.P.A. conference, The representatives, Melba
Levine, Mimi Steinhardt; Doris Spector, Jane Curtis,
Natalie Mann, Marie Edwards, Shirley Atkin, John
Morrison, Tom MacCracken, and Sandy Bookstein had
a wonderful time in the big city... Other Milnites
in the big city over the weekend were Eleanor McFee,
Elaine Fite, Ramona Delehant, Francis Morah and
Eileen Legge, Mr. Allard would have been pleased
to see the attempts of his pupils to parlez vous francais
with the French sailors,
On Friday night, two’ senior twosomes took in the
Andy Hardy picture at the Palace—Meg Hunting,
Royal Heid, Ruth Taylor, and Dick Bates .. . The
same day, the eighth grade had their party. Exclu-
sive, no one else was allowed . . , Milne talent show
was quite a success in the assembly on Tuesday.
It was surprising how much talent the kids have.
George Edick and Felita Schain are replacing Nelson
Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald (in our estimation,
anyway).
Larry Mapes, ex of Milne and R.P.I., is now in
Uncle Sam’s army as is a lot of other Milne ex's.
He's acting corporal in Mississippi Marvin
Hecker, one of our speed-up students, was home from
Syracuse last week as was Patty Forward, and a few
other Syracusians . . . The mother-daughter ban-
quet has been postponed until the end of the
month .. . The Crimson ano Ware Banquet is next
Saturday before the Hi-Y Carnival. The new staff
will be announced at that time. . .
Our basketball season has ended successfully.
beat St. John’s of Rensselaer (at last we learned to
spell it. One n, two s's) on Friday night, and St
John’s of Albany in Page Hall, Saturday night. It
was our last home game... Our number one rooter,
Mr. Culp, that voice in the bleachers that hasn’t
missed a game all season, gave the boys on the team
a little party on Sunday night . . . Hal Game made
All-Albany first team, and Stogie DeMoss, Harry
Culp, and George Edick, all received honorable men-
tion, -
Tonight is the big night for the junior school, The
junior school party is being held in the lounge, and
quite a few couples are planning to be there. Some
of those going togeth re Pete Hunting and Jeanette
Price, Eugene St. Lor and Elinor Mann, Al Reagan
and Ruth Weiss, Bob Kelly and Nancy Clark, Frank
Coburn and Winnie Hauf, George Ross and Glada
Appleton, Malcolm Fallek and Rita Raab, Charles
Liddle and Judy Hunting, Orison Salisbury and Pats
Wall, Gregory Anger and Susan Camp, Bob Clarl
and Katherine Bacon, Bob Abernethy and Doris
Long . . Other goings-on this weekend: Betty
Gallup, June and Ruth Welsh, and Nat Mann are going
to the Junior Prom at RPI... . Quin is planning
to have their installation tea tomorrow. They feel
that the girls have rested up by now from the initia-
tion, Sigma had their installation last week ... .
| Aftér school, the Red Cross benefit basketball game
is being played and every one of you absolutely has
to be there. It’s your game and your way of
living
April first is the beginning of our spring vacation
It seems that Christmas vacation was over only a
little while ago. There are ten days before we have
| to get back on the 12th .. . It will be:about the first
time that Milne has had a spring vacation instead of
an Easter vacation in years. The Scholastic Aptitude
and College Achievement tests for juniors.and seniors
will fall during the vacation, on April 10
Those super-duper super men.of the junior class
have diminished their ranks and now Frank Ryan
and Cliff! McCullough are about the only he-men
| left. Rain or shine, Ryan and McCullough, it’s in
credible . , . Who's Sigma pin is George Ferris wear-
| ing? It’s a mystery, and he won’t tell.
Senior Spotlight
by Mik
Hal Game
Harold Francisco Game was born
in Brooklyn on June 24, 1925. At
the age of one year, he moved to
Albany and has lived here ever
since, with the exception of one
year in Delmar, His home is now
in Freeport, Long Island, but he
will stay here until school is out.
Hal attended Schools 18 and 19, but
entered. Milne in the seventh grade
Hal was a member of the Junior
Varsity in the ninth and tenth
grades, Also, in his tenth year, he
was vice-president of his homeroom
and became a member of the Boys’
Athletic Council and Theta Nu
Literary Society.
Theta Nu Secretary
He was elected corresponding
secretary of Theta Nu and secretary
of his homeroom during his junior
year. He played Varsity basketball
that year.
This year, Hal is co-president of
Boys’ Athletic Council, vice-presi-
dent of Theta Nu and has led the
Milne Varsity to a very successful
Hal has starred on the Milne
baseball and golf teams and is
also an enthusiast of tennis, swim-
ming, and skiing.
He favors science and mathe-
matics as subjects and has already
completed his course at Milne. He
had enough credits to graduate in
January, but will remain at Milne
and will be graduate with his class
in June.
Planned for RPI
Hal planned to enter R.P.I. next
year but now wants to join the
V-5 or V-12 Naval Reserve pro-
gram,
He is interested in
and electricity, likes
al movies and the color
He likes summer camps. Last_year
Hal had a swell time at Camp Dud-
ley, where he became a senior life-
saver, was a life guard, and did
kitchen work. ‘More fun,” says
he
His dislikes are: complaints, his-
tory and sea food.
is not particular on_speci-
fications for his lady friends.
However, they must be small, neat,
and. with -personality plus.
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
MARCH 19, 1943
Milne Defeats St. John's of
Albany In Final Thriller
Red Raiders Win Tilt
By One Point, 36-35
Last Saturday night the Milne
Red Raiders defeated the St. John’s
of Albany basketball five to the
score 36-35. The game was fast and
furious, and the action took place
on the Page Hall cour.t
This was the last game of the
season on the Milne calendar, and
many thought it was the best.
The Milne team had a small lead
all during the game except in the
last quarter, when St. John’s team
gained a one point lead.
The Milne Hoopsters led at the
end of the first half, 19 to 14, fight-
ing hard to keep the gain.
C&W Holds Lead
In the second half the Crimson
anp Wuite five kept their lead until
the last minutes of play, when the
St. John’s team scored and led by
one point. The crowd went wild
when Milne scored and took the
one-point lead. The Red Raiders
kept the ball till the buzzer rang,
signaling the end of the game.
When the smoke cleared, the
score was 36-35, Milne out in front.
The margin between victory and
defeat was very thin, but Milne
managed to keep on the right side
of the line.
DeMoss high-scored for the Milne
Basketeers with 12 points.
Hal Game, the captain of the
Milne quintet, was carried out on
the shoulders of his fellow team-
mates at the end of the game.
Grogan Missing
Coach Grogan was not present
because of an illness. Pinch-hitting
for him was Mr. Paul Bulger, who
coached a fine game.
The Milne J.V, also played,-tak-
ing over the St. John’s Juniors to
the tune of 36 to 20.
Meulick high-scored for the Milne
Junior Varsity with an outstanding
24 points. Piller high-scored for
the St. John’s J.V.
The eight grade won over the
seventh grade in a preliminary con-
test.
The Milne school had a fairly
successful basketball season this
year, and is now looking eagerly
forward to baseball, which is not
so far away.
All the boys on the team gave
the school their utmost by playing
their utmost, and the student body,
too, contributed by attending the
games faithfully.
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With 10-8 Record
The Red Raiders finished the cur-
rent basketball season with a two-
win weekend to give them 10 wins
and 8 losses for the season. It is
the same number of wins as last
year and two additional losses, the
team having played two more
games.
The Milnites faced much tougher
opposition this year and this is per-
haps the reason why their record
was not so impressive. However,
they did turn in sensational wins
against St. John’s of Albany in the
season's finale and a one-point win
over Delmar early in the season.
Instead of playing opvosition as
easy as Heatly, Cobleskill. and other
country teams, Milne took on many
top area teams, including Water-
vliet, which produced an outstand-
ing ball club. The Red Raiders also
played a very good C.B.A. outfit.
Two accomplishments of the sea-
son could be defeating Bob Buck-
ner’s Rensselaer team for the first
time in many a moon and beating
Delmar by more than the usual one
point. Milne managed to break this
close rivalry after three years of
one-point win or lose games. They
played one overtime tilt and lost it.
It was a loss to Schuyler. 42-40.
Milne led the whole game right up
to the very last minute. when the
Falcons tied it uv. Milne could not |
break the overtime “jinx” and so
Inst a heart-breaking game. If
Milne won, it would probably be
the prize upset of the entire season
The Junior Varsity record turned
out exactly the same as the Varsitv
10 wins and 8 losses. They played
fine hall and lost some heart-break-
ing contests. Most of these boys |
will be playing Varsity or J.V. ball
next year.
Milne loses some fine rlayers in-
cluding Hal Game, captain and All-
Albany forward.
Milne Girls Lose
In AcademyTilts
The Milne senior and junior girls’
basketball teams journeyed to the
Albany Girls’ Academy on Monday,
March 15, where they were beaten
soundly by the scores of 36-25 and
24-12, respectively.
The senior team consisting of
Harriet Hochstrasser, captain; Mar-
gie Wright, June Brookman, Doris
Spector, Mimi Steinhardt, Ruth
Ketler,’ Melba Levine, and Ruth
Taylor, played a hard-fought con-
test but were outplayed throughout
the first half when the score was
24-8. In the second half, the Milne
girls picked up five points but not
enough to win.
The story was the same with the
junior girls, who were beaten by
twelve points. The feature of the
contest was the changing of Pete
Peterson, regularly a guard, to for-
ward. Pete helped the junior score
by sinking plenty of shots
Junior girls, who attended were:
Jean Wigarsky, captain; Pete
Peterson, Jean Dorsey, Wilma
French, Betty Baskin, Inez War-
shaw, and Ann Stickney
Plans are underway for the ar-
rangements of a game between the
Milne girls and girls from the Ken-
wood Academy. This event will
take place on some Saturday morn-
ing in the near future,
Milne Downs St. ihn's
Of Rensselaer by 53-38
Milne drubbed St. John’s of
Rensselaer for the second time this
season by the score of 53-38. The
game took place last Friday night
on the opponent’s court. This was
not such a bad beating as Milne
gave the St. John’s team the first
time this year, when Milne won
by 49-26. “Game paced the Milne
team with 15 points. DeMoss was
right behind him with 14 points.
Fedele was high for Rensselaer,
with 21 tallies. The Red Raiders
took an early lead and never lost
it to their weaker opponents,
The score at the end of the half
was 27 to 20.
‘The J.V. likewise took the meas-
ure of the St. John’s J.V.
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Red Raiders Take
Delmar Five 31-22
J. Vs. Beat Bethlehem
By Score of 43-26
Milne added three more victories
to its record Friday, March 5, by
taking B.C.HS, three games straight
on the Page Hall court. The Frosh
team scored 29 points to top Del-
mar’s 18 tallies, Knox and Christie
paced the Milne 9th Graders with
12 and 9 points, respectively. Young
was high for the losers, with 6.
In the J.V. game the Bethlehem
boys took the count to the tune of
43 to 26. The Milne quintet took
an early lead and was never threat-
ened by the B.C.HS. team. Baker
was high for Milne with 12 tallies.
Detwiller and Meulick scored 10
each. Leonard led the losers with
9 points.
Close Varsity Game
The Varsity game was hotly con-
tested, and although the Red Raid-
ers were always ahead, Delmar
could have gone into the lead any-
time. The final score of 31-22 was
built up by the splendid teamwork
of Game, DeMoss and Edick, abiy
supported by the rest of the boys
on the Varsity.
DeMoss Scores
DeMoss made three field goals
before anyone else scored. The first
quarter ended 9-5 in our favor.
DeMoss repeated his performance
of the first quarter by scoring 3
points at the start of the second.
Delmar retaliated with 2 field goals.
Captain Game sped the ball through
the opposition and scored. George
Edick made a foul shot, a field goal,
goal, and another foul point in
quick succession, while Culp sank
a foul try, but the Central cagers
weren't on a vacation either. They
rang up another field goal and 3
more foul baskets, to make the
score 19-14 at the half.
During the 3rd quarter, each
team scored only 3 points. Both
teams were active but a stricter de-
fense was employed by each quin-
t.
In the final quarter Hal Game
was “on the beam,” scoring 5 points,
Stogie DeMoss recorded 2 field
goals, while Delmar improved its
score by 5 points. The contest
ended with Milne winning, 31-22.
CBA Downs Milne
The Milne basketball team dropped
its eighth game of the season to
C.B.A. on the 6th of March on the
Page Hall court. The final score
42-28. The J.V. also lost to
the C.B.A, Juniors, 31-25.
The Milne Varsity held their own
with the Academy Heights boys in
the first quarter. The score at the
jend of the initial period was 7 all.
Edick was the only Milne man to
score in the second period. The
J opposition surged ahead with 15
points
In the last half Milne scored 19
points to C.B.A.’s 18. Game was
high scorer for Milne with 10
points
| Because of Coach Grogan’s ill-
ness, Mr. Paul Bulger, assistant
principal, coached the Milne quin-
tet.
MARCH 19, 1943
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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Card Party Nets
$132 for Mural
Milne topped a goal of $100 for
the annual mural fund in the all-
school card party, with a net total
of $132.15 on Friday, March 5, in
the library. Ruth Taylor and June
Bailey were co-chairmen of the
affair.
Mrs. Anna K. Barsam,
advisor of home economics, en-
thusiastically stated, “This year’s
proceeds surpass last year’s by over
$20. However, too much of the
work was done by too few. Laurels
go to those few that worked very
hard to make it the success it was.
There were many who might have
helped but did not. Next year let’s
see everyone do something.”
The food sale grossed $31.65 with
$10.85 in cash donations.
was sold because of the shortage of
candy. One hundred and ninety-
nine tickets were sold with a total
of 33 tables. Winners received war
stamps as prizes. Refreshments of
tea, sandwiches and cookies, gener-
ously donated by Milne mothers,
were served by students.
faculty
Senior Silene
ViewMilne Talent
The Milne school has again come
through! We have now found our
students with hidden talent. It is
quite obvious to the senior high
where it is, too.
It all started at the assembly
Tuesday, March 16, when a talent
show, in which the students par-
ticipated, was presented to the sen-
ior school.
Russ Langwig, the master of
ceremonies, opened the program
with a sharp joke and then intro-
duced the Milnettes, composed of
F, Shain, ’44, J. Bayruther, °45, A.
Robinson, ’45, N. Johnson, ’45, E.
McFee, ’43, S. Meskel, 45, L.
Meehan, ’45, B. Shamberger, 745.
They sang two selections.
Following these singers, Milne’s two
outstanding soloists, Felita Shain,
‘44, and George Edick, ’43, sang a
duet. The song was “My Hero”
from the Chocolate Soldier. Felita
sang an encore of “Wanting You,”
while George sang “Old Man River”
and “Mary.” At that time, a,new
talent was discovered. George can
tap dance!
Ruth Welsh did a ballet dance
and Ruth Levine did a song and
tap dance to “Yankee Doodle
Dandy.” Both dancers are an asset
to the school.
Allen Reagan, Milne’s own master
magician, facinated and bewildered
the students with his tricks.
Dr. Robert W. Frederick, princi-
pal, commenting on the program,
said, “It was a splendid program
and I think we should have another:
You
supervisors are talented, too.”
have another talent assem-
bly, and this time we'll let the
faculty entertain!
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Ruth Taylor and June Bailey, co-chairmen of the card party, play a
T. Harvey Holmes, of Albany.
Eighth Graders Buy
Books for Library
This year the eighth grade had
enough money to purchase a num-
ber of books through the English
department. Most of the books have
arrived and are in the library. Miss
Jackman, librarian, has reviewed
the books for the English classes of
the eighth grade.
The list of books just released, is
as follows: Carol Plays Summer
Stock, by Boylston; Whistle Round
the Bend by Eric Berry; The Green
Cockade by Allen; Skyfreighter, by
Brier; Ghost Town Adventure; by
Montgomery; Touchdown, by Row-
ell; None but the Brave, by Van
der Marshall; The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd, by Christie; Dixie De-
cides, by Justus; The Eagles Roar,
by Kennerly; Vagabond in Velvet,
by Newcomb; Decatur of the Old
Navy, by Nicolay; Soldiers at Bat,
by Scholz.
Boy on Horseback, by Steffens;
All-American, by Tunis; Canyon of
No Sunset, by Turngren; Left Till
Called For, by Treadgold; Mystery
at Penmouth, by Manning-Sanders;
Inside Out, by Mallette; Dreams of
Glory, by Lambert; Tree Toad, by
Davis; Johnny Mouse of Corregidor,
by Johnson; Ginger Lee, War Nurse,
by Deming; War Horse, by Downey;
Tom Whipple, by Edmonds; The
Black Stallion, by Farley; Navy
Diver; by Felsen; Flying Death, by
Gill; The Shadow Bird Mystery, by
Wadsworth.
Things to Cane
Friday, March 19
3:30-5:00—Basketball, Benefit of
| Red Cross, Milne vs.
State College, Gym.
7:00-10:00—Junior School Party,
ym.
Saturday, March 20
10:00—Theta Nu Initiation.
Friday, March 26
6:30—Father-Son Banquet.
Saturday, March 27
: delphoi Initiation.
| Crimson and White Ban-
quet.
7:30—Hi-Y Sports Carnival,
Gym.
Fathers and Sons to Dine
Milne will hold its annual Fath-
ers’ and Sons’ Banquet on Friday,
March 26, at 6:30 in Trinity Meth-
odist_ Church.
Members of the committee are as
follows: Clifford J. Beckett, and
Robert, “44; Lawrence H. Clarke,
46; L. V. Detwiler, and
Louis Golding, ' and
Joseph Hunting, and
Peter, "46; William Kelley, and Bill,
45; Warren Knox, and John, ’46;
Henry L. Oppenheim, Henry, 44,
and Paul, “47.
Milnites Enter
Art Exhibition
Milne is represented in the
Northeastern New York Scholastic
Awards Regional Exhibition at W.
M. Whitney and Co., from March
15 to March 27.
Ceramics pieces submitted to the
exhibit are: Phoebe Heidenrich, a
plate; Ruth Short, a penguin; Bill
Roberts, an oxen, bowl; Ruth Tay-
lor, fawn, goat; June Bailey, sailor's
head, bowl and monkey; Janice
O'Connell, placque; Rosada Mars-
ton, mouse; David Packard, saber-
toothed tiger, picture; Dick Herrick,
bowl, pin; Shirley Atkin, pony
(pin); Peggy Gallivan, squirrel;
Alice Van Gaasbeck, devil’s head;
Luba Goldberg, fawn; Jean Dorsey,
frog; Janet Borst, squirrel; Jeanne
| de Prose, girl, donkey; and Barbara
Brookman, man,
Drawings and pointings include
the work of the following people:
Water colors: Alice Van Gaasbeck,
°42, Royal Heid, 43, Ruth Taylor,
°43, Lois Messent, ’45, Nancy Park,
‘44, and Rita Figarsky, ’42
Pencil sketches: Inez Warshaw,
’44, and Lois Messent.
Oils by Royal Heid include a
poster and a still life.
Two mechanical drawings were
done by Douglas Drake, ’43.
From this exhibit entries are
selected from the Sixteenth Na-
tional Exhibit which will meet in
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa.
There will. be 471 prizes and 42
scholarships awarded at that time.
Band Briefs
—By Art DeMoss
We'd like to devote the majority
of this week’s column to one of the
guiding spirits of modern jazz. It
is our contention that when music
can emotionally stimulate the lis-
tener, it is real music as it should
be played. And no person, how-
ever staid and unemotional he may
think he is, can listen for long to
the playing of Pete Johnson with-
out undergoing a feeling of mental
intoxication.
Pete, in company with Meade
Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons,
comprises the famed Boogie Woogie
Trio, which was formed in_no less
than New York's Carnegie Hall, two
nights before Christmas of 1938.
Appearing on the same program
were such colored greats as Count
Basie, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Joe
Turner, and Sidney Bechet, but the
Trio was the hit of the evening, and
eight-to-the-bar music finally came
into its own, achieving nationwide
acclaim inside of a few short
months. The Tri most memorable
number was the “Boogie Woogie
Prayer,” since recorded by Colum-
bia.
Pete has always been one of the
leading exponents of this style,
from the time some years back
when he beat out the stuff nightly
on a badly scarred upright in a
smoke-filled, dimly lighted room of
the Sunset Club on Kansas City’s
colorful Twelfth Street, the stop-
ping-off place to fame of such jazz
immortals as Andy Kirk, Cab Cal-
loway, and the Count.
The Sunset was the boogie woogie
rendezvous of KC. Here members
of Pete’s own race along with a
few white musicians met nightly to
sit around gulping from huge half-
gallon jugs of brew, they all lis-
tened to Pete, both hands pumping
the keys, big right foot beating out
a solid ‘tatoo on the floor, as he
would go through as many as forty
or fifty choruses of the boogie, each
one becoming more complex. He
got going on the stuff and speeding
it up,-until he sent his frenzied
listeners into that mystic mental
state between the substantial and
the ethereal with his terrific primi-
tive style of pounding the keys.
Jolinson’s best known number is
“Roll ‘Em Pete,” which he plays in
torrid blues-boogie woogie style.
This piece is more or less of a duet,
Pete at the piano and Joe Turner,
whose backwoodsy blues shouting
is generally regarded as tops in
America today, handling the “vocal”
and doing a sensational job of it
Even conservative critics raved
about this number after being car-
ried away by its unoding rhythm.
Pete’s best eight-to-the-bar num-
bers include “Blues on the Down-
beat,” “Kaycee on My Mind,”
“Cherry Red,” “Holler Stomp,” and
“Death Ray Boogie.”. Listening to
these numbers may still not con-
vince you that Johnson is a really
great pianist, but, back as far as
1937, Duke Bllington, who should
know, referred to Pete as “my
favorite keyboard artist.”
All thih praise of Pete Johnson
may to you sound a bit exagger-
ated, but no superlatives can fully
describe the thrill his music is
bound to give you. Listen and see.
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