CRIMSON AND WHITE
VOL. XIII. No. 9
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
JANUARY 14, 1944
Stamp Sales Lag,
Baskin Reveals
ne ee Te oe eopetited 9 | Society, at their last regular meet-
fill vacancies in the War Bond and|ing, Wednesday, January 12, in
Stamp sales committee. The names | room 124, decided to conduct their
of the new officers are not yet| annual banquet in the near future.
Byala les secre ding. Ee Miss Bas- | Arnold Baskin, “44, is in charge of
in the sale of stamps 22 :
falling considerably. In one week | the banquet.
only $10.00 in war stamps were | Baskin Heads Banquet
sold. Aronld stated, “We have not
i definitely decided whether to have
for some time because the students | the banquet before or after initia-
have not been cooperating in pur-| tions, If there is enough money in
chasing bonds and stamps. At least|the treasury. we might have the
90% of the students should buy | banquet after initiations so that the
their quota so that Milne may keep | new members could attend without
the flag. Each student should buy | charge.” Keys are given to seniors
at least one stamp a week. Al-| ct the banquet.
though one goal has already been | F
“this is not the time for | Bowling Match
laxity. Now more than ever we| They also decided to have a bowl-
should strive to do our best to help | ing tournament among themselves
our men in Italy and the Pacific to|in preparation for the mach with
come home soon. Victory is the | Adelphoi which Theta Nu has won
important thing now,” concluced | for the last four years. A prize of
Miss Baskin, : | $3.00 will be awarded to the winner
in the contest of Theta Uu members.
‘Theta Nu Plans Fete
Bowling In Future
Members of Theta Nu Literary
Our flag has hot been displayed
Sensemam Addresses The society is going to send a
| Eresent to their member, Jim Det-
Assembly On Travels Iiwilens whoa cue because oflanvape
In the Junior High Assembly on | Pendicitis operation. “They will also
Tuesday, January 11, Dr, H. Sense- | ty to get in some basketball prac:
man entertained the students with | tice in a ettont to) Beer thes aad
a talk on his travels in parts of orles going. over! Adelphol,
Europe and Asia. The talk was in. | They have won this for four years
terrupted by the end of the period | 7 # row.
which came all too soon in the stu-| ‘The society
dents’ opinion. Dr. Senseman was | every Wednesday at 12:30, Tom
speaking about Japan at the close|Dyer heads the society and he
of the assembly and the students | usually at the meetings.
were left hanging in thin air as to|Ed Mue 45, is treasurer of
how and when he escaped. ' the society.
conducts meetings
MeGracken Leaves School; Enters
Navy; Headed Adelphoi Society
Tom McCracken, “44, has joined |
the navy. He left for boot training |
last Tuesday. Tom was in his last
year of high school.
He was president of Adelphoi
literary society and associate editor
of the CRIMSON AND WHITE.
Tom has been in Milne ever since
the seventh grade. He is one of the
first persons in the class to leave
for military service. Many others
from the senior class are expected
to leave after the semester ends
either to further studies or to enter
the armed forces.
“We all wish Tom the best of
luck in the navy. His absence will
be noticed,” said Sanford Bookstein,
editor of the CRIMSON AND
WHITE.
Tom was 18 this past October. He
is stationed at Sampson, and after
the war, he plans to go to Chicago
University to study archeology.
‘Albany Students to Dance
At War Council Benefit
Student Council Ten Eyck Scene
Of Dance Tonight
Plans Dance bee |
| ‘The Senior High Student Council | 10 Donate Proceeds
To Albany Red Cross
nas planned an informal dance for
| Saturday, January 22, 1944, under
The Albany student war council
will conduct its second annual dance
|Lennie Jones’ leadership, This
dance will be conducted in the State
for the benefit of the Albany chap-
ter of the Red Cross tonight in the
| College Lounge from 8:00 to 12:00
main ballroom of the Ten Eyck
\c
| midnight.
| Barbara Smith, ’46, chairman of
Wey idence avers ot esencrlcks | Trotalltrons nine tranerocivcke AU
Weinlein and his fifteen-piece or-
chestra will provide the music for
son's amplifier will furnish the
|music. The records to be played
the occasion, Admission is $2.00 per
couple and $1,00 for stags. Stu-
are he most current popular ones.”
This music will undoubtedly supply
dents from the ninth grade up are
invited.
entertainment for all of Milne’s
Senior High dancing enthusiasts.
The chaperones are Miss Mildred
5 1 a Corning to Present Proceeds
Nielson, Miss Grace Martin, Mr. ‘ :
‘lfred. et Mayor Corning will be at the
Wilfred Allard, “and Me. "John | ee ee eey to tte
Red Cross. Dr. Robert W. Fred-
erick, principal, will also be there.
A chaperone from each school on
the council will attend the dance.
Patron and patronesses_ include:
Mrs. Frederick Townsend, Mrs, An-
thony Brady Farrell, Mrs, Edwin
Corning, Frederick McDonald, Mrs,
William Visscher, Lewis Greenleaf,
Mrs, J. B. Lyon, Mrs. E. N,
Huyck and Mr. Murray Smouse.
Tickets may be obtained from
Jean Dorsey, Ruth Welsh, Kenny
Stephenson, or at the door.
Milne ‘Game Friday
“Even though the C.B.A.-Milne
game is scheduled for tonight, we
expect a large crowd to come down
to the dance after. We all know
that “the Red Cross deserves the
money and when we have a large
“Many students will attend this
dance, and it should be written
down on every one’s social calendar.
You boys should be sure to ask a
date and not go stag. Almost every
dance that kas been declared a
failure is due to the boys’ neglect
to ask girls. Come on Milne o-
meo’s and ask that girl friend!”
avers Barbara.
Senioridiah Girls
View Wellsley Slides
Misses Molly and Jane Aufsesser,
students at Wellsley College for
Women, reviewed a series of slides
taken on the Wellsley campus, be-
fore an assembly of Senior High
|girls on Tuesday, January 11 at| turnout the Red Cross will. know
12:27. we are sincere in our gift. Lets
Scenes included the chapel, class| see all of the Milnites in force to-
rooms, recreation hall, dorms and|night at our dance,” said Kenny
the lake. After the assembly the | Stephenson, pre: ident of the Stu-
Misses Aufsessers answered any | dent War Council.
questions the girls cared to ask. This is the second dance of this
as kind sponsored by the War Council
al which itself is only two years old,
Conduct Art Exhibit and is the brainchild of a Milne
| student,
In Schenectady Last year the dance was held at
= the Ten Eyck during Christmas va-
The regional exhibition of art ue ves aueing Canines) ye
cation. The dance is informal this
year. It was informal last year also
because of the war. The orchestra
which will play at this dance also
supplied the music for the Milne
work of high school students for
| Scholastic Awards in Art sponsored
by Scholastic Magazine, will be con-
ducted this year at the H. S, Barney
company ans. Schenectady from Alumni dance this year.
| The winners’ work in the re-| for the regional contest. Last year
gional contest is forwarded to Ca: Royal Heid won a first prize in oil
|negie Institute in Pittsburgh and| paintings and Ruth Taylor won a
national winners are awarded art | first prize in Ceramics.
| scholarships and cash prizes. There will be several entries from
| Miss Grace Martin, supervisor in| Milne. Their names have not yet
|art at Milne, is one of the judges! been released.
JANUARY 14, 1944
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
Vol. XIII January 14, 1944
Published weekly for the Student Asso-
ciation of the Milne School, Albany, New
York, by the members of the CRIMSON
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THE EDITORIAL BOARD
SANFORD BOOKSTEL Editor-in-Chief
JOYCE KNAPP, “44... . . . Associate Editor
HERBERT LU Associate Editor
BETTY BASKIN, “44 Girls’ Sports Editor
Boys’ Sports Editor
Feature Editor
+ + News Editor
vertising Manager
Advertising Manager
Business Manager
PAUL DISTELUURS?,
INEZ WARSHAW, ‘44. Exchange Editor
ROBERT BLUM, '47 . . Junior School Editor
LEE ARONOWITZ, ‘45 Circulation Manager
MISS KATHERINE E, WHEELIN
MR, JOHN ROACH .......,
THE NEWS BOARD
Jean Figarsky, Pat Gotier, Caryl Ferber, Jess Barnet,
Betty Gallup, Marge Bookstein, Alan Gould, Dick
Stock, David Packard, John Thompson, Elinor Yaguda,
Jack ‘McGrath, Jim ‘Myers, Janice O'Connell, Lois
Meehan, Jean’ Dorsey, Janice Hauf, Caryl Jacobs,
Zelda Weinberg, Elaine Bissikummer, Betty Stone.
=
Faculty Adviser
. Faculty Adviser
Hold Your Temper
At many recent high school basketball games,
there has been a great deal of booing by the
spectators when an opposing player attempts a
foul shot. ‘This is indeed a poor mple of
sportsmanship. A man on your team has com-
mitted a foul and a penalty must be paid. Even
if you think the referee has made a mistake, save
the booing. It won't get you anywhere. It will
only provoke the referee and do no good.
Milnites, above all,
remember that when you
are at a basketball game never boo a player on
another team, Save your anger, and cheer all
the louder for your own team with that lung
power, Let us keep a fine reputation. Since
basketball is seen so much by the public, we can
build a good or bad reputation on the basket-
ball court alone.
Mr. Emmett Dowling of Albany High, who
refereed the Milne game last Saturday, should
be complimented on the fine way that he
handled the crowd. he players know when
they have committed a foul and when the ref
calls it, they know nothing can be done about
it. The spectators should remember this.
Let’s have good clean basketball this year.
A Name for the Seventh Graders
Every grade from the seniors down has a good
nickname: seniors, juniors, sophomores, fresh-
men. And there it ends. What about a name
for the eighth grade and the seventh grade?
They certainly need one badly enough. It
gets continually worse to keep referring to these
|! milne merry-go-round
After a lovely Christmas vacation we all returned
to school fcr a vacation . . . Two seniors, Anna Jane
Rockenstyre and Sue Hoyt, received heir engagement
. Jean Dorsey got her long awaited new
. Caryl Ferber got a lapel watch . . . Jim
Detwiler and Bill Newten both had operations . . .
Sandy Bookstein gave a party with he following
people attending: Lee Aronot
Barbara Bookstein, and Aronld Baskin and Betty
Baskin, also a group from Albany High... At Mun-
son’s Xmas dance were Janet McNeil, Jean Hernon,
Carolyn Cullen, Caryl Ferber, Diane Brehm, Lorrain
Weber, Nancy Lee Bonsall, Larry Clark, Don Rumsey,
and Dick Grace . . . Bob Beckett, Al Bingham, Tom
Dyer, and George Myers went to New York... Arden
Fiint and George Myers played in the band at St.
John’s dance . . . Arden didn’t know the mike was
hooked up... A lot of the kids worked over the
vacation . . . Six students worked at the Railway
Mail . . . Claude Wagner drove a mail truck . . . Five
at the Express Co., Ann Robinson in Jackson’s and
Ruth Welsh, ‘45, at Holmes’ Florist. .
Jeanne dePresse went to Hudson . . . Dattie Crooks
went to Buffalo and Diane Ostrander went to Canada.
New Year's even was very eventful, At Greta Gades
were Lois Meehan, Helen Huntington, Barbara Sham-
burger . . . Inky Warshaw and a sailor went to the
Circle and then to the Town House . Bob Beckett
, Bill Baker and Roxy Becker, and
h and Rosada Marston went to the
to the Aurania Club dance .
and then
Palace
Eleanor Mann and Allen Reagan went to the Albany
y Club .. . Janet Wiley and Fred Guile went
ity Methodist dance . . . Janice O'Connell
. All of the girls
irom the class of ’42 were there. .
Rosada Marston had a party Friday, Those who
were there were Ann Graham, John Garriman; Peg
Gallivan, Chuck Terry; Sally Duncan, Pete Hunting,
Crocks and Bingie Bingham and Rosada and
Cerny Heidenreich and Tom McCracken. . . .
Frank Ryan left for Sampson Tuesday . .. The Bar-
baras Richardson, Brookman, Cooper, and Norma
Johnsen went tobogganing.
Lerrice and Felita Schain both celebrated their
birthdays Tuesday. Beverly O'Connell had, her
jay, Inky Warshaw ‘Thursday and the
. Dottie Crooks
well represented at the V. I.
ne Saturday night: Ruth Taylor,
s Gow thi ‘month; Natali
i dis
, Waiting to enter r Army Air
Lanwig, Union; Ted de Moss, Navy V.
; Rita Figarsky is home from Skidmore.
Doug Drake, ’43, is now a cadet in the Army ‘Air
‘orp.
Mike Welsh, Natalie Mann, and Melba Levine, ‘43,
were three Albany girls selected to enter a sorority
at Cornell.
David Con! 41, who is now with the Marines at
Colgate, was co-director with Lewis Z Together
they presented a two-act program “Christmastime,
Biven at a local theatre. Proceeds went to the Mar
Welfare Fund.
Bob Ostrander, ‘42, in the A. D. T. P. in Detroit, was
home last week.
8
classes as seventh and eighth graders. True, the
need is not absolutely vital, but a couple of
decent names would be a fine thing. Perhaps
they would “catch on” all over the county.
At least here is a potential improvement for
the school which would not require money nor
need priorities. It would be the best improves
ment for the school since the drinking fountain
‘on the first floor was installed.
is
Think about it!
Baggy Weinberg, |
Senior Spotlight
—hy Janice O’Connell-
ALVIN BINGHAM
A senior now progressing back-
wards fast is none other than Alvin
Bingham. Of course the team has
gained valuable assistance from his
experience as assistant business
manager last year. Now he knows
what's what and he is a great help
to the team.
Most of his school day is spent
worrying about caps and gowns, in-
vitations, the senior room, and how
the team is coming along. (Oh yes,
he worries about his studies too).
Entered 7th Grade
Bing is usually up to something.
He started way back in the seventh
grade and from his first hot foot
under the bleachers, he has been
blazing away ever since.
For the past two years during
vacations such as Christmas, Bingy
has been “workin’ on the railroad,
all the live long day. He has been
workin’ on the railroad to earn a
little pay.” ..
Quoted from many of his class-
mates, swell guy and has
many
Convention Al made friends very
easily, He is convinced that one
of the greatest ideas every con-
ceived by anyone was to have
representatives sent from all parts
of the state to Albany.
President of Senior Class
This year, besides being president
cf the senior class, he is president
of Hi-Y, trainer of the basketball
team, co-business manager, (sharing
honors with Bob Beckett) of
Adelphoi.
Bingham, Dyer, Myers, and
Beckett went to New York at the
end of December to see the bright
lights.
The two sports that seem to in-
terest him the most are tennis and
basketball.
Last year Al was manager of the
tennis team and worked hard plan-
ning the season’s schedule.
By the looks of things, is just a
manager (he manages well,
: this last year of trials and
hard earned accomplishments, Bing
is heading for Duke University.
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
JANUARY 14, 1944
Vincentian Defeats Milne,
42-38 In Final Period
Baker Genres 19
To Lead Players
Milne J- V llores
Last Saturday, January 8th, the
Vincentian basketball team won its
first league game of the year by
beating the Milne Red Raiders by
the score of 42-38, This is the third
loss of the year for the Milne Var-
sity against and win, This won
from Academy, while the 3 losses
were suffered at the hands of Al-
bany High, Cathedral, and Vincen-
tion,
20-20 at Half
_ Vincentian took the lead at the
quarter by the score of 13-8;
at second quarter the score tied at
20-20, Milne surged farther at the
third quarter with 31-27. The five
minutes before the end of the game
V. I. started to score and, before
anyone knew it, V. I. was in the
lead 40-37. Then another basket
was scored by V. 1, making the
score 42-37. A foul shot in the clos-
ing seconds of the game by Arono-~
witz ended the scoring of the day.
Milne might have held its lead had
it not been for fouls,
Boyle Scores 13
The top scorers of the game for
Vincentian was Boyle with 13 and
Busch with 12, Bill Baker led the
Milne team in points scored with 19.
Lee Aronowitz made 7 and Chuck
Hopkins made 5, Vincentian was
victorious in the J. V. game also,
winning by the score of 25-18.
Milne
fb fp tp
Aronowitz, f. 2 3 7
Ball, f 1 0 2
Baker, c. 6 Gt)
Muehleck, g. 2 1 5
Hopkins, gc... 2 1 5
Jones, 0 0 0
Dyer, 0 0 0
Mendel, g. 0 0 0
Sy dons!
Vincentian
fh fp tp
Busch, g. 4 Aig
Conners, g. 2 1 5
Cunningham, ¢. 2 3 7
Boyle, c 4 S18)
Sweetser, f. 1 ) 2
Strodel, f. 1 1 3
414 4B
It was a very interesting gatne to
watch. The play was very even
and with a few more breaks Milne
might have won. Bill Baker did
the next to impossible by sinking
seven foul shots in a row. Arono-
witz made three foul shots cut of
three.
Buy More War Stamps
and Bonds
CBA, Falcons
To Oppose Milne
This Weekend
Milne’s Red Raiders, who are tied
for fifth place in the Albany Schol-
astic Class A League, hope to snap
a two-game losing streak and jump
into fifth place by themselves after
tonight’s game.
Home Friday Night
Milne has two games this week-
end, On Friday, they play CBA in
a league game, the Red Raiders’
fifth in a row. Milne will be the
underdog but with a good crowd
cheering them on, they will cer-
tainly put up a good fight. It is a
e game, with the JV tilt starting
at 7:30 on the Page Hall court.
On Saturday, they play Schuyler
on the Hackett Junior High School
court. Milne is favored in this game,
This is not a league game. Schuy-
ler is in Class B. They are in the
midst of a mediocre season after
losing only one game last year to
win the mythical city championship.
The JV game begins at 7:30.
Hackett is on Delaware Avenue
near Madison.
Busch Leads Scorers
Joe Busch of VI who has gar-
nered 49 points in four league
games, leads the scoring department
in class A,
Milne’s “Drink” Baker is second
in line with 46 points. He garnered
19 of these in the VI game to tie
the league, scoring honors with
Cleveland for a single game. Cleve-
land of Albany Academy made 19
against VI last Friday afternoon,
Also of Milne is Lee Aronowitz
who holds down the number three
slot with 34 points. Not far behind
him is Boyle of VI with 33 points,
All of these players have played
four games. Chick Cleveland of
Albany Academy has done excep-
tionally well in gathering up 30
points in only two games for a 15-
reint average.
Class A High Scor
Player-—Club Fb Tp
Busch, VI 16 49
Baker, Milne 19 46
Aronowitz, Milne .. 14 34
Boyle, VI 10 33
Cleveland, AA 4 30
Class A League Standings
Team on Lost Pet.
CBA 2 0 1.000
AHS p 0 1,000
Cathedral 1 1 500
AA 1 1 500
Milne 1 3 250
VI 1 3 250
Glasess Lost
Janet Baxter of State College lost
a pair of glasses at the Milne game
Saturday night. They are in a blue
case. If found please return them
| to her or Sanford Bookstein.
Cathedral Downs
Milne, 34-31
A third period spurt enabled
Cathedral Academy to defeat the
Milne Red Raiders, 34 to 31, on De-
cember 17. The game was a class
A Albany League contest which
was played on the Hackett court.
Milne was ahead, 10 to 7, at the
end of the first period, and the half
ended with the teams in a 15 to 15
deadlock, The Cathedral players
outplayed the Milne team, 12 to 7,
to lead 27 to 22 at the end of the
third period and were themselves
outscored, 9 to 9, in the final quar-
ters.
Milne High scorers were: Bill
Baker with 11 points, and Lee
Aronowitz with 10, Johnny Griggs
led the Cathedral team with 10
points, David Ball, Milne, and
Hans of Cathedral each scored 8
points for their team,
The J. V, won their game 47-34.
‘This was the third game in a row
they came out victorious.
led the attack by scor-
ing 18 points, Chuck Terry had
second honors with 17 points.
Milne
fh fp tp
Ball, 3 2 8
Aronowitz, f. 4 2 10
Baker, c, 5 1 sh
Muehlick, g. 0 0 0
Hopkins, g. 0 0 0
Dyer, g. 0 1 1
Detwiler, g. 0 1 1
Cathedral
fh fp tp
Gebhardt 3 0 6
McHugh, {. 0 0 0
Guthrie, f. er) 0 6
Griggs, c. 5 0 10
Fredette, g. 0) 1 1
Patterson, g. 1 0 2
McCarg, g. 0 1 1
Hans, g. 2 4 8
Paine Enters Milne;
Comes from Columbia
Jack Paine, a senior, comes to
Milne from Columbia in East
Greenbush. He’s five feet eleven
with curly blond hair and blue eyes.
Before he came to East Greenbush
he lived in New Jersey and Wis-
consin (which is strictly all plains
and corn).
Nearly every year he goes camp-
ing in Canada where his family has
a camp. According to Jack (or
“Jake”) the fish up there are as big
as oars and the snow comes up to
the tree tops.
As for his activities at home, he
was on the “Crossroads” (school
paper) and is now a member of the
C.A.P. When he graduates he hopes
to go to Colgate.
His likes include’ Cab Calloway,
Chamber Music Society of Lower
Basin, flashy socks and ties, Hogey
Carmichael, steak, Frank Sinatra,
Stardust, Pendleton PLAID shirts,
and cowboys and Indians.
He doesn’t like Harry James (too
tinney), hates eggs and anything
that’s too exerting,
Betty
Blabs
A new year has begun, and the
gym classes are still the same. The
basketball season is still in full
swing with calisthentics filling in.
The seventh and eighth graders are
learning how to play in the little
gym. Gloria Edwards and Patsy
Carroll are the stars of the team,
The only trouble is that the ball is
bigger than they are.
Seniors Beat Juniors
The classes are playing intra-
mural basketball again this year.
As usual, the seniors beat the ju-
niors 22-8, “Pete” Peterson making
18 of those points is a marvel. As
a forward, she makes beautiful
baskets and very seldom misses.
When she plays guard the opposing
team never has the ball. A senior
class always has a “Peterson.”
Next year it will be Barbara Rich-
ardson with Marilyn Arnold and
Mary Kilby in the sophomore year.
There was a big upset this week,
when the freshman beat the sopho-
mores in their intramural basket-
ball game.
The horseback riders are really
doing very well. The class which
rides every Saturday has been in-
creasing weekly. There is a new
horse which is perfectly white and
a beautiful horse. He may be she,
I didn’t ask, but is very wild and
fast. It must be he then,
Gym Night Being Planned
Plans for the annual antics or
just plain gym night is taking shape.
Mrs. Tieszan has made the sugges-
tion that it be held in the audi-
torium instead of the gym. It's a
good idea too. The parents have
always complained of uncomfortable
seats and the Page Hall seats are a
big improvement. Also, in past
gym nights the performers had to
turn their back to at least
one side of the grandstands. This
way the whole audience will be
facing them. Of course the basket-
ball games would have to be played
in the gym. Everyone will troop
down there after the dancing for
the rest of the program. This has
its good points but some students
don’t like the idea of changing the
custom of its being in the gym and
also there wouldn't be a grand
march. We would march in Page
Hall too but it wouldn’t be as spec-
tacular. It’s up to the girls to de-
cide but hey have not reached a
decision at present.
Detwiler Has Operation
Jim Detwiler, '45, suffered an at-
tack of appendicitis during Christ-
mas vacation and has been out of
school ever since school resumed in
January. He was at the Albany Hos-
pital and is now resting comfort-
ably at home. He will probably be
out of basketball for the rest of the
season, authoritative reports say.
JANUARY 14, 1944
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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Bingham Names
New Committee
For Graduation
Alvin Bingham, president of the
class of 1944, appointed a committee
to
for commencements exercises. The
seniors on the committee are Jean
Figarsky, chairman, Ramona
hant, Paul Distlehurst, Cornwell
Heidenreich, and Alvin Bingham,
Miss Grace Martin was faculty ad-
viser at the meeting.
Simple Style Picked
The committee met on Tuesday,
January 11, at 12:30 in Room 124
with a representative from the Mer-
rells Company which is located in
a Virginia. They,
selected an anneuncement which is
in white with the Milne seal in
id on the front, The inside of the
announcement will have engraved
information concerning the gradua-
tion exercises, and a place to put
personal cards
How to Order
The announcements will be ap-
and
oximately ten
cents apiece
each senior may order as mar
he wishes. A sheet will be
to h senior on which he
ho
write the number of announcements
he wants. These are not invitations
to commencement, but announce-
ments, :
Time Limit
Jean Figarsky, chairman of the
committee, states, “Please decide as
soon as possible the number of an-
neuncements each of you want be~
cause the order be in by the
middle of Febr
Harmanus Bleecker isosy
Acquires New Books
The Young Peoples’ Department
the Harmanus Ble r Libri
added these new books to their
collectio: “My Native Land,” by
L, Adami ‘ow Every Boy Can
Prepare for Aviation Service,” by
K, Ayling; “Inventing, by A, F,
Collins; “Our Living World,” by C,
L, Fenton; “How a Plane Flies,” by
C. G. Hall; “Long Adventure,” by
H, Hawthorne; “We Followed Our
Hearts to Hollywood,” by E. Kim-
brough; “Candy Kane,” by J. Lam-
bert; “Kilgour's Mare,” by H. G,
Lamond; and “Wings for Offense,”
by B. Leyson.
Sid Stein Studies
At Texas A. and M.
(Editor’s note.—In a recent as-
sembly, a letter from Sidney
Stein, '42, was read. Since then
Dr. Frederick has received _an-
other letter from Sidney, Here
are some excerpts from it):
November 11, 1943.
Dear Dr, Frederi
I arrived at Texas A. and M, two
weeks ago. You probably know
more about it than I do, but from
all external appearances, it is swell.
The campus reminds me a lot of
Cornell because of the huge build-
ings and the immense campus.
I take the refresher course or
-1. The only subjects are
analytic geometry, physics, and en-
gineering, We complete those in
twelve weeks, So far I am making
out fine.
Sincerely,
(Signed), SID STEIN.
Spanish Club Elects
Sexton Head; Plan Play
Members of the Milne Spanish
Club elected Elaine Sexton, presi-
dent, ahd Jean Bronson, secretary
and treasurer at their last meeting
on Wednesday, December 8 at 12:27
in room 127, They conduct regular
meetings each week in 127,
Miss Sonya Belsham of State Col-
lege and Mr. Wilfred Allard, su-
pervisor in French and Spanish, are
the sponsors of the club.
At their last meeting they sang
Spanish songs and Christmas carols
in Spanish, They also viewed a
film, “The American People,” which
voncerned South America,
They are planning a play to be
sponsored by the French Club,
Things to Come
Monday, January 17
Regents.
Tuesday, January 18
Regents.
Wednesday, January 19
Regents.
Thursday, January 20
Regents.
lay, January 21
7:00-11:00—Baskethall, Milne vs,
ensselaer.
day, January 22
8:00-12:00 — Senior High Party —
Lounge.
American History
3
Onglish 1V—;
Plane Geometry—233
Intermediate Algebra.
3
Solid Geometry—233
Regents Exam Schedule—January 1944
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
5
1:15-4:15
French 11—233
Physi
Chemistry—233
Several weeks ago we blasted the
promoters of that hap-hazard pre-
sentation of “Carmen” and soundly
criticized Albany's presentations in.
general, On February 9 the “Ballet
Russe de Monte Carlo” will be pre-
sented at the Palace Theatre. It is
with utmost sincerity that attend-
ance is recommended; the ballet
was here complete, as promised, two
years ago, and delivered a praise
worthy performance. We hope that
the unfortunate experience of last
month will not influence attendance, |
New Numbers
‘About two months ago we plugged
a number called “Speak Low,” when
it first came out. It’s climbing now,
fast, Again we watch it.
It's Hit Parade To be
recommended is Bobby Sherwook's
Elk’s Parade, a solid, though undis
tinguished jive record. Also good,
though not new is Benny wel
|
|
man’s My Little Cousin, a minor
key tune that is very catchy. The
Latin-American tune Bisomi Mucho
is terrific. Vincent Lopez intro- |
duced it a few months ago, and it is
destined to follow in the footsteps
of Brazil. It is a plaintive Spanish
love-song, with a lingering tune.
Dave Rose’s recording of Poinciana
is lovely, a beautiful melody played
in Rose’s best style. On the re-
Jarret Heads Junior
High Club Council
One of the lesser known student
activities of the Junior High is the
Junior High Club Council, The
Council is by no means a secret or-
ganization but it has received so |
little publicity that few students |
seem to know of its work. A club |
charter is issued to any club which
has eight or more members.
The council represents all of the
Junior High clubs collectively and
is composed of one representative
from each club, At the first meet-
ing of the council for the present
school year the following offic
were elected: Donald Jarret, presi-
dent; Alan Meskil, vice-president;
Florence Flint, secret:
When interviewed recent!
said, “The Club Council
Jarret
little
heard of but it is an important or-
an:
ation, One of cur duties is to
e charters to qualified clubs, but
most important work probably
to create good will among the
various clubs.” |
Most of the clubs meet during the |
homeroom period at 1:00 p. on
Wednesday. Senior organ val
are not connected with the council. |
m.
by Eleanor
verse side is Dance of the Spanish
Onion, a carefree tricky number
that features an excellent string
section,
| Harry James Slipping
A short time ago, we compared
Goodman's famous “Sing Sing Sing”
to various records of his, of Krupa’s,
and of James’, The results were
tartling, Here was music that prac-
tically smoldered, jazz that was
really art in itself, ‘And the trum-
pet player sounded more like Ber-
rigan than James, Yet it was
James, What has happened to
Harry James? Today as one of the
y
leading bands, he has less than one-
half of his former talent. The same
applies to the other musicians. To-
day hot music is commercialized
swing, and results are deplorable, It
has been said that these musicians
have tried to record that record
again, about twelve times since, and
uldn’t. Something has been lost
from their early genius. If James
pecially would stop catering to
what he thinks is the public’s taste,
|and play as he used to, completely
as he felt like it, you'd really have
something then,
By the way, we're almost willing
to bet that Betty Grable James, will
be plain Miss Betty Grable again,
within a year,
SORORITY FLOOR
SPORTSWEAR
10 to 16
JUNIOR SIZES
9 to 15
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