CRIMSON AND WHITE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939
ALBANY, N. Y,
THE MILNE SCHOOL
VOLUME IX
SENIOR NEWS
NUMBER 13
MISS EATON REVIEWS NEW
BOOKS IN SR. ASSEMBLY
On Wednesday afternoon
at 2:35 Miss Thelma Baton
spoke at the senior high
assembly on the new books
which she has recently
procured for the Milne
library.
During her talk Miss
Eaton reviewed the follow~
ing books,
Lippincott, Animal
Neighbors Of The Country-
side
Sanderson, Animal
Treasure
Clarke, Valiant Dogs
Clarke, Gallant Horses
Stone, Sailor, On
Horseback
Hindus, Green Worlds
Gray, William Penn
Hertzler, Horse and
Buggy Doctor
Morris, Fifty Years A
Surgeon
Leaf, Liston, Little
Girl
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Floherty, Your Daily
Paper
Spaeth, ‘The Art of n-
joying iMusic
Weeming, Models Any
Boy Can Make
Wright, The Art Of
Conversation
Halsey, ‘ith Malice
Toward None
Allee, Little American
Girl
Kyle, Red Sky Over
Rome
Means, Shuttered Win-
dows
“Morrison, Lost Queen
of Egypt
Berty, Honey Of The
Nile
Kingsley, Men In White
Lane, Tree Land
MISS CONKLIN REVEALS PRIZE
> PEAKING DATEcincl SPEAKERS
MISS STRONG MANAGES
FAFSR THIS SEiM@STIR
Miss Wheeling, who has
taught the journalism
class in the past, has
relinquished her duties
to Miss Jean Strong. Miss
Strong has been assisting
the Crimson and White for
the past two years. Last
year she conducted a
meeting on editorial pol-
icies at the Columbia
Press Convention, Miss
Strong revenled her plans
for the class when she
said: "We are going to
study the art of profes-
sional journalism, as
well as continue our work
with the Crimson and
White." ais
After the members of
the paper return from the
press conference in New
York, the seniors will
leave the paper. Juniors
and sophomores will take
over their work.
"Apprenticeshin is
starting this week," says
Betty Barden, editor of
the Crimson and White.
"The opportunity for any
junior or sophomore to be
on the paper is open,
For all those interested,
attendance at the journa-
lism classes at O on
Monday mornings is esson-
tial."
NOTICE
"During lunch hour,
Milne students are re-
quested to go down the
Lets of the stairs
in Bichardson,! staved
Walter Seim, captain of
the Traffic Squad. "In
this way, Milne will not
have to plough through
the State line."
Miss Mary Blizabeth
Conklin recently announc-
ed those who will partic-
ipate in the annual prize
speaking contest on March
®& this year.
The contestants and
their topics are as fol~
lows:
Betty Barden -"Men and
Mice of the Year",
Florence Herber—"Slaves
of King Cotton".
Shirley Baldwin -'The
National Theatre!'.
Janet Clark -"Woman's
Place in the World Today",
Robert Gardener ~"The
Future of Democracy".
Ben Douglas "Felix
Frankfurter",
Edyard Sternfeld -"In-
sane?-Perhaps"' ,
Robert Schamberger -
"State and Socialized Medi-
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Others who took part
in the semi-finals are:
Donald Geisel, John Gulnac,
Bryna Ball, Ann Loucks,
and Una Underwood.
Judges also selected
Betty Tincher and Margaret
Chase for the semiefinals,
but both were absent from
school at the time this
contest took place,
LAST HOME
GAMeE
TOMORROW
CRIMSON AND WHITE
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THETA NU MERTS ADELPHOI
IN BOWLING MATCH TODAY
The Theta Nu Literary
Society, at their last
meeting, discussed the
coming initiation, the
date of which has not been
settled upon, President
Doneli Geisel appointed
Gifford Lantz, sell
Jones, and Guy Childs in
charge of the event.
This afternoon, the
bowling team, led by
Captain Earl Goodrich,
will challenge Adelphoi
to a match at Rice's.
Others on the team are
Joseph lLedden, Donald
Geisel, and Charles Mac-
Culloch.
SIGMA PLANS LUNCHEON
At their last meeting,
the members of Sigma Lit-
erary Society formulated
plans for a luncheon,
Janet Jansing, president,
appointed Helen Norris and
Shirley Smith on this com-
mittee.
The society also dis-—
cussed the possibility of
a tea and a theatre party.
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LIBRARY INVENTORY
PLEASES NiiSS FATON;
ONLY ONE Bock
MISSING
The results of the
library inventory, taken
at the end of the first
semester, were "most sat~
isfactory", according to
Miss Baton, librarian.
Only three books were
found to be missing and
two of the missing books
were located before the
completion of the inven-
tory.
The one book still
missing is "The Lady or
the Tiger," by Stockton.
Miss Eaton stated that
this record is one a
school should be proud of
as the average school has
a much greater number of
books lost a semester.
HERBER TO DIRECT
ASSEMBLY PLAY
Last Friday, the Junior-
Senior Dramatics Club voted
to produce a play in as-
sembly, about the last of
March,
Miss Minst, director of
the club, and Bette Tin-
cher, president, suggested
that a member take full
charge of directing the
play. The members elected
Florence Herber to ful-
fill this duty. She ap-
pointed a committee of
Betty Barden, Emily San-
derson, and Robert Wheeler,
to bring suitable plays
to the meeting today,
from which one will be
selected,
The Sophomore Dramatics
Club, last Friday, learned
the technique of doing
Chinese and straight
make-ups, under the di-
rection of Miss Chrisler
and Mr. Nordell. Recent~-
ly, the club conducted a
mock murder trial. Mr.
Nordell took the part of
prosecuting attorney.
Some of the members did
impersonations of radio
and screen stars; others
composed the jury,
Nolume TH, Number 12
FEBRUARY 17, 1939
QUIN ELECTS ee
FOR SECOND SEMZST2
The Quintillian Liter-
ary Society on Tuesday,
elected its officers for
the second semester, The
members had made the nom-
inations at the previous
necting. At that time
the girls unanimously
elected Mildred Mattice
president,
The new officers are:
Vice Presijent-
den
eerstary=
Treasurer ~
Sally Devereux
Mistress of Ceremonies =
Katherine N
Corresponding Secretary -
Jane Phinney
Critic -
Ruth Selkirk
Marshall »
Jean Best
Reporter -
Florence Herber
After the elections,
Iiiss Mattice swore the
new officers into office,
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CLUB SEDKS PICTURES
The Photography Club
requests that all students
contribute any outstand~
ing pictures which they
have, the best of which
will be enlarged by the
club and exhibited Par-
ents Night in the Library.
The pictures should be
given to Robert Barden or
David Fuld, of Home~
room 228, before Thursday,
Bobruary 23, The name of
the donor and homeroom
number should be on the
back of each print, All
pictures will be returned
to the owners,
CRIMSON AND WHITE
RENSSELASR UPSETS MILNE 31-19
AFTER TRAILING AT HALF TIME
last Saturday night in Page Hall
éym, Rennsselaer continued on its win-
ning streak, defeating a hard fighting
Milne quintet by a score of 31=19,
As the game opened, Milne fell be-
hind 10-1, but it then put on a terrific
scoring spurt, At the same time it held
@ momentary baffled Rensselaer squad
scoreless from that point until half tine;
when, Milne lead by a score of 13-10.
During the second half however, the team
from across the river put on a spectac-
ular scoring streak to win 31-19.
Fink vas high scorer for Milne with
7? points, closely followed by French
with 6 points,
Individual scores;
Paland
Jones
Childs
Fink
Plwamer
Clark
Stevenson
Gulnac
Scoville
French
VOOOPORHOMS
WODDOOH OOO
POOCONOYXNO Dg
MILNE JAYVEES TRIUMPH
OVER RENSSSLAER 24-17
Saturday night, in the Junior Var-
sity game, a greatly improved Milne team
gained their second victory of the season
when they defeated the rensselaer J. V's
24=17,
This encounter was revenge for the
Milne Junior Varsity, since they lost to
Rensselaer in an away game earlier in the
season,
Wilson, high scorer of the Milne J.
v's, counted for 11 points in an out-
standing streak of scoring,
JOE MIENUTE
olbserves
The iilne team rejoices in the fact
that Willie French, star guard of the
Crimson Tide, will probably be in the
starting lineup against Schuyler this
Saturday. In last Saturday's game with
Rensselaer Frenchie, in attempting to
stop a pass, came down hard on his heel,
As a result his right kidney was injured
which was feared might prove to be a
serious injury.
One of the assistant managers of the
Milne basketball team(a very small one),
recently cleaned a bas!xetbnl1 with shoe
polish, Was his face red(or black?).
SPORTS PAGE
Volume te, Number 13
FEBRUARY 17, 1939
MILNE TO MEET
SCHUYLER riGrl
Tomorrow night in Page Hall gym the
Crimson quintet will again meet the Sch-
uyler five, This game is expected to be
a "breather! for our boys after their
games with Albany High and Rensselaer.
Schuyler has had a very poor season,
loosing every game on their schedule.
The Milne rooters, whose team has gone
through a mediocre season, hope to see
their team finish the 1938-1939 season
with an even number of games won and
lost, As the Milne team has lost five
and won three games, it will be necessary
for the two remaining games to be Milne
victories.
Dick Paland, leader of the Red
Raiders, credits the players fighting
spirit to the fact that they hoped to be
the team which broke the phenomenal win-
ning streak of the Rensselaer squad this
season, and the fact that the team ree
ceived enthusiatic support of the Milne
rooting section, Continued Paland, "The
Schuyler contest will be the last home
game of the season, and Milne should win
if the school turns out and encourages
the team as they did at the last game,"
The Milne J.V. team will play the
Schuyler Jayvee in a contest starting at
7:20, This game is a preliminary to the
sity game which will start at 9 o'clock
Sees
: GIRLS BEGIN NEW YM. CLASS
A new gym class has been introduced
for girls of the Senior High School, meet~
ing:'on Tuesdays in the small gym at 4:30.
This is an feature which will be part of
the girls Annual Antics, called interpret-
ive dancing.
To the girls who do not participate
in classes such as basketball and skating
Miss Hitchcock believes this will be an
interesting and helpful class, the pur~
pese of which is to develop grace,
The girls have taken to the idea with
wide enthusiam, Those who have signed up
are as follows: 3B. Mann, V. Jordan, 3,
Dilg, A. Chatterton, S$. Baldwin, J Best,
J, Murdick, H, Bhman, D. Mochrie and XK,
Newton,
CRIMSON AND WHITE
Editorial Staff:
Editor in Chief
Sr. Associate Iditor
Betty Barden
Chas. Sanderson
Associate Editor Fred Regan
Art Marcia Wiley
Chas. MacCulloch
Features Doris Welsh
Betty Tincher
Sports Ed Starkweather
Ruth Rasp
Societies and Clubs Jane Grace
Exchanges Jean Best
City Paper Corres. Doris Holmes
Reporters:
Sally Devereux
Florence Herber
Estelle Dilg
Margaret Chase
Anita Hyman Earl Goodrich
Ed Llangwig Dorothy Shattuck
Bob Barden Ira Moore
Robert Pfeffer Jane Phillips
Martha Freytag Nancy Glass
Richard Paland
Harriet Gordon
Journalism Class
Arthur Bates
Business Staff:
Business Manager Herbert Marx
Printer Newell Cross
Mimeographers Armon Livermore
Al Metz
Typists Dorothy Day
Helen Ehman
Esther Stulmaker
Circulation John Wykes
Bob Wortendyke
Faculty Advisers:
Miss Katherine Wheeling
Miss Grace Martin
Published Weekly by the Crimson And
White staff at the Milne School, Albany,
New York.
DID YOU LOSE
SOMETHING, JOE ?
Recently in search of some news, a
staff reporter stumbled upon a small
drawer in the office filing cabinets. This
was labeled "Lost and Found!', Daily sets
of keys, pens, pencils, and books are
found and turned into this drawer, Upon
investigation, it proved to be not one
drawer, but three, These were found to
contain the following articles: school
text books -14, balls -4,pocketbooks -4,
automatic pencils -24,pens -8,rings,-3,
glasses cases ~3,key cases. -8, and five
notebooks. There were other smaller
things such as tubes of paste, a set of
dominoes, several odd gloves, small note-
books, scarfs, one "light weight hat! size
seven and trinkets (charm bracelets,
prayer beads, etc.) too numerous to
mention,
The office staff would apprec-
iate having students claim these articles.
They are in the Main Office,
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FEBRUARY 17, 1939
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Washington was.a great man, The
world acknowledges his greatness.
Although the incident of the cherry
tree is probably a myth, we Imow his
steadfast honesty and truth are engraved
on-the tablets of immortality, The fro-
zen terrors of Valley Forge were unable
to quench his patriotic fire. When at
last, world-weary and worn from father-
ing his country, he bade farewell, that
address contained all the political wis=
dom of our nation, He did his job well,
set a standard equaled only by The Great
Emancipator, and has mever been surpas—
sed, He never did get around to doing
all the things he wanted to do-—-such as
personally supervising his plantation.
Yes, he was "first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen.'' His life is a living lesson
of unselfish devotion to the welfare of
others,
GUNGA DIM
R.K.0., inspired by Kipling's im-
mortal poem, produced one of the years
greatest motion pictures, GUNGA DIN, This
was photographed on large scale in the
Rocky Mountains. There R,K.0. set up an
entire tent city for over 200,000 actors
and stage crews, They labored there for
three months to complete the greatest
battle scenes ever filmed.
Cary Grant, Victor McIagen, and
Douglas Fairbanks as officers Cutter,
McChesney, and Ballentine provide thrills
for all as they repel native uprisings,
Mr, Fairbanks shares the love scenes with
Joan Fontaine in true Fairbanks style.
MecLagen is the typical son of the
British Army and does his love scenes
with "Annie his beloved elephant. Cary
Graat vrov?ces humor that will please
both young and old. Sam vaffe, as the
character "Gunga Din", turns in an excel-
lent performance, Chills creep up your
back when Edueado Ciannelle, the villain,
prays to the goddess of blood to bring
death to the British,
The story, written by Ben Hechet
and Charles Mac Arther, is the life of
three death-defying sargeants of the
English Army in India. You see the India
tribes battle the battalions of Scottish
soldiers, The Indian terror témplo,
elephant artillery, Indian calvary charge
and shots will amaze everyone,
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CRIMSON AiD WHITE
THS MALE BOX
Dear M, B,
I am lmown as the dead-pan of the
sophomore class, but recently a girl has
caught my eye. How can I get back into
the woman hater ranks again?
DW.
Dear D.
Are you sure she isn't trying to
get you to cast your shell? If you get
away, it'll be an arrow escape.
Dear M. B.
I hate to disagree with you, but I
like the girls, I believe when I'm
married I'll be at the end of my troub-
les.
(Slap) Happy Senior
Dear Hapoy.
I hate to question your integrity,
but which end are you speaking about?
Dear M. B.
I'm in love with a girl from Rensse-
laer and intend to marry her some day,
but I found out that she goes out with
half the boys in Rensselaer. What should
I do?
State College Man
Well, Well! Imagine a teacher asking
for advice!!!
Dear Teacher,
Continue with her; after all Rensse-
laer isn't so big.
LETTER FROM A 60 YEAR OLD MOSQUITO!!!
(condensed)...."and to think when I was
a youngster I could bite the girls only
on the face and hands."
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When a girl won't play ball, she
seldom makes a catch.
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Volurne TX, Number 13
FEBRUARY 17, 1939
me:
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NON-DICTIOY
AY DEFINITIONS
Soup---
Used to wash your face with,
Phase--
Where you eyes, nose, and mouth
are,
Burglar--
Man who blows a bugle.
Tanks-~
You're welcome,
Code-—
Something you catch in your nose.
Germs--
Precious stones.
Jello--
Am overgrown violin,
Ratify-~
To kill rats,
Medicine--
The fourth president of the United
States.
Massacre--
A costume party.
-~-Exchange
WEEK-END WORRIES
Well, it certainly has been a long
strenuous week-end, eh chickens? After
considerable scouting around hither and
yon, we have obtained some specific in-
formation as to how the holiday was
spent,
Walt Seim tells us that after the
thrills and chills of seeing Gunga Din,
it was impossible to spend the week-end
sleeping as he had previously planned.
The Famous Triumverate of Dey,
Rasp and Murdick have been at their fav~
orite pastime "salle pour patiner" or
commonly called, ice-skating. To quote
the girls, we might add, "there's more
to ice-skating than meets the eye!'.
It has often been said that Febru~
ary is the month of birthdays of famous
or prominent men. And so, we wish to
extend our heartiest greetings to Abe
Lincoln, George Washington and Walt
Plummer,
CRIMSON AND WHITE
FOG ICR I I I IOI
*EXCHANGES *
FICO A AHIR OK
I like an exam
I think it's fun
I never cram
I don't flunk one.
(I'm the teacher)
--The Interlude
Visitor: Don't you find that a baby
brightens up a home wonderfully?
Young father; I do, We have the elec-
tric light on most of the
night now,
--The Pen Dragon
Boss: Say, what are you here for?
Someone called up and said you
weren't coming because you were
sick,
Employer: The joke's on him. He
wasn't suppnosed to call up until
tomorrow,
-~-Hxchange
I danca, I data,
Perchanca out lata,
A classa~ ——2 quizza,
No passa~~-----~alassa!
--Bethlehem Star
Do you know that:
100 of the unemployed are out of
work?
509 of the married people in the
country are women?
Doors can't be made out of trees,
because trees grow out of doors,
--The Harvester
Wanted; --A man to undertake the sale
of a new medicine, The advertiser
guarantees that it will be profitable
to the undertaker,
--The Harvester
jt b+
A.
Beautiful snow,
Lovely morn
Winter's child,
Now is born
Silver sleet
But chill hush
Will soon be
Gushy slush,
Now I'm up,
Mow I'm not-
Winter is-
Mot so hot!
---Terrace tribune
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Volunie TX
FEBRUARY 17, 1939
A SOBS FABLE
or
THE TRADNGY OF MARY AND CARRIE
is delightful,
vice at the sightful,
> for Carrie
hey will not tarry,
The outlook: for her is not brightful,
Beanteous le
Every night
Every night ho
All that sits with her
Is her flea-vitten cur,
For she is the queen of all prunes.
co:
y Mary spoons,
Garrie moons,
Ah, but here's the moral of my mse,
Gals with kisses for all (that are
loose)
Will end up in Reno
Playing solitaire and casino,
And drinking chilled Cactus juice.
So when you pick 'em, don't blunder,
And don't let him go asunder,
P.S, Mary no longer yearns,
For down among the ferns
She's lying--six feet under,
by Augusta Wind
(Joe Blows cousin)
GIRLS REDECORATE ROOM
Since Christmas vacation, Mrs, Bar-
sam's home decoration class has been re-
decorating the model living room of the
Home Economics department.
"The northern exposure of the room
has made it rather dark and dreary in
past years", Mrs. Barsam, head of the
sewing department, stated.
The class has made a study of tex-
tiles and has found that burgandy and
blue-green, warm colors, are most appro-
priate for such a room, The designs for
the materials used unite to carry out an
early American effect.
Virginia Jordan made a new valance
and curtain for the room's window, Dor-
othy Dey "tackled" the wicker chair and
recovered its cushion, With the help of
Miss Martin, art supervisor, Virginia
Jordan reframed three pictures for the
room, Winifred McLaughlin's book case
curtains and Ruth Rasp's desk lamp shade
add to the room's new beauty.
Virginia Mitchell and Helen Ehman
made a chevron couch cover, which, with
the burgandy and blue-green pillows by
Adele Corwin and Ruth Rasp, completes
the new furnishings,
The class changed the furniture ar-
rangement by first drawing the room and
furniture to scale to avoid inconven-
lence when moving the furniture,
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