CRIMSON AND WHITE
Vol. XXXI, No. 3
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
DECEMBER 3, 1956
CAREER SERIES
SCHEDULED
The guidance office, a branch of
Milne serving all students, is con-
ducting several projects, this year.
Mr. Howes announced that the
career series, popular in previous
years, will be presented again. The
student council has engaged ap-
proximately 20 speakers through
the Albany Kiwanis club to address
Milnites concerning various voca-
tions. The jobs discussed will be
those which received highest pre-
ference ratings on the sheets sub-
mitted by Milnites earlier this sem-
ester, They are as follows:
December 4
Nursing
'T.V. and Radio repairing
December 11
Aviation
Newspaper Reporting and Editing
January 8
Law and Judicial Work
Fashion Designing
January 15
College and Secondary School
Teaching
Auto Mechanics
February 5
Accounting
Physical Education
February 12
Forestry, Modeling
February 19
Social and Welfare Work
Typing and Bookkeeping
February 26
Medicine, Retailing
March 5
Elementary Teaching
Veterinary Medicine
March 12
Chemistry
Milne Conducts
Mock Election
“As Milne goes, so goes the na~
tion.” On election day, November
6, Milnites gave President Eisen-
hower a substantial vote of confi-
dence. 5
With over 94 per cent of the stu-
dent body voting, “Ike” and Nixon
received 307 ballots, while Steven-
son and Kefauver polled 104. Four
votes were cast for othe hus,
the Republican candidates _re-
ceived 74 per cent of Milne’s popu-
lar vote, as compared to 58 per cent
on.the national level...
Foreign. Relations Club Holds
- Assembly “Uedese
‘The Milne Foreign Relations. club
stimulated -iriterest in. the election |
by. sponsoring’:an assembly on No-
vember 5. Campaign issues such as
foreign policy, labor problems,, and
civil rights were ented ‘in’ a
panel discussion. Dick Berberian
and Bruce Daniels represented the
Republican Party, “while Bill Eng-
lander and Stephanie Condon spoke
for the Democrats.
MGA A. Sponso
T-E-A-M YEA TEAM!
Cheerleaders, Songleaders and Mascot, Hoppy
Bear, help get sports year off to to rousing start in Pep assembly, Nov. 21.
JuniorsSelect
New Books
The junior class is currently se-
lecting a number of new books for
the Milne library.
This project is done annually by
eleventh graders as an exercise in
both English and money manage-
ment. With the forty dollars al-
located to them by Miss Jackman,
the juniors plan to purchase books
appealing to the interests and read-
ing levels of Milnites.
Committee Chosen
A central student committee,
chosen by the class, will make final
selections based upon book reviews
submitted by all~-elass members.
When the choices ‘arrive, they
will be reserved temporarily for the
juniors’ use. Then-all of Milne will
have an opportunity to make use
of the ideas presented in this litera~
ture.
Societies Present
Rushes
The Quin and Sigma rushes have
been the cause of much excitement
in the two literary societies, Each
year, sophomore g: and any new
girlsin the senior high are invited
to‘ be erifertained in’ the-Jittle gym.
The-décorations and: plans are kept
secret whitil..the rushes are pre-
sented,
Quin in Undersea Merriment
Quin held its rush first this r,
The theme was an_under-water
city inhabited by sailors from a
sunken ship. One of the big sur-
prises of the afternoon was the ap-
pearance of a real mermaid. After
refreshments had been served, the
|show opened with the singing of
Students Cheer
Pep Assembly
The pep assembly, Monday, No-
vember 21, 1956, started off the
basketball season with a great deal
of school spirit. The assembly be-
gan with the singing of the Star
Spangled Banner, and the announce-
ments were read by Dr. Fossieck.
Each homeroom supervisor was
given schedule cards to hand out
of school spirit. The cheerleaders
were introduced, and to the sui
prise of the students the varsity
cheerleaders ran down the aisles
from the back of the auditorium
doing their first cheer in their brand
new uniforms.
Grogan Introduces Team
Coach Harry Grogan introduced
the varsity and jayvee teams and
the cheerleaders did an individual
cheer for each player. Rosemary
Becker, captain of the varsity cheer-
leading squad, introduced a new in-
dividual cheer to the students. The
songleaders, Terri Lester and Ginny
Huntington, led the school in sing-
ing “Crimson and White song” and
Cheer for the Team. The following
three cheers were led by the junior
varsity cheerleaders: Give Me an
“M’, Fight cheer and Clap cheer.
The’ varsity squad then took over
with Team cheer, Pep cheer and
Fight cheer.
“Atlantis,” followed by other dances
and_pantonimes coinciding with the
theme.
Sigma’s fish was held the fol-
lowing Tuesday. The little gym
looked “heavenly,” as the theme
was “Sigma is on her way to the
st Sigma girls, dr as
angels, served star cookies and
marshmallow angels. Annabel
Page, seated high atop the clouds,
introduced the varied acts.
ts Drive
| Council Heads
Subscription Drive
The M.G.A.A. council has com-
pleted a magazine subscription drive
|in Milne to enable the M.G.A.A. to
become a self-supporting organiza-
tion, independent of student tax
monies.
This drive, never before attempted
n Milne, was in progress all last
week.
Campaign Conducted Through
Homerooms
Eighteen girls representing the
Milne Girls Athletic Association
were selected as homeroom captains,
These girls gave each student in
his homeroom a letter, fully ex-
plaining the campaign, and a list of
the many and varied magazines of-
fered. Attached to the list were
four subscription blanks, to be filled
out and returned to the M.G:A.A.
Each student in the homeroom
was considered a poteritial sales-
man. The success of the campaign
depended on the ability of the stu-
dents in each homeroom to sell their
parents, neighbors, and friends, on
the idea of renewing old subscrip-
tions through the Milne Girls Ath-
letie Association.
Thermometer Indicated Progress
On the first floor bulletin boards
there was a thermometer to repre-
sent each homeroom, and a different
color for each grade. These ther-
mometers denoted the increase in
sales each day. By this method
the class and homeroom with the
best salesmen were indicated.
Other schools in this area have
had great success with this plan.
The Albany Academy for Girls sold
$3,600 worth, and St. Agnes sold
$3,100 worth. It is hoped by the
M.G‘A.A. council that the Milne
campaign can also be a success.
Math Dept.
Holds Contest
The Math department has an-
nounced a contest open to all Milne
students entailing the construction
of a geo-mobile, a mobile using geo-
metric designs cut from colored
paper, The contest began last Tues-
day and ended at the close of school
Friday.
The winners of the geo-mobile
contest will be announced this
week by the Math department,
IN SYMPATHY
We of the Crison and White,
on behalf of the Milne school,
extend our deepest sympathy to
Wesley Jacobs whose father
suddenly passed away on No-
vember 29.
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
DECEMBER 3, 1956
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No. 3
CRIMSON AND WHI’
Vol. XXXI DECEMBER 3, 1956
Published every three weeks by the
CRIMSON AND WHITE Board, The Milne
School, Albany, New York. Address ex-
changes to tie Exchange | Editor and
other correspondence to the Editor.
MEMBER
Columbia Scholastic Press Ass'n,
Empire State School Press Ass'n,
The Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief .Eugene Blabey ‘57
News Editor. Ellie McNamara ‘57
Associate Editor. Carolyn Male ‘57
Associate Editor. Ellen Sherman ‘57
Boys’ Sports Editor. Jim Cohen ‘57
Asst. Boys’ Sports Editor. Robert Snyder ‘58
Girls’ Sports Editor. Ellen Hoppner ‘57
Exchange Editor. "Trudy Frey ‘57
Staff Photographer. Howard Werner ‘58
Feature Editor. 2 ......Sue Hershey ‘57
Business Manager. Jane Armstrong '58
Chief Typist Helen Stycos ’57
Farulty Advisor Sr “Mr. Hugh Smith
The Staff
Terri Lester, Abby Perlman, Buddy Mehan, Ann Wilson,
Jim Dougherty, Linda Sherman, Judy Allen, Jed Allen,
Tony Sroka, Betty Wassmer, Penny Male, Annabel Page
and Jean Verlaney. ool
A READER RESPONDS
Dear Sir:
I believe your proposal of Nov. 2, 1956 for
an earlier election of the student council would
be advantageous in the functioning of the stu-
dent council as well as benefiting the student
body.
Although I am in favor of the suggestions, I
believe that there are two main points that
should be altered. First I think that the elec-
tions should be held in early February instead
of January, Mid-term examinations are held
in January. Therefore, it could be too much
of a load for the junior class to have both mid-
terms and the election in the same month.
February is not too late to hold the elections,
and | think that it need cause no damage to
the idea of early elections. My second altera-
tion would be to have the new officers assume
their duties the following September as is now
the practice. Your editorial proposed that the
new officers should assume their duties immedi-
ately, while the old officers would attend all
meetings as ex-officio officers and act as ad-
visors, | believe that the new officers should
attend all meetings as ex-officio officers and
take an active part in the proceedings in order
that the new officers could learn their jobs and
their particular responsibilities before they take
office. This plan would eliminate the fact that
the present student council would have to
relinquish half of their term in’ office in order
that the new election system be put into effect.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Dougherty ‘57
EDITOR'S NOT
In the last e of the C&W the editor proposed
consideration of a January date for the election of
the senior student council rather than the present May
date. Briefly our reason for this proposal was the
fact that there can be little unity of action by the
council under the present system, as the new officers
take office after the old officers have graduated.
We understand that the suggestion has occasioned
considerable exchange of opinion among our students,
The editor relinquishes most of the usual editorial in
order that we might publish a letter on this topic by
a student with pertinent views.
ilne
ERRY RounD
Dale Metzger, Moria Hickey, Scott Roberts, Katie
Simmons, Paul Rissberger, Sue MeNeil, George
Creighton, Joyce Seymour, and Bill Rulison all at-
tended a very enjoyable open house given by Kathi
Hunter.
The seventh, eighth, and ninth grade soccer teams
were the guests of B.C.HS, at a recent playday. Linda
Ogden, Susan Hanke, Joyce Rissberger, Marianne
Maynard, Kathy Hendrickson, Linda Schincel, Carol
Ricotta, Janice Lenda, gnd Patti Kercull all played
their best and enjoyed themselves.
Sue Goldman decided to throw a surprise party for
Annabel Page to celebrate Annabel’s seventeenth
birthday. Ping-pong, renovated slot machines (reno-
vated so you don’t need to use a nickel), and eating
was a challenge to Eileen Hannan, Carol Rathbun,
Carol Newton, Margy Fisher, Cynthia Frommer, Jane
Armstrong, Ellie McNamara, Rita Gosnell, Pat Moore,
Carol Becker, Pat Scoons, Rosie Becker, Joan Parry,
Stephanie Condon, Miss Murray and Betsy Price.
‘The “cats” that were climbing up the “wall” at the
first Loudonville canteen were: Dorothy Hoyle, Wayne
Grant, Steve Radin, Mary Breeze, Pat Lewis, John
Breeze, Bob Kercull, Ed Sells, Sandy Sutphen, Bob
Killough, Bill Hoff, Nancy Jones, Joan Haworth, Joan
Switzer, Henry Hallet, and Bruce Daniels.
Nancy Mathusa held her annual all-day party. Ann
Quickenton, Wes Jacobs, Mary Lou Haworth, Howie
Wildove, Connie Evans, Ricky Sauter, Ann’ Pitkin,
Fred Taylor, and Kip Grogan are in favor of this
practice being continued, since a good time was had
by all.
The M.B.A.A. held it’s annual movie with all pro-
ceeds going toward the varsity sweaters. Mary Mc-
Nutt, Henry Hallet, Karen Dougherty, Larry Berman,
Ann son, Tom Sternfeld, Nancy Alfred, Jim Cohen,
and many other avid movie fans supported the
M.B.A.A, and enjoyed themselves.
The “Turkey Trot” sponsored by the Junior Student
council was a huge success, Mary Lewis, Mic Grogan,
Nancy Daniels, Janet Surrey, Mick Doget, Candy
King, Sarah Garhart, Randy Snider, Lnda Van Landt,
Howard Halligan, and Charles Lewis were all tired
after a wonderful evening of dancing.
Several seniors have been visiting colleges lately.
Sandy Wurst, Ellen Sherman, Doris Markowitz and
Carolyn Male were interviewed at the University of
Rochester. Jean Eisenhart visited Bryn Mawr and
Middlebury, while Ellen Hoppner went to Smith.
—by Ann, Abby ’n Buddy
—___ALUMNEWS ———
Arthur Melius ’54, has been selected for listing in
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Arthur is president of the junior class at Hamilton
college. :
hard P. Nathan ’53, was recently elected a mem-
ber-at-large of the Interfraternity council at Brown
university where he attends college.
Nancy Olenhouse ’53, is currently on the Dean's list
at St. Lawrence university where she is a senior.
Karl Becker ’53, has been appointed to the Dealer
Cooperative Training Program of General Motors by
the Hall-Ehlert G.M.C. Sales, Inc. of Albany.
Thomas M. Nathan ’55, has been invited into the
Zeta Charge of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at
Brown university.
Paul Howard ’56, has made the freshman basketball
team at Hobart college.
Russel Peck ’56, has also made the freshman basket-
ball team. Russ attends Ithaca college.
—by Terri Lester
JUNIOR
HIGHLIGHTS
By JUDIE ’n JED
The junior high has started its
social activities for the year. Satur-
day afternoon, the tenth of Novem-
ber, the whole junior council deco-
rated the gym with preposterous
looking cardboard turkeys. They
were preparing for the “Turkey
Trot” to be held that night from
7:30 to 10:30 in Page gym.
The decorations group was under
the direction of a committee headed
by Jed Allen. Joan Switzer and
Carol West were the co-chairmen,
We had two disc-jockeys to organ-
ize the records. They were sopho-
mores Bob Blabey and Dick Collins.
Greeting the chaperons, Mrs, Brita
Walker and Mr, Harold Howes,
were host and hostess Dave Blabey
and Joan Switzer.
Dance and Entertainment
Big Success
The dance proved to be a big
success as two hundred students
turned out for it, Entertainment
was presented from all three grades,
From the seventh grade was Judy
Margolis pantomiming and Sheila
Hoff and Gail O’Brien singing.
Barbara Airey, who pantomomed,
was the only eighth grade enter-
tainer. A guitar solo by Cathy
Pabst and pantomimes by Dorothy
Hoyle, Barbara Lester, and Judy
Johnson completed the evening's
entertainment,
Eighth Grade Holds Class Meeting
An eighth grade class meeting
was held on Thursday, November 1,
in the library. The purpose of the
meeting was to elect class officers.
The results of the balloting were the
election of the president, Dave
Blabey; vice president, Steve Rice;
secretary, Penny Pritchard; and
treasurer, Kenny Lockwood. The
class discussed a number of things.
Among these were the time and
place to have the meetings and what
amount of dues to be collected.
However, these things were not
thoroughly discussed due to an
early adjournment.
Study Drive
You often hear seniors say “How
I wish I'd studied harder in junior
high.” It seems that when you
study hard and get credible grades
in your seventh, eighth and ninth
grade years, you are ready for the
harder studies of the senior high
classes. Junior high homeroom
teachers are taking measures to im-
prove study habits. Study sheet
stating the ABC's of studying have
been passed out to the various
homerooms. The teachers are try-
ing to help each student to work
hard and get good grades. A good
job is being done as the marks are
rapidly improving.
Cheerleading Under Handicap
The junior varsity cheerleaders
have been preparing for the start of
the basketball season under handi-
caps. There have been several in-
juries. Joan Haworth broke her
toe but is confident that she will
“be on her toes” before long. Bar-
bara Lester had a more serious acci-
dent and will be out slightly longer.
With the exception of these unfor-
tunate happenings, the squad has
been practicing daily with the help
of three State girls,
DECEMBER 3, 1956
CRIMSON
ND WHITE
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Ellen Edits
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If you watched the Pep Assembly
before the Cobleskill game, you
must have noticed some changes in
our cheerleaders. The varsity has
new, sparkling white uniforms and
bright red sneakers. Along with the
new uniforms, there are also some
new faces in the cheerleading club.
The new songleaders chosen from
the senior class are Terri Lester and
Ginny Huntington. Our mascot this
year is an eighth grader, Judy
Safranko. Along with the varsity
and junior varsity cheerleaders,
these girls will be cheering at our
games this year. Let’s all support
the team this year!
Playdays
December eighth marks the date
for a volleyball playday at B.C.HS.
One team made up of senior high
girls will go to the high school, and
a team of ninth graders will play
at Bethlehem’s junior high school.
A soccer playday was held at
B.C.HS. in the beginning of No-
vember, The affair was a success
especially for the team made up of
seventh and eighth graders. The
girls who represented these two
grades at the playday were Joyce
Rissburger, Pat Kercull, Janice
Lenda, Susie Sutphen, Sue Hanke,
Carol Klemka, Joan Kallenbach,
Cindy Coffin, Anne Oliphant, Linda
Schincel, Carol Ricotta, and Linda
Ogden. ‘The ninth grade girls also
had a team at this playday, but it
did not do as well as the seventh
and eighth grade team whose record
was two wins, one tie, and only one
loss. The members of the ninth
grade team were Dorothy Hoyle,
Bobbie Lester, Sarah Gerhardt,
Charleen Knorr, Wilma Mathusa,
Kathy Hendrickson, Joan Haworth,
Linda Dillenback, Ann Wilson, Pat
O’Brien, Marianne Maynard, and
Carole Smith.
M.G.A.A. Magazine Sale
The M.G.A.A. council wants to
thank everyone who helped support
our magazine drive by buying
magazines this year. And don’t for-
get to save your subscriptions for
next year when we hold the drive
again.
Down Ball
Our gym classes have been in-
doors lately because of weather
conditions, Hockey and soccer have
had to be discarded on the grounds} ;
that fingers were beginning to
freeze to the hockey sticks and snow
had begun to cover the goals posts.
Instead of the usual murder ball in
the little gym, Miss Murray has in
troduced a new game called “down
ball” to the Milne girls. This game
is a brother to baseball because
there are three bases used, but there
are several rules which make it
different from the national pastime.
One of the rules is that any number
of people may be on a base at one
time. There is no: bat used—the
batter simply throws the rubber
murder ball in any direction, and
then runs. Outs are made when the
runners i when
the ball is in the pitch hand
All in all down ball is a hectic but
rather interesting change from the
usual winter games.
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GET THAT BALL! Milne’s Bill Hoff (27) and Cobleskill ace, Earl O'Neil
(19) try for ball in opening jump of Milne’s
t game of the season.
Jr. High Sports
By JED ALLEN
The years spent on juni
teams are the building ye:
of Milne’s senior high
teams.
organized interscholastic basketball
in the eighth grade.
Teams Look Good Despite
Player Loss
Milne’s eighth grade team and the
frosh team look very promising.
However, five freshman boys have
been moved up from the freshman
team to play jayvee basketball,
These boys are Chuck Lewis, Jed
Allen, Dave Male, Steve Einhorn,
and Henry Hallet,
The unusual number of freshmen
playing jayvee basketball means
that there are subsequently a num-
ber of eighth graders on the fresh-
man team. The team members as
they were announced on Friday,
Nov. 30 were Steve Rice, George
Jenkins, Stuart Horn, Ken Lock-
wood, eighth graders, and Bob
Kentwell, Herb Carey Bill Nathan,
Ted Standing, Richard Hutchinson,
and Glen Woodard.
The eighth grade team had not
been announced as of last Friday.
There is a possibility that due to
the unusual number of eighth grad-
ers on the freshman team that there
will be no eighth grade team in
nterscholastic competition, but
rather a practice unit.
Both Teams Have Full Schedule
Although the final dates for the
eighth grade and frosh teams have
not been decided upon at this time,
it is kn6éwn that the eighth grade
will face Columbia twice, Albany
Academy twice, and Shenendehowa
twice. The freshmen opened their
season Saturday night losing 19-29
to Chatham. The rest of their games
will be played against the same op-
ponents as the eighth grade plus
Van Rensselaer, B.C.H.S., and pos-
‘ly Vincentian,
Smith and Hoff to Coach Teams
Jim Smith of State college, and
varsity player, Bill Hoff will coach
the teams. Coach Smith will handle
the frosh team while Bill Hoff will
basketball
Most classes start playing
coach the eighth grade,
Cobleskill Nips
Milne in Opener
The Cobleskill Red Devils fought
off a Milne rally in the closing
minutes of the game, to edge the
Red Raiders 65-64 in a thrill packed
opener, on Tuesday, November 20 in
Page gym.
Hoff Equals Record
A. capacity crowd watched Bill
Hoff equal the Milne scoring record
for one game, by rackinb up 34
points, He tied the mark set by
Creighton Cross in 1954 against
Roesselville.
Cobleskill Gains First Half Edge
After trailing 3-2, Cobleskill
moved into the lead and held a
16-12 advantage at the end of the
first period. The Red Devils put on
a spurt midway through the second
quarter, to pull away out in front
35-24, "The Red Raiders narrowed
the gap down to 37-30 at halftime.
Red Devils Hold Off Rally
Milne managed to lower the
margin to five points, as Cobleskill
led 51-46 at the end of the third
period.
Milne battled back to within one
point, trailing 55-54 early in the
final quarter, when Pete Pappas hit
on two foul shots to send the Raiders
ahead for the first time since the
opening minutes of the contest.
Milne increased their lead to 59-57,
but the Red Devils tied it up at 59
all. The score was again dead-
locked at 61-61 and 63 all, before
Earl O'Neil hit on a jump shot to
put the visitors ahead for good.
The player with the highest total
for Milne outside of Hoff, was Jim
Cohen with 11 points, while O’Neil
and Bob Evans had 20 and 16 re-
spectively, for Cobleskill.
The Milne J.V. soundly trounced
the Cobleskill J..V. 48-20, as Henry
Hallett was high scorer with twelve
points.
Sophomores Supplement New Team
Five Sophs to
Play Varsity
Basketball practice for the 1956-
57 season began in the big gym on
Thursday, November 1. The players
are working spiritedly during the
practice sessions held daily, in prep-
ation for the coming league race.
Varsity Includes Sophs
6-1” Bill Hoff is the
ing varsity player,
Jim Cohen, Pete Pappas, Larry
Berman, and Bob Knouse, and
junior Tom Sternfeld are advancing
from. 's junior varsity,
which came along strong at the end
of the season. Moving up from last
year’s fine freshmen team to round
out the varsity squad are five prom-
ising sophomores, They are 6'-3”
Don (Pee Wee) Lewis, Dick Lock-
wood, Bob Blabey, Kip Grogan, and
Buddy Mehan.
The height and rebounding
strength provided by Hoff and
Lewis, should help to offset the in-
experience of this present squad.
The team has shown steady im-
provement during the last few
weeks of practice.
only return-
while seniors
JV. Paced by Juniors
The jayvee team which is coached
by Denny Dempster, who has played
basketball for State the past two
seasons, has three juniors back from
last year’s club, The trio which in-
cludes Bill Warren, Ed Sells, and
Clayton Knapp is joined by ‘three
sophomores, two of them advancing
from last season's freshmen team,
They are Fred Taylor and Larry
Giventer, and a newcomer to Milne,
Wes Jacobs, For the first time in
a number of years, there are fresh-
men present on the jayvee squad.
This group includes Chuck Lewis,
Henry Hallett, Jed Allen, Dave
Male, and Steve Einhorn, who all
should see considerable action this
winter.
Although the team does not fea-
ture many experienced players, ade-
quate height is supplied by Warren,
Lewis, and Hallett, and they along
with the others, have shown the
potential needed for developing into
a fine club,
Raiders Surprise Cobleskill
The Raiders surprised everyone in
their opener against Cobleskill last
week, by losing to the highly rated
Red Devils by only one point, They
battled into the lead in the final
quarter, after being down by eleven
points in the second period, only to
|have the winning basket scored
against them in the last minute of
play.
After watching the team put up a
fine battle against Cobleskill, lets
get out to the games to cheer our
teams on to victory, and to let them
know we're behind them.
Milne Met Columbia Friday
Milne played Columbia Friday in
their first Iéague contest of the sea-
|son, at Page gym, and met Chatham
Saturday night, also at home.
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CRIMSON AND WHITE
DECEMBER 3, 1956
Seniors Scan
Colleges
By SUE HERSHEY
Colleges are much on the mind of
almost every senior nowadays.
Everyone is frantically trying to
keep his marks up, write for and
take part in the dozens of activi-
ties that every senior engages in.
Writing for an application and a
catalogue is the first step in ap-
plying to a college. The student
wants, naturally, to impress the
college with his ability to space and
flawlessly write a letter. In an ef-
fort to be perfect, nothing quite
reaches this level. Several dozen
sheets of notepaper are usually
wasted before the letter is approved
by the critical student.
After the letter is written, the
student haunts the mailbox for days
in the hope that an answer has ar-
rived. He is terrified that, for some
reason, he will not receive an ap-
plication, Finally, the application
arrives, but there is no catalogue.
The application states that the ap-
plicant must study the catalogue
carefully. More agonizing days of
waiting follow. Eventually the
catalogue arrives. Now the student:
is ready to fill in the application.
Filling in Applications
Following several days of rest,
the student attacks his application
with renewed vigor. He finds that
marks are an important part of a
student’s completed application.
After figuring out his marks, the
student finds that even if he gets
all A’s this year, (which, of course,
he is sure to do), he will still have
an average of about 80, His friends
suggest such exciting vocations as
basket weaving or pretzel twisting,
but this student has ambition. He
wants to go to college.
College applications consist of
many questions, One of these ques-
tions asks the student for his stand-
ing in his class. With this question
the student feels that his college
days are over before they begin.
if he
finds that had_ several
come valedicto
moment ther n
of it. He contemplates removing
the students that are ahead of him
by violent means, but helpful
friends points out that his college
years would probably be spent in
Sing Sing.
Some colleges asks for a photo-
graph of the student, The student
frantically hunts for a good picture
of himself, The only picture that
seems to qualify is one he had taken
when he was ten. The next best
bet seems to be to find a picture
of some prominent, intelligent
person in his younger years. He
sends this hoping that the college
will not notice the resemblance.
Finally, the student sends his ap-
plication in. At night he has hor-
rible nightmares in which he
dreams that he has forgotten to fill
in part of the application or that
he will be turned down at every
college that he applies to. -
That summer vacation between
high school and college will be es-
pecially welcorhe this year and
very, very necessary if present con-
ditions are any indication!
What’s Cooking
In F. H. A.
The Future Homemakers of
America chapter in Milne started
with thirty-six members partici-
pating in each meeting under the
able leadership of its new officers:
Helen Stycos, president; Sandy
Myers, vice-president; Mary Lou
Bentley, secretary; Esther Clum,
treasurer,
Fall FHA. Rally Held
Recently a fall FHA. rally was
held at Fonda, New York. Along
with Mrs, Barsam, faculty advisor
for FHA. were Helen Stycos,
Sandy and Shirley Myers, Pat
Moore, and Wileen Hannon.’ The
various schools attending discussed
their plans for the year, Another
rally in the sprnig is being planned.
FHA, Now at Work on Projects
The F.H.Aers are now assem-
bling Christmas snow-twin pins
and lapel corsages to be sold soon.
The price will be fifty cents apiece.
Eventually the girls will begin col-
lecting used toys from persons who
care to donate them. These will be
repaired and donated to a child’s
hospital center. In January, FHA.
will hold its annual bake sale. The
money from this sale usually goes
towards the expenses of sending
representatives to the F.H.A, state
convention held sometime in the
spring.
Red Cross News
The Milne chapter of the Ameri-
can Junior Red Cross held its an-
nual membership drive last week.
This organization held an assembly
November 15 to launch
ing campaign.
Bill Airey, president of the Milne
group, led the assembly. Other
speakers were John Breeze, Bar-
bara Airey, and Dr. Van Cleve, di-
rector of the Center for Commu-
nity Studies at State college.
Inquiring Reporter
By HANK ’N CHUCK
Question: What do you think of
boy cheerleaders?
Asked of: junior
varsity cheerleaders.
Judie Allen: Oh no!
Joan Swi Ha! Ha!
Pat O’Brien: That I’d like to see.
Grace Stephens: A genuine idea,
boy!
Barbara Lester: I would like to
belong to that squad.
Sandy Sutphen: Their knees are
too bony.
Joan Haworth: I think Fred Bass
and George Houston would make
wonderful cheerleaders.
Rosie Becker: Put them in our
cheerleaders outfits, and they'd be
great!
Jane Armstrong: This takes con-
their
varsity and
Terrible.
in: Pretty gawky.
ny Huntington: I'd love ‘em.
rri Lester: Great!!
Jean Verlaney: Girls are far, far
better!
Abby
great.
Dee Huebner: They'd be great in
a girls’ school.
Sue McNeal: They're all right if
girls cheer with them.
Judy Safranko: They're all right,
I guess,
Perlman: That would be
Honor Roll
Posted
The Honor Roll for the second
marking period was announced by
Dr. Theodore Fossieck on Friday,
November 16,
In the ninth grade all A’s were
received by Charles Lewis and Ar-
lene 'Tobonsky. Waren Abele,
Nancy Alfred, Judith Allen, Linda
Dreis, Stephen Einhorn, | Henry
Hallet, Joan Haworth, Kathy Hen-
drickson, Ken Hoffman, Viriginia
Lange, Amy and Ruth Malzberg,
Douglas Margolis, Marianne May-
nard, Earl Miller, Peter Moran, Bill
Nathan, Pat O’Brien, Cathie Pabst,
John Reepmeyer, Ted Standing and
Sandra Stuphen were the ninth
graders who received B or better on
their report cards,
Bob Blabey was the only tenth
grader who received all A’s on his
report card. B's or better were re-
ceived by Fred Bass, Bob Bildersee,
Dick Collins, Larry Giventer, Dick
Greer, Martha Hesser, Sybillyn
Hoyle, Dee Huebner, Gloria Knorr,
George Lejnieks, Ann Marshall,
Deborah McMillan, Ann Pitkin,
Ann Quickenton, Paula Propp,
Betsy Snyder, Max Steibel, Fred
Taylor, Michael Ungerman and
Linda White.
Stephanie Condon and Jean Ver-
laney were the only juniors who
received all A’s on their report
cards, Jane Armstrong, Tom Cant-
well, Elaine Cohen, Doreen Gold-
berg, Sue Goldman, Bob Killough,
Igor Magier, Pat Moore, Annabel
Page, Abby Perlman, | Adrienne
Rosen, and Judith Shincel were the
juniors who received B or better on
their report card.
Doris Markowitz and Eugene
Blabey were the only two seniors
who received all A’s on their report
card this marking period, Esther
Clum, Jean Eisenhart, Mary Felker,
Sue Hershey, Victor Hoffman, Bllen
Hoppner, ‘Carolyn Male, | Ellen
Sherman, Russell Weber, and Sandy
Wurst were the few seniors who re~
ceived B or better on their report
cards,
Gallery Shows
Mosaics
The interior design class of
Milne's art department has under-
taken a project which involves an
ancient medium that has been re-
vived by artists for decorative pur-
poses. This type of art is the
mosaic. Each member of the class
has made a plan of a mosaic de~
sign using colored paper cut into
geometric designs and mounted.
The mosiacs are on exhibit in the
Milne gallery in front of the art
room. Twelve different and un-
usual mosaic plans are on exhibit
there.
Stein's Design Made Into Table Top
The design of Carolyn Stein, a
Milne senior, was chosen by the
members of the class to be made
into a real mosaic table top. This
design is an abstraction of leaves
in browns, grays, and greens, The
construction of the table will be a
class project under the direction of
Mrs., Brita Walker, Milne’s art in-
structor. The mosaic will be made
from Italian tiles on plywood.
By LINDA ’N JIM
DORIS MARKOWITZ
The year—1965, The place—Cor-
nell_university. ‘The occasion—a
degree of Doctor: of Medicine has
been conferred on Doris Markowitz,
Her ambition to be a doctor has
finally come true. This is the fu-
ture we predict for Doris,
When you attended the senior
class play (if you didn’t, you really
missed a great play) you saw Doris
as a member of the cast. Doris has
been active in dramatics at the
Arena theater at State college, but
she plans to take pre-med courses
at Cornell. Doris is practicing what
it will be like to wear a white coat
by wearing her chem lab coat to
most of her classes,
Doris describes her locker as the
“Black Hole of Calcutta” because
it is so clean and neat. In it you
can find gum wrappers, broken
shoelaces, a dirty lab coat, and a
bedraggled gym suit besides all her
books,
Dancing (the mambo and the cha-
cha are her favorites), driving
around Albany at twenty m.p.h.,
playing the piano, participating in
dramaties, and ‘talking, — talkin;
talking, are Doris’ favorite pas!
times.
Being a member of Quin, literar:
editor of B & I, and senior glee club
take up most of her time, That's
why Doris finds college applica-
tions that ask too many questions
so annoying,
After leaving Milne, Doris will
miss trying to study in the senior
room while Elvis is singing “Love
Me Tender”.
LARRY BERMAN
In September 1951, Lawrence
Bruce Berman was officially en-
rolled as a member of the class of
‘57. Now, six years later, Larry is
a senior, at the end of a’ long and
active Milne career.
Larry was born on July 10, 1939
in the “little hamlet” of Water-
town, New York. He attended
school 16 before coming to Milne
as a small and shy seventh grader,
Larry is an all-around athlete.
He played frosh basketball and
baseball, j.v. baseball and basket-
ball, and this year is a member of
the varsity in both of these sports.
Also, besides athletics, Larry is
active in other Milne organizations.
He is the president of the M.B.A.A,,
and a member of both Adelphoi and
the student-faculty committee. He
was also a member of the Hi-Y and
Hams, Inc.
Larry is an avid sports fan as
well as a participant in sports. He
attends every sports contest he pos-
sibly can.
He is heading toward a career in
chemical engineering. Larry _in-
tends to do his schooling at either
Tufts, Syracuse or Bucknell uni-
versity.
