CRIMSON AND WHITE
Friday, April 20, 1934
THE MILNE SCHOOL
Albany, N. Y.
Volume IV, Number 22
JUNIOR NEWS
8TH GR»DER TO SPEAK IN CONTEST
Herbert Marx will tuke the place
of Grover Fayles, whe has left Milne,
in the Junior High prize speaking con-
test on Thursday, april 26.
The participants have chosen their
selections and are new learning them.
Miss Moore, supervisor of English, is
in charge of the contest.
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS aCTIVE IN SPORTS
The eighth grade girls are
chead of the ninth geride girls in the
baseball games they have been playing
on Tuesdey and Thursday.
The girls’ tennis classes have
been practicing serves and playing
games.
CRIMSON «ND WHITE ORGaNIZED
IN 1904.5 SENIOR HIGH PuPER
(This article hes been written
after research by Virginia Tripp and
Elizabeth Simmons.)
In 1904, when Milne High School
wes located on Willett Street, the
first CRIMSON «. WHITE stuff was
orgenized, aS a paper for the senior
high school. When the schcol burned
down during the Christmas holidays of
1905, oll recoras of the beginning of
the CRIMSON ..ND WHITE were lost.
The first editorial staffs were
self-perpetuating. School spirit
clone was responsible for the publi-
cation of the paper. There were at
first two students who served as
editor-in-chief; later the number was
reduced to one. There was a special
editor for exch department. «an un-
written lew previded thi.t a senior be
the editor-in-chief,
The first issues of the CRIMSON
AND WHITE were enclosed in a standard-
Taed cover, with alternating rea and
white designs. In every annual
issue wos printed a picture of the
editorial staff.
The publication of the CRIMSON
uND WHITE has never been discontinued
From the time of the first edition--
thirty yeers igo.
DR. FREDERICK SPE.KS TO STUDENTS
"De not neglect your work now
that the wonderful spring dnys are
heree You have « jcb to dc und you
had better co it," Dr. fre.erick,
JUNIOR HIGH TO HVE P..RTY
The members of the junior high
sehool will have a party next Friday
night. «according to Foster Sipperly,
president of the junior Student Council,
the boys of the stucent ccuncil will
have charge of the perty. «unyone
wishing tc wive ideas abcut the party
may speck with his homeroom Student
Council member.
PLaY RUHEARS.LS TO BEGIN MONDAY
The first rehecrsal for "The
Legend of Sleepy Holliw", a play written
by the suver.th eri.ders, will be held
Monday at two o'clock in the Pege Hall
auditorium. Tach seventh grade English
Class is in ch:.rge of one of the four
acts, although the principal characters
will cppe..r throughout the play. The
parts hve now been mimeographed and
handec out to the members of the cast.
DEB.TING CLUB CHOOSES SPIL.KERS
The Debating Club has chosen the
following members to perticipate in
the debute which they will give in
essembly in Mayr Herbert Marx, Frank-
lin Steinhardt, David Ellison, Wilson
Hume, James Griffin, ond Seeley Funk.
NBWSP..PER CLUB SELS MGIC
at the meeting of the Newspiper
Chub Wednesday, Virginia Tripp und
Elizabeth Simmons presented a program
which included magic tricks presented
by Lyzn Sims and assisted by Bernie
Swartz.
These two junior high schecl
students have given this pregram last
Friday iu homeroom 155 and Tuesday in
hemercom 129. They will clso appear
in homerocm 124 today and in homercom
130 Menday.
SOCL.L SCIENCE CL.SSES PLAN PROJECE
The eighth grade socicl science
class which meets in recm 121 at twelve
o'clock is planning to have a political
Convention. The seventh grade classes
whioh meet at nine o'clock aid cone
o'elocl are making an «albany cuide book.
SIF FOR JUNIOR 3
Ecitor-in-chief
Maii.ging Editor ‘Richard Jncrews
4#8S.ci.te Bliters
Christin: Buyreuther Bernie Swurtz
June Weir
Sperts Editcr Murtin Creesy
Circulaticn Editor Billy Bur ess
Cimp:sing Stuff
Ben cmin Deu, lus Seldon Knudsen
George Farringtcn Gerdon Robinson
Reypcrters
Benjamin Doug li.s
Betty Leiteh
Virginie M..son
Virginia Mitchell
Betty Schultz
LITER..RY ST..PF
Ethel Fasoldat Frances Seymcur
Mille Hall Eliz beth Sinmons
Sylvia Rypins Virginia Tripp
Jane Weir
QéT Seas DANCE
Junicr high school stucents us
well «s these in the senior hijh shcul
buy tickets for the dance toniyht in
Pace hill. The money which is ccllec-
€ will be used for the °.1.S.u.
lirship, jZiven to the pupil with
erectest number of pints on the home-
room churt. Sceme duy you junior high
stucents may receive the schol rship.
This year some of the money col-
lected will be used tc buy « p.nel
chich will be put between Professor
Sayles’ cffice ond room lel. Each
yesr the nume <f the student who
wins the schel:.rship will be «dded te
this pinel. Scme day you micht be
vic vf vue luye. cnes whose names
ru oa. tau liste
STUDENTS VOTE FOR FOPULAR ACTORS
In & recent questionncire tuken
in mest of the homeroums, it was
ciscovered that Eddie Countor leads
Jimmy Durante in popularity, with «
vote of 58 to 41; Greta Garbo leds
Mcrlene Déetrich by 54 to 45; Marie
Dressler overwhelmed May Robson with
125 to 0; and Frenchot Tone ws 46
votes behind Rebert Young.
4PRIL BIRTHDAYS
The following junior high school
students hive birthd.ys on the fol-
lowing dates in april:
Jenn MeDermett 11
Robert Gale ag)
Richird Campbel 2b
John Crawford dames Griffin 26
Wilson Hume Joyce Murdick 25
Virginia Jordin 10 Lowell Gypsen 26
Richsrd Pulund 10 wMitcholl Ford 2&7
John akullion ©
Helen anthony
Mery Winshurst
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Volume TV, Number 22 (2)
‘QUESTION BOX
Question: Ii. what way do ycu think
Milne Hicgh Schcol c.uld be improved?
Marion Kusbat; I think thet we
should have fcootbell and cther sports
tc & greater de,ree.
Nery Ellen Gillett; Eutert:inments
shculd net be ecntrelled so exter-
sively by certcin gercups.
Nerm: Kipewich: Tnere is not e-
neugh discipline in classes.
Lewell Gypscn: There ure tco mny
foolish rules cnd tec much hemewerk.
Charles Buyreuther: Tnere is too
much hcmework, Gnd not encugh par=
tiess
Thom.s Parran; Newspcper should
print more ¢cnstructive criticisms,
instead of harmful ones.
Frances Levitz; We shculd huve
mere assembly pregrums ond better
ccmcperaticn’
BTL ULvis CLUB QUESTION BOX
Question; Whenever I am is.vited
cut to dinner I hve « tendency
to tuke o drink cf wi ter just as
scch Gs we cre sected ut the tible.
Is it G11 right?
answer: wn't do ite Den't play
with the silver cr twirl your
w..ter goblet either. These ace
betriy the fact thi.t you
= J em cut euting I
ch fork or specn
“2 you help me?
answers; The best wny to knew is
ts lecrn tc set the teble cor-
rectly <t heme. In any cise,
essuming tht the table is core
rectly set, use the silver fir-
thest iway from the plate for
the first c-urse, etc. If in
dlubt, f llow the hustess.
BOOK REVIEW
Hive gou reud, The Light That
Failed, by Rudycra Kipling? It 1s
e Story «bout .. yours mewspiper
urtist who receives a blew on the
heed during .. bettle in afric.,
which ccuses his blintness. His
friend, Torpendow, gees beck to
‘frict., and Dick f:llows, blindly.
In the end--but reid it yourself
te find cut. Like cl] <f Kiplin 's
bo. ks, it hus beth leewl color and
Ocnvers..tion. You will fin? The
Licht Thet Fu.iled in the Milne
High librcry.
