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CRIMSON AND WHITE FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939 ALBANY, N. Y.

VOLUME IX

T H E M I L N E S C H O O L

SENIOR NEWS NUMBER 20

SENIORS P m i FIML EXERCISSS; GrMDWR HEADS CIuISS 17IGHT

With commGiiCGmont just around tho corner, the Seniors have plans under way for their final exer-cises. Boh Gardner is the chairman of the class night committoo. Others on the committee are Jack Crawford, liiriam El et chcr, John Gulnac, and Betto 0?incher.

The comiaittce has cho-sen Betto Tincher and Doris Welsh to v/rite the class prophecy. Boh Gale is chairmD.n of the Senior Ball. The words of the class song, vrhich Joe Ledden has composed, vdll ho tho class poem. Seniors arc keeping nicany of their plans secret.

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OEEHil SOCIETY PRESENTS JAPAITESE MIKADO

UHIVEHSITIES SPOITSOR WEEISi® TRIPS

Cornell o.nd Syracuse Universities arc sponsor-ing weekend trips to in-terest junior and senior girls for college. This af't or no on A1 era B e i k, Salljr Devorcux, and Flor-ence Herher vdll leave for Ithaca an tho guests of tho Albany Chapter of the Cornell Alumnae, They will reside on the Cornell campus until Sun-day afternoon.

Snow-capped Houiit Eii j -iyama and Jo,pano30 cherry "blossoms furnish the "back-ground of the Hilgj do, a Gilbert and Sullivan oper-etta, v/hich the State College C^eratic Society •vdll present tonight in

Hall at 8:30. The first production of the operetta was last night.

Dr. T. F. H. Candlyn, assistant professor of music, and John Uordoll '39, a first semester stu-dent teacher, are direct-ing the production. Tick-ets are fifty cents.

Mr. David Kroman, who (continued in next column)was formerly a mathematics

supervisor in Milne, has returned to play one of the leads.

COMING ATTEclCTlONS

May 12 - Sigma Banquet Q,T.S.A,

May 19 - Moving Up Day Horse Show

Juno 10 - Excursion To Kingston Point

Juno 16 - Class Night Senior Ball

Juno 26 - Commencement

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Several uni-'-r a:.', soni or gir 1 s 0f M i c -i • ended a tea yost'.r' ay ernoon spcnscrod • Syracuse Women's Olro i" Albany, Lator in t'lo spring:, iri'-? vdll : to Syraciise for colic v / o o k o n d ,

MILNE GROUP ATTENDS F.P.A, CONVEHTION

Mrs, Vcr<a Mieh-els Dean, famed lecturer cand author, delivered an address in Page Hall last Wednesday afternoon to student representatives cf nearby schools, iln as-sembly of approxip.ntely 1000 persons haard I-irs, Dean speak on "Our Respon-sibility in the World Cri-sis, 14rs. Dean is Research Director ? f the PPA's Nat-ional Council and made a special trip here from Vassar Crlicge for the event. Her latest book is Europe in Retreat.

Previous to Mrs, Dean's appearance, 14 Milne Sen-ior High history students and a group of Junior High 9th Grade Social Study rep-resentatives went to the Capitol District FPA held in Albany at the Joseph Henry Memorial Hall. Greetings were delivered by Dr. Aus-tin R, Coulson after which Study and Discussion groups were led by Prof. Wallace Taylor of Hilne. Following this, the entire body divided into seven groups, one of v/hich was led by Fred Regan,

The FPA, a national org-anization, had its origin in 1919, following the Ver-sailles Peace Conference. Its purpose is to educate tho American people in the social, political, and economical policies of the m.tions today to such pjti o..tont th?.t when called upon to make decisions in world affairs they will bo vdse and sane. In 1935 the Capitol District FPA organized the Secondary School division.

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HUimTIIVTG-, GOODRICH ATTSLiD HIAY COmiREHCE

E.lvdii Hi.inting, prc8-idc'iit, and Earl G-oodrioh, vico-pror.idont, of the Milno Ki -Y cral:, r op-re. sontod their CIUTD at the northeast or n Nov/ York

, State CoLincil Meeting at Schonectady on Saturday, Ai^ril 22.

I The thomo of thr. mo -

ting was "Problems and Programs of the Hi-Y. "

J,P. Jack.3on, co rncil advi s or, aft or list ening to the corn->-)laints of some of the ropresentat -iYos j'liado the follo ring statement. "If some of t ioso tjiings are true, I think the host thing to VJ ii to Docome independ-.-.t of th:: sehool. This

vjorkod in Troy to the a^lvantage of the eluhs. " Ho 0.13 0 stitod that this v/as prineiptilly " A group of High School students connected v/ith the Y. a. C. A., not • nooo8«arily vdth the school." It was also suggested that more girls' cluhs or formed.

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April 28, 193P

STIIDBITT LIFH: O.^SHSD

The Milne Student O'juncil has ordered the lion t hly -T, ih 1 i ca t i on en-titled Student Life for juo year"! ?ho magazi n c is the official organ of the 'ligh school student council;; ox" the nation.

Jlien a-jkod the purpose of rraop.c-'ihing to this puh 1 i cat i o , Pr e s i dent Bon Douglris stated:

"The council hopes to gai L1 m n y sugge s t i ons from it vrhich will in-crease the value of the s t udent or gani t i on t o the schc^ol."

The coU'icil v/ill place the magazii'O of the shel-ves in the li' uviry each month as it i-.mob s' thc t ai y student -i.'. the scaurl m/ay cxami "'.e i-.

NO- r r Miss Conlclin annoujicos

that two VJohstor's Colleg-iate Dicti;.inarios have disappeared. One copy he-longs to the Snglish 11 classes, and the other is a personal c'.py of j-Iiss Conld-in's.

"Please ask the sturlents to look carefully in their lockers for the missing hooks," stated Miss C-nk-1 in. The di ct i on rr i es have s i:\ce odvanced in price."

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STA5T I^E^QERS ATTSI® C.D.S.P.A. COiTVElTTlOlT

Cent ral Pri r k Jmii or High School, Schenectady, played host t6 the Capitol District Scholastic Press Asso(bio.tion at the annml spring c-.nvention on April 22. Ad- /'isors and memhers of the Crims'- n and Ifiito s taff wh' 'vt t o:idod '-rerc: Miss !'ri.ooli"g, llis!'! Str -ng, Mr. Pas sow, Flo-rence liorher, D-ris K -.lrn-cs, Sstell Di;i:g, Betty Ba^rden, Val 1 oy P<-1 r-rdi s, Jane Phillips, and Ira

Ch Tr 10 s Mn,c Cul 1 o ch, gen-eral cliairman, and a comm-ittee composed of the four society presidents, select-. ed the c'''ranittec3 for the C^.T.S.A.. They are as fol-l''ws:

Decorations: Chairman-Dr,r 'thy Shattuck

R-hert Gale, Virginia Nichols, Russell J':n-cs, and Mo.rgarot Chas e.

Orchestra: Cliairnan - Jack Crawford

J^e Ledden, Nanqir Glass and Janet Clarke.

Tickets: Cliairman - Giff^rd Lant^

John Fink, Bette Tiuch-or, and Doris I'Jelsh.,

Publicity: Chairman - John GuLiac

John Van aoJcer, Hohert Meghr eh 1 ia::i, Iln.rriot G'.)rd-on, .-ind Marcia Wiley.

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The main speakers were D .:\ald G. Br'w:i, president of the Smpire State Soh-;.-a Pr e s s As s o c ia t i on, vrh o s e address v/as "Vriiot the Press Associeticn Aims to do for the School Puhlications", and Professor Frank Hutch-inson, field secre.iary of the iTow York Press Associ-a t i r n. Mr. Hut chi ns c n summarized the iraioortrnce of journalism from its he-ginning to the present day.

S 0.' ct i onal me et i ngs i n half-h^ur sessions v/ere non» ducted in the afternoon on the f 'llov/ing subjects;

"Unique Hows Features", Keith Blake, Sstee Jujiior High Sch'-'ol, G1 :vorsville, iTov; Y ;-rk.

" Special 1". " 11 • r.o" , "Ber-m r d Jordan,

" •mat r M.' the Edit -rial , D-r-ti- y ::?oic"- r ti- J-a-r-teo Hi;;-. Sc: 1, S : ct-

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Miss L-is Hayner, was one of eight ;-;irls noninvated for the o.nnual May Q,ueon of t]ie Mildred SIley Schools.

Miss Ho.yner ha.s hee??. active in Mildred 311ey affairs this year.

Miss Barhera Allen, senior at Vassar colle.;:e, spoke over WABY Ir st Thursday ovenin;;. She vras on the "Tovrn Meeting of the Air" pr-gro.m.

Miss Allen is editor of t'-Vassar paper, "Mis-_ ITows" .

. .1 r, M-'iry Eli xah e t h • • is ^oie of 23 stu"

'••o.::.tr3 pledgeO. to Tambourine •i.a-d Bonos Musico.l Concdy society at Syracu.se Uni-versity where she is a studeiat in the School of Educ.o.tion.

CRIMSOiT AITD 1JHIT3 Editorial Page April 28, 1939

EDITORIAL STAFF r.ir r ' A r j < . 0

Co-Editors

Sr. Associate Editor Associate Hditor Art

Features

Sports

Societies and CIUTDS Exchanges Alumni ITev;s Librarian

Journalism Class

Fred C. Regan Floronce Her'bGr Doris Eolraes BOTD Barden Art Bates Jolin Van Acker Estelle Dilg Sall7 Devercux Robert V/hecler Margaret Clis.se Martha Freytag Harriet Gordon Anita Hyman Jane Phillips

BUSIl^SS STAFF

Business Manager Armon Livermore

Carl French Frank Hev;es

Phi11is Rood Elaine Drooz

Printer Circulation

Mimeographers Bruce Clements Bill Wiley

Typists Marilyn Smith Marjorie Cade

Josephine Wilson

Martin Edv.'ards Sidney Stocidiolm

Faculty Advisors: Miss Eatherine TAieeling Miss Gracc Martin

Published v;ockly "by the Crimson and V/hite staff at the Ililne School, Alban^y, Nev; York,

The author of "The Good Earth" has again turned out a stirring novel of China. In this book, Miss Buck uses a very tirael: "background, the Chinese-Jap-anesc War.

I-Wan is the son of a v/ealtliy bank-er. With his every v/ish obeyed, he still is not satisfied, and joins the Revolu-tionists under a fiery speaker, En-lan. Because ho is the son of a prominent banker, he is spared the way of all"tra-itors" .

His father sends him to Japan (be-fore the vjar) v/horc he procures a posit-ion in the firm of Mr. Imrski and premp-tier falls in lovo v/ith Tama, Mr. Murski's daughter.

When the War comes, I-Wan is torn betvjoen his love for his vdfe, Tama, and his country, China.

Chiang- Icai- shik and his i.dfe a„re portrayed in The Patriot as brilliant military'- loaders. The Guerilla, tactics of the Chinese army are expertly explai-ned in this book, and it loaves the rea-der T-;ith a thought "How long vdll itEfestl'?

Condensed, ••The Patriot is a story of a rian hold by conflicting emotions because of a var. It uould be an excell-ent boo:: only because of the background, but the intc r-i.'oven plot passes it among the first five best-sollors* for five vjocks.

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Some time ago, several of the Sopho-more girls vrere dismayed v/hen money was stolen from their pocketbooks. Yes, it v;as partly their fault- they should have I nov/n better than to leave them on the benches in the lockerroom, but they, like you, thought that they could trust their schoolLiates,

ITo one said much about this at the time, but fron then on, the girls' pocket-books v/ere securely locked v/hen their own-ers left them.

Recently a college student left her pocketbook on a bench, and, v;hen she re-t-rr.rned it v.'as missing. It v/as gone- and with it, her money v;hich she v;as plan-ning to spend to go home, her glasses, and some important documents.

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Fellow Milnites, let's keep off the grass on the campus until the ground gets hard, and the grass is growing in all places (even on the corners). Thus \TC can retain our title or State College's title, "the greenest and finest campus in Albany". If there is no such title there should be! For our campus is, and alv.'ays shall be the best in Albany (may-be even in the Capitol District or the State). Therefore, v hy not give the grass a chance to grow and prosper in the April rains and the l%y simlight?

(continued from first column) -he Senhj'"icrc's money v/as taken

w-hfii •'le ""'.rlR rore liaving gym, but the Colle.^e • G purse disappeared at

' e.. the >e..ior High v/as "oassing to

Kh'l!' ' iiOSi^ "u - '''-rs a ' .hame that one, or poss-ibly Lv:o people, should destroy the friendly atmosphere of the Milne girls locker room.

CRIMSOIT M D I-/IIITS Sp6rt Pa ijo April 29, 1939

A\JLME O F P M S B A L L S £ A S Q M T O D A \ PEilCTICE STARTS

Girls toimis toan v/ill scon stirt • practice. Capto.i'i Ruth Rasp says, "VJith our oxtro. pr:\ctico and the fact th.at there arc IOUJ: players fron last yon.r's

' tean, Milne* s team should "be a, .- ro'it su-ccess." The players n last year's tean were captain-olect Ruth RruSp , Jacquclyn Tovrnsend, Ilar.-:arct C]:.aso and Dorothy Doy. A larr:o niuihcr -f .-:irls have signed up fc.r try outs for t:.c tean.

The tear, is very fortunate tr have helping; ther.: last year's captain Elizab-eth Sinnons,

TH3 SPORT SPOT,LIGHT AS FOCUSED BY "RIPPER"

Each vfce): i:i this colunm will ap-pear a riilnite v/ho is prominent in the field of sp-rtn.

V/illDur Charles French is tlie first "star" to :;race this c^lurm. Wilbur is "better known .'is "Wi"b" or "Frenchie", He has c onc t': 1-Iilnc for six years and has "been on the "baselDall ond "basketball toans for tv;o yc.ars.

"V/ib's" five feet and oi-ht inches of pugnacious attitudes has put fear in-to many a heo.rt of Milne's 'pp-ncnts at basketball <at v;hich ho ployed ri.:-it guard, but like the English b u i l d h e has a heart of ;;old.

This year "I'fib" v/ill captain our Milne nine frcn behind the plate. Unlike r.i jor-leo.'oUe captains he is optimistic ab^ut the results of Milne's baseball endeavors.

Last year o.s catcher ho batted,380 whic:! is an enviable average in any learrue.

Wilbur is a ncnbcr -f Adelphoi Lit-erary Society where he is serroant-at-arns.

Wilbur has clear blue eyes and brussy black lir.ir and resides in Loudon-ville.

His favorite baseball teams are the Nov; York Yankees in the American League, and the Chico.go Cubs in the Senior Cir-cuit, but he says, "I believe the Reds will take the natir.nal learguc pennant.

"Frenchie" is a senior and intenda to go to Rennselear Polytechnic Instit-ute after his gro-duation fron Milne in June,

Next v;eck - "Dick" Paland

In its first ramo of the season the Milno Baseball Team v/ill meet the 3 Schuj'-lcr Mne at 4:00 o'clock, at Bleok-or Stadiuiu. Weather cnditions have ma-de it difficult t' have rCfTuiar practice but Schuyler is under the same liandicap. The c ame is apt to be an even one.

The positions assured nov; arc:

.Catcher, Captain Wilbur French. Shortstop, Jolm Fink. First base, Bob Stevenson, Sec nd Base, Charles Locke, Pitcher, Donald Giezel, Fielders, Russell J nes and

Alton Wilson.

Captain V/ilbur French stated," I hope there will be a g^od turnout of Milne students, bec.ause no matter what the outcome is, I'm sure it v/ill be a good game."

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This year there is an entirely dif-fiT-.nt method by v/liich the girls v/ill play their annua.l tournament. The nev/ system is similar to that used at Bethlehem Center by v/hich there is a list of girls and startin.-: from- the bottom each .-arl cl-Lallengos the next girl above her. Miss Hitchcock believes this v/ill be a more succcsoftil v/r'.y of playing and it will also .-ivo letters to the girls who are deserving of then.

TEMIS TKiM HURRIES TO PICK TEA14 BEFORE SEi\SCiT 0P3NS

The v/ot v^cather of past weeks lias ncri';^oly hand i copped the Milne Tean fr-n Ridgefield Park, the first t.. cv urts to. pen in the city, oponc.;.. laa'." Wo.lnosday. With the first goi;- 01 oho scas-n scheduJ.ed for May 5, little time is left, -both for picking the team and f.r getting it in shape f'T the first f:ame. The team*s pros-pects vroro frightened considerably by the o.rrival '•f G-eorge Scovil, lettcrman of last year, to the team's ranks.

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' to be good. Kov;cver, it v;on't "bo.

Dear M. B. All the fellers arc calling my girl

"muscles". This is ridiculous as her arms are like - ( v 7 C omit fifteen lines of desc-ription)~I^m v/ondering v;hy they call her "muscles".

Anybody Else

Because she's in every one's arms?

Dear H. 3. A friend of nine told me tha -ray

girl is as pretty as a picturc except for one feature. I crai't find that one mis-hp.p, hovfevcr, and I am asking you to look for it. Her name is H-(name vdth-held)-on.

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That's easy; her chin. It's as pretty as tv/o pictures, you laiow, a double feature.

4 EATS -

Odd as it may seem, the ra£».jority of people indMl i'G in this activity, eat-ing at least oiicc every day, that is , and frequently four or five times.

Favoritisc vrorms its v;ay into such things as fr.vorito dishes; here are some of the high-rankers of Milnites:

Armon Livermorc's appetite can us-ually bo - -ppeased by one or more double-decker sand\;ichc3 of an especially fdr-eign origin.

Joe Loddcn and Charles MacCulloch v;ere almost overcome by the giant size of Hovjard Johnson's sodas. "Thought it v/as an icebcrg" remarked someone, refer-ring to the scoop of ice cream.

Dot Sliattuck and Svelyn Wilber be-long to that class vrhich so importantly enters the annex every noon, and after several minutes of dolibcro.tion, purchase a stick of penn; '' gum, and departs.

Those luscious apples in the apple basket v/ov.ld stirely v/ither up vdth dis-appolntnent if Ruthie Rvsp failed to make her dail?/ purchase there.

DUC.ITJ" Dcy delvef for a precious nickel to her 11;,?;3 arpaarance at the peppcraii'.t cookir . box,

And nov; I take loa'. c of you; it's time for ny bcu.ti..ie tir.ick..

PARODIil S OF A LOVm or

\7H3RE HA.I1'IT HE BEEII

A pretty yoi jig girl in Albany Laughed as the rains did fall on me

But as it increased, Her merriment ceased

And she said, "Vlhy not call on me?" (I did)

A silly old girl in Schenectady Said to a friend the heck vdth me.

But boy did she jump, When I played my trump

And asked if she would neck vdth me, (She did.)

Then there is Ifeisie over in Troy Iflio could be a little more coy. For give her a glance And she v/ants to romance

Ask any Loudonville boy. (Especially Fred)

Once vhile I v;as in Ilenands (V.Ticre the girls travel in bands)

I vdnked at one And the rest of the bund Chased me off the lands.

(Bev/are) And the girls in Bethlehem Central Are rcall:/ f;ij.ite determined. For they shine those eyes On us vrealdiearted guys

ilnd leave us anything but gentle. (Wolves.)

But there is a girl in Ren3selea,r V/lio is sure to go very far For simply tip your cap And you'll get a slap Yes, has the makings of a Czar.

(Ye.a, a Czar-puss.) "But," you ask, "Vniat about nov;?" Are you still necking?" And hov/1 I sit on the ground And pet v/ith my hound Or kiss the soft snout of ray sov;.

(Morail.: Don't Wolf.)

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::ORC5AUJC DE HISIT OR BITS OP ::IOTHIiTa

Wor JLdii't a zrcB.t fuss IDG raaclc if vro v/Gre told 'cliat v/o raust all voar a cor tain s t j r l G of sIiOG? And yet thoro arc a-oprox-ima.toly t\/o hundrod and oi,3;ht7,'--ninc pairs of saddle S -Loon boing v/orn in Milno. TJic colors do lend variety, sinco thry rMnr;'0 from glistcnin.'?: vrhito and iDrovni to the grimy-grey r.-.nd orov/n.

Kay i-'outon riianouvcrn h.v',;r '-'oodon clogs Ycry nv:.atly. !Tot cniito so Tin:.oh can "bo said for tho sovcntli grader vjhoso "book? rcachcd tlio "bottom of the st Tirs 'oofore she did ~ ~ all "becanso it vac nocons-ary to hold onto the railing v/hilo dooccndirig in Dutch Ghocs.

Dapper Jiiolz MacG-owan ccrtainlj'" goes for out--of"tovm girls. First it v/as Schmoctady, tiien some other out of tho iKi" olace, 'uid liow McICov/nville. Perhaps

I'-vrilyn',; talent as a harpist; any-vny somethiiV:,' ir; definitely'" tugging at his hojirt stri:i,.;:!.

"In tjie spring -a young ma]i's fancy turns to oasc-hall," caccording to the sport v/riters. ?er>iaps it does, "but tho young ladies' fa:^cios turn toward the •'oasoTD"'ll players.

Can it "be that our handnorne hero, Jonny Fink, in pitching for one of tlie i-iilne gals? Soua.ds incredihle, but any-thing can h.'vopon in '-.pring.

Rusty Jones is sure hitting his sh''.ro of homo ri.v-.3, possihl^^ more correctly called "I-oiae v/alks" - - •''dth Ilarg Chase. That, hovjever, has "been all-season uase-hall.

HXCEA.ITG-ES

Labor Lost Teacher: Give no an example of wasted

energy-. Stude;;t: Telling a ^lair-raising story

to a bald-headed man. -Cetton Grinners Journal

Or-'.tor; 17':../ has done the most to rouso t;:.e vrorking class?

Hcckler: i..wontor of alarm clocks. -3'^st'n licnitor

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3IJRIJIiT& THE MIDITIGHT OIL

If you see tho corners of tho jim-if'rs' in-uths again curli.ng i:i bright smiles, it's becausc those amriLal .cad-aches arc almost things of the pa.st. Yes the junior essays arc over.

Many a quart of nidnig>.t oil v/as burned on Sunday evening as the pe:icils , h a s t i l j r c-jiipletcd tho first "rJiivor.n" -to quote R. Hingham, or drafts.

The t:iemc included a wide diversity "f t'-pics, but the majority centered en Old Alb-\:iy, prize-wi?ini3-Lg topic for s'ne ne.

J'lne Phillips burr'-vred into yellov7-ed pa.ges rf Id nevrspapers for some sta-rtli;ig I'lcts .-vb-ut tho 'rigi.i of the sch' Is in -Lir city.

Betty iTinn. .and Jane Vedder promise to thrill a:?y reader with t ieir eerie tales cf the I'ldians - and how the first settlers got stuck in tho mud on State Street.

Oiu- pr ni s ing actr ess , Shirley Baldwin, dove into the hist^-ry f Sarah Bernhardt, famed French actress, f- r her th.:usand wrds plus.

Alcro Beik set the rocerd, Iio.vi:ig cor.iplctod her mnuscript before tho closc of vacation.

Everybody is anxi' aisly av/aiting the night v;hen tho vdnner's name will bo ann'-unccd; until then, I'll toddle off to catch up on my sleep.- - and save tho midnight -il.

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