FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939

VOLUME IX

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

JUNIOR NEWS

THIS IS THE EIGHTH GILYDE EDITION OF THE JUNIOR CRIMSON ./IND 1/HITE, EO L YOU JLLFFI IT. •

M S . BiUlSJu.i VISITS IfASHINGTON D. C. AKD ITS AEIE

Tho high point in Mrs. Barsam's Eastor holiclry v;as an opportunity to soo a numhor of the hoautiful homos on "Open House" day. George Washington v/as enter-tained in man;>' of these homes, v;hich still contain the beautiful furniture, portraits, and silver of his day. These homes were at Alexandria, Virginia. Kany of tho hostesses vjoro costumed in colon-ial dresses.

MISS INTERSURY SPE TDS VACATION IN FLORIDA

In the April 18 meeting of 135, Miss Ifatorbury gave a short travel talk on hor visit to Florida during the East-er vacation.

She shov/ed tho class a pictorial map and pointed out the places she had visited.

"Our first stop," she said, "was in Jacksonville, which v/as very cold, much to ray surprise. I had always taken it for granted that al2L parts of Florida were v/arm. Many people, there, hovrever , were v/earing fujr coats."

Miss Ifaterbury spent her vacation at Dolray Beach, about fifty miles from Miami, v/hich she visited later. The weather at Delray Beach v/as very hot. One afternoon it was 107° in the sun.

During her stay at Dolray Beach she travelled through tho surrounding coun-Gry, where sh^ visited a pineapple plan-tation and an orange grove. "The great-est thrill of my trip v/as seeing oranges .ind grapefruit growing," she told the jlass.

Miss VJaterbury told about having seen the irrigation ditches on either jide of tho roads. She said that the

sandy soil must bo irrigated in order to grow anything. Water for this is obtained from a large lake in the central part of the state. Where these v/atering systems are absent, only scrub-by palms will grow.

Miss Waterbury visited the famous 3ok Tov/er, too. "Tho most beautiful •place I visited," she said in closing, 'was a church in Bcthosda-bj^-tlio-Sea."

I knov/ rfian- of us would like to \risit Florida, but tho next best thing to an actual trip is being told about it by an_ onthvii

DR. FREDERICK TO T. VCH AT H. Y. U. THIS SUI 'IER

Over the Easter vacation. Dr. Frederick went to Now York, v/as there only for a day.

He said ho

He drove down the parlmay, v/hich runs from roughkeepsie to Nov/ York. On the parKwoy, one is supposed to go at a certain sioeod, v/hich is 45 miles an hour. He v/ent dovm on business, and stayed at Eotel Raleigh, near 52nd Street.

Dr. Frederick said that v/hile ho was in Novr York he visited an old friend of his, the person vdio has the program, "Betv/een the Bookends." This, of course, is Ted Maione.

Hv"; said he vranted to see the play Pins and i eedlos, but it didn t have a matinee.

This summer, Dr. Frederick is going to teach in ^ov/ York University'-'s summer school. Said Dr. Frederick, "I imagi:ie I'll cn.joy teaching there." He is going to toach Education. Ho said that he ex-pected to see the World's Fair v/hilo he was in Nov/ York, because ho has to toach only until 12 o'clock.

MISS KYYES' HOMEROOM PRESENTS MINSTREL

Miss Kayos' homeroom plans to give a minstrel shov/. Tho characters select-ed so far are:

End Women Rosalyii fenn Felita Schain

End Men Robert Beckett Arthur Suimiiers

Ballet Dancer Elinor Yag-u.da

More characters v/ill be chosen lat-er on.

Tho shovr vrill be presented on May 1 in Junior High Assembly, and v/e are sure everyone will eixjoy it.

TF i. DANCE POSTPONED A Tea Drnco, sponsored bj?- the Sub-

Deb Club, composed mostly of eighth grade girls, v/as to have boon held Fri-day, April 21. Everyone was invited to come, stag and couples. Duo to vara1by basketball practise, however, tho dance was postTDoned until Friday, Aioril 28. It vdll be held in the Little Gym from 5:30 to 5:00.

JUITIOR CRII/ O;:! A W imT^

STAFF

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SPRIHG FASHIONS

Editors-in-chief,,,,,.Miriam Boice Robert Kohn

Associate 3ditors Sllen " illlDach Ethelee C-ould

Feature Editors Corrine Edwards Shirley Cravrshaw Hich'='.rd Bates i'iuriel V/elch ITatalie

Art Editors Alice Van Gaasbeck Elsa But oron

Sports Editors Sally i unt Priscilia Smith Hussell Lang..-;!g

Department Editors.Morton Swxrtz Bertram Friedinan

Cluh Reporters Lois Am"bler l%rilyn Potter

Mimeographing James McClure Craig Waldbillig Tom Dyer

Reporters June Welsh Arthur Summers M. Bissiloimmer Charles Hopkins Gretchen Phillips Bruce Hansen M. Schifferdecker Lois Amrnenhauser Jack Casner Lois Burch

Faculty Advisor Miss Ifaterhury

MILLIE'S REPORT CARDS DISCUSSED

Since the nev; style report cards have heen coming out, there hp s "been much discussion arao]:]c' the students ahout them.

In the old style report cards there was a definite x ji cGntago given shov/ing the individual's average. This not only included the test, "but also contained the average classrfiark, ^he old style card was easy for parents to compare the month's marks v/ith those of the previous months to see whether the pupil was im-proving or not.

The nev; style cards are more compli-cated. The sheets from the different subjects are not given the same method of grading. Some are given a percentage, some are graded from one to five, and o-thers are merelj^ above or below average.

It would be much better if all sub-jects were graded by the same method. It would make it much easier for parents to compare our i:iarks. The marking on the new cards ^ows just v;hat section of certain subject the pupil needs to give more study. This is one big point in its favor.

And so there are advantages to both the old and the nev/ styles, but, on the whole, wc students favor the old style, and oro v/ondering which one will eventu-ally be chosen,

Roberta Smith

Women are alv/pys telling men hov/ v/ild their ties are, or that they don't see hov; v/e can bear to v/ear suits with such "fighting colors," etc

The v/omen arc, of course, entitled to their ovm opinion, but so are v;e (I hope). How, women's shoes this year are different„ Looking around me nov/, I see one girl v/ith shoes which I believe to be Ihitch, They ^.ppear to be made of pieces of v/ood, v/ith 0. strip of leather around then, Hov/ girls ca/n v/ear those, and still ser.m to be comfortable, will alv/ays be a mystery to no.

I saw a shoo that looked like a green ribbon tied around a wooden ques-tion r.ia.rk. This, by the way, costs six-tjr-five dollars. The modern lady's shoes seem to be composed of holes.

^he other item in v/hich stylists are now experimenting is hats. The modern v/oman's hat ranges from a Texas sombrero, to a doll's hat, about six inches in di-ameter. Some of the hats that liave a "basin" in the middle are practical, for you can throw v/astepaper, etc., into them and save the street-cleaners /ork.

In case any of you ladies v/ould like one of these hats, jiist take a medium sir'.ed flov/er pot, tie some ribbons around it, and you vrill have one of the latest Paris fashions.

Yes, v/OMon may say v/hat they v/ant to about our "horrible polka-dot ties," but I think the sensible ones v/ill take their v/ords back, if they just take a good look in the mirror,

John Morrison

EXCURSION OR FIELD DAY?

Remember last year when v/e voted whether to have an excursion or field day? Well, nov/ is the time to decide whether to have the field day or the ex-cursion. As you Imov/, last your, the excursion received the most votes, and therefore v/e v/cnt to Kingston Point, For the benefit of this year's seventh grad-ers and those who couldn't go, v/e v/ill review briefly wh .t the excursion v/as like. The boat left iilbany at nine A. M. All during the trip there v/an a good or-chestra v/hich supplied music for dancing. There v/ore gaiios, refreshments, and many other things that v/ore full of real fun. T}io boat -lockod in Albanj'" at 6 P. M, It v;as p ploasant, trip, enjoyed by all. So for fun s sake, vote for the excursion

Ted Demoss

CLUB I W S

The Stamp Club has a nev/ member, Elmer Krichbaira the Newspaper Club is just fooling aromid Dra.matics Club is heaving tryouts for a new play The Science Club is trying an experiment with itasoUne. ^ ^ ^ Chuck

t\J o\ovYie, TX,, 20] JUNIOR CRIMSOH Al® I7HITE

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SPORT COLUMIT

Well, "by the looks of things, I gaess it*s spring. You look out the v;indov7 AND YON. see the "birds flying TDG-tv/een the r recn trees. The grass looks sumraer-greon after the long cold v/inter. People going to church in their nev; spring outfits people singing and v/histling, looking happy and fresh. You look at the morning paper and the firnt thing you see is the "basehall scores. You turn the page and you find sprinc?; recipes and. fashions. As v/c vratch the trees "bud Qnd hear fish stories, wo arc sure of spring at last.

G-oora-c Gordon

TJIS M^iT PATROL

The "Do-ini Patrol" ho.s hoon forned for ahout five months, and is made up of seven memoors, lilach memher has a nutnher v/hich ho uses through the haskethall, basehall, and foethall seasons. The Licmhcrs tlieir numbers are as follows: Bill sopor, 5; Ificky Mitchell, 7; Harvey Holmes, 4; 1-iortio Sv/artz, 2; Teddy De-Moss, 1; Goorgo Gordon, 5; and Dick Bates, 3, At the Junior High parties, d;mcos, "baskathall games, etc, wo fel-lov/s stick together. If one of us goes to a danco v;e all do; if one of us takes a girl v/e all do, and so on. We also have ahout the same hohhios and thoughts on sports, d,j;.iccs, and jokes. ilow th.;\t the "basehall season has opened, v/o have our "Dav/n Patrol Tean" almost conpletcd, and vdll start our season noon. For an:/ further information ah out the Davrn Pa-trol, ask any one of its seven morahors.

"Oh, V7C are the Dawn Patrolmen. There are seven of us in all.

We fly the skiosc of Milne High At d-aicos, spring and fall,"

MR. JIM LOCKEmi^

Jim claims that he is a half cen-ti.iry old, and still going strong. He vras horn in Albany, and he has lived here all hie. life. He v/orked for a "building construction company. Pie says that the students of Milne are "v/cll be-haved," and he said that they are "man-nerly, orderly, and lad '-like,"

Jim says that vjo have "enough sports for the size of the school." Ho v/orks hero at school from 6:30 am. to 4:30 pn.

Jim tells plenty of fish s-tories for the students. He fishes in Saconda-ga Reservoir, The longest fish ho ha.s caught is a six-pound vrall-eyed pike. Jim has just returned from a fishing trip with two 13" bro.)k trout.

Joe Rose

As the I'aseball season oponod the eighth grade team had their first prac-tice. This practice was not very suc-cessful, because of wet grounds. The line-up will have to bo chosen next v;cek because of this. After the first string lineup is choson, the fellov/s v.rho do not make the first-string team vrill make up a team of their own to give the first string practice. They v/ill also sub in the real ga.mos and hope to get some games of their own. The nembers of the team expect to have a very successful season. As you all probdiy Imov/, Alba-ny Academy, with vrhom they eiqoect to play their first garae, is their chief rival. So let's v/ish them luck I

At tho Father and Sons', dinner in honor of the lasketball team, Dr. SS^'-IGS formally announced that we expect to have a six-man football team next ye.T, It seems that slov/ly vre are getting v/hat v;e want: more Milne sports. Small teams like this arc easy to trans-port and there is not so much danger of an injury to a player. Cone on, fellov;s I Lot's have a large turnout for football practice I Sounds good, doesn't it]*

Spring is in tho air, and that means just no thing in girls' sports: ti-io for baseball -and tennis. Baseball v/ill be played every Thursday afternoon at 3:,?0. Captains and teams havo not boon ch'Tson yot, but v.dll be shortly. Tennis is ther sp~rt very popu-l.i.r in Milno, The girls will lolay ten-nis durijig their re^^lar g /n period, and there will be special tennis period at 3 5 30, for v/hich aany of the girls liave signed up. All tho girls vrill v/ork hard for letters, and all will probably re-ceive them.

CIL\RL0TT3 STAFFORD iS BliOK

After a long illness, Charlotte Stafford returned to school. She liad an attack of appendicites. She v/as operat-ed on in St. Peter's Hospital.

Her homeroom sent her a beautiful sunshine basket. They sent it on St, Patrick's Day. They covered it v/ith green paper, and put many nice things in it. She said she enjoyed it very much.

She is very glad to go to school again -.uid start to v;ork.

I-JOTJLD HAPP^H I F —

—:r!-.ro.? (lu-rrtnrs -f the Junior High stu-dents didn't go to Wagars' after basket-ball games and Junior dances?

—Barbara Russell, Dathryn Schull, and Ethel Baldwi.- didn't find tho view out the west v/indows of Milno so enchanting?

m m m r AiNJJ wnixjs

DRESSIHC- UP FOR THE WOP.LD'S FAIH Garden.

April 28, 1939

AllDany, capital of the Empire State, will have many visitors from all over the United States on their way to the World's Fair,

The department stores are remodel-ing and planning for manj tourists to huy their fine merchandise w-iich villi "be on display. The State buildings are to "be thoroughly cleaned inside nnd out, as many people v/ill vrant to visit our Cap-itol, Education Building, and State Off-ice Building.

Hovf, after our severe v/inter, our streets are very m c h in need of repairs and of a general cleaning, Vfe' ' surely would like our visitors to find our streets cleaned and in good condition.

The citizens can also help, "by cleaning up their yards and painting and repairing their homes.

"anj?- of our old busses have "been re-painted, and some of them have "been re-]placed "by the new streamlined and "better enuipped husses. They will make quite a modern ajppea,rance in our streets.

The children of the city can do much to keep our streets neat hy depos-iting their v/aste paper in v/aste cans "before leaving school.

Let's all cooperate and wo can "be proud of our city.

GIRL SCOUT TROOP

"On my honor, I v;ill try to do mj'-duty, to God and my country, to help o-ther people at all times, and obey the Girl Scout lav/s." This is the oath of the Girl Scouts of America. The girls of Milne Junior High v/ant to_start a troop "but cannot get a leader, •'•t seems very strange that we cannot get together when the girls are so enthusiastic. Miss •'•ayes said \io could have the meetings in the school btiilding on Friday afternoon from 2:30 to <;:00 o'clock. We can get a lieutenant leader from State College who is vrilling to teach us the requirements, "but v/ho is not of age to "become a loader. If there are any girls or "boys who know of any person v/illing to "be trained "by the Girl Scout -headquarters, will they please notify Miss Hayes or J>Tatalio Mann?

THE STORY OF A MILITITE'S VACATIOIT

V/ednesday morning, a Milnite v;as a-. wakened and told to pack for a trip to . New York, That day the L-rke Shore » Limited v/as honored "by having a Milnite ahdard a-s it shot into Grand Central Station. A "bus conveyed our friend to a hotel v/here he made arrangements to go to a camp reunion at Jack Dempsoy's res-taurant. Aft er eating the meal and re-ceiving Jack's autograph, the follow "took in" the circus at ^%dison Square

Thnt evening he "brov/sed arouiad I%,cy's Department Store and planned to see Tommy Dorsey the following day.

The following morning he received a call telling him his grandmother had died and that ho must return home.

This vacat i on.

ended a short "but enjoyable

JUITIOR HIGH PEHSOIIALS

Elmer Kriehbaum has natujrally cur-ly hair...Fred Dotv/iler has a telephone. (And ho makes use of it.) The ninth graders have grov/n up, slo\7 but sure.... Jimmy McClure has a brush cut....Ruth La Vine sees Jack Ca.sner at. the Madison sometimes (by mistake) the eighth grade girls a.re going to have a good soft-ball team the ninth and tenth grades planned a dance. (3y the \iray, what happened to it?),.. . .VJhat happened to the Junior High at fne Ei-Y-G.A.C. dance?... Ray Sticloiey isn' t a v/omaxi hat-er, becausc ho likes tno Girls* Academy.

ACTIVITIES III 233

As alv/T'.ys, the occupants of 233 are fooling orounc. -rondering just v/ha.t is going on. 3tit novr they are reall?/ find-ing out, because they have decided to put out. a newspaper so that a,ll the eighth graders will stop vrondering what is going on. The name of this po.por is the Eighth Grade Snooze. Q,uitc appro-priate, don't you think? The people in 233 have been collecting news, v/riting articles, poems, editorials, puzzles, and anything that will be of interest to the eighth grade. Here's hoping the Eighth Grade Snooze will be more v/ide-awako than its name.

HORSESHOIf

Milne High School is going to have a horse show 19. Riding classes have been in session erch Monday under the supervision of Miss Hitchcock and 'r. Vaugn.

Tickets will be printed. Those par-ticipating in the shov.r vrill be givcji the tickets to circulate among their friends.

Tho show will have several parts. In the nor\t and ?iands contest, in which the w'il>, trot and canter, the person with best form v/ill be given a ribbon. A Jmiping contest, riding in sots of threes, and a game will also bo f oatiu'ed.

The participants are! ^elba Lovine, Evelyn ' 'ilbur, Mildred Specter, Marjorie Gade, Jane Davis, Miriam Steinhardt, Doris Specter, Jean Figarsl '', Harry Mosher, Natalie Mo.nn, and Shirley Craw-shav/.