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Alumni November Newsletter Dear Milne Alumni and Supporters, In this issue: * First Group of Digitized Milne School Documents Online! * On the Lighter Side... * Sad News FIRST GROUP OF DIGITIZED MILNE SCHOOL DOCUMENTS ONLINE! Did you know that in 1905, at what was then known as the New York State Normal High School, "The charge for tuition is extremely low, being only fifteen dollars per term of nineteen weeks, except to those students who come from school districts where no high school instruction is offered; to them no charge is made. "All necessary text-books are supplied free except to those who do not pay tuition; to them the charge is only five dollars." (From The Crimson and White, June 1905.) Are you ready to read more? Click here for the first group of Milne "stuff" to be digitized and uploaded! The website developers are still tweaking the site, but it's such fun to see Milne School documents online. All documents are searchable. Be sure to "bookmark" the above link for future reference. But remember...we're not finished yet! Donations are still needed so that we are able to complete this project. If we, as Milne School Alumni, don't ensure that our memorabilia is preserved...who will? For further information, see https://www.albany.edu/~milne/Project.shtml. A list of donations is available at https://www.albany.edu/~milne/DigitizationDonations.pdf. ON THE LIGHTER SIDE On the lighter side (from the Class of '48): Long ago and far away, In a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan, Or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, And they were you and me, Long ago and far away In the Land That Made Me Me. Oh, there was truth and goodness In that land where we were born, Where navels were for oranges, And Peyton Place was porn. For Ike was in the White House, And Hoss was on TV, And God was in His heaven In the Land That Made Me Me. We learned to gut a muffler, We washed our hair at dawn, We spread our crinolines to dry In circles on the lawn And they could hear us coming All the way to Tennessee, All starched and sprayed and rumbling In the Land That Made Me Me. We longed for love and romance, And waited for the prince, And Eddie Fisher married Liz, And no one's seen him since. We danced to "Little Darlin," And Sang to "Stagger Lee" And cried for Buddy Holly In the Land That Made Me Me. Only girls girls wore earrings then, And three was one too many, And only boys wore flat-top cuts, Except for Jean McKinney. And only in our wildest dreams Did we expect to see A boy named George, with Lipstick In the Land That Made Me Me. We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice, And when they made a movie, They never made it twice We didn't have a Star Trek Five, Or Psycho Two and Three, Or Rockey-Rambo Twenty In the Land That Made Me Me. Miss kitty had a heart of gold, And Chester had a limp, And Reagan was a Democrat Whose co-star was a chimp. We had a Mr. Wizard, But not a Mr T, And Oprah couldn't talk, yet In the Land That Made Me Me. We had our share of heroes, We never thought they 'd go, At least not Bobby Darin, Or Marilyn Monroe. For youth was still eternal, And life was yet to be, And Elvis was forever, In the Land That Made Me Me. We'd never seen the rock band That was Grateful to be Dead, And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson, And Zeppelins weren't Led. And Beatles lived in gardens then, And Monkees in a tree, Madonna was a virgin In the Land That Made Me Me. We'd never heard of Microwaves, Or telephones in cars, And babies might be bottle-fed, But they weren't grown in jars. And pumping iron got wrinkles out, And "gay" meant fancy-free, And dorms were never coed In the Land That Made Me Me. We hadn't seen enough of jets To talk about the lag, And microchips were what was left at The bottom of the bag. And Hardware was a box of nails, And bytes came from a flea, And rocket ships were fiction In the Land That Made Me Me. Buicks came with portholes, And side shows came with freaks, And bathing suits came big enough To cover both your cheeks. And Coke came just in bottles, And skirts came to the knee, And Castro came to power In the Land That Made Me Me. We had no Crest with Fluoride, We had no Hill Street Blues, We all wore superstructure bras Designed by Howard Hughes. We had no patterned pantyhose Or Lipton herbal tea Or prime-time ads for condoms In the Land That Made Me Me. There were no golden arches, No Perriers to chill, And fish were not called Wanda, And cats were not called Bill. And middle-aged was thirty-five And old was forty-three, And ancient was our parents In the Land That Made Me Me. But all things have a season, Or so we've heard them say, And now instead of Maybelline We swear by Retin-A. And they send us invitations To join AARP, We've come a long way, baby, From the Land That Made Me Me. So now we face a brave new world In slightly larger jeans, And wonder why they're using Smaller print in magazines. And we tell our children's children Of the way it used to be, Long ago, and far away In the Land That Made Me Me. --Author unknown-- SAD NEWS Please note that I rely upon the Albany Times Union and input from other alumni for this information, so if you become aware of someone who has passed away, please let me know. If a name is underlined, it represents a link to the obituary. Many obituaries are available free for a limited time only. Rev. Dr. Arthur MELIUS, '54, passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2014. Arthur was the brother of Sonia MELIUS Suter, '50, and Stephen MELIUS, '66. Art Supervisor Edward Cowley passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2014. Audrey HOPFENSPERGER Morgan, '49, passed away on November 6, 2014. Thanks to all of you for your interest in Milne Alumni activities. Judy (Koblintz) Madnick, '61 For contact information, see the Milne Alumni homepage: www.albany.edu/~milne/ |