Published by the STUDENTS OF NISKAYUNA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

by DAVE DEWAN Chief of Pol ice John T. Mc

Govern s a i d i n a recent i n t e r - view t h a t h i s department plans t o place about twenty men i n t o a c t i o n ( t o keep us out of ac- t i o n ) t h i s Hallowe'en n ight . They w i l l p a t r o l a l l Niskayuna s t r e e t s , checking f o r roving gangs,rumbles,and s t r e e t s igns where they shouldn' t be(every-

body: heave ho.) Offenders of town laws w i l l have t h e i r dads phoned (be su re they ' r e out of town) and t h e i r names put on publ ic record( i f you give your r e a l name).

To keep c i t y gangs from messing up our " f i n e record," po l i ce c a r s w i l l be s t a t ioned along Nott S t r e e t ( c i t y gangs: come i n by Union o r State) .The chief recommends our having a

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school dance t h a t n igh t i n o r - der t o keep us o f f the s t r e e t s ( u n t i l a f t e r the dance). Chief McGovern reminds us about the s t r i c t s t a t e laws regarding the use of f i r e c r a c k e r s (so be su re t o look both ways before you s e t them o f f . )

Niskayuna wants t o say '58 was a good Hallowe'en (only kidding up above, r e a l l y take it easy, won't you???) DEWAN

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MARKING PERIOD NEARS END : WORK Pr inc ipa 1 0. W. Renfrow

As you know,we emphasize a demanding academic program ta i - l o r e d t o s tuden t s of eve ryab i l - i t y . No mat te r what your a b i l - i ty,we i n s i s t t h a t you develop yourse l f t o the l i m i t of t h i s a b i 1 i t y . A ~ we succeed,or r a t h - e r a s you succeed w i t h ourhelp, you a r e a s s u r i n g yourse l f of the b e s t chance of admissionto a good co l l ege and the maximum success poss ib l e f o r you there .

I n genera l f o r t e n t h grad- e r s , f i r s t per iod marks w i l l tend t o be lower than yourpast marks,but c e r t a i n l y n o t nea r ly s o low a s some of you might be expecting.We know the s t r u g g l e some of you *ad dur ing the e a r - l y weeks of school . We a r e t ak - i ng t h i s i n t o cons idera t ion . Nevertheless , i f you a reco l l ege timber, and co l l eges look f o r t h i s , we expec t a steadyupward swing i n marks from sophomore t o jun ior t o s e n i o r year a s your con f idence , sk i l l s , and e f - f i c i e n c y grow.

It w i l l pay t o take honors because co l l eges take immediate note of t h i s . I n a d d i t i o n hon- o r s marks c a r r y more weight i n f i g u r i n g c l a s s s tandings .

Get a 11 the individua l h e l p you can from your t eache r s , Make the most of a l l oppor tun - i t i e s . I t w i l l pay o f f no t on- l y i n marks and co l l ege admiss- ions , bu t i n guaranteeing you your maximum poss ib l e success i n co l l ege and i n l i f e .

F i n a l l y , don' t neg lec t a balance of a c t i v i t i e s . This w i l l h e l p "make" high school f o r you and w i l l h e lp pave the way t o f u t u r e successes . RAAG

The SCRIBE o f f e r s i t s warm- e s t congra t u l a t i o n s t o our Miss Laura Vroman, L ib ra r i an , who a t the October 15-18 New York L i - b r a r i a n s 'Associa t i o n Conference i n Rochester took o f f i c e t he re a s p re s iden t of the School L i - b r a r i e s Sec t ion of the New V#.vL- C t e t o T ¥!hya,.¥?a-n A c c f , r * j a -

IRON CURTAIN UP "Behind the I r o n Cur ta in "

was the substance of a t a l k given r e c e n t l y by the Reverend Edward Caro thers ,pas tor of t he Schenectady F i r s t Methodist Church, before a f u l l assembly of the NSHS s tuden t body.

D r . Carothers ' l e c t u r e was supplemented by s l i d e s of pho- tographs taken by him and h i s wi fe on h i s r e c e n t t r i p i n t o the Sov ie t . D r . Carothers ' t r i p took him from the Ukraine i n the South t o Leningrad on the B a l t i c . He showed p i c t u r e s of famous Moscow bui ld ings , c o l l e c - t i v e farms,and popular c i t i z e n vaca t ion spas.

D r . Ca ro the r s ' f ee l ings a r e t h a t a l though p o l i t i c a l l y our na t ions a r e separa ted , the people of both the USA and the USSR have much t o be f r i e n d l y about. JOHNSON

DRIVER ED

HITS ROAD The f i f t e e n s tuden t s t ak -

ing d r i v e r educa t ion a t NSHS w i l l soon g e t t h e i r p r a c t i c e on a brand new c a r , d r i v e r ed- uca t i o n d i r e c t o r Harold Log- g ins announced today.

The c a r , a 1959 Ford fou r - door sedan, has dual c o n t r o l s , s tandard t ransmiss ion , and a s i x cy l inde r engine. Webs t e r Motor Sa l e s , a l o c a l Ford dea- l e r , i s providing the new c a r .

S tudents w i l l l e a r n b a s i c a spec t s of the c a r i n the parking l o t , and they w i l l e - ventua l l y gra dua t e t o downtown d r i v i n g . Approxima t e l y one - q u a r t e r of the time requi red by the course w i l l be spent i n the c a r . The rema in ing t imewi l l

Y'RBOOK STAFF

WORKS AT IT F i r s t r e p o r t s on The Cross

roads, NSHS ' s f i r s t yearbook, shows a c t i v i t y i n a l l a r eas .

Yearbook Adver t i s ing Mana - ge r Emily Baxter r e p o r t s t h a t h e r s t a f f has had e x c e l l e n t r e - s u l t s i n ob ta in ing ads from l o - c a l merchants and i n d u s t r i e s .

Judy Mitton thanks a l l t he s e n i o r s f o r having made prompt appointments w i t h the photo- grapher f o r t h e i r p o r t r a i t s .

Lynne deHollander, Ed i to r - in-Chief , r e p o r t s t h a t we may expect t he photographer t o i n - vade school very soon t o c a t c h glimpses of the f u l l and va r - i e d l i f e of NSHS.

E la ine Pollock and Karen Lessner , S a l e s Managers, ave r t h a t s a l e s a r e going very w e l l and t h a t s tuden t s may lo se the oppor tuni ty of having t h i s memorable f i r s t i s s u e un le s s they subscr ibe immediately.

I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e commit- t e e chairmen noted above, A r t 2 i s headed by Helen F r i s k , Bus- i n e s s by Jane t Silverman, Pho- togra phy by Bet ty Doran,Layout by Susan Ware, Spor t s by Steve Frank, Copy by Charlene DeWalt A c t i v i t i e s by Kathy Gridley.

The Taylor Publ i sh ing Co., which has i t s o f f i c e s a t 2215 North S t r e e t , Schenectady, i s the publ i sher of t h i s f i r s t Kiskayuna yearbook, llama r k S tudios the photographer. DORAN

s t r u c t i o n , M r . Loggins s a i d . I n a d d i t i o n t o l ea rn ing

s tuden t d r i v i n g techniques, g raduates w i l l have the added advantages of a f u l l s e n i o r op- e r a t o r ' s l i cence a t seventeen and reduced insurance ra t e s .

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T GILDY, GIRiLS WIN ... WIN ...

I n a hard fought game from s t a r t t o f in i sh , we defea ted Guilderland l a s t Saturday, 7-6.

I n t he f i r s t ha l feach team got i n s i d e the o t h e r ' s 20 yard l i n e twice, bu t both defenses held. Niskayuna crossed the Gildy goal l i n e once on a 40 yard pass from Gibson t o J ana i t is , bu t a pena l ty n u l l i f i e d the play.

I n the second h a l f the War r i o r s a f t e r the k ickoff took the b a l l from t h e i r 22 t o t he Gildy 8,and Ken Morret l scored on a buck. Fred Kirk kicked what turned ou t t o be the c ru- c i a l po in t a f t e r .

On the next k ickoff J i m Ganders of Gildy r e tu rned the b a l l t o the Niskie 42. QB Dick Brunk passed t o end Paul Dela- mater f o r the sco re . The con- ve r s ion rush was succes s fu l , bu t the sco re was n u l l i f i e d by a n o f f s idesand Gildy never threa tened again.

This was our second con- s ecu t ive win. We a r e now 2-3 f o r the season and t i e d f o r fou r th i n the league s tanding .

EKINS ,

9TH IN NYC Competing a g a i n s t t h e b e s t

c ros s -country runners i n the Eas t , our squad p l a c e d n i n t h i n a f i e l d of twenty-eight during the annual Fordham cross-country run i n Mew York.

Running condi t ions were a - bout a s bad a s they poss ib ly could b e . I t had r a ined f o r two days and a t the time of the race i t was s t i l l coming down. Atthe gun two hundred boys s loshed o f f i n the mud.

F i r s t ac ros s the f i n i s h l i n e f o r our s i d e was Mike Cot ton i n 31s t place. Dennis New- bury i n 33rd, Bob Mal l a l i eu i n 66th, Cra ig P r a t t i n 81s t , Don Sy lves t e r i n 95 th completed our scor ing .

Our crosstown r iva1 ,Lin ton f i n i s h e d 16 t h , 410 po in t s t o our 306. MALLALIEU

We bea t Shaker

By a s co re of 1-0, the N i s - kayuna g i r l s ' honor hockey team b e a t Shaker High l a s t week on t h e i r f i e l d . Marion Montgomery was given c r e d i t f o r the only goa l scored during the game.

Af t e r the game, the Niskay- una g i r l s were i n v i t e d t o go swimming i n the Shaker - h i g h swimming poo 1.

We win 8-school Playday

It was announced a t ch i s game by the Shaker High gym t e ache r t h a t another NSHS g i r l s ' honor hockey team had placed f i r s t among the e i g h t competing schools i n the Sub- urban S c h o l a s t i c Council Play- day l a s t weekend.

The SCRIBE c a s t s i t s one vote f o r the candida tes ' hard- working campa ignmanagers , t h e i r pos t e r s , ballyhoosand a l l a round

good t a s t e i n advancing the causes of the e i g h t wor th ies they represented .

Up wi th posters! t o Paul Schwarz, Donna Smith, Susan Reich, Gary Vanderhors t, Roger G r i f f i n , Clara Fleishman, Katy CL-Q"I<->-ÇY A I ma..n~..~i~

Ruins, Cupids win intramura 1s

Kris Sulowski, c e n t e r f o r - ward,scored both goa ls f o r the Rimback Ruins i n a 2-1 f i e l d hockey game a g a i n s t the Niskay uniacs , w i th H a r r i e t Plumley sco r ing the lone t a l l y f o r t he l o s e r s a s t h e i r l e f t inner .

By winning t h i s game, the f o u r t h period c l a s s s t h e Ruins, moved one s t e p c l o s e r t o t he t i t l e of winner of t he c l a s s hockey games.

Jeanne Murray cap ta ins t he Ruins, Pa t Reed the Niskies .

I n a game played the next day, Captains Carol Fink and Sue Ware of the Tops ies ,Par t 7 squad f o r f e i t e d t h e i r game t o Linda Lewis and Pa t Flynn of the S tupid Cupids. RICCIO

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DRAMA CLUB PLANS THE YEAR The Drama Club, under t he

l eade r sh ip of Mrs. H i l b e r t w i l l hold one genera l meeting a month, wi th workshops i n be- tween according t o s tuden t s ' i n t e r e s t s , Mrs. H i l b e r t s a i d .

One major product ion w i l l be presented i n March. Audi- t i o n s w i l l be open then t o t he whole s t u d e n t body.

The group plans t o produce two one-act p lays , one i n the f a l l and l a t e r , one i n s p r i n g The c lub w i l l a l s o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t he Christmas Program,which w i l l involve t he Foreign Lan- guage and Music Departments.

A charade group i s forming under M r . P louf fe t o c o n t e s t o t h e r school teams i n t h i s a r e a . I n a d d i t i o n Ralph Eldred and h i s newly formed magic group p lan an assembly program pe rha ps l a t e i n November . DORAN

ART DOODLERS DO THE DARNEDEST

A r t Club members, c a l l i n g themselves The Doodlers, take on a double r o l e t h i s year.The f i r s t i s t o probide s e r v i c e s t o t he school i n the way of exhibits,posters,etc.These s e r - v i c e s a r e a v a i l a b l e t o any o r - ganiza t i o n i n school . The f o o t - b a l l pep board a t t he Cross- roads is one such example.

The second r o l e of the A r t Club i s t o provide t he oppor- t u n i t y and equipment f o r the members t o experiment i n a r t a pprecia t i o n .

Club o f f i c e r s a r e a s f o l - lows: P re s iden t Po l ly .Norton, Vice -Pres ident Sandra Gilson, Sec re t a ry E la ine Pol lock. MOORE

EXCITING SHOW I n a l i v e l y d i s cus s ion

'punchtua ted" by s e v e r a l a s i d e rernarks,the NSHS Debating Club swungof f i n i t s f i r s t forum of t he season.

The propos i t ion : Resolved t h a t t h e r e should s e p a r a t e -- p u b l i c h igh schools f o r boys and g i r l s found Bonnie Vailand Joan McAl l i s te r defending t h e s ta tement , Harry Diakoff a t - t a ck ing a lone , s i n c e h i s c o l - league E r i c Henry was absent , though E r i c d i d consent t o sup- p ly ing h i s no tes .

The judges ' d e c i s i o n was g iven t o t h e audience, whose choice f o r t he nega t ive , Henry and Diakoff, was somewhat nega- t e d by the f a c t t h a t a l l boys p re sen t vo ted f o r t he maleteam, a l l the g i r l s w i t h one excep- t i o n f o r Va i l and McAll is ter .

I t i s too bad t h a t s o few a t t ended t h i s s p i r i t e d and h igh ly e n t e r t a i n i n g meeting. Mr. Hogan d e c l a r e s t h a t i t i s

NISKA U WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HANGOUT?

JHEN CAN WE FIND YOU THERE?

Karen Baxter: Coleman ' s when Chuck s around.

Bryce Hum: my house I m always there-supposedly'

Karen Lund: Centra 1 Park i f t h e r e s a block dance.

Don Durant Dennison ' s S t o r e i t s the on ly p lace t o go.

Conlin Bradley: Hydorn ' s when the re i s fun.

Barb Wheeler: Mohawk Club a l l t he t ime.

JimBriaddy: Hydorn s i s the re any o t h e r p lace?

Tony Coppola: Times Square Fr iday n i g h t i n t he b i g c i t y

Jane McCune: Coleman's every Fr iday n i g h t a t l e a s t

Pa t Wallace: Anyplace anytime.

Libby Short : Ray's when I ' m hungry.

John Humphrey: Shop look f o r me on ly dur ing 8-4

Jane t Fors haw: G u p t i l l ' s Thurs, F r i , S a t n i g h t s .

Henry Be j ian: Lina ' s a l l the time.

COUNCIL ELECTS