Milford chronicle., 1930-11-28

! elSuI-COluuu page 6dcQ week OF
weekly issue for school news, whiC
is prepared by the students of IL
Senior and Junior High School
and edited by one of the instructor
This page has been in operation fC
the past two months, and there is
growing interest manifested by ST.
dents, parents and the public gene
ally; as the many letters receive
testify, and some of which al
printed herewith.
Just for the purpose of fittir
boys and girls to take up literaI
work with a basis of understandin
how to tell clearly facts, convey il
formation and entering on the in
portant work of writing for news
papers, we believe the Chronicle
helping the boys and girls in
practical way. This idea is also Cl
tertained by the men and wOme
who have sent letters to the editC
of this paper and also to the Milfor
Board of Education.
1t may be helpful for the public
read these letters from people VIII
understand the work being done fO
pupils in the Milford schools.
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr
under date of November 10, 1880, ad
dressed to the Milford Board of Ed
ucation says:
My attention has been called
to the interesting page, which
appears each week in the Mil
ford Chronicle, entitled milford
High School News, edited by
Pupils of the Milford High
School," 1 am particularly de-
lighted to know that this is
really a Delaware First" as 1
understand this weekly page is
the first cooperative effort of
high school and a newspaper to
offer training in news gathering
and news writing, for which the
student gets credit in his or her
school average for his initiative
and the quality of his or her
work. l shall therefore watch
with interest the development of
this unique idea. Delaware has
been foremost in many things
and l see no reason why this
practical educational ca
should not be initiated by
schools and newspapers else
where.
If you will, may 1 ask you to
congratulate the students on
their enterprise, and Miss AL
den, the teacher, who originated
the idea.
Very truly yours,
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR.
Harry V. Holloway, State Super
intendent of Public instruction, un-
der date of November 5, 1880, says
l have just read the issue of
the Milford Chronicle for Fri
day, October 81, containing the
Milford School News. l should
be glad if you would congratu-
late the directing editor, Miss
Alden, and her editorial staff,
on the work appearing in this
issue. It would seem to me
very worthwhile project being
accomplished in a very satisfac-
tory manner.
Sincerely yours,
H. V. HOLLOWAY
John Shilling, Assistant State Su-
perintendent of Public instruction
in charge of high schools, after
reading the first issue of the mil
ford School News" in the Chronicle
sent the following comment:
l wish to congratulate the
school on the initiative display
ed by the starting of this worth
while project, and on the quail
ity of the work done in it: l
shall watch with interest it's
further development.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN SHILLING
John w. Beebe, banker of FL
wood, Indiana, who is native of
Delaware and friend of public
school education, wrote personal
letter to the President of the Mil
ford Board of Education, which
while having a considerable person
al equasion, it is appreciated and
shows that a man capable of realiz-
ing the value of the work the
Chronicle is doing for public
schools in Delaware; the letter fol-
lows:
Elwood, Indiana, Oct. 25, 1880
Col. Theo. Townsend,
Milford, Delaware.
My very Dear Sir: want TO
thank you for the beautiful pic
ture of yourself that you sent
me in the Chronicle of the 18th
inst. l have been getting word
from you for a quarter of CEN
tury or more, every week, let
ter from home, as it were, and
this is the very first chance to
get an idea as to how you look.
In your picture you look just as
though you were going to speak
to me, so thought 1 would take
that for granted and acknowl-
edge the greeting that l know
you would give me, if l came
into your office.
I want to tell you how much
l appreciate your weekly visits,
1 wish 1 had some way to tell
how long 1 have been reading
the Chronicle. l expect it to
continue it's weekly visits to me
as long as l live. May you live
many years yet as its head.
Very truly yours.
JOHN w. BEEBE
ended the annual turkey dinner at
It. Georges on Saturday evening.