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Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
ORCHESTRA GAINS
DESERVED PRAISE
Practice Every Wednes-
day In The School.

The Milford High School Orches-
ira is becoming well-knOwn through
all the lower part of Delaware.
When the All State Orchestra met in
Newark sometime ago Milford COR
nets, clarinets and drums took first
chairs. Since then other things
have been going on. For instance
when the State Convention was held
in Georgetown a little while ago the
Milford High School Orchestra was
engaged to play for the dinner. 1t
received much applause for playing
the standard overture Poet and
Peasant. The orchestra practices ev-
cry Wednesday in the scnoOI under
the direction of Professor Hudson.
At present the members are work.
ing on two new Overtures, Queen of
Autumn, and Light Cavalry. Be
sides these many new marches and
other miscellaneous numbers have
been added to their repertoire.
Alice Breme
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
THIS FLAG HAS
SOME HISTORY
Will Be Carried To North
Pole By Mr.. Hansen.

When Mr.. l.. w. Hansen, a mem
ber of the Nautilus crew was in
Milford for the purpose of having
some dental work done at the l.. D.
Caulk Co., he was invited to spend
his time in Milford at the home of
Mr. George Grier. In course OF his
visit Mr.. Hansen was shown an
American flag owned by Mr.. Grier
which has an interesting history,
and Mr.. Grier upon request gave Mr..
Hansen permission to take the flag
on the North Pole Expedition.
The history of this Tag is most
interesting. Mrs. Grier purchased
this flag in America and carried it
abroad with her in 1908 ON her
trips in England, Scotland, and Ire
land, as well as many continental
countries. In 1914 when the World
War broke out this same flag was
carried by a United States boat to
Denmark, Sweden, and later to Ger
many. The flag went with General
Pershing to Mexico when he pursued
the bandit, Pancho Villa in the
years of 1916 and 1917. Major Can
non, a local officer, carried the flag
to France with the Delaware troops
during the World War. During this
war the flag earned two service
stripes.
This is the interesting story that
Mr.. Hansen learned about this flag
with its rich traditions. The future
planned for it is however, fully as
interesting as its past. After its re-
turn from the North Pole Expedi-
tion it will accompany Commander
Byrd on his second South Pole trip
in 1882. Upon its return from that
adventure il will accompany The
next dirigible making a world flight
Then it will be autographed by the
crowns of the world, and famous
personalities. The flag will then be
preserved as a historic relic of the |
State of Delaware.
The writer wishes to express his
to Mr.. George Grier |
for this information which has so
a historical significance.
Robert A. Reed 80 |
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
AESOP'SFABLES
A Case For Einstein

A Milford man says he worried a
good deal over making out his in
come tax return, until he finally hit
upon simple formula which he
now offers free of charge to anyone
who may be perplexed in the fu-
ture.
He listed as dependents one
blonde wife, a sedan car, three gold
fish and two children. He then null
tiplied his cousins age by four and
eighty (siX hundredths), subtracting
his phone number. Next he added
the size of his hat and subtracted
the number of his car. After these
preliminaries the rest was easy.
Deducting $1,000, for keeping his
wife blonde for a whole year, he
divided the remainder by the num-
Der of lodges he belonged to, multi
piled by the number of electric
lights in the house, divided by the
size of his collar
This gave his gross income, which
after dividing by his chest measure
ment, adding the cube root of the
size of his right shoe and subtract
ing his blood pressure, gave the net
amount owed the Government.
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
DL.A.A.
What It Is And What
1t Does

D. |. A. A.-Those are letters that
lot of us hear around school, but
many of us do not know what they
mean. D. |. A. A. staEls for Della
ware Interscholastic Athletic AssO-
citation.
The purpose of the Association is
to control the Athletic situation in
the State of Delaware and it now
has about 1OO26 control.
The President of the Association
is Mr. Michael from Caesar Rodney.
and the Vice President is Mr.. Byron
from Lewes. The Secretary and
Treasurer of this organization also
fullils the duty of State Supervisor
of Athletics. He is George +. Hen
dricks. The Executive Council con-
sists OF three members from every
county. 1t is this body together
with the officers who settles all dis
putes that come up before them.
Every month the D. |. A. A. pub
fishes paper called the Diamond.
The paper for March gave basket
ball standing of Delaware schools,
baseball schedule for this spring,
Safety First hints, games and many
other things which are useful in full
filling the aim of the Association,
'TO foster and preserve every child's
undeniable right-Play and EXer-
else"
--Paryis 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
ANOTHER REASON
FOR BANKING
1t Is The Duty OF Every
One To Save.

II is the duty of everyone to save
and save wisely. A person who can
save with judgment provides for the
future. This year in our school
great progress has been made in
raising the list of our depOsitOrs.
Miracles haVetaken place; for there
have been very few weeks pass by
that have not been witness to GER
tain rooms having 1000 in banking.
The Seniors were the first to take
the lead, and We're followed by Mrs
Nemesh's section, and at the present
they have had l00% the greatest
number of times. Each week that u
room has 100% they are given pic
ture of some national hero. The
Seniors after having filled their bull
letin board, say they are going to
try to get enough to paper their
home room. Because of the fact
that the above have shown such i'm
provement in banking they are so
ing to be rewarded by being pre-
sented with some books. Let lis hope
that they will enjoy them, and then
donate them to our rapidly growing
library. We all can earn these re-
wards. If we will cooperate it can
be done. We still have time This
year to bring the deposits up, if 6v-
eryone who is member of the
school banking system will induce a
friend to become a member. We will
soon have a portion of the library
given over entirely to the books
that were won by perfect banking.
-Yerkes 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
THE TESTERS"
WELL RECEIVED
Seniors Forty Dollars
Nearer To Washington.

Last Monday night at the new
school building some of the Wes-
tern Maryland College students pre-
sented the play Testers" Every
year the students are accustomed to
giving such program somewhere.
The company carried a dance or
chestra with them which everybody
enjoyed. A short outline of the
program was:
ACT |
Scene-Fraternity Room
Glee Club.
Sword of Ferrara, Bullard.
The Drum, Gibson.
MonOlOgue, KesmOdel.
Solo, George MCGOWAN.
Orchestra, Parrots.
Rhythmic Feet, some of the boys.
Piano Solo. Forlines.
Glee Club:
Just a Wearyin for You, Bond.
Tarantara. Iirates of Penzance,
Gilbert & Sullivan.
Grooming SyncOpation, Mac and
DOey.
Quartet:
Codlish-Hawkeye-Pa -Palf3y.
Fishpaw, Bussard, and Rein.
Solo, Lloyd Elderice.
Orchestra, Parrots.
ACT III
Scene, the Opera House.
THE Pot Boiler"
The seniors sold tickets for the
testers" last week and they were
entitled to 4026 of the profits, so the
seniors made $392O. Not so bad?
Huh! Special credit goes to Eliza
beth James who sold the most tick
Robert A. Reed
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
COLLEGE VISITORS
GIVE FINE TALKS
Value Of Good Writing Is
Explained By Visitor.

Friday morning an assembly was
called to hear two visitors from Col
dey College. Mr.. Miller, the first
speaker, spoke upon the subject of
what Good An Education Does For
You" He compared the money val
ue of a grammar school education
to that of a high school education
and that in turn with the earning
power of a college graduate. He
gave number of good points that
any one should have to get a good
job. Some of them were punctual-
ity, accuracy, tact, honesty, sense of
responsibility. health. attention to
details, and neatness. He thorough
ly explained each of these good
points and gave many helpful hints
to our business students.
The other speaker of the day was
Mr.. G.. G. Green, head of the PEN
manship Department at Goldey Col
lege. He explained the value of
good writing and gave many fine il
lustrations of good writing. He also
gave an account of his first start to-
ward good penmanship. He had
some booklets on penmanishp, pre-
pared at Goldey College, which he
distributed around to some of the
pupils. He also signed the pupils
names on their booklets for them,
giving them a fine example of writ
ing to base their penmanship on. AS
a climax Mr.. Green drew a fine il
lustration on the blackboard of a
flying bird with Seniors NJ. H. S.
written upon it.
Gerald Wilson '32
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
VALEDICTORLAN
OF FIRST CLASS
Miss Cora Sipple Is Called
''POllyanna" By Friends.

Miss Sipple is a teacher of the
third grade in the elementary
school. She is of OVerage height
and has light hair and grey eyes.
Before the consolidation of Mil
ford School, there were two sepa-
rate schools, one in North Milford
and one in South Milford.
The people of South Milford CON
sidered it an honor that their school
had the first graduating class. Miss
Sipple was one of the seven who
graduated and was valedictorian al
her class.
At that time the principal was
Charles w. Allen, of COoperstOwn,
New York. Miss Sipple taught three
years in the Lincoln School and then
entered Milford School to teach
where she has taught for long
time.
At the University of Delaware,
Miss Sipple has taken five summer
courses. She has been an ardent
worker in church and was president
of the Christian Endeavor Society.
She also acted as librarian and has
been teacher many times. Miss Sip
pie has resided in Milford all of her
life.'
She has a cheerful disposition and
is called "POllyanna" by her best
friends.
M BrulatOur
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
The Storm Proved
Plucky Youngsters
Are Ones Who Bank

Last Tuesday was very snowy
stormy day. and very few of Us
managed to get to school at nine o.
clock. But apparently there must
be some connection between pluck
and banking, for from the number
of students present three rooms had
one hundred per cent banking. 1t
must be that the Pluck required to
wade through snow and the Will
power needed if one is to bank reg
ularly instead of frittering ones
money away are first cousins after
all.
The three rooms that had per-
feet average were Mr.. McGinnes',
Mrs. Nemesh's. and Miss Kinder's
rooms. Miss Tatman's room depOs
tied the largest amount, $6.67. And
the total deposit of the high school
was $22.2S.
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Defamation Contest To
Be Held

The Defamation Contest will be
held Thursday, March 26, in the
high school auditorium at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon. The following
contestants have been chosen from
each of the classes: Freshman, Mar
ian Morgan and Robert Paarz;
Sophomore. Velma Gray and Irene
Williams; Junior, Elva Davis and
Ponder Morgan; Senior, Mildred
Burlingame and Robert Yerkes.
We are awaiting the event to
know who the lucky winners are.
Blanche Ruzicka
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
MILFORD PUPILS
GROW PENNY-WISE
More Developed Sense OF
The Value OF Saving.

A statistician looking over the
school banking record for the year
might draw a number of cOnclu-
sions from the figures. Whatever
his conclusions, whether of increas-
ed prosperity or a more developed
sense of the value of saving, they
would have to be favorable, for our
records prove that our percentage of
pupils banking has been steadily
climbing from 21% in September to
45% in February, with a still high
er mark of $50 reached in Decem-
ber.
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Fifth And Sixth Grades
Visit The High School

Miss Kitchens section of the
sixth grade has accepted an invita-
tion to attend the chapel exercises
from three to four o'clock in the
Junior-Senior High School, Monday
afternoon.
The invitation was given by Miss
Kinder, who has planned a Thrift
Program.
The record made by this group of
thirty-five children should be given
recognition as they had 1000 bank
ing for twenty weeks. $112O8 has
been deposited to date. Miss Wat
sons class will attend also.
kitty Morrison 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
HOME ECONOMICS
TEACHES FALLACY
Of Hit-Or-Miss Home
Management Methods.

The difference between trusting
to luck and planning ahead in spen-
ding the family income, what to con-
slider in planning and buying house
furnishings, the relation of science
| to home management and child care
and training, and how to buy the
family food and clothing, are among
the subjects which girls and women
-174,500 of them to be eXact-were
studying in vocational home ecOno-
mics schools throughout the coun-
try in 1880.
"While we are interested in the
numerical growth of vocational
home economics classes in this
country" says Adelaide S. Baylor,
chief of the home economics educa-
tion service, Federal Board for VO-
cational Education, "our principal
satisfaction arises from the fact that
this increase shows that mothers
are awaking to the need for the
training of their daughters in home
making pursuits covered in the vo-
catiOnal home economics courses,
and that in addition women already
managing homes of their own are
anxious to take training which will
make them better managers"
The enrolment in home econo-
mics schools in 1880 increased 13
per cent over the enrolment in
1929. The 2,769 centers in which
home economics was being taught in
1880 required the services of 1850
teachers.
1.-THE practically of our home eco
nomics courses" said Miss Baylor,
will be more readily understood
when it is realized that our students
carry out in their homes, projects
in which they receive correlated in
struction in the classroom. Their
homes are their laboratories, in
other words. The project and in
struction work is carried on in such
way as to make the course a de-
light instead of a burden to the stu
dent. Examples of remarkable inn
provements in the furnishings, bus
mess management, and food habits
of homes, as a result of training re-
ceiVed by the mothers or daughters,
are on record in the files of home |
economics vocational schools in eV-
cry sectiO nof the country.
I'm one State alOne-Texas-oVe |
$500 home projects all representing |
activities related directly to the home
and family life, were conducted in
1880.
Miss Schmermund tells us the fol-
lowing things about how home work
is carried out in Milford.
"The Home Practice is carried on
as means of acquiring skill in prob
lens learned at school. Each unit
in school fhas its OBJ
iects and problems. However,
school cannot furnish the necessary
ime for proficient workmanship, so
10 gain skill it must go into actual
practice in the home. For instance
cakes in school several diff
'erent ways will not make a girl a
GOOD cake maker. It takes the prac-
ice of making cakes often. She
earns the right and wrong ways of
loing things and the reasons for her
loing, but she must have her prac-
ice.
Her practice also comes in doing
arger quantities, adapting her
to fit into her own home
With the completion of
ach unit whether it be in cooking
r sewing she must do the same
asks again in the home"
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
ALL STARS BOW
TO JUNIORS 27-.17
Game Proved Interesting
Until The Last Quarter.

The All Stars under the leader
ship of Mr.. Boston and Mr.. MCGEE
were beaten by Captain Ben Man
loves Junior team in the school au-
ditorium Friday after school.
The game proved very interesting
until the last quarter when the Jun
iors ran away with them. MCGEE
was high scorer for the All Stars
while Clendaniel led the Juniors.
Almost everyone before the game
thought that the All Stars would
win and some even went so far as
to put their money on them. Well,
anyhow, it was a sad story, for the
Juniors beat them by ten points.
Final score was 27-17.
The line-uD.
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
All Those Agreeing----Say
A YE

Although this is no reflection on
the cOrnet players in the school or
chestra, Professor Hudson tells the
story of a little boy whom he was
teaching.
Don't you want to be a musi-
cian?" he asked the lad.
mo sir" was the emphatic reply,
II want to be cornet player"
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Fourth Grade Follows
The Wilkins Expedition

The fourth grade in Miss Carters
room is very much interested in the
Wilkins Expedition to the North
Pole. An interesting collection of
pictures, magazine articles and
newspaper clippings have been put
in book by Leroy and John Wilk-
ins. The boys made an attractive
cover for this book.
kitty Morrison 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
GRAY SKIES

Gray skies,
What do you see?
What sorrow is there hidden in your
mist?
Wind sighs
In every tree,
o. to your tale of woe then let us
list.
Blue skies
Are glad and free
They swallow cares, for by the sun
they're kissed.
Gray skies, you sigh, you cry, but
blue skies smile,
o yes, they smile and laugh with
storm or sun;
But in your clouds are teardrOps all
the while,
In memory of blood and fire and
gun,
In memory of sinful deeds and
guile,
In sorrow for the deeds yet to. be
done.
hIdy SKIES
Why are you sad?
What secrets are there hidden in
your breast?
Snow flies,
The world is clad
But still you're dark, tho earth in
white is dressed.
Man tries
l.. -
And yet you sigh, for you know life's
no jest.
Gray dawn, you've looked down on
the battlefield,
On all the muddy dirt and bloody
gore,
On bodies dead beside their sword
and shield,
On scenes that now have sunk into
earth's core;
And yet the wounds they left have
never healed,
Gray skies remember them forever
more.
Action and fire,
And fearful deeds
Some are remembered, others long
forgot.
Reality dire
And hearts that bleed
And dead men side by side in filthy
rot.
pyre-
\ mother pleads
Don't carry him away. he'll all I've |
got"
YOu've seen men strive and fight for
liberty,
You've heard men moan behind the |
prison walls.
you've seen the scenes described in
history,
YOu know all famous acts both
great and small,
no we but praise those scenes of
victory.
It'll you will ever praise them one
and all.
IObs yell
heir marching song,
lNilllo lOl bAbOu VI CilGililGS NliGJ |
fight.
)eath'S knell
,ings loud and long,
t says a rulers soul has taken
fight.
IFS well,
nd yet is wrong,
or gray skies know that might +
cannot be right. II
hen, tell us true, within your SOM ,
ber gray
re hidden all the sorrows of the
years, III
nd that is why you're never bright Y
and gay,
ecause within your depths are c
doubts and fears n
er which you weep, and when You
do allay, g
arth catches on her breast your n
falling tears.
Alice Breme "
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
'FRESHIES ALMOST
WIN OVER SENIORS
Captain Bennett Saves
The Day.

On Monday, March IS, after school
the Seniors licked the Freshmen in
the second interclass basket ball
game of the season. The Freshmen
played a fine game, but it was very
hard for them to OutshoOt Captain
Bennett of the Seniors and the game
ended with a score of lG-11 in favor
of the Seniors.
The line-up:
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
OF Interest To Section Y

Section 70 has its new Science
unit.
The debate on 1880 and 1890 is
coming TO an end soon.
In Geography we are studying a
very interesting part of South Am
erica in Argentina.
VIM. Lewis
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Fine Feathers

It's not the clothes that make the
woman; it's how she wears them. -
American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Sickness Averages

The average worker loses seven
days each year through illness. -
Golfers Weekly.
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Class Editors
Reporters

THEODORE TOWNSEND
KATHERINE MORRISON
LORETTA BERRIDGE-
BLANCHE RUZICKA-
-AIABELLE DRAPER
ROBERT YERKES-
CHARLES IRONS
WILLIAM LEWIS
LILLE WILSON,
VIVIAN SHUTE-
ROBERT REED
ALICE BREME-
SETH BAKER
Milford chronicle., 1931-03-27
Staff For February
And March

Editor in-Chief-
-Kennerly Lambert 81
Sports Editor
Townsend Parvis 81
Historical Editor
Eleanor Bunstein 80
Who's Who Editor
Marguerite Brulatour '34
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17
Moscow, August 20, 1919.

Comrades: A Russian Bolshevik
who participated in the revolution
of 1905 and for many years after
ward lived in your country has Of
fered to transmit this letter to you.
have grasped this opportunity joy
fully, for the revolutionary proletar-
lat of American SO far as it is
the enemy of American imperial
isn-is destined to perform an i'm
portant task at this time.
Had the Anglo French and AM
erican bourgeoisie accepted the
Soviet invitation to participate in
peace negotiations at Brest-Litoysk.
instead of leaving Russia to the
mercy of brutal Germany, a just
peace without annexations and in
IDENTITIES, peace based upon COM
plete equality could have been
forced upon Germany, and millions
OF lives might have been saved. Be
cause they hoped to reestablish the
Eastern front by once more draw
ing us into the whirlpool of war
fare, they refused to attend peace
negotiations and gave Germany a
free nand to cram its shameful
terms down the throat of the Rus
sian people. 1t lay in the power OF
the Allied countries to make the
Brest-Litovsk negotiations the fore
runner Of general peace. 1t well
becomes them to throw the blame
for the Russo German peace upon
our shoulders.
The workers of the whole world
in whatever country they may live,
rejoice with us and sympathize with
us, applaud us for having burst
the iron ring of imperialistic agree
ments and treaties, for having
dreaded no sacrifice, however great
to free ourselves, for having estab-
lished ourselves as socialist repub-
Lie. even so rent asunder and plum
dered by German imperialists, Tor
having raised the banner OF peace
the banner of Socialism over the
world. What wonder that we are
hated by the capitalist class the
world over. But this hatred OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

The following letter of Lenin
was written by him in 1919, in
the most trying days of the civil
war. intervention, at time when
the very existence of the Soviet
Union was in the balance. 1t there
fore reveals how deep Lenin's con-
f1dence was in the victory of the
Soviet Power
In view of the actual war pre-
parations against the Soviet I'm
ion, in which American imperial
ism is taking a leading part, the
above letter is now more timely than
ever before.
Today, when capitalism is ad-
mittedly on trial, when the growth
Of fascism destroys the last rem
nants of bourgeoise democratic IL
lusions, Leain's letter remains a
masterpiece Of MARKHAM analysis.
Today, when the U. S., the lead
ing imperialist country in the
world, is shaken by the world
crisis of capitalism, when the toll
ing masses are facing misery and
starvation. comrade Lenin's letter
reminds us Of the revolutionary
traditions of American history, of
the glorious militant traditions of
the American Labor movement,
His letter-in this period of grow
ing class battles assumes PEI part;
suiar i'm p0r tauce.-Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

OF territory, that one must be ready
to accept even military defeat at
the hands of imperialism, in the in
terests Of victory over the bour-
geoisie, In the interests of trans
fer of power to the working class.
For the sake of their" cause, that
is for the conquest of world power,
the imperialists of Germany and
england have not hesitated to ruin
whole row Of nations, from Belg-
ium TO sseryia, to Palestine, to Me-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

until an easy victory is assured;
shall we place the integrity and
safety Of this "fatherland" created
by the bourgeoisie over the interests
of the international socialist revo-
lution?...
The great Russian revolutionist,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, once said: Political
activity Is not as smooth as the
pavement Of the Newski Prospect.
He Is no reYolutiorist who would
have the revolution of the proletar-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

tory. that there shall not be here
and there the heaviest sacrifices.
that we shall not have to lie in
wait in besieged fortresses, shall
not have to climb up along the
narrowest paths, the most impas-
sable, winding, dangerous mountain
roads. He is no reyolutionist, he
has not yet freed himself from the
pedantry Of bourgeois intellectual
ism, ne will fall bark. rooi- 80