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Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
Speaker Praises Work
Done By Milford Pupils
Bespeaks Thorough Preparation In
High School

Speaking at meeting of the Ro-
tary Club on Monday night, Mr..
Jackson of Beacon College made a
report on the work of the gradu-
ates of our local schools which
should interest all parents and
friends of those people, as we'll as
their teachers.
Out of about three hundred pupils
who took recent English test Mr..
Jackson reported that only six made
an average of over ninety-five, and,
of those six, three were from Mil
ford. Five local girls made a per-
feet mark in the monthly spelling
test, and one had perfect mark in
a punctuation test.
All of the typing students from
our schools were reported as doing
good work, and one of them is al
ready doing sixty-eight words a
minute with three errors). Only
fifty words a minute are required
for a diploma.
"The work being done by these
new students in their other subjects
is of equally high grade" reported
Mr.. Jackson.
Good work, girls; but it is what
we have every right TO expect OF
you.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16

adults for which application blanks
are in the hands of superintendents
and teachers in those districts
which have not already applied. Pc
ter Dykema, Columbia University,
will help plan the adult music
courses which, it is hoped, will cul-
inmate in a music festival in the
spring.
Roundtable conferences for pro-
gram chairmen, presidents and pub
licity chairmen were led by Miss
Wilson, Miss Mensch, Mr.. Ennis and
Mrs. Orville R. Wright.
Superintendent Richard Kennan
extended greetings for himself and
the Georgetown School Board.
Mrs. Florence Trainham Jones
and Roy Bergey took charge of the
singing during the general sessions.
A similar institute was held at the
Millsboro Colored cShool in the af
ternoon. A. Palmer Cooper, County
Chairman, Lewes, assisted Mr.. En-
mis-.
Institutes will be held according
to the following schedule for white
workers at 10 a. m. and for colored
leaders at 2 D. M:
= sSeaford, Octobers-17.
Dover, October "a.
Newport, November z.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
LOCAL PLAYERS
SCRIMMAGE WITH
FOOTBALL TEAM
Frank Sapp Received
Harsh Treatment In
Practice Game

signals on, 6-8-1. Look out there
Sappy. Here it comes. Say why
didn't you get that ball, it was
right in your hands? ?"
Somebody got in my way" was
the reply.
This was some of the chatter that
was going on last Wednesday, when
the local team played the High
School. The local team was equip
ped with whatever spare parts they
could find. Some had on football
pants which reached their ankles
and with jerseys equally as short.
Oh, boy, were they good looking?
All would have been all right for
the town fellows but George Vim
yard kept scratching Frank Sapp,
better known as Sappy on the hands.
This harsh treatment was very Sc
we're, as you all know, and kept
Sappy from making some spectacu-
lar plays. Although the High
School opponents were oddly equip
ped and didn't have any plays work.
ed out they did good work. The
high school team, when not laugh
ing forged their way to victory. The
score was High school team, 18;
Local team, 0.
Robert A. Reei
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
PUPILS ALMOST
MISS THE SERIES
Petition Causes AuthOri-
ties To Relent

Word was passed around Thurs
day morning that no pupils would
be allowed to listen to the Worlds
Series baseball game that day be-
cause two boys had skipped class to
listen to the previous one.
It was suggested that if someone
should write a petition to Mr.. Shil-
ling asking to be allowed to hear
the game Friday and had a number
of the pupils sign it, it might have
the desired effect. This petition
was written and eagerly signed by
those who were lucky enough to
have a study period during the time
that the game was to be broadcast
ed.
At 2:3O the radio was turned on
for those having study period.
When the Athletics beat the Cards
8 to l, everyone was more than glad
that the petition was suggested.
In one of the English classes Fri
day morning each student was di-
rected to write letter to Mr.. Shil-
Ing asking him to be lenient in the
matter. The letters were intended
to be an exercise in clear and logi-
cal composition; but also for clar-
ity and logic, two of the girls beg
ged Superintendent Shilling to allow
the school to listen to the broadcast
of the Worlds Series FOOTBALL
games!
M KINNEY '32
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATIONS

A series of six exhibits to Vaid
Parent Teacher Associations
throughout the State in planning
their Parent Education program for
the year was announced by Miss
Eta J.Wilson, State Program Chair
man, at a Parent Teacher Associa-
tion institute at Georgetown, Octo-
ber 10.
Parent Education work should
ideally be carried on in small, inti-
mate conferences" said Miss Will
son, but this is not possible in
most Delaware communities at pres
ent. Experts in touch with Parent
Education work over the country
say that Delaware is one of two
states in a position to succeed in
getting the findings of the White
House Conference on Child Care
and Protection to the people be-
cause of the constructive work done
by the PaTent-Teacher Association
in the early phases of its work."
continued Miss Wilson.
In addition to the series of six
exhibits on such problems as: The
Home, Clothing, the Budget, Food,
ETC., allin relation to the child in
the home, the State Program Com
mittee will also try TO make the in
formation brought together by the
White House Conference available
to the mass of people by means of
packets of material bearing upon
problems most frequently perpleX-
ing parents and teachers.
Howard #. Ennis, President, Del
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF CORVALLIS SURRENDER

elated in spite of rain and mud.
Hilton says he saw one soldier lean
ing on fence looking very depres-
sed
Whats the matter with you,
asked Hilton. "Are you wounded?"
mo-" was the reply. Look a-here,
will yel 1 come out here to fight
cause Maria, she's my wife, said
come, and it's a burned sight better
to fight them devils yonder than to
stay home and fight, cause they
don't holler when ye beat 'em. And
now look at me! Look at me! !''--
holding out his hands ."Ain't 1 a
nice looking object? Oh, go ahead
an laugh damn ye, laugh! I come
cause 1 loved my country-that's
what the other fools. said-but I'll
tell you one thing, Mister, in a
burst of confidence-"I'll be damn
ed if ever 1 love another country!"
After fighting on Long Island for
some time the half-starved army of
the patriots was forced to retreat
to Valley Forge. The story of the
terrible winter spent there is we'll
known, long dreary day of waiting
for spring-hungry, cold, depressed
men. And when spring did come
determination still lived on. It
could not be frozen out. In fact it
was even stronger than before.
In the spring our troops were in
northern New Jersey. Hilton and a
friend, Forsythe, were sent by
Washington to New Brunswick to
take charge of a company of caval-
ry men there. On the way the two
men stopped at Tory Inn for a
drink of water. When company
of Tories say them drink from the
bucket beside the well they cried,
"Oh! they're only damned Yankees,
and a horse-bucket is good enough
for them to drink out Of"
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16

Twice this year so far, the Sem
iOrs have given little parties on
Friday night in the gym and called
them dancing classes. The object of
these parties is to teach everyone in
the class, as well as pupils from
other classes, how to dance so that
a really pig party can be given
some time in the near future, Hal
lowe'en, Christmas, or New Years.
Then, too, they want to have a dance
on Glass Night in which everyone
can participate. Although the first
party was very small, the last one
was very large and if the next one
is any more successful the guests
will be forced to dance on the foot
ball field.
The best thing about these parties
is that everyone does his part. No
one sits back and says, Il can't!"
Rather he says, I'm going to learn
this blamed dance before leave to-
night" Those who are fortunate
enough to know how to dance go
get someone who can't and the fun
begins. To a looker-On the scene
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16

and good, but when rights are
t1ampled under foot and justice
made a mock of, then surely it is
time to rise and assert ourselves. 1
too know you men of Delaware! l
know you far too well to think for
a moment you will take the prudent
course which has been recommend
ed to you when the other lies open;
the course which leads to suffering,
privation, freedom, and undying
honor They have told me that you
will not fight, that you are afraid to
take your fortunes into your own
hands and place them on a single
turn of the wheel. Is it so? We
want men-men who are willing to
suffer and perhapsato die. And if
you will be true comrades to us,
true comrades will we be to. you,
come what may"
With this to spur them on the
Delaware troops went into the war,
heads high and singing:
Here's to the heart
That plays its part,
Wherever duties call.
And to the blade
BY valor made,
Our honor's strongest wall"
At Flatbush, a little place near
Brooklyn, they had their first big
skirmish with the British command
ed by Grant and DeHeistar. Hilton
tells that in this battle he saw
their fiag-bearer fall and as he lur-
ched forward a gallant captain"
the flag and promptly threw
it with all his strength right into
the heart of the Hessian regiment.
Their lines "broke like ropes OF
sand" as the "Blue Hens Chickens"
rushed upon them bent on the ,e-
covery of the flag" They wen the
battle and of course were highly
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16

How this angered Forsythe! He
stamped up the steps, grabbed the
enormous silver punch-bowl, the
pride of the inn, from which the
Tories had been drinking. He filled
it at the well, held it to the horses
and then gave it a kick across the
grass.
Gentlemen" said he, my duty
compels me to say au revoir. Your
hospitality has been charming in
it's simplicity. Allow me to compli-
ment you on the excessively chasue
design of your horse-buckets-
ceeded only by that of gold one
have at home, from which 1 feed
my pigs!"
From comedy to the depths of
despair goes the story of Richard
Hilton's adventures. During the last
fearful winter of that war he tells
this story of General Washington.
81 never shall forget serving once
on the staff and seeing General
Washington, with tears in his eyes,
stop a young fellow named Lyons of
the Jersey line, who was marching
cheerfully along, bare-footed, ankle
deep in the snow, every step leaving
blood stains behind him
my poor fellow" said the Cen
eral, "this is too much for you. Take
this cloak of mine and cut into moe
casins." Not I, General replied
the gallant fellow. You'll need it
yourself, sir, and as long as my
feet bleed, why, they can't freeze!'
And so they fought the war for
their liberty and homes. After
Yorktown the Delaware soldiers
were disbanded with only sixty-four /
left, but still holding their reputa-
ton as the crack troops of the
army!
Alice Breme |
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16

Soon again the anniversary of the
surrender of the British General,
Lord CORVALLIS, will be remember
ed all over the United States. In
Delaware we will remember not
only Washington and that memor-
able day at Yorktown but also the
plucky Delaware soldiers, the
"crack troops of the army" and
their part in that war for independ-
ence-the war that made us what
we are today. Although we think
of our own troops in connection
with Cooch's Bridge, Caldwell's
fighting game-cocks," and Brandy
wine, we are apt to forget that they
were in most of the battles fought
in New York, at Brooklyn, Harlem,
White Plains and numerous others.
The "Blue Hens Chickens" crossed
the Delaware with Washington, and
saved his army at Jamaica Pass,
fought at Trenton, Stony Brook,
White Marsh, and as far south as
Savannah.
There is a little book called "In
Buff and Blue" and it tells of the
adventures of a Delaware soldier in
that Revolution. Although written
in the flowery, oratorical language
used by most writers of that time it
contains a great number of sympa-
thetic and quaintly-told stories and
anecdotes of that time. 1t is made
up of portions from the diary of
Richard Hilton, gentleman, of Has
let's Regiment in our ever-glorious
War of independence"
In the first part of his story Hill
ton quotes the speech of DR.. Has
let, the Patrick Henry of Delaware,
to a mob before the court house in
New Castle. 1t was given in answer
to the speech of a Tory whom the
crowd had cheered. A part of it
reads as follows: Peace is right
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
Seniors Entertain Again

On Friday evening, October 8,
1881, the Seniors held a dancing
class. in the auditorium OF the High
School. This is the second one we
have had this year. 1t is our hope
that we may continue to have our
classes once every two weeks for
the benefit of those who want to
learn to dance. After the first les
son most everyone knew one step
at least. Then we all took part in a
Paul Jones. Those who danced took
a partner and taught him another
step. By this method, sans dOute,
school dance will be a success.
Instead of serving refreshments
the girls in the Senior class made
candy. Of course the boys did not
think this was a good idea, because,
they didn't want to be sick over the
weekend. / noticed though that it
didn't keep them from eating it, and
as yet have heard of no i'll students.
At the next party the boys will be
responsible for the eats.
The teachers present were: Mrs.
Rosa, Miss Tatman, Miss farrell,
Miss Baker and Mr.. Boston.
Margaret Mason
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
JUNIORS CHOOSE
CLASS RINGS
To Carry Seal Of The
State OF Delaware

At last the Junior rings have
been decided upon. No more run
ming around in and out of classes
for the committee to see some rep
resentative of a new company. We
appreciate very much the patience
and kindness of all the statesmen in
showing us and letting us keep sew
eral of their rings, and it seems a
shame that we can't order one from
each company.
Between three that the committee
choose from the lot to show the
class, a ring from Jenkins and Sons
was selected almost unanimously.
Out of about thirty-fiVe pupils,
twenty-five voted for this ling. The
other ten wanted a very good look
ing square-cut one, but--well,
twenty-five to ten doesn't give the
latter much of a show.
1t is Octagon-shaped set with
onyx, in the center of which is an
oblong seal almost covering it eX-
cept for about One-eighth of an
inch around the edge. On the sam
pie ring, the seal has a torch, book,
and lantern which stand for knowl-
edge, but ours will have the State
Seal in this place with Milford High
School around the edge of ii. The
numerals "19" will be cut in on one
side of the shank and "93" on the
other. The salesman was very kind
in telling us that any other changes
we would like could be made with
out extra charge. The price of the
ring chosen is eight dollars.
Ellen Sipple
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
FOrty-TwO Teachers
Guests Of Rotary
Mr.. LOWrie Tells OF Ranch-HOuse
Schools

Repeating a custom established
last year at the opening of the
school year, the Rotary Club of Mil
ford entertained the faculty of the
Milford Public Schools at dinner on
Monday, October II. At seven o.
clock the Rotarians, their forty-two
guests from the schools, and other
guests sat down to a typical Rotary
dinner favored with friendliness
and sociability, which was served at
the Windsor Hotel.
To the seven new teachers on the
faculty this evidence of interest and
cooperation on the part of the town
was very welcome and encouraging.
The others who have seen eviden-
ces of Rotary spirit in the past were
equally delighted at this new dem
onstration of friendliness.
During the course of the evening,
the orchestra, which was a part of
the regular high school orchestra,
under the direction of Mr.. Hudson
furnished a pleasant accompani-
ment to the chatter at the various
tables. Occasionally the music be-
came more insistent than the con-
versationalists, and then the whole
assembly broke into song. And what
songs!
President Vaules Grier presided,
but asked DR.. James to make a
speech of welcome for the club. At
ter the welcome had been extended
in DR.. James own gracious way,
Mr.. Grier introduced Mr.. Jackson of
College in Wilmington. Mr..
Jackson's speech was a testimonial
to the good work done by Milford
teachers in preparing pupils for ad-
vanced work, and took the form of a
report of the marks made by Mil
ford stlhlents at his school in the
first month of this school year.
Following Mr.. Jackson was the
speaker of the evening, Mr.. Lowrie,
teacher of accounting and law at
Beacon. Mr.. Lowrie was delightful
ly informal and unacademic in his
rambling remarks which were con-
cerned with the great changes in |
methods.
Before the guests departed, Mr.. |
Grier announced that the trophy Of
fered by the Rotary Club last year
to the teacher performing outstand-
ing services not in regular line of |
regular duty would be offered again |
this year.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
Public Library Aids
School Library With Loan
New Books Suitable For The Sixth
Grade

The sixth graders of Mrs. Der
rickson's section were very jubil-
ant when at their last library per-
iod they found half a dozen new
volumes added to the shelves just
for their benefit. These books were
only a part of the ones that Miss
Baker has been authorized to bring
out to high school from the public
library.
At a recent meeting the library
board, realizing how much they
could help the schools, decided to
loan some of their books to the high
school library.
These books will be issued from
Miss Barker's desk in the High
School. To pupils who live out of
town and travel on buses this new
arrangement is little less than god
send. So far we have received the
loan of twenty-five books which is
equivalent to the loan made by the
State Travelling Library.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
Music Books Being Made
Reporter Visits Miss HudsOn'S And
Miss SWain'S Rooms

Miss Hudsons room has been
very busy making music booklets.
The songs in them will be used
throughout the year.
We are all very much pleased
about the percentage the grammar
grades have made in banking this
year.
Several spelling bees are now
taking place at the grammar school.
This not only enables them to spell
better, but it also helps them to get
a higher goal.
Miss Hudson has been reading her
pupils some very interesting little
books which they all enjoy.
Miss Swain is teaching her chill
dren to draw and every day they
have a period set aside in which
Miss Swain reads interesting stor-
les to them.
Elizabeth Truitt
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
MILFORD GIRL IS
new TEACHER IN
SECOND GRADE
Member Of Phi Kappa
Phi Led Her Class At
Delaware

Milford High School should be
proud of the fact that Miss Helen
Swain, "a former graduate, is now
teaching the second grade here. AS
Miss Swain is well-known in Mil
ford, her activities while in high
school are probably familiar to eV-
eryone.
After graduating from Milford,
Miss Swain attended the Women !.
College of Delaware. Here she was
a member of the Student Board.
student head of Sussex Hall and
Residence Hall. She also was a
member of the Y. w. c. A. Cabinet
for two years. In her Junior year,
Miss Swain was one of the staff for
the class annual. She was also one
of he curriculum committee. This
is a committee for investigating the
usefulness of subject and the desir-
ability of adding new ones. Miss
Swain also belonged to several
clubs while in college and was
member of the class hockey team
for two years.
Not the least of her honors was a
membership IN Cne Pnl happd FHl,
Every year the third of the class
having the highest marks received
a membership in this organization
and Miss Swain had the highest
marks in her class.
Miss Swain has not had much, OPP
portunity for travelling until this
summer when she went to Memphis.
In commenting on the School
News page of the Milford Chronicle.
Miss Swain said, 81 think it is
good thing not only for the ones
who intend to do that sort of work
after graduating but also for every
member of the English classes"
Miss Swain is of medium height,
has light-broWn, naturally-wavy
hair and is very attractive.
M. KINNEY '32
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16

aware Parent Teacher Association,
who presided over the meeting, de-
clared: 1.-THE problem is CHANGING in
Delaware The work to be done by
the Parent-Teacher Association is
different. Our children are growing
I'D to face conditions which you and
| never have had, AMI never will
have, to face. We must not leave
the job to the teachers. They must
be backed up by the parents. We
must get over to the parent the body
of information available on mental
and social hygiene, chill care, etc"
Mr.. Ennis represented Delaware
at the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers, Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, last May, which was. preceded
by United States Commissioners OF
Education Cooper's conference on
Parent Education. Mr.. Ennis cited
California and Cincinnati as large
state and a large city in which the
workq recommended by the White
House Conference is being done.
Miss Elizabeth H. Mensch, chair
man of the Summer Roundup of
the Children, which has been car
ried on with the cooperation of the
State Board of Health, announced
that of the 800 children examined
during the past summer PIG were in
Sussex county. Eighty-eight of
these children had no physical de-
fects. Most of the defects discov-
cred are easily CORRECTED now but
may become serious handicaps later,
if neglected. Since reports must be
made to the State Board of Health
and the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, local associa-
tions are urged to send complete re-
ports of the Summer Roundup to !
the Delaware Parent-Teacher Asso- |
citation, M-2O7 Delaware Trust
Wilmington, by October |
20.
Allan Hulsizer, Director, State |
Demonstration School appealing to |
the parents to support the school
said: Parents seem to catch the :
idea of the newer type of education
more easily than teachers, possibly
because they are closer to their chill
dren." Mr.. Hulsizer announced that
parent visitors would be welcome at
the Demonstration School from De-
cember to March.
Miss Marguerite H. Burnett, Di-
rector, Bureau Adult Education, an
nounced that the State Board of Ed
lcatiOn is again offering courses to
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
GIRL RESERVES
HOLD THEIR
FIRST MEETING
Two Groups Have Four
Advisors. Hot DOggie
Roast Next Week

Wednesday evening, October T.
1881, the Girl Reserves met at Miss
Elizabeth Alden's to make plans for
the welcome to the new Girl Re
serves. Miss Buckwalter, the Girl
Reserve secretary of the Y. w. C. A.
in Delaware was present. This year
our advisors will be Miss Annette
Mettam and Miss Elizabeth Gordy.
AS there has not been any meet
ing this year, we have planned to
have a hot-doggie roast on Friday,
October 16, 1881. All the Girl Re-
serves will meet those who signed
up to become Senior Girl Reserves
at the High School after school at
four o'clock. The committees for the
party are:
Entertainment Committee Chair
man, Martha Mccullough, Ethel Col
Inns, Doris Mills and Wilma Will
kins.
Refreshment Committee - Chair
man, Elva Davis, Eleanor Bun
stein, and Irene Williams.
Invitation Committee - Chair
man, Margaret Mason, Margaret
Ann Clements and Kathlyn Sapp.
We also discussed the fiftieth an
niversary of the Y. w. C. A. to be
held at Dover, Delaware. Miss Buck
walter hopes that we will be able
to take part in that program.
This year Miss Good and Miss
Buckwalter are going to divide the
girls into two groups, the Junior
one and the Senior one. The Junior
advisors are to be Miss Swain and
Miss Conaway.
Margaret Mason
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-16
Columbus

Columbus nauta erat. Patrio Col
umbi erat Italia. Columbi matrona
ct pater pauperes Grant. Columbus
probare desiderabat: "Terra est
globosa." Narrabat Isabellae, regi-
nae Hispaniae: Terra list non pla-
ma. Da pecuniam. Probo haec." Is
abella, regina, Columbo pecuniam
dabat. Columbus aquam navigabat.
Tres naviculas habebat. IMAM navi-
culam magnam ct duas naviculas
parvas habebat. Navigabat ct navi-
gabat. Lux spectabat! Terrain
spectabat! Terrain novam specta-
bat. Navigabat ad American. Pro-
babat: Terra non est plana. Terra
est glObosa." Columbus ,clarus lam
est.
Ann Stayton Dorothy Murphy