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Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
Delaware State Education
Association To Hold State
Convention At Dover

The Representative Assembly will
convene on the evening of Novem-
ber 12 at Dover. A program is being
planned for that evening after
which all business for the ensuing
year, including the election of Off
GERS, will be transacted.
On Friday forenoon in the Gener-
al Session the speakers will be DR..
Ernest w. Butterfeld, Commission
er of Education in Connecticut; Di.
Dennis, Assistant of Public Instruc-
tion, Pennsylvania, and DR.. Carl
Schiader, Director of Health and
Physical Education, Mass. In the
afternoon there will. be department
tai meetings in various places of the
city addressed by these same speak
ers, with the addition of DR.. Harold
Rugg, Columbia University. In the
evening of November IS, the regular
annual banquet will be held in the
Peoples Church. NJ. Cameron Beck,
Personnel Man, Stock Exchange of
New York City, will be the speak
er.
The forenoon of November IA will
be devoted to departmental and sec
tional meetings, The speakers in
these meetings will be DR.. Rugg,
DR.. Butterfeld, and Angelo Patri,
New York. In the afternoon of the
14th, the General Session will be
addressed by DR.. Rugg and DR.. Pa
tri.
Mr.. Patri is rather widely known
as a writer on child subjects. He is
author of Child Training" Talks
to Mothers" school and Home"
problems of Childhood" and other
books. He is well known as an in
teresting and entertaining speaker.
Patri is known widely because of
his sympathetic attitude toward
school affairs"
The convention will conclude with
a concert of vocal music directed by
DR.. Peter Dykema of Columbia Uni
versity. The plan is to have at
least 200 voices in the chorus.
S. McColley
B. ManlOYe
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ONLY SCHOOL TO HAVE HOME ECS. iii

Did you know that our school is
the only one in the State to have
three years of Home Economics
Until this term Milford, like all
high schools in Delaware, had two
years of this subject. Always striv-
ing to be ahead of other schools in
the State, the classes were arrang-
ed this year so that the girls who
desired to continue the study of
Home Economics could have an
other year. There is an enrolment
of fourteen students. Many more
were interested, but the fact that it
is only taught one period in the day,
made it impossible for them to ar
range their required classes.
Miss Conoway, the teacher, asked
each pupil to list the problems that
she was interested in, so that they
could be studied more thoroughly.
She and Miss Breck, State Supervis-
or of Home Economics, are planning
and outlining the work to be carried
on this year.
The first important problem that
was taken up was making tea menus
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
Arrangement OF GrOnnds

Introducing Our CenterS and Guards
Now we are going to consider
two important positions on our foot
ball team, center and guards. In the
first position we have Lester John
son and Frank Hail. This is the first
year either of them have played
football, although Lester was man
ager of last years team. Both fell
lows play a good hard game and
help open up the line for plays. In
Fridays game with Salisbury John
son played a very good game. He
worked hard to hold that line and
made somt beautiful tackles. Hall,
due to illness, was not able to make
the last trip with the team. When
you think of the center of the foot
ball team, do you realize that is one
of the hardest positions on the
team? A great many plays are di-
rected through center, and it really
takes a man to play this position.
Think of this when we see our CEN
ter in the next game.
Oh boy! do we have some guards ?
I'll say we do. They help a great
deal to make our line seem like a
stone wall. Our guards, Pierce Wat
son and Henry Bunstein are all that
we say of them. Pierce, better
known as DOC" really should be
called "pokerface," for when he
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30

Eyes, that was the five minute of
twelve bell. The lessons have been
assigned. All of the pupils are sit
ting on the edge of their seats ready
to rush to the cafeteria. The twelve
o'clock bell sounds. All jump as if
they worked automatically"
"Who is that opposite the study
hall?-Oh! that's Mr.. Boston. He
stands there usually to see if any
one runs. One of our rules are:
Running is prohibited in the halls
"Who is the one between the
doors ?-Tbat's Mr.. McGinnis. He's
our other policeman"
When you enter the cafeteria door
such delicious odors meet you!
On the back table is a stack of
trays, also spoons, knives, forks and
napkins. Each person takes one OF
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
Miss WatsOn's Pupils
Lead In Banking

Miss Watson's room has had the
honor of having a hundred per cent
banking ever since school has start
ed. Each Tuesday morning the chill
dren all bring their money to bank.
They are going to try to hold this
record all through the year.
Nearly all the grammar grades
are making music booklets; the
fifth grade is putting songs in their
books such as MY Old Kentucky
Home" and many others. These
books will be used throughout the
year. ~.
Last Friday Miss Watson's room
had one hundred per cent in at
tendance. If this is kept up, it
looks as if there will be quite a load
to go to Dover for perfect attend
ance day.
Miss Garrison's pupils have been
learning some cute little songs
which Miss Fielder has been teach
ing them. Two of the songs were.
wish Had A Little Tiny Fiddle"
and 81 Wonder What I'll Do When
I'm Big Someday."
Miss Hudson's pupils are enjoy
ing the songs that have been copied
in their books which they will use
throughout the year.
Fl Tr11itt "a
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
THIRTY GIRLS
HOLD A HOT
DOG ROAST
Girl Reserves Hiked To
Lake Shore Last Mon
day Afternoon

Have you ever gone on hike in
the late fall when the wind was
cold and nipped your fingers? Have
you ever walked over the earth af-
ter it had been plowed and was
hard on top? If you Laven't. you
have missed something which is
worth while.
On Monday afternoon, October 10,
1881, the Girl Reserves, together
with those who wish to become Sen
ior Girl Reserves, hiked out to the
Scouts Peninsula to have a doggie
roast. On the way several of us
picked up luscious apples to eat as
we went along. When we reached
the peninsula, we found a smooth
place. Frank Reedy, who has a cab
in on the other side of the lake
turned his radio on, and we danced.
The smooth spot was an ideal place
on which to do this. When the rest
of the girls arrived, we gathered
wood to make a fire. Soon there
was a roaring blaze. We roasted hot
dogs, bacon, marshmallows, and
apples. Miss Alden, one of our ad-
visors, passed candy and chewing
gum around. Then we sang several
Girl Reserve songs. Some of the
girls took pictures with their cam
eras. Last year the girls went in
the water, but decided it was too
cold to go this year.
It was the end of a happy day
when we put the fire out. We were
very glad to have with us our ad-
visors, Miss Elizabeth Gordy and
Miss Annette Mettam.
Margaret Mason 'S2
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sun, which throws its light, much
stronger than that of the former, on
the moon and therefore we cannot
see it. A complete revolution or
change from one full moon to an
other takes about twenty-eight days
or a month.
No doubt all of you have seen
Shooting stars" sometime or an
other. They are not the stars, but,
between Mars and Earth there is a
zone of Asteroids, which is compos-
ed of broken bits of planets flying
rapidly around the sun. Frequently,
due to the attraction of the planets,
a particle in this zone will be dis
placed and go flying off into the at
mosphere. Because of the friction,
caused by its tremendous speed, this
piece of meteoric matter ignites, but
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30

We often wonder what new sub
ject Mr.. McGinnis is going to teach
us in school. Last Wednesday it was
astronomy, to a class of about
twenty-five pupils, mostly ninth and
tenth graders with a few reporters
from the upper classes.
He first showed us a slide of our
solar system, composed of all the
heavenly bodies revolving around
the sun, their relative sizes and
paths or eclipses. The minor or
smaller planets are Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars and the majors Ur-
anus, Neptune, Pluto, which has
just recently been discovered, and
Jupiter and Saturn. The difference
he explained-between the plan
cts and the stars is that the former
travel around the sun in definite
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30

On Saturday, the Seventeenth of
October, Mr. Robert Shilling, the
principal of our Milford Schools, at
tended that great exposition held in
Yorktown. At seven o'clock Satur-
day morning he took the ferry at
Cape Charles, landed at Old Point
Comfort and arrived in Yorktown at
10:90. The town as he describes it
is situated on a bluff running par
allel to the York River for about
mile. A part of the town is situated
lower on the banks of the river. In
that part is the cave where Corn
wallis stayed during the seige. Cut
in the walls of the cave and over
looking the beach are square loop
holes telling their own wOrdless
story.
Arrangement OF Grounds
The exposition grounds were sit
uated about a mile from the town
and covered three hundred acres of
land. OF that amount fifty acres
were used for the pageant. The por-
table stands for the spectators were
shaped somewhat like a horse shoe
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path, while the stars travel around
the planets themselves and give off
heat and light.
The closest star is our sun. 1t is
a ball composed of gaseous fire and
contains about fifty-nine of the ele-
ments found on this earth. To show
the comparison between our sun and
the planet on which we live, Mr..
McGinnis said that if we were to
build the sun with bricks each the
size of the Earth, placing one every
hour, both night and day, it would
take one hundred and fifty years to
complete the job. Having figured
this out, the sun is 1,314,00O times
the size of our planet. Also it is
100000 miles from us and takes
eight minutes for light rays to get
here. However, it takes $50 years
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
SCHOOL SCIENCE

finally burns itself out. If it hap
pens to get within Earth's attrac-
tion and falls to the ground it is
called a meteor. Several have been
found in different parts of the world
and put iE museums. They are
composed mostly of minerals such
as iron, lead, zinc, and carbon.
Another interesting feat he told
us was about the stars and how the
correct time is established by their
movements. By looking through a
telescope across which are spread
three or four hairs, the time can be
counted that is taken by a star to
travel through the space between
the first two hairs, and, as it trav-
els at the same speed, it will take
the same time to go past the third,
thus enabling us to regulate watch
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30

times a million miles from the suns
surface.
Next in his talk were the stars
Slides were shown of the different
consultations or groups of stars
forming definite figures in the hea-
vens. Also he drew on the black
board two groups and their relative
positions. The Big and the Little
Dippers and the Dragon, the most
familiar to us ARE in the north and
can plainly be seen. The ancients
had all kinds of beliefs that if any
thing went wrong in their daily life,
they had offended the gods in the
heavens and had to make amends to
them. For anyone who would like
to get an idea of those groups there
is a chart in Mr.. McGinnis' room
showing what ones can be seen at
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
Results Of Third Latin
Test

The third first-year Latin test re-
suited as follows: Those receiving
"optime" were, Joseph Marvel, Dor
othy Murphy, Fay Ferguson, Vivian
Shute, and Ruth Anne Holzmueller.
Those who received "bona" were:
Charles Clements, Louise Davis,
Marguerite Hail, Pearl Mccullough.
Edward Plotts, and Theodore Town
send.
r. A. H. '35
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for light to come from some of the
stars, so you can see that the dis
tance varies greatly,
Next he explained how we could
see an eclipse, by the use of min
ature model of the sun, earth, moon
and Mars. When the moon or Mars
comes directly between the earth
and sun, the light was cut off from
us and caused darkness. Total eclip-
ses, he told us, are very rare, but
part ones not so very common.
Again he showed us slides of the
sun and explained about the storms
on that gaseous planet. They are
similar to our cyclones except much
larger and composed of fire instead
of wind. They cover a distance of
$4,000 miles and travel at 5000
miles a second, reaching out some
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30

es. The stars are the most accurate
time-pieces and all the clocks and
watches are set and regulated by
them.
A very useful invention in the
study of astronomy discovered late-
ly is a device that throws pictures
of the different consultations on a
giant dome-shaped ceiling. The in-
strument closely resembles our own
machine here in school that is us
ed to throw pictures on the wall, ex7
cept, of course, much larger and
more developed. Ak
To complete this interesting lec-
ture, Mr.. McGinnis took a class out
that night to study the stars and
find the different consultations and
invited anyone else to come who
was interested. Ellen Sipple '3S
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
A NOON time TRIP TO THE CAFETERIA

EACH When you reach the counter
you see many appetizing dishes,
such as baked potatoes, soup, ham,
and egg and pickle sandwiches, cho-
colate pudding, jello, fruit salad, CO.
Goa, milk and cakes. In back of tho
counter are several smiling faces.
After you pick out what you want a
teacher writes the price ON a slip,
and then another takes the money.
The teachers take turns at doing
these things.
After eating everyone takes his
dishes out to the rack. A teacher is
standing beside this rack to see
that the dishes are put in order, and
that none are broken. After lunch
everyone either goes to the study
hall or outside for fresh air.
Virginia Sockrider '34
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different seasons of the year and
where they are at that time.
The earth as we know has only
one moon, but Jupiter has ten. It
certainly must be beautiful sight
to be on that planet and see more
than one moon at a time.) He then
showed us a slide of our own moon
as seen through a telescope similar
to the one he had looked through. 1t
appeared to be covered with noun
tains, which cast their shadow on
the earth during a moon-eclipse,
and with craters.
There is no atmosphere around
this body as shown by the lack of
vegetation. The different names
that we use, such as the full, half,
old, and new moon is caused by the
relative positions of the moon and
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
Levin Latchum Tells
Class About Yorktown

Section 50 had a hundred per cent
in banking last week.
Levin Latchum returned Wednes-
day after being to Yorktown to a
convention. He also gave us an il
teresting talk about his trip.
We are planning for our Hallow-
e'en Party which is going to be held
on Friday, October 80.
Betty Hammond
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
Slowly, High School
Ascends Banking Ladder

The High School has been pitiful-
ly down at the bottom of the bank
ing ladder this year, and Junior
High gloriously at the top. Some7
how the upper classmen haven't
cared that Junior High has all the
honors. At last they have decided
to sit up and take notice, however,
and row they are slowly and pain
fully going up-up.
Last week the number of deposits
ran in this order:
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30

Just leave it to Junior High, and
you will get an excellent showing;
Although it is splendid to make
better records, we fully appreciate
the endeavors of most of the stu
dents. zs
Vivian Shute
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THE STAFF

THE ST FF
FOR SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
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EditOr-in. Chief
ALICE BREME
Who's Who
MILDRED KINNEY
Sports
ROBERT REED
Class Editors
Margaret Mason ....... 81
George Vinyard o. ..... '32
Elizabeth Truitt ....... '33
Ruth Anne Holzmueller d. '34
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Reporters
Ellen Sipple
Vivian Shute
Elizabeth Parvis
Edgar Clendaniel
William Stevenson
Howard Derrickson
Theodore Townsend
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AUCTION SALES.
ADAM A wEscHLER son, 1uctiOneeFs.

ADAM A. WEsCHLER 4 SON, Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE M
PROVED REAL ESTATE; THREE DE-
Twelve Twelve APARTME M : ! IN hH EACH,
Known AS PREMISES NOS 1901, 1908
AND AND! 1909 FIFTEENTH STREET NORTH
BY virtue of q certain deed of trust. duly
recorded in Liber No. 6296. folio BIS ct sea-,
bia. and at the request OF the party secured
thereby, the UNDERSIGNED trustees will offer
for sale by public auction. in front of the
premises, on MONDAY THE TWENTY
THIRTY, O'CLOCK PM. the following de
District Of Columbia to wit: Lots numbered
Sixty-two t62), sixty-three (63l and sixty
four (64) in Henry s. Matthews, executors S,
subdivision in square numbered two hundred
a and hye s2oS1, as per plat recorded IN the
lumbia, in Liber Sc at folio l4S: subject to
prior membranes of s975oo on said lots
Terms Of sale One third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash, the balance in
issory notes of purchaser, payable in one
and two years, with interest at six per cent
per annum from day of sale, payable semi
annually. secured by deed of trust upon
property sold, or all cash at option OF pur-
chaser. A deposit of $500 required Of pYr-
and notaria' fees at cost of purchaser.
Terms to be complied with within thirty
days from day OF sale, otherwise trustees
reserve the rieht to resell property at risk
days advertisement OF such resale in some
ALEXANDER MCNCASTER,
CHARLES e. MARSH
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SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia, holding Probate couft.-No.
tice that the suhserihers, Of the state of
Pennsylvania and the District Of Coiumets,
the District Of Columbia letters testament
tary on the estate Of Elizabeth Campbell
Hammar. also known as Elizabeth Hammar,
All persons having claims asainst the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
thenticated, to the subscribers on or before
the l4th day Of January: Ar; 1882; ether;
benefit of said estate. Given under our
hands this 18th day Of January, 1881. THE
BANK A OF PITTSPEuEGH NAIIqqNsAAk ASso,
Oficer, care Cromelin 4 Laws. National Press
Blda. washington; D. G. OSCAR 7 HAM
t 1sesi SA' VICTOR 8, MskscH beputy Rslis.
ter OF Wills for the District of Columbia
Asst. Clerk Of the Probate Court.
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FRANK sTETsON, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. holding Probate Court,-No.
$4,000, Administratio is to give no
tice that the subscriber. which was by the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
granted letters of administration on the
estate of Georgianna 2. Steele deceased,
has, with the approval of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, holding q Pro-
bate Court. appointed Monday, the 18th day
of February, 1881, at 10 o'clock am; as the
making payment and distribution from said
estate. under the courts direction and con-
troll. when and where all creditors and per-
sons entitled to distributive shares or lega-
cies, or the residue or parts thereof, are no.
tilted TO attend. in person or by agent or
attorney duly authorized, with their claims
against the estate properly vouched Given
under It's hand this 18th day of January,
1891. NATIONAL, SAVINGS AND TRUST
COMPANY by FRANK STETSON. Attorney.
(Seal1 Attest VICTOR 8. MERSCH, Dep
uty Register of Wills for the District OF Co.
lumbia. Clerk of the Probate Court.
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CONTEST IS OPENED
FOR WRITING Prize
PugSIey Award of $1,000 to
BE Given Correspondent for
MeritorieuS Work.

Administration of the 81 900 award
offered each year by Chester d. Pugs-,
ley Of Peekskill, N. Y, for the most
meritoriouS work done by q Washing.
ton correspondent on a subject Of ma
tional interest again has been placed
in the hands Of the National Press
Club.
The winner will be chosen by Q Jury
composed OF Marlin z. Pew, editor Of
Editor and Publisher: Theodore p.
Moves. associate editor Of The WASH
ington Star; Roy A. Roberts, managing
s. Wilcox, assistant managing editor Of
the New York Herald Tribune and DR..
Henry Grattan Doyle, dean Of the lower
division Of Columbian College, George
Washington University.
Many Scholarships Endowed.
Nominations for the award may be
submitted to the Journalistic Award
Committee of the National Press Club,
any time before February IS. OfficialS
Of the organization suggest, however,
that nominations be forwarded as early
as possible,
Mr.. Pugsley, who was graduated from
Harvard University in 1909, is vice
president of the Westchester County
National Bank, Peekskill, N. Y. He
has endowed 60 scholarships for foreign
students at his alma mater, in addition
to endowing scholarships at various
other institutions.
With the exception of Mr.. NoyeS.
the judges were selected by the Ma
tional Press Club. Mr.. Moves. however,
was named by the American Society
Of Newspaper Editors, the appointment
being made by Walter NJ. Harrison,
president of the organization and man
aging editor OF the Oklahoma City
Oklahaman.
Qualifications Are Listed.
The award will be made for the
most noteworthy work of 1880. The
judges will consider such factors as
public service, reportorial resourceful-
ness, clarity Of presentation, literary
quality and the conditions under which
the work was done.
The work recognized may be a single
story or q series of stories. The Jury
may decline TO make the award, how
ever, II 1t feels no worthy work has
been submitted.
The competition is open to all news
paper correspondents accredited to the
press galleries of Congress, both men
and women being eligible.
Means Of Nomination.
Nominations may be made by editors
Of accredited newspaper or press sery-
ices, by any two accredited Washington
correspondents or by any accredited
correspondent who wishes to enter his
own work. The source Of all nominal
lions, 1t Is understood. Is to be held in
confidence.
All nominations must be in writing
and may be mailed or delivered in per-
son to the organizations headquarters
They must be accompanied by clippings
giving the name of the newspaper In
which the story appeared and the date
of publication. in addition to states
ment setting forth the reason for the
nomination and the conditions under
which the work was done. g
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LEGAL NOTICES.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Of John A. HeaIy, deceased.--No, 4l22s, Adj
ministration Docket eo-Application having
ton on said estate by Anna l.. Healy, y Is
ordered this 21st day Of January AD 1871
Frank Healy. Cecelia Heaiy. Annie Healy,
Russell Hsaly william RodgeTs, Philip Nye,
Charles Nye and Cecilia Nye. and al others
the 2nd day Of March AID. 1891, at 10
o'clock m. to show cause Why such applt-
hereof be published in the WASHINGTON Law
Reporter and Warrington star once In each
OF three successive weeks before the return
day mentioned herein, the nrst publication
to be not less than thirty days before said
return day. VIM. HITZ. Justice. tSeal.l
Attest: THEODORE COGSWEL.L, Register of
Wills for the District OF Columbia, Clerk OF
the Probate Court. ja34,S1,te7
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RALPH P. BARNARD, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
4l0ei, Adminstra tion. This is to give no:
Columbia, have obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District Of Columbia, letters
Richardson, late of the District Of Column
bia, deceased. All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof,
legally authenticated to the subscribers. on
or before the 3oth day Of December. AID;
from all beneit OF said estate. Given under
our hands this 30th day of December, 1880.
a0e; RESTRICT NATIONAL, BANK OF
(Seal) Attest: THEODORE COGSWELL,
Register of Wills for the District of Column
bia, Clerk of the Probate Court ial0,17,24