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The Washington times., 1932-12-10
The Most Significant

Feature
To me the most signifi-
cant feature of the message
is the philosophizing on our
theory of government. Many
of US have thought along
this line all our lives-many
years before Mr.. Hoover be-
gan to think about it at all.
We should hardly go, first,
to him for an interpreter Of
what Americanism means.
The purport of what he says
is that we differ from all
other nations in that here
every man looks after him
self and the devil takes the
hindmost, and that is "indi-
vidualism. " It is not the
kind of individualism" for
which Jefferson stood. 1t is
the kind that ran riot from
1921 until the present hour.
IF ever there was a time
when government disorgan-
lied society-stood a 81 de
and permitted this kind Of
individualism" to work its
will in business and finance
it has been during the last
II years.
And it was this individ-
ualism" running amuck that
brought upon the nation the
most widespread ruin in
our history. - ,-
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
Stick to Your Line

Stick to Your Line
Why blame others for the set
backs you may have had?
It may be true that others
have had something to do with
the failures you have met but
was not most Of it due to your
own inefficiency?
Despite the advice Of friends
and relatives you have entered
upon undertakings that were
destined from the first to be
failures.
While others have made a
success while you were employed
by them, you have believed that
you could be equally successful
in their line.
There is a great difference
between being a success as a
helper and making a success as
&laM uaAnllfa act1IEer. r.i-,..-.,.-,.,...,1..
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Yet other times.
When you don't care
A hoot how you behave,
When you've about decided
To let go and be
A common tramp,
Why, something in you
Leaps up like a flame,
And all the muck
In you is burned away,
And, for a flash.
You're tall and clean
And strong.
It used
To get me once
To be like that.
I used to hate myself;
Hate life
MY pride was hurt.
I felt I'd been
Betrayed by God,
Who'd made me
Such a mess
What was life worth
If one were tlaWed
Like that?
So strong, yet weak?
Philosopher,
And fool?
Yes, once,
Because I could not
Be the perfect
Thing I wished,
I hated life
But now I know
That flawed lives, too,
Are good,
And serve a purpose
In Gods kindly plan.
For only those
Who've lied, can feel
A liars shame;
And only towards
Know the bitter blame
CowardS must face;
And only those.
Who've failed
Can understand
The fear Of failure,
Or the burden
OF defeat.
So
Through my weakness
I possess the key
To every heart
That's sad,
Or Shamed,
Or soiled:
And through my blunders
I've found tolerance
And pity,
In the place
OF my lost pride.
So, God,
I'm glad you made me
AS I am
Mystic and mutt:
Philosopher and fool;
My eyes
Upon the stars.
My feet in mud
For I have learned
Flawed lives
Can serve You well,
And I have found
Both stars and mud
Are swell!
copyright, 1893, King FSaAarsS =.
AUndhOA&& 4AA III
The Washington times., 1932-12-10


How I'm made
Half mystic
AID half
mutt!
My eyes
U pom tn e
stars:
My feet
Deep in the
mud;
Wanting them
both
B 9th stars
and mud
T h in K n g
they both
Are swell!
Ona nnnnnanf.
The Washington times., 1932-12-10

Now that men are once more
looking into women's eyes in
stead Of at their knees, the
girls seem to be spending on
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
The Farmers Do
Not Interest Him

On the whole, the Presi-
dent merely reiterates the
opinions he expressed in the
campaign - opinions that
were not in harmony with
the prevalent opinions Of the
nation. Not many will share
in his complacent assurance
that there is no human
misery because of the activi-
ties of the Federal Govern
ment. He finds that every
thing has been done that
need be done. He is salts
fled with the fact that of the
$300,0O0,0OO turned over to
the R. F. G. to be loaned to
States where there is need,
but $5O,OO0,00O has been
used. He seems to feel that
we need consider nothing
more in the way of Federal
work to give employment.
He quotes statistics to
show that the health of the
people has not suffered be-
cause Of inadequate food and
clothing for millions, when,
as a matter of fact, there is
no measuring the effect Of
insufficient and improper
food furnished children dur
ing the last three years.
And the plight of the
farmers does not interest
him at all. This is not in
the least remarkable. 1t
never has interested him.
No one would suspect, read
ing his review Of conditions,
that thirty million people
of the farms are ruined, or
on the verge of ruin, and
that as many millions have,
in consequence, been de-
prived of purchasing power.
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
The Message Of
An Isolationist

He speaks of the need Of
cooperation with other ma
tions, and we note that
some editorial writer's COM
ment with approval on the
fact that he is "not an eco
nomic isolationist.' We
read nothing Of the sort in
the Message. The President
evidently is referring to the
debts. But it is not the
debts that have killed for
eign exchange. The pri-
mary reason for the destruc-
tion of foreign exchange in
goods is that tariff walls
have been built so high that
trade is impossible. AS long
as these walls remain, trade
will remain impossible.
The building of these
walls was begun by Mr..
Hoover's administration.
The present prohibitive
tariff act invited and re-
ceived the retaliation of the
world.
When the etheg nations
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
Love Takes q HOLIDAY

Next to a bootlegger's con-
science, the hardest thing on
earth is that callous place in a
mans heart, where it has just
been healed of his latest weak
ness for a woman.
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
MARRY-GO-ROUND
, about spinach and wisecracks
about flivvers.
By Harding
BY Helen Rowland

about spinach ana WlSecrackS
about ftivverS.
A brilliant career may have
its lure and its compensatfons-
but you can't lay your head on
it's shoulder when you want a
good cry or sue it for alimony
on the grounds Of cruelty when
it makes you tired.
Rivalry only adds flavor to a
mans love. It gives him
rather a kick to have to stand
in line and struggle with a lot
Of others; but no woman rel
ishes the thought that she is
only "among those present" in
a mans consciousness.
Cold feet may be thawed out;
but once a woman's romance
has cooled or a mans emotions
The Washington times., 1932-12-10

The old-fashioned man was
looking for a girl who had
never been kissed: but nova
days, q man is lucky if he can
find one who is "sweet-sixteen-
and.never.been-divored."
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
The Presidents S
Message
Bu Claude G.. BOUUerS-

Party Battles Of the Jackson PERIOD Struggle
Democracy America" Jefferson and Hamilton The
Tragic Era" and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era
The Washington times., 1932-12-10

A kissless world would be as
flat as an egg without salt; but
an automatic, denatured kiss Is
as meaningless as the salt with
out the egg.
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-10

masara and eyebrow penis all
the money that they save on
silk Stockings.
The Washington times., 1932-12-10

A young mans illusions about
women appear to die Of in
fantile paralysis these days
but an old mans continue to
limp bravely along on fallen
arches.
The Washington times., 1932-12-10
Strange, How I'm Made!

Strange,
The Washington times., 1932-12-10

The popularity Of mystery
stories is a healthy indication
that most Of us are getting as
tired Of reading novels about
sex as we are Of reading jokes
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
SENIOR CARD
PARTY PROVED
SUCCESSFUL
Held In NailOr's Garage

The Senior Card Party which was
held at Majors new garage Friday
night was a great success. At half
past eight the party was in full
swing. The tables were divided into
bridge, five hundred, and DingO. Ev-
erybody entered into the spirit of
the thing and had a good time in
spite of the rainy night. We do not
want to forget the attractive deco
ratiOns of red, white and blue which
were arr anged around The room.
After everybody had enjoyed cards
for an hour or so, refreshments were
served, which consisted of tasty lem-
onade and plenty of good home
made cake and candy. After re-
freshments the prizes were given
out for the ones receiving highest
score in the various games. Many
enjoyed dancing to some of the ia
nous orchestra recordings before
they made their farewelIs and went
hOmeward.
The Senior Glass appreciates the
outside help which was so kindly
given and which contributed largely
to the success of the party.
Robert Reed 80
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
DID YOU KNOW?

That Napoleon did not attend his
own wedding? He was married to
Maria Louisa by proxy.
That the story of Frankenstein
was written by Mrs. Percy b. Shell
ley, wife of that famous English
poet?
That the Latin Quarter in Paris
really began in 1115 and was called
that because so many people con-
versed in Latin?
That Virginia Simpson drew a pic
ture of Jean Vatican, the hero Of
Hugo's Les Miserables, and did it so
well that is to be exhibited in the
office? Virginia is our class artist.
That Mrs. Rosa teaches six sub
iects, among them such important
ones as Chemistry, English, Alse-
bra and Geometry?
That there are some tickets out to
be sold for the entertainment the
Seniors are giving this Friday? You
know the H. D'Esta Rhoads Show.
That Antropology would nave us
believe that man once lived in trees
and that the only difference between
him and the rest of the animals was
that he possessed a soul?
That the Lovett's Nurseries in Del
aware cover one thousand acres of
land, and that there is a larger one
in Little Silver, New Jersey? If this
seems impossible just take Il ride
around the place some day.
That Nh. Il n IJut1ny n 1u q lilo
iron key marked Libby Prison? II
really was taken from that famous
Confederate prison.
That this column should no in
because Gerald Wilson
and Virginia Simpson also contri-
luted facts toward making il?
Alice Breme, Inc.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
Seniors To Sponsor
Novel Performance
Friday For Benefit
D'Esta RhOads Entertainers Bring
MariOnettes And VentrilOGnist-A
Fifteen Cent Matinee.

The Senior Glass of Milford High
School has arranged with the D'Esta
RhOads Entertainers to give their
entertainment on Friday, April Is,
afternoon and night The proceeds
will be used toward defraying the
Washington trip expenses.
The entertainment is for laughing
MariOnettes and clever Puppet
show. The perferction of mechanical
detail i'm this feature is simply mar
VelOus. Some of the manOuVering OF
the figures are realistic as to give
the impression that they are alive
Other features will be Il VentrilO-
quist whose art is a treat in itself
A magician with his many tricks
and funny comedian in play.
A special program with Punch and
Judy will be given at three o'clock
arranged especially for the students.
Then in the evening there will be
the regular performance. This COM
pany is playing to crowded auditor
iums. The excellence of their work
and the popular price of admission
really appeals to the public. 1t is
expected that Milford will turn out
in large numbers as is the case
else where. Don't forget we will also
have the High School Orchestra with
us. All tickets in the afternoon are
fifteen cents; in the evening they
are fifteen and twenty-five cents.
Robert Reed '32
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
NEW SET OF
BOOKS IS GIVEN
BY EARL ATKINS
Pictures Show In And Out
OF Studebaker Engines.

The manual training library was
materially increased this week when
eight new volumes were added at
one time. These books, which form
a set, are called the Studebaker
Service Reference Library. and were
presented to the department by
Earl Atkins. The bOOws. II" g..
loose leaf, in attractive leather cloth
covers contain innumerable dia-
grams of every part of a car and
engine that you ever heard of and
twice as many more that you never
heard of.
The volume we have at hand as
we write this begins with some thir-
ty odd pages labeled "dia lnOsis.'
The first engine trouble diagnosed
is the failure of engine to start. Tn
der this diagnosis some twenty-One
possible causes are listed. Who said
the human mechanism was compli-
Gated!
Nj. McGee says that number OF
the boys are already perusing these
volumes eagerly and that some time
in the future he hopes to be able to
use the books as the basis for some
work.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15

%E
WHO OF
SENIOR CLASS
Viola Donovan

You've often read about the "Jen-
ny Wren" type of person who is
small. modest and retiring. That
description applies in every respect
to Viola Donovan, one of the under
five feet" members of our senior
class. Viola lacks a whole inch OF
being five feet and weighs only nine
ty-six pounds. It's a wonder she isn't
more often mistaken for junior
high pupil. She has brown hair. cut
short and parted on the left side,
and her eyes are blue-gray. She
doesn't talk very much nor very Of
ten and always pays attention to the
teacher when she's in class.
Viola was born on Il farm in Mil
ford Neck eighteen years ago. rhe
month was December, the LAY five
days before Christmas. She entered
our class in the seventh grade COM
ing from Kirby's school in Milford
Neck. She has an attendance record
for ten years. Imagine never hav-
ing missed q day for ten whole
years. That is about ninety months.
twenty-seven hundred days, or we'll
let it go without counting the hours.
She is taking a commercial course
and wants to go to Goldey's and take
a secretarial course next year. OF all
her subjects she likes home econOm-
les best and typing now comes after
that. She doesn't hate any of her
subjects, and likes her teachers. She
has an older sister, Ethel, from
whom she was never separated until
this year. She doesn't seem to mind,
however, and gets along quite well
since Ethel graduated. which proYes
that you never can tell about these
shy little girls.
Alice Breme
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
Try These Questions

In answer to our question OF
What Unusual Facts Have You
Learned Lately?" Edgar Clendaniel
complied the following list OF ques-
tions and answers. Could you have
passed Il test of these questions?
Question-HOw does the method
of securing food differ in man and
the starliSh?
Answer-The starlish, instead Of
swallowing food like man, throws
his stomach out through his mouth.
wraps ii around his food and keeps
it in this position until the food is
digested Then he withdraws his
stomach back through his mouth to
its normal position.
QuestiOn-Where are the ears of
the grasshOpper and katydids locat-
ed?
Answer-The ears of the grass
hopper are located in its abdomen
and the ears of the katydids are To-
Gated in the joints of the first legs.
Question-When is the cucumber
not a plant?
Answer-The cucumber is not a
plant when il is seacucumber.
The seacumber is an animal much
resembling the ordinary garden GU
cumber in shape and position of
spines which give it its name.
QuestiOm-What animal illustrates
the truth of Kipling's statement,
1.-The female of the species is more
deadly than the male?"
Answer-The praying mantis
clearly proves this statement for as
soon as the female has made her
nest she devours her mate.
QuestiOn-What animal of the
United States always carries cra-
die with it?
Answer-The opossum carries its
young in a pouch until they are able
to take care of themselves.
QuestiOn-What insect looks so
much like a twig that il can hardly
be distinguished?
Answer-The walking stick. Il
very peculiar insect, closely resem-
bleS a twig.
Edgar Clendaniel ~
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
FOR
STATE CONTEST
Five Instrumental Offer
ings From Milford.

Just a few more days before the
All-State Contest will be held at
Dover. How many of us are going
Everybody who possibly can should
be present in order to see what
work the teachers and pupils in the
vocal and instrumental projects are
doing.
In a previous article the vocal en-
tries were announced, and now we
are announcing the instrumental en-
tries. Who is going to win? Profess
sOr Hudson wanted to keep these a
secret until the event, but changed
his mind after a suggestion was
made to the effect that others would
readily see that there was no chance
for them to win, and part of the
battle would be won already.
And now l let the cat out of the
bag. There are five entries. First we
have a saXaphOne Quartet-Gerald
Wilson, Robert Reed, George Vim
yard, and Preston Hudson. Then
comes a trombone and cOrnet duet
by Wilson Sockrider and Ralph
Reed. A clarinet duet by Robert
Reed and Preston Hudson follows.
The next, cOrnet and clarinet duet,
will be made possible by Ralph Reed
and Preston Hudson. And last, but
not least we have a trumpet solo by
Charles Breme. Anyone who has
heard him play knows what Il
chance he has.
Ponder Morgan '33
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
WHO'S Who OF
SENIOR CLASS.
Introducing Gretchen Cal
hOun, Future Teacher.

Gretchen Calhoun entered our
class in the twelfth grade at the age
of sweet sixteen. She was seventeen
in March. She takes a general
course which, she says, has included
everything except plane and solid
geometry. She intends to be a tea
cher and wants to preside over a
kindergarten or a primary school
Evidently she likes small children.
Gretchen is about five feet four
inches tall, has brown hair which
waves on one side and not on the
other. and blue eyes with long eye
brOws. She looks nice in blue and
in tan but wears a great deal of led,
too.
Here are some odd facts about
Gretchen. She likes Modern History
best of all her subjects and hates
shorthand worst. She plays vOlley
ball She sits on the radiators a lot
at school. Almost every morning
you can see her holding down the
radiator over by Eva Majors desk
She, Gretchen that is, hates to be
called on to recite first when she is
in class; Mr.. Boston always begins
with her in Modern History. She
lives somewhere in Shawnee. She
works in the cafeteria over at the
old school. Maybe that's where she
learned to like small children. She
was born in the very same house
that she lives in now, and she
writes Il great deal for the school
news now.
Alice Brcme
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
HARDING ONCE
SAW BALL GAME
HERE IN MILFORD
Town Formerly Belonged
To League.

1t was about 1920 when a league
of baseball teams was organized and
it was known as the Eastern Shore
League. Milford entered this league
in the second year. 1t had Il very
good team and was winning many
games. President Harding visited
Milford and saw the team play the
Crislield, Maryland team. All Of the
players were professionals and as
only a certain grade of players vas
allowed in the league the Milford
team which had over its allowed
number of high grade players, was
from the league in the
same year it started. The probable
lineup for the Milford team was:
Hyde, catcher.
IIumphries. pitcher.
Ramsay. pitcher and right field
Lindsey, first base.
Thompson, second base.
Quinn, shOrtstOp.
O'Brien, third base
McDOugall, left field.
Leclair, center field.
Mr.. Legar who gave the writer the
for this article said that ne
thinks that athletics are q fine thing
in school, they furnish exercise and
help develop the children also they
act as an incentive for study and
teach the spirit of fair play and
sportsmanship.
--ROOsa '32
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
Second Grade Has Happy
Time In School Room

The boys in the second grade, es-
pecially in Miss Swain's room have
enjoyed fixing up a farm yard scene
on the sand table The class has
been talking about and reading
stories about life in the country. All
the sections of the second grade are
enjoying having Il toy band under
Miss Feidler's direction. What with
drums. bells. cymbals. triangles. rat
ties and sticks-why wen have
some young musicians yet.
In Miss Breisch's section of the
second grade the pupils have teams
in which they do number work. The
teams are the "Bluebirds" and Red
birds" Now which will win?
By the looks of these poems, we
shall have poets from the second
grade, especially in the spring, when
ones mind turns to thoughts of
poetry. Below are some of the
verses.
Trees arc growing green.
To make a beautiful scene.
Robins are singing
And woods are ringing
With their bright and cheerful songs.
Marian Hamilton
Flowers arc in bloom,
And birds sing of Junn,
And flowers anGng them are seen.
The grasses are getting green
William Mitton
Spring is in the air,
Flowers are in bloom,
Cheer is everywhere
And birds are in tune.
Betty Hitch
Oh! What happiness You bring
Spring. Spring!
Oh! You beautiful Spring!
Betty Ryan |
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
GREENWOOD
LIBRARY NEWS

Last week two new books came to
this library from the Junior Liter
airy Guild. One is "Behemolh," writ
ten by Eric Hodgins and +. AleXan-
der MagOun. Eric HodGins was born
in Detroit, Michigan, and went to
school in Philadelphia and New
York and finally the Michigan Jnsti-
tute of Technology. He became man
aging editor of the Technology Re-
view, the Institutes magazine of
science. Then he became editor oe
the junior department of science of
the Youths Companion even after it
merged with the American Boy Mag
aZine.
James Watt didn't invent the
steam engine. Robert Fulton was
not the first man to propel Il boat
by steam. And George Stephenson's
Rocket" was not the first success
full locomotive"
Those three sentences partly eX-
plain why Eric Hodgins and Prof.
f. Alexander Magoun found the
writing of "Behemoth" so much fun.
while we were working on the
DOOh, MI. I1OuSlnS eNpldlnS, Ouu,
Out-of-the-way facts were always
turning up; obscure people turned
out to be important and important
people turned out to be hollow. In
"Behemoth" we tried to tell tho
story of great happenings i'll the
world of power in terms of the men
who made them happen"
"Behemoth" is a thrilling story,
made even more thrilling because it
reflects on every page the gusto and
spirit, the keen scientific research
and the dramatic appreciation of the
two authors. Eric Hodgins and Pro-
fessor Magoun are experienced coll
laborators and their first book,
"Sky-High!" is one of the most dra-
matte stories of aircraft history yet
written.
"Behemoth" was written not
merely for boys. but for all who are
interested in the development OF
machines of all kinds.
William Doering 80
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
SPRING

The most wonderful tint is spring.
When the birds commence to sing.
The grass begins to grow,
And the mower begins to NOW.
II is spring, the most wonderful
time of the year.
The farmers begin to plant their
grain,
And wait for the spring rain,
Like the coming of winters snow.
II is spring. the Omts wonderful
time Of the year.
The time of birds and bees.
And the budding of the trees.
The moon at night.
With the stars shining bright
It is spring. the Omts wonderful
time of the year.
Bob Murphy II