Milford chronicle., 1953-07-31
GEORGETOWN


District of Rotary International,
/. was the speaker for the George
town-MillsbOro Rotary Club, in In
dian River Yacht Club last week.
Mr.. Cove talked briefly of his at
tendance at the District Governor
Assembly held at Lake Placid prior
10 the International Convention in
Paris and gave an outline Of bus
mess which transpired at the Paris
Convention; which was attended by
more than 10000 ROtarians from 76
out Of S6 countries where Rotary
exists, and which was the largest
ROtarian representation ever as
sembled outside the United States.
He also told of post convention
: travel through many European
countries where he viewed war
damage and stated. 1--WE in America
do not realize how lucky we are
in not having the last two wars
take place on our lands; we can
not realize what war means until
we actually see the resulting dam
age" Mr.. Cove also expressed his
belief that ''in Italy the Marshall
Plan was being utilized to a great
er advantage than by some of the
other countries, particularly
France
AS District Governor he reviewed
the activities of the local Rotary
Club for the past year and plans
for the coming year. He stressed
the importance of the Rotary FOun-
datiOn which annually finances the
exchange of 130 carefully selected,
college students between different
countries in which Rotary is rep
resented and cOmplimented the 10
cal club for its current sponsor
ship of Miss Susan Jennifer Spence,
Of Cheam, England, a student of
government from the University of
London.
Other visiting Rotarians were Ar
thur H. Van Buren, and his son,
James, of Hobart, New York, and
w. Frank Oliphant of Laurel.
Problems of youth in our COM
munity today" was the theme of
panel discussion during the meet
ing Of the Georgetown Kiwanis
Club, in Grace Methodist Church
last week. The panel comprised
Doris Grain, Kay Wilkins, Ronald
Moore, George Messick, all pupils
in the Georgetown High School;
Hans BeumeT, German Exchange
Student, who graduated with the
senior class here this past term and
Marshall Baker, graduate of the
local school, who has completed
one year at the University of Del
aware. Moderator of the panel and
in charge of the program was
James L. Marvel, member of the
school faculty.
The discussion centered around
five questions: Are recreation IA
cilities in the community ADEQUATE
at the present timer; Are educa-
tiOn facilities adequate ?"; "How is
the prospect of entering the armed
forces affecting the thinking of our
yOuth?"; How can democracy be
made more, real to our yOuth?" and
Are young people receiving prop
er religious training?"
Out of the lively discussions
which followed the presentation of
the questions there were a num-
Der OF cOnclusiOns-One that recre-
alton facilities in the community
are not adequate. A solution, in
part, to this was the suggestion of
a local swimming pool. since
Georgetown is located 20 miles
from the nearest river or beach. AS
to education facilities, members of
the panel were unanimous in their
opinion that "The local school Of
fers all the educational facilities
needed and any failure to get the
benefit Of the facilities rests with
the Individual pupil; education is
there if the pupil wants to get il. ="
Hans Beumer, the German Ex-
change Student, compared the cur
riculum of German schools with
that OF the local school and ex-
pressed the thought that in Ger
man schools more instruction is
given in things which are not need
ed, whereas here more instruction
is given on machinery, implements
and other fields that are of con-
SSoAI OFCAJ say fdlu6.
Here again, the panel expressed
the opinion that students can learn
II they want to enough" A part of
the discussion centered around
scholarships which are available
each year and best methods nv
which they may be obtained. MEM
Ders Of the panel also expressed
the opinion that possible service in
the armed forces has affected the
thinking of many of the pupils and
they stressed the Importance of
finishing high school and having
at least some college training be-
fore military service. One member
OF the panel, who is attending col
lege, observed that veterans now
taking college courses were more
serious about education since ex-
perience had taught them how i'm
pOrtant it is"