Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
University News

Two Delaware high school SEN
iors have been awarded Food Fair
Foundation scholarships valued at
$3.50 each TO attend the University
Of Delaware next fall, announced
Dean of Students John E. Hocutt
today. The recipients are Margaret
Ann James, Woodside, Del, and
Jerry Bob Swartz, 1922 N. Van
Buren, Street, Wilmington.
These students bring to total
of six the number of persons hold
ing scholarships from the food
chain foundation at the University
of Delaware.
Miss James, ranking second
academically in her class of sixty
six at the Caesar Rodney High
School, has been very active dur
ing her high school career. A men,
ber of the National Honor Society,
Miss James received both the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars Scholarship
Plaque and the American Legion
History Award. She has participa-
ted in the school glee club and
band, Dramatics Club, Library
Club, county band and has served
as president of the Future Teach
ers of America Chapter and as cap
tain of the Traffic Squad.
In addition, Miss James held
leading role in her se.4ior class
play. She plans to major in mathe-
matics as a student in the school
of arts and science at the Univer-
sity of Delaware.
Swartz, who ranks twentieth in
class of $40 at Wilmington High
School, is a member of the Nation
al Honor Society, Boy Scouts,
Y. M. H. A, and A. q. A. fraterni-
ty. He has participated in the stu
dent government as homeroom
representative, in the senior class
play and as a member of basket
ball, baseball and cross country
athletic teams.
Recipients of the Food Fair
grants currently enrolled ait the
University of Delaware are George
James Davis, sophomore chemical
engineering major and a graduate
.yf Mt. Pleasant High School, Marsh
Road and Weldin Lane, Whining
ton; Harold August Huffman, Jr.,
freshman electrical engineering
major and a graduate of William
Penn High School, ia w. 5th St,
New Castle; Doris May Reed, sop
homore in the school of arts and
science and a graduate of H. G.
Conrad High School, 29 Boxwood
Avenue, Wilmington; and Gail
Wright Veasey, freshman in the
school of home economics and
graduate of Georgetown High
School, 21O N. Bedford Street,
Georgetown.
The initial grants to entering
University of Delaware students,
received by Davis and Miss Reed.
were announced by DR.. John A.
Perkins, president of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, and Mr.. Louis
Stein, president of Food Fair
Stores, Inc, in the spring of 1854.
At that time Mr.. Stein stated, II
believe the encouragement of young
people to continue cultural and
professional activities in schools
of higher education is one of the
obligations which industry must
assume in the communities in
which it serves"
The Food Fair Foundation schol-
arships are awarded to graduates
of accredited secondary schools of
the State of Delaware. Selection
of the recipients is made by the
university's scholarship committee,
and funds are credited to the schol-
arship-holders' account for fees
and tuition for the college year
The awards are made on the basis
of civic interest, leadership and
Need for financial aid
NAV also be considered.
When the textbook for the next
days class is laid aside, the choice
of most college students is light
and relaxful reading.
This was brought ont in sur
vey conducted by the Dean of Stu
dents office at the University of
Delaware following the initiation
nf program of distribution of as
sorted paper-bound volumes to liv-
ing groups throughout the campus.
Dean of Students John E. Hocutt,