Milford High School - Oak Lily and Ivy Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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Z V . BOYS, ATTENTION! J-- XjijEnsr AGENT F0RlVRm DITSON, Can furnish you with complete outfits for all the games of the season. 116 Main Street,., r - Milford, Mass. ' CURRIER KENDALL. ONE PRICE siaa Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS, ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD. BUY YOUR - RAISINS, CURRANTS AND CITR0N - AT THE BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. Buy Youp Stationery, Statuary, AXD SCRAP BOOKS, OF R. C. ELDRiDGE,132 Main Street, Miltord. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford. C. r. WIGHT, TUNER AND REPAIRER ••• V Warerooms in Washington Block, Milford. ,8Gg= Church Organ tuning a Specialty. J or Yoxir Medical Advice Consult Dr. W. J. Clarke., 100 Alain Street. DR. GEO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, AT 168 Main Street, Milford. BUY YOUR RIBBONS, LACES ANB SMALL WARES OF . G. T. PALES CO., 154 Alain St., AUlford. PI SIT FOB YOUR rj 4 AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. We desire to exchange with all School papers. REVOLUTIONS. E C} 7IN6E3• 7 ND♦ SCIS G1 .♦ | MILFORDtGRANITE TCOMPANY, ‘Active shears gather no rust.” Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executed with despatcli. Tliis Granite is pronounced the best in the state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnished on.application. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Fred Swasey, Agt. J. B. Bancroft, Treas. CLAFLIN THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Claflin Co., IIG Church St. PENCIL SHARPENERS For School and Office Use. DUTCHER TEMPLE GO.,HOPEDALE,MASS. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a st rono; defense. In Carthage, so the story goes, The tender maidens fair Once bravely furidshed strings for bows By cutting of their hair. But time a revolution brings; Our belles, witli artful care, Now fasten beaux upon their strings With fresh sui)ply of hair. rieart-“beats” —Professional mash¬ ers. Man is a two-legged, eccentric ani¬ mal that deals in politics, religion and general merchandise. Class in physics:—What is mat¬ ter? Snrjii’ised jmpil:—Nothing is the matter. (A]) 2 )lause). “He is a mean man who deals in vulgar fractions to the neglect of in¬ tegers.”—[W. R. Alger. “Rum, Rheumatism and Remorse,” sighed the tramp as he awoke from his nap in the gutter. “After the assessor has comjmted a man’s tax, what must be done ?” “Find the money to pay it, of course.” The reason why no woman can,be¬ come jiresident is because the law re¬ quires that she be thirty-five years of age. Dude.—“What do you think of my collar?” She.—“It reminds me of a whitewashed fence around a lunatic asylum.” “Lemmy, you’re a pig!” said a fath¬ er to his sou, who was five years old. “Now, Lemmy, do you know what a pig is?” “Yes, sir; a pig is a hog’s little boy.” It is useless for jihysicians to argue against short-sleeved dresses. The Constitution of the United States says: “The right to bear arms shall not be infringed.” The Professor was trying to draw out the word organize and asked what a body of politicians did after having a drink. One bright boy, taking ad¬ vantage of the delay, said: “They take another.”—[Adelphian. Exchanges received since last issue : .‘Veademy, Acadeinian, Academy Echo, Academy Journal, Advocate, Album, Ama¬ teur .Journal, Analecta, Anchor, Atom, Car- sonian. Coffin School Record, College Chips, Comet, Critic, Deaf Mute, Hamilton College Monthly, High School Bulletin, High School Censor, Iligh School Corona, High School Journal, High School Record, High School Review, High School World, Kent’s Hill Breeze. Latin School Register, Literary Gem, Normal News, Occident, Rhillipian, INiilosophian Review, Phi-Ithonian, Portfo¬ lio, Rock Point Recall, Schoolmate, Skir¬ misher, Spy, St James Reveille, Stray Shot Stylus, Torch, Lniversity Mirror, Yindex, Vox Ludi, Waste Basket, Xavier, Hampto- nian. M O Pt E T H A N 3 3.000 OF THE ProsperoRS Bisiess Men of To-Day WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twenty-Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Young and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make Jiioney, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY scTioor. in the Avorld where the course of study is pijactioai., instead of Theoretical; where the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual rusines.s oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and IMerchandise are actuali.y USED, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and l)ona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TOTAL EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three montlis |100 to $115. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will be mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

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Venison is deer meat. Tliere are five children of the alum¬ ni in school this term. We are pleased to relieve the anxie¬ ty of one of the seniors by emphati¬ cally asserting that:—“It is a horse.” Ilog-o, pig-ere, sqneak-i, grnnt-um. The above has just been found en¬ graved upon the marble trough of Bacon’s swinery. It was discovered at a depth of 1885 feet in the ruins of the hamlet of Porkopolisby Sch fcmann. Class in history : “What did Julius Cccsar distribiiteVmong the Romans? Scholar scowls a moment and then gravely answers “Pop corn.” Latin class coming across the name Croesus in their reading, teacher says, “Well, who was Croesus?” Silence pre¬ vails for a moment and then someone says, “Why, She was the wife of Aeneas.” We think this passage “strengthen thou the weak hands and conlirm the feeble knees” will be particularly ap - j)licable to some of the seniors on graduation day. Young lady in botany, analyzing a flower, says, “I’m sure of one thing, these flowers are not in cats’ skins.” All agree that they are not. Some of the young ladies take ex- ceptions to the statement that “Smart women are those who have develoj)ed masculine characteristics.” Saiil one senior to his mate : “Let’s sec your proof.” “Have you engaged yovir dressmaker ?” “What is your sub¬ ject?” “What are your statistics?” The botany class with specimen, mi¬ croscope, paper and pencil are i)rodu- cing truly wonderful works of art. By the side of our Fahrenheit’s now hangs a centigrade thermometer and now the ))hilosophy class can readily change the reading of one to that of the other. As we have every reason to know that our j)rincipal is a great lover of flowers and will pi-ovide all necessary vases, can wi not kee[) them full ? V can tiius enjoy them ourselves and add to the aj)pearance of the room. Now the melancholy days have come for the Vergil class: llarpcr’s texts for recitation, no notes, no vo¬ cabulary, no cribs, nothiiuf, 0. An excellent pyrometer made by George Stimj)Son of the philosoj)hy class, has been added to our apparatus. What a blessing the park is to the high school boys! We know of no other school which has so many acres adjoining the school ])remises that are so well adapted for games of all kinds. L X x xzr. The melting })oint of mercury has been a surprise to some of the physics class. “Pendcntia nubila pressit.” lie pressed thunder from the hanging clouds. Somebody says a consul is a minis¬ ter but is not sure whether he is a L). D. or not. French 11. “Sac de unit is a sack of night, O no it isn’t, it is a clothes- bag.” Teacher—“What great German com¬ poser writes so many waltzes and pol¬ kas?” Pupil—“St. Vitus.” We have lately had a novel feature in rhetoricals, a dialogue in French, which passed off acceptably. The Gazeteer gives 284 different places in the United States which per¬ petuate the name of Washington. Now that the thirsty time of the year has come we greatly appreciate the introduction of the aqueduct water. Literature class. Why do the Jews in Ivanhoe call the Christians Naza- renes ? “Because Nazareth was king of the Jews.” Senior reading French comes across the name Pierreval and is asked the literal meaning, whei’eupon he prompt¬ ly answers “Stonewall.” Latest translations of Saintine’s Pic- ciola: “The count of Charney was a very haughty and learned man and so believed in atheism, deism and several other beliefs.” We have been much ])leased to see how coyly some of the scholars whirl the card which illustrates the duration of images upon the retina. It says: “May I kiss you ?” What a beau Thersites must have been! “Squint-eyed, with one lame foot, and on his back a lump, and shoulders curving towards the chest; Ilis head was sharp, and over it the hairs were thinly scattered.” The Sunday school lesson: “The butler and baker of Pharaoh in pris¬ on.” Teacher: “What is a butler?” Small boy cogit:iting remembers the last campaign and ventures : “ A cross¬ eyed lawyer.” Teacher to a scholar caught ])assing a note: “Two-cent postage now, is it. not? “Yes but that was not sealed.” One of the French scholars would like to know how a person voyages when he is loved. What a charming scene! A score of young Tom Mullers, on a S])rm ' morning, raking hay (last year’s) and leaves from our wi(le spreading lawn. If only a Miss Judge could have ])assed up School street there might have been a desperate flirtation at least. C- 7;7-zxjC oX HAS Tlin MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, Pt:NCILS, Fountain and Stylograpliic Pens at the Lowest Prices. Choice Drugs Pure Medicines AT MUSIC HALL DRUG STORE. SOLE AGENT FOR MORSE’S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. ix . E. o E, a- .A. 3sr . B-U-y YOTJE- DRY GOODS AND SMALL lAEES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LM STEAD. BUY YOUR CHOICE CANDY AT lO CENTS A POUND, O F J. W. ROBERTS, THAYERS’ BLOCK. Stamping Koom.s. Goods of all kinds furnished and stamped by the non-erasable method. SILK, CREWELS AND FLOSS Furnished for the different designs. Goods sent by mail to any address. MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, IMilford. T. C. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOU- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. At Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Street, Milford. BEST OF COAL AND LUMBER FOR THE LEAST MONEY OF FIELD BROTHERS. Telephone at L. II. Cook’s office. 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f d i i T y VOL. I. MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1885. No. 8. Class Ode of ’85. BY MAGGIE B. MIXON. Father Time, thy footsteps, Light as falling snow. Through four years of school-life We have felt them go; Bringing with them mem’ries Of a living Past, Sighs and fond regrettings. Friendships dear and fast. Joyful have the days been! Bright as morning sun! Taught in ways of wisdom. Swift our course we’ve run. By these self-same teachings. We with hopes sublime, Trust to gain Bight’s summit. In the future time. Ne’ er again the faces. Beaming with delight, As of yore we’ve seen them. Shall make glad our sight. But the sense of feeling— Our life—must depart Ere the thoughts of schooldays Vanish from the heart. Strive that clear and steady Life’s fair Stream shall flow. Not like mountain torrent Causing grief and woe; Spreading rather gladness Over vale and plain. Till at length ’tis merged in The eternal Main. History of the Class of ’85. BY MARIA P. WE.STCOTT. Yes, it is nearly four years since we entered the hitrli scliool. Years crowd- O ed full of ha|)])y events. On the first Monday of September, 1881, from half jiast seven to eight, we new schol¬ ars came in groujis, or one by one, hardly daring to look up and if sjioken to, not venturing to say more than “Yes, sir,” or “No, sir.” Poor timid creatures! so the older ones thought. That first never-to-be-forgotten day was spent in assigning our seats and giving out the lessons. On our way home every friend that we met greet¬ ed us with, “Well, how do you like the high school?” receiving invariably the answer, “I don’t know yet.” We soon felt more at home, how -1 ever, and grew accustomed to our sur- roundings, yet we never could help trembling when we heard the thunder¬ ing voice of the sub-master say to some unfortunate one who did not recite as glibly as desired, “You may sit.” With what awe we viewed those penetrating glasses! We used to wonder how the seniors knew so much, and we felt greatly flattered if one of them noticed us enough to speaL to us. After crowding our brains to their fullest extent with the roots and stems, but alas! not the flowers of the language of the proud old Romans; with a, b, c’s and x, y, z’s ; with the names of the bones and organs of the “human form divine,” there still re¬ mained at our elbow, long columns of debits and credits to add. IIow sorry we were not to have Miss Bancroft with us when we came back to school after the first long va¬ cation. We have never ceased to regret her resignation. As members of the third class now came our turn to look down upon the new scholars; how very ignoi ' ant they were to be sure! how shyly they acted and how we condescended to them! After wrestling nobly the second year with Swinton’s account of the different races of the world, their habits, cus¬ toms and never-ending wars, at the same time endeavoring to understand the jJiysical laws of Nature and the ])henomena depending uj)on them, we then tried to follow Ciesar into Gaul, while the college-aspiring ones began the rudiments of the language of the Greeks. Do you remember one rhetorical day during the Butler campaign, how sur})rised our sub-master was, when having asked what prominent man from Lowell was before the public, to receive from R. the answer, “Mr. Sherburne”? Alas for us, that was the last year of his prominence before a Milford public, for inducements too strong to resist were offered him by his native city and he left us ; to his loss we have never become reconciled. This same year Miss Hall, too, bade us “good bye,” having decided to change her profession for that of the healing art. Thirteen of our class also departed at this time triumphantly waving a two years’ dijiloma. Mr. Gordon and Miss Jones, as new teachers, greeted us at the beginning of the third year. Now those not studying for college began the inspec¬ tion of molecules ' and the composition of the different elements of nature. This study appeared very difficult at first, but soon we enjoyed it greatly, es))ecially the chats down in the lab¬ oratory about the new styles of dress and kindred matters. What a confla¬ gration we just escaped one day as a result of Miss W’s heat ed forceps coming in contact with a piece of phosphorus. About this time it was deemed ne¬ cessary that we should learn to jiarlez- vous ; and such a confusion of tongues as Ave made of it! “Confusion” not so great, hoAvever, as the young lady’s in the Vergil class, Avhen she found herself saying, “And bring his gods to Latham.” Was it really filial iEneas whose wanderings she w’as following or had her mind wandered oh its own account down through the ages to the then ])resent year of 1884? Ask Maud Muller’s musical judge—or the young lady. Tins year brings with it a new de¬ parture. Instead of the usual literary exercises on Washington’s birthday, we had our experimental industrial exhibition. As a result, many new books and more ajiparatus for the school. Thinking a journey in foreign lands might im])rove our mental health, we accompanied the youthful Longfellow through France and Siiain; Continueil ou page three.