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

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VoL. 1. MILFOHl), MASS., FEBRUARY, 1885. No. 4. OUR BELL. Somewhat back from a classic street Stands the old-fashioned learning seat; Across the pillared portico Our poplars now no shadows tlirow ; And from its station in the tower Rings out the bell, with all its power Whang, bang, Bang, whang. By night it lulls its voice to rest And if so kept it would be best— But in the morning, bright or dull. The bell rings out forever Lull, And calls the youngsters, one and all. To gather in the crow led hall. Whang, bang. Bang, whang. In that building used to be The grammar school as well as we ; But now our number is so great. It’s gone to seek another fate. But like a wheel that’s been well greased The warning bell has never ceased Whang, bang. Bang, whang. From that building, clothed in best. This class comes forth, with brain hard pressed ; While in those silent rooms l eyond Still lingers many a memory fond. But tor the youths whom time will bring No Morrill then the liell will ring. Whang, bang, Bang, whang. L. B. B., ’83. Soliloquy by Our Bell. • As I was standing alone in the school-room one afternoon, I was sud¬ denly startled by a dee|) sigh which seemed to come from above my head, and then a voice which I recognized as that of the old bell broke the silence. “ ' Pwenty years,” it said,“twenty? yes, thirty years, ami perhaps more—the years roll hy so swiftly I can scarce¬ ly count them as they pass—have I hung in this same S])ot. Well do 1 remember how vain I used to be of mv 4 good looks, and how jiroud I was when my voice rang out for the first time. Then I thought my lot was truly envi¬ able, for, swinging back and forth, high above the heads of men, I could look down u])on the busy village below me, see lieople hurrying to and fro, the river winding along, and hear the birds twittering to one another as they built their nests among the green lii ' anchcs of the trees, but, as the seasons passed, all this became an old, old story whose monotony wearied me. “Mv life has had but one reat sor- row, a sense of solitude which at times comes over me. Every Sunday I hear the church-bells ring, and I long to join my voice to theirs, but in vain. Often the fire - bell’s sudden alarm arouses me from slumber, and as I hear other bells one by one ring out upon the still night air, it seems almist unendurable that I alone must be silent. Then when their sound dies away, my feeling of loneliness is in¬ creased a hundred-fold. I have not always been as lonely as now. When there were attic stairs, my solitude was often invaded, gay laughter and merry voices resounded around me, and in the society of young people I felt content. “I remember tw’o visitors that I once had, young ladies who preferred to Sjiend several hours in my com])aiiy rather than in that of their class-mates in the room belowL I greatly enjoyed their confused talk of teachers, scholars and lessons, and wondered at the. cause of their long but welcome A’isit, until one of them scratched in rude letters ‘E p here to escape writing composi¬ tions.’ Dear old attic stairs, you were indeed a blessing to me. All too soon you were taken away, and I wms left alone, shut out forever from inter¬ course with human beings. “Although se])arated from those I loved, I continued and still continue to take an interest in their welfare. IIow joyfully I ring out when those whom 1 i’emend)er as children come once more to visit the scenes of their former trials and triumphs, and how ha])py I am do they but say, as they recognize my voice,‘Ah ! there’s the old bell!’ (irood news of them alwa s causes me a feeling of hap])iness, and yet this hBp])inesH is dimmed by tlie thought that 1 am perhaps forgotten by those whom I shall ever remember, for I do not think the scholars feel foi me the same affection that I do for them. Often when my voice warns them that it is time to begin work, instead of praising me for faithfully performing my duty, I hear them say, ‘Oh! dear, there’s that old bell ringing again.’ However, the consciousness that I am doing right helps me to bear even this grief with resignation. “For several years there dwelt in the little room where the end of my rope hangs, a large family of bottles of different shapes and sizes. In the night when all was quiet, I often heard them relating the adven¬ tures that had befallen them during the day, and consoling one another for the rough treatment they had received. I learned to love them, and to look for¬ ward to the evening with pleasant an¬ ticipations. “One day, I was startled by strange sounds below me, and Avhen evening came I listened in vain for the sweet voices of my friends. At last the ap- ])alling truth broke in upon me, they had bWn taken away. I have never heard from them since. Perhaps they are now at rest from all their suffer¬ ings. I hope so.” Here the bell paused, and, after looking around to see that no one was watching, wii)ed away a tear. “However, I ought to feel thankful that I have fared so well instead of grieving for the departed. During the last few years, my home has been enlarged and l)eautified, until now I aiu justly proud of it. Many of the classes on theii- de])artnre have left be- himl tokens of their good wdl towards the school, and although I derive no jiersonal benefit from thes(! gifts, it gives me jdeasure to think that they make the room pleasant for those who remain. “In the scholars 1 see but little (Continued on Second Page.)

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PAIiKEK, ATTORNEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford, Everett Cheney, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, TOYS, ETC. Headquarters for Boston Daily and Sunday Papers. 1.36 Main street, Milford. BEST OF COAL AND LUMBER FOR THE LEAST MONEY OF FIELD BROTHERS. Telephone at L. 11. Cook’s office. ‘Active shears gather no rust.” We desire to excliatfge with all School jiapers. “Yes,” she said to lier escort as tiiey frlided around the rink, “I do so love roller skating. When we are sailing around this way onr souls seem to be floating fiway towards heaven, and—” At this point both of her soles floated away towjirds heaven, Avliile the rest of her smote the earthly floor with a mighty smite.—[Ex. “Ears, but they hear not”—Corn¬ stalks.—“Eyes, but they see not”—Po¬ tatoes.—[Oil tlity Plizzard.] Tongues, but they sjieak not—Shoes.—[Boston Post.] Legs but they walk not—-Ta¬ bles.—[High School Censor.] Teeth, but thev eat not—Saws. A s])ecimen of class-room wit: Pro¬ fessor—-“Gentlemen will jilease close their books.” After a lapse of a fefv seconds, observing that the jiolite com¬ mand Inid not been obeyed, he adds : “Tliost- who are not :entleinen will ])lease close their books.”—[Ex. Prof, in Clicmistry to class—“Now gentlemen, I have here a crystal called cfirbonate of calcium, through which, when I ])lace it ovei ' :i pencil jioint, I see two pencil points, what docs this mean ?” Student—“Drunk.”—[Ex. Boy of the jieriod to his father (who has just finished thrashing him):— “You have whipjied me, father; hut I tell yon, sir, I will take a terrible re¬ venge on yonr gi’andchildreii.”—[Spcc- nlniif. Longfellow said,—“In the world a man must he either an iinvil or ii ham¬ mer.” He w:is wrong, however. Lots of men are nothing but bellows. —[Academian. Teacher—“What is the d.ative sin- gnhir of the Latin noun ‘gift?’ ” “Do’ know.” “Iviglit, go to the liead.”—[Ex. The chiro])odist—“I came, I saw, I corn-cured.”—[Latin School Register. AY e acknowledge the receipt of the following exchanges: The Eclipse, High Scliool News, Cottin School Record, Argo, Class donrnal. The Speculum, High School Censor, Academian, Latin School Register, Phi-Rhonian, Academy Echo, High School Bulletin, The Atom, The Critic, The P. M. 1. Cadet, Catalogue of University of Dakota, Academy Trio. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strom; defense. M O R E T II A N 3 3.000 OF THE Prosperous Bmess Mei of To-Daj WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twentv ' -Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest Private Scliool 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 money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY sciiooi. in the world where the course of study is miACTiCAi., instead of Tlieorotical; wliere the students act as Hiiy- ers. Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual ullsiness oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Merchandise are actually USED, and have a keai value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and boua tide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TO TA L EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationci’y for the prescribed business course of three months, to .$llo. 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 he mailed on receipt of three letter stamps, i’rospectns giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DR. GEO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD !-GRANITE COMPANY, Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executed with despateli. ' I’his Granite is pnmounced tlie best in tlie state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnished on ai)plication. Estimates made on work in any part of tlie country. Eked Sw.vsnv, Agt. J. B. Baxcuoft, Treas. CLAELIN THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KID BOOTS, Boston Oflioe, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Clatlin Co., 116 Church St.

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O I ’r|IEv0 lK,vLmY|IYY. Published jVEonthly During the School Year, HY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GEXER VL EDITGKS. INEZ L. GAY and CEAEENCE H. MOKGAN. PERSONAL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOCAL EDITORS. ANNA M. W.VLICER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents [ Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also he received. Address all communications to THE OAK, Lir.Y AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and hiqher than second class. Pride. It is not the purpose of this editori¬ al to set forth the evils of pride, but tlie advantages arising from it. If anyone wishes to get along in the world, he must have some personal pride, for, as a general rule, unless ive think Avell of ourselves, no one will think well of us When a ] erso!i constantly depreciates his own services and tells of how little account he is in the world, ive are willing to agree with him, instead of regarding him with the respect to which jierhaps he is really entitled. In school, esiiecially, pride is neces¬ sary if we wish to stand high in the estimation of our classmates and teachers. The scholar who does not care if he makes a failure day after day, and Avho has not pride enough to be ashamed to carry home a jioor re¬ port is always the one who never has perfect lessons and who is at the foot of his class. We all ouo-lit to have class as well as personal iiride, and do all in our power to make our class the best in school. Whatever enterprise ' s un¬ dertaken by the class as a whole, a class ])aper for example, should have the hearty sujiport of each member, for in this way alone can success be obtained. The jdeasure given to our teachers and parents by our good scholarship and deportment, and the pride ' that they feel in making out and signing good reports ought also to be a matter of ])ersonal jiride to us. We trust that all the scholars take enough jiride in the school to keep the reputation that we gained by our ex¬ hibition last February, and that each will contribute to the success of the coming exhibition by making as many articles as possilile. Soliloquy by Our Bell. (Continued from First Page.) change. They are just the same noisy, mischievous boys and girls that their fathers and mothers were. Y et I can¬ not feel for them the same affection as for those whom my voice, as it ran out for the first time, called from the sweet enjoyment of old fashioned sports to the task of learning hard lessons. I can see them yet, robust boys and Mdiolesome maidens, rustic perhaps, some of them sans collars, sans boots, but not sans everything, trooping in with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks. Alas! they now are scattered far and wide. “One by one I have rung in the new classes and rung out the old, for each year has brought its fiock of children under my care, and each year has sent forth from these walls a band of young men and women ready to begin the b ttle of life. Have they struggled as nobly and successfully in their con¬ test with the world as they did in the school-room V 1 trust so. Perhaps none of them have become famous, perhaps none of them ever will, for the number of those who gain renown is very small in comparison with those who seek it, yet if they do their best in their sphere of life, however humble it may be, I am truly proud of them. “Hecalling the number of tliose who have entered and who have bade adieu to the school, I can say with ‘The Brook,’ if not in the exact ivords at least in sentiment, ‘Men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.’ ” At this affecting point, for it is in¬ deed affecting to hear a bell quote ])oetry, some movement on my ])art must have startled the speaker, for, as if fearful its solihxpiy might be over¬ heard, it relapsed into silence. I. L. G. ’85. “To meet the great w ' ork of Business Education, by placing within the op- jiortunity of every young man who avails himself of it a complete and thorough system of commercial in¬ struction, Eastman Business College was established.” See last page. Second Annual Industrial Exhibition. The following graduates have con- sented to be resjionsible for their re- sjiective classes in carrying out the l)lan, j)ro})osed in a former issue, for obtaining the ])rizes for Fast Day. They will endeavor to see every one of their classmates or reach them by letter, but would be pleased to have contributions sent them without fur¬ ther notice and at once. Books ivere never bought for so lit¬ tle money as now. For 45c, 67c, 75c and 87c, valuable and attractive books can be purchased, and these it will be as honorable to receive as those of twice their value. Then, too, the larger the number of jirizes, the greater the num¬ ber of scholars who will be made hap¬ py. Contributions of 5c, lOc, and 15c, according to the numbers in the class¬ es, will be sufficient. ’02, Miss M. A. Parkhurst.’TO, Mrs. Fred Swasey. ’63, Mrs. John S. Mayliew.’TO, Miss AlzieR.Hay ward. ’64, George H. Ball. ’77, Mrs. .Joseph H. Wood. ’65, Mrs. Chas. A. Dewey.’78, Lowell E. Fales. ’66, Clarence A. Suiuner. ’79, Miss Lilian Smith. ’67, Miss Susan M. Inman.’hO, Horace E. Whitney. ’68, Randall B. Greene. ’81, Herbert Eidridge. ’69, Gilbert M. Billings. ’82, Richard Gilfoyle and ’70, Mrs. Frank Spaulding. Miss Mary O. Sumner. ’71, Mrs. .James Leonard., ’83, Frank A. Morrill and ’72, Miss M. .1. Kelley, f Miss .Annie L. Harris. ’73, Mrs. W. H. Adair. ’81, R. II. Donohoe and ’74, Mrs.G.H. Whittemore. Miss Lottie T. Field. ’62 and ’67 have already reported. Kev. C. .1. White, our seventh prin¬ cipal, 1858 to 1869, writes us from Woonsocket, Iv. I., as follows: Thanks for the copy of the Oak, Lily and Ivy. It is a credit to the school of which you are members. Milford may take no little satisfaction, I am sure, in her High School. It is to me a pleasant thought that I was onc.e principal of it. In reply to your note, I left Milford in 1800; was cashier for B. U. Godfrey, 1801- 1802; in Boston, uSO-J; became p.astor of a church in Boston and remained with my parish till 1871. Have been a pastor here from that time to this. 1 still have the i ic- tures of my pirpils in Milford and when I get a c.ill from tliein now they laugh at their former solves. Wishing success. Yours, etc., G. .1. Wuitk. We regret tluit our crowded col¬ umns will not permit us to publish in full it very cordial letter from liev. G. L. Demarest, dated at Manchester, N. II. Below we give a brief (piotation : Whatever relates to the schools of .Milford, whatever developments they manitest, are of peculiar interest to me. My life in that town, though really but for a little more than five years, brought to me a peculiar liking for the people; and the public tru.st they reposed in me I .sought to fulfil with all due faithfulness. This led me to freciuent visitation of the schools; and I read .several items of your personals with much pleasure, because the names of men now grown, and women, too, represent to me the forms of school-boys and school-girls with which I be¬ came familiar during my four and one-half years term of service on the School Gom- mittee. It is now nearly twelve and one- half years since 1 removed to this busy city; but truly 1 would feel more at home in Mil¬ ford than here, because of the sociability of the people there.