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

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O -A. . “Let’s C.” AVlio, is the “prettiest” garcon in school ? “Virtue is a barbarism,” so says the rhetoric class. How do you like Jennie? Jennie who? Je ne sais pas. We rejoice in the possession of a set of new j)aper-sticks. “There are two kinds of electricity —negative and primitive One young lady of the first class confidently asserts that Paris is in the south-eastern ])art of England. “And still the wonder grew that one small head could forget all he knew.” After an Aurifex. Suggest¬ ed by an examination. The recent floods spared our cel¬ lar and fires so that we did not have an extra vacation, as some of our friends did who live near Boston. During our last cold snap, many of the young ladies of the school were se ' en picturesquely wrapped in their desk-covers. “O dear!” she exclaims, as she vain¬ ly tries to recall a forgotten word. “Were you speaking to me ?” sweetly inquires the senior at her side, but he Pales to receive an answer. Among the electric apparatus being handed in by the philosophy chass, we noticed a remarkably well-made elec- trophorus, the work of Miss Nellie Brown, ’88. A little boy of this town who had braved storm and mud to attend morn¬ ing services of a recent Sunday, when asked to remain to the Sunday school, refused because—“It is so muddy.” A former teacher of Thomasville, Ga., now a resident of Milford, tells of a pu))il who had sixteen names. She was named after her grandfather, arandrnother, aunts and uncles. The j)oets are now racking their brains for original ideas for a class ode. All may compete for the honor, and the metre and music have been selected. How lonesome it seems without a s])ring exhibition? For the ])ast foui ' years we liave given a great deal of thought and labor to our annual enter¬ tainment; but, this season, to avoid any complaint of over work, it has been deemed ex 2 )edient to omit it. Latin 1. is reading the Metamorph¬ oses of Ovid, “the storyteller.” We ho])( that none have lost sleep because of fri rhtful dreams of our much abused text-books changed to horrid monsters . and visiting u] on the unlucky victim vengeance lor their neglect. Extracts from the civil government, examination ])a])or:— Enrolled militia consists of men who | are enrolled as men who work during time of pease but at times of war or riot are ready to take arms. The Superior Court has charge of the punishment of the prisoner. If he is not guilty sometime the sentence is short. It consists of two judges. A person in order to be a senator or rei)resentative must have been a residence of the state five years. She came rushing into the school¬ room with an “O ! girls, did you know a man just got shot?” “Where? Where?” In a chorus. “Down in the hardware store. He only got a ponnd.” An answer by the small boy to “Ne prenez pas” etc.:— “I ain’t the size,” on me flit, Pour les prendre sur inon knee, Mais prenez garde de ce que vous say. Car bientot je growerai. J’irai, alors, aleur sanctum Que je quitterai quaud j’ai “spanctum.” A profane question: It has been asked whether truthful boys were such a rarity in the first half of the last century that G. W’s wonderful daring- in confessing his aa’e-ident is worth the everlasting heralding it receives. We evidently have a mission ; namely : to teach the rising genera¬ tion how to spell lilg. Go to the foot. Perdue. A member of the physiology class prefers sight to hearing; for deaf per¬ sons generally are “merose and melon- colly.” We presume this especially refei-s to the summer months. There are three scholars in school who can boast that their great-great- grandfather entertained Washington when he was in Milford years ago. They still s])eak to us, however, as we pass. Personals. Harry Tilden, ’80, is confined to the house by sickness. JMabel Cummings, ’88, has returned to school after an absence of a year. Nellie M. Conely, ’85, has just en¬ tered the Framingliam Normal School. John N. Cahill, ’85 (English), is em¬ ployed as book-keeper at Turner’s Fafls. George Huiiter, once of ’85, has re¬ cently received a 1250 scholarship at Harvard. Aggie M. Burke, ’80, has com])leted her study of stenography at Provi¬ dence, R. 1. Samuel N. Nelson, ’73, was the first l)hvs’ician in this countrv to inoculate rabbits according to M. Pasteurs method for the jirevention of rabies. -FOR FINE- BOOTS, SHOES, -AND- SLIPPERS In all tlie Leading Styles, go to W. F HADLEY ' S 123 Main Street, Milford. jgp Satisfactiou Guaranteed. STAMPING OF ALL KINDS Neatly Executed. MRS. C. B. BARNES, At the MAMMOTH 5 10 CENT STORE, 80 MAIN STREET, MILFORD. DR. R. H. COCHRAN, HDEItTTZST, Meclianics Block, Milford. JOHN MADDEN, Dealer in TEAS, COFFEES and CHOICE PROVISIONS. aO EXCHANGE STREET. C. F. WIGHT, TUNER AND REPAIRER OF V WB V Warerooms in Washington Block, Milford. H Church Organ Tuning a Specialty. L. E. PALES, COUNSELOR at LAW, Alhambra Block, Milford. FOUNDRY DEPARTMENT, HOPEDALE MACHINE COMPANY, II01‘ED. LE, MASS. Manufacturers of Fine Iron, brass, anil Composi¬ tion Castings.

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I ‘V ' Y’. ’I ' PEv07IK,:IiIIiY|IVY. FEBRUARY, 1886. Published iNIonthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GEXERAI, EDITORS. GRACE P. FIELD and W. J. CoOK. PERSOKAL EDITORS. ABBIE I. MADDEN and 1. H. FAIRBANKS. LOCAL EDITORS. LILLA F. HAYWARD and W. G. CLIFFORD. BUSINESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. E. TOUGAS. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Y ' ear, . 40 cents j Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. Editorial. A seal is a jiiece of raetal, precious stone, or other hard substance on which is engraved an image, inscription or device. The material thus engraved is used in making impressions on some soft substance, as wax. Anciently the wax used was white, .and the impres¬ sion of the seal in it served as an evi¬ dence of the authenticity of the docu¬ ment to which it was attached. Wax of various colors is now used, and not only is it placed on all public docu¬ ments, wills, deeds, etc., but on ])rivate letters; for the young lady of the pe¬ riod must have her scented wax, her candles, and her monogram engraved on a precious stone. Frequently we see little circular pieces of colored paper affi.xed to doc¬ uments, and sometimes a scroll or ring made with the pen in imitation of the seal. These serve the purposes of seals. All cities and most towns have their seals ; but recent inquiry has de¬ veloped the fact that Milford has none, outside of her court seal. How it hap])ens that a town of her size and standing should be without one, we do not know. It seems strange that the subject has received no considera¬ tion from the public. The snow has disappeared, and also all thoughts of the purposed sleigh- ride of tiie first class; yet the young ladies are still hopeful. They are now contemplating a trip to Boston, includ¬ ing a visit either to the Battle of Gettysburg or the Jai)anese Village. AVe are authorized to state that no boys need apply. The High School. A high-school education is a benefit, no matter what we intend to become in after life. Obliged, day after day, to assemble at a fixed time, we are taught a jiractical lesson in punctuali¬ ty; and the discijiline—mental, moral, and physical—to which we are subject¬ ed, is an assistance throughout our lives. Bv obedience to t ' .ie rules of the school, we form the habit of sub¬ mitting to the judgment of those who have had more experience than our¬ selves, and thus later, as citizens, are more amenable to the laws of the land. As a high school is not a respecter of birth or wealth, all are on an equal footing; each, however, must regard the rights of the others. There, side by side, sit rich and ]) 00 r; and it is soon apparent that it is mental ability that gives caste to the scholai‘’s life. Our studies broaden and develop our mental powers. The study of mathematics increases the reasoning faculty and is the foundation of the sciences. The study of the classics and of the modern languages is strict, disciplinary work; for we must not only learn each day’s lesson, but must keep it in readiness for use in every following lesson; we must be able to select the words in their proper order, and form connected English sentences; we must avoid words derived directly from the foreign word, thus becoming familiar with English synonyms. The fact that many English words are de¬ rived from foreign languages enables us to tell at sight the meaning of new words, and so the study of the lan¬ guages is of great value in the study of English. In fine, there are so many little ])oints of which we must be watchful, that faithful work in the clas¬ sics reipiires of one the ajiplication and l erseverance which are chai’acteristic of the successful man. The student of English literature makes a careful and critical study of the works of the best authors; he searches for the hidden thought in passages that at first appear blind and meaningless ; he cultivates a taste for a thorough instead of a hasty reading of the best literature. We are taught the jirinciples of our town, state and national government. In fact, the discipline of the school it¬ self is a practical lesson in civil gov¬ ernment. J Another subject of vital importance is the anatomy, physiology and hy¬ giene of our bodies, and the use and abuse of stimulants. AVe are taught the laws of matter, al¬ so, its iihysical and chemical projierties, and those phenomena that depend up¬ on ])hysical and chemical changes. AVe learn of the wonderful progress that has been made in the various sciences, and are taught lessons of pa¬ tient, self-denying application by the lives of the students who have brought to the sight of men the hidden mys¬ teries. Laboratory work, using its delicate apparatus, and pi’esenting to the eye the thouglits of the book, requires so great neatness and accuracy that the scholar forms habits which will benefit him the rest of his life. The student of history sees before him the rise and fall of ancient em¬ pires. He learns of the deeds of men Avhose writings, although composed two thousand years ago, are read to¬ day in the schools, and he can profit by the experience of men, the record of whose successes and failures he reads. AVhat is learned from the text-books is a small part of the knowledge gained in the various studies; there are innu¬ merable questions constantly suggest¬ ed, in the study of every subject, which the scholar, if he wishes to thoroughly understand his lesson, must master by consulting books of refer¬ ence. AVhen one has been in the high school only a short time, he begins to see how much there is in this world to be learned, and how little he knows. Grant that a scholar forgets all this book knowledge, yet he will still have an advantage over one who has never received this training, for he knows how to learn ; his mind is developed, and he knows where to go for informa¬ tion on any subject. Finally, that a high school pupil is good for something besides study, has been quite thoroughly demonstrated the last two years by our industrial exhibitions. F. L. F., ’85. “It will be a cold day for him.” -[Iliad, Book I., 325. A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man by one which is lower than himself. The one ])roduces asi)iration, the other, ambi¬ tion. Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man asjiires.—[Beecher. Buds. Born in Westmorelaiul county, A a., Feb. 22, 1732, a son to Augustine and Mary Washington. Blossoms. Married in New Kent county, Va., Jan. IT, 1751), by Kev. David Mossiun, George Washington and Martha Custis. Cypress. Died at Mt. Vernon, Aha., Dec. 14, 1789, George Washington, aged 08 years.

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XjX XjIT. (Conliluiccl.) Down the Connecticut in a Canoe. Tuesday, August 25. As it was then 3 o’clock, we had no expectation of reaching Claremont; but we had failed to realize the strength of the current, and when, an hour later, we ran by a beautiful toAvn, to our astonishment Ave found it to be Windsor, Yt. Here are toll and rail¬ road bridges, and Ave had our atten¬ tion fully occuj)ied in keeping the boat straight, as there Avere so many cross currents. Just beloAV Windsor, Av e entered the longest straight part of the riA’er that aa’C had yet seen. A second bridge at the further end seem¬ ed to recede before our adA ance ; but at last AA e captured it and, for the sec¬ ond surjirise, found the mouth of Sugar river justbeloAv it on the left, and The run to the Junction about three miles. So Ave kept right on to the ferry and landed at 5.30. During the aftei-noon there Avere three long, deep and quiet lake-like reaches of Avater bordered by high land covered Avith trees, Avhich needed only a bright sun to make them beautiful, d’he sun, hoAAever, refused to shine, but Ave didn’t mur¬ mur; for no sun with no rain Avas far better than yesterday’s Aveather. One of these lagoons Avith a mountain peak at its loAver end, like a sentinal guard¬ ing its outlet, Avould have made a line vieAV for the camera. We knew Ave Avere at our journey’s end, by the tAvo iron rods stretched across the river, like those at Lunen¬ burg, but here Ave had the good for¬ tune to Avitness their use. Only one is in daily use; the other is a reserve in case of accident. Both ends of the large ferry-boat are fastened to the rod by chains and pulleys Avhich run freely on the rod ; but the boAV chain is much shorter than the stern so that the boat hangs down stream from the chain at an angle to the cur¬ rent of the river. The result is that the current, in trying to float the boat doAvn stream, pushes it across to the opjm- site shore. When this is reached, the short chain is let out, the long one is shortened, and back goes the boat Avith no tired arms or aching back on the part of the ferryman. The horizontal line is the rod; the arroAV, the current; the dots, the chains, and the heavy line, the boat. J he resultant motion then becomes a very interesting examj)le under the composition of forces. Excepting in early spring or case of freshe t, ferrv- ing becomes a very easy matter; the team and load are driven on, fasten¬ ings cast off, a push, and away li ey go. As Ave landed, the ferryman Avas just ferrying a team over, and from him Ave learned the lay of the lamb On his return, Ave ])urchased from hi green corn, cucumbers, eggs and milk, Avhich, Avith blackberi-ies and apples given us by his hospitable Avife, ena¬ bled us to celebrate the completion of our trip Avith a feast. Our accommo¬ dating ferryman bade us good-night Avith a ])romise to carry us the next morning to the depot, (a mile aAvay), in time for the early train for Lake Sunapee, N. 11. Here, ]n-operly, the trip ended, as far as the title is concerned; but it was supplemented l)y a short stay at Sun- a))ee, Avhere, lioAvever, the canoe Avas of no use; for it Avas a time o f high Avinds and Avhite caps, and the danger Avas not accom])anied by any mitiga¬ ting pleasure. From SunajAee Ave foi- Avarded the boat to Concord, N. LI, and then there Avas a short trip of 20 miles by the 3Jerrimac to 3Ianchester, Avhich Ave made betAveen 11 and 5 o’clock, besides lunching on the Avay and making tAvo short but rough cariaes. On our arrival at 3Ianchester, Ave Avere greeted by our friends Avith kind¬ ness, but Avith expressions not at all tending to make us A ' ain of our person- id appearance. “What horrible look¬ ing objects!” seemed to convey the idea of tAvo unshaven, burned and di¬ lapidated bipeds; but AA e endured it all Avith the consolation that “blood Avill tell,” and Ave kneAV that it was so pui’ified that it AA ' ould tell during the hard Avork of the folloAving twelve months. If any one intends to take a canoe trip next season, Ave recommend the Connecticut, but beloAv Woodsville. He Avho has only a Aveek for his vaca¬ tion can reach Woodsville, H. H., from Boston in time to pitch camp on the day of de])arture, can easily reach Claremont in live days, (avo did it in three), have a day at Sunapee, (40 cents by steamer for the round trip of the lake), and arrive home on the sixth, a Aviser and better man; poorer—in ]»urse, but richer in red corpuscles; his only regret that summer days are so fleeting. vale. Go Avhere you may, the name of Washington has become a household Avord; ami even today the Avhole fam¬ ily of Christendom AA’illingly acknoAvl- etlges his unenvied i)re-eminence.” Blood is a juice of rarest quality. —[Goethe. Exchanges.—FoaimifecZ. The last number of the Vanderbilt Observer suggests a biographical dic¬ tionary; but, Ave can add, there is also depth to its articles. After reading the article on oscula¬ tion in the Portfolio, we anxiously looked on the title page to see if it Avei-e sent out by a mixed college. Just noAv an epidemic of chronicles rageth in the land. The Archon and the 31. B. S. Echo are the latest vic¬ tims. Let us all start for Paris and be inoculated! If the cut is true in the College Chi]As, Ave do not think it a very good “ad;” for it looks isolated, bleak and ]n ison-like. This, hoAvever, is no in¬ dex of Avhat is Avithin the covers. No. 5 of the l oung Idea is an im¬ provement on its predecessors, not only in its contents, but in its general ap])earance. The heading is a great addition. We still hojie to see some of those “ads” re-set in projier type, and your jirinter ought to have enough pride in his Avork to do so Avillingly. Wo saved the string. Advocate, that confined the last number, and shall use it for a bell rope. We opened the pamphlet Avith fear and trembling, as, AA e reasoned, so strong a fastening means a mighty iiressure Avithin. The 11. S. Herald has been through the same trials as avo, and has been as successful. There is Avork in re-fitting and re-furnishing, and, like the Avork of Sisyphus of old, it is often discoura¬ ging, but the “aftermath” is an ample reAvard. The Comet says: “We ahvays sup¬ posed sound moved 13 miles per sec¬ ond.” Let’s see,—1120 ft. at 00 , and therefore 13 miles Avould require over 60,000‘ . What a “heated season” they must have in Pockland! Or is it due to the great elasticity of the atmos¬ phere The Academy Trio has an interest¬ ing article on “The Effects of Learning on the Countenance.” In the past Ave have noticed “effects” on other things, especiallyatexaniinationtime;—viz: on cuffs, nails and fingers, on the inside of Avatch cases, and on scraps of pa¬ per Avith strange characters upon them, etc. All school and college j)apers assert that they are of ])ractical value to the students of the institutions they rep¬ resent. Perhaps this may be said Avith greatest force of the Deaf 3Iute, for, Ave understand, the type is set and the pressAvork is jierforined by the students, and so, Avhen they go out into the Avorld, they have had an in¬ dustrial education in at least one phase of business life.