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

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Z ATIT. T}IEv0;jK,vIim¥|IVY. MARCir, 1886. Published Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENEU.LT EDITORS. GRACE P. FIELD and V. J. CuOK. PERSOXAL EDITORS. A BIE I. MADDEN and I. II. FAIRBANKS. LOCAL EDITORS. LILLA F. HAYWARD and W. G. CLIFFORD. BUSINESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. E. TOUGAS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 cents ] Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Bice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Lock Box 137. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-OtRce, as second class matter. Editorial. Our school numbers nearly 160 pupils; yet during the past two terms only one of the parents of these scholars has visited the school. Who has represented the guardians of the 159? Parents do not realize to what an extent they can influence the wel¬ fare of a pupil. A little interest shown by them in the school work is an incentive to greater zeal. The teacher is also stimulated to better results with the knowledge that his efforts will be appreciated and not in¬ differently passed over. The best way parents can show their interest is to visit the school, learn the method of conducting the recitations, and note the advancement of the classes in the different studies. They surely cannot show their interest by staying away and gaining their ideas of the school’s progress from the exaggerated reports of a fertile-minded school boy or girl. Come and see us; you will not be asked a single question. Our principal was summoned to Ashland this month to award the prizes in the speaking contest by the pupils of the high school. Ashland has followed the example set her by Ilolliston with jirofit to the scholars, both by increasing the interest in rhe¬ torical exercises, and also by enabling them to add to their library and to their })hysical ajiparatus. Can we not do something in this line another year? What word is equivalent to a sen¬ tence ? Guilty. Through the kindness of Principal W. II. Small we have received a copy of the Hudson Enterprise, containing an account of the Hiub School’s Indus- trial Exhibition. It was a great success, netted the school library fund $75, and, if we may judge by the report of the crowded condition of their exhibition rooms, was much appreciated by the public. There were needle, kitchen, jien and ]iencil, floral, confectionery and mechanical departments. There was also a siqiper room, where the ta¬ bles were supplied by the scholars. The Enterprise further adds: “Hud¬ son is the second town in Massachu¬ setts, so far as is known, to attempt anything of this nature—Milford be¬ ing the first.” The question has been raised by several recent deaths, especially by Hancock’s, whether or not there is any moral obligation resting on a man, who has received for years a large sal¬ ary, which should require him to make a provision for the future for himself, his wife, or for his children. We do not grudge his widow any sum, how¬ ever large, that may be raised for her by patriotic friends; we would not belittle in the least the glorious services of her husband nor the debt due him from the country ; yet we think it in¬ cumbent on every man to lay by for a rainy day, no matter what his position or his salary, and if fewer cases of this kind were recorded by the daily papers we think it would be a far better les¬ son for us of the rising generation, and teach us to practise due economy while strength and youth permit. The delightful treat which lovers of Shakespeare have recently enjoyed, has caused us to wonder whether there is a place in the world where anyone should keep his mouth more tightly closed than at a play of Shakespeare’s. A very innocent little question may be, to use a classical expression, a complete give-away. The average theatre-goer is not a competent critic, especially if also totally unacquainted with the history of the times jiortrayed. The tattoo which the prompters at the iVIiisic Hall play on the speaking tubes, to warn the man who has charge of the curtain, is becoming very no¬ ticeable and greatly adds to the inter¬ est (?) of a scene when the lovers are dying to slow music. We cry with Ylacbeth-like despair: Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this dirt Clean from—these piano keys? Are you a member of the duode¬ cimo edition ? We now say “sar-din” with accent on the penult. “Who lived in Acadia?” Scholar— “The Acadians.” Teacher—“Thanks.” The seniors are now taking a red-hot journey with Phaethon in his wild drive. Just at present, pickled limes com¬ prise the favorite lunch of the young ladies. “Say, which is it; an aesthetic or astatic needle in a galvanometer?” (Ec-static applause). Havinoj flnished one of the stories of Ovid, a girl with a cold inquired, “What do you think Ovid (of it)?” Mice have a midnight feast in some of the desks in the back of the room. Menu: po])-corn, crackers, jiaper bags, etc. “Last Sabbath the jireacherasked us to omit the third and fourth verses of the hymn.” How many mistakes here ? Pith-balls are hanging from the gas flxture for exjieriments in frictional electricity, when a young philoso¬ pher exclaims: “O, just see those lis- infectants!” Jerome Walker, M. D., in his physi¬ ology, says: “Desks covered with blue or green cloth serve to rest the eye.” There are several more young ladies whom our principal expects to hear from. Young scholar gazing at a picture of St. Cecilia and Peter—“Teacher, what have they got hoops on for?” Teacher—“Hoojis?” Y. S.—“Why yes—around their heads. The young men’s wardroom has been refurnished with blacking, brush, box and corn broom, and now we ex¬ pect the y. m. to shine like the sleek- coated horse when fed on oil meal. The Ovid class always smile when they reach Deucalion’s conversation with his wife Pyrrha after the flood :— “Nos duo turba sumus.” They have always thought that it was “ rc.s.” The subject of the recit.ation was “Coining Money.’ Interested pujiil: “Will you please tell me what the let¬ ter O, sometimes stainjied on silver pieces, stands for?” Teacher: “Oh!—er—er—” The Chemistrv class are flauntimr their colors around, not the national, but a dull orange red, which appe.ars both on the coats of the young gentle¬ men and the dresses of the youmr la¬ dies.

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Ij I HjIT. Be firm. One constant element in luck Is genuine, solid, old Teutonic pluck. —[Holmes. We help many of our students to good situations.—[Eastman’s College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Easter will come on April 25. This has not occurred before since 1734, and will not occur again until 1943. Before you begin to peruse a book, know something about the author. Read the preface carefully. Take a comprehensive survey of the table of contents. Give your whole attention to what vou read. Be sure to note the most valuable passages as you read. Write out, in your own lan¬ guage, a summary of the facts you have noted. Ajiply the results of your reading to your every-day duties. —[David Pryde. « Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, and Bryn Mawr are the only colleges giving in¬ struction to ladies alone, but there are in the United States over one hundred and fifty colleges for young men which also admit them. The great English universities, Oxford and Cambridge, have made arrangements by which ladies can attend a large number of lectures. Italy, too, has opened its seventeen universities to women, and Norway, Sweden, and Denmark have also allowed them to enter. BUY YOUR IDJE lZr C OOIDS AT T. Mechanics Block, 138 Main Street., Milford, Mass. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Wasliingtoii Block, Milford. H. C. SNELL, Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 64 MAIN STREET. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand, Sale Harnesses at Low Prices. Horse Blankets, Storm Cover.s, Whips, Lap Robes, Horse Collars, Etc. Repairing Promptly and Faithfully Executed. No. 76 MAIN ST., MILFORD. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in DiamoiiJs, falclies, Clocb aiiJ Jeffelry, 132 Main St., Milford. Energy is acquainted with nothing but success; voices of discouragement are strangers to it; it never yields one iota in its determination; though it may perish under an avalanche of dif¬ ficulties; yet as its lamj) goes out it is still contending for its ideal.—[Chris¬ tian Union. M. E. B. in the Boston ' Journal, af¬ ter a visit to the Evening School, says of literature and modern languages: — I am not sure but these studies, articles de luxe as it were, since they were under¬ taken more for mental discipline than for practical aid in life, were not the most im¬ portant of all. We so sadly need resources of the imagination and the more abstract powers of the mind to sustain and elevate life that I am always rejoiced to see evidence of study undertaken for the pleasure and warmth it brings of itself, without any mer¬ cenary or mere practical thought behind it. Can any pecuniary reward be richer than the consciousness of greater strength, of deeper insight, of nobler understanding within that fair and hidden realm ov ‘r which each rules for himself—that kingdom of which he and he alone is or ever can be king. Empires may change and circumstance, prosperity may come oradversity, the mirage of fame may fade as we journey on and the bubble fortune burst as we touch it, but treasure of mind and wealth of spirit who shall touch or snatch from us? I or Your Medical Advice Consult Dr. J. Clarke., 100 Main Street. OUR PENCIL SHARPENERS FOR SCHOOL USE, Have been adopted by many of the best schools in the country. DUTCHER TEMPLE COMPANY HoDedale, Mass. ALL OK DEBS FOR C3-I5.00 E ZU S Received from the High School .Scholars, will be promptly delivered by the BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. E. G. MOORE, Offers to the Public all leading varieties of CUT FLOWERS I FLORAL WORK •=s-CURRIER KENDALL, - OWE PRICE Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS,ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD. BTJ-V ■STOXTE, AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LM STEAD. DK. G-EO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, AT 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD F GRANITE F COMPANY Building and IVIonumental Work Of all kinds executed with despatch. This Gi-anite is pronounced the best in the state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnislied on application. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Eked Swasey, Agt. J. B. Baxcroft, Treas. T. C. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fanc.y Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Street, Milford BUY Y O C II RIBBONS, LACE AND SMALL WARES, OF G. T. FALES CO., 154- Main St., 3iilfoi‘d. CLAFLIN THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A.Claflin Co., 116 Church St. W. H. BOURNE C CO., DEAI.EKS IX FAXCY GOODS, YARNS, AND DRESS TKI.M.MINGS, 5 “Also Infants’ Goods of all Kinds. 1U6 .Main Street, Milford, Mass. Of all kinds. Give him a call.

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O id. 1 Ovid. Deucalion exclaims: “0 ' would that I could repair the people by my father’s skill.” Beware of that new scarf-])in ! One end is Blunt and harmless enough, but the other extends into the pocket, and when the hand is there—look out! At the last meeting of the class of ’80, a motion was made and passed that a vote of thanks be extended to Florence V. Clark for her interest and energy in pre{)aring the entertain¬ ments for the evening meetings held every three weeks. Napoleon Tongas was ap])ointed a committee of one to draw uj) and present the same. “Come and dance with me,” cried the sparkling damsel of the third class. “0 ! you will have to excuse me,” was the reply. ‘Squeeze you ? I won’t; you are too fat,” and thereupon she wiped two tears from her Blood-y eyes. Five young ladies ventured out the other day with their hair jmwdered and arranged a la INfadame Washing¬ ton. They were very indignant when they discovered that some thought they were advertising a new brand of flour sold by one of our local dealers. The singing class is learning “Inte¬ ger Vitae” and “Good-bye,” two songs which are sung at the annual reunions of the graduates of this school. The alumni at their next reunion in June may expect to hear some new voices join in the songs, which, though old, are not familiar to the graduates of recent years. There is a movement on foot to estab¬ lish an elocution class under a teacher from the Monroe School of Oratory in Boston. It would certainly be of great profit to the school if such a class could be formed. The teacher is vouched for by the principal of the school, C. W. Etnerson, M. D. Miss Nellie A. Brown, ’88, has shown considerable skill in the con¬ struction of a model of Caesar’s bridge. To make the effect more real- istic she has jflaced it in a pan of water and sand representing the bed of the river Khine. “Ou habitent les castors?” “Where are the j.lug hats?” One (lay it is the strong scent of turj ' cntine which fills the air; the next, the passing breeze brings us the j)un- gent odor of ammonia, but either of these is ])referabl(i to the choking gases which so often ascend in vol¬ umes from the laboratory. We acknowledge the receipt of 06 exchanges for the last month. From New England, 29 ; from the states west of the Mississipjd, and Canada, 14 ; from tlie remaining states 23. If our s])aee allowed all might be commended. i Eflie E. Adams (Worthen), ’77, is ;! 1 teaching in Bellingham, and Nellie A. i| . . Dale, ’80, at Wellesley Hills. i fellas W. Hale, our eleventh iinnci-i t,, rn • i pal. is receiving the congratulations of . “ 1 ’ ' V 1 his Milford friends hecanse of the hap- Wellesley College has had py arrival of “ximiter three? ' | sfo ' tnne to sprain her ankle. , fehe has our sympathy. |!j Frank A. Ilill, the tenth principal Jessie E. Giw, ’88, a very sncccss- ot this school and at present at the f,,, teacher of the Terpsichorean art, head of the high school 111 Chelsea, 1 ,,, „ eiass at Iloiiedalel has been appointed master of the ' ; English high school, Cambridge, at a Horace A. Brown, ’85, has left his salary of $2,800 per annum. position at the PIo])edale Machine i Co’s sho]), and is now employed at State Senator Scott, who strongly George W. Lane’s dry goods store, ojiposed the division bill in the Senate, at n i g • ' and whose siieech was so highly iirais- . 1 5 ’ fi‘ick, a former assistant, ed, was once a iniiiil of this school in 1 . ' ? , in the Loung Ladies | the fifties. His home is now in Lex- School, Cincinnati, Ohio. ington. Rev. Charles J. White of Woon- , tt at -11 foA 1 1 r. socket, our seventh lu-inciiial, recentlv i Clmrlcs H Morrill, 8J, who lef First Universnlist Harvard to ake the priiicipalshii, of entertain- ;i the Wilton N. H.,liigli school, has de- p lecture on the Ko- !i ehiicd another term s service, and wi 1 Catacombs. i ' enter Dartmouth to complete his col¬ lege course. Wallace I. Stimpson, ’81, is about to go West, even to the other shore, Kittie H. Donovan, once of ’88, is in search of spoil. May he charm the receiving instruction in instrumental natives with his voice and gather in : music at Framingham. the products of the earth, especially i Clara Fisher, ’75, is clerking at E. ’ ' I ' I’i hands. I McKay’s dry goods store. M illiani F. Sherborne, English, ’84, has left his position as assistant sta- 1 Martin J. Kelley,’80, has been re- tion agent at Hyde Park and is now | elected librarian of the public library, station agent at Dorchester. John F. Toomey, ’77, is now em- Ernest L. Cook,’82 English, is em¬ ployed by clothiers in Boston, Mass. ployed in the locomotive works at . • A 1 rn A, rj Providence, R. I. Annie G. Burke, I heresa A. McCar- ’ ten, Lizzie A. Madden, John McLaugh- Littlefield, a former lin and Hugh Bradley, all graduates is einployed in Jones B ow- of this school, took prominent parts provision store at Jacksonville, ! in the ])lay, entitled “Colleen Bawn,” , at the Music Hall, St. Patrick’s night. Bernard Kelley, ’76, is travelling in T • T ' -r • 1 • New Jersey and Pennsylvania for : Jennie L. 1 lifts, 82, is advertising p o i ja- i g -11 Chase feanborn, coffee and tea i for music scholars. , i merchants. Edmund Murjihv. once of ’81. died at his hoine in est street, Sunday problem which many students of j morning after an illness of three algebra at times attempt to solve is: Given the examjile and the answer, to P ' rank L. Young, ’70, and wife, hnd the work. It is said that many j Minnie E. Jones ( )ung), ’75, of Bos- students consider this a problem whose | ton, recently participated in the enter- solution is imjiossible.—[H.S. Review. j tainment at the LTniversalist fair. Is this the case with any of our dear | A’s and B’s? Oh, no indeed! | We are sorrv to hear that jMiss ,, | Anna M. W alker, 85, has bemi obliged Some of our teachers have received | to le.ave the Normal school at P ra- invitations to attend the conimence- mingham on account of ill health. ment exercises of the Woman’s Jled- The Lowell high school j)a])er is ical College of Pennsylvania, at Phila- proud of its battalion, and in the last delphia, to witness the graduation of issue says: “A great ])art of the good Miss Alice T. Hall, one of our recent discijiline displayed in the ranks is assistants. due to IMr. Shernnrne, who under- --- stands his business perfectly.” When The Greek Professor tells us that the the present senior class has graduated, Greeks called the jiarts of the eyes there will be no one in school who sat now known as “juipils,” “girls,” be- | under the instruction of our former cause those are the images most in ra sub-master. people’s eyes.—[Ex. | ii