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

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O Who has seen ] ris(s) Noiner? Scliool hours from 8 to 1 o’clock this term. Two of our editors have been on the sick list. Some of the graduation ])arts have been assigned. “Where is Old Brunswick?” Schol¬ ar: “I think in the old world.” At present, dancing is the favorite amusement of the young ladies. Wanted: The handkerchief with which the teakettle wipes its nose. We are told by a botany scholar that the flora of a town is its po])ula- tion. We have returned to our old meth¬ od of one recess, for the rest of the year. The young men have been chal¬ lenged by the Dean Academy nine to play on April 24. A third class boy beats the record having received 104 per cent, in phil¬ osophy last term. After playing a while, a little Mil- fordite exclaimed: “I am all tired out, I wish I could get tired in again.” The physics class are now wu’estling with beats. We refrain from ])unning, yet there is a large fleld for such pro¬ ductions. Some of the botany class are anxiously turning over the leaves in the woods to see wdio first shall find those beautiful flowers “that bloom in the s])ring,” by name—“Tra-la.” Did you see the line of disconsolate husbands before the wdndows of the “millineiy o])enings” last week, sing¬ ing in sad refrain: “O bother the bon¬ nets that come wdth the sj)ring. A senior was talking about going to a salad su])per, wdien her little brother said : “I should like a good solid sup¬ per, I haven’t had one for a good while.” The third Latin class have just be¬ gun to “Sing of the hero and his To an outsider the key would seem somew’hat minor, and the e.x- pression, lachrymose. Political economy and botany are the new ' studic ' s of the last term for the seniors. The senior wdio lives in the suburbs can })ursue both studies ill a pi ' actical way; for he will find that even the w ' ild flow ' ers have an ex- c udif eable value among those wdio lack his opjioilunities, or his energy. i What is a paradox? Scholar: “A j church dinner on I ast day.” I Teacher: “What is the literal trans¬ lation of ‘All Devoir’?” Senior: “I’ll see you later.” Xow ' the senior provideth himself wdth an autograjih album and becom- eth a peripatetic, omnipresent ?. There are 21 scholars from other towms in school this term. First class, three; second, three; third, six; fourth, nine. Woman, however anxious for suf¬ frage, is still dependent on man; for she must borrow his hat to take up a collection. Class colors, mottoes, badges, pic¬ tures and excuses from graduation ex¬ ercises are the subjects of general con¬ versation just now. From Su]it. Hatch’s report, just re¬ ceived, w ' e find that Haverhill has one scholar in its high school to every 139 of its population. Milford has one to every 57. What next? The teachers of Wakefield have stiaick against the re- duced scale of salaries. The new ' scale, however, is still higher than that of our high school. College graduates are of 1 per cent, of the young men of the country yet they fill 58 per cent, of its offices. The higher the offices, the greater the relative percentage filled by them. This w ' eek the “up and coming” ar¬ oma of skunk cabbage has tested the ability of the botanists to rejn-ess theii- feelings. The nasal jiassages are gracefully comjiressed w ' ith the left hand, while the right dissects the in¬ teresting specimen. A Boston paper claims that skating rinks are finally blessings; for now that the skating mania is w ' aning, they are being remodeled into cheap tene¬ ments or public halls, etc. We aw ' ait the metamorphosis of Milford’s. The following were the subjects for our last compositions: Tw’o Aprils in LT. S. History. Two Books Which Every Scholar in School Ought to Read. Our Debt to Two Creat Invent¬ ors. The G. A. R. For What Will Men Die? The Knights of Labor. Spring, Gentle Spring. If all tbe members of the jiresent senior class are so fortunate as to n - ceive dijilomas in June, 33 w ' ill be pre¬ sented, including 11 English, French and Latin; 1 English and French; 5 Classica l. The rest are partial dijilo- mas due to a change of coui’se or to a failure to carry the three studies re¬ quired by the school law. Florence I. Goodspeed, ’79, is teach¬ ing in Laconia, X. H. Ella T. Chilson, valedictorian of the class of ’82, is teaching in Bellingham. William W. Tirrell, once of ’81, is employed in the ticket agent’s office of the Boston Low ' ell railroad. The violin playing of Florence E. Hale, ’88, at a recent concert held in Upton, was very highly spoken of. Hugh Bradley,’75, has been engaged by our new postmaster as assistant. Aggie M. Burke, ’85, is to be second assistant. Eugene W. Stoddard, ’78, and sister, Edith J. Stoddard, ’76, are expecting to go to Japan in the coming fall, where Mr. Stoddard w’ill begin his missionary work. Our efficient clerk of the school board refuses to be made a Hopedalian by changing his “bed and board” to Milford, and so the scholars will still have the pleasure of being informed of their delinquencies by L. E. Fales, ’78. The Lilhatansu quartette, w’hich gave a concert in Upton a short time ago, is composed of three of the for¬ mer ])upils of this school, Mrs. J. I. Whitney (Thwing), once of ’65, Mrs. E. G. Bell (Adams), ’69, andMrs. J. H. Wood (Woodbury), ’77; the fourth member, Mrs. H. W. Lull, is the wife of our jiresent principal. The Worcester County Teachers’ Association holds its next meeting here on Saturday, May 29, and, among other sjieakers, w ' e scholars shall be very much pleased to hear and see Miss Alice Freeman, jiresident of Wel¬ lesley college, w ' ho has, in sjiite of ma¬ ny engagements, acceded to the re¬ quest of our principal and wdll read a jiaper upon some phase of the educa¬ tion of young ladies. Principals W. H. Small of Hudson and H. B. Hay¬ den of Sterling wdll also ])resent papers on current tojncs. Dr. Samuel X. Xelson, ’73, is now ' at home (in Milford) recruiting from his over-exertion w ' hile abroad. After graduating here he sjient a short time at Phillips’ Exeter; he then entered Harvard, taking degrees in the college and the medical department. After a short term of jiractising, he w ' ent to Germany, wdiere he made a special stu¬ dy of bacteria. We are pleased to hear of his success in this line of study and hope to see him and hear from him wdthin the w ' alls of the old school- house w ' hich, W ' e have no doubt, w ' ill seem very unfamiliar to him after the extensive repairs of five years ago.

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’r}IEv0 K,vLmY|IYY. APRIL, 1886. Published ISIontlily During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EDITORS. GRACE P. FIELD and W. J. CuOK. PERSONAL EDITORS. BBIE I. MADDEN and 1. II. FAIRBANKS. LOCAL EDITORS. LILLA F. HAYWARD and W. G. CLIFFORD. BUSINESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. E. TOUGAS. SUBSCRIPTION R. TES. (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 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, Lock Box 137. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. Editorial. As spring advances, the tveatlier grows Avarmer and warmer. The chilling winds of winter are followed hy the balmier airs of spring. This change is welcome to the many who have been confined to the house dur¬ ing the dismal winter months through dislike of braving the snow and cold, and now the scholar enjoys every moment sjient in ' the o]ien air. We would suggest that instead of wander¬ ing aimlessly through the well known streets, he take longer w.alks into the less thickly settled parts of the town. His observant eyes will discover many objects of interest. Milford has several pretty strolls. If one desires scenery and romance combined, visit Cleveland’s farm. This is the highest point in Milford, and the outline of lofty Wacluiset, as well as the Blue Hills of Milton, can be distinctly seen from it in clear weather. Lover’s Lane,through which you pass, is a delightful little path leading directly thi-ough the wood. Here occasionally you will chance u])- on a couple entirely unconscious of everybody and everything excejit them¬ selves. Perhajis you wish to develop your muscles; if so,by all means climb Bear hill. From the huge bowlder at the tojj of the hill a very fine view of the toAvn can be had. A visit to a cemetery does not offer very much pleasure; yet an examina¬ tion of the inscriptions on some of the ancient ijraves-tones in Vernon Grove would repay you for your I Vrz . i trouble. Here is an inscrijition copied from a stone now there “Death is a debtj To Nature due, I have paid mil e So must you.” Despite the division of Milford, we advise you to visit Hopedale and en¬ joy the pleasant saunter through the fields past the so-called Indian Fort. Then there is the walk to the water works, to Claflin’s farm and to the North Purchase gold mines. For one who is an active and strong walker. Mother Mendon (why not Gi ' andmother Mendon now and Grand¬ daughter Hopedale?) holds many and varied attractions. There is the beau¬ tiful Nii)muck, there the odorous arbu¬ tus may be found, and other charms more jiotent jierhaps than either. A pleasant afternoon and an agreeable comjianion will make the mostcommon- place walk charming, and the scholar will retniai to his studies with a mind better jirepared for its work. How many of the history scholars realize th.at he who reads only one book upon any historical subject, has generally learned only one man’s opin¬ ion of the . times? Therefore do not be satisfied Avith the text book, but make use of the town and school libra¬ ries. Abbot’s Life of Napoleon Avell illustrates this fact. What a surprise it Avould be to the scholar A ho has based his opinion of Napoleon on that work, to read the works of other bi¬ ographers! If you see a stout hearted young miss (it is the boys who are weak just now) with an anxious face and a heavy sigh draw a note-book from her pocket, jot down a brilliant idea before it escapes, slip the note-book back in place, then hear a sigh of relief com¬ ing from her troubled heart, don’t think she is a juvenile reporter, oh, no, she is only an innocent school-girl pre¬ paring her essay for gr.aduation. Rev. H. A. Spencer has generously presented to the school some valuable specimens for the geological cabinet; several fossils, including the root of a calamite, and a number of pieces of l)olished granite from Maine and Nevv Brunswick. There are, also, a bunch of sea corn, so called by the fisher¬ men; a sti-ing of Job’s tears; a slough and a piece of the keel of a shij) showing the eating power of sea worms. He has our thanks not only for the specimens, but also for the kindly feeling for our welfare Avhich prompted the giving. The young ladies have contributed SB.98 and the young men $2.85 to the paper fund this term. “In dress, sim])licity is the first step to elegance.” This is for the benefit of the young ladies on June 25. The ))ublic have been kindly in¬ formed that the lai-ge, double, east doors of Memorial Hall are the “Side Door.” Thomas Emerson, superintendent of the Newton schools, gave ns a brief call last week. He w;is our princijial’s high school teacher in Woburn in ’70. We understand that he has an eye on one of our teachers of the grammar grade. The first ten in scholarship and de¬ portment for the last term Avere as folloAvs:— First class: Field, Fales, Godfrey, Snell, Craige, Westcott, Reed, Leon¬ ard and Blunt, Dennett and Jones. Second class: Hill, Eldridge, Hancock, Barns, Williams, Gould, Gorman , Whitney, Eastman, Donnolly. Third class: Tirrell, BroAvn N., Coburn, Arnold and Hancock, Thompson, Toohey, Llale and Roberts, Fales. Fourth class: Leonard, Goldsmith, Nichols, Blake, Toomey, Andrews, Connolly, Haskins, Barrett, Holmes. It Avas certainly no credit to Milford that the governor’s request to observe an Arbor day Avas so generally ignored. Where Avere the Business association ; the Society for ToAvn Improvement; the Chatauqua Circle ; the societies of all kinds, secular and religious; in fine, the schools ? Echo ansAvers, Where ? Score one for the M. H. S. One of the seniors who has just fin¬ ished the reading of Picciola, ansAvers her teacher’s questions regarding her enjoyment of the book as folloAvs : “I have enjoyed A’ery much the interest¬ ing story of “La Povera Picciola,” Avhich shoAvs hoAv great an infiuence a very small thing may have upon one’s life; but the neglect that led to the death of the flower Avhich had given life, faith, love, liberty, friends, hapjii- ness, shoAvs hoAV in our jirosperity Ave are apt to forget those Avho have stood by us in adversity and misfortune. It has seemed to me more like a person than a floAver.” The class of ’80 observed Arbor day by setting out a class tree. They met in the school yard in the early evening and all, in turn, assisted in excavating the necessary hole in Avhich they set a maple as emblematical of the class— not because of the greenness of the leaf; but on account of the SAveetness and strength of its sap. Long may it AvaA ' e its branches in honor of ’80! After the ceremony the class, Avith the teachers as invited guests, rejiaired to the school building Avhere cake, cream and song refreshed the Avearied arbor- atores.

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The Boston Clearine: House. Just before 10 o’clock a. ni. of any week clay upper State street may be seen lined with men heading with great rapidity toward Xo. GO, the Bos¬ ton Clearing House. Some have large sheets of rolled oper in their hands, others are carrviim handd aijs. These men are the representatives of 52 Bos¬ ton banks and are going to the Clear¬ ing House to transact the business for their respective banks. Each bank sends two men, a messenger to carry the checks and a settling clerk to do the figuring. While they are on their way let us see what was done before these officers left the banks. AVe will suppose that every reader of this pa¬ per understands what that form of business paper is that we call a check or voucher. Each bank receives more or less vouchers during the day, coming in both by mail and by individuals. It is here necessary to explain that every bank in this C. H. system is numbered, and we know one another more by number than by name. To continue, all Boston checks are gathered togeth¬ er, (with the exception of those on the bank itself) and assorted into 51 “pi¬ geon holes,” each hole re])resenting a bank. They are listed into a book, called the Clearing House book, made for the purpose, each bank’s check s by themselves. As soon as the first clerk has listed them, another lists them on sli])s of ))aper (called exchange slips). Each bank’s checks are on one slip with name and number of the bank at the top. Each slij) is adjusted to its package and the totals must agree with the totals on the book be¬ fore described. If they agree they are considered correct, for two differ¬ ent persons handle the same checks and it would rarely occur that both would make the same error, though bad figures sometimes cause a great deal of trouble. Advice is cheap, but I say to every one making out a check : Be sure and make it plain and intelligible in every resi)ect, so that there may be no doubt whatever as to the amount. A lar e O sheet of ])aper with four columns ex¬ tending from top to bottom is pro¬ duced. The two outer columns are occupied by the names of the banks in the order of their numbers. ' i ' he two inner columns are headed Debit and Credit. In the debit or left hand column by the side of each bank is inserted the amount of that bank’s })ackage of checks. The credit col¬ umn is not used till we go to the C, H. AVhen all of the totals have been ])laced beside their respective banks the column is added and this total of the totals must agree with the amount LI L ' y. of the C. H. book. This sum is the amount of money we want from the rest of the banks, i. e., what we draw on them. The messenger takes the ])ackages, placed in regular order, to the C. H. and is accomi anied by the settling clerk, who has the sheet. They are su])posed to be in their ])lace at 10 o’clock and if thev fail to arrive at that time, a fine of two dollars is lev¬ ied on the bank they re|)resent. The C. H. is a large hall, around which extends a long desk four or five feet wide. It is so made that the set¬ tling clerk can sit and write on the in- side and the messenger can write standing at the outside. This desk is separated into 54 compartments by brass work so that each bank has a desk by.itself. The desks are num¬ bered in regular ordei- and each bank clerk goes to his own number. Let us go to some special number; for exam¬ ple, No. 1. Here the messenger has his bundle of checks on his arm in reg¬ ular order, commencing with No. 2 and ending with No. 52, ready for distribu¬ tion. The gong strikes and the mes¬ sengers move in procession around the room delivering each ))ackage to the proper bank. The settling clerk takes the packages from the different clerks and puts the amounts in the credit column of his sheet beside the given bank. This tells how much the rest of the banks want from this bank. After the credit column is added the difference is found between the two columns. If the amount brought in, or debit column, exceeds the amount drawn on us, or credit coluun, then that difference must be given to us in cash. If vice versa, we must pay cash. All the settling clerks must give their two totals to the manager before 10.30 or they are fined S2. ' The manager then ])i ' oves the entire work by taking the total amount of the debit columns of all the banks and making them agree with the total of the credit col¬ umns of all the banks. They shoiild be equal if all is correct, for no rnoi-e checks are carried away than are brought in. If there is a mistake a fine of $2 is levied on the man making such eri’or, for every 15 minutes he keeps them waiting. The fine money amounts to $750 a year. In the foregoing manner 112,000,000 of checks are cleared up each day in the sp.ace of thirty minutes, making comparatively little work. It is much easier to understand the Clearing House by seeing the place itself and looking into all parts, r. a. m., ’83. The girls in the ])ublic schools of Brooklyn are compelled to commit to memory the constitution of the Uni¬ ted States. A Ride in an “Old One Hoss Shay.” It was on a Fourth of July morn¬ ing, some few years ago, that my sis¬ ter and I were left alone for the day. The air was hot and stifling, even the cool atmosjdiere of the darkened rooms was unendurable. Everywhere arose sounds of celebration. Battery B thundered on a neighboring ridge; fire crackers and tor))edoes were ] opping and cracking; fish horns and conch shells were tooting until we cried in our agony:— “Oh! for a lodge in some vast wilderness yome boundless contiguity of shade.” As the din increased so did our des¬ peration and we hastily decided to take Nebuchadnezzar, a staid old horse, and the one horse shay, a relic of my grandfather’s day, and ride into the country for a j)icnic in the woods. Our preparations were short and we were soon on our way. We slowly passed from the broad, dusty streets to the narrow roads with green fields stretching on either side. As we pen¬ etrated farther and farther into the suburbs, all sounds of festivity died away, except the occasional toot¬ ing of a horn from some distant hill. We had a delightful ride. The birds twittered and chirped in the great, green trees, whose branches arched over our heads. Here and there was a little brook, babbling, gurg¬ ling and drijiping into a pool over which nodded tall ferns and grasses. Grasshoppers whirred in the clover, butterflies danced about in the sun¬ shine, lighting now on a daisy, again on a buttercuj). The frogs in the swamps mingled their shrill pipings with the sharj) chirps of the crickets. Nebuchadnezzar had been jogging along with his head on one side, seem¬ ingly unmindful of the beauties of na¬ ture, Occasionally he came to a stand¬ still in the middle of the road, and looking around wonld seem to say: “Don’t you think you have gone about far enough?” But being persuaded by the whip that we meant “go long,” he continued at the same mod¬ erate pace. We had passed but two or three suburban villas and these seemed to be closed, as if the residents were from home. We came to a bend in the road overshadowed by a huge bowlder surmounted by a small boy, whose open countenance expressed a cordial greeting. He had evidently noted our approach from this elevated position and was ])re])ared to do the national honors of the day by firing a salute. His intentions were commend¬ able, but the result was disastrous. Nebuchadnezzar had become accus¬ tomed to the drowsy stillness of the atmosphere; so, when there came a ) oy, poj), ])op, bang and a shower of fire works directly upon his head, he