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

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I ’rpEve K.MiILYlIYY. FEHRUARY, 1887. Published Monthly During the School Year, nv The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EOITORS. AMELIA C. HARRIS and W. PARKHURST. PERSONAL EDITORS. LYDIA F. GOULD and FRED J. AYLWARD. LOCAL EDITORS. SARAH M. GORMAN and FRANK J. MORIARTY BUSINESS EDITORS. GRACE W. EASTMAN and MARY E. WHITNEY. 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 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, IVIass., Post-Oflice, as second class matter, • ‘But when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men,” This is the star month of the year for it records the birtlis of thi-ee great representative Americans—Washing¬ ton, Lincoln and Longfellow. Great lives are milestones on our road of progress and it is well at times, es- jiecially at such a time as this, to stop in our busy, hurrying course, and meditate upon the.se blessings of Providence to us. Nothing eartliborn IS perfect, yet from each we may cull at least one lesson for our good ; from their teachings gain instruction; from their lives and actions, examples of greatness and wisdom; and from their successes, encouragement to press forward and imitate those examples. Although this month is so sugges- tive of ])atriotism, yet we should not forget the Agassizes and Peabodys,the scholars and philanthrojiists who have accom])lished no less in the library and among the needy than our pa¬ triots on the battlefield and in the chair of state. Are we not as greatly indebted for the enlightened age in which we live, to those who have be¬ come acquainted with the resources of nature and apjilied them for our use as to those who protect our rights and ])rivileges ? Ought we not also to honor those who have given of their sympa¬ thy and means to relieve the dis¬ tressed and to raise their fellowmen ? Birth (copied from the family bi- ble) : George Washington, son of Augustine and Mary, his wife, was born ye 11th day of February, 1732, about ten in the morning, [A disa¬ greement will be found between the dates given here and the one generally accepted. This is due to the change of dates from the Old Style to the New,] How noticeable is the difference existing between the early circum¬ stances of Washington and those of Lincoln and Garfield, The former, born of a family rich in this world’s goods and of aiastocratic birth, the latter in the midst of ])Overty and with no precedence of raid ; yet these three we hold forth to the world as examples of the greatest worth and are equally and justly proud to claim them all as sons of America, Marriage: Married, January 17, 1759, at the residence of the bride, by Rev, David Mossnm, Martha Custis to George Washington, Mrs, Custis was a widow and the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. This was a case of love at first sight. Death: Died, at Mt, Vi rnon, De¬ cember 14, 1799, George Washington, aged sixty-eight years. How pleasing to think that we are never long deprived of some headlight to cast its rays over our track of pro¬ gress, As this has always been true in the past so we have faith to believe it ever will be and trust that the bril¬ liant lights extinguished within the ])ast year will, before long, be replaced by beacon lights of like brilliancy, “Blessed be Gloucester!” So say we all of us, every single one of us. The cause of the exclamation is due to the fact tliat that famous fish-city- by-the-sea offei’ed such inducement to our teachers that they went visiting last Friday and left us at home to amuse ourselves the best we knew how —and we knew. We believe this is the first time during 0 years that the school has been closed for such a pui-pose. Now, boys, here is your chance ! One of our advertisers, J, Allen Rice, offers his toboggan to that boy of our public schools who makes the greatest improvement dui-ing the last half of this term. Please note the fact that the poorer the record has been foi- the ])ast six weeks, the more encourage¬ ment the scholar has to make a spe¬ cial exertion; for the field is broader for him than for his companion whose work is even now in the nineties. Work then! if not for the toboggmi, for the honor ; and if not for either of these, then make the effort for the sake of your own inqirovemenU Vigorous attempts have recently been made to force a small tack into an iron post with only a finger, so del¬ icate in structure; as yet they have been found quite in vain, much to the astonishment and chagrin of the jier- sistent one. We would offer our synqiathy, if allowed to take the floor. Drawing class, take notice. Financially, this paper has not been a success this year. If we should ever meet, by some chance. Good Luck, and acquire from him a surjilus like Uncle Sam’s, can it be possible the question will ever arise in our minds as to what we should do with it, or how we should reduce it? Since he, only twenty years ago, did not deem it possible to be embarrassed wdth riches in so short a time, there still remains a chance that we may yet realize our fondest ambition. The young men of the school have recently ado])ted the cadet caji Tvilh the letters, M, H, S, They (the cajis of course) look very ])retty and give a manly air to the wearer. It suggests the desirability of military drills; for in many cases the reputed curve of beauty, in the course of time, has re¬ ceived additional curvatures which by no means add beauty to the Tvell- jioised body. We liojie the boys will maintain the dignity of their jiosition before the jmblic and act in such a manner that no censure may be thrown upon the school. We also kindly ask them to bear in mind that for one misdemeanor on their part one hun¬ dred innocent scholars must share the blame, however unjust it may seem, ' Perhaps, though, this may be solace to them; as it is sometimes said mis¬ ery loves comjiany, Cicero said, “He did not understand why men think they will perish with less jiain accomjianied by many than if they perish alone,” A French class was formed in Mil¬ ford this winter, composed of several of the graduates of this school. The rules drawn and signed bv their own hand would have caused many a for¬ lorn and anxious face, if simply sug¬ gested by an ambitious teacher. Now the girlish O’sl ascend the rear stairs from the laboratory as the NHg, absorbed by the reddened litmus water, gives to it the “blues” and are met by the still louder Oh’s! as the electric current leajis from bone to bone when the much-urgeil and trem¬ bling maidens clasp hands with her who holds the awful Leyden jar. Last year we devoted the February number mostly to George Washing¬ ton, this year we share the honors with him and Abraham Lincoln, an¬ other distinguished chihl of this month.

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L Z Xj HsO. It was evening, by the mouth of a iniglity river, amJ tlie setting sun was lighting up the western horizon with its gorgeous tints, when 1, dazzled by the excess of light, looked down upon the waves, rolling in broad sheets of foam up the strand at my feet. As I watched them, they seemed to me more buoyant than usual, and wishing to know the cause, I seated myself on a rock near by to listen. G1 ad voices in earnest conv ersation reached my ear. There seemed to be a joyful reunion of old friends, eagerly (piestioning and answering one anoth¬ er. Soon I distinguished a voice say¬ ing, 1 am only a raindrop, yet in my life 1 have done much good, and many owe to me their existence. Born here, many summers ago, I, with my brothers and sisters, was carried as in¬ visible vapor high up into the atmos- j)here by the warm rays of the sun. J.,ooking back on mv old home, and wondering if thev missed me and if I should ever know it agaluy I saw my place already filled by another. But no time was given me for mourning, for a strong wind blew me westward, over a beautiful, green country, whose landscape was ever new and charming with its wooded hills and green val¬ leys, its rivers and fountains ' . I did not pass this time in idleness, but di¬ vided it between work and pleasure. I helped dispel the foul, hot air of the cities and towns over which I passed, and, with ' the cooling sea-breeze, brought them new vigor. I watched the peoj)le at their differe nt occupa¬ tions, little thinking that I should ever be of assistance to them. One day a . cold wind crossed my path, and so condensed me that I l)e- came heavy and sluggish; my head began to swim; I could no longer re¬ tain my lofty j)Osition, but fell as a raindrop on a bare, rocky cliff. Here my friends, the companions of my wanderings, left me. For, as we 1 ‘olled down, I fell into a crevice in the cliff’, which led to a dark, gloomy, underground passage. Through this I flowed on and on, dissolving its very foundation in my course, until witli others, I finally burst forth at its base, as a clear, sparkling spring. Many weary travelers came to my brink and went away refreshed and strength¬ ened. Fragrant flowers sprang up at my side, and sweet singing birds came here to bathe, their bright, joyous songs being ample pay for the loss they caused. But one morning, when the spring, swelled by new arrivals, overflowed its banks, I, with many companions, stole forth, and wound through the valley. The air was fresh and sweet, and no sound of busy life was heard except the faint chirp of the early bird and the bleating of the flocks along the hillsides. I gli¬ ded on calmly for many days among the flowers, with mov secmes of beau¬ ty o])ening on every side. Aftei’ a time I heard, ’mid tlie hum of a vil¬ lage, the murmur of a waterfall. O ' , Boused by the sound, 1 determineil no longer to lead a life of idleness, but joining the waterfall, I helped turn the miller’s ])onderons wlu-el, which changed the corn to meal, the wheat to flour. This was but the beginning of my bailors, for as the stream became deeper and more ra])id, the number of mills and factories increased so that again and again I put my shoulder to the busy wheel. All this time I had been overturn¬ ing stones, sweeping along the yellow sands and grinding them to powder. T washed the rubbish and debris from the shores and swe])t it down with me. But soon the banks receded, and I helped form a broad, deep river, upon whose bosom shi])s were sailing, bring¬ ing the merchandise of distant lands to exchange for the jn ' oducts of those very wheels which I had turned. Along the banks were flourishing farms, whose soil I enriched by depos¬ iting the silt I had collected on my I way. But now the surface of the ' water, swelled by new streams, grew wider and Avider, and I began to recognize the faces of old friends, who, as we Avent speeding on, related wonderful stories of their adventures and hair¬ breadth escapes. At last, imagine our joy to find ourselves once more in the home of our childhood, Avith the other companions of our youth, each of Avhom, in his oAvn humble Avay, had labored for the common good, SAveet- ening and refreshing the languid air, carjieting the fields Avith grass and flowers, and spreading health and life on every side. The sun had long since set when the voice ceased, and as I thought over its story, I determined that if a little drop of rain could accomplish so much, 1 would not shun my part in the busy scenes of life, but, like the raindro]), press on Avith a lovihg and joyous heart, so that when my life work is ended, and I am reunitecl with my old friends, T too may render as good a report of my life and work as the raindro]). M. v. L. M. Bead Avhat Ijoi-d Macaiday says about a Massachusetts boy: “What Peter the Great did to make Bussia dominant, Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton-gin has more than equalled in its relation to the progress and pow¬ er of the Hnited States.” at the new clothing store, novelties IN BOYS’ KEEFERS, BOYS’ NEW MARKETS, FINE OVERCOATS. KING BROS. Music Hall Block. D, J. Q ' roKLass., Dealer in Real Estate Agency. Property sold and exchanged on reasonable terms. 134 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass THE PAAMLION MILLINERY PARLORS Keep a large assortment of FINE MILLINERY AND HAIR GOODS: Theatrical AA ' igs to let. Combings made into Switches. The Place to Buy Clothing -AND- MEH’S FURNISHING GOODS Is at the New Store of RYAN CARROLL, 98 MAIN STREET. -T. M. MASfM ' r, H. . mwpr Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines and Physicians Prescriptions a Specialty. P. J. DONOHOE, Assistant. MAIN ST., COR. COURT, MILFORD. Call at W. A. Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD Sowing Machines. Plaoos, Orpis, aifl Sleet Masic. SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street. Milford. ' CURRIER KENDALL, ONE PRICE Gentlemen’s Fnrnisliing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS, ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD.

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An anagram: Old firm. Tlie paper bill this term was- $5.72. “Say, is that an Asiatic needle on the desk, that thing with two needles ?” Some of the scholars in History averaged 100 ])er cent in daily recita¬ tions. We have now seven recitations in¬ stead of six and we are not obliged to have any recitation out of school. “A missed-ache,” as the man said as he gazed upon the roots of a decayed bicuspid. “Will you please tell me how many litres there are in our exalted breath ?” Girls, you ought to cut Goethe. Just read what he has written : “There is nothing more frightful than hustling iunornnce.” The teachers and scholars of this school have secured $94.65 for the teachers’ lecture course. Where are the other teachers and scholars? How is this for style? “Style is that, not which the reader may understand, but that lie must understand whether he wants to or not.” See Rhetoric III. If our parents were obliged to travel through the mud from the engine house to th e high school as we are, we soon think there would be a chaim-e. O A father of one of the seniors, when paying for his “ad,” offered a bill for twice the projier yearly charge, and refused to take the change. Walk right up, fathers! We need you. History Teacher: “Where was Aca¬ dia?” Scholar : “In the Siaindinavian peninsula.” “Where is Hastings?” “I couldn’t find it? ” “Where do you think it is likely to be ?” “On the maj).” Government I. “Where can I find the vice-pi-esident, if I visit Washing¬ ton?” A variety of answers follow and finally a bright boy of another class comes to tiie rescue with, “He’s dead.” A ])rovoking feature of our diction¬ aries and reference books is their omissions. We were forcilily remind¬ ed of this last week wlien trying to find the pronunciation of the four castes in India. Tliree wei-e given, but the worst was not to be found. Teacher: “Tell the story of Gilbert a Rccket.” Scholar ,after some hesi¬ tation ; “He was killed.” “What was the most important event in the reign of William I ?” “He visited Norman¬ dy.” “The next, what do you say?” “Ilis death.” O iC. Professor Gardner of Worcester, with his im])orted planetarium and his apti llustrations, entertained some of the scholars on an afternoon of last week. Some of us with pleasure, some of with—well, not pleasure, have just carried home our half-term cards. This is a ])roper time to make good resolutions for the last half and do something of which we and our ])a- rents may be ])roud. The Physiology class has lately dis¬ cussed the (pialifications of the tea- tasters. It was generally ‘ admitted that they hold a very imiiortant place in life, that their sense of taste must be very acute and they seldom lose the taste for it. This definition might be given for a tca-tastm-; a crusty old maid : eagerly awaiting the next auc- tion of old bachelors. Alice M. Aylward, ’82, is teaching in Sherborn. Hariy P. Crosby, ’85, has entered the Worcestei- Free Institute and has been elected a member of the editorial board of its school pa])er. George W. Hancock, once of ’89, is playing the role of Pluto at the Jour¬ nal office and M. Harris Avery, ’85 English, is })icking up type for the Gazette. Mary E. Whitney, ’87, was pleas¬ antly sur])rised at her home by a })ar- ty of her friends, on the 27th of Jan¬ uary. Aaron H. Mayhew, English ’85, is a student at Rryant and Stratton’s business college, Poston. Ernest Fletcher, ’84, has decided to enter upon tin; study of medicine. We understand that this has been his am- hition for some time, and if he gives the same earnestness to the work that hi ' has in the past, there will be no doubt of his success. Misses H.-irris, Roberts, Flaherty an Mathewson ami Masters Park- hurst, ' Piri-ell, Fitzgerald and Rice were the si)e;ikers chosen to rejiresent their respective classes at the last ex¬ ercise before the whole school. They have I ' eason to feel proud of the honor conferred upon them. The papers of Woonsocket have re¬ cently pulilished a set of i-esolutions which wei ' e presented to Rev. C. J. White, oiir seventh principal and Woonsocket’s recent suj)erintendent of schools, for “his zeal, his devotion to the ])ublic welfare, his education, and his long study of methods of in¬ struction.” A suggestion. Why not name each star in our flag which represents a state, by the name of its greatest son ? Whether it is “wheather” or “wether” seemed to be the soliloquy of the Physiology IV. in their last ex¬ amination. Several of our mates gave an enter¬ tainment in Mendon recently, which was repeated a few days later at the Universalist vestry. The dipping needle so Avell illus¬ trates the magnetic powers of the earth that some can hardly believe that it is fairly balanced. James Russell Lowell has the pleas¬ ure of sharing the twenty-second wdth Washington, as he also was born on F ' ebruary 22d. An old sentence of our Latin compo¬ sition recently came to mind as we looked upon one of our companions; viz, “We know that fire is hot.” This is particularly true of Kerosene. Our eye model seems to be fated. Its annual introduction to the new class is invariably followed by the breaking of its cornea. This year two unfortunates have contributed fifteen cents for a watch crystal to replace its broken window. By the kindness of our representa¬ tive at Washington we receive dailv the Congressional Record. It vividly suggests the annihilation of time and distance by its delivery in Milford so soon after the words leave the speak¬ ers’ mouths. Twenty scholars have joined the af¬ ternoon class ill elocution under Dr. P. P. Field of Boston. The terms are very reasonable and those who can should take advantage of this oppor¬ tunity to improve theni- elves—es¬ pecially the first class. Our anthology from Physics III.: “If I have my centre of gravity, then I am in stable equilibrium.” “New¬ ton, whose birthday was his deathday, has given us three laws.” “The measurement, in case of a jiendulum, must bo made between the points of su pport and osculation.” “One value of friction is in case of a boy down a well.” “Why does the Principal cover his Ears with his Hands and why the Look of Anxiety upon his Face?” “Do you not Behold the circle of “Maidens fair to See?” “Yea, verily.’’ “Anon, they will Touch yonder Jar.” “What then?” ' • ' ■Then they will shrickr “Is there any Electricity therein?” “Perhajis Yes, iierhaps No; but they’ll Shriek just the Same.”