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

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irpEv0 K,vWIiY|IVY. APRIL, 1887. Published Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EDITORS. AMELIA C. HARRIS and W. PARKIIURST. 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. WHI ' l ' NEY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 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 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. We, the first class, would like to tender our kindest wishes to the fourth. We realize that every due mark of respect has been shown ns by them during this, onr last year. How proud we feel of onr knowledge when we ai-e daily referred to as the best authoi’ity on all government questions, both concerning onr own town and the country. Could we ever be so grasp¬ ing as to ask for a greater compliment? Although they, the fourth, are repeat¬ edly forbidden to consult ns on that subject, still they persi.st. What else can they do when they are expressly told to obtain their answers from the best authority? We half think that he who makes the objection is a trifle jealous. The book-keeping class have just closed their first store (a grocery store) and have squared their books with a loss of about ninety-five cents. Masters Gibbons and Holbrook were the pro¬ prietors and every scholar in the class, their book-keepers. Their stock in trade consisted of cards on which were written the amount, the cost and sel¬ ling price of the goods. The scholars were the purchasers and they bought in the four usual ways—when cash was paid, printed currency of denomi¬ nations from one cent to ten dollars was used. The usual expenses of rent, express, clerk hire, et cetera were in¬ cluded in the accounts. The class seem much interested, and it is hoped that the practical nature of the work will produce more satisfactory results than the old way. Hand in your odes, colors and mot¬ toes for ’87. The symjiathy between the olfactory nerve and the tip of the no.se lias re¬ cently been made evident. Hither by the gases generated in the Chemistry class or a simple onion analyzed in the Botany class, a continual movement has been kept up. In some cases, by the amplitude of vibration, one might easily be led to think the tip was worked on a well lubricated hinge. We are pleased to learn that several of our recent graduates have become shareholders in the new co-operative bank. It is for just such young men as these that the bank was incorporat¬ ed. Habits of saving begun thus ear¬ ly will make a great difference in their lives, in their worth as citizens, in their finan cial prosperity and by their ex¬ ample, indirectly, in the general wel¬ fare of the town. It is of great advantage to man to have a memory (life’s great thesaurus), a storehouse of facts, and a fine educa¬ tion, but what is most to be desired is comraonsense. Memorize theories, if you please; but without common sense it would be difficult to apjily them, and so even with facts and an educa¬ tion they could hardly be made prac¬ tical. As all the other faculties are of greater value with it, a little, certain¬ ly, is to be desired if but for a pedestal upon which to base our different powers. After the snow, the cold and the “Tempest” of the past months, we shall eagerly look forward from the “Winter’s Tale” to a “Midsummer Night’s Dream. We hope that the disagreeable weather of the past sea¬ son may be made up to you, dear read¬ ers, “Measure for Measure” and just “As You Like It.” Perhaps you may say that this is “Making Much Ado about Nothing;” but we trust that ours may not be “Love’s Labor Lost.” Anyway we live in hopes that “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Julius Caesar! What are you “Lear-iug” at ? Worry is a universal disease, the epidemic infests all climates and all persons. No order given to rout it now and then is a safeguard against its grasp. Although it is of a disa¬ greeable nature, it is often uncon¬ sciously encouraged by us. No di¬ sease leaves more deeply indented marks than those of worry, and as with all diseases, the fatal effects de¬ pend upon the treatment received. Consult in those whom the fever has been raging they will tell you it ought to have been allayed at the start. Beecher said, “It is Avorry and not work that kills.” The following experiment from the Pottery Gazette will be of interest to Philosophy III. It seems that a man had brought suit for the loss of sight in one eye and he was proven a perju¬ rer by this simple, yet ingenious, test. A black card, on which there was a word in green ink, had been prepared and also a pair of spectacles with a red glass for the sound eye and a xohite one for the other. The man put on the glasses and without hesita¬ tion read the word. He must have done so with the eye claimed to be sightless; for the red glass and the green lettei’S together produce black¬ ness and, therefore, could not have been distinguished from the blackness of the card by the sound eye. Monday, April 18.—Sadly we lay aside our incomplete “Spring Poem” —as yet unconsecrated to any editor’s waste-basket—wherein we sing of bursting bud and briery bush, of bust¬ ling bird and busy bug, of babbling brook and birth and bloom, and bat and ball and—and-hand-organs. Balefully, yes, bellico.sely, we take down our snow-shovel, that shovel around which we had tied a gaudy ribbon and hung it upon the parlor wall to cover the flue left vacant by the stove sent to Nahant to escape taxes. With labored effort we send gutterward the ever accumulating flakes and wonder whv the legislature doesn’t set off a piece of the year for a real poetical spring, and then we poets (?) could tell the truth, even in song. In a H2SO4 Flask- “Oh dear, oh dear,” said a weary little NO molecule, “nothing but get¬ ting and giving, taking and carrying all day long! Here I am pulling to jiieces the air, Avdiich comes rushing in here, to get my load of O ; but no soon¬ er do I jierform my task than that greedy, suffocating SO comes in another door and robs me of it, and so I must begin all over again. Talk about that sieve and water story down below! why, it’s nothing when com¬ pared with my work. This alternate oxidizing and re lucing will be the death of me. Well, well, there’s one consolation : that nasty, old S ()2 grows so fat on my O which it steals, that it changes to SO 3 , ami when the steam, that 1 can hoar hissing over my head, gets down here, it will be dissolved in the water. Then, as HgSO , it, too, will be obliged to work for its living as the constant slave of man, as I am now doing. Mine is a hard life, but I suppose that I am of some use in the world, and as there is some little com¬ fort in this thought. I’ll try not to be discouraged. Oh, Ell and Eye.

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L Z LIT country, as the Rocky Mountains arc of the continent and, as here and there among the mountains, some peaks rising above their neighbors pierce the clouds, so among the great numbers of active men, tliere are tliose who, by tlieir wonderful skill and ability, have become the railroad kings, the merchant princes, the inventors and the true scholars. But here are the passive men. What a strikiiig contrast in appearance! Men who are practically dead to the world, who care for naught but their own affairs, many of whom even de¬ pend on their active friends for their subsistence. It is unnecessary to call them by name. Next come defective verbs. In one sense of the word all would be in¬ cluded in this class. For who is ])er- fect? But here we mean men who have no strength of mind or will, and like the thistledown that is blown by the wind through the fields, they are influenced by the breath of pojiular o])inion. They may, indeed, possess many excellent qualities, which would enable them to better their station in life, but they lack a balance wheel. England and America, eacli mourn a poet of this class, and while admiring their practical genius, they acknowl¬ edge the weakness of their characters. Now come those who resemble pas¬ sive men both in form and appearance, dej)onent men. But, notwithstanding their outward resemblance, their char¬ acter is V ry different; they ])ossess mental power and latent force, which, if aroused, will perhaps make them distinguished before men. Like Gold- smith, who, from the foot of his class in college, rose to bo one of England’s greatest writei ' s. Here, side by side, are regular and irregular verlis. The one, like a strong current, flowing steadily down the stream of life, obcvs the laws of God aiid man, and is ever ready to help his fellow man, who may be less fortunate than he. The other is just the Q])po- site in every particular. Impersonal men follow next. Those who have no ideas of their own, but, like a mirror, reflect the opinions and thoughts of others; whether for good or evil, depends on the source of the reflected ideas. After these come inceptive verbs, or the men who are always beginning some great actions, but, for want of tact- or perseverance, fail in tlieir undertakings; like the butterfly, which flits from flower to flower, they flit from one action to anotlier, and the result is, they accomiilish nothing. Coleridge, the English poet, too well illustrates this fickleness. Now, reflexive verbs, or selfish men, pass before our view. The greater part of this class is represented by the misers, hoarding up riches, ]ierhaps dl-gottcn, which neither benefit them¬ selves nor any one else. The i-n g verbs are their followers in the verbal procession. These are the men who take as their motto in life, perseverance, the jiivot on Avhich turns all success. Indeed, what worthier or more fitting examjiles of this class can be found, than Robert Bruce, the tale of whose jierseverancc is known to every school-boy, and Galvani, and Kejiler, all of whom, by their wonderful constancy, and their great achievements have made others mindful of themselves. Others there are who go hurrying by, but they differ so slightly from those already mentioned, that we shall not detain them, for our allotted time is past, and we, too, must descend in¬ to the plain of life. There on the world’s broad stage, let each one play his part as a regular, transitive verb in the first person, singular, present indicative, active. A. A. T. c. Aprils in the History of Milford- It is a singular coincidence and an interesting fact that some of the most important events in the history of our town occurred during the month of April. A part of the territory which passes under the name of Milford was, with what is now known as JMendon and Ilopedale, the original Quinshi- paug plantation bought of the Indians who formerly lived on it. Quinshi[)aug is our Indian name and means “pick¬ erel pond.” The people who lived in the Easterly Precinct (as the land east of Mill River was called) wished very much to be set off by themselves and made into a town, separate from Men- don. The people on the other side of the river were o])posed to the division, and this, of course, occasioned many bitter struggles, lasting irom 1758 down to 1780; but finally, the petition for division, having been sent to the General Court and also having passed, after three separate readings, the East¬ ern Precinct was incorjiorated as the town of Milford, April 11, 1780. The new town had an area of about nine¬ teen square miles, and occupied the territory now bounded by Ilopkinton, Holliston and Bellingham; its po))ula- tion was about seven hundred and sixty, one hundred and fifty-two of whom were legal voters; the inhabi¬ tants were mostly hard-working farm¬ ers, with a few mechanics, and they live l in houses which were widely scattered over the town; the roads were in a very poor condition and there was not a schoolhouse inside the limits. After the incorporation of the town. the nex t stc]i was the organization, and so wo find the date of the warrant issued for our first town meeting, to be AjyrU ' lb, 1780, the meeting being held on May 1st. By an act of the General Court, on the first day of Aprils 1859, the boun¬ dary lines between Milford and llol- liston were changed. By the change the south-western part of Holliston (what is called Braggville) was an¬ nexed to Milford and the boundary between the two towns permanently fixed. A little over a year ago, the people living in Ilopedale and South Milford wished to be set off by themselves, as they had a sufficient ai-ea and popula¬ tion, and because their manufactures and business so widely differed from Milford’s; also, they thought that the distance between the two towms was a good enough reason for division. So they sent a bill to the Legislature |)etitioning to be separated from Mil¬ ford and incorporated into a town. After a hard fight, the bill passed both branches of the Legislature and re- ceived the signature of the Governor, April fi, 1886, on which date Hope- dale became a towm. By the division Milford lost about one-tenth of her population and one-fifth of her valua¬ tion. Perhaps other events as Avorthy of notice and as interesting, which took place in this month, might be recalled, but the preceding ones are naturally the first which would come to the mind. . av. p., ’87. Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines and Physicians Prescriptions a Specialty. P. J.-DONOHOE, Assistant. MAIN ST., COR. COURT, MILFORD. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. AVatch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street. Milford. ► CURRIER KENDALL. OWE PRICE Gentlemen’s Furni shing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS, ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD.

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O KI. Are you going to exchange jjictures ? Wanted. Steps at the rear window. For aper, thunder-bolt and cow, see Latin 1. Algebra I. “Two times 25 is—ah —erlOO.” Graduation is coming ! Sit still, my heart, sit still! Wanted—An artist to paint a sun¬ beam for the blind. A symphony in two parts: the Bot¬ any class and “mudpies.” Vade, age! is our motto now, for school begins at 8 o’clock. Each member of the Botany class learns one quotation about flowers every day. Only nine for quantity in the new elocution class; but as for quality— well, ask them. There are no young men in the Botany class and no young ladies in the Review class. Point for Book-keeping IV. If your teacher asks what a joint affair is, tell her rheumatism. The prospect now is that there will be a great many strikes in Milfoi-d the coming season—on the ar ' . Do you ball ? During the past two aa eeks we have been called u])on by our representa¬ tives at Cambi-idge, Wellesley and Worcester. Each scholar in the Review class has ten different examples to perform every day, thus making the work en¬ tirely independent. The senior class has two members by the name of E ' runcis and three by that of Frances. It seems that the ' must be very jAroper names. The senior class are becrinning to realize that graduation is near at hand, as the ])arts have been assigned and some are hard at work. “The duties of the selectmen are to occupy the jury box and take care of the board of health when there is none.” See Civil Govt. IV. One of the seniors has very seriously injured her finger. She fears that it must be amputated. “Look out!” Vou’ll know her by her “Ow.” Out of the mouth of Brarnah came Brahmans; out of his arms, came wai- riors; out of his breast(the seat of life) came producers; out of his feet came laborers. These are the four castes. We would advise the young ladies of the first class to olitain more help for mailing the papers next time, and so not be locked into the school and be obliged to get out by the window. Chemistry II. have presented for our inspection etchings on copper and glass. Some shoAved considerable patience and merit in their Avork, par¬ ticularly William W. Phipps and Etta M. Green. A chance. For some genius to get a patent on a method by Avhich the geography of our country may be for¬ ever fixed in the memory of the schol¬ ar. None as yet tried have been found satisfactory. The Latin classes are now not quite so much surprised at receiving their instruction in the Latin. “In Latinam lingnam transfei’,” or “In Atiglicurn ad verbum transfer” are becomino- fa- miliar expressions and they are just as much pleased as ever to hear: “Tibi erit hoc decern.” The officers of the Alumni Associa¬ tion for this year, the twenty-fifth an¬ niversary of the first regular gradua¬ tion, are, Ave doubt not, fully alive to the responsibilities of their positions. We trust that they Avill send out their notices to distant members at an early date and also make the attractions so great that all Avill make great exer¬ tions to be ]ux‘sent. ► ' -2. •6 A’ Superintendent Daniels, once of ’50, Avas a recent visitor of our school. Harry N. Day, ’75, has bought a denial office and business in Morris, Illinois. Elbridge Jones, English of ’85, is learning the hat trade Avith Dyer, Tay¬ lor Co., Boston. Mary P. Cox, ’86, has been engaged as the alto of. the quartette at the Con¬ gregational church. George A. Walton, agent of the State Board of Educi.tion, Avas in school Tuesday, the 19th inst. Friends of William J. Cook, ’86, have been summoned to Chicago on account of his severe sickness. Blanche Sheldon, once of 86, aaxis a recent visitor. She is at present a teacher in the schools of Wareham. Charles B. Godfrey, once of ’62, has recently sailed for England to repre¬ sent the interests of an electrical com¬ pany of Boston. Harry C. Tilden, ’86, has come home from Poughkeejisie, Avhere he has finished his course at the Eastman Husiness College, and is uoav engaged at the Gazette office. Jennie T. JVIcCann, ’76, and Alcista A. lIoAvard, ’84, have been elected teachers. Miss McCann has been ofiven the Braggville school and Orean- na Cheney, ’74, has been transferred from the Braggville to the Silver Hill school. e. T. FILES CO., Special Sale -OF- COLORED 4 of Avhich we have the best line in Milford, at prices that cannot be beaten. -OUK- Hamburgs, Laces, Ribbon and G-lo ve Department, were never so complete as at present. SOLE AGENTS FOR MATHER Lacei M Clloies 0. T. FALES CO,. 154 MAIN ST., Milford, Mass.