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

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I vir. JAXUAKY, 1887. Published Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENKRAIi KDITORS. AMELIA C. HARRIS and W. PARKHURST. PKUSOXAL EDITORS. LYDIA F. GOULD and FRED J. AYL YARD. LOCAL EDITORS. SARAH M. GORMAN and FRANK J. MORIARTY BUSINESS EDITORS. GRACE W. EASTMAN and MARY E. WHITNEY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ton Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the u-ell-knou-n 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-Ollice, as second class matter. The first of tlie series of six lectures and entertainments held in this build¬ ing, Avas delivered Wednesday, the 5th inst., by Cluis. Wesley Emerson, M. D., president of the Monroe Col¬ lege of Oratory, Boston. He spoke very interestingly to a good sized aud¬ ience, composed of nearly all the school teachers of Milford, and many others who are interested in educa¬ tional niattei ' S, upon the subject, “The Pulpit, Platform and Stage,” This lecture was instructive and ivas fully a])preciated by the attentive audience. Dr, Emerson says that a public speak¬ er should always talk in his natural tone of voice, and his illustrations of how some ministers s])eak and of the “freewill Baptist’s swing” Ave re very amusing. We are glad to see that quite a number of the scholars of this school attend these entertainments, but Avish that more would do so ; as they would find them both interesting and instructive. The customary changes Avere made in the studies at the beginning of the new term. Geology gives way to Civil GoA ' ernment in the first class, and tAvo of tin English scholars take llhetoric, and three Chemisti’y. In the second class, a jiart of the pupils drop Literature and take u]i Chemis¬ try, Avhile the rest kecq) on in Litera¬ ture, studying “Ivanhoe.” The third class begin Phiglish History and Rhetoric, dropjiing Geometry and Physical Geograjihy. The new study of the fourth class is Book-keeping. Our large schooli-oom is unusually i Avell ventilated, but the rear recitation rooms on the same floor have been, until this term, poorly provided Avith sufficient change of air. During the vacation recess a SAvinging window has been placed above the rear door in each room, opening into the entry, thus allowing a change of air and es- c.ajie of chalk dust without creating a direct drauglit. “How swift is the fiiglit of time.” On the day of our last issue we were look¬ ing forward to the holidays with bright anticipations; now they are a thing of the past for this year, yet many ])leasant memories have they left. The meeting of quondam school¬ mates Avho noAv grace college-halls helped to fill our ciqi of pleasure. But duty loudly called at the close of one short Aveek, and at its bidding each donned his armor and all Avere mus¬ tered again into the ranks. Noav joy¬ ous hilarity is not the order of the day. NeAV Year’s Avas quite generally ob¬ served in Milford this year by keeping “open house,” Although in the early part of the day it seemed as though canoes might be in demand by those desirous of making calls, yet the num¬ ber of callers was greater than in the previous years. The custom of ob¬ serving the day originated Avith Washington. Good substantial dough- nuts (not necessarily Framingham), Avith coffee, Avere the refreshments of the time. Washington said he hoped the custom might always prevail. “So say Ave all of us.” As many of us will end our school life in six months from noAV, hoAV eager should Ave be to grasp all Avitliin our reach while opportunity is offered. As in some cases our future imrsuits will allow little time to be given to the continuance of our mental culture, should not all our energies be concen- trated to the one view of making our own all noAV offered us. Some appar¬ ently reason in another Avay, as though feeling that it may also be their last six months of freedom, and they must make the best of it, have as good a time as possible, and study only as much as necessity demands. But all too late they Avill see their error. The day will certainly come Avhen they will Avish their aim had been higher. These must find their fiiends among those who, like themselves, have squandered their op])ortunities. The advice of our elders, when asked their opinion of the value of an education, is so unanimous that there can be no doubt of what every scholar in this school owes to his parents and to him¬ self. Good resolutions, although made with the firmest intention, are more often broken than kejit, Hoav many out of the number made Avould Ave venture to say the majority of jiersons keej) for tAventy-four hours. But as¬ suredly Ave would not discourage any one from resolving to do better in the future! On the contraiy, Ave earnestly recommend the scholars to make them for this term if no longer. Resolve to be punctual, to learn the lessons assigned to us, and above all to act as gentlemen ' and ladies should act; and then if but a third is kept, some improvement Avill certainly be manifest. As Civil Government is a very prac¬ tical study, the method of teaching it that Avill arouse the interest and be most beneficial is desired. As an ex- jieriment this year,Ave have begun with the study of the government of our own town. From that Ave shall work out- Avard to the county and state, and finally to our country. Naturally, in taking the study in this way, a scholar, after having applied himself to the local institutiom, if his bump of curiosity is of moderate size, Avill be led to search farther to learn wherein our government differs Irom that of foreign nations. As Ave lay aside our geologies, Ave cannot but feel more deeply impressed with the Avonders of this earth of ours. We have traced its history from the melted sphere to the existence of great continents, Avith mountains and plains, Avith lake and river systems ; Ave have learned of its varying clim¬ ates and its living adornments, both vegetable and animal; Ave have fol¬ lowed the progress in life from the simple to the complex, from the hori¬ zontal to the vertical; Ave have tried in vain to bridge that mighty chasm between the man-ape Avith 34 cubic inches of brain to the bushmen with 68, and have tried so to conduct ourselves as not to be taken for the “mis.sing link.” Finally, Ave have joy¬ fully been tauglit that our great-great- great-grandchildrcn, Avhen looking at our pictures in future ages, Avill not be able to laugii at our odd shapes and our stunted bodies, although they may question our claims to beauty and Avonder hoAv Ave could live so long and know so little. In Geology Ave learned that man Avas a neAv cause of the extinction of species, and in corroboration of this Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Insti¬ tution, rejiorts that the buffalo has jiractically ceased to exist in the LTiiited States.

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Hi I LIT. Our Indian Name. The Civil Goveniinent class have | discovered that the Manual of the i General Court for 1886 gives the In¬ dian name of Milford as Wapoioage; but the citizens of this town have in many cases been accustomed to a dif- ferent name, and so we copy the fol¬ lowing from Tlie History of Milford, published in 1882 and edited by Adin Ballou:— Hayward’s Gazetteers of New En¬ gland and Massacluisetts, followed by Nason’s Massachusetts Gazetteer, and ])erhaps other works, say that the Indian name of our Milford was Wa- potoage. As I had re-echoed the same statement, on what I supj)Osed suffi¬ cient authority, 1 set on foot an inquiry into the meaning of the name W ipow- age. It was referred to J. Hammond ' I ' rumbull, Esq., of Hartford, Conn., a very eminent savant in Indian lore. He soon informed me,—not what the name signified, but that it was the Indian name of Milford, Conn., never of our Milford,—the original eight miles square,—which was Quinshi- pang. Thus my error, coj)ied from the Gazetteers, stands corrected, and the Connecticut Milfordians are left in clear possession of the name Wapoxcage whose signihcation they may ascertain at their leisure. As to Qainshipaug, Mr. Trumbull savs its literal signification is “Picker- el Pond,” by which, I su))])ose, the Indians meant a tract of territory whose })onds and other waters abouinl- ed with fine pickerel. From what I have seen and heard the name is truth¬ fully apjrropriate. Mas])enock, alias North Pond, Nipmuck Pond, and the smaller ponds, both natural and artifi¬ cial, throughout ancient Qainshipaxig have always bred j)ickerel rapidly, and of the best quality. Even now, thouirh overdrawn and much exhaust- ed by excessive fishing, they vindicate the good judgment of the aborignes. If, however, any of us deem “Pickerel Pond” a name wanting in dignity, we must either forget or make the best of it. It is. surprising what great charac¬ ters in history have had ill-sha))ed legs. Caesar had short legs, and Na poleon was bow-legged. Plutarch tells us that “Alexander’s left leg was badly out of jilumb,” Hannibal had notoriously l)ig heels, and was knock- kneed, Cicero was very spindle- shanked, and Demostlienes is said to have had a shuffling, stumbling gait, which meant that his legs were not wholly in gear, Alexander Po])e was humpbacked, and had a cripple’s legs, so had Cowper, Lord Palmerston had caricature legs and so had Disraeli. The Schoolhouse. “If a pro]ihet a century ago,” said Charles Dudley Warner, in an address to an audience in the Old Dominion State, “had been asked to point out the probable center of wealth and power in this country, I think he would have j)ut his finger on Virginia. Fine harbors, abundant water-courses, fertile valleys, mountain ranges con¬ cealing wealth, and a s))lendid count¬ less climate,would have irresistibly led him to this prophecy. But he would not have been a seer with clear-sighted vision, and wouhl have lost had he laid a wager; that center proved to be somewhere on the boundary line between Massachusetts and Connecti¬ cut. Not because of their spindles and their mills, however. Massachu¬ setts never gave ‘the devil the long end of the stick.’ The Mayflower did not bring over a sewing machine, but a bit of jiaper on which was written the charter of human rights and du¬ ties. The Pilgrims built a church be¬ fore they built a ship ; they set uj) a schoolhouse long before they thought of a factory. The first seeds they sowed were those of education.” Between the last dandelion and vio¬ let,—they have been found in Decem¬ ber,—and the first spring blossom which lifts the snow in its calyx, there is a frozen interregnum in the vegetable world, save for the life-in¬ death of the solemn evergreens, the ])ines and firs and spruces.—[The Seasons, by O. W. H. The highest spot inhabited by hu¬ man beings is said to be the Buddhist cloister of Hanie, Thibet, where twen¬ ty-one priests live at an altitude of 16,000 feet. ■ - ■■ ■ - — - - - A member of a school committee wrote: “We have two schoolrooms sufficiently large to accommodate three hundred pupils one over the other.” We have recently been informed and are proud to know that Massachu¬ setts is the only state udiich pays to the veterans of the rebellion who en¬ listed in her regiments a state or mili¬ tary aid, either in addition to the pen¬ sions paid by the United States, or, as in the case of military aid, when the national government pays nothing. The Civil Government class are try¬ ing to master the. rudiments of town government. They have learned the titles, manner of election, lime of ser¬ vice, jtay or salary, and duties of all, even down to the pound-keeper and field-driver, and they are now ready to accept any honors that “seek” them —or rather they will be when they have reached the mystic tioentxj-one. AT THE NEW CLOTHING STORE, NOVELTIES IN BOYS’ KEEFERS, BOYS’ NEW MARKETS, FINE OVERCOATS. KING BROS. Music Hall Block. Healer i)i Real Estate Agency. Property sold and exchanged on reasonable terms. 134 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass THE PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS Keep a large assortment of FINE MILLINERY AND HAIR GOODS: Theatrical Wigs to let. Combings made into Switches. The Place to Buy Clothing —AND— MEN’S FURNISHINB GOODS Is at the New Store of RYAN CARROLL, 98 MAIN STREET. TP., lit, If , if. ».» Pure Drug.s, Chemicals, Medicines and Physicians Prescriptions a Specialty. P. el. DONOHOE, Assistant. MAIN ST., COR. COURT, MILFORD. Geo. H. Whittemore, De.aler in Watches, Clocks, Jev elry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and elewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street. Milford. ■■S ' CURRIER KENDALL,-! ONE PRICE uRJrra Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS,ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD.

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O . The toboggan craze has not yet reached Milford ; but we learn from the daily papers that many places “liave it bad.” It is another illustra¬ tion of the peculiarity of Americans. As Iris cuts off and bears away from the expiring spirit of the Skating Rink the lock sacred to Pluto, (after Vergil —a long way,) Toboggan, with the draperies of his blanket about him, and his tasseled cap in hand, makes his bow and bids for our quarters— and will get them, too. The fourth class have a A ' cry san¬ guinary appearance this term, and one would think that not only had they thirsted for one another’s blood, but liad got it. Do not be alarmed by this bloody introduction ; for it’s only the book-keej)ing class trying to learn how to use red ink. Having “painted the floor and themselves red” at the expense of the tovyn, they will then purchase, for hard cash, a second in¬ stalment with which to perform their legitimate work. The contest over the re-election of Senator Dawc ' S, the recent strike of the coal handlers, and the generous gift of INIr. ( ' lark of Worcescer, have been the subject of several short talks in our recitations the jiast week. It has Ix ' cn publicly acknowledged in the IMilford high school that wo¬ man should have hei- rights. In ac¬ cordance therewith the misses have been granted the privilege of attei d- ing a 8 o’cl ock session with the mas¬ ters. The girls agree in thinking the line had better be drawn before they realize any lisadvantages of said right. O How deeeitful are our eyes! If you doubt this exclamation just look at this page upside down and behold the S’s. Our attention was called to this subject by an article in the St. Nicholas which tells us how clever the Greeks were in deceiving the eyes. Their beautiful Doric columns were not quite straight, but a . little convex ; their horizontals were caused to rise a little in the center and thus appear perfect. “Indeed,” to quote tlie article mentioned, “the Parthenon, —the most beautiful building in the world,—when delicately and carefully measured, was found to be every¬ where a little incorrect, so that it may appear right, which is certainly what rnav be called an architectural ])ara- dox.” “A man has invented a chair that can be adjusted to eight hundred different positions.” What a chair this wouhl be for—well, perhaps it would not ])roper to call names, and so we shall say for several of us! The immense power of the ice-flow j in the glacial age has Ix ' en impressed upon our minds by the Washington boulder situated near Conway Corner, N. H. This boulder is as long as oui‘ large school-room(45 ft.), just as wide (35 ft.), and as high as from the cellar bottom to the ceiling, including the lower rooms (35 ft.). This is dated piece of granite is the largest known in the world, and is estimated to weigh 38G7 tons. What a mighty moving force this must have been ! S. Elbe Reed, ’86, has gone to Win¬ chester, N. H. Ella F. Carpenter, ’68, is a teacher in Cambridge. O Stearns Godfrey, ’65, is an eminent violinist of Boston. Allen Hartwell, formerly of ’89, is oflice boy for Dr. G. L. Cooke. Ella T. Chilson, ’82, started for Gib¬ bon, Nebraska, Monday, Jan 17. Ernest Fletcher, ’84, has been elect¬ ed president of the Episcopal guild. George E. Patrick, ’68, is chemist for the Bradley Fertilizer Company. Herbert L. Holmes, ’71, has re¬ moved from South B:)ston to Milford. Hattie Coburn, ’88, entertained the Lawn Tennis club at a progressive euchre party New Year’s eve. Dr. Samuel N. Nelson, ’73, has been engaged as assistant by Dr. Marcy, the eminent surgeon of Boston. The wife of J. W. Allard, one of our former school superintendents, died in South Framingham, Dec. 31. Maude Hapgood has returned to the P ilends’ School in Providence, R. I. Wilmarth, formerly of ’87, and Westcott, ’86, are our representatives at the Brown Scientific School. Aaron Mayhew, English ’85, is per¬ forming the duties of Charles Weth- erby at the Milford National Bank while the latter is away. H. B. Spaulding, ’89, has just com- ])leted a fine specimen of a])paratus, a Barker’s mill. It has two arms and throws its water into a large milk pan. The class leaders for last term were Miss Hancock of the first class; Mas¬ ter Tirrell of the second ; Miss Leon¬ ard of the third; Miss Mathewson of the fourth. Nellie F. (Torman, ’84, teacher in the City school, and Miss Hannah M. Broderick, ’75, were pleasantly sur¬ prised with tokens of respect from their puj)ils on New Year’s. Wv should say “hal-lowed be thy ; name.” 4’wo syllables, not three. On account of the bad walking school was closed one day of the first week. i School was closed Dec. 24 and re¬ opened .Ian. 3 with one hundred and six scholars. Geology 1. Teacher: What do i people go hunting for in the West? Scholar: For wolves. ! ! h ' ' rozen fingers and ears rewarded the faithful for attendance on Wednes¬ day, the 19th inst. | On account of the drawing we are | obliged to change the order of recita- | tions for Thursdays and Fridays. | Some of the scholars who live near j the s-hool cared for the plants at their homes during the vacation. The M. L. T. C., all but two being | either graduates or present meml ers | of the M. il. S., gave a party in Ar- ' mory Hall, Dec. 29. Geology 1. Teacher: “Where are all the tiles now?” Scholar: “They are all dead.” How jdeasant it will be not to be troubled by them in warm weather! Miss H. B. Clark’s recitation of | “How Girl’s Study” at the second i lecture of the teachers’ course was “too true,” aud was appreciated by j teachers and scholars. | Physiology IV’ . Teacher: “What often happens to a person at a theatre when there is too tnuch CO. , in the air?” Scholar: ' ■ Yon would go to i sleep.” A young man in the Geology class thought tile Megatherium was a lazy i animal because he had large feet. If ’ large feet are a sign of laziness, there i o “ ' I are a great many lazy persons. Physiology I ' .: “Did you ever take CO 2 into your lungs?” “No sir, I don’t think I have.” “What a for¬ tunate young man!” Another: “What I is a quadruped?” “1 don’t know.” “Are you one?” “I dont t iin v I am.” Still another : “How does man resist heat ?” “By putting on more clothing to keep it off.” I Generally a stranger can tell the girls’ side of the school room from the boys’ by a rapid glance at the desks, whenever he visits a school. In ours, however, he will be deceived ; for the fashion of trimming dresses with but¬ tons, not as large as jilates, has done more mischief to the backs of the seats and the edges of the desks than the average bov’s knife. Glacial action is well represented.