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

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IVY. TP dM lilliYIIVY. JANUARY, 1888. Published Monthly During the School Year, KV The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. KUSIXliSS KDITOUS. GRACE L. BL001 and LYDI.A A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 50 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-knoun drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back mimbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE 0. I ;, LILY AND IVY, Lock Bo.x 137. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Oltice, as second class matter. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brom’n and Lillian E. Thompson. Happy on account of onr Christ¬ mas jiresents, ve all came back to school. A number of the scholars have new watches. They count the time, and are ready to inform the bell ringers when the hour is up, es¬ pecially if it is their turn to recite ne.xt on a lesson which they have neglected. The belated teacher and her two scholars jmt their knowledge of elec¬ tricity to a practical ap|)lication at a late hour one afternoon last iveek. One at the crank (T the electrical machine, another on the insulated stool, and the third at the gas fi.xture quickly caused the darkness to van¬ ish,—a result very desirable in their matchless condition. Brute force has gone to the wall. o This is the age of the mental powers. Hence the great necessity of an edu¬ cation, and hence, too, the need of those studies which cultivate liabits of close attention, the power of rea¬ soning, and the ability to draw cor¬ rect conclusions. The study of Lat¬ in, of mathematics, and of the sci¬ ences will develop and strengthen these mental qualities, and therefore all high school courses include them. Energy is an e.xcellent quality; in¬ dustry, and close application, and perseverance are all good ; but men often fail in their business because they cannot wrestle with some men¬ tal problem, when the premises are right before their eyes, and draw a correct conclusion. Then let us ap¬ ply ourselves to our daily work with renewed effort, so that the i-esults of the second term, just beginning, may be more satisfactory than those of the first. An additional duty might be men¬ tioned among the services of several of our town officers; namely, that of informing the members of the Civil Government class about the town management. The first ten in scholarship and dejiortnient for the last term were as follows:— Thirst class: Thayer, Coburn, Tir- rell, Toohey, Hale, O. Brown, Thompson, Crosby, Bicknell, Miller. Second class: Blake, Spaulding, Goldsmith, Clark, Whitney, Conely and Waterman, Connolly, Bradford, May hew. Third class: Bartlett, jMathewson, Sullivan, Shea, Collins, Wilber, Mc¬ Dermott, Barry, Smith, Holbrook. Fourth class: .Johnson (i [lss), God¬ frey, Wright, liallou, Morgan, M. Foley, Gilmore, Bass and Eames, Coffee. We have all declaimed again and ten more scholars have been hon¬ ored. Miss Clark of ’89 rendered a vocal selection, accompanied by Miss Hoberts. Program: — o Master Fales, ’88, Webster, by John D. LTUg. Miss Brown, O., ’88, The .Smack in Scliool Master Maiain, ’89, E-xtraet from Julius Coesar. Miss Toomv, ’89, True Heroism Miss Clark, ’8),—Son , Climbing u;) tlu Garret Stairs. IVfaster liamson, ’90, Prep’s Soliloquy Misses Smitli anil Nickerson, ’99,1 ' he Story of Experience. Master Burns, ’91, How We Celebrated the Day. Miss Coffee, ’91, The Legend of Bregenz Master Noyes, ’91, The Babies Miss Quiggle, ’91, Little Jim The time for re.solutions has in¬ deed come. With great st’’cngth of purpose our besetting sins are re¬ corded, in order to keeji them before us, and we sign our names to our pledges with strong and honest de¬ termination to keeji them this year. Let not the senior class think because there are only two teians before leaving this school, that they have no neoil of resolving to do better. Our teaeher.s’ and sclioolmates’ opin¬ ions of us are based on what we do, not on what Ave can do, and we now have an opportunity of leaving a good and lasting impression behind us. Jjet us trv in every wav lo be faithful in our work, and thus pay the debt we owe to the town for its school privi¬ leges and to our parents for their sacrifices. For the second term, beginning Avith this month, there is a radical change in the studies. The senior class have two new studie.s. Review and Civil Government. The second class in Literature take up the all- absorbing tale of Ivanhoc, and its inquisitive chemists, dressed in their customary suits of bed-ticking, are beginning to find that poAvders and fluids are not as innocent as they look—as the noise from the labora¬ tory boro Avitness not long ago. The third class have entered upon elec¬ tricity in Physics, and commenced Rhetoric and History. The fourth class have taken Book-keeping for their neAV study, and are already in full Avar ])aint of red and black. If they Avould only confine themselves to themselves, and not smear desks and floor, they might bo forgiven. The school iioav has in its posses¬ sion tAvo valuable autograph letters from tAvo of our greatest American ])oets, Holmes and Whittier. The letter of the former Avas received by the class of ’85, Avhile that of Whit¬ tier Avas I ' eceived during the latter part of last month, in acknoAvledgc- ment of an “autogra|)h testimonial” from the jiresent senior class, testify¬ ing their respect for the octogenari¬ an poet; the letter Avas as follow s:— Danvers, Mass., 12 mo., 15, 1887. To the High .School, MilforJ, Mass.:— I gratefully accept your tasteful and well-arranged autograph testimonial, and you have my sincere wish¬ es for your future happiness and success; and that the world I am about to leave may be belter for your living. Your friend, John (d. Whittier. The letters, Avhich arc highly prized, are tastefully framed togeth¬ er and are iiaiiging on the Avails of I C7 O the large room. Why not have the books of our Town Library covered Avith different colored pa[)er? For example, assign a color to the different dejiartments and thus at a glance a book in a reader’s hand Avould prove the class of reading on Avhich he Avas feeding his mind. If cheap fiction were cov¬ ered Avith fiery red, some, avc think, Avonld hesitate to be seen in our streets Avith such books in their po.s- se.ssion. In the British Museum the different classes of books are bound in separate colored bimliiig.s, but it is not necessary for ns to go to such useless exiiense. If this method Avere adopted, more books of instruction and le.ss of fiction Avould be real both by old and young. Persons Avho ] rofess to be educated Avotdd be somewhat ashamed to carry to and fi ' o from the library books that Avere of no value to them, but rather of injury. Perhaps, too, this might in- fiiience the kind of books that are added to our library, and in time no books not useful Avould be found there.

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LIIj-2-. E CPi NGEg. The exchange column of the Sun¬ beam is above the ordinary. The cover of the Phi-Rhonian prends le gateau for neatness. Is slang slang if you say it in another lancruafife? The December Academian con¬ tains a graphic description of By¬ ron’s “Mazeppa,” with a forceful ap¬ plication to intemperance. We like the article on H. H. in the Arms Student. The writer, F. V. Tupper, shows a sympathetic ap¬ preciation of her character and work. In the Literary Monthly, Parkville Mo., Charles F. Winchell has a short article on the private ownership of land, which contains an able argu¬ ment against the Henry George land theory. Juveils Vade IMecum modestly de¬ mands three, and politely requests tioo more copies of every exchange for one of its own! It does not want the earth I Oh, no! it will bo quite contented with the whole solar sys¬ tem ! The Academy Journal, Alexan¬ dria, Va., is quite excusable for send¬ ing us a little fartlior Down East than we belong. If we made no Avorse mistakes than that we would give ourseK es a congratulatory pat on the back. When the prize articles appear in the Kandolph-Macon Monthly we may expect an improvement even on the ood things of the December number. Among the latter is “Ex- pression,” which has a rather strong Emersonian flavor—but then, Emer¬ son is always good, even at second hand. The editors of the Niagara Index seem to have been someAvhat elated over the prospect of vacation, and the general hilariousness must have reached the proof reader, too. How else can one account for “ancestors,” “delectible,” ‘‘ preci|)itatly,” and “de¬ gress,” all in five consecutive lines. Had we not read “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” we would much admire the originality of “Tea Table Papers” in the D ;cember Ot¬ tawa Campus. In the same number J. B. exalts the IMeaning of Life •above its ordinary interpretation. He says: “This, then, is what life should and may mean to us; a culti¬ vated mind, in a sound body, under the dominion of a pure, powerful soul.” The College Reflector from Miss., the Golden Eagle from Binghamton, N. Y., the Volunteer, Concord, N. H,, a bright school paper oith an exchange column. High School Gath¬ erings, Whitinsville, Mass.,—the name a happy hit,—and the Ideal, Philadel]fliia, we have not seen be¬ fore, but hope to greet regularly hereafter. The Academe, Woi’cester, Mass., we cordially Avelcome back. We had supposed it dead, for neither have Ave seen it before this year, nor have Ave seen it mentioned in any of our exchanges, Avhich number nearly a hundred. Judging by some of the “Notes,” the high school keeps up its reputation for enterprise and original ideas. A word to certain others of our ex¬ changes. Do you not know that it is re¬ garded as a gross insult to have the name of your excliange in Roman type instead of Italics?—[Shurtleff College Review. Perhaps someone else, instead of the Shurtleff College RevicAv, is “most ignorant of Avhat he’s most assured,” but the example of some of the best publishing houses in the country is sufliciently good for us to follow. The selection of life-work should be the result of a conviction of fit¬ ness Do not start out in any pro¬ fession or business until you find that you can become fully competent to succeed in it. If you set out con¬ scious of only a partial fancy for the Avork, you are likely to be unsuccess¬ ful.—[Chauncy Hall Abstract. The Cue, Albany, has a bright little poem in last month’s issue called “My Friends.” This number excels in its poetical contributions. As they are not accredited to any one, Ave suppose them to bo original with the Avriters for the paper. The author of “Fancy Fact” deserves much credit, but when the ex.-ed. says the Cue’s exchange column “numbers several excellent papers,” we fail to understand just Avhat his idea of an exchange column is. The High School Annual of Ncav- ark, N. J., is full of interesting mat¬ ter, and is emphatically Avhat it assumes to be, a school journal. Among many Avell-Avritten article the one on “Prometheus Bound” shows Avell digested study and thought on the part of the Avriter. “The statistics of the gentlemen of the senior class” are jiarticnlarly en¬ tertaining, but, shades of John Wes¬ ley! of Avhat is that embryo Methodist minister thinking, to boldly declare Byron his favorite poet! We see that the Wilmington Col- legian takes the same ground that Ave do on the “Vita sine literis mors est” dispute. We see also that it not only takes the same ground, but expresses the same sentiment, and, Avhat is rather flattering to us, con¬ sidering that the Collegian is the organ of a college, Avhile Ave simply represent a high school, expresses them in the same loords. Nature has her compensations. Hoav happy is that revelation of the microscojie Avhich shows us that the activity of the flea is partly caused by the parasites Avhich live upon its OAvn body. Science is consoling. Whittier has Avritten the following inscri])tion for the Milton AvindoAv in Westminster, jiresented by G. W. Childs of Philadelphia :— The New World honors him whose lofty plea For England’s freedom made her own more sure, Whose song,immortal as its theme,shall be Their common freehold while both Avorlds endure. Prof. Proctor says of our growth that the most retarded state for the boy is about 13, and the age of most rapid growth (after the first tAvo or three years) is about 16, the corres¬ ponding ages for girls seems to .be about 12 and 13 respectively. Dur¬ ing: the time from birth to the ag:e of 17, boy.s, as a rule, acquire a smaller portion of their full groAvth than girls do between birth and the age of 15. In the great maj-irity of cases girls add very little to their height after 15. Boys, on the other hand, usually add tAvo or three inch¬ es to their height after 17. The intoxicating property of all liquors is due to the presence of alco¬ hol, Avhich is not one of God’s “good creatures” the result of life and groAvth. It is the product of decay and death. Observe hoAV carefully nature guards against it production. This is the meaning of the purple skin of the grape, the varnished cov¬ ering of the apple, the leathery case of the banana, and the polished rind of the melon,—all arranged to pre¬ vent the admission of the fermenting oxygen. Indeed, if the saccharine substance is alloAved to complete its decomposition even, Ave shall not have alcohol, but acetic acid. Any sugary substance, Avhen fermented, breaks up into two poisons,—alcohol and carbonic acid gas,—the former deadly if taken into the stomach, the latter if inhaled.

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EDITED BY IsELETE Brown and Harold E, Fales. January, 1-J. “Each traveller who enters here Finds what he pleases, stones or bread: I am the gateway of the year.” Milford lias 36 teachers and 1263 scholars. Revised edition; “Go to the cat, thou sluggard.” “Man is dominant because he gets his power from vegetables.” Logic from Geometry III.: A=B ' , B=C; therefore C=AB. A definition of compasses is, “two points fastened together.” It is feared that one of the Elec¬ tricity class is phi sic{s)cdli sick. Go to the Philosophy class for def¬ inite instructions conceining sparks. For the past week we have been an uhLeaven(s)ed lump, owing to the mumps. He surely wasn’t a Jew who de¬ fined lard as the kind of grease used in cooking. A young lady in her Latin exami¬ nation agrees to mark all the “phea- nuts.” Slow music is very depressing. We object to whole notes, especially on onr recitation cards. “ ‘Who sits here?’ why, no one; but I sit next.” Ergo: the said scholar must be next to no one. One of our young astronomers in¬ forms us that the earth now revolves on the milky way for its axis. W e are glad to record that in a recent Latin examination there was one i .aper which was all Wright. A strange phenomenon ! The low¬ est man has sixty-einht cubic inches of brain, and the highest thirty-four. Query: When Dick three I’s ex¬ claimed, “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” was he trying to read Archias, Chap. VI.? Some members of Drawing IV. have succeeded in making something useful ns well as ornamental. Fi-om dictation they have made working drawings of a lyre, and cut the forms in wood or pasteboard, to bo used as easels. English IV.—“Joan of Arch was born in the year ’28 and belonged to the Dark family. She lived until she died. After she died she was led by the iM.iid of Orleans. She was burnt at a stake and captured a few times. She was the mother of four children.” According to one authority (?) the Avails of our schoolroom are “ciscoed.” Teacher—Name some of the bones of the head. Scholar—Frontal, occipital and parental. We think the toboggan cap must be A’ery comfortable, :is one of our members seems loth to part with his, even in the schoolroom. When the January thaw pours a small river across our w.ay to school, Ave are living proofs that it is leap year. A free translation for “cinq de¬ pots,” in a rendering given fr m hearing the Avoi’ds pronounced, Avas “without boots.” “I am very much attached to you,” said the plaster to the patient as he was endeavoring to cause a separation. It has been so cold on the north side of the room some mornings that the young ladies have been attracted to the sonny side of the room. Wo are thankful that French I. does not control all the affairs of the Avorld. For our part Ave should ob¬ ject to Avashing on Cliristm.as day. VVe are sorry to record the fact that one of the ' Chemistry class has forgotten something that no chemist has yet discovered. Our pupils from the suburbs know more about the operations in the centie of our toAvn than those Avhu live next door. These things ought not so to be. Have you tried yet to see if your lungs have the capacity of a pig’s? It must have been a fine animal Avhich breathed Avith the pair that Ave have had for examination. We have some very fine manikins made after the large Yaggy model, by jniplls of Physiology IV. Those made by Misses Wires and Sumner are worthy of special mention. As the noAV year ojiens and Janus again sounds his Avar trumpet, let us each make some good resolulions, and fight out the battle, at least dur¬ ing the month that he reigns. Teacher—Give three objects of re¬ flex action of the spinal-cord. Scholar—Hydro])hobia, lock-jaAv, and St. Vitus dance. Teacher—The Creator must have m.ade a mistake in me. French I. have been reckoning the number of guests that there would ])robably be to sit down to father Priam’s t.abic Thanksgiving Day. We pity mother Hecuba, if she had to do the cooking for them all. A thought: Only seven colors, only nine digits, only seventy-one ele¬ ments, only twenty-six letters, and yet-Avell, think. The reflex action of the spinal cord is attracting the attention of the Physiology class at present, but the reflection cast by their teacher seems to indicate unsatisfactory Avork. A young I.ady of the first class thinks she Avould displace more alcohol than Avater. We suppose that is because she would feel larger to bo immersed in anything so ex¬ pensive as alcohol. In the Geology class she said that fishing Avas restricted by law, lest fish should become extinct. Why, she said, she had been fishing herself! But when she told how many she caught, we thought it Avould be a useless expense to employ oflicers to enforce the law. EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. Sarah M. Gorman, ’87, is employed at J. F. Hickey’s. Irving H. Fairbanks, ’86, is em¬ ployed by the Clinton Beef Co. Francis J. Moriartv, ’87, is teach¬ ing school in D.akota Cit -, Neb. Bernard Kelley, ’76, is employed in the oflice of the Daily News. Aaron H. M:AyheAAg English ’85, is clerking for M. A. Saunders. Mary E. Taft, English ’84, became Mrs. William H. Trevett, Dec. 23, 1887. Nellie M. Conely, ’85, has been elected assistant at the evening school. Patrick J. Donohoe, ’84, one of our druggists, is assisted by .John J. Casey, ’89. Martin J. Kelley, ’80, has resigned his position as librarian, to lake ef¬ fect Feb. 4. H. Maude Hapgood, once of ’88, has returned to the Friends’ School, Providence. Jennie L. Goodrich, ’77, Avas mar¬ ried to J. E. Vollmer of Poughkeep¬ sie, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1887. Fred E. Cook, once of ’88, a grad¬ uate of Comer’s College, Boston, is keeping books at Roslindale, Mass. Prof. Wright of Oberlin says that Lake Erie is but a very large glacial mill-pond Avhich the Niagara river Avill ultimately drain dry, and that but for the ice dam, Avhere LoavcU now is, the Merrimack river Avould have met the sea near Boston.