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

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I ■VST TPE 0 K, IimYlIVY. FEBRUARY, 1888. Published Monthly lluriug the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. BUS1NE.SS EDITOR.?. GR.4CE L. BLOOD and LYDIA A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 60 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of fJ. 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-Oliice, as second class matter. EDITO I Iig. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brown an d Lillian E. Thompson. We have adopted a new plan this terra, and have recorded tlie temper¬ ature at the beginning of school every morning. The average has been 63.3 ' F. It has so far been more than satisfactory. Much credit is due to our janitor, who has per¬ formed his duty faithfully. Our school-room is well ventilated and therefore there are many ways by which cold air can be admitted. It is a strange, yet sad fact, that when scholars have been out of the Grammar schoo Is only a short time, they seem to have forgotten their former geographical and historical lessons. Some of the scholars—we hope not many—recently were really surprised to find that Gettysburg is so near home. However, it is to their credit that more than eighty out of one hundred and twenty pupils at¬ tended the recent exhibition and ex¬ planation of the Battle of Gettysburg. There the vivid paintings and clear description rendered plain what would have required days of study. The following program was ren¬ dered on our last rhetorical day. The .speakers were chosen from the different rhetorical divisions because of their excellence, and were, there¬ fore, worth honorable mention :— Master Tirrell, Miss Thayer, Master Fales, Master Martin, Miss Toomey, Miss Whitney, Master Barry, Miss O’Sullivan, Gill. Master Sheedy, Miss Pierson, Master McKay, Miss Sumner, Extract from Ilomer Extract from Homer Wendell Phillips Two Homes Hodge and the Vicar To the Young Ladies Our Debt to the Sun Goody Blake and Harry Chicago’s Eire The Captain The Fireman’s Story The Two Lovers Now that our school days are so near their close, let us resolve to add to our stock of knowledge by patron¬ izing our public library. To do this wisely, we ought to have at hand a list of books that are of acknowl¬ edged merit, and such as will edu¬ cate and broaden our minds. Our principal is constantly referring to such books and we are glad to see that some are making a list for fu¬ ture use. In this connection wh quote from the Journal of Education the following: “Our reading largely determines our mental calibre, and we must feel its responsibility. We must consider how we spend our reading time as we do what we eat and how we spend our money. We must never lose sight of our standard and our needs.” Recently our jirincipal’s actions as he entered the class-room at the be¬ ginning of a recitation might have been very suspicions to the unsophis¬ ticated looker-on. He was not cold, neither was he sounding his lungs, but he patted and slapjied himself in the most mysterious manner, now here, now there. What was the matter ? To us it was a well-known sign, for we always expect that from one of his dozen pockets, filled to their utmost capacity with papers, subjects for compositions, topics of interests from the newspapers for the various classes and the school as a whole, some item will come forth and add to the lesson of the day. He is indeed a walking post-office. How fortunate it is that he is not com¬ pelled to have only one pocket as the modern woman is, and that one so covered v ' ith draperies that nine times out of ten she cannot find it. The work during the last half- term has been very satisfactory, so much so that the teachers are begin¬ ning to feel repaid for their time and hard work. Out of our one hundred and twenty scholars only twelve failed to gain the rank of promotion and all these were members of the f ourth class. More scholars have had “Good” (80 to 90 per cent) written upon their report cards than usual. We are also proud to say that many were successful in gaining per cents in the nineties, and carried home “Honor” upon their reports. Below are the names of these honored scholars:— First Class—Thayer, Tirrell, Co¬ burn, Toohey, Lawless. Second Class—Blake, Goldsmith, Toomey, Morgan, Spaulding. Third Class— Mathewson, O’Sullivan, Collins, Wil¬ ber. Fourth Class—Foley M., God¬ frey, Morgan. Physiology IV., who are now study¬ ing the sense of sight, are much in¬ terested in optical illusions. Our principal has offered an opportunity for raising their per cents by giving credits to those who have enough en¬ ergy to devise and bring in original illustrations. Some unusually good ones showing considerable “head work,” have been handed in. On one card by rapid whirling we read Oak, Lily and Ivy ; but when it was at rest we could only decipher a num¬ ber of unmeaning mark. “Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice.” Were you standing under the dome of St. Paul’s cathe¬ dral you might read this epitaph on the tablet over the grave of the great architect. Sir Christopher Wren. The historic date of this month sug¬ gests the appropriateness in Wash¬ ington’s case and perhajis this was in Winthrop’s mind when he wrote: “The wide-spread Republic is the true monument to Washington. Maintain its independence. Uphold its Constitution. Preseive its union. Defend its liberty. Let it stand be¬ fore the world in all its original strength and beauty, securing peace, order, equality, and freedom to all within its boundaries, and shedding light, and hope, and joy, upon the pathway of human liberty through¬ out the world; and Washington needs no other monument.” Generally a statement or fact, dif¬ ficult to learn in itself, may be im¬ printed upon the memory by some simple and perhaps foolish method. An article in an old number of the St. Nicholas was lately brought to our princijial’s notice as interesting to his Physiology class, and although jiarticularly to them in that they are studying that branch, it is also of in¬ terest to the older scholars. There the whole brain is likened to the business office of a large establish¬ ment. The Big Brain is the head of theis business, the Little Brain, the foreman who has charge; the Medulla is the Life Department, and although extremely small never rests; the Bridge is the “go between” for the Big Brain and the smaller de¬ partments, and is assisted by the Ear Lobes and Optic Lobes, who seem to run a kind of central tel- graph or telephone office. Lastly, the Central Ganglia or Gang are the little fellows who store up the knowledge of our habitual voluntary actions. All through it is treated as worked by persons and is brought home to us so simply that it is very enteriaining. Nothingis foolish which fixes useful knowledge in the memory.

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LZL ' r pect to be alike in our tastes and abilities? Sad would be our condi¬ tion if it were so. And thougli we may possess but one talent, while our more fortunate neighbor has ten, yet if we xxse that one it shall be doubled. Do you see the path winding up yon mountain-side, whose summit is crowned with the temple of knowl¬ edge, splendid in workmanship and grand in its proportions? Within is everything for which the energy of man struggles, but without stands la¬ bor, guarding the door night and day. She must be satisfied ere she permits us to pass. Many there are who be¬ gin the ascent, but few whose perse¬ verance overcomes the obstacles and attains the longed-for goal ; for steep is the path and rugged is the way. We stand upon one of the lesser heights. Below is the past, while still above towers the summit, and many rocks and chasms lie in our way thithei’; but a voice within us cries, “Go up higher.” Let us press onward till we reach the land where nothing isu nknown. L. D. c. L. From the forests of Maine to the glowing savannahs of the Great Gulf, and far to the l acific coast, thei-e are a hundred races, but there is only one language. To Noah Web¬ ster, more than to any or all othei- causes, this nation owes its unity of language.—[PLx. A bridge is to he built over the Straits of Messina to connect Sicily with Italy. The place selected for the great luideriaking is where the channel is two and a half miles wide, and 361 feet deep. We extend congratulations to the Boston K. IT. S. Becord on the mark¬ ed imi)rovement its January number shows over any ])revious issue. Rev. A. Arundel has kindly of¬ fered to supply our chapel prayers during examination week.—[Wolfe Hall Banner. Is this by proxy ? ' I ' he exchange editor of the Van- lerbilt Observer is certainly like Yumyum and the moon, “veiy wide awake,” and knows how to tell what he sees, d’he local dejxartment dif¬ fers from that of most of our ex¬ changes in being entei-taining to out¬ siders. Extracts from the Sujxerinten- dent’s report, in the Kentuck}’ Deaf Mute, give an interesting account of the manner of educating the ])U])ils in the Danville Institute for the Deaf. The success of the methods employed is shown in three articles in the same number, written by the pupils themselves. The naive sim¬ plicity of style, the directness of ex¬ pression and the peculiarity of idiom which seem to belong to those who are shut out from the world of sound, make these contributions particu¬ larly interesting. We heartily re¬ joice that a school like the one in Danville can exist, and we do not wonder that those condemned to live in a world of silence wish to show their gratitude to Dr. Gallaudet bv erecting a monument in his honor. We see by the School Medium that the North Brookfield High School intended to give an industrial exhibition the twenty-second of this morth. We hope the material re¬ sult will be the desired piano; and that the benefits in other directions may prove as great as those we i-e- ceived from a similar exhibition a few years ago. We shall look with interest for the February number of the Medium. The January number of the Prem¬ ier, is quite full of brightness, perhaps the one exception to the general bril¬ liancy being the following ci ' iticism in the exchange column: “The East Orange Record comes to us this month glowing with its juctures of hne buildings and railroad hardships, and also with its usual accounts of brilliant ])arties and entertainments.” How can a jxaper glow with pictures of railroad hardshijls? The High School Journal of Evan¬ ston, Ill., is apparently ambitious of following the approved methods of the jxrofessionals. It offers premiums to new subscribers, jxresumably pays for some of its contributions, and has corresj)ondents in many other cities. It is evidently determined to succeed financially, and we hope it will, but we regret to see it stoop to the “j)rize chrorno” method, for tlie magazine is good enough to stand on its mei-its. Its editorials and literary articles ai ' c above the average. The anecdotes and jxoems in F ' rench and G ‘rman are an interesting feature of this periodical. ' I ' hree ladies in Boston are just entering with much enthusiasm upon the work of supplying a long felt “need” for young people. It had seemed as though nothing could be wanting in the direction of juvenile journalistic literature, that every pos¬ sible need in that line had been sup- ])lied by the many excellent maga¬ zines for children already jniblished, but not such is evidently the opinion of these three Boston ladies. Their aim is certainly a lofty one almost too high to be reached, but we wish them success in their endeavors. It is a little unfortunate for the Young Idea of Gloucester that these ladies should have decided upon the same name for their magazine. There is Avhere we have one advantage over most of our exchanges; our name is ours alone, and likely to remain so. “Education for Profit or Loss” is the name of an article contributed by E. H. Barrows to the Acamedian of Washington, Iowa. What opinion the writer intends to express is per¬ haps known to himself, but we frank¬ ly confess our inability to penetrate the obscurity of his rhetoric. Judg¬ ing from the construction of many of his sentences, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the greater part of Ids education has been “for loss” to him. For instance: “The one thing most needed in this life is what are we as individuals ex¬ pecting to do.” “The momentous question imminent to all who enter the race for life with a purpose in view,” etc. We may be narrow minded, but if we were racing for our life we should consider tliat a sufficient “purpose” in itself. “Thus their minds are caused to search “and then see how quickly the airy vessel (an empty boat) will succumb to its (the wind’s) fickle force for want of a resisting power, for which it should have been prepared to sus¬ tain it.” “Observe the tiny plant as it slowly and quietly peeps its head above mother earth. ” “But there are some kinds of knowledge that does not, as a rule, pay its possessor.” “Do not understand me as saying that a scholastic education is not necessary; on the contrary, it is necessary. But do understand me as knowledge is the line of business you intend to follow is of the utmost importance in starting, as an impe¬ tus to work, and as a valuable assis¬ tant in gaining that experience for its practical apjilication.” Will some one please translate? George Bancroft accounts for his longevity W ' ith three reasons: First, that he was the middle child in his father’s family, equally distant from the youngest and the oldest; second, that he had always gone to bed at 10 o’clock, unless it had been impossible; and third, that he had always spent four hours in each day in the open air, unless prevented by a storm. “The Wayside,” Margaret Sidney’s summer home in Concord, was once the home of Hawthorne, and “The Tower.” where the great novelist wrote, is now her study.

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EDITED BY Nellie Brown and Harold E. Kales. Did St. Valentine give you a call on the 14th. A cold is absolutely essential to the fashionable. “Pain kee])s us on our guard from our presence of mind.” “Bi a bi-cycle bi and bi” illustrates a peculiarity of our language. The teacher has lost his pencil. We expect his patience will go next. “The Ought-not-to-Pass Bill” was defeated by a two-thirds majority. “Electricity cannot escape from an insulated wire.” “If your cerebrum has deep con¬ vulsions then you will have a great deal of knollege.” To inquiring zoologist—No, bears do not necessarily go to Iceland to hibernate. Ben Hur is often upon the lips of Latin I. The number of the wise is slowly increasing. Have you written all of Archias? I suppose you are prepared to take the oath for its return. O, for one smell of a picciola, that we may dream of a happy day with no hard translations to study out! The prize offered French I. has v akened the sparks of poetry in many an unexpected quarter. With what interest the stories of our childhood are listened to when told in French ! If any one has earned our new music we think it is our patient prin¬ cipal. The paper bill this term for the three weeklies and the two dailies is $5.63. Almost every one thinks it easier to ask father for two cents than to copy three songs. An example of the advantage of division of labor. The editors will be grateful for another rainy day, as the last one was very convenient, coming on mailing day. Teacher—Are you a carnivorous animal ? Scholar—No sir, I generally eat mv food cooked. A perusal of good old Father At¬ las recently freshened our memoiy as to the whereabouts of Gettysburg, and tlie exclamation, “Why, I thought it was down South!” was universal. “One of Franklin’s last acts was the signing of the Proclamation of Emancipation.” Some scholars forget so much faster than the y learn that the sug¬ gestion to call their brains “drains” is quite potent. A new nerve has been discovered —the glossary nerve. This proba¬ bly accounts for some of the remark¬ able pronunciations. It must have been very warm the other morning, as the thermometer stood so high that one of our fellow- students was unable to reach it. Teacher—Translate “sorti.” Scholar—Having gone. Teacher—Where is the word for having? Scholar—Gone. In some letters written by the Fourth class and dated 1898, some of the young hopefuls state the fact that they have just graduated from the Milford High School. The Latin class are very tender¬ hearted. The) ' object to allowing Archias to be killed “all together;” however, they do not hesitate in murdering Cicero wholesale. It is a generally understood fact that a pupil who has will power enough to learn good lessons, has will power enough to control himself in making a good deportment. It is about time for the seniors to think about elocution. An enter¬ prising teacher in the art could doubtless form a class of eager pu¬ pils from our number. Physiology IV. says : “If you put something sour on your tongue it will make you look cross.” We won¬ der if our teachers ever eat sour things! Scholars are hereby requested to close inkwells when not in use. This new method of swinging the wells into the aisle is doubtless a sav¬ ing of books, but many of the young ladies can testify that it is not a sav¬ ing of dresses. Scholars are requested to keep their books either in their desks, or in their hands, and thus avoid so long an advertising list. Some seem to think any place suitable to drop a book or pencil, as chance haj)pens to j)resent itself. A good chance to observe the heavenly bodies is afforded by lying on your back on an icy side-walk, with your feet clear of the ground. Many stars of all magnitudes can be seen in this manner without the aid of a telesco])e. Try it. It is dangerous being safe when our teacher enters a heated discus¬ sion, as things are apt to fly when he says it is not worth a snap of the finger. If Ave remember the lessons learned in Civil Government until it is our time to vote and hold office, there will be a change in affairs of govern¬ ment. Teacher—Are you jesthetic? Young Lady—No sir. Teacher—What does the word mean ? Young Lady—All sorts of ugly things. One of our local papers seems to be so much interested in Manual Training that we suggest for its mot¬ to Germany’s cry, “Education for labor through labor.” We hope that the seed which it is sowing will be well watered, and will bring forth an abundant harvest in Milford. EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. George N. Goddard, ’83, is teach¬ ing school in Plymouth, Conn. Annie L. (Sumner) Ary, ’76, died at Audubon, Iowa, Jan. 18. Lizzie F. Donnelly, ’87, has been acting as a substitute teacher. Lydia F. Gould, ’87, is now attend¬ ing the Framingham Normal school. Joseph M. Gilfoyle, ’86, is study¬ ing lithography of Prof. Bartlett, Normal Art School, Boston. James Ring, once of ’83, now a dry goods dealer in Minneapolis, has recently re-visited Milford. Walter Parkhurst, ’87, has entered the employment of Stephen C. Earle, contractor at Worcester, Mass. Michael F. O’Connell, once of ’88, is now the Hopedale correspon¬ dent for the Daily News. Maggie F. (Madden) Lee, ’74, noAV residing in Bethel, Conn., is visiting in town. Annie T. Gleason, ’76, is sales¬ woman in a dry goods store in Prov¬ idence. Dr. Herbert H. L) ons, ’74, of Fitchburg, was married to Miss Sarah A. Corcoran, of Clinton, Feb. 9. H. B. S])aulding, ’89, recently per¬ formed a chemical experiment before the Y. W. C. T. U. to j)rove the presence of alcohol in cider. He dis¬ tilled from a small flask partly filled a suflicient quantity to apply the alcohol tests to, before the eyes of his interested audience.