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

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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.

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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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ILiZL-Sr Buy Ladies’ and Misses’ NEWMARKETS, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of 138 MAIN STREET - - MILFORD. King Irothers, Boys’ and Children’s MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MILF ORD. AYERy WOODBURY, succe:ssors to j. w. Harris, -DEALERS IN- -s-FaRNI’I ' flRE, C RPE ' I ' INS.- WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. Upholstering, Carpet and Shade Work a Specialty. 162 Main ht., Milford. BARTLETT ELLIS, I3EA.IjEE,S IIT Hardware, Cutlery, Pumps, StDves, Furnaces. Farming Tools and See is 172 174 Mam St., - - Milford, Mass. Fine Artistic BEiA.TT ’S, 168 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. IT, II. A ROOMS IN MUSIC HALL BLOCK. Hours: 8a. m. to 10 p. m.. Over TO periodicals on file in Reading Rooms. All men are invited to use our rooms. WINNE-NIPE-KEES-AUKE. TENTH DAY. “Singing, row! brothers, row! O’er the waters so blue; Like a feather we float In our Racine canoe.” f was a night of fearful thunder showers in the west, but we were treated only to their edges, at which exception we were not at all disposed to cavil. Our camp was on a graceful knoll, only a rod from the water, and late into the night busy little projiellers sped by, with noisy whistles and bright headlights. These, with the roar of the trains on the opposite bank, did not, however, prevent a sound and restful sleep. It was a pretty lake, Paugus by name, which spread out before us, and extended four miles down to Lake Village; but it was fortunate for us that the blades of our jiaddles could he set at right angles to each other, giving the effect of feathered oars, for the wind blew in our faces. At the village, the exit of the water from the lakes is controlled by a powerful dam, five hundred and two feet above the sea level, and thus it is hoarded for the mills below, until the drouths of summer come. We ran down to the bridge, stopped to examine an elegantly finished ])leasure-boat which had not made its trial trip, and then inquired the nature and distance of “carry number two.” “Along a good street, across a long bridge, down through a mill-yard, in all about an eighth of a mile,” was the answer. A good-natured blacksmith near by loaned ns his wheel¬ barrow, and, by its help, we transpoited our canoes and “impedimenta” to clear water. We then sought out some relatives who lived here, and were rewarded by the gift of cake, pie, and apples, which had a very home-like taste. As the mill-bells were calling the operatives back from dinner, we dipped onr paddles in lionnd Bay, but kept well to the left, with eyes searching the shores foi ' the outlet at Laconia, The short, swift stream connecting this lake with the next, Winnisqnam, is well utilized by facto¬ ries. The natural fall of water is increased by a dam, and the banks are lined with buildings for half a mile. As the third carry must be made through the heart of the town, an expressman was engaged to transport us. Excellent bread, as well as fresh meat, could be purchased here, and soon an umbrageous tree upon the margin of Winnisqnam (heantifnl water) tempted us to the shore, and we enjoyed a hearty dinner. Here we saw onr first house-boat—a house like a baggage car, with projecting roof and hand rail, and a boat like a wood scow. During the day, and here in particular, onr noses were assailed by the odor from dead perch, floating on their backs or decaying on the shore. At this place, twenty or more were tossed back and forth on the sand, and, rapidly decomposing under the blistering sun, were putrefying the water. If this continues, it must be the cause of sickness to the neighboring inhabi¬ tants. The trouble is confined to the perch, perhajis because they swim so near the surface. The fish commissioners were investigating the matter, but we did not learn their decision. On Winnipesankee, during nine days, we did not see as many dead fish as at this sj)ot, and we were infoi ' med that a man had gathered four bushels in front of his grounds. A pull of five miles brought ns to East Tilton, hut the ground was so low near the village that we retraced onr way for a hundred rods to find a camping-place. The moon shone brightly, and many boating parties went to and fro; but we preferred Morpheus to Luna, and were soon dreaming of dams and carries. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, Hair- resser And dealer in liair-oils, pomades, Thomas’ hair tonic for remoring dandruff, etc., 127 Main street. Milford,Mass. N. B. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut or sham pooed at their residences if desired. Or. F’- Dealer in ZZ E -A. T SI AxVD PKOVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. ELEVENTH DAY. “A night had passed away among the hills, And now the first faint tokens of the dawn Showed in the east; I had waked From a long sleep of many changing dreams, And now in the fresh forest air 1 stood Nerved to another day of wandering.” up with the lark!” was onr song—only we saw no signs of the lark. We quickly paddled down to the pulp-mill dam, where ive lifted the boats over into the sluice-way which feeds the waterwheels, and floated down to the mill. There we were objects of interest to many eyes; but, as we could not afford to be a free showq we obtained the use of the large barrow used in the mill to carry the blocks to the grinder, and by this and the help of several willing hands, we soon shot out into the race and danced about like chips. Before “shooting,” however, we were kindly shown over the mill by the gentleman in charge, and followed the blocks of spruce, which give toughness, and of ])Oplar, for whiteness, through the grinding,