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

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6 OAK, LILY AND IVY. Mr. Draper is a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the Board of Managers of the Milford Hospital, which Mrs. Draper and he presented to the town of Milford. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and vice-president of the American Unitarian association. With his brother, Mr. Geo. A. Draper, he built a very hue stone Unitarian church in Hopedale as a memorial to their father and mother. Mr. Draper was a member of the Mass. Militia for three years, and on the outbreak of the Spanish war he was made president of the Massachusetts Volun¬ teer Aid Association by Governor Wolcott. This association purchased and equipped the hospital ship “Bay State,” at an expense of $200,000, also raising $200,000 more for the care of the Massachusetts soldiers and sailors. He was also chairman of the Massachusetts Association for the relief of California. In 1905 the Republican State convention unanimously nominated him for Lieutenant-Governor of the commonwealth, and he was elected, and inaugurated January, 1906. Since that time he has been re-elected as Lieut. Governor, serving in that capacity for three years. Last fall he was nominated for governor of the com¬ monwealth by acclamation, and was elected November 3 by a large majority over his opponent, Hon. James H. Vahey. Up to 1905 he had never held a political office. He had served his party as a member of the Milford and Hopedale Republican town committees. He was also chairman of his senatorial district committee, and a member of the con¬ gressional district committee. He was also chairman of the Republican State committee in 1892, but declined a unanimous re-election in 1893, although he served as a member of the committee the three following years. He served as president of the Republican club of Massachusetts for two years, and has been a member of the club since its organization. In 1896 he went as a delegate from Massachusetts to the Republican National convention at St. Louis, and was made chairman of the Massachusetts delegation. He canvassed all the delegates to that convention on the question of making the platform for “gold,” and he secured, through fifty sub-committees working under his direction, a report showing the standing of every delegation in the convention on that measure. In 1900 he was Republican elector for the 11th Congressional District of Massachusetts and was chairman of the Massachusetts delegation to the Nashville Exposition in 1897. Mr. Draper is interested in numerous cotton manufacturing and other indus¬ tries throughout the country. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, Union club, Exchange club, Country club, etc. Previous to his nomination for governor he was a director in the Boston Albany R. R., the New England Cotton Yarn Co., National Shawmut Bank and Old Colony Trust Co. He married, November 21, 1883, Nannie Bristow, daughter of the late Gen. Benjamin Helm Bristow of New York, who was Secretary of the ' Treasury under Grant, and candidate for the presidency in 1876. They have three children, Ben-

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OAK, LILY AND IVY VOL XXV. MILFORD, MASS., JANUARY, 1909. NO. 4. Published Monthly During the School Year by the Pupils of the Milford High School. jt BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, Carroll J. Duggan, ' 09. Business Manager, Charles W. Gould, ’09. Assistants. Ralph S. Bragg, ’09. Katherine Lyman, ' 09. Beatrice C. Turner, TO. Luigi De Pasquale, TO. Florence Whittemore, ’09. Thomas J. Quirk, TO. Subscription Rates : For the year, 50 cents. Single Copies, 10 cents. Address all communications to Oak, Lily and Ivy, Milford, Mass. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post Office, as second class matter. Editorials. Eben Sumner Draper was born in the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, June 17, 1858, son of George and Hannah (Thwing) Draper, grandson of Ira and Abigail (Richards) Draper, great-grandson of Maj. Abijah Draper of Dedham, who fought in the American army during the Revolutionary war, and a descendant of James and Miriam (Stansfield) Draper, who came from Yorkshire, England, to Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay, in 1647. ' Pile Drapers were manufacturers and inventors of weaving and spinning machinery, both in England and New England. Governor Draper attended the public schools in his native town, and later spent some time at the Allen school, West Newton. He then completed a course in the department of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of 1 ech- nology, after which he began work in the Hopedale machine shops, where he was trained in the various details of the business. Later he entered several cotton mills in Lowell, Manchester and other cities in New England. I he knowledge thus acquired through three years of practical work was preliminary to his becom¬ ing selling agent for the various Hopedale concerns in introducing mill machinery. On attaining his majority he became a member of the firm of George Drapei Sons, and on the organization of the Draper Co. in 1896 he was elected selling agent.

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OAK, LILY AND IVY. 7 jamin Helm Bristow, born Feb. 28, 1885, Dorothy, born Nov. 22, 1890, and Eben S., Jr., born Aug. 30, 1893. Mr. Draper has always maintained a lively concern in all matters of public interest and in those enterprises which tend towards improvement and advancement. He has upon two occasions honored graduation classes of the Milford High School by presenting the diplomas. d he Scroll of Fame contains the names of several whose centennial anniver¬ saries will be celebrated during the year 1909. One hundred years ago, Lincoln, Emerson, Poe, Mendelssohn and Darwin entered upon those careers which have been so advantageous to mankind. These men have achieved distinction in Art, Literature, Science and Philanthropy, and their memories will be perpetuated as long as the influence of their accomplishments will be felt. To Poe, whether one like Dupin or not, we owe the detective story, and we draw from him our best models of the short story. Of poetry, Tennyson and Poe offer us the most exquisite and harmonious verse. Mendelssohn will live on in the marvelous melodies which he has bequeathed to us. While these men have gained great fame in subjects which interest particular classes, Lincoln’s achievements appeal to everyone and are of universal interest. Rising from the most extreme poverty, contending with the greatest odds, gaining recognition because of his probity and honor, Lincoln advanced with perseverance toward the richly deserved presidency of the United States. In the greatest crisis that the United States ever underwent, when precedent gave absolutely no indication as to the course which should be pursued, Lincoln’s calm foresight and wise judgment selected the most suitable and fitting means for preserving the welfare of the nation. He presented millions of men, women and children with the most precious right to which they were entitled, and that act alone would perpetuate his memory forever. Abraham Lincoln was the greatest man America ever produced, and the tribute offered to his memory upon the hundredth anniversary of his birth should and will be in accordance with the honor due him. The Milford Daily Journal has donated a Lincoln medal, to be awarded to the pupil of the Milford High School who writes the best essay on “Lincoln.” The essay must consist of at least 600 words and of not more than 800, must be typewritten, and must be handed to the principal on or before February 5th. The essay will be read by the winner at the public exercises on February 12th, when the medal will be formally awarded. The medal will be the permanent property of the winner.