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

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OAK, LILY AND IVY VOL. XXVIII. MILFORD, MASS., OCTOBER, 1911 . NO. 1 . Published Monthly During the School Year by the Pupils of the Milford High School. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editors-in-Chief, Linus Jones, T2, Sara Haskard, T2. Business Manager, Clifton Webber, ’12. Margaret Williams, T2. John Keane, T2. Assistants. Luigi Sanclementi, ’13. Ralph Luce, T3. Julia McCarthy, T3. 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. Spirits of the Snow. Midway between the earth and the sky, among the dull gray clouds, Mas gathered a group of spirits over whose presence hovered a gloom, thick and almost impenetrable. There was not a movement hut spoke eloquently of disappointment and des¬ pair. No spirit seemed to want to express himself, yet each seemed waiting for the other to speak. When the silence became almost unendurable, there rose from the gloom the form of the tallest of the whole company. He hesitated a moment, then raised his head and spoke—spoke in a tone which at once commanded re¬ spectful attention. “Why sit we here idle and watch man work out his own destruction without even exerting the least influence to help the right? Why, I say, do we sit here vhen on this night, of all nights, we should he up and doing, distributing cheer and en¬ couragement among men? What—will ye still sit with faces of despair, vhen ye all know your duty? Is it not in your power to make a change e en in this la. t moment? Come! let us devise some way by which we can do oui dut and cheer and happiness to those who most deserve it- For an instant there was silence among the company- Then as if by a com¬ mon consent, the company drew into a compact mass and from time to time murmurs of dissension and then of satisfaction made their vay out to tin mull .. particles which slowly formed within the dull, gray cloud, and then fell to eart i

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6 OAK, LILY AND IVY Milford High School Directory. School Committee. George W. Stacy, Chairman. G. M. Billings. Waldo B. Whiting. John C. Lynch. John E. Swift. Dr. J. V. Gallagher. Superintendent, Almorin Orton Caswell. Alumni Association. President, Charles B. Godfrey, ’62. Secretary, Miss Elizabeth B. Barns, ’ 87 . faculty. Principal, Geo. Hermann Derry, Ph. D., Greek, English , History , Civics , Elocution. Miss Inez L. Gay, Latin. Miss Helen J. Gilmore, Stenography , Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Commercial Law. Miss Mary B. Ford, Science and Mathematics. Miss Edith A. Nichols, English and History. Miss Adele Waldmeyer, French and German. Miss Marion A. Ryan, English, History, Science, Mathematics. Miss Genevieve Toohey, Drawing. Miss Elizabeth McNamara, Music. School physicians. Dr. J. M. French. Dr. j. V. Gallagher, athletic Association. President, Principal Geo. Hermann Derry. Secretary, Margaret Williams, ’12. Executive Committee, Ralph Newcomb, ’12, Linus Jones, ’12, JiSaseball ftcam. Manager, Lester Carey. Hoothall Geam. Manager, James Quirk. Senior Class. President, Fred Goucher. Vice President, Lester Carey. ©rcbestra. Leader, John Keane, Violin. Violins, Bruce Warfield, Joseph Kane, Frank Thomas. 1 lutes, Paul Bragg, Ralph Luce. Cornet, Luigi De Cicco. Drums, Ralph Ward. Pianist, Lillian Moloney. Ray Howard, ’13. Captain, Ralph Newcomb. Captain, William McCue. Secretary, James Quirk. Treasurer, Helen Kiley.

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s OAK, LILY AND IVY with the messages which they received. Slowly and silently the members dis¬ appeared into the darkness. ' l ' ' l ' There was a stir within the camp at Valley Forge that winter night. Great excitement prevailed among the soldiers. Occasionally could be heard a short, whispered word from one man to another. Signs of activity began to be apparent but no one knew exactly what had happened, although some one had said that a stranger had gained admittance to their chief, their beloved Washington. This stranger had appeared very unexpectedly and bore very important news. Through the camp the questions flew, “Who is he?” “What news does he bear?” Like a flash every one became excited, but all voices were stilled at the ap¬ pearance of the officers, who commanded that several companies be made ready for a march. Quickly and with as little noise as possible, the ranks were formed and the march began. Far ahead, as the soldiers moved through the snow, they could see the outline of their general and by his side, the stranger, tall and straight. On and on they moved silently but wonderingly, until thin and faint through the night came the sound of music, like unto no music that ever was on land or sea. Quickly the stranger stepped forward, and for a second, before the eyes of those soldiers, appeared a dull gray cloud, like those that roll in from the sea. Floating across the ranks but very faintly came the words, “Everything is ready; the Hessians have had plenty to eat and drink today and are unprepared for an attack.” Even as the words came, the cloud and the stranger disappeared, and be¬ fore them lay the Delaware and in the distance to the right could be seen the glow in the heavens of the fires of the mercenaries. ;|c ;Jc if: With a sudden gripping at his heart, an officer within one of the cheery rooms of the Trenton garrison thought he heard the sound of men walking on the snow outside. Suddenly a shot was heard and then the sound of a stampede of men —men fleeing for their lives- Victory was Washington’s! and up among the dull, gray clouds, midway between the earth and sky, was gathered a company, no longer gloomy; a company over which rested a consciousness of having done its duty and given aid to the right. M. E. H., T 2 .