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

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OAK, LILY AND IVY. 11 We of the upper classes extend a most sincere welcome to you of the fresh¬ man class and all other newcomers. You are fully launched now upon a hither¬ to unknown sea,- upon a life which will at first appear strange and difficult to you; but conscientious application and sincere effort will solve the most trying problem confronting you. You will find this new life a broader, more respon¬ sible field of endeavor and the benefit you derive from the splendid opportunities available depends wholly upon yourselves. Your teachers and upper classmen will ever be ready to assist you in adapting yourselves to your new routine but you, also, must do your part. Your future success will depend greatly upon your attitude towards your work and the perseverance and energy with which you master your tasks. But there is a pleasant as well as a serious side to your work and we want you newcomers to derive all possible enjoyment from every department of your new life. In every phase of Milford High School activity, - scholastic, social, and athletic,-your support and assistance are earnestly solicit¬ ed. You are now a responsible part of the Milford High School organization and we are certain you will strive your utmost to meet our high standard of scholarship and deportment. Bear in mind you must work not alone for your¬ self, not for your class, but for your school. SCHOOL NOTES. The classes at the beginning of the year numbered : Freshmen 154, Sopho¬ mores 76, Juniors 87, Seniors 43. Total enrolled 360. Miss Marion Lantz, ex T8, has taken up studies in the Worcester Classical High School. Miss Helen Gilbert, ex T8, has moved to Westboro, and entered the High School of that town. John Hunter, ex T8, has entered Dean Academy. Alvin Moore, ex T9, is taking a business course at Woonsocket Commercial School. We extend to Rita Cleary, ’17, our deepest sympathy on the death of her mother. Miss Mary Larkin, teacher of English and History, has resigned, to accept a similar position in the Springfield Commercial School. Miss Anne Donlon, Smith College graduate, class of T3, has taken Miss Larkin’s place, Owing to the increased registration of students, Miss Sadie O’Connell, grad¬ uate of Milford High School, class of ’ll, and of Emerson College of Oratory, class of T5, has been added to the faculty. Miss O’Connel will have entire charge of the rhetoricals.

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10 OAK. LILY AND IVY. That night, when Robert rang the bell, he was met by a radiant girl who ushered him to her father. Unaware of what had happened that afternoon, he did not understand why Marian buried her winsome face so eagerly in the violets or why she cried joyfully to her father, “Violets! Violets! The dearest flowers in the world.” While Marian was enjoying her first dance with all the happy genuineness of youth and inexperience, a gray-haired man sat before a glowing fire and mus¬ ed over the past. The dancing lights of the flames flickered before his dreamy eyes and curled themselves into fancies of the past. A pair of tender, brown eyes gazed at him from the heart of the glowing embers, a pair of winsome lips smiled at him, two slender arms extended to him a bouquet of purple violets. As he thus sat and lived over again the days of his youth, he dreamed that a fairy, clad in gauzy white, floated into the room and glided up to him- She kissed him carressingly on the forehead, dropped a perfumed mass of purple vio¬ let 5 into his hands and vanished. He awoke and rubbed his eyes bewildered. It was only a dream after all. No, there had been a fairy, a real live fairy who had kissed him and left her parting gift of beautiful violets, whose exquisite perfume hung in the air around him. With a sigh of contentment he pressed the fragrant mass close to him, and drifted back again into the mystic land of memories. Then a fairy stepped out from behind the velvet curtains and stepped light¬ ly to his side. She gazed tenderly at his peaceful form over which the firelight flickered, and then, murmuring, “Father dear,” she stole up to her room to dream also of violets and future joy. Beatrice Battles ‘17. f

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12 OAK. LILY AND IVY. GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 1916 Eileen Agnes Ahern—Framingham Normal School. Doris Whitney Barnard—Post Graduate Course, Milford High School. Arthur Henry Morton Beardsell—Holmfirth Textile School, England. Rose Bertorelli—Framingham Normal School. Corona Blaisdell—Bryant Stratton Commercial School. Ella Frances Clarridge— Framingham Normal School. Fred William Clarridge—Massachusetts Agricultural College. Michael DeFilippis Boston University College of Business Administration. Gemma Emma DePasquale—Eoston University. Francis William Dillon—Holy Cross. Margaret Helen Grady—Boston University College of Business Administra¬ tion. Claire Frances Hogan—Framingham Normal School. Marion Isabelle Keany Boston University College of Business Administra¬ tion. James Read Kimball—Worcester Polytechnical Institute. Helen Frances Lebbossiere—Framingham Normal School. Catharine McNamara—Framingham Normal School. Marion Carpenter Metcalf—Bryant Stratton Commercial School. Joseph Henry Murphy—Norwich University. John Stephen O’Brien—Dartmouth College. Alfred Joseph Oliver—Tufts College. Helena Mary Shea—Framingham Normal School. Francis William Sherman—Boston University College of Business Adminis¬ tration. Anna Helena Swift—Westfield Normal School. Gertrude Frances Spaulding—Burdette Business School. Ida Vose Barry—Bryant Stratton Commercial School. Dorothy Elizabeth Dodge—Woonsocket Commercial School. T3’ On October 3, 1916 occurred the marriage of Atty. Charles W. Gculd ‘C9 and Miss Alice Gordon ‘13.