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

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THE OAK, EIliY AfJD IVY Vol. XXXVIII. MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1922 NO. 1. Published by the Pupils of the Milford High School. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, Leslie M. Calkin, ’22. Business Manager, Henry D. Barbadoro, ’22. Assistant Business Managers, Della B. Kurlansky, ’22, Clifton A. Jeffery, 22. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Clara E. Cade , ’22, Nicholas A. Mastroianni, 22, Walter T. Wall, ’22. Subscription Rates: For the year, $1.00. Single copies, 15 cents. Address all communications to Oak, Lily and Ivy, Milford, Mass. TRUE HAPPINESS. The biggest thing in the life of every human individual is happiness. It is the goal of all ambitions, the object of all endeavor. Complete happiness is that desirable something for which each one of us, rich or poor, powerful or insigni¬ ficant, proud or humble, seeks in an endless quest, and which, because of its in¬ tangibleness and our own stupidity, few of us find. Seldom do we seek it con¬ sciously, never as a definite object, yet, in the final analysis, it is for happiness that we live and die. In endless toil we pursue it, ardently yet blindly, earnestly yet despairingly. Material success comes; wealth, position, power, homage, yet it leaves us unsatisfied, with a conviction that something is lacking. And the conviction is not unfounded. Something is lacking. But it is in, ourselves that the defect lies, not in fate or the “divinity that shapes our ends.” For true happiness is merely contentment with whatever we possess of material comforts and spiritual blessings, great or small. The capacity for happiness lies within each one of us and even as we pursue it in blind haste, it is waiting to be enjoyed. Happiness is a state of mind, the accompaniment of a courageous spirit— the spirit of optimism—and the natural consequence of an intelligent outlook on life. The person keen enough to see and appreciate the good things of life, and strong enough to forget or ignore the unpleasant things, thus deriving the full measure of happiness intended for all of us, is called an optimist. In this world we meet too few real optimists, too few people with courage enough to smile when others frown, and fight on with dauntless spirit) when others surrender in despair. By an optimist I do not mean the offensive individual who rises with the songsters and rouses the household with boisterous melody. He is merely a healthy lunatic. Nor do I mean the man who predicts fair weather when the weather man’s report and every visible natural sign indicates approaching rain. He is a fool. Nor yet do I mean the type of person who displays a perpetual simper to friend and enemy alike in affluence or affliction. He is either too small or too timid to assert himself. Your real optimist is the man who, knowing that trouble is coming, has the courage to face it with a smile and faith in the ultimate triumph of Right. Your true optimsit is religious. He may not be demonstrative about it, but he believes

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CLASS OF 1923