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

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THE OAK. EILiY AND IVY Vol. XL. MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1924. No. L Published by the Pupils of the Milford High School. Under the Supervision of Miss Marion A. Ryan of the English Department. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief—Harry Broudy, ’24. Business Manager—Earl Johnson, ’24. Associate Business Managers— Corinne R. Carlson, ’24. Bryant Hill, ’24. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Mabel Gillman, ’24. Charles Innes, ’24. Frederic Knox, ’24. John Greenough, ’24. Business Management of this Magazine under the Supervision of Miss Mae E. Birmingham of the Commercial Department. Subscription Rates:—For the year, $1.00. Single copies, 15 cents. Address all communications to Oak, Lily and Ivy, Milford, Mass. EDITORIAL. BEING BLASE. Being blase is an unnatural condition. It has to be acquired as does a taste for olives or free verse. Sometimes, unfortunately, it grows on one. It may be the result of laziness, wealth, or severe disappointment in life. When a person is blase, he regards the world with tolerant indifference tinged with contempt. One in this condition will often pay attention to trifles, and ignore matters of weight. He may curse his valet for disarranging a tray, yet he is utterly indifferent to a robbery, a murder, or a war. The unfortunates thus afflicted may be assorted into various classes. First, there is the one who has nothing to do but play. To him the world is a huge sphere of earth inhabited by gentlemen and clods; the former he classes as tire¬ some, the latter as impossible. He frequents the theatre for the purpose of criticism and this criticism is de¬ livered in a refined drawl. He is, however, uninterested in the whole affair. This type is intellectually lazy, never allowing itself to think of anything more weighty than the condition of his hair or quality of his meals. His inherited wealth pre¬ vents his awakening from this revery, while his inherent brains save him from be¬ ing called stupid. The more human type is the one who has been disappointed in life, especial¬ ly in love. Such a disappointment not infrequently converts an active, energetic man into a lethargic, useless specimen of synical humanity. Personal disappoint¬ ment distorts his view of life. He thinks the unkind behavior of his beloved the

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CLASS OF 1924

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THE OflK IiILiY ApD IVY Vol. XLI MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1925. No. 1. Published by the Pupils of the Milford High School. Under the Supervision of Miss Marion A. Ryan of the English Department. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief—Agnes A. Siipola, ’25. Business Manager—Arthur E. Vesperi, ’25(. Associate Business Managers— Thomas F. Davoren, ’25. Ida R. Kurlansky, ’25. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Henry J. Frascotti, ’25. Albert J. Shaw, ’25. Charles W. Gilmore, ’25. Allan A. Eastman, ’25. Business Management of this Magazine under the Supervision of Miss Mae E. Birmingham of the Commercial Department. Single Copies, 15 cents. Address all communications to Oak, Lily and Ivy, Milford, Mass. editorial. optimism and pessimism. “Tivo men look out From prison bars; One sees the mud, The other, the stars.” How truly the above words express the viewpoints of two ordinary mortals, each of whom is a typical representative of a particular class of people in this world! The preceding quotation applies with equal truth to individuals in every walk of life. The humblest servant and the wealthy manufacturer may both be included in the same class in regard to their manner of looking out upon the world. The two classes into which all human beings are divided are pessimists and optimists. Let us take for instance, two men of the moderately well-to-do type. Both have comfortable homes, sufficiently large salaries and both names are entered upon the social register. But here the similarity ends. Mr. A looks out upon the world and “sees the mud,” that is, he sees all its bad points. He believes it is constantly growing worse. To his mind there is no hope for the future, for he sees no light in it. These depressing opinions continually fall from his cyni¬ cal lips. When he is greeted with a smiling “Good-morning,” bright comments on the weather or cheerful remarks of coming prosperity, he only grunts, and