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

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THE OAK, IilliY AHD IVY Vol. XLII. MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1927. 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—Lyman Callery, ’27. Business Manager—John Carlson, ’27. Associate Business Managers— Elizabeth Sherburne, ’27. Sidney Solomon, ’27. Fili Giacomuzzi, ’27. Maurice Kulwinsky, ’27. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. ✓ Joseph Ferrucci, ’27. Helen Palm, ’27. William DiVitto, ’27. Lillian McTiernan, ’27. 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. COLONEL CHARLES LINDBERGH. The people of the world, especially those of the United States, have experi¬ enced various delightful emotions over the trans-Atlantic flight recently completed by Charles Lindbergh. They are amazed at its completion, while the Americans are especially joyful because he is an American, and the people at large have nothing but admiration for the courageous boy who achieved so marvelous a feat. The flight itself has many wonderful elements involved, but a short study of the life of the performer reveals principles and attributes worthy of imita¬ tion by every American youth. Charles Lindbergh in the first place demonstrated an immense amount of courage by the character of his takeoff. He knew that weather conditions were not wholly favorable, but his supreme confidence enabled him to start. Also the fact that he flew with a single engine is a remarkable one. There were others who were ready to start and so well prepared for emergency that a chance of failure or misfortune was so minimized as to be negligible. Now that the trip has been successfully completed, Lindbergh is astonishing the people of the world, and the theatrical managers especially, by his repeated refusal to “cash in” as it were, on his remarkable feat. ' The amount of money that he is turning down can be shown by one incident. Last week when Lindbergh and Ambassador Herrick returned from a short engagement, the former found

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CLASS OF 1927.

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18 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. waiting for him offers totalling $1,400,000. He modestly states that he made the trip with no thought of financial gain, but to prove that it could be done and to help advance the idea of international trans-Atlantic flying for commer¬ cial use. While in the European countries, he has displayed an immense amount of tact. There is a glowing example of this in the fact that in a short address of one hundred words, he sent a gathering of French statesmen and citizens into wild enthusiasm. Everyone realizes that this in itself is remarkable, for it is not an easy position when a person finds himself hemmed in on all sides by people speaking a foreign tongue. Lindbergh inherits this fine tactfulness among many other fine qualities, because his father was a person to be reckoned with in American politics for over twenty years, and his grandfather was a member of the Swedish Parliament. The flight and its completion shows in Lindbergh an inestimable degree of self-reliance. Not once, either while preparing for his flight or in making it, did he have one bit of doubt but that he would be successful. This trait shows a home training that would be well for American mothers and fathers to imitate. Lindbergh’s mother has made the following statement: “During Charles’ boy¬ hood, the word ‘don’t’ was very seldom used.” The importance of this state¬ ment can hardly be imagined by the casual reader. It shows, however, that for every little action that was out of the ordinary, a doubt did not spring up in his parents’ minds that he could not do it, or at least, that he should not attempt it. He was allowed to go ahead, and consequently a feeling of self-reliance and confidence in his own abilities was fostered that was a dominant factor in the great flight that he completed. Another admirable trait of Lindbergh’s is his frankness. An amusing little incident connected with it is the fact that he kept the King and Queen of Belgium waiting for twenty minutes because he had lost his collar button. He did not bother to improvise an excuse, but stated simply what had occurred, and thereby made an impression that would hardly have been made by the presenta¬ tion of an improbable alibi. In short Charles Lindbergh is a splendid American youth possessing com¬ mon qualities in pronounced degrees and I am sure that there is no one in the world who would care to detract one iota from the worldwide admiration that he is receiving, for everyone agrees that true worth must be recognized wherever it is found. Three cheers for Colonel Lindbergh! SALUTATORY. In behalf of the class of 1927, I wish to extend to you a most cordial wel¬ come. We take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation of the efforts expended by our parents and teachers during the past four years in our behalf. For their sympathetic interest which has made this happy occasion possible, we are truly thankful.