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

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THE OAK. LILY AJMD IVY Vol. XLIII. MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1928. 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—Mary Burns, ’28. Business Manager—Richard Bates, ’28. Associate Business Managers— William Grayson, ’28. Lucy Iacovelli, ’28. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Robert Cenedella, ’28. Helen Luby, ’28. Samuel Ianzito, ’28. Florence Snow, ’28. Business Management of this Magazine under the Supervision of Miss Lillian L. Egan of the Commercial Department. Single Copies, 15 cents. Address all communications to Oak, Lily and Ivy, Milford, Mass. EDITORIAL. COMMENCEMENT. Under smiling June skies, amid the plaudits of admiring and well-wishing friends and relatives, we, the youths of our country, enjoy the thrills of gradu¬ ation. It is our day! We have finished our scholastic career and now go forth to meet and conquer hitherto unknown and undiscovered lands. Flushed with enthusiasm we are eager for the fray. Long years of tedious toil at what to us seemed interminably uninteresting books have ended. Study is consummated. It is—Commencement! We listen patiently to the words of advice and wisdom that are uttered by those who deliver well-known graduation addresses, and then, laden with roses,, we march forward to receive the possession of the scroll for which we have labored zealously and laboriously—our diploma! The doors of the school room close behind us and we soon find ourselves adrift on a new and troublesome sea. We have been preparing for life. Now we are of it. And yet in truth, though we have cast aside our school books, we have but begun to learn. We have but begun to appreciate the value of our youthful holiday through the sacrifice of loving parents. The light of learning has but commenced to flicker. We are starting in a new world and the brilliancy of its gaiety beckons us on and on.

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CLASS OF 1928

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18 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. But not only this memorable day in June is Commencement. For each day in life is a Commencement, the beginning of a new life, an opening of a new vista. We may meet defeat on one day, and on another we may receive the crown of victory. But each day we go forward in preparation for that day of days when we will receive the announcement of an eternal award. Mary Burns, ’ 28 . SALUTATORY. In behalf of the Class of 1928 I extend to you all a most cordial welcome. At this time we wish to show our gratitude for the efforts of our parents and teachers expended in our behalf during the past four years. We are deeply thankful for the encouragement of all those who have assisted us. THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE. International peace has come to be regarded as one of the foremost issues that confront the modern world. The countries at large are beginning to realize that peace is one of the greatest blessings they can hope for, and are thus making international amity their chief aim. Our own country, the United States of America, has long had a strong hatred of war. Our most noted countrymen have warned and striven against it. Did not Washington in his farewell message as first president of the United States warn this country against “entangling alliances with foreign nations, and the spirit of faction at home” ? Did not Lincoln use his power—as both citi¬ zen and president—to the utmost to prevent the clashing of forces from the North and South? Did not Wilson send several notes to Germany and the other Central Powers in taking every precaution against our entering the World War? As President McKinley once said: “It has been recognized as the lead¬ ing feature of our foreign policy throughout our national history that there should be the adjustment of difficulties by judicial methods rather than by force of arms.” During every age there have been enlightened men who have firmly be¬ lieved in peaceful solution of disputes. The determination of international con¬ troversies by arbitration runs back to a very early time. It was extensively used by the Greeks with much definiteness and precision, and with an intelligent un¬ derstanding of its essentially judicial character. It was used in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and since the establishment of our own federal government has been successfully used by our national officials. As disputes became more frequent and more important, the methods of ar¬ bitration developed into the establishment of the Permanent Court of Interna¬ tional Justice. This court of justice embodies the principles, the ideals, and the aspirations of the American people. President Harding, under the advice of Secretary Hughes, gave his approval to the proposal to adhere to the Permanent Court of International Justice. President Coolidge, who in 1919-1920 had been an open advocate of our entering the League of Nations with mild reservations, in accepting his predecessor’s mantle adopted the advocacy of such adherence to the Court. In his message to Congress, December 6, 1923, he spoke thus re¬ garding the situation: “Our foreign policy has always been guided by two prin¬ ciples. I he one is the avoidance of permanent political allliances which would