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

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1933 volume:

TRAVEL BY MOTOR COACH s v« ' ; SAVE TIME AND MONEY ■ . v ' ■ 1r, All the conveniences of the private automobile ' with none of the worries. ' a ' Coaches Rented — JOHNSON BUS LINES, Inc. Tel. 230 JOHN L. HUNTER, Traffic Manager Complimciitt of...... Compliments of. CURLEY’S LUNCH KING CLOTHING CO. a a Telephone 8699 mpliments of. EAST END GARAGE 48 MEDWAY ST. GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING P. BERTORELLI, Prop. 1. 945-W Residence 945-R Reasonable Rates i THE OAK, EIliY AHD ivy VOL. XLVIII. Milford, Mass., June, 1933. No. 1. Published by the pupils of the Senior Class, Milford High School « Directed by Faculty Advisers —Miss Elizabeth A. Doyle, Miss Sadie A. O’Connell, Miss Marion A. Ryan. Faculty Business Managers —Mr. James A. Higgiston, Mr. Harold M. Moran, Mr. James V. Zurlo. Treasurer —Miss Lillian L. Egan. Editor-in-Chief, Charles Brucato, ’33. Business Managers, Mary Norma Murray, ’33 Associate Editors, Edith E. Samuelson, ’33. Helen Fitzgerald,’ 33, Dorothy Ryan, ’33, Lena Ramelli, ’33, Ada Macuen, ’33, James Mullin, ’33, Edwin White, ’33, William Clifford, ’33, Catherine Connolly, ’33, Catherine Naughton, ’33, Mary Rooney, ’33. Associate Business Managers, Henry Bodio, ’33, Edward Zarach, ’33, Robert Moloney, ’33. Cover Design —Dorothy Ryan, ’33. i : : ? : ? ? i i : ? : ' ■ TO iHr iffrank C SSs rrij THE INSPIRATIOM OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS THE FRIEND AND COMPANION OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS WE GRATEFULLY DEDICATE OUR HUMBLE EFFORT ? « ? i PRINCIPAL FRANK C. BERRY (grfplingH to tljp ffilaBH of maptern IjunJirpi ttfirlg-llfrEP The largest class in the history of Milford High School. In all lines of school work, under increasing difficulties, you have achieved well. Joy go with you; Faith sustain you; Success crown you! f THE OAK, LILY AND IVY 5 James A. Higgiston, Harold M. Moran, Principal Frank C. Berry James V. Zurlo, Fred A. Metcalf. Center Row, left to right Sadie A O Connell, Margaret A. Pianca, Hannah B. Callanan, Mary B. Ford, Dorcas Whipple, Agnes R. Lynch, May A. Comba, Catherine E. Curtin, E Burns, Marion A. Ryan. Front Row, left to right—Dorothy M. Callahan, Elizabeth A. Doyle, Lillian L. Egan, Marie C. Cenedella, Claire B. MacGowa Margaret E. Feige, Inez E. SanClemente, .Josephine M. Calarese, Margaret M. Pyne, Gertrude M. Cahill, Rita Kellett, Florence J. Mainini. 6 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED IN 1900 MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, 1933 CLASS OF 1933 8 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. SCHOOL CALENDAR 1932—1933. 1932 September 12. Registration Day. 14. Football season opens. Milford defeats Attleboro, 19-0. October 1. Milford defeats Clinton, 20-0. 3. Introduction of a new course, “The Theory of Music, ' ’ by Music Supervisor, Miss Helena F. Swift. 7. Columbus Day Exercises in As¬ sembly Hall. 10. Nomination of class officers by the four classes. 12. Columbus Day. No session. Milford defeats Marlboro, 27-0. 14. Election of class officers by the four classes. 15. Milford defeats Franklin, 32-0. 22. Milford suffers defeat from Brockton, 33-6. 24. Visit to the school by Mr. Frank P. Morse, Commissioner of Edu¬ cation. 25. Visit to the school by Professor Z. W. Coombs of Worcester Poly¬ technic Institute. 29. Milford defeats Natick, 19-0. November 3. Milford High School placed on list of High Schools approved by Class A New England College Entrance Certificate Board. 4. Teachers ' Convention. No ses¬ sion. 5. Milford defeats North Attleboro, 14-0. 10. Armistice Day Exercises in As¬ sembly Hall. 11. Armistice Day. No session. Milford defeats Framingham, 7-0. 23. Thanksgiving Day Exercises in Assembly Hall. Contribution of food and cloth¬ ing by the pupils to the Salvation Army. 24-25. Thanksgiving Recess. Milford ends football season by defeating Walpole, 26-3. 25. Football Dance. Red Men ' s Hall. December 14. Milford High School orchestra under direction of Miss Comba renders Christmas concert in Veterans’ Hospitals at Grafton and Westboro. 20. Mr. Metcalf ' s Science Club Social in Assembly Hall. 22. Christmas concert by the M. H. S. orchestra in Assembly Hall. 23. Freshman Debating Club under Miss SanClemente opens its major debates. Resolved:—That Allied War Debts to United States should be Cancelled. Debating Club Social in the As¬ sembly Hall. Contribution by pupils to Salva¬ tion Army. 24-Jan. 3, 1933. Christmas Recess, 1933 January 3. School reopens. 5. Introduction of a new course in the Harmony of Music by Miss Helena F. Swift. 21. Announcement by Milford Daily News of Short Story Contest Winners. February 3. Junior Prom in the Town Hall. 12. Lincoln’s Birthday Exercises in Class Rooms. 17. Washington Birthday Exercises in Class Rooms. 20. Senior Book Committee chosen. Charles Brucato, Editor-in-Chief. 22. Washington’s Birthday. No ses¬ sion. 24-March 6. Winter Vacation. March 6. School reopens. 8. Freshman Debate. Resolved:—That Unemployment Insurance Should Be Made Com¬ pulsory. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 9 SCHOOL Continued. April 5. Lecture—“Music Appreciation,” by Miss Helen S. Leavitt of Boston University. 10. Freshman Debate. Resolved:—That the Home Work Plan should be Abolished. 11. Debate by pupils of Mr. Moran’s Mediaeval History Class. Resolved:—That Napoleon Bone- parte was working for his own Selfish Interests rather than Those of France. 13. No School—Inclement Weather. 14. Good Friday. No session. 18. Patriots’ Day Exercises in the Assembly Hall. 19. Patriots’ Day. No session. 22. Milford opens baseball season— with loss to Wellesley, 10-6. 28. Milford suffers defeat from At¬ tleboro, 9-7. 28-May 8. Spring Vacation. May 5. Milford High School is approved in Class A by State Department of Education. 6. Milford defeats Brockton, 9-4. 8. School reopens. 10. Hon. John E. Swift Oratorical Contest in the Assembly Hall. 13. Milford defeats Marlboro, 15-1. 16. Milford defeats Walpole, 7-1. 19. Milford defeats Walpole at Mil¬ ford, 5-2. 19. First Annual Concert in Town Hall by M. H. S. Orchestra, Enrico Mussulli, directing. 19. Misses Rita M. Connors and Regina C. Curley tender their resignation to the School Com¬ mittee. 20. Milford defeats Norwood, 4-3. 22. Harold M. Moran and David I. Davoren added to the faculty. 25. Milford defeats Framingham, 7-2. 26. Memorial Day Exercises in the Assembly Hall. Presentation to the school by the Sons of Veterans of a framed copy of the Gettysburg Address. 27. Milford defeats Attleboro, 6-4. 30. Memorial Day. No session. Milford triumphs over St. Mary’s, 9-0. June 1. Senior Week Committee appoint¬ ed. 3. Milford defeats St. Mary’s, 8-1. for the second time, thus gaining second leg on Daily News trophy. 4. Lecture—Assembly Hall—“Art Studies”—by Ida Goldstein, of the Vesper George School of Art. 5. Final Freshman Debate. Resolved:—That Chain Stores add to the Prosperity of a Com¬ munity. 7. Milford defeats Norwood, 8-5. 8. Senior Prom. Milford Town Hall. 10. Milford defeats Marlboro, 7-6. 13. Milford defeats Brockton, 12-0. 14. Milford defeats Natick, 10-0. 16. Junior Reception to the Seniors in the Assembly Hall. Milford High defeats Cambridge Latin, 11-7. 26. Opening of Senior Week. Class Day Exercises on the Town Park. P. M. Presentation and dedica¬ tion in Assembly Hall of the Oak, Lily, and Ivy. 27. A. M. Presentation of Class Gift. P. M. David Garrick Club Plays in the Assembly Hall under di¬ rection of Miss O’Connell. 1. “The Devil Comes to Alcaraz”— Fulham. 2 “The Spinsters of Lushe”— Johnson. 3. “The Wasp”— Dane. 28. Commencement Exercises—Town Hall. 29. Class Picnic. 30. Alumni Reunion. Town Hall. OIla00 Tune “Homeward” w Classmates, v?e gather here To bid farewell; What future years may bring We cannot tell. Dear Alma Mater, we Pledge each our faith to thee; In our triumphs or defeats We’ll love thee still. Up life’s broad highway we’ll Go unafraid; Knowledge will guide us right O’er hill and glade. Tou, Alma Mater dear, Ha )e dispelled every fear; Passing 3)ears can ne er erase Our mem’ries of thee. May some new dawning find Us hand in hand. Making our voices heard Throughout the land. Touths of to-da}) are we; Soon leaders we shall be. Faithful to our motto fair, ' ‘Deeds, not words.” Charles Harold Mattson. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 11 Mildred Marie Abbondanza “Millie” Words of frank cheer, glances of friendly eyes. Lowell. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Francis Clayton Adams “Sparky” Fortune can take away riches, but not courage. Seneca. Senior Glee Club ; Chemistry Club ; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Science Club 3 ; Baseball 3. Mary Elizabeth Alberta Above our life, we love a faith¬ ful friend. Marlowe. Elizabeth Louise Antolini Gentle to hear, kindly to judge. Shakespeare. Dominic John Arcudi “Jack” Comradeship is one of the finest facts, and one of the strangest forces in life. Black. Manager of Football and Base¬ ball Teams. Angelina Rita Bagnoli “Angie” The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. Elliott. Philip Joseph Beccia .“Shaggy” A bold onset is half the battle. Garibaldi. Football 3, 4. Preston Crockett Bethel “Pete” Speak; for whenever you speak, I am aheays ready to listen, Longfellow. Treasurer French Club; Senior Glee Club ; Chemistry Club. 12 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Antonette Marie Bianchi It is always good to knoiv, if only in passing, charming human beings. Eliot. Henry Francis Bodio “Tate” Beware that queer, wild, %oonderful boy. Kreymborg. F’ootball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4 ; Book Committee ; Ring Committee. Charles Brucato “Plash” In fine, we thought that he teas everything To wake us vish that we were in his place. Robinson. Baseball 2, 3 ; Captain of Baseball 4 ; Football 2, 3, 4 ; Chairman of Book Committee; Treasurer of Class 4. Mario Bruno “Slugger” .4 gentleman makes no noise. Emerson. Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4. Evelyn Elizabeth Butcher Too true to flatter, ayid too kind to sneer. Holmes. Concert Committee. Joseph Louis Calabrese “Muscles” He most prevails tvho nobly dares. Anon. Orchestra ; Football 2, 3, 4. James Vincent Calarese “Jimmie” Fate may betray you, but you settle first Whether to live to your best or your worst. Guest. Baseball 2. Herbert Fraser Cass Call him wise whose actions, words and steps are all clear. Anon. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 13 Lucy Cecelia Celozzi “I u” Kind words are the the world. music of Faber. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. Louise Angelina Cenedella The big things in life never have been done by the loud speakers. The Sphinx. Helen Elizabeth Chapdelaine She that brings sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from herself. Carlyle. Elsie Elva Chapman “Chapie” With such a comrade, such a friend I fain would walk to journey s end. Van Dyke. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3 ; Concert Committee. Joseph John Chappell “Smiles” Happiness is not the end of life; character is. Beecher. Football 2, 3, 4 ; Chemistry Club. Olive Gertrude Clem Quietude is the most prof itable of things. Proverb. William Joseph Clifford “Bill” Be great in act, as you have been in thought. Shakespeare. Chemistry Club ; Science Club ; Oratorical Contest; Book Com¬ mittee ; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Class President 2, 3, 4; Ring Committee; President of Debating Club. Cecelia Theresa Conlin “Cele” A friend who knows and dares to say The brave sweet words that cheer the way. Van Dyke. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Ring Committee; Con¬ cert Committee. 14 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Catherine Rita Connolly “Kitty” She aims not to he wondrous wise, Only to he jolly in all folks’ eyes. Anon. David Garrick Dramatic Club H, 4 ; President of French Club ; Senior Glee Club ; Book Com¬ mittee ; Class Secretary 2. Edwin Francis Cote “Fddie” Where every yod did seem to set his seal To give the ivorld assurance of a man. Shakespeare. € I I V Henry Guido Consigli There is no time so miserable hut a vian may he true. Shakespeare. Senior Glee Club. Adam Paul Consoletti “Ash” Life is a prohlem and this is the test of it He is the ivisest icho just makes the best of it. Guest. Baseball 3. Rose Marie Cutropia “Rosie” The sense of humor is the oil of C life’s engine. r Merriam. F Concert Committee. Mary Eleanor Deletti Hark, she speaks! I will set down ivhat comes from her to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly. Shakespeare. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4 ; Vice-President French Club ; Class Secretary 3, 4 ; Senior Glee Club; Concert Committee, Andrew Ralph Cosetta He’s as jolly as a sandboy; he is happier than a king. Smith. Joseph Raymond Delledonne “Muzz” Thei ' e is colour in his cheek There is courage in his eye. Nathan Hale. Senior Glee Cluh; Orchestra. THE OAK, LILY ;AND IVY. 15 Reno Antonio DeLuzio He 1.S fit as any fiddle, and, hearty, hale, and tan. Smith. Olga Mary DeMatteis As merry as the day is long. Shakespeare. Concert Committee. Daniel Peter DeMeo “Danny” Speech is silver; silence is gold. Anon. Mildred Helen Dickman “Millie” Leaves no tender word unsaid. Doudney. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Dorothy Marie Dillon “Dot” And therefore, ivise, fair, and true Shall she he placed in my con¬ stant soul. Shakespeare. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Senior Glee Club; Dance Committee. Dina Rita Diotalevi Your worth is very dear to my regard. Shakespeare. Concert Committee. Walter Vincent Dominici “Wally” The lad was ever a rover, loving and laughing free. Widdemer. Orchestra; Senior Glee Club. Paul William Dowdell The dancers crowded about him And many a sweet thin g was said. Yeats. Senior Glee Club ; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Senior Dance Committee. 16 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY Elizabeth Droney “Betty We loved you ichen you turned and smiled. It roas as though a fresh loind hlew. Robinson. Senior Glee Club ; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Doris Margaret Dugan “Dot Faithfulness and sincerity first of all. Confucius. Senior Glee Club : David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3. Beatrice Louise Elliott “Bebe” A light heart lives long. Shakespeare. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Carl Magnus Erickson “Eric Great is not great to the greater. Sidney. Chemistry Cluh; DavM Gar¬ rick Club 3, 4; Science Club. John Charles Feccia Mcu, of few words arc the best men. Shakespeare. Thelma Rhoda Ferman “Toha” A faithful friend is better than gold. Burton. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. Cornelia Theresa Fino “Connie But that she is both beautiful and good I have true hint. Morley. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. j i Helen Margaret FitzGerald “Nellie For toe know and esteem you and feel that yotir nature is noble. Longfellow. Book Committee. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY 17 ( George Francis FitzPatrick “Fitzy” In books, in work, or healthful play. Watts. Oratorical Contest; Ring Com¬ mittee. Constance Catherine Foye “Connie” Let me put myself aside to think of the happiness of others. Arron. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Yvonne Pauline Gendron A gift both rare and dear. Homer. French Club. Genevieve Phyllis Ghelli “Gen” A loving heart is the truest ivisdom. Dickens. Francis Edmond Gilbert While education may be a key to success, the key is character. Hammond. Senior Glee Club; Chemistry Club ; Science Club ; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Ger¬ man Club; Class Treasurer 3 ; Orchestra; Oratorical Contest; Debating Club. James Gilroy “Gil” A silent great soul; he was one of those toho cannot but be in earnest. Carlyle. Alma Rita Gregoire Happiness belongs to those loho are contented. Aristotle. Senior Glee Club. Sarah Barbara Grillo “Sadie” But a smooth and steadfast mind. Gentle thought and calm desires. Carew. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. 18 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. William A. Grillo ‘Billy” The more honesty a man has, the less he ajfects the air of a saint. Lavater. Helen H elf and A true friend is forever a friend. McDonald. David Garrick Dramatic Club, 3, 4; German Club. Catherine Elizabeth lacovelli “Katty” A tender heart, a will inflexible. Longfellow. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. Michael Joseph ladarola “Mickey” But still he fluttered pulses when he said, “Good Morning,’ and he glittered when he walked. Edwin Robinson. Senior Glee Club; Orchestra; Dance Committee. Theresa Elizabeth ladarola “Tessie” Silence that wins, tohere eloquence is vain. Hayley. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. Mary Theresa lannitelli “May” Who %oill remember that skies are gray If she carries a happy heart all day? Mahie. Madalyn Estelle Johnson “Johnnie” But with the air of one whom nothing can win from her pur¬ pose. Longfellow. Senior Glee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Bertha Lina Jones “Chubby” A high purpose is magnetic and attracts rich resources. Whiting. Senior Glee Club; Chemistry Club; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. 19 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Florence Marie Julian “Florrie” There is no moment without some duty. Cicero. Anna Catherine Kaizzi “Ann” Show me a happy person And I’ll show you a busy one. Forbes. Dorothy Gertrude Kirby “Dottie” Her heart is like a garden fair where many pleasant flotvers grow. Going. Senior Giee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Elsie Lamborghini “Al” We loved you for your lovmg ways, The ways that many did not know. C. Robinson. Louise Elsie Laronga “Lou” Her loays are ways of pleasant¬ ness. Anon. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. Walter Charles Lenktis “Wally” Virtuous men alone possess friends. Voltaire. Amy C. Lipman “Shrimpy” Haste the nymph, and bring ivith thee Jest (end yo ' iilhfitl jollity. Milton. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Senior Glee Club. Lena Rita Lucca “Lee” The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. Thoreau. 20 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY Helen C. Luchini “Nana” Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties. Fleet. Ada Blanche Macuen “Mac” We loved you for your winning charm that brought gay sunshine. Robinson. Senior Glee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Book Committee . Concert Committee. Jean Marino “Jeanie” Deeds always overbalance; and down right practice speaks more plainly than the fairest profes¬ sion. South. Charles Harold Mattson Words but direct, example must allure. Stirling. French Club; Science Club; German Club. Dorothy Christine May “Dottie” All service ranks the same with God There is no last or first. Browning. Senior Glee Club; Science Club; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Oratorical Contest; Cheerleader ; Concert Committee; Debating Club. Louis J. Mazzarelli “Mazzie” Nor enemy, nor friend Can daunt his spirit. Bunyon. Catherine McAvoy “Kay” There is more gold in one star than all the dust of the earth. Anon. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3 ; Chemistry Club; Science Club ; Debating Club. William A. McKinley “Bill” He was straight and strong and his eyes were blue. Burr. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY 21 Helen Lucille Meomartino The happiest heart that ever heat Was in some quiet breast. Clieney. Hyman Miller “Hickey” Wit and Judgment often are at strife. Angelo Carmen Minichiello “Minnie” The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, As in what direction we are going. Anon. Class President 1 ; Football 2, 3, 4; Senior Glee Club. John Robert Moloney “Bob” Up and down he goes with ter¬ rible and reckless strides. Kreymborg. French Club ; Senior Glee Club; Science Club; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Oratorical Contest; Book Committee. Esther Theresa Morelli “Bs” The sweetest garland to the sweetest maid. Tickell. Helen Louise Moriarty Sport that wrinkled care derides And laughter holding both his sides. Milton. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. James Edward Mullin “Moon” The queen, the courtiers; who is this they follow? Shakespeare, Football 3, 4; Book Committee ; Science Club; Chemistry Club; Dance Committee; Chairman of Motto Committee. Margaret Mary Murphy “Peggy if Be silent. always, when you doubt your sense; And speak. though sure. with seeming diffidence. Pope. 22 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY Mary Norman Murray “Sister” all the tvorlcl must sure aurcc lie who’s secured of having thee Will he entirely blessed. Walsh. French Club; Senior Glee Club: Chemistry Club; Book Committee; David Garrick Dra¬ matic Club 3, 4 ; Oratorical Contest. Catherine Frances Naughton “Kitty” Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Tennyson. Science Club 3, 4 ; Chemistry Club; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4: Vice-President 1, 2, 3, 4; German Club. Joseph E. Neal “Joe” He was a gentleman from sole to crown Clean favored and imperially slim. Robinson. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Susan Ohanian “Sue” a he hath the wisdofu that doth guide her valor to act in safety. Shakespeare. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Gertrude Hildegard Oldfield “Hilda” A constant friend is a thing rare and hard to find. Plutarch. Barbara Edith Perkins “Bobby” All that in woman is adored. In thy dear self I find. Otaway. Senior Glee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Adelino Davis Petrini “Butch” A wide-spreading, position. hopeful dis- ' Howell.: David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. Football 3, 4. 23 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Lena Adele Piteo “Lee” A comrade blithe and full of glee loho dares to laugh out loud and free. Van Dyke. David Garrick Dramatic Club 4 : Science Club ; Chemistry Club. Joseph James Platukis The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he ' .s going. Jordan. Science Club. Carmella Teresa Rago “Connie” The deeper the feeling the less demonstrative will be the expres¬ sion of it. Balzac. Angelo Vincent Ragonese “Raggy” It takes a great man to make a good listener. Helps. Lena Lillian Ramelli “Lee” We loved you for the buoyant fun, That made perpetual holiday. Robinson. Senior Glee Club; Book Com¬ mittee ; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Dance Committee. Joseph Rehecchi “Joe” From little sparks may burst a mighty flame. Dante. Chemistry Club. Ernest Allen Richards “Wild Bill” The only way to have a friend is to be one. Emerson. Senior Glee Club; President of Chemistry Club; Football 2, 3, 4. Regina Frances Rizzi “Reggie” Forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peep. Shakespeare. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. 4. 24 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Mary Terese Rooney “Terry” You are as loelcome as a flower in May. Macklin. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Senior Glee Club; Chemis¬ try Club; Senior Book Commit¬ tee. Dorothy E. Ryan “Dot” Her gesture, motion, and her smiles, Her loit, her voice, my heart beguiles. Anon. Senior Glee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Book Committee. Edith Elinor Samuelson “Sammie” Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable. Tennyson. Senior Glee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Book Committee; Ring Committee; Concert Committee; Debating Club. Stephen Louis Sannicandro “Audrake” Write me as one who fellow men. loves his Hunt. Dorothy Smiley “Dottie” Who van foretell for what high cause this darling of the gods was born ? A. Marvell. Senior Glee Club; Chemistry Club; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4 ; Debating Club ; Cheer Leader 3. I Lena Solomon She hath achieved success, who has lived well and laughed often. Stanley, j French Club; David Garrick v Dramatic Club 3, 4; German Club.. % Evelyn Dean Spindel I She approaches nearest to the-., gods who knows hoiv to be silent even though she knows she is in H the right. Cato. ' I ' c Leona Pearl Stoddard “Le” 4 4 When you find a person a little ' larger in deed than in speech, i you recognize a kind of elo- quence in that person. § Holmes. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY 25 Lucy Testa “Peg” The soul occupied with great ideas best perform small duties. Martineau. 1 Helen Leona Thiebault “Harney” Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson. Armando Albert Todino “Matty” A merry heart maketh a cheer¬ ful countenance. Proverb. Biago Joseph Tomaso “Brownie” But most we love him for his deep-sea spell Of unguessed secrets that he may not tell. Eaton. Class Treasurer 1. 2. -Jr ... . i Pauline Teresa Trotta “Polly” Her symphony and song, To sicch a deep delight ’twould ■win me. Coleridge. Senior Glee Club, David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4 . Fresh¬ man Debating Club; Concert Committee. Francis L. Walleston “Wallie” Now I ' Wonder what path in life he’ll plan; A doctor—a lawyer—a merchant man. Feeney. Dorothy Rita Warren “Dotty Dimples” Distance is a great promoter of admiration. Diderot. Clifton Eugene Wheeler “Skijump” A tvise man reflects before he sj}eaks. Anon. Football 4; Senior Glee Club; Chemistry Club. 26 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Edwin Monsen White “Eddie” I[v is never alone that is in the company of nohle thoughts. Proverb. Senior Glee Club; David Gar¬ rick Dramatic Club 3, 4; Sci¬ ence Club 3 ; Book Committee. Pearl Wilma White Silenee never makes any blunders. Shaw. David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. Alyce Margaret Youngson I “Al” I Herene and resolute and still, ] And calm, and self-posseessed. j Longfellow. ' David Garrick Dramatic Club 3. 4; Chemistry Club; Class Secretary 1. I Edward Joseph Zarach “Cheeko” Opinion in good men is but kyiowledge in the making. Milton. Senior Glee Club; Science Club; Chemistry Club; David Garrick Dramatic Club 3, 4. M.H.S. 1933 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 27 MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS—1933. Mildred Marie Abbondanza Francis Clayton Adams Mary Elizabeth Alberta Elizabeth Louise Antolini John Dominic Arcudi Angelina Rita Bagnoli Philip Joseph Beccia Preston Crockett Bethel Antonette Marie Bianchi Henry Francis Bodio Charles Joseph Brucato Mario Bruno Evelyn Elizabeth Butcher Joseph Louis Calabrese James Vincent Calarese Herbert Fraser Cass Lucy Cecelia Celozzi Louise Angelina Cenedella Helen Elizabeth Chapdelaine Elsie Elva Chapman Joseph John Chappell Olive Gertrude Clem William Joseph Clifford Cecilia Therese Conlin Catherine Rita Connolly Henry Guido Consigli Adam Paul Consoletti Andrew Ralph Cosetta Edwin Francis Cote Rose Marie Cutropia Charles Albert DeFrancesco Mary Eleanor Deletti Joseph Ramon Delledonne Reno Antonio DeLuzio Olga Marie DeMatteis Daniel Peter DeMeo Mildred Helen Dickman Dina Rita Diotalevi Dorothy Marie Dillon Walter Vincent Dominici Paul William Dowdell Elizabeth Droney Doris Marguerite Dugan Beatrice Louise Elliott Carl Magnus Erickson John Charles. Feccia Thelma Rhoda Ferman Helen Margaret Fitzgerald George Francis Fitzpatrick Cornelia Theresa Fino Constance Catherine Foye Yvonne Pauline Gendron Genevieve Phyllis Ghelli Francis Edmond Gilbert James Andrew Gilroy Alma Rita Gregoire Sarah Barbara Grillo William George Grillo Helen Helfand Catherine Elizabeth lacovelli Michael Joseph ladarola Theresa Elizabeth ladarola Mary Theresa lannitelli Madalyn Estelle Johnson Bertha Lina Jones Florence Marie Julian Anna Catherine Kaizzi Dorothy Gertrude Kirby Elsie Rose Lamborghini Louise Elsie Laronga Walter Charles Lenktis Amy Claire Lipman Lena Rita Lucca Helen Claire Luchini 28 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS—1933—Continued. Ada Blanche Macuen Jean Gloria Marino Charles Harold Mattson Dorothy Christine May Louis John Mazzarelli Catharine Louise McAvoy William Arthur McKinley Helen Lucille Meomartino Hyman Miller Angelo Carmen Minichiello John Robert Moloney Esther Teresa Morelli Helen Louise Moriarty James Edward Mullin Margaret Mary Murphy Mary Norma Murray Catherine Frances Naughton Joseph Eben Neal Sylvia Neckes Susan Ohanian Gertrude Hildegarde Oldfield Barbara Edith Perkins Adeline Davis Petrini Lena Adele Piteo Joseph James Platukis Carmella Rago Angelo Vincent Ragonese Lena Lillian Ramelli Joseph Rebecchi Ernest Allan Richards Regina Frances Rizzi Mary Terese Rooney Dorothy Elizabeth Ryan Edith Elinor Samuelson Stephen Louis Sannicandro Dorothy Smiley Lena Solomon Evelyn Dean Spindel Leona Pearl Stoddard Lucy Margaret Testa Helen Leona Thiebault Armando Albert Todino Biagio Joseph Tomaso Pauline Teresa Trotta Francis Lawrence Walleston Dorothy Rita Warren Clifton Eugene Wheeler Edwin Monsen White Pearl Wilma White Alyce Margaret Youngson Edward Joseph Zarach • ' THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 29 SALUTATORY. As a member of the Class of 1933, I wish to extend to all a most cordial welcome. We desire to take this oppor¬ tunity to express our sincere apprecia¬ tion of the efforts made by our teach¬ ers and parents during the past four years. For their aid and encourage¬ ment, which have made this happy oc¬ casion possible, we are truly thankful. WOODROW WILSON. “We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.” Such were the words of Woodrow Wilson in his inaugural ad¬ dress at Princeton University. How well they express the character of one of our noblest Americans, known to the world as an apostle of democracy and peace! From his boyhood to his death, Wilson knew and loved the happiness and security brought by concord. His memories of the Civil War taught him the horrors of conflict. He must have wondered at the transformation of the great Church, where his father officiat¬ ed as minister, into a hospital, and the churchyard into a prison camp. When it became necessary to dispense with Church services in order that the mem¬ bers might make ammunition on Sun¬ day, Wilson must indeed have realized the seriousness of war, for he was very religious. At the opening of the great World War, if Wilson was slow in entering, it was because he knew what such i struggle meant and realized the im¬ portance of neutrality. As he said at the time of the Mexican War, “It is easy for me as President to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill, who now clamour for it. It is some poor farm¬ er’s boy, or the son of some poor wid¬ ow, or perhaps the scion of a great fam¬ ily who will have to do the fighting and the dying. I will not resort to war until I have exhausted every means to keep out of this mess.” It mattered not to him that he might be called a coward and a quitter, for he believed in the wis¬ dom of his stand. Throughout the war he dreamed of the security of peace brought about by a League of Nations. He wished to be present at the Peace Table and felt that he could send no delegate to take his place. When he formally announced his intention of making the trip, an avalanche of criticism was unloosed, but all efforts to detain him were un¬ availing. At the Peace Table he was the dominant figure, and his idealism pre¬ vailed. He won the fight after many strenuous days and sleepless nights, during which his strength was nearly exhausted. Returning in triumph to America, he was accorded a tremendous ovation. After urging the Senate with all his heart and soul to accept the League idea, he suffered a cruel and bitter blow when that body rejected it. Wilson, though worn to a shadow, resolved at once to go through the country on a whirlwind campaign. In vain Admiral Grayson, his phy¬ sician, protested. Wilson felt, however, that it would be a stain on the flag to ignore his obligations, and that it would not be keeping faith with the dead. And so, in devotion to his ideal, he left Wash¬ ington on the triumphal tour which had so sad an interruption. The same courage and devotion to an ideal which Wilson showed toward the League of Nations marked his whole life. It took courage to face the laugh¬ ter of a crowd, but he never lacked that. Instead, he went serenely on his way, for who has not been laughed at? “They laughed at David, but he slew the Philistine giant. They laughed at New¬ ton, but he discovered the law of gravi¬ tation. They laughed at Field, but he laid a cable under the sea. They even mocked the Master in the hour of His 30 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Crucifixion. They laughed at all these, but now their names are immortal.” What courage was needed to reject a gift of $3,000,000, bequeathed to Trinceton while he was President there, in order to maintain an ideal! He re¬ jected this otter, as he did other gifts in an effort to make Princeton more aemocratic, for democracy was his ideal, ' these gifts had conditions attached to tnem, providing for clubs to which only the wealthy students might belong. With the trustees and the alumni both against him, Wilson proposed to resign, rather than give up the vision for which he had worked so whole-heartedly. To mm, principles and ideals were para¬ mount, even outweighing personalities. W ilson was a maker of precedents, a man not waiting to be shown, but tak¬ ing the lead himself. He fought in the open, eye to eye and face to face. Never were such drastic and beneficial reforms made as when Wilson was at the helm. One of his greatest achievements as Governor of New Jersey was his de¬ struction of the trusts and “bosses.” Before his election New Jersey had been known as the “Paradise of the Trusts”, but with his election it be¬ came a “Paradise Lost”. Before his first term as President was over, he had reduced the tariff, reformed the national currency system, established an anti¬ trust law, and repealed the Panama Canal Tolls Act. In such things as these was Wilson a maker of precedents. But what of the personal character¬ istics of this idealist, this leader of men? One of the things Woodrow Wilson was proudest of was his heritage. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, a “strain perhaps the most alert mentally, the most vigorous physically, and the most robust morally of all that have minglec in shaping the American character.” His obstinate jaw, his half-shy, half- challenging manner when meeting strangers, and his caution and blunt¬ ness come from the Scotch strain. His bubbling humor, his repartee, his love of frolics and children come from the Irish strain. Once, with a twinkle in his eye, he said to a class at Bryn Mawr, “No one who amounts to anything is without some Scotch-Irish blood.” In all his life, Woodrow Wilson never neglected his religious devotions. He read his Bible daily, and actually wore out two or three Bibles in doing so. He also prayed daily and said grace before every meal. He once wrote, “I do not see how anyone can sustain himself in any enterprise of life without prayer.” He admitted that there were many things which he did not understand, but he always believed that right would eventually prevail. Speaking of this, he once said to his secretary, “I would rather go down in defeat with a cause which will one day be victorious than to win with a cause which will one day be defeated.” In the use of his mother tongue, Wilson had no superior. During his youth, his father had insisted that everything he said be expressed in per¬ fect English. If there was any doubt, young “Tommy” Woodrow was sent fly¬ ing for the dictionary. Thus were de¬ veloped the habits of accuracy and clar¬ ity which mark his best literary work. This knowledge of the correct use of English served him well in his public life where it was necessary to make many speeches. He always spoke with full understanding and a sincere belief in his subject. Never did he talk over the heads of the audience but always in a manner that might be understood by the masses. He seldom spoke with great passion, but his sincerity was so evident that the average listener never missed the “calmness of white heat.” Even Calvin Coolidge, his political op¬ ponent, said that “no one could doulbt the sincerity of this man.” It is said that his ideas “patrolled the world like battleships, bearing at full mast, and in bold defiance, the American flag.” To be a really successful leader of men, one must be able to lose cheerful¬ ly, and Wilson, as Gamaliel Bradford tells us, knew the meaning of sports¬ manship. As a Southerner, he might have harbored resentment against the people of the North because of the out¬ come of the Civil War. Instead, as a wise man, he saw the benefits of a Northern victory. He said, “I yield to no one precedence in love for the South. But because I love the South, I rejoice in the failure of the Confederacy. Sup- THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 31 pose that secession had been accom¬ plished? Conceive of this Union as di¬ vided into two separate and independent sovereignties!” He realized that with¬ out the help of the North, the future of the South would have been more than dark; it would have been, as he said, “inevitably and overwhelmingly disas¬ trous.” Along with his sense of sportsman¬ ship, Wilson had a keen sense of hum¬ or. He loved humorous stories and wit¬ ty verses, and he was always picking up amusing incidents and telling them with great delight. His friend Daniels thought that his sense of humor was his salvation; it relaxed what other¬ wise might have been an unbearable tension of earnestness. No doubt this sense of humor brought many a beam of light into his family life. His boyhood and married life were both perfectly happy, and at one time Wilson said that except for his father and his wife, he “would never have reached the White House.” Mrs. Wilson, besides being a devoted wife, was a sincere and courageous critic, one of the few real critics that he had among his intimate friends. A relative once said, in speaking of Wilson and his wife, “I cannot express to you the loveliness of life in that home. It was filled with so much kindness and courtesy, with so much devotion between Ellen and Cousin Woodrow, that the air always seemed to have a kind of sparkle.” Dur¬ ing the last trying days of Mrs. Wil¬ son’s life her husband spent hours by her bed cheering and encouraging her. This phase of the life of Wilson is beau¬ tifully and sympathetically described in his biography by Roy Stannard Baker. Later Wilson was cheered by the companionship of his second wife, the charming Edith Bolling Galt, who ac¬ companied him to Europe at the time of the Peace Conference and shared the cordial reception accorded her famous husband. According to one admiring writer, Wilson the diplomat was “Flor¬ entine in the tactfulness of his ap¬ proach, Roman in his scope, French in his politeness, British in his forthright¬ ness, and yet American in his daring, his freedom from the trammels of traditions.” After these eventful days came the return to America, the refusal of the Senate to agree with Wilson’s plans of peace, and the Western speaking tour. Then illness sent Wilson back to the White House to become a broken inva¬ lid facing months of weariness and dis¬ appointment. A great joy came to glad¬ den his last years, however. This was the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to him in recognition of his great work at the Peace Table. In accepting the prize, he said, “The cause of peace and the cause of truth are of one family. Whatever has been accomplished in the past is pet¬ ty compared with the glory and promise of the future.” Soon, three years after the comple¬ tion of his second term as President of the United States, with sorrowing friends kneeling in prayer in the street outside his home, this scholar and ideal¬ ist murmured, “I am ready!” and passed quietly away. As Stanton said at the deathbed of Lincoln, “He now belongs to the ages!” Woodrow Wilson stands to-day, as he will stand to-morrow, “a pyramid on the sands of time.” Alyce Margaret Youngson. 32 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. VALEDICTORY. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. “Under a smiling exterior he is a man of inflexible steel.” With these words a recent writer pictures the courageous and accom¬ plished man whom America has the privilege and good fortune to possess at this critical period as her President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Without two tragic tests of faith, one in his own life and one in the life of America, it is doubtful whether Roose¬ velt would have attained the presidency. If he had not been inflicted with paral¬ ysis, it is doubtful whether he would have developed the magnificent power of concentration which overcame all ob¬ stacles, physical and political, which lay before him in the path to the presidency of the United States. And, if America had not been stricken with the most in¬ tense of economic diseases, it is uncer¬ tain whether Roosevelt or any Democrat could have succeeded in wresting control from the Republican party. The president of the United States is a vastly interesting and fascinating man. A graduate of the Law School of Columbia University, he is a special¬ ist in the theory and legalities of gov¬ ernment. Always eager to receive more knowledge, he is said to possess an “un¬ usually wide range of accurate informa¬ tion upon the details of the work of many professions and callings.” His most outstanding characteristic is the amiability which has won him many real friends. Scores of Roosevelt’s acquaint¬ ances are recent, but they are few in comparison with the enormous list of friendly associates which he has been building up for years. Speaking of his speed and care in answering letters, one biographer says, “It is probable that within the last three years more indi¬ viduals have received his personal let¬ ters than could be reasonably expected from any three men devoting all their waking hours to dictation.” His delightful informality is an¬ other characteristic that makes any person in his presence feel at ease. As one writer has remarked, deep within most of us is the desire to remain our¬ selves even when associating with pow¬ er; Roosevelt makes this easy. As many callers at the White House have testi¬ fied, his behavior as a natural man re¬ lieves whatever tension his visitor may have experienced. He is said to be as approachable as one’s own family phy¬ sician. Although his cordiality is unas¬ sumed, it has proved a great defense. He sweeps away leading and political ques¬ tions with a friendly grin. He abolishes a personal controversy between officials —one, for example, which had reached the stage of physical encounter—by re¬ ferring them to the State Boxing Com¬ mission for the settlement of their dis¬ pute. Another of Roosevelt’s valuable qualities is persistency. Some years ago, when running for reelection as state senator, he was opposed by one of the strongest political bosses. Always a firm believer in the magic of the spok¬ en word, he took every opportunity to address crowds regardless of the num¬ ber. During Roosevelt’s first campaign for New York senatorship in 1910, auto¬ mobiles were scarce. Disregarding the counsel of political advisers, he had the temerity to start off on his round of speech making in a battered old Ford, a mechanical device which, from the farmer’s point of view, had been in¬ vented for the express purpose of hurl¬ ing dust in his eyes, frightening his horse, and driving his wagons off the road. To the practical politician, it seemed impossible that Roosevelt, with his clanking car, could drive into a farm¬ er’s dooryard, entirely disrupt the peace of the neighborhood as well as the farmer’s schedule, and yet secure a vote. But that is exactly what hap¬ pened. Roosevelt’s informality, his ap¬ pearance, his energy, his enthusiasm. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 33 and friendly ways—all these resulted in his election even though he violated familiar political rules. Referring to this period, he said, ‘‘The men and women I met in that campaign of 1910 weren’t just people. They represented ideas, hopes, desires in addition to hu¬ man traits.” When Roosevelt was thirty-nine years of age, a great calamity befell this energetic man. He was seized with the serious affliction of infantile paral¬ ysis. For a man possessing such rest¬ less vigor, animation, and capacity, to be stricken with paralysis at the prime of life, was an overwhelming blow. But was Franklin Roosevelt dis¬ couraged? Did he surrender to his ill¬ ness? He had wealth, social position, and background to tempt him to yield to the life of an invalid. That he did not, is what has made him the man he is to-day. In a series of articles pub¬ lished recently in a well known maga¬ zine, Roosevelt’s mother declared that she never heard him refer to his afflic ¬ tion in any way. The traces of suffer¬ ing and understanding are discernible on his features, but under the smile which even his political opponents de¬ scribe as “the million dollar smile,” there is a man hardened by a crucible through which few people have ever passed. But his conquest over this danger¬ ous malady, which threatened his en¬ tire future, was not acquired without ceaseless endurance and persistence. He spent many hours at Warm Springs, Georgia, and gradually as a result of under-water manipulation, the use of his limbs was partially restored to him. Analysis of the water of this Georgian spring shows it to contain carbonate of lime, silica, carbonate of magnesia and other chemicals. There is no doubt but that this spring has, in the average case of infantile paralysis, proved to be a great discovery. So confident was Roosevelt in the restorative powers of the water and treatment that in order to bring about the formation of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation he risked two thirds of his own personal fortune in the venture. Roosevelt has made the Foundation the beneficiary of twenty- two life insurance policies totaling $560,000. Roosevelt’s heroic courage has aid¬ ed him in crucial m oments such as when the fanatical Zangara attempted to destroy his life. “He faced death,” stated the New York Evening Post. “with the breeding and courage of his fighting race.” It is the greatest tribute to the splendor and grandeur of his conduct that the country simply took it for granted. America knew in advance that under any crisis, our new president would devote himself to bringing back the confidence of the American people together with their hopes of prosperity. In an exposition of faith, he says, “We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. Happiness lies not in the mere monetary profits; it lies in the joy of achievement and effort.” He decries “the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success.” He de¬ mands “an end to the conduct in bank¬ ing and business which too often has given to a sacred truth the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes; for confidence strives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful performance.” This prin¬ ciple is one that should be dearly cher¬ ished by all Americans. Roosevelt’s early life was that of the average energetic boy in a prosper¬ ous and cultured American family. He spent his boyhood winters at Groton or Harvard; his vacations at the family home on the Hudson, his summer in Europe or New Brunswick. At Har¬ vard he moved in exactly the same at¬ mo sphere which had nurtured his cous¬ in Theodore Roosevelt. Later, at the age of twenty-eight, ambitious and en¬ thusiastic, he announced himself for the New York State Senate and was elected. Even at the beginning of his public career, he exhibited a mind of uncanny political clarity as well as a sharpness of observation of men and character. Always a lover of the sea, he ac¬ cepted with great pleasure, at the age of thirty-one, the post of Assistant Sec¬ retary of ' the Navy. Sailing his own craft in fair weather and foul along the coast of New York and New Brunswick 34 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. had always been oni of his keenest en¬ joyments. His mother, commenting on his natural bent for seamanship and knowledge of practical navigation, proudly said that he never had deviated a half hour from the time he had set for arrival at a given point. Now here was the opportunity to assist in the shaping of naval policy, and in maintain¬ ing the efficiency and the morale of the first line of defense. He could keep abreast of strategy and construction; he could have a voice in selecting traditions and precedents for the good of the ser¬ vice. During his term as Assistant Sec¬ retary of the Navy, he repeatedly avoid¬ ed failure by skilful political maneuvers. The naval officers were extremely fond of him because he used their language, believed in them, and sympathized with them. Many of Roosevelt’s friends be¬ lieve that he enjoyed this service more than any other public office he had undertaken. In the Democratic Presidential con¬ vention of 1920, he was nominated run¬ ning mate of James M. Cox. Although he knew that defeat was upon him, Roosevelt worked more vigorously and spoke more frequently than any nominee ever had before. To-day, there are more people who have seen and heard Frank¬ lin Roosevelt than any leader in any po¬ litical party. After his recovery from illness, he was twice elected Governor of New York, a position of executive responsibility second only to the presidency. As gov¬ ernor, he forced a mass of constructive legislation through a hostile Legislature. Much of it passed virtually unnoticed by the average citizen. For example, a progressive legislative contribution was the establishment of sanitary control and proper inspection of milk and cream. For the first time, the greatest possible health protection was assured for mil¬ lions of consumers. And then came the highest triumph of all. At a time when our country was in the midst of economic and industrial turmoil, and perilous conditions were nearing a climax, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president of the United States. The faith of a nation has been restored. His promises for future pros¬ perity are not merely rhetoric. Already he has commenced to fulfill his pro¬ gram by “courageous action.” In his inaugural address, he states, “For the trust reposed in me, I will return the courage and devotion that befit the time.” And so with determination and fearlessness is he endeavoring to aid America in regaining her former pros¬ perity. President Roosevelt has been ac¬ companied through sorrows, joys, and illness to the pinnacle of success by his admirable wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, whom Roosevelt’s own mother called a “natural home-maker.” She is a woman of exceptional ability and, as you all know, takes an active part in public affairs. No administration has faced so stupendous a task as does that of Roose¬ velt, nor from any American leader has more been expected. At the time of his inaugural, foreign affairs were critical and called for wise leadership. Domestic troubles were exceedingly serious. Roosevelt faced a government deficit of approximately $2,000,000,000; a stu¬ pendous unemployment problem; the low treasury returns on income taxes; the gigantic agricultural problem. But Roosevelt has shown himself equal to the task. He is a composite of the best character, achievements, and traditions of American manhood. Well poised, fearless, resourceful, energetic, lover and server of mankind, he is bound to succeed. On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, a full page adver¬ tisement, signed by thirty, or more poli¬ ticians and State officials of both par¬ ties, appeared in the Albany news¬ papers. The following is a quotation from this tribute. “Complacency and inertia are not in his make-up . . . To¬ day, at fifty, Franklin Roosevelt can look back with satisfaction to many a worthy battle won against tremendous odds and through years of struggle, and by fair means, in the open, with complete can¬ dor, with dignity undefiled.” People of America, let us have faith in our President and his “new deal.” He will lead us out of this critical period and direct us toward prosperity. Let us remember that his task is not an easy one but one that re- THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 35 quires courage, persistence, tact, wis¬ dom, and leadership. These qualities Roosevelt possesses. Therefore, let us, the American people, love, honor, and esteem our President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Classmates of 1933: Tonight marks the termination of our High school career. From now on we must fare forth into the world, each of us endeavoring with all his strength of will to succeed. Let us resolve to be true to our Alma Mater, and with our noble motto, “Deeds not words,” forever in our minds, let us cheerfully meet and con¬ quer all obstacles. Teachers, fellow classmates, under¬ graduates, and all those who assisted us to complete our work of the last four years, we bid you now a fond farewell. Mary Eleanor Deletti. CLASS PROPHECY. After a long day at the office I sat in my easy chair utterly weary. My remi¬ niscent mood carried me back over the 15 long years since I had been gradu¬ ated from Milford High School. Most of the class had long ago left the home town, but as yet my ambition to travel had not been fulfilled. I wondered how many of ’33 had achieved their high hopes and ambitions. A few I knew about, but the majority had not been heard from in a long time. I knew that Cass and Grille were successful grocers in Mendon. I often stopped in their store for an exchange of gossip. The former Misses Laronga, Foye, Neckes, White, Dugan, Solomon, and Bianchi were kept busy with a home and fam¬ ily. Whenever I met them I had to listen to long accounts of the bright sayings of their youngsters and of their husbands’ clever business deals. It made me rather dissatisfied with my life of single blessedness. The Misses Murphy, Gendron, Spindel were each in charge of busy wards in the Massachu¬ setts General Hospital. Miss Murray was Dean of Portia Law School. Dowdell was a famous radio crooner. Harold Mattson was a judge and rigid enforcer of the Blue Laws. Success! How many different inter¬ pretations of that one word. However, “in the game of Life, as in all other games, it’s not so much a matter of whether we win or lose, but how we play the game.” With a ho-hum and a sigh I turned on the radio. The sport’s announcer was telling of the tennis tournament to be held to decide the women’s championship. Alyce Youngson and Bertha Jones were the leading contestants. Dot May had been an entrant but had withdrawn from the list after her marriage. Nevertheless her writings on the sport were consid¬ ered the best to be had. Continuing the broadcast the announcer outlined the activities of Platukis and Mullins, the leading golfers, contending for the vacant Bobby Jones throne. The station changed programs and the soft, low voice of Joseph Neal an¬ nounced the Soapine Hour. He then announced the winner of the last week’s contest and the rules for the next. The one getting the longest list of words from the line, “Soapine did it,” would win a trip around the world. The hour’s program followed but I did not listen. Golden opportunity was knock¬ ing and it must not knock in vain. I grabbed a dictionary and pencil and got to work. My greatest hopes materialized when I was announced the next week as the winner. I lost no time in hasten¬ ing to Boston and the boat for New York. At the dock I bought a news¬ paper from a boy who looked so familiar that I asked him his name and learned that he was Clifton Wheeler, Jr., and 36 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. that his father was a Professor of History at Boston University. When on board, I turned to Chappell’s col¬ umn on sports and read all about the victorious Red Sox and how their new owner, James Gilroy, had brought them from the bottom to the top of the league by his wise purchase of Bodio from a rival club and the hiring of Arcudi as manager. Arriving at the Battery I saw a mammoth crowd, in the center of which was a tall, curly haired individual de¬ livering a fiery speech. I lingered to listen. The crowd cheered the speaker with enthusiasm. Closer inspection re¬ vealed the socialist to be none other than Philip Beccia, and as he came down from the platform, Edmund White ascended to continue the harangue against most existing conditions. The crowd became so unruly the militia came marching down to disperse them. Captain Walleston directed Lieutenant Miller to bring on the tear gas bombs; so like the rest of the crowd I hustled along. Finally aboard the S. S. Lafayette, I was delighted to find that the stately and gracious hostess in my section of the dining room, was Miss Stoddard. After the customary greetings she smilingly said, “Come with me, I have just the table you want.” She then led me toward a group of beautifully gowned women, two of whom looked up through lorgnettes. I stifled the desire to re¬ treat but the next instant I recognized the former Misses Droney, ' Rooney, Helfand, Dillon, Dickman. They were all Mrs. Somebody-or-other. After re¬ newing old acquaintances, I learned that they were on their way to see Dorothy Smiley, who had added London to her long list of conquests through her two famous roles as Little Eva and Lord Fauntleroy. I also gathered that these blase society women were a wee bit glad of a vacation from “friend hus¬ band” and the wearing routine of New York social life. At Southampton I boarded an air¬ liner for Paris. The charming hostess was Miss Clem. Aviator Ragonese and his assistant, Calabrese, told me that they were soon to be promoted because of their natural ability in the air. At the airport in Paris I en¬ countered Madeline Johnson, who was selecting a monoplane in which she in¬ tended to make a solo flight back to the States. Wishing her luck, I entered the city of cities—Paris. While visiting the art gallery in the Louvre, I nearly knocked over the canvas of a lady artist. During my flustered apologies, I recognized Miss Perkins. We were interrupted by the entrance of a crowd of school children and their teachers. Barbara pointed out the Misses Ramelli, Samuelson, Macuen, and Diotalevi from among the school-marms. I never would have known them for they wore the severest of tailored clothes, hats on perfectly straight, horn-rimmed eye glasses at¬ tached to a gold hairpin by means of long, black ribbons. They were teachers in an American finishing school in Paris. How time had changed them! Barbara informed me, however, that the change in our classmates was for business purposes only. About forty miles from Paris in the Chateau of Fontainebleau I had an¬ other interesting experience. In the main hall of the Chateau a highly ex¬ cited guard rushed past me to another guard, then both proceeded posthaste back up the corridor to an inner room. I learned from an interpreter that an American tourist was bouncing on Napoleon’s bed to see how gopd the springs were. I thought he must be from Missouri but soon saw he was from Milford, as the guards came rush¬ ing down the long hall with Cosetta between them going so fast his toes barely touched the floor. He was fran¬ tically explaining and reaching into his pockets. Just before reaching the door he managed to slip a chocolate bar to each gendarme, and instead of being thrown out, he was merely shoved out (if there is any difference). Entering the throne room, I beheld none other than Moloney, perched on Nappy’s chair and gazing soulfully into the eyes of Miss Fino who was play¬ fully posing as Josephine. I hissed loudly that the police were coming; Robert made one flying leap from the THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 37 throne, slid across the polished floor, and convulsed the audience of tourists by taking himself by the nape of the neck and the slack of the pants and giv¬ ing a very real imitation of being “bounced”. He even tried to be serious! Leaving France with its many at¬ tractions, I sailed on to Spain. At Seville a bull fight was to be staged for the benefit of the S.P.C.A. As a pre¬ liminary attraction, dancing teams en¬ tertained the crowd. The Misses Anto- lini and Lamborghini were lovely as Spanish senoritas while Calarese and Consoletti were gay cabelleros. When the picadors, matadors, slam-the-doors, and toreadors marched in, I was truly amazed to recognize among them Gilbert, Sannicandro, Fec- cia, Delledonna, and McKinley,—all experts. I learned later that all had sworn never to return to their loving wives until they made a fortune. Leaving Spain I stopped off at Monte Carlo and there met a large num¬ ber of American tourists trying hard to win a fortune. At one table in the Casino I saw Todino, Rebecchi, and Esther Morelli constantly losing while across from them sat Miss Bagnoli and Miss Ryan constantly winning. The air was electrified; so I sauntered into the ball room and spent a pleasant evening with the fashionably gowned Misses McAvoy, Oldfield, Meomartinii, and Rizzi. My tour included Naples, Venice and Athens. In Athens I witnessed a lovely exhibition of classic dancing, in and out among the high columns of the ancient ruins of the Acropolis. The dancers were an American troupe seeking a proper background for their art. I was pleased to renew the ac¬ quaintance of the Misses Ghelli, Lip- man, Lucca, Luchini, Marino, Gregoire, and Moriarty. From there on my trip was un¬ eventful until I reached China where I was completely dumbfounded. Four Chinamen were running after me, and shouting some gibberish. Fear held me rooted to the spot. It was, however, short-lived, as my pursuers were De Luzio, Lenktis, Mazzarelli, and DeMeo. They wanted news of the home folks, in return for which they told me they were secret service men in the employ of a Chinese General. My journey across the Pacific was ideally beautiful, but I was beginning to get homesick even as were those class¬ mates whom I had met in my travels. Arriving in San Francisco I learned that the Richards-Clifford Expedition had returned from Africa after captur¬ ing the original King Kong and a giant dinosaur. The pictures of the expedi¬ tion had been taken by Cote and Con¬ sign. In Hollywood I went through the Catherine Naughton studios. The ver¬ satility of Miss Naughton was a favor¬ ite topic of conversation among her large following. Her office manager was Miss Deletti; the composer of lyrics for her productions was Miss Connolly and her private secretary was Miss Conlin. The Misses Conlin and Connolly were still at the old de bate as to which of them was wanted when a disagreeable duty was asked to be per¬ formed. Miss Naughton told me to go to the chorus rehearsal if I wanted a semi¬ reunion. I found Fitzpatrick, an irate director, who went into a frenzy when the steps were not done correctly. Those in the chorus who did not take him seriously were the Misses Chapman, Abbondanza, Alberta, Chapdelaine, Kirby, Ferman, Elliot, and Kaizzi. The last day of my stay in Holly¬ wood was unforgettable. While stroll¬ ing in a park, I hear a great commo¬ tion; children and women screamed; men shouted. I hurried to see what caused so much trouble. The sight was terrifying. Down through the park stomped the giant dinosaur. I started to run in the opposite direction, but fell over my own feet and could not rise before the monster was close at ha nd. My astonished ears heard a chorus of muffled voices sing, “Open your eyes and don’t you cry, for we are the boys of Milford High.” I looked up in amazement! The scale of the monstrous left claw lifted up, and the face of DeFrancesco peered from beneath it, then the scale of the right claw lifted and I saw Bethel look¬ ing out. Bruno was stationed in one ear while Tomaso worked the other. The 38 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. wailing moans that I thought was the voice of the beast, were nothing more alarming than Dominici, somewhere in the interior, playing a sax. ladarola was concealed in the tip of the tail manipulating its flappings to and fro. On the last swing of the tail he had knocked over the gates of the park. This mechanical device was DeFrances- co’s idea of a good publicity stunt for the real dinosaur. By the looks of the ruins left in its trail, the stunt wasn’t proving to be such a good one. In Chicago I met Petrini, who was quite the man of importance at the stock yards. However, he spared me a few hours of pleasant chatter during which he told me that Rose Cutropia was piling up wealth as “Madame Ling- ermore, the Fortune Teller.” Brucato was coach at Notre Dame with Minni- chello the assistant. He told me with enthusiasm of Dr. Erickson winning fame by his discov¬ ery of a muscle in the tongue of cer¬ tain individuals that came nearer to achieving perpetual motion than any¬ thing as yet discovered. Through the noble self-sacrifice of Lucy Celozzi and Lena Piteo, Dr. Erickson was enabled to graft part of this muscle into the tongues of the Misses Ce nedella and Thiebault, who then became loquacious, political campaigners. Petrini also told me that Zarach had established an Institute of Tech¬ nology in Detroit. The former Misses Butcher, Rago, lannitelli. Grille, laco- velli. Testa, and ladarola were happily married and living in Buffalo. The Misses Ohanian and Julian were teach¬ ers at Bryn Mawr. The Misses Warren, Trotta, and DeMatteis were beauticians in Kalamazoo. At last my ambition was fulfilled more completely than I had ever anti¬ cipated. I started for home with many pictures tucked away in the lavender of recollection with which to enrich my old age. At that moment in my jour¬ ney, the voice of announcer Neal sound¬ ed as from another world, “This is station B. L. A. B. sign¬ ing off; don’t forget, ‘Soapine did it!’ ” My sleepy head fell back on the dictionary as I tried in vain to recap¬ ture the land of dreams. CLASS HISTORY 1929—1933. Fellow Classmates:— . Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear’ ; Henry VIII. Instead of busying himself decipher¬ ing hieroglyphics on an Egyptian obe¬ lisk, describing a mediaeval monastery, or enumerating the Mongol emperors of Hindustan, or the battles of Napo¬ leon, the writer as the duly appointed historian of the Class of 1933, deals with the very important contribution made by his class to the well renowned Mil¬ ford High School. Immediately after Labor Day in September, 1929, Alma Mater out¬ stretched her arms and welcomed into her home the class which four years lat¬ er was to be graduated as the largest and best yet to have entered and left her sacred doors. As would be expect¬ ed, our Freshman year was one of ad¬ justment, but under the careful and sympathetic guidance of Principal Thomas J. Quirk, we successfully ac¬ customed ourselves to the mysteries of higher education with its necessary duties and discipline. We considered ourselves “made” when we could cor¬ rectly associate that mystic symbol H O with its common equivalent. As youthful aspirants to fame, we formed the Freshman Debating Society under the well chosen leadership of Miss San Clemente, but as a true historian must chronicle both the good and the bad, so too must 1. We were defeated that THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 39 year in the annual baseball classic—St. Mary’s vs. Alma Mater. Time passes rapidly. We became Sophomores, and entered into the morn¬ ing division of the school, being deprived of that privilege heretofore because of the overcrowded conditions in the class¬ rooms. This year was quite unevent¬ ful, for we were too far advanced to continue as members of the Debating society, and too young to be admitted to any other organization. Again we suffered defeat in the annual athletic classic, but raising our brawny arms to Mount Olympus we swore a mighty oath that in the following year we would wreak due vengeance upon them, as we gazed intently upon the timber being developed by the American Legion sum¬ mer games. If not in baseball, we did meet with success in football, for it was when we were Sophomores that the championship of the Midland League was brought to our doors. Under the capable direction of Coach Albert D. Riopel, Charlie Brucato, “Tate” Bodio, Phil Beccia, “Butch” Petrini, “Sugar” Mullin, Chappell, and Archie Richards were fast becoming athletes of the first class. Again the hands of Time rapidly moved us into our Junior year. The doors of many clubs and societies of the school beckoned us to enter. As members of the Science Club under Mr. Metcalf, of the French Club under Miss Pianca, of the Chemistry Club under Miss Ford, and the Dramatic Club under Miss O’Connell, we contributed and re¬ ceived abundant treasury of good works. It has been rumored about that had we not responded gallantly, the Garrick Club might have lacked enough finished (?) actors to produce its plays. It was at this period of our career that Helen Ward left our ranks and became Mrs. Carlton Goulding. And . rah! rah! rah! our oath bore fruit, for our baseball team covered itself with glory. We not only defeated Saint Mary’s, but were acclaimed as the State Scholastic Champions having won twenty-one of the twenty-two games, and in football we won recognition from all neighboring towns. In basketball, our efforts were not so generously rewarded, for that sport was introduced for the first time. and while we were recipients of a good training therein and could probably have furthered our prestige, insufficient funds curtailed further activities along that line. The most important social event of this year was our Junior Prom which was so colorfully a part of our career that its memory lingers yet, as does our Junior reception to the almighty Seniors. The crowning success of our career arrived. We became Seniors under a new administration. Mr. Quirk, who had patiently guided us for three years, accepted an offer to become Superin¬ tendent of the Washington School Dis¬ trict in Hartford, Connecticut. We feel sure that the principles he inculcated in us will be a most cherished memory of high school days. As we reflect, we feel sure that Mr. Quirk did not real¬ ize that he would have such priceless gems as Zarach, White, Adams, and Bethel among his Seniors. Otherwise he should not have considered mere ad¬ vancement in life. Our sorrow was quickly changed in¬ to joy. The friend and companion of our high school days. Submaster Frank C. Berry, became Principal Frank C. Berry and measured up to our expecta¬ tions in every detail. His guiding hand is a friendly hand; his acute wisdom and keen foresight have well compen¬ sated for the severity of his geometri¬ cal training. Concomitantly with Mr. Berry’s promotion, four additions were made to the faculty: Mr. James A. Higgiston, Mr. James V. Zurlo, Mr. Harold M. Moran, Mr. David 1. Davoren. It was during this year that we lost two of our best loved teachers. Miss Connors resigned to attend a marriage (her own), and Miss Curley did like¬ wise. We must ask you not to tell any¬ one about Miss Curley’s betrothal, for it’s a secret. Oh, yes! One of our own classmates was married this year. Miss Louise Miller is now Mrs. Frank Feeley. As Seniors we have witnessed the formerly unsupervised orchestra become augmented to twenty-five pieces under the capable direction of Miss Comba, whose liberal training in music and patient perseverance have transformed the musical organization into a body 40 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. which so well represented the school in its May concert in the Town hall. But our extra-curricular activities have not been strictly confined to music. Under the guidance of Miss Ryan and Miss Doyle we have derived much in¬ telligent benefit from the Short Story contest in the Milford Daily News, first prize was awarded to Miss Helen Fitz¬ gerald, of our class, and from the Patrick Peace and American Legion Essay Contests. Our class was fortu¬ nate in having a splendid lecture on Music Appreciation by Miss Helen S. Leavitt of Boston University, arranged through the courtesy of Music Super¬ visor Miss Helena F. Swift, whose in¬ terest has also led to the formation of a Senior Glee Club, making its debut at our Commencement exercises. Our elo¬ cutionary talents were made manifest at the Honorable John E. Switt Oratorical contest, the contestants in which re¬ ceived the skillful coaching of Miss 0 Connell. The contest was won by Miss Norma Murray of our class. Since the year 1933 is popularly called the “Year of a New Deal,” we carried the idea along also. The tradi¬ tional Oak, Lily, and Ivy had its whisk¬ ers removed and made its bow under a new guise. With the able direction of its editor-in-chief, Charlie Brucato, as¬ sisted by his committee under the su¬ pervision of Miss Ryan, Miss O’Connell, Miss Doyle, Miss Egan, and the Messrs. Moran, Higgiston, and Zurlo, it makes its initial appearance. The “new deal” idea is further carried out in the fact that all the honors this year have been dealt out to the fair sex of our class: Misses Deletti, Youngson, Ohanian, May, and Samuelson, named in order of honors given. Nearing the end of our High School days, we tried to forget our cares and dance our troubles away. On June ninth, our Senior Hop was held in Town Hall and was attended by a record group of dancers, who seemed to sense our sorrow, and prime us for the reception tendered us by the Juniors on June six¬ teenth in the Assembly hall. Our activities were brought to a happy close by a most enjoyable Senior week (inaugurated by Mr. Berry and our Class) during the week of June twenty-sixth to the thirtieth. Class day on Monday had its pleasant associa¬ tions, the David Garrick Club Plays Tuesday evening, brought back memo¬ ries of a delightful time, graduation on Wednesday had its thrills and regrets, the Class Picnic on Thursday contribut¬ ed its share of after school-day enjoy¬ ment, and the Alumni Reunion of Fri¬ day evening with its subsequent enter¬ tainment reminded us that we had be¬ come graduates of our beloved Alma Mater. Thus having chronicled the events taking place from our Freshman— through our Senior Years, we bid fare¬ well to Mr. Berry and the faculty, and know that while we shall miss our school, our grief will be as nothing com¬ pared to the sorrow of our school for losing us. Your egostistical servant, Robert J. Moloney, ’33, Class Historian. P. S. Somewhere around April 1, 1933, one of the greatest blotches that ever stained the name of our fair school was placed upon record. The long, white, beard of your venerable historian was insulted. He was accused by his supe¬ rior of having participated in the adorn¬ ment of Noble Apollo, formerly on the landing between the first and second floors. He was injured beyond all words, but he still has the courage of his own convictions. If anyone should inquire as to who the guilty culprit- is, it would be E. Z. to guess. HISTORY CLASS Miss Comba: “Who was Gilbert, Miss May?” Zarach: “. was elected by a overwh —, by a large majority.” Miss Comba: “Vas you dere Sharley ?” THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 41 CLASS WILL. We, the crew of ' 33, on the good ship Milford High, having weathered many a storm ably guided by our Cap¬ tain Mr. Berry and his trusty mates, the faculty, do hereby consider the needs of our would-be successors, ere we embark on deeper seas. Being of sound mind and memory, the latter making us mindful of the perilous ex¬ panse as yet unchartered by the classes coming aft, we do hereby declare our last will and testament: 1st: In the fullness of our hearts we give and bequeath all the moneys in our treasury to the class of ' 34. No bond or other security will be required of those assuming charge of the above mentioned legacy. However, we warn you that you may be held liable for any errors in judgment as to its disposi¬ tion. 2nd: To the class of ' 34 we be¬ queath our hard earned dignity that has hitherto caused such open-mouthed envy. Who, among you, has not felt the power and majesty of a lordly Senior marching down a crowded corridor and at his or her approach the crowd parts and stands at respectful attention. In¬ deed this is a precious bequest we here¬ by bestow. on all desks and chairs. Add to this collection at your peril. 4th: We also give and bestow the statuary here and there in our worthy three-decker galleon, with the charge to maintain the high standard of decora¬ tion with which we were wont to adorn them on special occasions. 5th: With the magnanimous spirit that has ever marked the class of ' 33 we bequeath to not only the Juniors, but the Sophomores, yea, even the in¬ significant Freshmen, the ascetic for¬ titude and patience acquired by the absence of mirrors. Avast!—Who questions that the men of the above said classes are not included in this particular bequest! Verily we say that they will, as well as the girls, feel themselves, even as you and I, grow nobler and finer as they strive to be content with the shadowy reflection cast by some half obliging door window. 6th: We give, devise, bequeath, and bestow all the rest, residue, and re¬ mainder of our real and imaginary rights, privileges, and property in equal shares to all of you who have coveted them, lo, these many years. 3rd: We give the following legacy Therefore, we, the aforesaid crew to the Whittlers Club, on condition that —in solemn council assembled- —do they cheri sh and protect with a spirit of hereby set our hands and affix our sig- conservation, the lovingly engraved natures on this, the 22nd day of June, monograms, high signs and pet names in the year of our Lord 1933. Mildred Ahhondanta Helen Chapdelaine Mildred Dickman James Gilroy Fixincis Adams Elsie Chccpman Dina Diotalevi Ahna Gregoire Mary Alberta Joseph Chappell Dorothy Dillon Sarah Grillo Elizabeth Antolini Olive Clem Walter Dominici William Gi ' illo John Arcudi William Clifford Paul Dowdell Helen Helfaiid Angelina Bagnoli Cecilia Conlin Elizabeth Droney Catherine lacovelli Philip Beccia Catherine Connolly Doris Dugan Michael ladwola Preston Bethel Henry Consigli Beatrice Elliott Theresa ladai-ola Antonette Bianchi Adam Consoletti Carl Erickson Mary lannitelli Henry Bodio Andrew Cosetta John Feccia Madalyn Johnson Charles Brucato Ejdwin Cote Thelma Ferman Bei ' tha Jo7ies Mario Bruno Rose Cutropia Helen Fitzgerald Flo7 ' ence Julian Evelyn Butcher Charles DeFrancesco George Fi(tzpatrick A7i7ia Kaizzi Joseph Calabrese Mary Deletti Cornelia Fino Dorothy KHby James Calarese Joseph Delledonne Constance Foye Elsie La77iborghi7ii Herbcrt Cass Reno DeLuzio Yvonne Gendron Louise Lai ' onga Lucy Celozzi Olga DeMatteis Genevieve Ghelli Walter Le7iktis Louise Ccnedclla Daniel DcMeo F7-ancis Gilbert A77iy Lip77ia7i 42 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Lena Lucca Helen Luchini Ada Macuen Jean Marino Charles Mattson Dorothy May Louis MazzarclU Catharine McAvoy William McKinley Helen Meomartino Hyman Miller Angelo Minichiello John Moloney Esther Morelli Helen Moriarty James Mullin Margaret Murphy Mary Murray Catherine Naughton Joseph Neal Syhna Neckes Susan Ohanian Gertrude Oldfield Barbara Perkins Adelino Petrini Lena Piteo Joseph Platukis Carmel la Rago Angelo Ragonese Lena Ramelli Joseph Rebecchi Ernest Richards Regina Rizzi Mary Rooney Dorothy Ryan Edith Samuelson Stephen Sannicandro Dorothy Smiley Lena Solomon Evelyn Spindel Leona Stoddard Lucy Testa Helen Thiebault Armando Todino Biagio Tomaso Pauline Trotta Francis Walleston Dorothy Warren Clifton Wheeler Exlwm White Pearl White Alyce Youngson Edward Zarach MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA. This organization, formed in October, 1932, is composed of twenty- five members led by Enrico Mussulli, (1934). One hour school credit is giv¬ en for the faithful participation in this work. A short Christmas School Concert was given and a public concert was pre¬ sented in Town Hall, May 19, 1933, which proved a musical and financial success. - The orchestra took part in the Memorial Day Observance at the Mil¬ ford High School and the Town Hall, and closed its activities by participating in the Graduation Exercises of the Class of 1933. It is believed that such an organi¬ zation is an asset to the public school system of Milford for it is said, “The richest child is poor without a musical education.’’ All the credit for the success of this unit should be given to Miss Mae A. Comba, of the faculty. Early in the year Miss Comba took over the direc¬ tion of the orchestra, and it was due to her unsparing effort that the orchestra has reached the high place it now holds in the school and town. Francis E. Gilbert. BRIGHT SAYINGS OF WITTY SENIORS Moloney to the English Class: “Once upon a time there was an absent-minded professor who placed the baby on the front porch and put the milk bottle to bed.” White to Miss Comba: “In some states they kill criminals by elocution.” Zarach to Miss Ryan: “Achilles was dipped in the river Styx until he was intolerable.” Adams to Miss O’Connell: “A monologue is a -conversation between a husband and wife.” Richards to Bethel: “When King Henry VIII died, it took ten men to carry the heir.” Mullin to Miss Ryan: “Milton wrote Paradise Lost, and when his wife died, he wrote Paradise Regained. ’ THE OAK, LILY AND IVY 43 ORCHESTRA Top Row, left to right—Uranus Colaianni, Socrates Saniaris, Enrico lannitelli, Michael ladarola, John DeSalvia Robert Magee, Samuel Goldstein, Robert Varney. Center Row, left to right—Edmond DiGiannantonio, Nicholas Colaianni, Walter Dominici, Anthony lannitelli. Valentino Candella, Joseph Delledonne, Joseph Calabrese, Frank ladarola. Front Row, left to right—Adam Colaianni, William O’Donnell, Robert Philbin, Enrico Mus- sulli, Florence Smith, Francis Gilbert, Kenneth Howard. 44 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Top Row left to right—Harold Mattson, Robert Moloney, James Mullin, Eben Reynolds, Roy Knox Edward Zaraicln Row, left to right)-—Robert Philbin, Erne§t Bragg, Mary Perrucci’ Catherine Naughtop, ' Dorothy M,ay, Lena Piteo, Francis Gilbert, Robert Magee. e rrucci, THE JUNIOR SCIENCE CLUB. The Junior Science Club is or¬ ganized in the Milford High School under the direction of Mr. Fred Met¬ calf, Instructor of Physics. The officers for the year 1932-1933 are: President . Catherine Naughton Vice-President . Janies Mullin Secretary . Dorothy May Treasurer . Eben Reynolds The club is composed of eighteen members of the Junior and Senior class¬ es, all of whom have taken at least one year of science in order to become eli¬ gible. The meetings of the club were held on an average of twice a month. The activities at these meetings consisted of lecture-demonstrations, reviews of the lives of the great men of science, moving pictures, and illustrated lec¬ tures. Each member was obliged, at some time during the year, to either give a talk or write a paper on a topic pertaining to science in which he was interested. In order that the members of the club might see the practical as well as the theoretical side of science, field trips were made. The most outstanding of these were the visits to the State Theatre, the Pumping Station of the Water Company, and an inspection of the Fire Department. One of the most interesting events of the year was a lecture by Mr. Ernest Bragg, Sr., on “Photography”. In the course of the lecture, a picture of the club was taken and each member was presented with one through ihe courtesy of Mr. Bragg. The social side was not neglected by the club. This was taken care of by a party, given December 20, to which the members of the club invited guests. It was a very great success. It has been agreed by many that the club this year has been the best since the club was organized. This success has been due entirely to the patience and untiring effort of Mr. Met¬ calf, our organizer and director. To him, for his part in showing the mem¬ bers a great deal more of every side of science, we are indeed grateful. Respectfully submitted, Dorothy May, Secretary. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 45 Top Row, left to right—James Mullin, Angelo Ragonese, William Clifford, Carl Erickson Clayton Adams. Center Row, left to right—Joseph Rebecchi, Hazel Cass, Catherine McAvoy Catherine Naughton, Bertha Jones, Alyce Youngson, Mary Murray, Lena Piteo, Francis Gilbert. Front Row left to right—Edward O’Neil, Marjorie Smith, Blanche Templeman, Edward Zarach Ernest Richards Clifton Wheeler, Dorothy Smiley, Mary Rooney, Preston Bethel. ’ mcnaras. CHEMISTRY CLUB. President . Ernest A. Richards Vice-President . Clifton Wheeler Secretary-Treasurer ..Edward J. Zarach The Milford High School Chem¬ istry Club of the season 1932-1933 was organized in November, 1932, and on January 10, 1933, the first official meet¬ ing was held. At this and at following meetings, speeches were ably presented by various club-members concerning the following topics: 1. Rubber. 2. Paper. 3. Glass. 4. Cork. 5. Radium. 6. Helium. 7. Cellulose. The meetings were sometimes illustrated by motion pictures obtained from various industrial firms. The Chemistry Club was formed with the following purpose in considera¬ tion: to promote and encourage an in¬ terest in chemistry and to discuss topics relating to chemistry for which there was no time available during regular classes. Too much credit cannot be given to Miss Mary B. Ford, the director of the club, for her whole-hearted co¬ operation and her untiring labor in be¬ half of the interests of the club. The club wishes to thank all those who have aided the club in any way during the past season. We all extend sincere good wishes for the future success of the Chemistry Club. Respectfully submitted, Ernest A. Richards, Edward J. Zarach. 46 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. ORATORICAL CONTEST. Top Row left to right—Robert Moloney, William Clifford, George Fitzpatrick, Edward Zarach Francis Gilbert. Front Row, left to right—Dorothy Ryan. Bertha .Jones, Norma Murray Alvce Youngson, Dorothy May. - Each year, the members of the graduating class of the Milford High School write an essay on some desig¬ nated phrase of the Constitution, and from these, the best ten essays are chosen. The judges of the essays this year were Miss Marion A. Ryan, Senior English teacher. Principal Frank C. Berry, and Superintendent of Schools Almorin 0. Caswell. These ten chosen students then competed in an oratorical contest, the prize being a medal given by Judge John E. Swift, to be presented at the graduation ex¬ ercises in June. The contest fosters an interest among the students in oratory and gives them an opportunity to display their talent also as an essayist. Much credit must be given to Miss Sadie O’Connell who gives much of her time every year to each contestant. This year’s program follows: Selection, High School Orchestra; Personalities in tho Constitutional Convention, Alyce Youngson; The Rights and Responsibilities of a Citi¬ zen Under the Constitution, Bertha L. Jones; The Framing of the Constitu¬ tion, Dorothy Ryan; The Constitution— The Guarantee of the Liberty of the Individual, William J. Clifford; The Origin of the Constitution, Dorothy C. May; Selection, High School Orchestra; The Ratification of the Constitution, Francis E. Gilbert; The Citizen, His Duties and Privileges Under the Con¬ stitution, Edward J. Zarach; Eminent Founders of the Constitution, Mary N. Murray; The Constitution: Its Origin, Robert J. Moloney; The Birth of the Constitution, George Fitzpatick; Selec¬ tion, High School Orchestra. Miss Murray was adjudged the winner. The judges were Professor George M. Sneath, B. U., Clyde W. Dow of Emerson College, and William H. McCann of Holy Cross College. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 47 SENIOR GLEE CLUB. Top Row, left to right—Robert Molon:ey, Joseph Delledonne, Angelo Minnichiello, Preston Bethel, Hyman Miller, Clifton Wheeler, Ernest Richards, Paul Dowdell, Edwin White, Edward Zarach, Center Row, left to right—Henry Consigli, Francis Gilbert, Pauline Troftta, Alma Gregoire, Catherine Connoily, Bertha Jones, Dorothy May, Lena Ramelli, Ada Macuen, Catherine Naughton, Dorothy Kirby, Amy Lipman, Dorothy Ryan, Michael ladarola. Front Row. left to right—Amando Todino, Doris Dugan, Madalyn Johnson, Dorothy Dillon, Barbara Perkins, Elizabeth Droney, Dorothy Smiley, Mary Rooney, Norma Murray, Edith Samuelson, Mary Deletti, Clayton Adams. For the first time in the history of Milford High School, a Glee Club has been organized by the members of the Senior class of 1933 under the able direction of Miss Helena F. Swift. This Glee Club will make its first appearance at graduation where it will sing “March On” from the opera Aida, and “May Day Dance”, a light, pretty air. The whole of the senior class will then join the chorus in sing¬ ing the class ode, and “The Lost Chord.” This novel presentation of the musical side of the graduation is made possible only through the untiring patience and sincere desire of Miss Swift to have our graduation a com¬ plete joyous occasion. 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THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 49 DEVIL COMES TO ALCARAZ. -A Top Row, left to right—Clayton Adams, Edward Zarach, Robert Moloney, Carl Erickson, Robert Pbilbin. Front Row, left to right—Helen Helfand, Elizabeth Droney, Norma Murray, Mildred Dickman, Bernice Cbafetz. DAVID GARRICK DRAMATIC CLUB. LFnder the able direction of Miss Sadie O’Connell, the David Garrick Dramatic Club has entered upon its eleventh year The membership of the club is restricted to Juniors and Seniors interested in dramatics. The present memberhip numbers seventy-five. The purpose of the club is to promote in¬ terest in, and knowledge of, dramatics. The officers of the club, elected early in the school year, are: President . Catherine Naughton Vice-President . Edward Zarach Secretary . Bertha Jones Treasurer . Mary Rooney All members have participated in some production during the year, either in a play, living picture, or pantomime. An interesting and delightful pantomime was given at one of. the monthly meet¬ ings, entitled “Wild Nell of the Prairies.” Three plays are now in progress for public presentation: “The Devil Comes to Alcaraz”, a fantastic comedy with a Spanish setting; “The Spinsters of Lushe”, a costume piece taking place during the period of the Napoleonic wars; “The Wasp”, a tense play deal¬ ing with the early Bolshevik dominion in Siberia. These three plays afford active parts for some nineteen mem¬ bers of the club. Other club members will be busy with committee work in order to bring about a successful per¬ formance, both artistically and finan¬ cially. The members, in their entirety, realize that the numerous and delight¬ ful achievements of the year are due entirely to the untiring efforts of our adviser. Miss Sadie O’Connell. Respectfully submitted, Bertha Jones. THE SPINSTERS OF LUSHE Top Row, left to right—Mary Anderson, Hazel Cass, Gertrude Abrams. Front Row, left to right—Ada Macuen, Catherine Naughton, Dorothy May. THE WASP Edwin White Alyce Youngson William Clifford THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 51 Top Row, left to right—Robert Moloney, Harold Mattson, Preston Bethel. Front Row, left to right—Shirley Eastman, Mary Deletti, Catherine Connolly, Mary Norma Murray, Lena Solomon, vonne Gendron. LE CERCLE DE JEANNE D’ARC. Le Cercle de Jeanne D’Arc, the French Club instituted by the Class of 1930, was organized again this year under the direction of Miss Margaret Pianca, our French instructor. Mem¬ bership to the club is open only to mem¬ bers of the Senior French class. The following officers were elected by the French Club of 1933: President . Catherine Connolly Vice-President . Mary Deletti Secretary . Mary Murray Treasurer . Preston Bethel Meetings were held during the extra period every Friday, at which times programs prepared by different pupils were presented. In this way many French songs, poems, and the lives of many famous Frenchmen were learned. Among them were: La Mere Michel Marseilles La Vie de Jeanne D’Arc La Vie de Moliere La Vie de Pasteur Ma Normandie Les Trois Coleurs Carcassonne One of the features of the club was the “Le Petit JournaF’ a French news¬ paper published every two weeks and given to each member by Miss Pianca. Only through the co-operation given to the club by Miss Pianca, were we enabled to accomplish the many things that were accomplished; and to her we express our deepest gratitude and sincerest appreciation. Respectfully submitted, Mary Murray. 52 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Catherine Naughton, Harold Mattson, Helen Helfand Francis Gilbert,, Lena Solomon. DEUTSCHE VEREIN. The Deutsche Verein, the first Ger¬ man Club that the Milford High School has ever had was organized in October under the capable direction of Miss Margaret Pianca, our German instruct¬ or. Membership was limited to students taking second year German. The purpose of the Deutsche Verein was to create an interest in the country of Germany, its language, its customs, and its people. The following officers were elected: President . Harold Mattson Vice-President . Helen Helfand Secretary . Lena Solomon Treasurer . Francis Gilbert The meetings were made enjoyable by the reciting and singing of German poems and songs. Miss Pianca con¬ tributed to the entertainment of the members by giving several interesting lectures on Germany. In December, the club journeyed to Boston to see a German-play “Weihn- achsspiel” which was ably produced by the students of German at the College of Practical Arts and Letters of Boston University. We wish to thank Miss Pianca for giving unselfishly of her time and ef¬ fort to make the Deutsche Verein a success. We also desire to extend our wishes for success to the future mem¬ bers of the Deutsche Verein, that they carry on the work so capably accom¬ plished by the German Class of 1933. Gluch Auf. Good Luck. Respectfully submitted, Lena Solomon. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 53 BOOK COMMITTEE 2 ' op Row, left to right—Edwin White, Edward Zarach, James Mullin, William Clifford. Charles Brucato, Henry Bodio. Front Row, leH to right—Catherine Connolly, Catherine Naughton, Helen Fitzgerald, Norma Murray, Edith Samuelson, Lena Ramelli, Ada Macuen, Dorothy Ryan, Mary Rooney. ■m- FRESHMAN DEBATING CLUB. The Freshman Debating Club entered its fourth year with a member¬ ship of forty. Meetings were held every two weeks on Wednesday during the extra period. The aims and pur¬ poses of the Club were explained at length and debating teams selected and trained. Throughout the year four debates were presented before an audience of students, parents, and guests. The sub¬ jects were: Resolved: That Allied War Debts should be Cancelled; That Unemployment Insurance should be made Compulsory; That the Home¬ work System Should be Abolished; That Chain Stores Aid the Prosperity of a Community. At Christmas time a very enjoy¬ able social was held in Assembly Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Berry, and Mr. Fred A. Metcalf as special guests. The Club members feel certain they have profited greatly by their activities in this organization, and that under the inspiring guidance and with the faith¬ ful assistance of Miss Inez E. SanCle- mente, faculty adviser, they have done much toward acquiring poise and self- confidence in public speaking. Laurence Catella, President, Joseph Murray, Vice-President. Emily Cenedella, Secretary. 54 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. FOOTBALL SQUAD Top Row. left to right—Philip Beccia, Harvey Marcus, Joseph Blascio, Mario Nigro, Albert Cum¬ mings, Mario Marchiouda, Carroll Mosher, Eben Reynolds, Samuel Goldstein, Mario Pontecchio, Harold Marcus, Socrates Samahis, Clifton Wheeler, Robert Philbin, George Porter. Center Row, left to right—Primo Rizoli, Joseph Calabrese, Kenneth Howard, James Mullin, Joseph Chappell, Henry Bodio, Charles Brucato, Dominic Lombardi, Adelino Petrini, Henry Comolli, Samuel To¬ maso, Ernest Richards, Joseph Macchi, George Bilsbury, Paul Bruno, John Arcudi, Albert D. Riopel, coach. Front Row ' , left to right—Fred Tosches, Leo Castiglione, Frank Ghiringhelli, Alfred B. Cook, Louis Milani, Charles DeFrancesco, Alfred Cenedella, Albert Bonetti, Arthur Sabatinelli, Mario Bruno, .John Doyle. Sabino Farese, Angelo Minnichiello, Fred Cugini, Blaine Libbey. FOOTBALL. The football season of 1932 started soon after the opening of school in September. Among the large number that turned out for practice were sev¬ eral veterans of the noted team of the preceding year. In the opening game on Town Park, Milford’s backfield deserved praise for their performance in defeat¬ ing Attleboro. The practically new line clicked in the second half to assist the team in its 19-0 victory. At Clinton the team showed much improvement. With Brucato’s three touchdowns, the final tally was Milford 20, Clinton 0. Captain Lombardi’s interference went a long way toward helping Mil¬ ford blank Marlboro here with a total of 27 points. Variety was the feature of this game with several intercepted passes, blocked kicks, fumbles, and broken field dashes. Franklin, our last visitor, received a sound whipping here as each back with Bodio crossed the goal line to reg¬ ister 32 points, the team not allowing Franklin to come within their 25 yard line. The sole defeat was received before the massive hands of Brockton. Led by Grigas, the Shoe City ran up a score of 33 to our 6. Many intercepted pass¬ es proved the sinking of the buff and blue. At Natick, Brucato again scored thrice, ably assisted by Comolli’s passes. Here Milford resumed its custom of not allowing a single touchdown, while it chalked 19 points for itself. Lombardi’s contagious spirit was missed at North Attleboro, although Minnichiello played a neat game, its final standing being a lean win for Mil¬ ford, 14-0. The ancient rival, Framingham, was overcome on Armistice Day mainly through the unexpected pass from Comolli to Macchi. Milford 7 and Fram- THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 57 trimming Walpole 7-1. Captain Charlie Brucato showed his usual hitting power, and the outfield supplied the fielding gems of the game. 7. May 19, Joe Cornacchia pitched superb ball, allowing two hits, again beating Walpole by a 5-2 count. Bodio and Brucato each came through with a brace of hits. 8. May 20, and Milford took the strong Norwood club into camp with good fielding and four-hit pitching by Kenney. “Carge ’ Marcus contributed the only noticeable hitting strength. 9. May 24. Next we traveled to Framingham and again trimmed them 7-2 with Milford playing superior ball. 10. May 27. Sweet revenge was the morsel the Milford squad enjoyed at Attleboro’s expense winning 6-4, wiping out the previous defeat. The timely circuit clouts by Comolli and Cornacchia aiding the Milford cause in a close contest. 11. May 30. On Memorial Day, Milford High met its arch-rival St. Mary’s Academy, and gave them the worst drubbing in years by a 9-0 score. The hitting of “Lefty” Kenney pro¬ duced a favorable impression upon the spectators. The game was played in a steady drizzle, slowing it up consider¬ ably. Coach Riopel cannot be credited with too much praise for his untiring effort in whipping a fine club into shape after a bad start. Mr. Riopel’s excel¬ lent work is outstanding and in recent years he has produced teams which at¬ tracted state-wide attention. The prospects for a banner year with the 1934 club are bright, with the exception of two noticeable gaps left by the graduation of two fine ball playe rs. Captain Charlie Brucato combines great hitting power with extraodinary field¬ ing and the result is an All-Scholastic short-stop. His diminutive classmate, Henry “Tate” Bodio, cannot be omitted, for good things come in small packages, and such is the case with “Tate”, for he could play the whole outfield single- handed and his hitting would also make up for the other two players. The members of this championship club are: Captain Charlie Brucato, “Camel” Comolli, Harvey Marcus, “Dusty” Cook, Joe Blascio, “Beany” Bonetti, Doyle, “Tate” Bodio, Harold “Carge” Marcus, “Art” Kenney, Joe Cornacchia, Roberti, Fitzpatrick, Milani, Siegal, R. Bodio, Burns, Luchini, Consoletti, Porter, Bruno, Reynolds, Ghiringhelli, and Cummings. Robert E. McGinnis, ’34. mi ' SAD Bobby: “Mamma, you know that old vase which has passed into our hands after so many generations?” Mamma: “Yes, why?” Bobby: “Well, this generation has dropped it.” A SHORT STORY “Papa, teacher kept me after school because I didn’t know where the Alps were.” “Well, in the future, remember where you put them.” AN INCIDENT She: “.. this essay on “Our House” is the same as your brother’s.” He: “Yes Ma’am, we have the same house.” 58 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. SPONSORS : The following names are those friends of the students and alumni of the Milford High School who have shown a generous spirit of co-operation enabling the students to publish the traditional Oak, Lily and Ivy as a Year Book of the Senior class and the School’s activities. James A. Higgiston Harold M. Moran James V. Zurlo Almorin 0. Caswell, Superintendent of Schools P Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Berry .Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davoren XMr. and Mrs. Alfred B. Cenedella ;( Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Cole Mr. Charles F. Curtin —Mr. and Mrs. George Grayson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Moore Attorney Nathan Rosenfeld Miss Eva L. Burns Miss Gertrude Cahill Miss Josephine M. Calarese P Miss Hannah E. Callanan Miss Dorothy Callahan XMiss Marie C. Cenedella Miss Mae A. Comba Miss Catherine E. Curtin Miss Elizabeth A. Doyle Miss Lillian L. Egan —Miss Margaret E. Feige )( Miss Mary B. Ford XMr. James A. Higgiston Miss Rita L. Kellett Miss Agnes R. Lynch Mr. Raphael Marino Miss Claire MacGowan • ? t • ? t I t t t t ? t ? ? t ? i THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 59 i : ? : : f i : SPONSORS —Continued Miss Florence J. Mainini Mr. Fred A. Metcalf Miss Evelyn Moore Mr. Harold M. Moran yMiss Sadie A. O’Connell Miss Margaret A. Pianca Miss Margaret M. Pyne Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Riopel Miss Marion A. Ryan Miss Inez E. SanClemente Miss Helena F. Swift Miss Dorcas Whipple Mr. and Mrs. Janies V. Zurlo Mrs. Helen W. Bird Miss Ethelwyn Blake Miss Rita M. Daigle Miss Mary A. Devine , Miss Margaret C. Dillon Miss Maude D. Frost Miss Rose E. Keany Miss Mary Kelley Miss Miriam G. Kirby Miss Mary F. Lynch Miss Nina H. Mazzarelli Miss Katherine G. McDermott ' T Miss Mary E. Mullane Miss Florence C. Snow xMr. Alexander DiGiannantonio Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Lancisi, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Lancisi, Jr. Judge and Mrs. Clifford A. Cook Judge and Mrs. John E. Swift “Rev. and Mrs. G. Edgar Wolfe vMajor and Mrs. E. M. Crockett Rep. and Mrs. Elmer C. Nelson Attorney Henry Barbadora Mr. and Mrs. William F. Byrne Attorney James F. Catusi ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Doyle , Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Gould 60 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. i i : i • i i i SPONSORS —Continued Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Kerr f Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. William A. Murray PAttorney and Mrs. Moses Wassarman PWendell Williams and Chester F. Williams, Attorneys at Law Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashkins Dr. and Mrs. Byron F. Brown A Friend Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Capece ' Dr. and Mrs. William J. Clancy Dr. Alfred Curley pDr. George F. Curley f Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Ellsworth Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Footnick V Dr. and Mrs. John M. French ' - ' Dr. and Mrs. Frank T. Harvey Dr. and Mrs. Francis X. Kelley Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Lenares Dr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Levy Nicholas A. Mastroianni, M. D. r Dr. and Mrs. Norry Miett ’ Dr. and Mrs. H. Ellsworth Morse Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Nugent X Dr. A. J. Oliver Dr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Shaw PDr. and Mrs. C. E. Whitney Miss Nellie T. Ahearn Mr. G. M. Billings Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Bonvino Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Brittle Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Burns Mr. Charles F. Cahill Mr. Michael A. Calzone p Mr. and Mrs. P. Eugene Casey Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cenedella Mr. and Mrs. Colman Chafetz XMr. Benjamin J. Clancey PMr. and Mrs. C. E. Cooney ■ Miss Mary DiAntonio : : t ? : : i : t THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 61 : • i i f 4 i 1 4 : « : : SPONSORS —Continued Mr. and Mrs. William J. Dillon Mr. Edward A. Buddy ?Mr. Joseph J. Fahey Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Ferrante VCMr. and Mrs. Charles P. Fleming Miss Edith Galley f Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gardella Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Greo ' XMr. and Mrs. M. J. Hachey. ' AMr. and Mrs. J. J. Harrington Mr. Matthew T. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Howard Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Howard Mr. and Mrs. Henry lacovelli Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Lawless Mr. and Mrs. L. Blaine Libbey Mr. and Mrs. James Lilley A Mr. and Mrs. John J. Moloney Mr. and Mrs. Clement H. Moran Mr. Joseph Morcone Mr. Edward D. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Naughton Mr. and Mrs. Edoardo Petrini Mr. and Mrs. Austin J. Philbin Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Phillips Mr. William L. Power A Friend ' Mr. and Mrs. Sumner C. Reynolds — Mr. and Mrs. James V. Rooney | - Mr. John F. Rooney I Mr. and Mrs. Ercole Sabatinelli | T Mr. William M. Sherman | Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Schultz | Mr. and Mrs. James Smith f Mr. and Mrs. B. Vitalini • Mr. John Waldron I : • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 : « : : if Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Welch t 62 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. SPONSORS —Continued —Mr. Edward Werber f Mr. Paul Williams Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zarach Archer Rubber Co. Avery Woodbury Co. C. L. Barnard, Jeweler Mr. Berardi, Barber Berkeley Textile Store P Bowker Clothing Co. Bridges Pharmacy, John H. O’Grady, Proprietor Brockton Shoe Store Cahill’s News Agency Catella Grocery Store H. S. Chadbourne Co. : i i i : : : « « ? « 4 4 i X : i : : -Cla rk P ri n t ing -•Pnes - XColbert, the Florist LJostrino’s Shoe Repair, Exchange Street )(Crown Confectionery Co. H. M. Curtiss Coal and Lumber Co. Curley’s Lunch DePasquale and Sons, Undertakers Dillon Brothers Eldredge Paint Shop Emma’s Beauty Shoppe Fahey Nolan’s Market Gilmore’s Store XEdward Glennon’s Service Station Gordon’s Flower Shop, West Street Hixon’s Ice Cream Co. Huyler’s Tea Room, Boston, Carl Hathaway, Manager Johnson Bros. Transportation Co. Johnson Bus Lines, Inc. Kampersal’s Dairy Larkin Bros. Louisa Lake Ice Co. Louis Fashion Shop, Louis Swartz, Manager 4 : 4 t • : t t : • i X 4 i X I THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 63 I I i f SPONSORS —Continued LawelPs Dairy, Mendon (pManning Bros. 1 Mazzarelli Sons, Bakers fP Milford Co-operative Bank Milford Daily News Milfo rd Furniture Store Milford National Bank ' Milford Savings Bank Morin ' s Stiidi-o- SSx Moro’s Meat Market Motor Parts Co. Neilan ' s Drug Store Nirn-and: ' Niro f Nolan ' s Cigar Store Outfit Clothing Co. jp Palace Barber Shop ' Henry Patrick Co., Hopedale T ine Street Bakery Quality Lunch Quinshipaug Women ' s Club Reynold ' s Music Store Riseberg ' s Clothing Co. Scott ' s Florist Shop Seaver ' s Express XShea ' s Market Smith ' s Shoe Store Sunnyside Service Station, J. H. Perkins, Proprietor The Salvation Army The Tampa Fruit Co. Theatre Pharmacy, L. H. Crosby, Reg. Phg. The Annie Lawless Store Varney Bros. ( Werber and Rose F. W. Woolworth Co. ? t t 4 i 2 : i i t : Burdett College Burdett Training prepares tor sales, credit, collec¬ tion, accounting, junior execu¬ tive, secretarial, and other business and office positions. Individual attention. College grade instruction. Separate courses for men and women. Previous commercial training not required for entrance. Burdett Statistics The past school year: Graduating class, Boston, 421; Lynn, 145. 88 different universities and col¬ leges in attendance. Employment calls (Boston and Lynn) total 1208; positions filled, 774. BUSINESS COURSES Business Administration, Accounting, Executive Secretarial, Stenographic Secretarial, Stenographic Business, Bookkeeping, Finishing. SUMMER sessions begin JULY 3. FALL sessions begin SEPTEMBER 5. Catalogue on request. 156 STUART STREET, BOSTON, MASS. HANcock 6300 Compliments of INTERSTATE STATE THEATRE : t t 9 X • X ? ? t Milford, Massachusetts i i i i 4 : i : s i i i i • i i i I • i i i Compliments of A Friend ®bf QIl}arUarraft prwa 43 Exchange Street Books, Pamphlets, Commercial Printing, Color and Halftone Printing, Wedding Stationery, Finest Correspondence Papers, Embossed and Engraved Work. Special—200 Sheets, 100 Envelopes, Printed in Blue or Black Ink, $1.00 This Book was Printed by XL )C CbatlCeCtatt iPrCSS 58 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. heel, and I distinctly remember the time my little sister stuck the China blue eyes of her best mamma doll back into its head with a wad of chewing gum. If any of my readers have even played Simon Says during her child¬ hood, I do not think she would be long in comprehending my meaning when I say it is quite advantageous to have a wee bit of chewing gum during the game. Many people find this cohesive material quite helpful as a protection for fine furniture. (I have never used it this way myself). A layer of gum will do away with undue scratches or rough treatment. And many find it makes a nice soft pillow for their nervous fingers when talking over the phone. As I thought over these things, I speculated as to the relative value of using gum to stuff up a keyhole when there are curious servants outside the door. I tell you, my dear reader, that we do not half appreciate the worth of chewing gum. Harriet Carter, ’32. WOMEN! Scripture relates that God made Eve, the first female, from one of Adam’s ribs. Thus it can readily be seen that the Ruler of the universe in¬ tended woman to occupy a secondary place in His realm. It is my happy fate to be a woman hater. Before I proceed further, allow me to state that my hatred of the weaker sex comes from a close scrutiny of their nature and is not an inborn, inexplicable conviction. Draw up a chair, boys, and have a good laugh or maybe a cry while you increase your acquaintance with the most unusual of the Lord’s children— women. One of the most interesting and at the same time ridiculous types of the genus is the young lady in her early teens who has suddenly become boy¬ conscious. What a laughable picture she presents I In her overworked im¬ agination she sees herself as the cynosure of all youthful male eyes. Unused to the art of the comestique, her efforts at artificial coloring result pathetical¬ ly. Her allure is stupendous! Don’t laugh, Ebenezer. Circe herself was never more enticing. But a single glance from those flashing eyes and the poor defenseless male victim is expected to kneel to worship at the altar of her charms. And, boys, did you ever hear a group of youthful females in un¬ guarded conversation among themselves? No? Well you’ve missed quite a treat. Permit me to quote a few snatches of typical talk: “Oh, ain’t he swell!” “And he said to me and I said to him. . .” How¬ ever, I must cease before I tabulate any more of their silly remarks. Say, but did you know that the female is possessed of a remarkable mental capacity? Oh, yes, to be sure. Just ask a young lady how she liked the picture she saw last night and then analyze carefully the deep thought in her retort. Invariably she will reply, “Wasn’t he grand?” Such amazing intelligence! The prim old maid presents an amusing spectacle to behold. She is one of the most contradictory kinds of the feminine gender. When she realizes that she can no longer attract men, she shields her true sentiment with a THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 59 veil of hypocrisy. When she sees a youthful couple exhibit their mutual affection, she disdainfully raises her eyes and scornfully and scoldingly re¬ marks, “Why, it’s scandalous the way these young ’uns carry on.” She herself is unaware that her pretention is easily seen through by any but a moronic male. Oh, yes, now we come to the scandal spreaders who indulge in tele¬ phone conversation of at least a half hour’s duration. They usually start their conversation by one remarking that, of course, she wouldn’t repeat anything, but she heard confidentially only last night that Mr. So and So has been seen with Mrs. Neardowell and they end by saying that this will never go further than their own ears. Oh, yes? An astounding recital of facts, n’est-ce pas? Well, boys, shall I continue? What! You say that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Women have already heard of my remarks and that they intend to instigate criminal procedure against me? Well, well, well, I guess I had better desist, for there is no fury like that of a woman scorned. But, boys, if you’ll come around some other time. I’ll give you a few more particulars. Bernard Marcus, ’32. MICE. A mouse is one of the prettiest little creatures which I can now recall to memory. Its soft fur and alluring eyes make it very popular, especially with women. He can often be found in the pantry, but he seldom stays around long enough for one to get a good view of him. The housekeeper often finds that the carrots which she had intended to use in a salad have been nibbled and sometimes almost entirely eaten up by mice, but of course, she doesn’t mind this a bit because she knows that they must eat, just as humans, to live. Occasionally she goes into the pantry just in time to see a mouse or two emerging from the flour barrel, and she sits and thinks of when she has seen a more beautiful sight than a flour-covered rodent. Then again mice can be found in clothes closets. Any woman will agree that it is a joy to have a couple as tenants in one’s hat box or shoe rack. And, if you own a long ruffled dress, you may be fortunate enough to have mice chew off the bottom flounce. I cannot recall ever enjoying a more pleasant experience than one I had last summer. I started to don a pair of riding boots, and after putting one on, I found that I had a little trouble getting my foot into the other. I felt something soft at the toe and wondered what it could be. All of a sudden it began to wiggle and squirm, and taking off the boot, I found that the object was nothing more than a charming grey mouse. I calmly put on the boot and only hoped that I might repeat the experience. These fair nibblers make life complete, and anyone who has a number of them can rightly be proud of their possessions. Women in particular are very fond of mice and any cat that dares to catch one when a female is around is quite apt to suffer the consequences. Annette Rivard, ’32. 60 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. THE ART OF DIVING. Ker Splash! ! ! Have you ever been an eye witness when one of the younger generation has been trying to master the gentle art of diving? Fine! Your education has not been neglected. Perhaps it was in the seething, turbulent waters of Lake Nipmuc or in the frigid billows of Nantasket or Old Orchard. But wherever it may be, some fine fellow is usually endeavor¬ ing to conquer Old Man Diving. Usually in the case of Lake Nipmuc the gallant aspirant may be ob¬ served to make a few practice jumps from the small raft. With a thatch of hair closely allied to a wet mop and wearing a glove-tight suit, the cou¬ rageous Adonis lumbers forward onto the end of the diving board, lifts his head to Heaven, mumbles a hasty invocation, and launches himself forward. Without exception he falls like a heavy flat slab on the surface of the water accompanied by a noise sounding like an explosion (and feeling like one!) A few bubbles emerge and then if he’s lucky, a bedrenched head pops up, spouting and blowing like a porpoise, and carrying specimens of the lake- bottom in what under normal conditions might be called his hair. After much splashing and puffing about, the intrepid figure exhaustedly sprawls onto the raft and, in a manner suggesting acute agony, rolls about holding his raw stomach and thighs. In his severe suffering he is apparently unaware of the winks which accompany the comments of praise from his friends. However, the heroic male cannot give up yet (there might be some fe¬ males about). With dramatic gestures he sways to his unsteady limbs and, brushing aside all comments, he loudly proclaims to the wide world that, undaunted, he is again about to illustrate the original swan dive! Alas for the vanity of man! Again the bedraggled figure flops, legs apart like a huge crab, and sinks with a resounding smack to the bottom as his friends (! ! !) guffaw like laughing hyenas. A frantic hand appears pawing the water mightily, and finally the hero in person emerges for a half-second or so to receive graciously the plaudits of the cheering throngs. But alas and alack! His admirers have deserted him and left him to nurse his wounded vanity (and don’t forget his sides!) Edmund Sullivan, ’32. A PLEASANT PICNIC. ' ‘What a wonderful day; let’s go on a picnic.” Whenever the reader hears a person suggest the above idea, my best advice is to shoot the trouble-maker. Yes, I said shoot him. And without delay, too. For if you did as I did, you will allow the picnic movement to spread and gain a harmful popularity. A lovely picnic decided upon, the arrangement or nuisance of putting the food together will fall on some unfortunate individual. Presumably you in punishment for your vociferous part in opposing the grand picnic. If you are lucky enough to own an automobile, all is well; otherwise your troubles will just begin, for the picnic grounds are always miles away from home. 70 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 1931. FOOTBALL. 1931. Amid the roar of the crowd, eleven buff and blue jerseys trotted out on the field December 5, 1931, and without delay, proceeded to raise havoc with Norwood High’s powerful defense from the opening kickoff to the final whistle. Thus was pounded out a 20-12 victory over the local Norwood High School team. This gridiron classic was a post-season game arranged for the benefit of the unemployed of both towns, and marked the climax to the most success¬ ful football season ever enjoyed by a Milford High School football club. Under the mentorship of Coach Albert “Hop” Riopel, a former Holy Cross star athlete, the local eleven amassed a total of nine victories while suffering only one defeat. This fact is much more significant when one is reminded that the 1931 schedule was the most difficult ever assigned to a Milford High School eleven. Several of Milford’s outstanding players wore their school colors on the gridiron for the last time in the Norwood game. This list of Seniors, who will be sorely missed next year, include Captain Max Rice, all-school boy center, William Bellantonio, midget quarterback, Donald Bowen, fullback, Bernard Marcus and Joseph FitzGerald, ends, Abraham Gordon, star tackle, Angelo Calagione, stellar guard, Ray Blackler, center, Harvey Burford, end, and Robert Kurlansky, tackle and captain-elect of the 1932 Baseball Club. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 71 After a month of hard practice, the Riopelians opened their season with a 12-6 victory over Attleboro High in that city on September 26, 1931. The game was played in a continuous drizzle, and slowed the fast Milford Club considerably. The following Saturday, Milford outclassed Clinton on Town Park by a score of 18-0. After a lapse of three years, this game marked the renewal of athletic activities between the two schools. On Columbus Day, Milford traveled to Marlboro and downed that stub¬ born aggregation by a 14-0 victory. Charles Brucato and Captain Rice played outstanding football. The powerful offensive of Milford was ably demonstrated when they smothered Franklin 33-7 on October 17. Again Captain Rice rose to great heights by his outstanding line play. Gordon, Calagione, and Bellantonio shared honors with him. On October 24, an out-of-the-state eleven came to Milford for the first time. The Robert E. Fitch High of Groton, Connecticut was the club, and Milford again was victorious by the overwhelming score of 28-0. The Milford club was composed of a rather heavy line and a fast “pony” backfield. The “pony” backfield ran wild during this game. The following Saturday Natick was welcomed by the worst defeat ever administered to a Natick football team by Milford. The score was 19-0 and again the famed “pony” backfield ran the Natick team ragged. “Doc” Lom¬ bardi, next year’s captain and the best interfering halfback on the squad, flashed out in a new role, that of a ball-carrier, and pierced the strong Natick line repeatedly. This marked Milford’s sixth straight vistory. On Armistice Day, Milford journeyed to Framingham where it lost a heart-breaking game 6-0. A disastrous fumble, following an 80-yard punt by Framingham, paved the way for the only score of the game a few seconds before the end of the first half. Milford outplayed, outrushed, and outpassed a strong, heavy Framingham club, but could not push the ball over for a score. Framingham had been beaten previously by Norwood, 14-0. The following Saturday, Milford resumed its winning ways and beat Wellesley at Wellesley by two touchdown s, 13-0. Meanwhile the small, aggressive Milford Club had been gaining no little prominence by its smart fast games; and two Boston newspapers published writeups, the Boston Post (Oct. 27) and the Boston Hei ' ald (Nov. 16.) These articles were written by Manager William Murray, and attracted much favor¬ able comment. On Thanksgiving Day, Walpole, with whom we had not won a game in three years, came to Milford where it was smothered by the topheavy score of 38-0. The strong showing of the Milford Club delighted its followers and a great turnout was expected at Norwood on December 5. On December 5, as we have stated above, Milford did not disappoint its admirers, and trimmed the heavy Norwood Club 20-12. The whole team played splendidly throughout the game, and resembled a well-oiled machine, each player carrying out his assignments perfectly. To praise one would be to praise all. The score tells the story. 72 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. Dominic Lombardi, an outstanding blocker, was elected captain for the 1932 season. He is a little fellow, yet a braver player never wore a uniform. If he continues to be as good a captain as he is a player, Milford High need not regret the passing of Max Rice, whom Coach Riopel has called the “Per¬ fect Captain.” Too much credit cannot be given to Principal Thomas J. Quirk, whose financial judgment, even in these stressing times, has provided the club with the best equipment possible. He also is a staunch backer of the club, and has not missed a single football game in ten years. Marco Balzarini, 1930 Captain, has been an able assistant to Coach Riopel on the field, and has scouted excellently the teams Milford has had to meet. The members of the team include: Captain Rice, Robert Kurlansky, Abraham Gordon, Angelo Calagione, Charles Brucato, Bernard Marcus, Joseph FitzGerald, Philip Beccia, Adolino Petrini, Dominic Lombardi, Ray Blackler, Donald Bowen, William Bellantonio, Henry Comolli, James Mullin, Angelo Ragonese, Harvey Burford, Ernest Richards, Claude Snodgrass, Joseph Consoletti, Harold Wilson, Mario Bruno, Harold Marcus, Angelo Minichiello, James Calabrese, John Alberto, Paul Shahnamian, Francis Fitzpatrick, Fred Tosches, Joseph Cornacchia, Leslie Brown, Kenneth How¬ ard, George Bilsbury, Joseph Chappell, Carroll Mosher, Assistant Managers Paul Bruno, and John Arcudi, and Manager William A. Murray, Jr. To Captain Dominic Lombardi and Manager John Arcudi I extend my best wishes for the 1932 football season. ' Manager William MIurray, Jr4, ’32. BASKETBALL. Last winter, for the first time in twenty-five years, the Milford High School was represented on the basketball court by a varsity quintet. The team faced a number of handicaps from the outset. Lack of a school gym¬ nasium forced the five both to practice and play on the V. F. W.’s floor. Also the majority of canidates for the team were inexperienced. However, Coach Albert D. Riopel in the face of these adverse conditions instilled in his charges the high type of sportsmanship which has characterized all his ag¬ gregations. As is often remarked but little heeded, victory is not everything. Al¬ though the basketball five recorded more defeats than victories, the season must be regarded as a successful one. The boys received the benefit of the training, actual basketball experience in combat, and how to take the bitter with the sweet. The boys were without a permanent captain, a leader be¬ ing appointed previous to each game. The squad was divided into two teams, each of which played seventeen games. Milford started off the season by losing to the smoother worki ng Frank¬ lin team, 37-13, which later beat us in a second game, 23-14. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. 73 Next we played our first home game at the V. F. W.’s with Walpole, who beat us 24-10. Marlboro, our arch-rival, was next and we lost by the score of 28-11, but showed up a little better than in the two previous games. Natick, one of the best teams in the state, was next, and swamped us 51- 12 which was revenge for the football defeat we gave them last fall. We journeyed to Upton and unexpectedly lost by the close score of 19-17 in the closing mJnutes. We won our first game at the expense of the larger Westboro team, 25-14, by dint of much hard work and “fight.” Upton came back for a return game and we administered a 28-16 defeat, which clearly showed our superiority. We won our third straight game at the expense of St. Mark’s Academy, 52- 26, with all the members of the squad getting a chance to play. Norwood upset our winning streak by beating us to the tune of 48-26. We then went to Walpole and got sweet revenge by beating them 26-25 in what was the best game of the season up to that time. Attleboro took us over the hurdles 27-16, but their low ceiling hindered our team to a great degree. Marlboro came to Milford next and we evened counts, defeating them 25-16. We then played Company I of Milford at the Armory and a great game was played only to have Company I become the victors by a 27-23 score. Their experience finally told on our team. We again played Company I, but once more they beat us, 36-24, Then came the big games of the year with St. Mary’s. In the first game they completely outclassed us and won 39-9, but the second game a few nights later was a thriller. They beat us 18-17 after thirty-two minutes of real hard playing. These two games were played at the Armony before capacity crowds. The members of the squad were: “Ace” Sainio, “Baldy” Bowen, Bill Bellantonio, Joe “Tiger” FitzGerald, Harvey Burford, Charles Brucato, “Steve” Dalrymple, “Al” Cook, “Moon” Mullins, “Hite” Lutfy, Ray Blackler, “Rudy” Quattropani, “Bob” Moloney, and Clayton Adams. Coach Riopel did noble work, and at the end of the season the fruit of his hard labor during the year was shown. The team was just grasping his system of play and the writer is sure that next year will be a very successful one. To Manager John Arcudi I extend my wishes for a successful season. Manager Bernard Marcus, ’32. Teacher—Now James, name America’s greatest general. James—(the son of a broker)—General Motors.—Ex. 74 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. BASEBALL. With the approach of the long postponed good weather, the call for base¬ ball candidates was re-echoed throughout the Milford High School. In re¬ sponse, we had almost fifty candidates of which no small proportion had seen service on our own team or on that so successfully managed by sub¬ master Berry. I refer, of course, to the American Legion team, twice State champions. Some schools of our size tend to develop a star, usually the pitcher. Our team was a galaxy of stars. A casual glance at our year’s report will sub¬ stantiate this statement. It is with a deep sense of pride that I am able to make public a record made by the team with the help of Principal Thomas J. Quirk and our Coach, Mr. Riopel, whose good judgment at all times has amounted to something supernatural, and to his undivided, unselfish devotion. After spending these all too short weeks with the latter, we have a clear understanding of what has made such men as Rockne, Warner, Zuppke, and McGran, and many others who will live for all time. We opened the season on Saturday, April 23, in Wellesley with every¬ body on his toes and eager to learn. Consequently we came home with a smile and a 6-1 victory made possible by the pitching of Captain Kurlansky. Monday was a stay-at-home day and we were eager to meet Natick who was reputed to have a very good ball club. Natick was a first class ball team, and by dint of much hard hitting, of which Cook, our versatile second sacker, and “Camel” Comolli, our catcher, with the help of Bodio, our left fielder, contributed no mean part, we w ere able to hand Natick a 6-3 decision in our favor. It was this game that really brought home the true value of knowing how to run bases and above all, how to slide. With this knowledge we were able to pile up a total of seven stolen bases to our credit. Art Ken¬ ney, the coolest of pitchers, allowed a minimum of hits. The next was also a stay-at-home game. We w elcomed Clinton and handed them a severe drubbing by a score of 10-3. Captain “Rube” pitched his second game with as many victories. Next we journeyed to North Attleboro with three victories under our belts and high hopes of running the total to four. We were able to hand “Dame” Grayson’s charges a 13-5 defeat. It was in this game that our young bloods had a taste of battle showing themselves worthy of Coach Riopel. Billy Bellantonio pitched a wonderful game, exhibiting rare form. The day of days dawned clear and hot, and we journeyed to Framingham where we beat our opponents by a 6-4 score. It was in this game that “Art” Kenney showed his real form. To date we have had five straight victories, and now we are to meet Dedham who battled 23 innings to beat Walpole. We easily conquered Dedham by a 14-0 score with the help of Captain “Rube.” It was the general sentiment that Franklin, because of its size, would be easy to trounce, but big things come in little packages. However, we were 75 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. able to applaud Bellantonio’s wonderful pitching and Charley Brucato’s home run, the first of the season, to make it the seventh victory by a score of 8-0. Wednesday was a stay-at-home day, and we were able to see one of our boys, “Lut” Ceruti, who had moved to Walpole a year ago, in action. We were able to pile up a total of ten runs to their three. Next we journeyed to the City of the Hills, and we were able to hand Marlboro a 9-0 defeat. The following Monday was another day of note. We had, by much hard work on the part of Principal Quirk, secured a game with Brockton, who had been meeting many suburban Boston towns and Cities and easily con¬ quering them. It was a battle to the end and we won by a slight margin, the score being 3-2. Nevertheless, we won. Again we encountered Dedham, but this time down in that city. We came home with our eleventh straight vistory and a score of 6-4 in our favor. Saturday, May 21, was another red letter day. We met Norwood, and we were able to say that we won by a five run margin, the score being 9-4. On Wednesday Framingham came to Milford and returned with hearts of lead and a defeat, the Riopelians having turned in their thirteenth straight win. Words of praise are due to the boys who made this season so success¬ ful. In Art Kenney, Bill Bellantonio, and Captain Kurlansky we are supplied with A-1 pitchers. At all times we have “Chink” Milani to relieve them. As a back stop we have “Camel” Comolli, catching, and “Cutter” Quattropani, ever willing to don the protectors. In the infield we have “Buddie” Rae at first. Cook at second, Sam Tomaso at third, and Charlie Brucato at shortstop. For relief we have Howard, Cornacchia, Blascio, Harvey Marcus and Bruno. In the garden we have Bodio and Dalrymple in left and Bernard Marcus in the mid-section with “Art-Shires” Lutfy in right. For substitutes we have “Doc” Lombardi, Harold Marcus, Adams, Bilsbury, and Reynolds. Too much praise cannot be given our Coach, Mr. Riopel or to Mr. Quirk, our principal, for his hard work in arranging our schedule and securing such worthy opponents as Wellesley, Norwood, and Brockton. I believe that ours was the best team ever turned out by Coach Riopel and in our consistent winnings our players exhibited not one instance of swell-head or undue boasting. As yet we have a few more games to play and to the incoming manager I wish all possible success. To the team, as in¬ dividuals, I wish all possible good luck in any line they undertake. Joseph Naughton, ’32. The poet had just sent his previous poem to the editor. He wrote: “Let me know if you intend to use this poem as I have other irons in the fire.” A few days later he received the following reply from the editor: “Re¬ move irons. Insert poem.”—Ex. 76 THE OAK, LILY AND IVY. IHumor Column THE ELIXIR OF LIFE. SCENE I, ENGLAND. (Two servants stand conversing in hushed tones) Porter: How fares our gentle mistress? Waiting-lady: She awaits a missive of great import. ’Tis most urgent, ere this day hath run its allotted course, our fair lady will languish and die. Porter: ’Tis most sad that one of such famed beauty should be irked by the ordinary cankers of life. KnoAvest thou the seat of her tribulation? Waiting-lady: She awaits a missive of great import. ’Tis most urgent, for she strideth her chamber in a frenzy uttering uncouth noises such as are wont to come from the lips of a congressman. Porter: Get thee gone! Return at once to her side, from symptoms such as these many a robust man hath died. (Exeunt). SCENE II, THE CHAMBER OF A GENTLEWOMAN. Lady Dorothea: Quick! Knave, pour thy tidings into mine ear. What hath arrived with the mail? Waiting-lady: Nothing, Madapie, save a pile of letters, each didst con¬ tain a little window. Thou well knowest the meaning of that, telephone bills and such. To the flames I quickly consigned them as is my wont. Lady Dorothea: Take thyself from my sight, thou shag-eared villainess Come not back until thou bringest a packet from the mails. Hurry! Curse not my sight with thy moon-like face. Waiting-lady: (Aside) Gramercy! My rump-fed mistress waxes vio¬ lent in her great distress. SCENE III, THE SAME. Lady Dorothea: If that package doth not appear soon, mine shalt be a wretched existence. My social position hangeth precariously upon the very brink of doom. Enter Waiting-lady with a packet. Waiting-lady: Pardon, your grace, but this was delivered unto me by a courtier who spurred furiously over the moat on lathered steed. (Lady Dorothea with avid eyes and trembling hand seizes upon the pack¬ age). Lady Dorothea: (Aside). Saviour of my happiness, my joy, my very life, verily can it be that? For me life holds no greater treasure. (Aloud). I require solitude. Get thee hence. Exit Waiting-lady. THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, 77 (Lady Dorothea opens packet and its contents render her rapt with iov and gratitude). Lady Dorothea: W isdom, justice, and truth doth with providence abide, For today hath been delivered unto me my peroxide. Ring out, ye gay and blithe alarum. Foolish man shall again fall victim to my charm! Joseph FitzGerald, ’32. “Here, waiter,” roared the irate diner in Charley’s Fly Trap. “This chicken soup is full of gravel!” “Yessir,” replied the waiter brightly; “It was made from Plymouth Rocks, sir.”—Ex. Disgusted Lady: “Does your mother know you smoke?” Little Boy: “Does your husband know you speak to strange men on the street?”—Ex. Teacher—“Who was sorry when the prodigal son returned.” Hite—“The fatted calf.”—Ex. Fond Mother—“Willie, you’ve been a naughty boy. Go to the vibrator and give yourself a good shaking.”—Ex. 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