Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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10 THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL EXTRACTS FROM CHINESE LETTERS. My school is named Wuhu Union Academy. It has been closed now, but I still live there, because I want to study French in the Methodist Church on Second Street in Wuhu. I go there every day, except Sunday, during the three summer months of vacation. The distance from my school to there is not great. After these holidays, the school should be opened again on the eleventh of September. The school has five stories which are divided into class-rooms, labora- tory and dormitories. There are also many other rooms, library, reading-room, washing-room lavatory, and Chapel, all of which are situated on Phoenix Hill in Wuhu. There are nearly two hundred students and twenty teachers, Chinese and Foreign. Wuhu is not only a great city in China, but also in the world, because it produces very much rice each year. one-half of which is exported, to sell in other countries; but the remainder provides food for the natives of Wuhu and the people in the different provinces of China. My lessons are divided into two parts: first, Chinese, second, English. My Chinese lessons are Literature, Philosophy, Sociology, Iethics, and Logic, but my English lessons are Commercial and In- dustrial History, Practical English for High Schools, Political Econ- omy, Political Science and Geometry. May I ask the customs, habits, and religion of your town? I have received your kind letter which contains your spirited photograph. I am fond of playing some games. such as football, tennis, and basketball, ed gE But I have only my hasty, I would write to you in detail. IN THE AIR. We have a secret in our clan, Says the American to the Englishman To radio the news around, Whenever danger is to be found. But the German and Turk, we must confess, Have made us all sit up and guess. E. L., ’24

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THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 9 CHARACTER-SKETCH OF “ROSALIND.” Rosalind is the daughter of the banished duke. She is lively, kind- hearted, gentle and true. She is tall, and slim, and very pretty. Even in her disguise as Ganymede, she is thoroughly feminine, and never once loses our respect. She is quick to come to a decision and quick to put force behind her words. This is shown when her uncle banished her from his court; she made up her mind quickly as to what was to be done, and carried out her plans successfully. She is witty and humorous and often she turns her troubles into a jest and later into a joy. She often felt badly at heart, but passes everything off with a joke. She is naturally happy, but, because of her father’s banishment, she is at times sad. Her love is easily won, but she is always true and incapable of change. This is shown by her affection for Celia. MTS DIDO'S CURSE. (Free Translation, Virgil, Book IV.) Sun, thou who doth illumine all deeds of mortals with thy flames, And Juno, interpreter of these cares and a conscious witness, And Heeate invoked with shrieks by night at the three crossroads throughout the cities, And avenging Furies, and gods of the dying Elissa, Hear these my words, and turn your aid to my sufferings, and grant our prayers. If it is necessary that this accursed life touch port, and thus the fates of Jupiter demand, At least, troubled, and in arms, in war with a daring people, An exile from his land, snatched from the embrace of lulus. Let him seek aid, and let him see the funeral-piles of his own men. Let him not enjoy a kingdom or the desired light, But let him fall before his day, unburied in the midst of the sand. I pray with these words, I pour out this last ery with blood. Then, O Tyrians, with hatred torment the offspring and the entire future race. Let there be no love to the people. nor pledges of friendship. ILet some avenger arise from our bones who will pursue the Trojan colonists with fire brands and a sword. I pray for shores opposed to shores, waves to waves, and arms to arms. Let them and their descendants fight. ELEANOR DENNISs, '25.

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THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL Ww MY FRIEN} I have a friend in my class If you happen to he Iste, Whom I wish that you might see, He’s sure you'll come toan awful fate, For he’s always throwing solids, And in his mind, I’m sure it is, Where they never ought to be. To send you over to the state. He has everybody snickering When he begins to talk. He nicknamed himself ‘Derby,’ And his seatmate he calls “Jock.” A. D., 24. THE CONTEST. The Curtis Publishing Company gave Pennell Institute a liberal offer to get a new basketball equipment. In order to obtain this, the school had to gain at least seventy-five subscriptions for the “Iadies’ Ilome Journal.” There were two teams, one “Red” and the other “Blue.” Kenneth Burns was Major of the Reds, and Eugene Sawyer was Major of the Blues. The Blues secured fifty, and the Reds forty-five subscribers. One week was allowed for taking subscriptions, and then the losing side, which was the Red, gave the Blues a generous treat of ice-cream, cake, and candy. SOPHOMORE SOCIAL. The class of 1925 gave a Hallowe’en Social at Pennell Institute, November 2, 1922. The program, which was very successfully carried out, consisted of a song by six girls in Hallowe'en costume. Then followed a farce entitled “The Haunted Gate.” which was cleverly staged. Nelson Winslow gave a piano solo, and Elazel Aldrich and Maynard Colley presented to the Freshman Class appropriate gifts, which produced much amusement. A social hour was enjoyed after- ward by everyone. An orchestra has been formed by several pupils of Pennell Institute, with Miss Wentworth as director. Violin, Maynard Colley: pianist, Isabelle Sawyer; Mandolins, Nelson Winslow, Theodore Muzzey, and Mary Wiggins; drum, Doris) Roberts; mandolin-harp, Dorothy Hancock.