Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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Hditorial Staff Editor-in-Chief, Business Manager, NELSON WINSLOW Maynrarp Cottey Assistant Business Manager, EARLE STEVENS DEPARTMENT EDITORS Literary, Ina SEVERY eHthietics, Ear e STEVENS Alumni, Warren Linny Exchanges, Rurny HopcGeKi1ns ee Mornin Jokes Frank McConkey eIrt, Maynarp Co.iey {Mary Hiccins Locals, iMyrtne Capren. FINANCE COMMITTEE Lena ALLEN ANNIE FRANK LAWRENCE HUMPHREY LAWRENCE WHITNEY EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Warren Linny ALICE SKILLINGS Marion POLLARD CLASS REPORTERS 1924 Marjorie Stacy 1926 ISABELLE SAWYER FACULTY ADVISER Miss WENtTWorTH

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Hlvdicution a= We respectfully dedicate this issue of “The Pennell Whirlpool’ to our former Principal MR. MM. C. SMART who served our school for ten years, ably and faithfully.

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———————————————— THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 3 itorials The greatest need of Pennell Institute is a gymnasium. Other schools, no larger than Pennell, have an up-to-date gymnasium. Pen- nell stands high as to educational standards, so why not have a gym- nasium to give its students the same chances as those attending other schools? It is almost impossible to have winter athletic teams with- out a gymnasium. Nothing so develops school work as an athletic team representing the school, that all can back to success. So what do you say? Let’s all give a helping hand to get Pennell a gymnasium and set it on an equal footing with other schools of our size. E. F.S., ’25. IS LATIN PRACTICAL? This is the question considered by instructors as well as pupils. It is a dificult study for most students, and it does seem a waste of time tosome. The latter are entirely mistaken. The study of Latin is not a waste of time; moreover, it is one of the most practical studies that can be taken. A large per cent of the words in the English vocabu- lary are derived from the Latin. Latin also offers assistance to a student in the study of French, Spanish and Italian. France, Spain, and Italy, were parts of the Roman Empire. This caused the Latin dialect to be intermingled with the Gallic languages. The study of Caesar’s Gallic War, Cicero’s Orations, and Virgil’s Aeneid are a help to the student for their historical value. In Caesar’s Gallic Wars the implements of war, employed by the Romans, are described, also the life of the wild German tribes. A person who has studied Latin usually has a wider vocabulary than the one who has not studied. He also uses better grammar in his conversation. A large vocabulary is an aid to one in business or in a profession. The majority of the Presidents of the United States studied Latin, and were benefited by it. Was it a waste of their time? Latin, then, must help the student of today, and is not a waste of his time. The moral value of Latin is shown by these words, “Labor omnia vincit.”