Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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SHIPS The argosy, galleon, bark, and brigantine, Belong not to the present but the past. New England clipper with its stately mast, The prettiest sailing vessel ever seen, Chinese junk with bat-wing sails lateen, And Arab dhow, are dying all too fast, So old-time sailors wail and stand aghast, What will ships to future seamen mean? The little harbor tug and tanker, too, Where heauty’s loss is industry's gain, Cunarder, queen of the mighty ocean blue, The submarine and hydroplane, Do you really think their captains and their crew Would wish the sailing vessels back again? G. KENT.

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Ww — I ——e Lditor-in-Chief, Business Manager, Hditorial Staff Grorce Krxt Kexnxeric SAWYER Assistant Business Manager, Everrtrr Morritu Literary, Athletics, Alunini, Bachanges, Jokes, Art, Locals, DEPARTMENT EDITORS Mary CamrBeiu Merritt Linpy Brrnick SMALL Karuryyx Leavirr Bernice WiNstow WENDELL Trive Crara Epwarps FACULTY ADVISER Miss WEN tr worrit

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THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 3 ort: - - Aditorials MANUAT. TRAINING It has been our opinion for some time that manual training should be taught in the schools of Gray. Although this subjeet has been under discussion for several years and it has been mentioned in the town warrant many times, no steps have vet been taken to put it Into the schools. In most schools of any consequence, especially first class schools, such as Pennell, manual training is part of the regular course, for there is hardly a boy or @irl, man or woman, who does not use some carpenter’s tools in every-day life, either in the home, in the office, or out-of-doors. Those to whom manual training is the most useful are those who are plan- ning to be carpenters, but it must be admitted that it is a benefit to nearly all. In a country town one cannot step to the phone and have a carpenter come at once and fix any little thing that has been broken, but perhaps it is best that he cannot. By experience he has learned how to fix a broken chair, table leg, or to make a stand, and it saves him a few cents. But experience is a hard teacher and when a person has his task completed it is not often that he is proud of it. [t is usually a rough looking piece of work and seems to stick out as if to say, “I've been broken and [wasn't put back together right.” Man- ual training teaches one how to do away with this rough looking work and to put a finish on it that he is proud to show, Manual training is part of the physical side of a person’s training. One should learn to adapt his hands, as well as his brains, to circumstances. Tf he does net, he is hkely to lead a one-sided life and to be considered a hore. Aside from the financial standpoint, manual training is an interesting study and tends to make the student wish to carry a thing into action as well as to read about it. We feel assured that the benefits of manual training are more than cnough to offset the cost. We are also of the opinion that when we are men and women we will be willing to thrust our hands into our pockets and pay two or three more mills on the dollar for taxes, and be able to point to an object and say, “My boy or my girl learned to make that in the manual train- ing course at Pennell Tnstitute.” Everrerr Mornrint, 725.