Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 3 BOOM OUR STATE During the coming year, there is to be a big drive to boom the State of Maine. Maine has all the facilities to make her the most beautiful state that there is in the Union. She has a large population of the old New England stock, although she has a few cities made up of French, and in the northern part there are some Swedes, who have made excellent ci- tizens. In the past year there has been a tremendous boom of the State of Florida. Florida has lured the peo- ple of Maine to go down there and in- vest their money in the land. Why doesn’t Maine keep them at home? She has much prettier lakes, forests, and mountains and supplies every- thing in the way of winter sports. MAINE has the power to step past Florida on the double-quick time, if she will only use it. We believe that every citizen in the State of Maine should do all that is possible to make his state the most popular one in the Union. E. E, ’27 —— 0 — WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE OLD FASHIONED COUNTRY DOCTOR? What has happened to the old-time country doctor? What are the small country towns and districts coming to in the near future? These are two questions which many people are ask- ing today, and which concern not a few but the nation as a whole. How often in late years have you heard someone say, “Well, now that old Dr. Oy ESERIES Scrat has died, who is there to take his place out there in the coun- try with such a large and difficult territory to cover? You don’t find many doctors of the old school now- adays; doctors who are willing to go out into the country anywhere, at any time, in all kinds of weather, to at- tend any sort of a case.” Too often is that statement the truth. The question is, however, where are such physicians coming from? Is there no one taking up the medical profession at the present time? The trouble lies here: a would-be physician must first of all spend a great deal of time in training schools; that means four years in high school, four years in college, two or three years in a medical school, and finally one year as an interne in a hospital. This training is very ex- pensive, and as the greater part of the present day students haven’t the means to spend so much time in train- ing, the result is that a smaller num- ber of physicians is turned out each year. In former years a young man fin- ished high school if possible, spent a few years with some doctor, learning the profession, and then began to practice for himself. In those days a doctor was not afraid to get out and work for what little pay he might get. That isn’t saying that the doctor of today doesn’t work; but as statistics have shown in the past few years, the majority of young physicians, upon completing their medical train- ing, make a rush for the city to spe- cialize there in some particular

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a THE ROAD TO SUCCESS What is this so-called “road to suc- cess”? If you were asked that ques- tion today, what would you reply? Wealth and a high social position? No, you would answer without hesita- tion, ‘Education’. And it is true; in education lies the great highway to success and happiness. Many years ago education was con- sidered of little importance in this country. If a man had a roof over his head, and could gain a sufficient Viving for himself and his family, he had all that was necessary in those times. As time passed, however, the people of this country began to realize more and more the growing impor- tance of education; and in the years that followed, each generation has ad- vanced a little further in this field of knowledge than did the one before it. In the past century, science has pro- gvessed by leaps and bounds, and such men as Morse, Bell, Marconi and Edi- son, making use of their education, hard-won in most cases, have given to the world such important inventions as the telephone, telegraph, electricai appliances of all sorts, and even the radio. At the present day we have in this country of ours, a highly civilized Dl wor lAL 2. 2 ps — — aS class of Americans, advancing stead- ily in every branch of science, and learning. Foreigners, now from every nation, have come to recognize America as the land of golden oppor- tunities. What has brought about this great change in affairs? Cer- tainly it did not just happen that America has progressed so rapidly. The answer is here: education for all means advancement for all. Ignorance has caused the downfall of more nations and empires than any other case. Ignorance and illiteracy mean all manner of crime and destruc- tion; whereas knowledge and high education mean right, power, and prosperity. It is for the young peo- ple of the present generation to de- cide now whether America shall keep on steadily upward, or like Rome, fall never to vise. Education opens the door‘of opportunity to anyone and everyone who will turn the key. Will these young people realize this fact and make use.of their great chances, or will they allow this wonderful door to close before them? That is a question which is worthy of consider- ation by everyone today if he wishes America, the rarest gem in the crown of nations, to remain steadfast, strong, and upright.

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4 THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL branch of medicine, where the work is easier than in the country towns and districts, which are left to get along the best way they can. If this continues, what will be the result in a few years? What will be- come of the small, out-of-the-way country districts? What to do con- cerning this problem is the question now; a question that needs immediate attention. ———————————————SS——— The Whirlpool regrets to record that Miss Dorothy Dolloft, a talented and be- loved member of the class of 1928, passed away on June 15, 1925, after a brief ill- ness.