Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 38 of the 1927 volume:

-. 10 Oe OS OAD OSD O aD OD O ee Oe -, ee) ee Oe +O OE DO EO ED OO SD OD OD Oa OO OH Pennell Whirlpool Published by the JUNIOR CLASS OF PENNELL INSTITUTE Vol. TX. =, 0 eee AEE 0 AED OGD Oc 0 GED 0 CED O-EEED 0. GED 0 GED 0 GEUD O-GEED 0 GEES 0 GED! }EE 0 GED 0 ED 0 ED) 0 0 0 0 OO OO OO Ho + Uditor-in-Chicf clssistant Editor Business Manager Assistant Man ager Literary Athletics Adwnini Locals Exchanges Jokes Art Faculty Advisor APRIL, 1927 Editorial Staff Kenneth E. Leavitt Willard S. Caswell Kvelyn L. Till Mary S. Sawyer Marion G. Hawkes Philip Frost Jeanette M. Foster Mary E. Hill Georgia A. Young Clarence Gray Naomi Roberts Myr. Harriman Price Per Copy Twenty-five Cents to TILE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL Pennell Institute should have a debat- ing team. During the last quarter cen- tury the art of public speaking has fallen into disuse. In the past, weekly declamations were required of the stu- dents of Pennell. In some respects this method of speaking was practical; in others it was not. The chief argument against it is that it was exceedingly painful for those taking part. At the present time humanity and the Soph- omore class would be greatly benefited if this system were to be employed as a means of curbing unruly freshmen. Having disposed of the ‘‘freshies’’, how about the remaining classes? A clear understanding of English grammar is necessary to the average student. De- bating brings into play those points of grammar which are emphasized in the English classes. It also gives the school much publicity which it would not receive otherwise. Another advantage is the financial side. The profits real- ized from the debates could be used for many improvements which are needed at the present time. Perhaps the great- est argument in favor of a debating team is its benefit to the future citizen. Arguments presented in a logical way train a person to think for himself and not be swayed by the empty enthusiasm of the mob. America’s future citizens must have logical minds and clear heads if they are to decide wisely on the great issues which will confront them. Such minds enabled our leaders of the past to lay the foundations of a mighty republie, and sueh minds will enable our leaders of the future to make America the friend of right and the enemy of wrong. I have given you several reasons why Pennell Institute should have a debat- ing team. I[ct’s get together and work hard, and may sueeess reward our efforts. W.S.C., ’29 THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL LITERARY ° “THE PLOT THAT FAILED’’ Paul Vernon, a world renowned sci- entist, Was sitting before the fire place in his New York Mansion in a thought- ful) mood. His seeretary who had served him five vears was leaving the next day and he had engaged a new one who was arriving at seven that night. In his profession, a dependable secretary was an important item, and he dreaded the thoughts of a new assistant. As he gazed into the fire, his thoughts wandered back to days gone by and he remarked with a start, ‘‘Why, it was just twenty years ago tonight!’’ He raised his eyes and looked thoughtfully at a large painting of a beautiful young matron and a sunny haired child. “ Poor Maria,’? he sighed. At this moment the door opened and a large grey haired woman entered. She was Julia Chamard, the scientist’s sister. As she seated herself by the window, Mr. Vernon turned to her and _ said, ‘ Julia, did you realize that it was just twenty years ago tonight that we were in that ship wreck ?”’ ‘‘No, Paul, I had not given it a thought,’’ she responded, with a voice full of annoyance. “Tf only the child eould have been saved, I might not have been so lonely m my old age. T suppose it was the wil] of God,’’ and he again gazed into the burning embers. Julia quietly left the room and closed the door. In the hallway she met her son, Jack, the heir to the Vernon mill- ions, a happy go lueky youth of twenty- five, who spent his leisure moments thinking of new ways to spend ‘““nele’s’’ money. ‘ Paul has had another spell tonight; my conscience troubles me when he appears that way. I wonder what really did become of Virginia after I left her?”’ “Oh, the deuce with Virginia! Where would we come in if she had been saved? There’s no danger of her appearing, so forget it,’’ interrupted Jack, ‘‘Well, I ’m off. I'll be in about midnight. Good night,’’ and, with a slam of the door, he was gone. With a sigh Julia slowly mounted the stairs. When she was in the seclusion 2 YHE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL Pennell Institute should have a debat- ing team. During the last quarter cen- tury the art of public speaking has fallen into disuse. In the past, weekly declamations were required of the stu- dents of Pennell. In some respects this method of speaking was practical; in others it was not. The chief argument against it is that it was exceedingly painful for those taking part. At the present time humanity and the Soph- omore class would be greatly benefited if this system were to be employed as a means of curbing unruly freshmen. Waving disposed of the ‘‘freshies’’, how about the remaining classes? A clear understanding of English grammar is necessary to the average student. De- bating brings into play those points of grammar which are emphasized in the English classes. It also gives the school much publicity which it would not receive otherwise. Another advantage is the financial side. The profits real- ized from the debates could be used for many improvements which are needed at the present time. est argument in Perhaps the great- favor of a debating team is its benefit to the future citizen. Arguments presented in a logical way train a person to think for himself and not be swayed by the empty enthusiasm of the mob. Ameriea’s future citizens must have logieal minds and clear heads if they are to decide wisely on the great issues which will confront them. Such minds enabled our leaders of the past to lay the foundations of a mighty republic, and such minds will enable our leaders of the future to make America the friend of right and the enemy of wrong. I have given you several reasons why Pennell Institute should have a debat- ing team. Let’s get together and work hard, and may success reward our efforts. W.S. C., ’29 THE THEN AND NOW In the beginning of all things God ereated man in his image and gave him dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea. Man was lonely and desired a eom- panion. To satisfy this longing God ere- ated a woman. All went well until Eve was seized by an aeute attack of curios- ity, a disease prevalent among all mem- bers of her sex. After their expulsion from Iden, Adam asserted his authority and became master of his family. TLuelk- ily for him Ive had never seen a movie or a washing machine and had never heard of the installment plan. If she had, the history of the world would be slightly different. Man remained leader through the ages and woman followed in his footsteps. Women continued in this state until the early part of the twentieth century, when her sex began a determined effort to break down the barriers of tradition and establish themselves on an equal footing with men. At first they were not successful. Then the boll weevil attacked the cotton fields of the south. Serious measures require serious rem- edies, so the American woman volun- teered to sacrifice several inches of the voluminous draperies which covered her person. Thus the freedom of women begins. It was about this time, I believe, that some patriotie Jap invented silk stockings. This simple invention made Japan one of the most powerful of the world nations. As woman gained physical freedom, she argued with irre- sistible logic that she should have mental freedom also. Man had no seruples against physieal freedom, so as an exper- PENNELL WIHTRLPOOL 5 iment he yielded to her demands and wave her the vote. Their next move was to bring about the subjection of man. First they passed the 18th amendment, then the direet primary law, and as a crowning blow they decided against the League of Nations. We can handle our domestie affairs without arbitration,’’ said they. A woman would be lost without the pleasure of a family quarrel or the latest scandal about her neighbors. Year by year they grew stronger. Drunk with power and the praise of reformed reformers, they elected two governors. A writer once said, ‘ The best laid plan will fail.’’ They forget that 99% of the fair sex worship that little green god ealled jealousy. Before the war Amer- ica did not have enough government. To-day we have too much. Oh! for the days gone by when men were men and women were women. To whom it may coneern: If there are any who wish revenge, the author has left for parts unknown. Some say he was crossed in love, others say he owed the Senior class for candy. SLIM’S DOG One fine afternoon a tall clean-cut looking man followed by a huge collie rode into the little western town of Lost River. Ile rode to the Post Office, dis- mounted, left the dog to watch his horse, strode past the small group of loafers to the window, and asked for Frank Pearson’s mail. The sheriff, who was one of the loafers, eyed the dog suspic- iously. The morning before there had G TIE PENNELDL been seven sheep found dead on the range. Slim came from the Office and was about to ride away when the sheriff touched him lightly on the shoulder. “Fine looking dog you have ihere.’’ Slim turned, looked at the stranger for a moment, and said. “Yes, sir, I would give my life for that dog, he’s a great pal.’”’ The sheriff learned that Slim, as he was called, was living in a cabin in the mountains. Ile had come from the east to the west for his health. A week after his interview with the sheriff Slim woke to find his dog, Spot, missing. IIe ate breakfast and went out to look for him. He went but a short distance when the sheriff and two prom- inent sheep men overtook him on foam- ing horses. “‘Tlello,’’? they said, ‘‘twelve more sheep have been found over on range seven; it is the work of a killer.’’ Slim showed his surprise, inquired what a killer was, and offered his services. They explained that a killer was a ‘lone’? wolf or dog that wanders through the sheep country spreading terror to the sheepmen. Slim saddled his mount and was ready to ride with the three men when Spot eame in with his jaws much covered with fresh blood. Spot eame bounding up to his master with a look of triumph on his face and he was much troubled to think that he didn’t get the usual kind words and attention from his mas- ter. The sheriff looked at the dog and then spoke to Slim. “There is the killer! the looks of that dog! I never liked If you don’t WILIRLPOOL want to kill him, I will do the job for au Soom that is the law.”’ Slim pleaded with the sheriff but he wouldn’t listen. He drew his gun and was ready to fire when Slim planted himself in front of Spot and_= said quietly, ‘‘You will shoot him over my dead body!”’ The sheriff was angry and threatened Slim, but his angry words were broken by a shout from up the road. A Mex- ican herder and a_ stranger were approaching and across the shoulders of the Mexican was a huge wolf. The man came up, patted the dog, and then turned to the astonished sheriff. He explained that he was a government man hired to track and capture the killer. The night before he had seen two swiftly moving objects running across the plains. As they neared the foot of the mountains, he recognized the killer and the dog. The wolf suddenly turned to attack the collie. They fought for a minute and then the dog got the wolf by the throat, and battered him over the rough ground, until finally the wolf ceased his struggles. The dog stood by for a moment and then, seeing that the wolf was dead, left. The man followed him as quickly as possible because he was afraid the dog might be shot for the killer. The sheriff turned to Slim and apologized for speaking as he did and rode away. All the sheep- men in the town helped Slim to get a flock of his own and Spot tended them at night. He has the reputation of being the most popular sheep dog in the state. H. Norman Cole, 1928. THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 7 NEIGHBOR’S HENS ‘ ‘O what foolish things hens are! They ain’t got the sense they was born with.”’ Did you ever see a hen that knew enough to stay at home, unless it was fenced in by a ten foot wire fenee? Why, sometimes they even fly over that, although they are not as a rule consid- ered of the flying variety. You often see a flock of hens leisurely crossing the road. There is an old riddle, “‘ Why does a hen always cross a road?’’ The answer is: ‘‘Beeause she can’t go around,’’? but I should say the answer really is beeause she doesn’t know enough to stay where she belongs. Imagine for a minute an ordinary seene. A motorist who is in a hurry has to slow up to allow a fleek of hens, that seem to think they have the right of way, to pass in front of him. Prob- ably the man’s language would not be proper to record. I hardly blame the man, for, although hens give the appear- ance of hurrying, their legs are too short to carry them very fast. If one of these hens by any chance happens to get under the wheel, its value, altho it was rather low while life remained, takes a sudden rise, when transformed into a corpse. No matter how inviting the hen’s own garden, the one across the street or the one next door is much more enticing. Well that’s ‘‘hen sense’’. Tens always seem to think that what the other person has, no matter how poor it may be, is better than their own. I suppose worms are bigger and juicier in some places than in others but I’m sure it wouldn’t make any difference to me and I wish it didn’t to hens. It certainly is pleasant to plant a garden or sow grass seed and have the neighbor’s hens come hunting for worms that probably, ten times out of twelve, don’t prove any better than those at home. To me, hens have no beauty or charm. I can’t follow the example of a little girl who kept hens and had a name for every one. She knew them all by name too. One day when a visitor asked her how she told them apart, she answered, ‘‘ By their pretty little faees’’. Well I guess the only satisfactory hen on earth is one on a platter in a sea of gravy with islands of dumplings float- ing all around. Those certainly cause no trouble unless you are to blame for being greedy. Elizabeth S. White, 1928 DAYLIGHT SAVING One pleasant June evening found the main road of the large summer resort, Lake Wood, thronged with a gay procession. It was the night of the dance at the Greens, members of the summer colony who had just moved into their new cottage, ‘‘A regular mansion,’’ as Capt. Daniel Gould called it. Capt. and Mrs. Gould were among the select few of the town’s people invited. Among the many ears going in that direction was a fine looking sport Buick. The occupant of this ear, Bruce Lowrey, looked very down- hearted, not as a young college man, son of a New York banker, should look when starting for a dance. Te had just ealled at the Mason Cottage to get Beatrice, for whom he had THE PENNELL arranged to call at 8.15 P. M., but he had found no one at home. Soon after his arrival Capt. Gould found his way to the side of Mr. Lowrey. ‘‘Weleome to our town,’’ said Mr. Gould. ‘'‘How’s the family?’’ ‘Fine, thank you,’’ replied Mr. Lowrey. “T see Bruce Jr. is looking pretty well this year. JI suppose he’ll bring Beatrice Mason over tonight.’’ ‘ Well, I thought he had planned on it but I saw her come in with her folks.”’ The next morning when Bruee entered the dining room he found his father who announced that the ladies had gone out for the day. After ecat- ing the meal in silence, they left the table. ; “Seems to me you have been pretty mum for a fellow who’s raved over that dance for a month. Got sick of it pretty quickly didn’t you?’’ suggested Mr. Lowrey. “Yes! What’s the program for to- day?’’ “‘T am going to run up to the city. Want to come along?’’ “ No, guess I'll put in the day here.”’ “Good luck to you, son,’’ were Mr. Lowrey’s parting words. At six o’clock after a tiresome day Bruce threw down the novel he had b een trying to read and decided to go down to the dam, in the motor boat, to see the beautiful sunset. Absorbed in deep thought, he had been drifting in the cove at the left of the dam for a long time after the sun had gone down, when he became aware of a very pretty picture before WHIRLPOOL him. Beatrice was passing through the path of moonlight in her canoe. The faee that he saw was_ sweet, refined, and delicate; and he marveled at its beauty in spite of his late reso- lutions. Tle was also in the path of moonlight but she ignored him and passed on toward the dam, going straight toward the sluice which was hidden in the shadows. She was within a few rods of it when Bruee, realizing her danger, called to her to stop. Again she ignored him, pad- dling straight forward, and wondering for what absurd reason he was giving her orders. ‘‘Miss Mason, please turn to your right, you’re going into that sluice’’, repeated Bruce anxiously. But before she could grasp his mean- ing, the eanoe was eaught in the eur- rent and swept forward with a shock that wrenched the useless paddle from her hands. The motor boat shot across the current just in back of the canoe and she was pulled into the boat. Bruce swung the boat around toward home and settled down at the wheel. Tt was she who broke the silence. ‘You were just In time. I want to thank you, Mr. Lowrey.’’ she said. “Never mind the Mr.’’, was the short reply. “But you ealled me Miss’’, she an- swered. “T thought you wished it from your attitude last night.’’ “Yes, I was just wondering how you got around so soon tonight. Rather unusual, wasn’t it ?’’ “May be, but I make it a point to be on time,’’ he replied unconcernedly. “You do!’’ she said indignantly. THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL ““Yes.’’ “ T suppose—last night for instanee.” “T was at your home at 8.15.”’ “‘You were not’’, she said eurtly. “T was unless my watch is on the bum.’’ He takes out his wateh, ‘‘It is just 7.32 now, isn’t it?”’ ““No,’? she faltered looking at her wrist wateh, ‘‘It is just 8.32, but don't you see?”? “T see. Daylight Saving !”’ After expressing their views on Day- light Saving time and a number of they started home to announcement which other things. the many had been waiting. J. Winnifred Cobb, 1928 make for THE RESULT OF MOONSHINE WHISKEY One fine winter afternoon about twenty-seven o'clock in the year nine- teen hundred half past two, with the thermometer registering 204° above zero, a tall, lanky, old woman took his way across the frozen Atlantie to the land of Egypt in Norway. She imme. diately knocked on the door of the king’s palace on Wall Street and, as no one answered the bell, he stepped on the roof and jumped across to Asia Minor by the way of China and the Dead Sea. One of the ancient Babylonians took her around to see the Klondike gold mines which are noted for their fine cut glass. Then they went to the hanging garden of Babylon, which immediately came unhung after they entered and, as there was a high wind, they were blown to the North Pole. The Babylonian, not accustomed to the terrific heat, which became intense as they neared the pole, perished. A native Eskimo was mueh inter- ested in the old lady and took him out to see the numerous palm trees and vineyards. Having seen enough of the North Pole, the lady sent to Charles Williams Stores to get a fur coat so that she could visit the Equator. When the dear old lady reached his destination, the thermometer was down to absolute zero, so she sent to the Duteh East India Co. to get some more furs. He marveled mueh at the natives that were running around naked. After this exciting vacation she wanted to return to his home in the good old U.S. A. II. Norman Cole, 1928 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND Plaee: A summer resort on a lake in Northern Maine. Time: In the summer of 1920. Rich people from all over the New England and Middle Atlantic States were spending their summer there. Cast: Mrs. Nelson, a_ millionaire from New York. Eva Nelson, her eighteen year old daughter. Her only occupation is beau catching. Jim Bel- den, one of Eva's beaus, a detective. John Stone, Eva’s latest attraction. Johnathan Fliech, the owner of the hotel. Act I Scene I Place: The reading room of the hotel. The room eontains arm chairs 10 THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL and a davenport. The curtain goes up showing Mrs. Nelson on the davenport reading a magazine. Enter Eva and Jim. Eva is very excited and Jim is laughing about her. Mrs. N.: ‘Well! What is the mat- ter now?”’ Jim: ‘‘Oh, she thinks there is a wild man out there in the woods, and she is afraid that he will run away with her.”’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘Ump! Is that all?”’ Eva (indignantly): ‘‘I don't care whether you believe it or not, but I saw his footprint on the sand this morning.”’ Jim (sarcastically): ‘‘She will tell you next that she has seen him.’’ Eva: ‘‘I can prove it.’’ Jim: ‘‘Ha! Ha! Ha! Didn’t [ tell you? Tell us how you can prove that you saw him.” Eva: ‘‘I didn’t say that I saw him. I said I saw his footprints and I can prove it.’’ Jim: ‘‘How?” Eva: ‘‘I can prove it by John. He was with me when I saw it.’’ Jim: ‘‘Who is John? Is he the brother of your wildman?’’ Eva: ‘‘If you want to talk like that, we will drop the subject.’’ Jim: ‘‘O well, I guess it is just as well before you drive us all crazy.’’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘I guess there is nothing to worry about.” Jim: ‘‘Come on, Eva. I will race you to Leaton’s Island and back.”’ Eva: ‘‘I suppose I might as well do that as anything.”’ Exit Jim and Eva. Enter John. John (to himself): ‘‘It certainly is funny about that footprint. I don't think there is a wildman around, but it does look as if it was made by a human’s foot.”’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘Pardon me, but have you gone crazy too?’’ John: ‘‘I beg your pardon, madam, I didn’t know anyone was here. ’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘I thought I heard you say something about a wildman. Do you believe there is one too?’’ John: ‘‘Well-I-er-er-I-no, I Mrs. N.: ter?”’ John: ‘‘I-er-er-we were walking on the beach this morning and discovered an immense footprint and I-er-we have been trying to decide what made it.” Mrs. N.: ‘‘And who mean ?’’ don’t’’ “Then what is the mat- ? may ‘we? John (growing very nervous): ““Why-er-er-er a young lady and my- self were taking a walk to-er-er gether.’’ Mrs. N. you say Doris?’’ John: ‘‘N’n’no I tion her name.’’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘I will tell you then. Her name is Eva Nelson and I am her mother. So you needn’t be embar- rassed. Jiva is very excited over that footprint and I want to find out what made it. Please tell me what you know about it.’’ John: ‘‘The footprint must have been made by a large person, if it was made by a person. The country people are bringing reports of strange cries heard in the neighboring woods. That is all I know about it.’’ herself): ‘‘Did lady’s name_ is (enjoying the young d’d‘didn’t men- THE PRNNELL Mrs. N.: ‘Did you try to track this strange creature?’’ John: ‘‘No, you see Miss Nelson had to return to the hotel early, and since then I have had no time.’’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘Are you at liberty now ?”’ John: ‘‘Why-er-er-yes. Why?” Mrs. N.: ‘Suppose you track him now ?’’ John: ‘ But the footprints are probably destroyed by now.”’ Mrs. N.: t I half believe you are afraid.’’ John: ‘ No-No I assure you, I am not afraid.’’ Mrs. N.: ‘ Prove that you are not afraid by following the tracks.’’ John: ‘‘1°ll try.’’ Iéxit John. Curtain Seene IL Place: The same. Time: The next morning. Enter Jim. He sits down in a chair in the corner of the room and picks up a magazine. Enter Myrs. Nelson and John. They sit down facing each other without noticing Jim. Mrs. N.: ‘'Did you follow those strange footprints?”’ John. ‘‘Yes I—’’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘And you found—’’ John: ‘Nothing but—’’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘You found absolutely nothing? How far did you follow the tracks?”’ John: ‘‘I followed them until they stopped.’’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘ Where did they stop?”’ John: ‘‘I followed them to a eave back in the woods about three miles. WHIRLPOOL 11 The tracks went toward the cave but the entrance and floor of the eave were a ledge and I could not tell in which direction they went. Nothing was in the cave. On second thought I think it might have been a bear because I saw some fur hanging to a pointed rock at the entrance of the cave. He might have torn it from him while going into the eave. Furthermore, as you must know, the footprint of a bear much resemble the footprint of a human being. Mrs. N.: ‘ I congratulate you, my boy. You have done a_ wonderful piece of work and solved a deep mys- tery. I sincerely hope that Eva will reward you.’’ John (depreeiatively): ‘‘It is just an idea and may not be right, you know.’’ Mrs. N.: ‘SOF course you are right. I will go and tell Eva that her wild man was only a bear. Exit Mrs. Nelson. John picks up a paper. Enter Mrs. Nelson and Eva. Eva sees Jim reading a paper and runs up to him. Eva: ‘‘Oh, Jim, Mr. Flich tells me you are a detective. You knew from the first that it was a bear, didn’t you? IT am sorry I—”’ Enter Mr. Flich. He goes quickly up to Jim and grabs his hand. Mr. Flich: ‘‘Congratulations, old man, th at was good work. He sure was a tough looking customer.”’ Mrs. N. (to Jim): ‘‘ What are the congratulations for? Oh I see. Who is she?”’ Mr. Flieh: ‘‘T don’t know = any- thing about any she’s, but didn’t you 12 THE PENNELL know that detective Jim had solved the mystery of the footprint ?’’ Mrs. N. (Coldly): ‘‘l think you have made a mistake. Mr. Stone here has the honor of solving the mystery of the footprint. He has proved con- elusively to my mind that the footprint was made by a bear.”’ Mr. Flich: ‘‘I d on’t think you know what I mean. I mean that detective Jim solved the mystery of the footprints found on the sand, down by the beach.’’ Mis. N.: same thing. Mr. Flieh: ‘‘Then you must be mis- taken about Mr. Stone and the bear. Jim was hired to run down the mur- derer O’Conner.”’ Eva: ‘‘Not the Irishman, ner?”’ Mr. Flich: ‘‘Yes, I mean the Irish- man. Jim believed that his man had come to this part of the State. There- fore he came here incognito. Jim ar- rived here a little sooner than O'Con- ner and was very disappointed when he found that his man was not here. He thought it best to wait for his man a few days, however, and one day he did come as expected. When Miss Nelson found the footprint, he did not seem to take much notice but he did “T am talking about the ”? O’Con- some investigating by himself last night. He found that O’Conner had swum across the lake from Newsburg. Whien he set foot on shore, he was weak from his swim and staggered enough to make the footprint on the sand. Ie thought that he had left his pursuers behind by swimming the lake and did not try to hide his tracks on the way to the woods. Jim and the County WHIRLPOOL Sheriff followed him to a eave about three miles back in the woods. O ’Con- ner was asleep when they got to the cave, but he soon realized that the Cops were after him. He fought all the way back as could be seen by the rents in his bear skin jacket and the torn clothes of Jim and the Sheriff.’’ Eva (throwing herself into Jim's arms and kissing him): ° Oh, Jim, what if he had killed you?) What made you face such danger?”’ Mrs. N.: ‘‘What an outrage. Ihva, go to your room immediately.’’ Kiva (stoutly): ‘‘Can’t I kiss my own husband without it being an out- rage?’’ Mrs. N.: ‘SW’? W’ What, your hus- band?” Eva: ‘Yes, Jim and I were married in Newsburg yesterday.’’ (Mrs. Nelson falls back in a faint). John (springing up and taking Jim's hand in both of his): ‘ Congratula- tions, old man. Long live the Bel- dins.’’ Curtain Carroll Foster, 1929 A VIRGIL RECITATION It was a cold bleak day in the mid- dle of January. The snow came down in thick blankets which encompassed everything. The windows in the audi- torium rattled to such an extent that people talking a short distanee apart could understand one another only by watching the lips. The wind howled and whistled around the corners mak- ing as much noise as a saxaphone blown at full blast. THE PENNELL Mr. E—, a Virgil student was trans- lating during the storm a passage that told of Aeneas’ leaving Carthage. Mr. E—started, ‘‘Aeneas’’, but was drowned by the shrieking of blinds. K-ee-e, bang! they went. “Start again, Mr. E—,’’ his teacher requested. “Aeneas,’’? began Mr. H—patiently. Shake, rattle, whee, went the wind around the window. Certainly the gods were angry with Aeneas or someone else, for only “ Aeveas’’ was heard over the din of the squeaking, squawking, squealing blinds and the hubbubs of the howling wind and snow, Marion G. Hawkes, 1938. FRENCH DEPARTMENT LE SYMBOLE DE FAMILLE Pierre etait un petit garcvon francais qui etait affige depius sa naissance d'une maladie de la moelle epiniere. Il habitait avee sa mere a Paris un petit logement mal aere. Comme la mere de Pierre etait veuve, leur revenu unique provenait du blanchissage qu’ elle faisait. Un joir ou il etait assis avec sa mere au seuil de leur porte, une Americaine le remarqua et s’arretant elle demanda: Pourquoi ne jones tu pas comme les autres enfants? La mere de Pierre fit l’explieation qu’elle avait deja faite a beaucoup a’ autres personnes. Quel dommage qn’il n’ait moyens d’aller en Amerique. medecins la pourraient le guerir, dit la dame. Apres cette pas de Ses remarque la mere de WITIRLPOOTL: 13 Pierre se mit a reflechir profondement. Que pourrait-elle faire afin d’ acquerir de l’argent pour Pierre. Comme elle’ songeait, elle souvenu des jours d’autrefois, de son jour des noces, et du cadeau que son mari lui avait fait, un collier de corail inestimable. C’est un embleme de famile, lui avait-il dit, et il ne fait jamais t’en defaire.’’ Le pere s‘etait brouille avee sa famille a eause de quelgue eseapade de jeune homme et ils s‘etaient separes. Peutetre le collier servirait-il a unir Pierre a ses parents apres la mort de son pere. Pourquoi ne pas vendre ee collier afin d’ obtenm de l’argent pour l’oper- ation de Pierre? Elle ne voulait pas le faire mais il s‘agissait de la sante de son enfant. Bien entendu ea rendrait espoir de jamais trouver les parents de son mari, mais ce ne lui ferait rien si seulement Pierre pouvait se retablir. On fit les preparatifs et Pierre et sa mere vinrent en Amerique. Pierre subit l’operation et il entrait en convaleseence quand sa _ mere raconta an medecein l'histoire de collier de corail. s‘est nul tout Comment s’appelait votre mari? demanda le medecin. David Davenon, repondit-elle. ‘ C’etait mon plus jeune frere et Pierre est done mon neveu, s’ecria le medecin joyeusement. Comme cela le collier reussit viraiment a unir Pierre a ses parents. Pierre et sa mere demeurent a New York et ce sera toujours pour Pierre et sa mere un objet sacre. Georgia Young THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL Twenty-Highth Annual COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Pennell Institute, Gray, Maine Stimson Memorial Hall June 1], 1926 Class Motto Ever Onward Class Colors Crimson and Silver Class Flower Red and White Carnation Mareh Prelude Invocation Rev. C. H. Berry Salutatory Everett William Morrill Poem, ‘‘A Legend of Whitehead’’ Bernice Newton Winslow Class History Merrill Edwin Libby Orchestra Essay, ‘‘Indian Folklore’’ Mary Ellen Campbell Oration, ‘‘A Recent Idea In Education”’ Lenville Louis Hawkes Class Prophecy Clara Christine Edwards, Kenneth Horatio Sawyer Music Presentation of Gifts Kathryn Shirley Leavitt, Wendell Burse Tripp Class Will Alice Jane Davis Valedictory c George Hilton Kent Awarding of Chipman Prize Presentation of Diplomas Benediction Rey. C. H. Berry THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 15 LOCALS At the beginning of the year a change of teachers was made. Mr. J. Harriman, Bates, was elected prin- cipal; Mrs. Catherinan W. Packard, Bates, of Auburn, first assistant; and Miss Helen Tlunt, Colby, of Gray, second assistant. An agricultural course was insti- tuted this vear. Nine pupils are tak- ing it. The teacher is Mr. Fred P. Loring of the State Department of Edueation. The class meets every Tuesday. A reception was held on September twenty-sixth. A large number at- tended. The Freshmen were wel- comed and asked to do some stunts. A social followed and a good time was enjoyed by all. A Halloween entertainment was held on October twenty-sixth in the assem- bly hall by the Juniors for the purpose of raising money for class expenses. A large number attended; there was a short program followed by a social. A Glee Club was formed at the beginning of the year under the direc- tion of our music teacher, Mrs. Dawn Grant. The club meets every Monday night after school. Anyone is allowed to. join and dues of twenty-five cents are charged. The New Gloucester drama, ‘The Elopement of Ellen’’, was given here in November. The play was greatly enjoved and quite a large sum was raised. In December a party of twenty pupils from the Glee Club went to Lewiston on a theatre party. The show was fine, and we all had a good time. December for the purpose of buying a drum for the orchestra. On Monday, January twenty-first, the school entertained the Alumni. There was a short program including chemieal experiments by Normal Cole and a selection from the Senior drama, followed by a spelling match and a short social. Instead of the regular Senior and Junior dramas it was decided this year to have the Junior Class give an operetta which would include members from the whole school and the Senior drama would also take members from the other classes. The Senior drama, ‘‘Anne What's Her Name!’ was given at the Memo- rial Hall on February twenty-fifth with the following cast: ANNE WHAT’S HER NAME! By Walter Ben Hare Presented by Senior Class Pennell Institute Characters Anthony Wheat (Tony), a victim of circumstances, Lewis Peterson 16 THE PENNELL Burks, his valet, faithful to the end, Everett Ellinwood ' Marjorie, a very modern young woman, Amy Morrill Aunt Julia, the Judge’s sister-in-law, Louise Chipman Barbara, a flapper who flaps, Naomi Roberts Mooney, the temperamental maid, with nerves, Mary Hill Willie Peabody, the boy from next door, Elbert Sawyer Doran, a plain clothes detective, Everett Ellinwood Gran’ma, aged 82, but with young ideas, Barbara Libby Louise Beyers, her companion, Betty White Judge Bunby, the head of the house, Carleton Edwards Doctor Aked, a friend of the family, Harvey Cobb Naney Brown, the girl from Rose- dale, Jeannette Foster Ebenezer Whittle, the Judge’s nephew, Clarence Gray Mrs. Ebenezer Whittle. looking for Ebenezer, Ethel Douglas Two Little Whittles, Shirley and Carroll Green The Senior drama was repeated at New Gloucester on March 25. It met with good suceess at both places. The operetta, ‘The Maid and the Middy’’ was given here on Friday, April twenty-fifth with the following east: WHIRLPOOL THE MAID AND THI MIDDY An Operetta in Two Acts By David Stevens Music by George Lowell Tracy Characters Billy, The Middy, Norman Cole Dawson, a retired farmer, Harvey Cobb The Count, a Spanish gentleman, Hirvin Severy Ivans, Master of Ceremonies, Elbert Sawyer Fitz, Of the House Committee Carleton Edwards Captain Dasher, Everett Ellinwood Bounder, Champion Oarsman, Owen Hawkes Young Slimson, The Unknown, Kenneth Leavitt Mrs. Gaily, an attractive widow, Marion Hawkes Alice, Ruth Jordan Maud, friends of Valerie, Georgia Young Phillis, Mary Sawyer Valerie Vane, the maid, Evelyn Hill Anita, The Mysterious Cause of the Trouble Maids, Middies, Young Men, Children of the Snow, Liberty Battalion, ete. The Chipman prize was won last year by Lenville Tawkes, THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL 17 ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY Pennell Institute finished a good eross country season Jast fall, talking second place in both the Country Con- ference League Meet at New Gorham and the Armistice Day run at Free- port, winning over Windham, and losing to Scarboro, Deering, and Gor- ham Normal in dual meets. The Pennell team began prepara- lions for cross country soon after school opened. The curse over Colley Mill was lengthened, as the courses of other schools seemed to be much longer than Pennell’s. The small number of boys in the school lessened the chances a very strong team. Among the veterans who reported for Willard Caswell, last year’s star, Lewis Peterson, Carroll Foster, Elbert Sawyer, Roy Verrill, and Philip Frost. Kenneth Sawyer and Lenville Hawkes were lost by grad- uation, but to offset this Kenneth Leavitt and Norman Cole joined the team. Cole easily was the star of the team, finishing first in all six races of the season, and setting new course records at Scarboro, Freeport, Gorham, and Pennell. for several training were: COUNTY CONFERENCE LEAGUE A County Conferenee of all schools with less than three hundred students enrolled was held at Portland, spon- sered by County Secretary Solandt of the Y. M. C. A. The purpose of this Conference was to promote and secure better understanding and interest in sports among the smaller schools who could not compete with the well coached and well equipped teams of the city. Principal Harriman of Pen- nell was interested in cross country, and so he attended the Conference, where he was elected Secretary. Each school entered in the league donated money to purchase a eup which was to be presented to the winning team for the year’s keeping. The team winning the eup for two successive years was to have permanent possession of it. The sehools which entered teams in the league meet at Gorham on Novem- ber 5, were: Windham, Searboro, Free- port, Yarmouth, Greely, and Pennell. PENNELL DEFEATS WINDHAM Pennell’s first race of the season was with Windham High at Windham. Pennell easily raced to victory by a wide margin of 23-35. Cole easily led the pack to the finish line and was in no way hard pressed by the two Wind- ham runners, Strout and Badger, who finished second and third. Pennell finished in the following order: 1, Cole; 4, Caswell; 5, Peterson; 6 Frost; 7, Verrill; 12, Leavitt; 15, Sawyer. SCARBORO TRIMS PENNELL Searboro High won over Pennell in a very close cross Country race on the Searboro course by a score of 26-29. Cole for the second time during the season finished first, breaking the course record of 14 minutes 12 seconds. Ilis time was 1- minutes 7 seconds. 18 THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL Seammon of Searboro trailed Cole by forty yards to finish second. Pennell finished: 1, Cole; 4, Peterson; 7, Frost; 8, Caswell; 9, Leavitt; 13, Ver- rill; 15, Sawyer. PENNELL LOSES TO GORHAM NORMAL Pennell’s cross country team next journeyed to Gorham Normal School where it was defeated by a 33-20 seore. The Pennell runners were somewhat handicapped by the length of the course, and also the fact that they did not go over the course before the race. Cole, however, took the lead from the future teachers and held it throughout the entire distance, finishing ahead of Dunton of Gorham by a comfortable margin. Pennell finished: 1, Cole; 7, Frost; 8, Verrill; 9, Caswell; 10, Leavitt; 14, Sawyer. PENNELL IS DEFEATED BY DEERING Pennell}, as was expected, lost to Deering on the Pennell course by the score of 22-33. Cole after a very hard duel with Don Prince, highly reputed Deering runner, emerged victor with a fine sprint at the finish which the Deer- ing star could not equal. He estab- lished a course record of 11 minutes 4 seconds. The score might have been somewhat different in favor of Deering if Witham of Deering had not made a mistake about the finish line which let two Pennell men in ahead of him. Pennell finished: 1, Cole; 6, Peterson; 7, Caswell; 9, Frost; 10, Verrill; 11, Leavitt; 14, Sawyer. WINDHAM WINS CONFERENCE MEET Windham with 60 points surprised the racing world by winning the first Annual Conference League Cross Country Meet at Gorham. Pennell with 63 points was a close second; Searboro with 65 was third; Greely with 77, fourth; Freeport with 92, fifth; and Yarmouth with 126, sixth, Cole finished first, setting a new course record of 12 minutes 10 seconds. In the last mile Cole showed his heels to Strout and Badger of Windham who were pressing him for the lead. Sear- boro was the favored winner because of victories over both Windham and Pennell in dual races. Pennell finished: 1, Cole; 8, Caswell; lJ, Leavitt; 19, Verrill; 21, Peterson; 3], Frost; 41, Sawyer. SCARBORO WINS AT FREEPORT Searboro easily won over her five other rivals in a cross country race al Freeport. This race was sponsored by the Freeport Post of the ‘American Legion as a part of the Armistice Day Program. Cole finished first, after com- ing from behind the pace setters near the last end of the race. Cole, Strout of Windham, and Winship of Searboro received medals to commenorate this event. The scores were Scarboro 38 points, Pennell 51, Freeport 82, Wind- ham 85, Greely 99, Yarmouth 164. Searboro also won a cup for the year's keeping. It will be put up for com- petion next year with the same restrict- ions as that of the Gorham cup. Pen- nell finished: 1, Cole; 8, Peterson; 13, Jaswell; 14, Leavitt; 15, Verrill; 2], Frost; 33, Foster. THE PENNELL HOCKEY Pennell finished a suecessful hoekey season this winter,, winning three games, losing three, and one being a tie. The ice was in a very bad condition which was due to the unsettled weather. Nearly all on this year’s team were veterans. John Cobb, Carroll Foster, and Roy Verrill were added to the team which already consisted of Ervin Severy, Norman Cole, Harvey Cobb, Capt. (Stub) Leavitt, Elbert Sawyer, and Philip Fost. Severy was elected manager of the team. Capt. Leavitt was out most of the season with an injury to his arm, and in the last games of the season Severy, Foster, and John Cobb were on the sick list. A strong team can be developed next year as the team will lose only Ilarvey Cobb. Since the County Conference Schools are playing in a basketball league, Pennell has to play any team that she ean find, whether in her class or not. Some of the schools that Pennell played this winter were so far away that it was a losing proposition to play them. PENNELL TIES MECHANIC FALLS In her first game of the.season Pen- nell fought to a 3 to 3 tie with Mechanie Falls on the Pennell rink. Although an overtime period was played, the tie remained unbroken. Both teams were evenly matched in both speed and team work. The ice was very soft, as it was a warm foggy day, and for this reason fast playing was impossible. Pennell II. Cobb, lw Mechanic Fails Lineup is unknown WHIRLPOOL 19 Severy, rw Leavitt, c Foster, J. Cobb, Id Cole, rd I. Sawyer, g BLISS COLLEGE ICEBIRDS EASILY TRIM PENNELL The Bliss College icebirds easily defeated the Pennell sextette at Gray by the score of 9 to 5. Bliss placed a fast hard shooting team on the ice. Most of the goals made by Bliss were long shots from the middle of the ice. Pennell forwards, H. Cobb and Severy, proved that Pennell was all right in the scoring quarter. Roy Verrill made his first debut in the Pennell goal; and, although he was rather loose at first, he tightened up and made some very pretty stops. Bliss B. Fournier, lw Marois, rw T. Fournier, ¢ Mayrand, Id Thibault, rd Croteau, g Pennell lw, H. Cobb rw, Severy e, J. Cobb ld, Cole rd, Foster, Frost g, Verrill PENNELL PUCKSTERS DEFEAT PORTLAND The Pennell pucksters defeated the Portland skaters at Portland in an over time period after a very hard fought game by a score of 2to 1. Both teams scored in the first period. Frost scored Pennell’s first goal in the first few minutes of play. Stuart scored the only goal for Portland, after receiving a pass from his forward. Pennell threatened to score in every period, as all three forwards took 20 THE PENNELL several shots at the Portland goal. In the over time period Severy seored on a well placed shot which the Portland goalie could not reach. It would have been a big surprise win even with Capt. Leavitt and J. Cobb in the lineup. Pennell Portland H. Cobb, lw lw, Leighton Severy, rw rw, Swart Frost, ¢ ec, Pelton Foster, Id ld, Laird Cole, rd rd, Winslow Verrill, ¢ g, Pratt PENNELL AGAIN DEFEATS PORTLAND Pennell for the second time this winter won over the Portland hockey team. Pennell had the use of a boarded in rink, which she did not have at Portland in the first game. The ice at the lower end of the rink was very soft and the goal was on bare ground. Fast playing was impos- sible, nevertheless the game was hard fought. Pennell was not threatened much during the entire game. IL. Cobb led the attack with two goals and Frost and Severy each secured one to make the seore complete. Portland’s only goal was obtained when Foster of Pennell accidently knocked the puck into his own goal, while trying to shoot it up the ice. The score was 4 to 1. The lineup was the same as at Portland. PENNELL’S ICEBIRDS DEFEATS THE BLUEBIRDS Pennell's hockey team defeated the Bluebirds, an independent hockey team from Lewiston, by a close score of 5 WHIRLPOOT: to 4. Both teams showed good team work, and both goalies imade several good stops. If. Cobb and Severy each scored two of Pennell’s goals, while ¥rost scored one. Pennell II. Cobb, lw Severy, rw Frost, Leavitt, ¢ Cole, Id Foster, rd Verrill, g Bluebirds Lineup is unknown CANTON DEFEATS PENNELL Canton easily slaughtered the Pen- nell hockey team at the Canton rink by a seore of 8 to 1. The rink was very much larger than Pennell’s, and for this reason Pennell was lost on it. The first two periods were slaughter, but in the last period Pennell allowed only one goal. II. Cobb in the last period got the only goal for Pennell. This defeat was expected, as Canton had nearly all her players who won the State title last year. Pennell Il. Cobb, lw Irost, J. Cobb, rw Leavitt, ¢ Cole, Id Foster, Frost, rd Verrill, g The second game scheduled with Canton was not played on account of a rainstorm followed by a_ blinding snowstorm. The Canton team eame to play, although it had been warned of the weather conditions and the bad condition of the rink. Canton will probably be dropped from Pennell’s schedule next year as it costs a large sum of money to get there. Canton Lineup is unknown THE PENNELL MECHANIC FALLS DEFEATS PENNELL The last game of the season was played with Mechanie Falls at Mechanie Falls. Pennell was defeated by a 2 to 1 score, after a hard fought game. Both goals were threatened several times. Frost seored Pennell’s only goal in the last period. Pennell Mechanic Falls H. Cobb, lw Lineup unknown Frost, rw Leavitt. ¢ J. Cobb, Id Cole, rd Verrill, 2 BASEBALL RESULTS OF 1926 Pennell vs. Greely, at Pennell, won by Greely. Pennell vs. New Gloucester, at New Gloucester, won by Pennell. Pennell Yarmouth, at Yarmouth, won by Yarmouth. Pennell vs. Gorham, at Gorham, won by Pennell. Pennell vs. Greely, won by Greely. Pennell vs. New Gloucester, at Pennell, won by Pennell. Pennell vs. Yarmouth, at Pennell, won by Yarmouth. Pennell vs. Gorham, at Pennell, won by Pennell. Pennell vs. Alumni, at Pennell, won by Pennell. BASEBALL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OF 1927 April 16 Maine State School, at Pow- nal, won by Pennell. April 19 Windham, at Windham, won by Pennell. April 27 No. Yarmouth Academy, at Gray, won by Pennell. VS. at) Cumberland, WHIRLPOOL 21 April 80 Yarmouth II. S., at Yar- mouth, won by Yarmouth. May 4 Windham, at Pennell, won by Pennell. May 14 Greely Inst., at Gray, won by Pennell. May 18 Freeport H. S., at Gray, won by Freeport. May 21 Freeport H. S., at Freeport. May 25 No, Yarmouth Aead., at Yar- mouth. May 28 Yarmouth II. S., at Gray. June 8 Alumni, at Gray. June + Greely Inst., at Cumberland. BASEBALL This year Pennell has a mueh stronger baseball team than last, and has also made a better showing against those teams which have won over her last year. Pennell is in league A of the County Conference League along with Yarmouth, Freeport, No. Yar- mouth Academy, and Greely. Pennell thus far has.won two of the league games and lost two. Outside of the league Pennell has won twice over Windham and once of the State School at Pownal. Norman Webb, who hurled for Pennell last year, went to Deering and his loss is deeply felt. Leavitt is doing some fine pitehing in the box. Severy and Haneock are alternating behind the bat. Harvey Cobb has been shifted from first to short and Cole from outfield to first. Hawkes, a freshman, is guarding see- ond and Frost is at third. Verrill, Gray, and Sawyer are chasing the high ones in the outfield. With this team Pennell hopes to make the remaining games wins and to finish among the first in the league. to to THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL CLASS OF 1926 Mary Cambell, student at Nasson Institute, Springvale, Maine. Alice Davis, training at St. Barnabas Hospital, Woodfords, Maine. Clara) Edwards, residing at Maine. Lenville Hawkes, residing at Cumber- land, Maine. George Kent, Poland, employed at Reed Mur- dock Wholesale Grocers, Boston, Mass. Kathryn Leavitt, Mrs. Guy Prince, residing at East Gray, Maine. Merrill Libby, employed with Pine Tree Tel. Co., residing at Gray, Maine. Everett Morrill, student at The Bent- ley School of Accounting, Boston, Mass. Kenneth Sawyer, studying drafting with The International Correspon- dence School of Chicago, residing at Gray, Maine. Wendell Tripp, employed at The Standard Oil Company, South Port- Jand, Maine. Bernice Winslow, teaching at West Buxton, Maine. Marriages Frances Cushing to [rank S. Piper, Parsonfield, Maine. Marion TIogg to James (. Boston, Mass. ‘landers, Byron Hanson to Franees C. Leavitt, Portland, Maine. Albert) Leighton to Hazel Bohnsem, Augusta, Maine. Clara Goff Johnson to Fred Ramsdell, Gray, Maine. Kathryn Leavitt to Guy Prinee, East Gray, Maine. George Freeman to Ethel Cole, New York City, N. Y. Mary R. Sweetser to Donald Chandler, New Gloucester, Maine. Births Daughter: Mrs. Hewitt Cole, Jennie Cummings, Gray Maine. Daughter: Mrs. Willis M. Goff, nee Ruth Thayer, Gray, Maine. Son: Mrs. Guy Prince, nee Kathryn Leavitt, East Gray, Maine. Son: Mrs. Merton Hall, nee S. Esther Field, Gray, Maine. Daughter: Mrs. S. Todsdon, nee Hazel Woodbury, Portland, Maine. Daughter: Mrs. Herbert C. Tripp, nee Julia Chipinan, Gray, Maine. nee Merton Sweetser has attained the rank of Iénsign at Annapolis Naval Academy and is now stationed aboard U.S.Charles Osborne, Guatanamo, Cuba. THE PENNELL WIIIRLPOOL 23 The ‘‘ Whirlpool’? takes pleasure in welcoming the new exchanges and retaining the old. Sinee we have en- deavored to comment upon them with sincerity, we would appreciate any com- ments upon us that they ean give. As we see others: “The Netop’’, Turner Falls Wigh Sehool, Turner: A very interesting paper. Your jokes were particularly good. “The Corona,’’ Bridgton High Sehoo!, Bridgton. Your stories were interest- ing. Call again. We enjoyed your paper. wn . . “The Aeademy Academy, Freedom. dar was a novel idea. “The Four Corners,’? Searboro, Maine. Your department cuts were ex- ceptionally clever. Tligh School,’’ West- Your paper shows talent. Keho,’’ Freedom Your sehool ealen- Westbrook brook, Maine. The proverb idea was novel and enter- taining. ‘ The Pioneer,’? New Gloucester High School. You have a promising paper. “The Greely Annual.’’? Your liter- ary department was rather poor. Why not have more stories? “The Reeord,’’ Littleton High School. Your literary department was good. The following school monthly publi- cations were received and much enjoyed : “The Boston University News,’’ ‘ South Portland Echo,’’ and the ‘‘ Ros- Guilford High School. Bay Path Insti- tum News.’’ “The Signboard,”’ tute. ““The Go-Getter,’’ Bliss College, Lew- iston. Many of the sehool papers which have previously exchanged with us have not been received at this date but we trust that the new as well as the old ones will continue to come to our read- ing table. 24 THE PENNELL WHIRLPOOL JOKES Miss Hunt: Carleton: “Compare bad.”’ ‘ Bad-better-worse.’’ Hot Air Ellen Mequier, standing over cold air register: ‘‘Why there’s not a bit of heat coming up through this!’’ What Next? First came the stone age; second, the age of metal; later, the age of invention. This is the age of electricity. what the next age will be. I wonder Old Age Sophomore: ‘‘Why is your head like a false alarm?”’ Freshman: ‘‘Can’t imagine. Why?’? Sophomore: ‘‘It looks all right on the face of it, but there is nothing in it.’’ Pupil in Algebra 1, trying to draw a cube on the board: ““How’s that?”’ My. Harriman: ‘‘Too sad!”’ Pupil: ‘‘ Wow so?”’ My. Harriman: ‘‘Looks like a eoffin.’’ Evelyn Pierce: ‘‘What is the differ- ence between silver and German silver?’ Ethel Douglass: ‘‘The same difference there is between measles and German measles.”’ Miss Roberts in Ilistory: ‘Didn't Blaine resign before he died?”’ Teacher: ‘‘What have you in your mouth ?”’ Gum Chewer: ‘‘My heart is in my mouth.”’ Evelyn Lowe, translating: Caesar built fortifications and threw up towers. A Freshman thinks that a family tree is something on which to hang his hat. Barbara: ‘‘When you were in the drama last night, you didn’t speak very clearly. Did you have a cold?”’ Eph: ‘‘Yes, cold feet.’’ “That guy gives me a pain,’’ said Cole, as he left the dentist’s chair. Edwards: ‘‘What is the difference be- tween a red-eyed mule and a chicken?” Severy: ‘‘Don’t know.”’ Edwards: ‘‘What! You raise chickens and yet don’t know the difference ?”’ Stubb: ‘What are you reading ?”’ Jeanette: ‘‘Oliver Twist.’ Stubb: ‘‘All of a twist? euy with St. Vitus? Oh! that Severy: ‘‘Beware, brother, or I’ll use you for a mop!”’ John Cobb: ‘‘Gwan Tome! Ill biff you full of holes, ancl use you for a sponge.”’ , translating from Caesar: Let all noses be quiet. These freshmen as I’ve often said, Disturb me by their idle prattle. When a freshman shakes his head, ‘Me thinks I hear the iron rattle.” THE PENNELL Mr. Harriman: ‘‘Sound will not travel through a vacuum.”’ Miss Cobb: ‘‘After sound waves get to the ear drum, how do they get the rest of the way? Inside the head there’s a perfect. vacuum, isn’t there? Mr. Warriman: ‘‘I sometimes think there is.’’ Wilder and yet more wild—Mr. Har- riman pitehing. Tow far that little Georgie throws her beams “So shines a good deed in a naughty world.’’ Electrically Speaking Jeanette says she likes to get shocks. We wonder if that is why she goes around with one of the Pennell battery. Owen decided that he wouldn't go out for pitehing, as no one could hold him. Louise Chipman is practicing for her life’s work hy bouncing Elbert Sawyer on her knee. Peterson tries to imitate the cat’s meow in music. Danger Ahead Kind-hearted gentleman at funeral: ‘Who is that sadly mutilated corpse?’’ Undertaker: ‘‘A former student of Pennell who died from the effects of throwing erasers.’ Harriman: ‘‘Wow many want to go to the ball game at the State School ?’’ No response. Harriman: ‘“‘You haven’t got to stay there you know.’”’ WHIRLPOOL to ut A: “A: man who changes his ideas every day will never be a success.’’ 3: ‘‘What about the weather man?’’ ‘They say he died of a broken heart.’’ “Did he? I thought he died from the effeets of being killed.’’ Miss C.: ‘‘G@uan and Samoa are filling stations of the United States.’’ During Civies: ‘‘The Secretary of States issues automobile lieenses.’’ Miss C: ‘‘Does he issue marriage licenses? Are they very expensive ?’’ Mistakes found in examination papers. Cireuit Court of Apples (Appeals). The enemy surrounded and_ killed sought safety in flight. E. Pieree: (Reading a newspaper) ‘‘Tt says here that there was a big torpedo in Texas.”’ : We Wonder Why Eph and Evelyn are always dreaming. OQ. Hawkes is always looking for his hook-bag. M. Hawkes and G. Young ery for more rank. E. Berry throws notes to Pearson. M. Sawyer and B. White study Agricul- ture. : E. White goes to the movies with ‘ Josh.”’ Cole goes to the dentist’s daily. I. Chipman raves about every fellow. A. Morrill stays so near the ‘‘lab.’’ FE. Sawyer has just recently become in- terested in girls. E. Brackett is so quiet. RB. Yeaton has so many around Hallowe’en. H, Lowe does not publish a newspaper. pumpkins 26 THE PENNELL My Mistake Gray: ‘‘Hello, dear.’’ Stub: ‘What are yon calling ine dear for?’’ Gray: ‘‘T thought you were Evelyn Pieree.’’ Elbert: ‘‘Jeanette has certainly ac- complished wonders on the piano, hasn’t she?’’ Caswell: ‘‘What makes vou think so.’’ Elbert: ‘‘Well, she is getting so she can't bear to hear a Victrola.’’ Verrill: (translating Latin) ‘‘They wore nothing but their hides.’’ Louise: ‘‘This is going some. From thirty-seven to sixteen years in one night.”’ Mr. H,. (In Algebra) ‘‘What is the answer to the second example?”’ Miss P. (Silent). Mr. IL.: ‘Miss P. is dreaming.”’ Mr. II. (A few minutes later) : ‘‘ What is the answer to the fifth example?”’ Miss P.: ‘I don’t know. You ean say that I have been day dreaming, but I don’t understand them.”’ Gray (translating French) the watch- ful ear (l’oreille tendue). He meant the attentive ear. PETER PAN Said Peter Pan, “When I’m a man In sweet Japan, I’m going to belong To the Klu Klux Klan.’’ WHIRLPOOL “ My son, go West And build a nest; You need a rest.’’ Snid Peter Pan, “T’ll do my best.’”’ So ont he went On mischief bent, But his clothes soon rent, And his money wis spent. Tle had to work For a Yankee Turk “ You see that dirk?’’ Asked he with a smirk. In Pensacola, Arizona, Vie was a Jonah, (In faet was full Of old Bologna). From Mr. Foss, Who was his boss, He stole a hoss. The hoss’s name Was Applesauce. Pete and the beast. Then both came East. “We'll have a-feast,”’ Said Pete, ‘‘At least.’’ But the salty breeze From off the seas Blew up his knees, And he contracted Bright’s disease. He tried molasses And took two doses Of dry osmosis The result, Tuberculosis. When he died, (I was by his sidc) “Don’t bury me,’’ he cried. So we had him mummified. GC. S. Gray, ‘28. 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