Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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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

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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

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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,