Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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14 THE WHIRLPOOL moment?“ (I'll go and prepare mother so she will know what to expect.) “Surely. I won't detain her long.“ (Well, at last she's ропе. What is this younger generation coming to? She had on far too much rouge and lipstick and her dress was giddy. My! look at the dust on the table. Oh, here comes her mother now. It's about time.) “How do you do, Mrs. Benson. Gladys said you were here. I'm so sorry I was out.“ (What in the world is she doing here?) Ah, yes. I have been waiting quite some time.“ (Some time! It seems like hours.) That's too bad.” (Oh, why doesn't she say what she came for so I can get supper ready ?) “Ahem, Mrs. Dean, І came to tell you about your daughter and son. (She'll certainly thank me for telling her.) Indeed? Have they offended you in any way? (My land, what could they have done? Nothing bad, I hope.) “Oh, по, but I feel it my duty to inform you that your son and daughter have been disobeving the study hour laws of Pennell Institute. 1 thought you should be notified and I seemed the only one to do it. ( There! that's out with. Guess that will take her down a peg or two.) Why, why, Mrs. Denson. This is such a surprise. (I must not let her know I don't know it. Oh, what did I say that for?) Well, I have proof: I have seen them with my own eves. Of course vou know that that means expulsion. (She can't pull any wool over my eyes.) “I shall call Gladys and Harold in here and see what they have to say.” (I do hope they can explain themselves.) Gladys and HTarold, come here a moment. “Yes, mother, did you call us?“ (What's that lady eyeing us for?) “Mrs. Benson says vou have been breaking study hours. You know this means expulsion from school. “Perhaps Mrs. Benson will tell us where and when and at what time she saw us. (Why do some people have to make trouble all the time? She'll feel funny when we explain.) “I have seen you going by my house at eight o'clock every Tuesday night for three or four weeks.” (I wish that boy and girl would stop look- ing at me. They make me nervous. I do wish I hadn't mentioned it now.) “Well, here's the story.’ (Although I don't see why it’s any of her business. ) р à “Harold and I have been working; Harold running errands for Mr. — M —À

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THE WHIRLPOOL 13 a successful conclusion. The Republicans return to power as they are dis- satisfied. with Wilson's peace plan. Two more elections are held in which the Republicans win. They are those of Harding (Coolidge) and Hoover. Another election is held in which the Democrats rule by electing Franklin D. Roosevelt. 'The political parties have been outlined, but what of the future? We cannot tell what it will bring, but we do know that political parties are necessary. If we are to continue as a strong nation we must have two strong political parties. Many of our editors believe that the South and West will form a new Agrarian party. Some pin their faith in Socialism, while others argue that present conditions will continue and our history will repeat, but whatever the movement be, We must have strong political parties.” Hortense А. CASWELL, 33. STRANGE INTERLUDE The characters’ thoughts are in parenthesis. “Yes, Mrs. Benson, this has been a lovely winter.” (Lovely winter, my eye! We've had lots of snow and no ice.) Does your mother often stop at the store as long as this? (I wonder what's keeping her. I've been here fifteen minutes already, talking to this young girl!) | Oh, yes. She often stops to talk with Mr. Billings, the storekeeper.” (Is that old lady inquisitive! I don't see as it's any of her business.) Well, how is everything going at Pennell Institute, my dear? (I'll just have to keep up the conversation I guess. I don't get much help from her.) Fairly well. We have all been studying hard, preparing for exams this week.“ (Studying? I shouldn't have said that, it's a lie. Oh, well, might as well let her think well of me, anyway.) “That is a lovely dress you have on, my dear. Did your mother make it? (It's a hideous color and does not match her eyes well at all.) “Thank you. Yes, mother made it. She loves to make my clothes. (It's none of her business where I got it, as far as I can see. I do wish mother would hurry back.) Oh, here comes your mother now! (I should think it was about time. She probably stopped to gossip.) Yes, I'll go and help her carry the packages. Will you excuse me а

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THE WHIRLPOOL 15 Jones every Tuesday night and I reading to his mother. We did this to get money enough to give mother a birthday present. We asked the principal and he gave us permission.” (There. we've let the cat out of the bag, but her curiosity is satisfied. If we didn't tell the truth we might have got into trouble.) “Er—why, I—er—I, that is—l'm sorry but you see I didn’t under- stand. (Oh. why did [| ever come?) That's all right this time, Mrs. Benson, but I think I am capable of taking care of my own children. (That ought to set good with her.) I must be going. Good-bye.” (My, I am glad to get away from there. I guess 1 won't meddle with their affairs again.) “That which is everybody's business is nobody's business. VIOLA WiNsLow, 33. IMAGINE THIS WORLD WITHOUT SUNLIGHT! To prove to you what would happen if this world was suddenly with- out sunlight, | will describe a recent dream. It is now 1950! I have planned to make my first trial flight in my airplane “The Bartonia,” as airplanes are all the vogue this year. I arise, look out of my window: it is dark outside! | know it is time for the sun to be shining, but where is it? At last, after making inquiries. I discover that the sun will shine no more. I, as well as the rest of the world, upon hearing this terrible fact, realize that we will not be able to live much longer in this now sunless world. Why? Because, without sunlight. our foods cannot be raised: we shall have no heat from the sun's rays, which means that the earth will soon hecome a solid mass of ice. No manufac- turing can be done because of the lack of the sun's energy. We shall have no time because this is determined by the sun. Soon everything would no longer exist because the existence and work of the world depends entirely on our sun. Even if 1950 is the age of airplanes, what good are they now? My hopes and plans are lost because our sun exists no longer. What a dream! I awoke with the good old sunlight shining directly in my face. PHYLLIS V. BARTON, '34. INDIA I wish to leave with vou the need today for a broader vision of life— that true Americanism is internationalism.” These words came from the Reverend Joseph Moulton, whom the faculty and students of Pennell Institute had the pleasure of hearing on January 25.