Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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SELF-CULTIVATION Many of us who leave school just teke it for grented that our edu- o tion is ended es far as book knowledge is concerned. We think that our future education will be only by experience. And, as we admit, edu- cation by experience is ths test, tut we always necd book knowledges. And, as you may ask, how shall we obtein this further education? Simply by self-cultivation,. And self-cultivation is Jearning by our own efforts, Let's read the daily newspapers, periodic magazines, and good books to broaden our minds, to learn about the outside тога and to see other people's problems, Let's talk with educated people to increase our vocabulary, to learn good English, to know the correct pronunciation of words and observe good etiquette. Let's take part in all civic activities and give freely of our talents. For as much as ve give, shall we receive in return, Why not invite our friends to our homes, and discuss with them the governmental end human problems of to-day. We don't necessarily have to grow rusty because we've left school. Let's not neglect what education we have, but increase it by self-cultivaticn, - Alice Leavitt, 155 MAINE Folks write of old Kentucky, And Carolina's moon, Were they ever, though, in Maine On a lovely night in June? Maine has its valleys and its mountains, Its meadows, brooks, and seas. And what in all our spacious land Can well compare with these? They make for us a homeland, That's always fair to see. No other plane so dear as Maine, Nor ever will there be. ---Marjorie Winslow, 137

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FIFTY-CENT WORDS In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your super- ficial seutimentalities and amical, philosophical, and psychological ође servations, beware of platit innus poncerosity. Lot your conversaticnal communications possess a clarified conscien- tiousness, u compact colprchensivrorors, a conloscent consistency, and a concatenated cogency. Eschew all cconglomerations of flatulent garrulity or incessans oid inconseq uent lcquacity, jejune babblement and asinine affecta ion, Be certain that tha innermost implications of your prophetic prog- nosticavions can be susstantinted with indisputable confirmation, Consider any possible misinterpretation in the employ of insipid innuendo and subtle satire. Obnoxious pedantry and grandiloquent bragga- daccio should be religiously rejected as nauseatingly ostentatious. From your disputetive dissertations expunge all unmitigated unctu- osity, fallacious fclderzl, trite trivielity, asseverative expostulation, and hackneyed herangus. Eliminate from your discourse all irrelevant impertinences, incon- gruous inconsi.stences, ond inane insignificances, Further than this, avoid profuse diffusiveness, rapturous and ecstatic exagsérations, pretentious protractions, extended extenuations, loquacious elucidations, volublo verbiege, extraordinary orthoepy, rudi- mentary redundancy, ani an abhorrent abundance of duplicite and question- able quct» licite Let your extemporaneous descanting and unpremeditated expatiations have intelligibility and voracious vivacity without rhodomontade or thrasonical bombast. Sedulousiv avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, promiscuous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity. Shun double intrigue, purist jocosity, pestiferous profanity and stupid subterfuge- In other words: talk plainly, briefly, naturally, and purely, avoid slang. Do not put ån airs . Say what you mean, mem what you say, and DC NOT USE BIG 7Z0RDSI

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Title: Miracles ( I Believe In Miracles after that trip to Bates.) Object: To prove the MIRACLE that school is but one song after another. Apparatus and Material: Pen Paper One evening spent listening to the radio. Observations nnd Computasions: An Earful of Pee”... ce «Тее bell S1eop. Sweet tieep ....J knilo» Glee Club rehearses upstairs. In A Dlue oand Weegee Moua” a... Study period, Рог! Let 15 Rotor You .... hr. occasional wise remark cracked by a teacher. (Ме, Х didn'v eey by a огескед teacher.) I Get A Kiss Gut o You p.e.. Wren I get the teacher's goat, I Woko Up Too Sour.’ .... In the middle o? а classroom heat wave, Stay As Блөс5 Ас fou Are .,.. What few snort assignments we have. Tt's easy To Rementer, But 3o Бага Yo (for)Got.... Vacation. Restless s.ec “Men clock is nearing 1:00 Р.М. Hail, Hail, Tha Geagts Ali Here Q1... Assembly. Sweeter Than Sugar ces. Recess, especicily long ones, Just One Mare Chance ,... Pl-please, Teacher! Pare Thee Well, Annabelle (Р.1.) .... Upon ringing of dismissal bell. Conclusion: It's up to you to decide whether I've proved my point or not, (NOTE: I obtained this idea from Physics Experiment.) -- June-Muzzy, 156