Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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cars, running across the strect when they should be walking, jay walking ond many other things that the foot person does, If all the people, who are killed and maimed in one week, could be brought together in one place for the people who drive and walk carelessly to sec maybe they would be more careful what they do in tho future, Thus I wish to leave with you the impression, that safety, first, last and always is the best policye --Earla Whitney Base sue ee Transportation and Communication Since time immemorial, man has used some method of signaling: through spaces Cyrus the Great is knovn to have used a mysterious system of signals by which he could send a message ecross the Persian Empire in one day, e dis- tance which could not be covercd by a horseman in less than thirty dayse Roman soldiers sent signals by moving their shields into a definite position or by flashing them in the sunlight. The Amcrican Indian built a smoke tire on a hilltop to send signals. . Biblical history contains many references to smoke signals and it is belicved that signals were sent in this manner from the Tower of Babel. , The Semaphore System of communication, called the tclegraph, was later used, Hone of these methods could bo emplcyed at night or even in the dey time with low visibility, Communication at night, by flashing lights has been in use for many cene turiose It is believed that the Chinese first started this mothod, Paul Revere in 1775 aroused the Minute Men between Boston and Concord by signal lamps in the belfry of the old North Church, Later, guns, cannons and bells were used as signals, The fact thnt clectricity could be sent through a wire of considerable length was first demonstrated by Stephen Gray in 1729, but it did not occur to him that he had mado a great discovery e ' The discovery of electro-magnetism by Oerstod in 1820 may be said to have been the culminating episode in the development cf the clectric telegraphe The electric telegraph was realized at last as the result of a chence conversation between Samuel F. B. Morse and Dr, Charles T. Jackson, At first it was a crude method but it became more and more modern as time went one Finally from tho men's chance conversation, the ocoon telegraph sprung up, the fire alarm telegraph, the telephone which was introduced by Alexander Graham Bell and Albert Marconi nn Italian Scicntiste All these methods have boon improved immensely as time went one. One thing more is being developed quickly, that is television which enables us to see the performers of the radio as well as hear them, In years to como there will be many more improvements which will make us look upon the inventions of our time as very crude rather than very modern, as we suppose todaye --Doris Manchester

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had to walk to school, which might be anywhere, from one to five miles awaye When they got thoro they sat on benches with no backs. They studiod Mathomat- ics, English, Geography, Latin, and Greok, many of which held no interest for the normal boy or girl, This was not all, they generally had to suffor from the cold during the winter. I do not mention the summer becouse very few pupils went to school in the summer. They stayed at home and worked. was the only school session for theme You may ask: Well, don't they hate to go to school now? I don't think so as a rule, There is too much to interest them in school nowe For instance, thore are sports. Every school has athletic teams of somo sort, and is there any bey or girl who is not intercsted in sports? The subjects taught in the High Schools of today are somewhat different from those taught in the paste We still have English, Arithmetic, History ond . ““oography, but we have added to the curricula, such subjects as Home Economics and iignunl Training. There was little money spent on education when our grand- parents went to school. The schoolhouse was a small and cheaply constructed building. It was built sometimes for as little as six hundred dollarse Tha only expenses of running it were for fuel and for a teachere The wood was often supplied by some farmer who sent his children there and the teacher generally taught for his board ot some of the pupils! homes; so, the running expenses were small, To-day, tho cost of running a school is very high. There hes to be heat, light, pencils, paper, books, teachers, janitors, and many other things which help to incur exponsce Large schools, which teach such subjects as biol- ogy, chemistry and physics have to have special laboratories for these classes. This may give you some idea of the cost of running a modern high school. Of course the expense is tremendous, but isn't it worth it? As timc goes on it is hoped thnt the public High Schools throughout the United States will continue to improve and give to the future generations all they could hope to have along the line of training for education and culture. --Ronald Colley Winter Safety First Safety First driver, Whon walking, always walk on the left m nd side of the road, When a car comes toward you, step off the rond enough if necessary so that they will not hit you, A driver should obscrve all traffic rules, He does not have to drive as -though he has only a minute to get to his destination. Fast and careless drivers often sond innocent people tc an untimely death or maim them for life, thereby brcaking up homes and causing much suffering and sadnosse should be the mctto of every person whether pedestrian or Much is being done by traffic officors ond safety drive directors to eliminate these terrible accidents that nro happoning all around use The fault does not alymys lie with the driver. Many times children and sometimes older peoplo do not pay attention when they aro crossing tho strocte Children are being taught in school to be careful when crossing the street. arents who allow children to play in the street are not only endangering the life of the child but also the lives of the driver and occupants of the cay, that tries to avoid hitting him, We little realize the number of deaths caused by automobiles throughout the country until some of our dear ones are victims of one of these accidents Some of the faults of the pedestrians aro: dodging out between parked ae PR

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Forseverance Perseverance is ability to continue in a given course in the face of dis- courasement. This ability is a common trait of all great mene When all seems to go wrong they kept on by force of will, sometimes obstinately, against op- position and remonstrance. Not giving way to opposition, nor to seemingly immovable difficulties which block the path to success, they strove on only seeing their goale Such was the life of many a successful man; Napoleon, Hannibal, and Wash- ington as conmanders; Washington, Lincoln, Cacsar, and Jefferson as politicians and statesmen; Pasteur as o scientist; and, Franklin as a business mane To all these in the past and to many others belongs one of the most necessary human attributes, Nor were only people of the past blessed with this great traite No, not at all; for many men of high station at the present time only gained thoir position through struggle and the hard climb to reach the tope Sut not all are famous by any means, although, by perseveráng,, fame is helped. If one perseveres he can do many othor things which others, more impatient, givc up as useless, in disgust and other helplessness e is a close friend of patience, and forcofullness, j Perseverance bears great reward, if not in material gains, in the satis- fying kmowledge that as much as possible has been done to complete the desig- nated work, So, when éver possible, let perseverance help you in succeedinge Adhere to the possibilities perseverance offers, -- and succecd 1 --Anthony Eaton. Perseverance Work The majority of people find that work is very todious and monotonous e Some of us seem to think that life becomes humdrum with working day after daye Perhaps we never stop to think what we might do if we had no work to performs there are some who like to shun work and shift it onto the next fellow's shoulders. What would hoppen if everyone maintained that attitude? Many people who have had no work and nothing to occupy their minds have strayed along the wrong paths and cortainly have not proyed themselves worthy of lifee To illustrate the evils of idleness we may take the childwof a wealthy man. If he is not properly taught ond trained the right habits and taught to do for himsolf he seldom docs onything truly great. We wore nll put hore to accomplish some- thing in life but if we don t know how to go about to accomplish anything we are lost, - Usually person, when ho gets along in years, likes to think back and think of the worthwhile things ho has done and if ho has done many, he has 4 feeling of contentment ond satisfaction, On tho other hand, if ho has led a hectic worthless lifo he has a rather dismal and unpleasant retrospective. Ho realizos then that he could have derived as much pleasure from work as play e So, if we attain and keep the spirit that work is something more than toil wo will never have that to rcgrot in later years. --Wilma Qualey