Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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The Faculty PHYLLIS EVANS (McGill University) English, Latin, Director of Girls’ Athletics, Girls’ Coach, Girls’ Glee Club. RUTH L. PUTNEY (Farmington Normal) Home Economics, Social Director, Graduation Assistant, Dramatics. FRANK A. RECORD (Colby) Science, Mathematics, Assistant to Principal, Track Coach, Advisor to WHIRLPOOL, Prize Speaking. STANLEY REED (Gorham Normal) Manual Arts, Athletic Director, Boys’ Coach, Boys’ Glee Club.

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WHIRLPOOL BOARD Front Row (left to right); Beatrice Scribner, Betty Cooper, Annie Thibodeau, Betty Blake, Madeline Merrill. Laura Adams absent when photo was taken. Back Row: Helen Winslow, Almon Hall, Laura Thompson, Edward DeLorme, Katherine Boyd. Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief ANNIE THIBODEAU Assistant Editor MADELINE MERRILL Literary Editors IL Mua Athletic Editors ( ALMON HALL )SHIRLEY FROST Social Editor ... HELEN WINSLOW Alumni Editor . KATHERINE BOYD Exchange Editor . 3 ! LAURA ADAMS Joke Editors |. e (BEATRICE SCRIBNER : З л EDWARD DELORME Business Managers. | (BETTY COOPER Eine SE o а: ; l BETTY BLAKE Faculty Advisor Мк. RECORD

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The Whirlpool ü Editonials Guest Editorial An Historical Account of Pennell Р { rear of 1876, the main buildin Sixty-three GE a It ты WC Penne] Ноу еу ОШ Тш ене сотке, ' not opened until ten more years had expo lack of funds the school was р 930 00000 pited, or until Mr. Pennell's invested endowment o | : nad had time › соте. to Aer printed in 1887-8, or the second year of the school’, existence, shows a registration of 130 pupils and four teachers. Lee B. Hunt of Gray, and Bates A. M., was principal and teacher of Greek and sciences; Miss Emma Bickford taught modern languages and elocution; Miss Ida Brown taught mathematics and English: and Miss Clara B. Vinton (late Mrs. Lee B. Hunt) was special teacher of music and painting. Part of the time a fifth teacher for elocution was engaged, the first of whom was Mrs. A. M. Hawes. . Specific regulations for attendance at the new high school were made and remained in effect for about 30 years. They provided, in part, that the period between the hours of seven and nine each evening should be desig- nated study hours, during which time it would be an offence for a pupil to appear in public ог, in fact. to be seen anywhere but in his own home. Any student over ten years of age would be permitted to attend Pennell. The provision encouraged so many poorly equipped pupils to attend that a preparatory course of one year's studv, during which grade subjects were taught, was considered necessary preparation for entering the Freshman class. Earliest high school courses were: Higher English,” offering among other subjects German chemistry, and a choice of qualitative analysis or German physiology: a classical course requiring both Latin and German, also the study of geology, mineralogy, surveying, mental philosophy and political economy: and the college course with its three years of required Greek in addition to four years of Latin. The fall term frequently opened during the last week of August, and for more than 25 years, the year closed in the last week of May. Part of the time a fifth teacher for elocution was engaged, the first of whom was Mrs. A. M. Hawes. t In 1889 the first class of six members was graduated after three years шуш сык jus lady student wore any style or color of gradus i E ЛҮ. E E and black was often seen—also red and other co n dress might hr SM en pu оше nain Dn n xdi MIU mu son , and the young men were sometimes gf in parliamentary he a oe т proficiency of its members in Варва е к H SUEDE uU puce composition and public reading of еи two weeks during each € society held meetings at the Institute onc К 'ng each term and continued in existence over the turn of th century, T : , : : day ы Einem berment rhetoricals were popular 1n ra à pemoies. So much i i tions tha representatives of the h interest was there in declama chool were sent ll to Orono and to : annually for several years : ас сону College to compete in statewide interscholastic prize speaking