Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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Seated, left to right: SS = INNELE IN OL SSeS Pauline Ferri, Charles, Barter. Norma Bishop. Mr. Dempsey. Advisor; Beverly Maxwell, Leslie Taylor, Barbara Mason, Neal LaVallee, Ray Johnson was absent when picture was taken. STUDENT COUNCIL... OFFICERS President BEVERLY MANWELTI. Vice President LesLIE TAYLOR Secretary NORMA BISHOP Treasurer PAULINE FERRI The members of the Student Council are as follows: Freshmen — Barbara Mason, Ray Johnson; Sophomores—Norma Bishop, Charles Barter: Juniors — Pauline Ferri, Neal LaVallee; Seniors—Beverly Maxwell, Leslie Taylor. We planned to hold a meeting every Mon- day afternoon. Our duties are to protect the school prop- erty and improve the work and spirit of the school by seeking the cooperation of all mem- bers of the student body. In addition to our regular duties we elected the cheerleaders: Freshman, Jean- nette Bishop; Sophomore, Erminie Crandall : Junior, Pauline Ferri; Senior, Viola Hatch. Alternates: Barbara Nichols, Pauline Stew- art. Norma DIsHOP, 49. Eleven

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BEER EO = AT ———————=—= eee Editorials... CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS There are advantages and disadvantages in the consolidation of schools. Using a high When four or towns agree to use this method they should build the school in a central location. Where the town schools have from fifty to a hun- dred students and a small variety of courses. the censolidated school would offer many more courses. If its opening enrollment will be four hundred pupils, it should be built to handle at least six hundred people, for as the generation comes, the population will indu- bitably grow larger. Ín later vears an addi- tion will probably be needed. school for example. five Classes could be divided into two divisions. The more inteligent ones in the A division, and those less fortunate in the B division: in this way the smart ones won't have to be held with the others as in the small schools. The problem of transportation enters the picture, but a little matter like that shouldn't hold back people who are interested in giving their children a better education. GORDON KIMBALI.. Ten JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Everyone wants to do something to pre- vent juvenile delinquency, but no one seems to do anything about и. Usually it starts when the child has no father. Sometimes the mother and father work, so they don't have time to bother about their children: consequently, they don't get the attention or mothering which they need. If the child is left alone during the day, he may go to school as he should, or he may get in with a gang of older children whose chief pastime is stealing or destroving property. One might expect to find most of the delin- quent cases in the slums but this is not true: oíten it is when the parents have too much money, and the child isn't allowed to go out unless he is watched and constantly told that boys and girls of his class just don't do this and don't do that. mother or Our criminals cost each voter far than we pay for education. Crime is four- teen per cent higher than it was in 1945. Juvenile delinquency is an epidemic. We nust clean aut the swamps that breed it. We must organize gangs into clubs; give them understanding, sympathy. and education. There should be more jobs for older children and more recreation for younger ones. Dut. remember this, the Г. D. I. fears the crime rate will rise. We must try to do everything possible to prevent this. 1f we cut down on delinquency, we cut down on thefts, taxes. and insurance. тоге Коти JENKINS.

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THE C ERRI ЛОУ e EE E Literary... LOST IN A STORM “Hey, Dave, Arnold yelled, haven't you got those deer skins loaded on yet? You know we've got to get home before dark. Dave glanced up from the bobsled, to which were hitched two restless bay Per- cherons. “Gee whiz, Arnold! I’ve loaded every- thing on so far. If you want those darn skins youll load them yourself. And also, for your information, we're leaving as soon as I get ready and not before.” Finally, after much bickering and hurry- ing. the two boys were ready. Dave picked up the reins and the red bob slid out of the yard of the old lumber camp. Dave and Arnold were two Canadian boys, seventeen and eighteen. They had hunted ever since they could held a gun, but this had been their first real hunting trip. They had been at the lumber camp at Merrimachi for two weeks and the sled now held the bodies oÍ two deer, as evidence of their luck. As the horses trotted along through the snow Arnold gave a worried glance at the sky. “You know, Dave, I don't like the looks of the weather. I'm afraid well run into a storm before we reach home,” he said. Dave had hardly had time to agree before a small white flake landed on his shoulder. He let the horses go into a guicker pace. They still had forty-five miles to go before night came. Merrimachi was only a small settlement in the wilderness. An hour later. the snow was coming down steadily. The wind blew harder and Dave and Arnold bent their heads to the wind and pulled the deerskins around them. When T и elve they reached the crossroads. Dave slowed down the horses. “Say, Arnold,” he shouted, raising his voice above the howling wind, “which road do we take? The left one, don't we? I think so, Arnold replied. Dave turned the horses down the leít road, but the horses immediately stopped. Get up there! he shouted. “This is a hell of a time to get balky.” Не brought the reins down on their backs with a resounding whack which made both horses spring forward. but plainly against their will. About half an hour later Dave began to doubt his own judgement. The road gradu- ally dwindled down into nothing but air over- grown trail. He looked despairingly at Arnold and stopped the horses. Well. what now? he asked. “This is plainly not the right road. Arnold suggested turning back and start- ing out again at the crossroads — but it was snowing so hard that it was impossible to see any tracks. Finally, they decided to leave it up to the horses. They turned them around, then let the reins lie loose. The horses immediately turned to the right and started across what evidently was a field. Knowing that they were completely off the road now, Dave reached for the reins, but was stopped by Arnold who told him that the horses could certainly not get them lost any worse than they already were. Dave finally resigned and settled down to keeping warm. The two horses plowed on through the snow, evidently very sure of where they were going. The two boys wished that they, too. were às sure.