Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-09-14
SUMMER SCHOOL.
Impressions of the School and of
Ellsworth BY the Boys.

AS part or the nnaI examination
at the Boston University summer
school, the students were asked to
give their impressions of the school
and of Ellsworth, and the outstand-
| ing features of their stay here. Be-
low are brief extracts from some of
| the papers turned in.
A SUCCESS.
In the winter of 1919, the idea
| was first conceived of summer
| school for wounded service men in
| training at Boston university. The
| idea originated with Prof. Bellatty,
and after a great deal of trouble, he
convinced the authorities at Wash
ington that Ellsworth was the best
place available for such a school.
That his idea was a good one is
borne out by the results shown in
the two years that the school has
been in operation.
| Ellsworth is ideally located for
summer school. The climate is ex-
ceptionally good, and has been the
means of bringing back to health
many men who had been gassed, and
| whose health had been otherwise i'm
paired.
The one outstanding feature of
the cordial treatment given the stu
dents by the people of the city.
When the school opened in July
1920, the students were taken into
the different homes of the city and
treated as members of the family.
Nothing was too good for them. The
people put themselves out to make
the boys comfortable, and to make
them realize that they were welcome.
The students responded to this
treatment, and very friendly feel
ing now exists between them and
the people of Ellsworth
The boys who spent the last two
summers in Ellsworth will never
forget the cordial treatment they re-
ceived. Some of them have made
lasting friendships here, and will no
doubt come back from year to year
to renew those friendships. The Bos-
ton University summer school at
Ellsworth has certainly been a sue
cess, and 1 hope that it may become
a permanent -Moynihan.
HOPES TO COME BACK.
Anticipation and realization are
never the same. Ellsworth, to me,
was only the name of town, and
when l signified my intention of
coming here, l had nothing in COM
mon with the town or it's people.
That was only eight weeks ago.
To-day I know Ellsworth. Ellis
worth to me is more than a name.
1t stands for associations and friend
ships that mean a lot. Next week
I'll tell my folks in Massachusetts
that Yankee hospitality is practiced
up in Maine. l won't say goodby
to Ellsworth, but l am going to
leave it for a few months, with lots
of pleasant associations and beauti-
full memories. Maybe next year I'll
come back with few converts, and
they, too, will be able to sing the
praise of Ellsworth's beauty and
Names ospitality-Hayes.
NOT FORGOTTEN"
l shall look back upon this sum-
mer in Ellsworth as very happy
one The beautiful weather here
has brought back to me strength
that l have missed for several years.
The cool weather has permitted me
to enjoy my studies as l know l
should not have enjoyed them in
Boston. Our college life in Boston
also lacks the association with and
|
our fellow war vets. The town of
Ellsworth has shown it's liking for
us, and overlooked our many small
and large shortcomings. People in
Ellsworth have seemed happy to
meet and know us, and have shown
themselves interested in the summer
school and it's work. We have gained
, health, knowledge, and feeling
that, as disabled soldiers, we are not
forgotten. Thank you, Ellsworth,
and you, Prof. Bellatty, who have
| made this summer a pleasant men,
DRY for us to enjoy and profit by al
ways.-Aiken.
THE JOY OF SIMPLE LIVING.
Upon arriving in Ellsworth, l was
greatly impressed with the business
like aspect Of the place. There were
garages a-plenty, up-to-date depart
ment, stores, two drug stores, dance
halls, moving-picture theatre, in
fact, there was everything, on a
smaller scale, that large city could
offer 1 had visualized a small ham,
let where the farmers drove to town
with their buggies or ''flivvers" and
purchased at the general store what
ever groceries or hardware they
NEEDED.
The greatest benefit or lesson I
have learned here is the joy and hap
piness of simple, honest living. Here
| l have met people whose material
| possessions are perhaps less than
those Of my neighbors in the city,
| but their value of life, their philoso-
ply of living, is highly elevated and
could well bear imitation. WI h
| hardly an exceDtiOn the studantS
here at school are daily acclaiming
the good fellowship and Hospitality
of the people of Ellsworth. They
have shown me the beauty and value
of life stripped of its baubles and
tinsel.-Davis.
CITY VS.. COUNTRY.
The summer school has been
pleasant, and my only regret is that