The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-08-02
THE TWICE FIVE
Visit the Boys Industrial
School at Lancaster.
WELL SATISFIED
With the Management of That Famous
institution.
Industrial School Journal.l

The Summer Meeting of the
Twice Five Club of Logan, Ohio,
was held at this institution last
Monday. The Club arrived here
early in the morning, coming up
from Logan on Hooking Valley
Special, which was under the per.
sonal direction Of Mr.. Charles f.
5chwenke, General Passenger
Agent of the II, V. II. r., and an
associate member of the Club.
The Club is known as the Twice
Five Club, with membership at
present of fifteen. The original un-
written constitution limited its
membership to ten but, expansion
being in the air, five additional
members were admitted. They
meet each week and discuss mat
ters of concern in State and
Church.
Prominent members of the club
in addition to Mr., White, are Rev.
Or. Stewart, Judge Samuel III.
Bright, at one time Common Pleas
Judge in this judicial district and
now member of the Ohio Senate
representing the counties of Fair
field, Hooking, Morgan, Athens,
Washington, Noble, and one town
ship of Monroe. Judge Bright is
chairman of the Senate Committee
on this institution and a member
of The Finance Committee. Mr.
E. o. Petit is the prosecuting at
torney of Hooking County, Mr.
Herbert Harrington is a Prince
ton graduate, Mr.. Woodwork il in
ternal revenue collector, and the
journalistic life of the bustling lit
tie city of Logan was ably lepres-
ented by Commodore Lewis Green
of the staunch old Jeffersonian
Sentinel and F. M. Mckay of the
energetic organ of Republicanism,
the Journal Gazette. Senator Low
ry is also a conspicuous club men,
ber.
In addition to the visitors named
the party comprised Judge o. W.
II. Wright and wife. Joh n
Daug herty and wife, DR.. Aplin and
wife, DR.. Dye and wife, DR.. Ran
nels and wife, Mrs. s. H. Bright,
Mrs. John F. White, Mrs. Stewart
Mrs. Pt tilt, Mrs. H. r.. Harrington,
Miss Mary Mcbride, Mrs. Henry
Woodwork, Mrs. Lewis Green and
two daughters, Mrs. F. M. Mckay,
Miss Vail of Chicago and Mrs
Charles Schwenke. Judge Wright
was formerly trustee of this in
stitution, having served through
out the administration of Governor
Campbell, He is now judge OF
the Common Pleas Court and his
protege, Mr.. Elmer Petit, was EN-.
ployed here in clerical capacity
when Mr.. Wright was identified
with the interests of the school.
Hon. John F. White and Hon. r
E. Jones, members of our Board OF
Trustees, with Superintendent
Hilles and delegation of ladies
met the Club in the valley and
ushered the members to the top OF
the hill and thence to the Admin
istration Cottage, before starting
on the tour of inspection of the in
stitution. 1t may be stated right
here that one of the principal OBJ
jects of the visit of the Twice Five
Club was to make detailed in
spectiOn of the Boys Industrial
School to satisfy themselves as tc
its management and the judicious
tuse of the funds provided for the
care and education of its charges
Each member is a self-constitutet
stockholder in the B. 1. s., from thu
fact that each is a taxpayer an(
citizen of this great state, and as ,
matter of fact, they haye the wei,
fare of the boys at heart.
After being received and wei
coined by Superintendent and Mrs
Hilles, the partv started on it
tour, beginning with the Conser
vatory, which lies in direct lint
with the most interesting featur
of the institution-the trades de
partments. These were CAREFUL,
inspected and found to be worth
of hearty commendation. Not on
branch escaped their notice. A
many of the members were of tn
journalistic profession, they wer
naturally attracted by the splendi
new printing plant where Th
Journal is printed. Here the
spent considerable time watchin
the young typos and pressmen 6
their daily work.
From the department of print
ing the party next turned their a.
tention TO the shoemaking, laur