Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-03
M. & M. ALUMNI MEETING
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED

In his address at the M. & M
alumni meeting Friday night, Atty
Leland S. (Jimmie) Dougan, chair
man of the state board OF parole
stated that Morgan county stood a.
the bottom of the list of counties OF
the state, in crime. He declared
that the reason for SO much crime
was the lack of proper home, schoo
and church training; said ne nae
been asked earlier in the evening
what part liquor had to do with
crime, and replied that it was di-
rectly or indirectly responsible FOL
about 80 percent of it.
Atty Dougan was appointed to ths
board of parole six years ago Dy
Governor George White, and since
that time he has investigated o0,-
900 inmates of our prisons, and ne
went on to show that the majority
of crimes are committed by men 25
years of age or under, and called at
tention to the need of the right sort
of early training. He stated that
mothers. begin cigaret smoking too
soon. He spoke of the work OF the
attorney general of the United
States. and of the late law which is
uniform in the country in the pur-
suit of criminals, federal agents not
being confined in their hunt for
criminals by state lines, as was the
law a few years back.
Atty Dougan has made quite
record for himself, in his work on
the parole board. He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. Dougan of Penns-
vile. In closing he stated he was
nroud to be an alumnus OF NJ. & NJ.
high school, and said he hoped that
from the members of this years
class at least one would take up So
.cial work, in which there is broad
field.
After assembling in the auditor
jun at $50, all repaired to the din
ing room. The invocation was by
Superintendent Turner The menu
for the banquet consisted OF veal
birds; sweet potato and pineapple,
casserole; buttered peas; spring veg
etable salad; hot rolls; coffee, and
meringue cups filled with ice cream,
TONED with fresh strawberries. Fol
lowing the dinner, with the presi-
dent. Mrs. Josephine Jaynes, presid-
ing. Miss Dorothy Donehoo, secre-
tary, read the minutes of the preced-
ing meeting. Mrs. Jaynes cleverly
welcomed the class in rhyme, and
the response was by Miss Margie Ed
monds. Miss Corintha Whipple,
who was given place of honor at
the speakers table, was introduced
by Mrs. Jaynes as the honor guest.
and when Miss Whipple arose to re-
spond she was given very hearty
welcome. She said that she wished
she could but make all feel how
grateful she was for the honor ac-
corded her. Perhaps no educator
ever resided in Morgan county who
touched upon the education of so
many pupils as has Miss Whipple,
and during the many years in the
primary department in the Malta
schools, her work was outstanding,
and so recognized far beyond the
confines of the school district in
which she taught Miss Whipple
stated that few days ago she OBJ
tanned the Malta school register of
when she was teaching there, and
scanned the names of the first three
classes. The first one had 48 pu-
pills, the next 81. and the third -.
We are sorry she did not take the
time to go on through the lists anu
tell how many hundred pupils she
started. She cleverly referred to a
number of little incidents that she
experienced with the children. She
said teachers are sowing seed in the
lives of children, and children should
be trained to love the good. the true
and the beautiful; and she said to
the graduating class that they had
great future before them.
The initiation of the class was in
charge of Miss Helen Lynn, and each
scholarly head was crowned with
baby bonnet Of the latest style, and
covering their manly and womaniy
bosoms were bfbs to match. Those
of the class selected to have part
in the song hits, recitations and ex-
ercises in connection with the initia-
tion were Betty Booth, Virginia
Barkhurst, Jean Cook, Emma. Will
liams. Hubert Dougan and Edward
Young.
The officers of the alumni chosen
for next year are: President, Con-
rade White; vice pres, Paul Heron;
sec'y, Merle Price, and treasurer,
Robert Allen.
Attorney Dougan spoke in the
main auditorium, and was intro
duced by Miss Lynn, who also pre-
sided during the remainder OF the
program, which included singing OF
Mt. Airy; piano concertos, Miss Kate
Stanton and Miss Marjorie Sheridan;
clarinet solo, Dean Mallett, accom-
panied by Miss Stanton; vocal solos
by Mrs. Dorothy Cosgrave Lynch, ac-
companied by Mrs. James Finley,
and Mrs. Catherine McLucas Root,
with Mrs. George w. Lowell accom-
panying. Following the program,
the remainder of the evening was
spent in dancing, and card playing.
Jimmie Littler's orchestra furnished
the dance music.
The auditorium was beautifully
decorated in the class cOlors OF sill
yer and light blue. The dining room
table decorations were spring foW-
erS.
About 200 were present. Among
those who registered from away
were Marion Jones, GAINESVILLE; Myl-
dred Kennard, Killbuck: Ruth
Sweet, Brookline. Mass; Mrs. A. d.
Oman, Kansas City, Mo-: Kathryn
Wyre, GAINESVILLE: Mr.. and Mrs. King
Betz, Cincinnati; Mr.. and Mrs. Le-
land Dougan, Columbus; Fred Pear
son, jr., Zanesville; Harold Bankes.
Cambridge; Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
Jenkins, Belpre; Patty Sears, Colum-
bus: Francis Hooper and friend,
Columbus; Howard Dye, Columbus;
Eleanor McCracken, GAINESVILLE;
Frank Manly and wife, Mrs. Hazel