Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-05-27

four leaf clover are designated as
hope, faith, love and luck, and 10
find these things makes for the per-
feet contented life Taking up each
| leaf, Dr. Mees most ably discussed
them. He said we must have hope
always waiting and hoping for
something Hope keeps us young;
SO long as there is hope there is
reason to live; hope is expectation,
and it is pitiful situation when
{, hope is gone. The second leaf is
faith. Hope he said must have faith
ito hold to, and he quoted the
Bible as giving the best definition
of that word-'Faith is the sub
stance of things hoped for, the evil
dence Of things not SEEN" Parents
must have faith in their children, and
teachers faith in their pupils. 1t is
sad thing to hear parents say they
cannot trust their children; and pu-
pills must have faith in themselves
| if they hope to succeed. The third
leaf is love. The speaker said that
in order to be happy we must have
love, true love-it is Gods greatest
| gift to man. Love, he said, does no-
| belong to young people alone, but to
older ones as well. 1t takes love to
hold them together The fourth
leaf is designated as 'sluck," which
the speaker termed as Gods cover
plus" and said luck plays a greater
part in our lives than we think. To
the class he said go in quest of the
| four leaf clover, and your lives will
be happy, successful and contented.
Dr. Mees is an eloquent speaker
and his services are often in de-
mand
| The AZ seniors were seated on the
stage which was beautifully decor
ated with spring flowers and green
foliage. The invocation was by Rev.
J. f. Morgan, pastor of the Church
of the Nazarene, Malta. who also
pronounced the benediction. DR..
Mees was introduced by Superintend-
ent j. NJ Turner, and Mrs. Evelyn
True Button, principal, presented the
class. David S. Lowe, member Of
the NJ. & NJ board of education, pre-
sented the diplomas. Musical num-
bers included Country Gardens"
| (Grainger) by the senior girls chor-
us; and Come To the Fair" MAR
TIM, sung by the girls glee club.
The program opened with Overture
Excerpts (Sanders), by the high
school orchestra, and another sele,-
tion was the Blue Danube Waltz"
(Strauss).
First honors of the class went TO
nor Abel; third, Margie Edmonds,
and fourth, Ila Greer. The mem
bers of the class are:
MaI
Lloyd Smith, Gene Mccormick, Rob-
ert Parmiter, Harlan Rex, Deane
Roberts, Max Morrow, Jay Black
ford, McConnelsville route; Frank
Bragg, Robert Campbell, Malta
route; Dee Dunkle, McConnelsvillc
route George Abel, Malta; Uric AL
len, Richard Bell, McConnelsville;
Hubert Dougan, Paul Glass, Malta;
William Lawrence, John Lowell, Jas.
Love, Alan MATHS, James Mcbride,
McConnelsville; Paul McKibben,
Harold Wilson, Malta; Chas. Wood
burn, McConnelsville route; Edward
Young, Malta; Robert Perkins, Nc
Connelsville.
Virginia Barkhurst, Tia Greer,
Marguerite Hardesty. Geraldine Lin-
dimore, Rachel Mccormick, Lenore
Moore, Roberta Ray. Dorothy Rob-
erts, Emma Williams, McConnelsville
route; Eleanor Abel, Betty Booth,
jeanne Bozman, Margie Edmonds,
Francile Kincaid, Jean Sims, McCon-
nelsville; Jean Cook, Malta.
In presenting the class Mrs. But
ton, in addition to naming the honor
members, named the members of the
National Honorary Society selected
by the faculty, as follows: Jean
Cook, Eleanor Abel, Ila Greer, Geo.
Abel and Hubert Dougan; selected
for the National Honorary Athletic
Society, George Abel, James Love
and Albert Sherman. The faculty
medals were awarded-one in ath-
letics to Albert Sherman, and thu
other to Hubert Dougan for his out
standing activities.
An unusual feature in connection
with the graduates this year is that
the boys far outnumber the girls
rs to 16. On the average more girls
have been in the NJ & NJ. graduating