Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-18
The Big Five Meeting at McGregor.

The seventh annual meeting of the
Big Five Teachers Association was
held at McGregor last Friday and
Saturday, May 1914. This association
is made up of the counties of Fayette,
Allamakee, Clayton, Howard and
Winnesheik, and the annual meeting
located at different points in the five
counties so as to bring the meeting
each year nearer to some locality than
it had been before.
A splendid program had been pre-
pared by the President, Supt. Dwelle
of Wauaon and the chairman of the
executive committee, Prof. Clark of
Calmar, so that everything was ready
for good meeting. The people of
McGregor. through the leadership of
Miss Harrison, city superintendent,
and Mr.. Chaplin, president of the
Board of Education, provided the
evening banquet Friday evening,
launch rides upon the Mississippi
river and lodging for all visiting
teachers. There were in. attendance
about 1S0 teachers in all. Those from
Winnesheik county were as follows:
E. L. Coffean. Miss Bissell. H. q.
johnson. Edna Auchmoody. Laura
Headington, Amelia and Tillie Teske.
Nellie Hove, Bessie and MattieMcM
len, Elizabeth Hegg, Prof. Clifford,
Miss Julia Breckenridge, Emma and
Anna Ulen, and County Superinten-
dent Hook, all of Decorah and vicini-
ty. From Nordness. Misses Mary and
Lille Garden and Misses Sophia and
Marie Haugen; from Calmar, Prof.
CLARK, Misses Wohlford, Miller, DAILY
Moen Lundgren, and CLARK; others
we're Ole o. Rue, Ridgeway, Prin.
@. A. Russell and B. Post, Ossian !;
Misses Carrie Vance Ida and Josie
Holahan, Castalia; Louise Meyer.
Postville, and Evangeline Todd of
KendallvilIe.
Those from this county having
places on the program were Supt.
Coffeen, "How to attain the desired
end in keeping the boys in the school"
which was very explicit presentation
of the means of keeping boys in school
through awakening the right educa-
tional sentiment in the community.
Prof. Clifford gave an interesting and
profitable discussion of "School Disci-
pline. taking the position that there
is need of very little or no corporal
punishment if the teacher is Of the
right kind; that the teacher should
govern by her right influence, per-
sonal magnetism proper spirit and
with the eye.
Miss Lundgren of Calmar who read
very strong paper on Educational
Waste" offering valuable suggestions
for improvement in many lines; Miss
Breckenridge who owing to the late
arrival of trains on Friday and the
early leaving of the train Saturday
morning, was unable to remain to
speak upon the topic assigned her,
much to the regret of those present,
and Supt Hook who gave the response
to the address of welcome. The ad.
dress by DR.. Terry of Chicago Univer-
sity upon whit kind of an education
shall we give our boys and girls, was
one of the prominent features of the
program. Taken all in all the meet
ing was very successful and the
teachers all return singing the praises
of McGregor for her hospitality in en-
tertaining so royalty the visitors.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are: President. Miss Elizabeth
Harrison. McGregor Chairman of Ex-
ecutive Committee, Supt. E. J. Hook,
Decorah Secretary, Prin. Arthur
Wilson, Postville; Treasurer. Mary
Aida Tate, Cresco. The meeting for
1905 will probably be held in Cresco.