Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
IOWA FEDERATED
CLUBS MEET
Representatives From pecorah 40.
tend Iowa Federated Cluh
Meeting az Fasettc.
KENTUCKY WOMAN IN
TALK ON ltIITERACN
Speaker Stated That. There We're
2o,6Se I6terateS in Iowa,
Diclinsoa Caaasy nsNlaG
Smallest Nanhcr.

Aatt q saeN'ttC NNsattt AsNssNtNA AAfNS
The following report az the meeting
az the Iowa FEDERATED Clah held
there Oct. Is, several club represent
atves from Dcoeyah being present,
Ms. Fred Reun ard Mrs. Frank
] Young from the Monday Clob, Mrs
/ A. Z. Conrad from the Travel Club
and Mrs. Elva LogSdoa from the
Current Events Club.
Mrs. I. W Bruut, Of DEBORAH
county chairman Of the Federated
clubs was also in attendance.
I Mrs, Jaynes' report on ConServa-
ton was read in which she urged the
preservation Of the beauty spots Of
our state parks, making special men
ton Of the improvements al Fort
T Atkinson.
T Mrs. William Larrabee. Jr, was
unanimously reelected chairman Of
the Fourth distrie. for the enSaire
term.
! A feature Of the convention was
the exhibit Of year books from the
club Of the district and fine col
lection of POTTERY sent cut by the art
department. About three hundred
delegates ard visitors were in at
/ tendance At the convention.
The Iowa Federation Of Women's
clubs was organized April p, 1898,
at Des MoineS, by thirty-five clubs
/ from twenty-five towns. Mrs. ]. G.
Berryhill Of Des MoineS was the first
president and up 10 1922 there have
been twelve presidents. Iowa is one
Of the largest federatiol,s in the Cen
eral federation and one Of the most
progressive. In 1921 all Iowa clubs
were put into the General Fedora
ton. There have been years Of
training in organization work and in
cooperation, Of great growth and
much accomplishment. The Fedora
tion officers draw no salary and
when il was found that many Of
these women were giving their time
and also giving their own money 10,
keep up the work, the dues were
IA .sed TOM SNa-.--~asa4S "a flaIzzhys-sTss-
per capita.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting Of
the fourth district of Iowa Federated
Clubs was held at Fayette Wednes-
day and Thursday, Oct. IS and Is, in
the college chapel at Upper Iowa
University. The chapel was beauti-
fully decorated with evergreens.
/ leaves, and large ferns, with large
crysanthemums for flowers. Regis
tration of delegates and visitors
took place at 4:3O o'clock in the Y.
! w. c. A. room.
At $50 an elegant thEse-couIse
dinner was served in the college
gymnasium. Covers were laid for
$50 and the tables were beaut full
with their snowy napery. shining
silver and beautiful crysan,hemums.
Music was furnished by the Troubad-
ours.
The program for the evening was
opened by the District Chairman,
Mrs. VIM. Larrabae, IT,. Singing,
" America, the Beautiful" by the
audience; invocation by Dr.. Van
Horn, president Of Upper Iowa Uni
versity. The address of wt1csme
was given by Mrs. J. E. Dorman, |
president of the Shakespeare Club !
of Fayette, and the response was by |
Mrs. James Cooney of West Union. /
The piano solo rendered by DR.. c. |
D. Netf, director Of music at Upper |
iowa, was enthusiastically received /
and heartily encored.
The principal speaker of the eve |
ming was Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart 1
of Frankfort, KY, a noted lecturer
and chairman of the National Educa-
ton Commission of Iliteracy. Mrs. II
Stewart had for her theme The
Problem of Illiteracy." In speaking
Of the number Of illiterates Mrs.
Stewart stated that there were 20
ESQ in Iowa. Fayette county has III,
Dickinson county the smallest num-
Der ga, and Polk county the larg-
est number (I72O). The percentage
Of illiteracy in the state is IL per
cent, said the speaker. II
at is easy to abolish illiteracy and
It is the duty of every man, woman
and child, whether or not they are
prom 'nent club women or club men,
to DO all in their power to wipe out
in a short time.
For a slogan 7 would advise you
TO adopt that used in kentucky:
Every educator teach a pupil and
very pupil teach an illiterate.
More night schools should be or
-aaized and these Institutions should
got be only children and young peo-
PIE IN their teens, but for their eld-
,rs. I'm The FIRST moonlight school in
kentucky, which IS similar to the
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