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i ~ etd OIE at SFE D . 7 which the school works, This would necessitate a specialized educational program. Classes would be conducted in subjects of ' a practical nature, directly related to the problems faced by the | students. No effort would be made to carry on a general program of education suitable for students with a variety of interests and di- . vergent peints of view. The emphasis given and points of view expressed would be that of organized labor, ADMINISTRATION: Since the immediate purpose of a labor school is to assist in strengthening crgenized labor, it cannot be an independent policy miking organization. Therefore, direction and supervision must come from labor representatives of organizations operating with the school, A Board of Directors, consisting of labor officials and representatives of the schocl, should have full authcrity in the making of poliey and the running of the school. dp uopwa m—a-1" It is noted thet on the left hand corner cf the above mimeographed sheet appears the following: "dp uopwa m-a~l" dp prcbably stands fcr DALICE\PROBERT; m-a-l for MARY A. LAWRENCE, and uopra is probably the abbr lation for a press-man's mark, printed and illustra— ted booklet, printed by the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, giving its history. This becklet is described as "The Story of an Educational Center for Working. Pecple". The pertinent parts of this beoklet, which will be retained in the’ files cf the Kncxville Field Division, are set cut as follows: a a "FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOL. In 1932, ties Horton, a native Tennessaan educated at Cumberland University and the University of Chice gc, returned to Tennessee aie heip provide Southern WOrkers With an i oportunity fer an education fitted to their practical needs. b Highlander Folk Schcol was therefore founded tto provide F an educational center in the South for the training of rural and i industrial leaders, and for the ccnservaticn and enrichment of the: i . I ft indigencus cultural values cf the mountein.! Throughcut the eight years of the school's existence, it be ee, een oeet 4t is & local rural settle- and it is a center far has functioned along these brcad lines: ment house serving the community end county;