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meet their local situations more constructively. Classes are always informal, and draw from and relate back to, the students! experiences. In addition to discussions led by the regular staff members, leading experts from the field of organized labcr and from Federal and State agencies frequently contri bute to the classes as visiting lecturers. The School's library of six thcusund bovks and pamphlets, built up by the gifts of friends, is eagerly drawn on by the students tc supplement their class work. The course includes the following subjects: UNZON PROP LEMS : Aas seussio af Asafiarite neoahlis cf tha etn as Sather a oi Kea ale ale TLL whe F etoal Coie ms cr ln ee dents as labor unicnists. Methcds of organizing, dues collecting, and making the meetirgs interesting: fundamentals of collective bargaining, negotiating centracts, and Labor Board procedure. w AMERICAN HISTORY: the story of the growth cf the labor mevement in America from Colonial days to the present, with an examinaticn cf labor's rights under New Deal legislation, ing mth the mv neonlese ang Wiltn bnc Way poecpss . ia} s the indus trial era and its effect upon the volfere of yorking. pecple; and the cecnemic backgrcund cf the union movement. UNLON PUBLICITY: practice in the basic elements of a news story, related tc repcrting for labcr papers. The mechanics of editing a paper or pemphlet; mimeographing methcds; and the creating of charts or publicity uses. Students write their cwn life stories then in mimeographed form. PARLIAMENTARY IAW AND PUBLIC SPEAKING: designed to show students hew to run business-like meetings, and hew to get across ideas in an effective manner. Class is conducted as a regular union mesting, giving students practice in speaking and in parliamentary law. ‘ DRAMATICS: training in the inprevisation cf plays based on Situations suggested, acted cut and produced by the students. do preduct is cften taken on tour to unicn locals. actual inishe ae MUSIC AND RECREATION: learning labor and folk songs; practice in leading group singing, and methods cf setting up a recreational program in 4& union.