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Highlander Folk School — Part 8

64 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 64 pages OCR'd
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, . “aes ae . . ‘ ‘ ; MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: ‘The present members of the school's executive council are; 5. S.\CALLAGHAN, Southern Director of American Federation of Hosiery Workers; aRD BORAH, Southern Director of District 50, Wiis; P..UL CHRISTOPHER, President of the Tennessee State Indvstrial Union Council; ¥. C. PIEPER, Louisiana CIO Regional Director; JOE\DOBES. Chattanooga Central Labor Union; MaTT LYNCH, Tri-State Director LEN; ALTON LaWRENCE, Regional Director, Mine, Mill and Smelters Workers; LUCY MASON, Public holations representative of the C1Q; HOLLIS ID, Legislative Tee ee of the Railroad’ Brotherhood; "tis VONES, Fi iak University; GEORGE Mi Yanderbilt University. It will be noted that-F.-¢. PIFTER, HOLLIS EDD, LEVIS JONES, and GEORGE MAYHEW are new members, while the former members, ALBERT BARNETT, Professor of Old Testament Literature, ,Scarritt College, GEORGE\TITLER, Secretary cf District 19, WSiA, and ROY to! Valens President of the ttanooga Printing Pressmen's and assistants’ nion, have been dropped from the council, + oa foe ° PaST AND CONTEMPLATED SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: * sem ne pee . The Highlander Folk School has carried a cimpara tively few activities during the spring and early summer of 1942. 4 Junior Camp was held at the school fron June 1 to June 7, 19,2. which was attended by workers! children, age eight to fifteen, cost to the camper three dollars, The camp , Was under the supervision of MARGARET BRYAN and ZILPHIA HORTON, who were assisted by MiRIA STENZEL, LEON WILSON, CAROL FINKELSTEIN, and B ELKUSS. The program included indoor and outdoor recreation, hiking, folk darcing, singing, cramatics, art and crafts. The camp was designed to encourage the physical, personal and group development of workers! children and to help nm mame oo Phan abies, eet Af Pawt ler and pn eeemi tar 14 Po nake unionisn a nore effective part of family and community life. The najority of the campers were frem Grundy County, Tennessee. Representation was about equally divided between AF of L, CIO, and farm families, The Writer's Workshop was held at the school fran June 15 to June 27, 192. At the present time, no information is available conaowming the activity carried on at this period. Previous Writer Workshops have been under the direction of LEON WILSON, at which time various writers, editors, college professors have instructed a small nunber of students fron Southern states in the technique of writing fiction and discussing the South as source naterial for contemporary articles, Future activities as outlined in the schedule published in the Hiphlander Fling indicate that a second Junior Union Carip will be held at the school fron July 5 to July 12; that a summar term for workers will be held from august 3 to September 13: that a sperial tivo-weeks term will be given from September 1 to September 13, and that the tenth anniversary celebration and student reunion will be held at the school on September 12 and September 13. The Highlander Fling states that the courses are planned to help the students carry out the daily job
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