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-, > tae r * : ; ~ # HIGHLANDER LIBRARY GEORGE MITCHELL, Southern Regional Council, writes: “A German word, Conjunctur, hard to put into English, means the way several streams of accrdental happenings meet, and what they make Out of their coming together at that time and ‘spot. Here's an interesting “Conjunctur’”’ at Highlander. And it is there to benefit people from this part of the world. There, in good order, and with a warm welcome. Here's what happened into one spot: For thirty years people who had collected good books on Southern History, on the Labor Movement, on ways to get facmers better off, have been sending books to Highlander Foth School. Some codger bought the books, read them, made a thin living out of pushing what the books taught him, and up and died. And his wife sent the books to Highlander. lt hap- Pened time and again. And in a goodish while of it they got a flock of books. Not trash. The standard volumes and the ones that are hard to find ; the cherished books from thought- ful peoples’ homes. Next thing: an eager young graduate of the University of North Carolina came to High- fander and got asked to work on Highiander’s stall, Those guys didn't (and don't} get pay: they just work for the joy of organizing people fa get what they need. This young man's name was Harcy M. Lasker. Came to Highlander in 1941. It wasn's long before the war came along, and Harcy gets himself into the Air Corps. And W wasn't long before his plane hit the ground, and he was init. His people saw that their son‘s brief life hed in it just a few months of fulfill- ment — his joyous work at Highlander. And they gave Highlander a building to put the books ‘WORKSHOP ON | PUBLIC SCHC INTEGRATION JULY 15-21 AUGUST 5-1 AUGUST 19. 1956 READING WEEK HIGHLANDER LIBRARY JULY 22-28 AUGUST 12-18 AUGUST 26-SEPT. 1 The thousands of books, pamphlets and other resource materials in the HIGH- LANDER LIBRARY are available for a Week's uninterrupted reading and study. _ . . . ou in. A comfortable, lightsome butlding, with a fireplace for the winter and for the summer great glass windows looking onto the lake. This stream is Highlander itself. This is a spo! where everyone is welcome and at ease, with a staff of Rnowledgeable People ready to steer a body’s reading, with good beds, luscious cornbread and laughing companionship. Besides, a pretiy and cool piece of countryside. These three things ali came together, and made the Library at Highlandec. There's a way for people to get scholarships to come and sit by the fire, or out by the lake. and read the books and eat the cornbread and sleep in the beds and | listen to the cowbells tinkling. Stretch your | mind while you ease your body. That's whar fcall a tucky break and those wil be wre and lucky people wha take advaniage of it." COST: $40 PER WEEK Scholarships available to Public School Workshop participants. ae a Far additonal information write: HIGHLANDER FOLK SSHOOL | == MOP TEAGLE, TENAESSEE |= | =