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Highlander Folk School — Part 3

69 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 69 pages OCR'd
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Res eae Seek en Oe) a ee OY a Sse eo Le eee | applicaticn blank fcr admission to the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, waich will be photographed eed This application requires thet a health certificate Signed by a Doctor be submitted with it and the applicant must agree to do two hceurs maintenance work daily. The application then asks if the applicant ean afferd tc pay $50.00 toward the cost of Beard and tuition or whether it would be necessary fur the applicant to have a full scholarship covering expenses. Personal data such as ape, size, race, marital status, number cf dependents, parents trade, applicants trade, political affiliations and preference and what papers, magazinos and books applicant has read recently will be required to be set out. The application asks the nume cf the organi- zations to which applicant belongs, length of membership, officcs held and activities connected ccnnccted with labor in which applicant has engaged. The apolicant is also askcd if ne can fet his organizaticnts endcrsement, The applicant is then asked the amount cf schooling he has had, whether he is willing to place the welfare cf the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL and its students abeve his personal interest, hew he heard about the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL and what his plans are after leeving the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL. The appli-~ cant must write a lcttcr cbout his background and labor activitics telling where he has werkee and why he wishes to attend the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, and must rive the nancs and addresscs of two reforcnees, one of which must be a union hae MOMDOY » pamphlet entitled "How can a Unicn Plan its Prepram published by the - William Roy Sith Memerial Fund, 1422 R. Strect, NH. “., Vashincten, D. C. This pamphict describes itself as the stcry cf a unicn workshcp procranm developed by Lical 1874 , Textile Verkcrs3 Organizing Committce, Cumberland, He. In its preface, this pamphlet cxplains that the Willian acy Smith hemerial Fund was given by hrs. billiem Rey Saith in memory cf her husband. lrs. Saith donated #€,000.00 tc this fund tc be used by cxp.-rimental in the field of workers education. The Willian R«y Smith Uemcrial Committee was croanized in ‘193€. It lists scven workshops conducteda in workers cr anizaticns or in resident workers schol which it has initiated cr given financial support. These werk sheps are lisicd as follcws: Stesl Workers Orrenizing Cecmmittee, Baltimore, Ld. Textile Workers Orpanizine Conmittce, Cumberland, Md. Federal Vorker's Schesl, washincton, DB. C. Scuthern Schowl fcr Workers, ~18-
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