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Highlander Folk School — Part 3
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Lawrie will return te Hishlander for the six weeks term, and
we hope she will bring another New Orleans delegation with her."
In an article entitled "A Day et the Nursery Schcol" by
Joan Payne, Director, it is indicated that the HIGHLANDER FOLK
SCHCOL recpened its nursery schcol for the Summerficld Ccmmunity
en May 12, 1941 for its third year. Joan Payne, the Director,
is being assisted by Dorot homas cf Summerfield and twelve
children ranging in age fron ‘2h to 6 are enrolled with five more
planning to start within the next few weeks.
Ge 3: :-
graphed summary of the activitics and a financial statement cf the
HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHCOL for the first six months of 1941. This is sicned
by JAMOS DOLBROWSKI as Chairman. This sumiary will be retained in the
files cf the Kncexville Field Divisicn and is beine set forth as follcws:
"HIGHLANDER aT HOME
Residcnee Term: Fourteen stucents attended the session from
May le-24. They represented six states and ten labor unions.
Feurtcen more attended perticns of the sessich as part time students.
Junior Union Camp: The canp torm for werkerst children was
Tenrer than lest yearts, ened the enrelbuent was larzor. Twenty
three children cf union members, ranjing in sce from 6-15, worked
and played at Hichlancer freon June 9-22. «among the paronts cf
the young campers the A. F. of L. praccrminnt:id by about tw. te cne.
Laber Confercnecs: LoLor's 'Uon-Partitan Leajue held its seecnd
Scuthern conference at the schocl ifsy 16-17. Students at the
spring term had'the advanta:e cf mecving eighty-one rcpresontatives
of twenty-three crranizaticns who attended, and cf hearing the dis-
cussions. On June 7-8, the school Sccame headquarters for the annual
tri-state institute of the American Federation cf Hosiery workers,
In the Sunrorfielt Community: a community garden was starteca under
“tne iealersnip (f the school, as part of the Swarerfielc Cicperative
which is carrying on its quilt-makins anc developing tne manufacture
of clay pottcry malinc, weed carving, drawing, and dress-making,
while childron book icssons in clay-medcling and puppet making.
A Square Gance croup and a string-band cf young pecple got torether
weekly up until the opening of the spring term, and the Summerfield
Sacre’ Harp Class held sixteen mectings, uncer the leadership of .
Zilphia Herton. The traveling library in Summerfield distributed
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