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Page Twe THE HIGHLANDER FLING July, 1941 A Day at the Nursery School By JOAN PAYNE, Director Highlander Folk School reopened on May 12 its nursery school for the Summerfield community, a program which now enters its third year. The director is being assisted by Dorothy Theormas of Summerfield. Twelve children, ranging in age from 2 1-2 to 6 years, are enrolled in the school with five more planning to start within the next few weeks. By 8:45 each weekday morning there are seven or eight chil- dren playing around the schaosl building. Qne child is a spirited horse pujling a red wagon. Another child is the Serious driver. The porch ts a house with the preparation of food for the dolls an im- portant task. Around the corner of the house there is a group of children cach waiting his turn on the swing. The child already on the swing is performing acrobatic tricks to the delight of the wait- | ing onlookers. The children, racing around with the other red wagon to which the trailer is attached, have a collision with the “horse and wagon.’ The diftic’ ulties which arise are settled. At 10 the children ge1 ready for milk ani crackers. After this there is a quiet time of reading and then a group activity such as a hiding game, music or hiking. Ey 10°45 the children have returned to the individual or smaller Eruup activitio;n of their own choosing, After putting the toys and Lees The 1 ~* Soy, which is not without its variations, has ariser; gut of tne activity. patterns of the children in the group. Plans are Lejng considered, with the hope that they may soon by Curiled out, far the extension of the school day until] two o'clock with a hot lunch being served at noon, see O-. The New Orleans Program LUISE CONKLING Highlander extension director, sorship ‘of the Industrial Union Council. roturned to Highlander to teach at the two teat utlicials of Jocal unions were selected by the term, and already they are making use of iluiming by assisting with the educational pro- pert phe io. 0 -). o> mittee with the four HFS kids (apologies to oer du. @lackie, and Alvin-——-Lawrie didn't know this let- ST Was tal Bs lies ation) as the backbone. They have already given | ‘noroselves, and I think they are going to be a tr wenehonds fel to me.” econ oxtension program began with an Officers’ Training School, with 120 attending the opening meeting. Classes lehor s8OOT mE unton publicit. “sncaking and parliamentary law, union publicity, WAHINE And Bariamentary law, histars and union problems were set up, and were scheduled sev- eral bimes a week so as to give all who desired a chance to attend. mo too ef a hee speaking and parliamentary law has made Hoa leghie in the juture to S@parate the two, and run them both sTareecn _ oi the Officers’ Training Schoo) ended May ‘on the National Labor Relations Act; a panel . up Grievances” with five CEO representa- ‘4 “Labor's Information, Please” contest. t, the leew Orleans program is concentrating on an 1onewiv organized locals understand and overcome . cation have been elarted for all union meni- ath sds ef the River. A special course for shop stewards tito inen on “Taking up Grievances" opened June Law is conducting educational programs for in- TC. Inland Boatmen, Division of the NMU se- 14; who desire to learn how to give the member- better understanding of their organization, The ratesis of their contract. Classes in public y law are being held for the Transport ‘ane ) imtuons have requested special classes, rcturn to Highlander for the six weeks term, and ovws another New Orleans delegation with her. Viotead tina uur stoi a OWADEG i | sAitlb Fs Ve tay melas Pash ede walt oun New Orleans since about April 1, except far’ Lawrie recently wrote “Fonight [ meet a gen-! ° * & ‘shows for ai] to enjoy. Harry Las- Cleves in parliamentary law, public speaking, | WORK CAMP IS IN SESSION Works Camps for America, now a division of the International Student Service, is sponsoring in this Summe camp at Highlander aga HOSIERY UNION ‘HAS INSTITUTE The fourth annual Hosiery In- stitute at Highlander was held June 7-8 under the direction of Travis K. Hedrick, editor of THE HOSIERY WORKER. Leaders from AFHW branches in the tri- State area enjoyed a week-end of recreation and discussion, The convention decisions and organ- ‘izing problems were considered. Edward F. Callaghen, vice presi- | dent and southern director of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, and members of the materials away, the group comes together for 2 game, to listen to Highlander staff assisted with the the vicirola, or for a story. At noon the children are on their way ; PYOsram. The Sunday morning session was devoted to a discussion of organizing women in the in- dustry. Helen Gregory, discus- slon leader, urged the bullding of Ladies’ Auxiliaries and Jun- for Unions for the famllies of union members and emphasized the necessity for giving women members more responsiblity in the union. Miss Gregory, a rep- resentative of the Textile (ork is & member cf the ere Union, AFHW. Plans were made to have summary of the discussion mim- eographed and distributed by Mr. Callaghan’s office. (Conilnued [rom P, 1) ker “taught” the campers by tell- Ing them a@ serial story every night around a camp fire. The Junior Camp, like every- thing else at the school, was run on a cooperative basis. The chil- dren had the responsibility of dren Lat PORSI GI GLy keeping their cabins clean, wash- ying dishes, setting tables, keeping thir clothes in good order, and so on. Large amounts of sleep and Good food allowed them to carry a full program and at the same time build good health and gain weight, Tabulation of the union affii- jations of the campers parents showed the following: 13 with the AFL; seven with the CIO; three unclassified. These workers’ children, who ¢ame from communities in Ten- nessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Arkansas, returned to their homes with a rich experience in cooper- ative living. They understand some of the fundamentals of unionism, know how to produce short, slm- ple skits, and have learned to sin gthe labor songs familiar to union people. a work mar, “The general purpose of Work Camps for America is: “To pro- vide young men and women with ah opportunity to do use- ful work and to study social is- sues from personal experience, to encourage a deeper individual concern for the general welfare of the nation, to enlist their wholehearted support for 2 de- Mocracy responsive to the needs of its citizens, to promote mu- tual understanding among dl- verse economic, religious, and social groups, and to ald youth in the discovery of a personal Philosophy and a social idealism which will help te cary them through the stormy period ahead.” The campers, aged 18 to 24, are drawn from all religious, economic and social groups, the majority coming from the ranks of college students. NEWS NOTES Ziphia Horton is teaching mu- sit again this year at the ¥YWCA industrial girls’ summer session, held at Camp » Merri Wan e pe NO erie Wood, Sap- * Jim Dombrowski made a speak- ing trip through New England during April. He appeared before the Greenfield, Mass., Central La- bor Union at its annual banquet, and spoke to students at Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Amherst Col- lege. * * Myles Horton was one of the epeakers at the conference of Southern Mountain Workers which met in Knoxviile this Spring. A T0-acre farm adjoining High- Jander has been added to the school's property. It was pur- chased for the use of the school by Dr. Lillian W. Johnson, donor of the original site. | of * The Highlander personnel has been expanded by the addition of two people. Joan Payne, who was trained in nursery school work at Sarah Lawrence College, has taken charge of the Summerfield Nurs- ery School. Harry Lasker came to Highlander after his recent grad- uation fram the University of North Carolina. J . o “Democracy’s Drama in the Hills," by Bee Rich, is the story which appeared in the February jesue of Social Work Today, de- scribing recent reactlanary at- tacks upon Highlander.