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#1 5— 14. SAGRED HARP CLASS the Sacred Harp songs, sometimes called White Spirituals, a neglected field of smericen folk music of tie southern hill rezion, have been enthusiastically revived at Highlander. A "class" of forty under the direction of Zilphia Hertcn, held a session once a week for sixteen weeks from December 29 to April 5 with an average attendence of twenty. The final session was an all day sing "with dinner on the grounds." Tie songs were those of the "Original Sacred Harp," a choral collection con- tinuously in use in the .rural south for ninety-seven yearse Thirty members of the Summerfield Seered Harp Class participa- ted anid were joined ty seven weteran Sacred uarpers from Law- rence County, the Tennessee stronghold for tnis kind of music, Dr. George Pullen Jackson, of Peabody College for Teach- ers, authority on Sacred Harp Songs, has invited Zilphia Hor- ton, Maria Stenzel, and Leon Wilson to be charter members of the Tennessce State Harp »association, 15, S UKRE DANCING AND STRING BAND A Saturday night square dance group composed of the young pecple of Sumrerfield had an average attendance of sixteen the beginning of the year until the start of the summer sessions. A string band class was started to play for the dancing and had ‘an averaze of four or five, with about eipiit listeners who came in the hope of dancing. 16. DISCUSSION GROUP IN COUNTY During the summer harry Lasker organized & study group at Laager which met on Thursday nights for two months at the homes cf Loipr. Vaughn and George Bone, attendance grew steadily with & puss Oo. twenty. Discussion subjects on current social and legislative preblems suggested by the class included the poll tax, Wagner Act, Social Security, Wage and Hour Law, and the proposed tax bill. ,