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MONTEAGLE TENNESSEE Institutes and Extra Sessions. In addition to ite regular reei- dent terms, Highlander holds frequent weekend inetitutes throughout the year, for unions, teachers, and social workers. For example, during 1940, institutes were held at the school for the American Federa- tion of Hosiery Workers, for the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers Union, and for La- bor’s Non-Partisan League. Informal week- end gatherings were held for leadera of co- operatives, and for southern business ard professional, and indus- trial Y¥. W.C. A. secretaries, After-supper singing of labor and folk Other special sessions have included auch varied projects as: a week's Summer camp for the children of union members; a writers’ workshop at which prominent writers and young studente from all parts of the country discussed together the problems of writing: and two work camps for college students. 2.The Community Pregram. The problem of earning a living in Grundy County is acute. Since the soi] is not suitable for productive farming, the natural resources of the land—coal mining and lumbering. have been exploited until the timber is gone and only a few mines are in operation. The American Public Welfare Asso- ciation has made a study of the county: it is one of the poorest in the South, with over eighty percent of the residents certified for relief. An important part of Highlanders’ Square dancing at the ll-year-round activities is the School's camp for junior unionists, work with community organizations in