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Highlander is ready to assume its increasing res- pensibilities and urges every local in Tennessee to follow out the policy laid by. the convention, and send students to our summer tern, August 3 - Septezber 12, which has been especially planned to meet the new problems caused by the war," REPORT OF THE NEW ORLEANS EXTENSION PROGRAK: The following report was received from a confidential source: "THE NEW GRLEGNS EXTENSION PROGR Mary Lavrance, Extension Directo. for Highlander Folk School (For the information of Highlander‘s contributors and friends, we have asked Mary Lawrance to prepare the following brief report of the educational pro- gram conducted by her for the past year in New Orleans, working in conjunction with the New Orleans Industrial Union Council.) The objective of the educational program in New Orleans was to take over the newly organized locals and help the organizers in servicing and educating the menbership. The most successful results were had with the Reserve Sugar Local, because this approach was used. Several months intervened between the time of organization, and negotiation of a con- tract, which provided time to train cfficers and stewards to mm their onn union, and the rank and file to speak in meetings and follow the rules of meetings, and enabled the local to discuss and write its own contract. This _ £0c21 knew what it was fighting for; it is ready to swing behind its new con- tract and make it work. , ; The educational program was divided into four logical periods--although not intentionally. The first three moths were spent main- ly in the training of officers and committeemen to do their jobs properly end to build their organization. The second period was devoted mainly to the stewards--training them to take up grievances and to build the union in their department. During the third session, emphasis was put on picking the unions in the greatest need of help, and running a program individually for each of then, with the assistance of the officers and stewards who had at~ tended the earlier classes. The final session was an effort to train as many as possible of the rank and file in the fundanentals of unionism at general meetings, departmental meetings, stewards' meetings, executive board meetings, and so forth. It was felt important to activate more and mere people as leadership was rapidly being drained off. Special emphasis was Sp ttpat. ? { A 7 \ + A ca /