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Highlander Folk School — Part 8
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MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
‘The present members of the school's executive
council are; 5. S.\CALLAGHAN, Southern Director of American Federation of
Hosiery Workers; aRD BORAH, Southern Director of District 50, Wiis;
P..UL CHRISTOPHER, President of the Tennessee State Indvstrial Union Council;
¥. C. PIEPER, Louisiana CIO Regional Director; JOE\DOBES. Chattanooga
Central Labor Union; MaTT LYNCH, Tri-State Director LEN; ALTON LaWRENCE,
Regional Director, Mine, Mill and Smelters Workers; LUCY MASON, Public
holations representative of the C1Q; HOLLIS ID, Legislative Tee ee
of the Railroad’ Brotherhood; "tis VONES, Fi iak University; GEORGE Mi
Yanderbilt University. It will be noted that-F.-¢. PIFTER, HOLLIS EDD,
LEVIS JONES, and GEORGE MAYHEW are new members, while the former members,
ALBERT BARNETT, Professor of Old Testament Literature, ,Scarritt College,
GEORGE\TITLER, Secretary cf District 19, WSiA, and ROY to! Valens President
of the ttanooga Printing Pressmen's and assistants’ nion, have been
dropped from the council, + oa foe °
PaST AND CONTEMPLATED SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:
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sem ne pee
. The Highlander Folk School has carried a cimpara tively
few activities during the spring and early summer of 1942. 4 Junior Camp was
held at the school fron June 1 to June 7, 19,2. which was attended by workers!
children, age eight to fifteen, cost to the camper three dollars, The camp
, Was under the supervision of MARGARET BRYAN and ZILPHIA HORTON, who were
assisted by MiRIA STENZEL, LEON WILSON, CAROL FINKELSTEIN, and B ELKUSS.
The program included indoor and outdoor recreation, hiking, folk darcing,
singing, cramatics, art and crafts. The camp was designed to encourage the
physical, personal and group development of workers! children and to help
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nake unionisn a nore effective part of family and community life. The
najority of the campers were frem Grundy County, Tennessee. Representation
was about equally divided between AF of L, CIO, and farm families,
The Writer's Workshop was held at the school fran
June 15 to June 27, 192. At the present time, no information is available
conaowming the activity carried on at this period. Previous Writer Workshops
have been under the direction of LEON WILSON, at which time various writers,
editors, college professors have instructed a small nunber of students fron
Southern states in the technique of writing fiction and discussing the South
as source naterial for contemporary articles, Future activities as outlined
in the schedule published in the Hiphlander Fling indicate that a second
Junior Union Carip will be held at the school fron July 5 to July 12; that
a summar term for workers will be held from august 3 to September 13: that
a sperial tivo-weeks term will be given from September 1 to September 13, and
that the tenth anniversary celebration and student reunion will be held at
the school on September 12 and September 13. The Highlander Fling states
that the courses are planned to help the students carry out the daily job
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