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Items In Brief — @ After two years of work, Betty and Henry Shiphera resigned from the Highlander Staff, April 30, 1056; they returned to ‘ their Philadelphia home. The Executive Council commended them on thelr competence, devotion and self-sacrifice. @® Present staff members now include Myles Horton, Director; Mrs. Septima Clark, Integration Workshop Director; May Justus, Community Director; James Hargis, Farm Manager: Mrs. Julie Mabee; Mikii Fowlkes Marlowe; Betsy Freihett: Anne Lockwood, Office Staff, and Hildreth Smith, Commun- ity Worker. SCHGOCL BOARD DISMISSES MRS. CLARK @ J. D. end Mikii Fowlkes Marlowe were married in May and On June @, we learned from Mrs. Septima Clark, now Inte- rave up house in the Dombrowski Cabin at the end of gration Workshop Director, that the Superintendent of Educa- tion of Charlestcn, S. C., had notified her that her contract, © Fifteen members of the Sugymerfield 4-H club meet at High- aiong with those of five other Negroes and five white school lander each Tuesday night for square dancing and general tezchers, would not be renewed for the coming school year. recreation and come in twice a day for swimming classes. om wars. Liark hoids an M. A. degree, was rated first-class Per- @ 9 improve swimming and fishing, community members con-- manent Professional status in the 1944 National Teachers Exam- tributed labor and time to extend the rock wall 225 feet inatinn: che hee heen a successful teacher in the South Carolina further around the lake. Last Sunday we counted 25 anglers system for 25 years. No reason was given for her dismissal, South and at least 20 gwimmers from the community. Carolina law allows chairmen of boards of trustees, presidents @ An 8-man Community Action Team representing six Euro- | of colleges and principals of schools to give no reason for a pean countries ended a two-months visit in this country at dismissal. Also, one man may act for the entire board. Highlander June 20-21st. The team is sponsored by the In- The 1956 legislature also decreed that all city and state em- ternational Cooperation Administration and their purpose ployees who are mernbers of the NAACP would be fired. was to study and observe community and regional efforts in economic self-betterment. Mre Clerk hac been active in Charleston civic affairs, is at preseni first vice-president of the city NAACP, and has been as- sxiated with Highlander for three years. Liberal Education for Adults, Chicago, reported in a telephone interview that preliminary plans are underwzy for the 25th Highlander Anniversary Celebration in 1857. The major high- light will be a week-long institute for the school’s alumni, sponsors and general supporters at Highlander. @ P. M. Horton, who came to the school in the early days, passed away this spring. “Dad” Horton, father of Myles, is sorely missed by his family and all the rest of us. Sandy (A. A.) Liveright of the Center for the Study of She reports that the National Education Association has been netified of this ection, and will look into the case. —_o—- @ Highlander’s present Executive Council and 3. Dean, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. oti The S“HAMILTON, Atlanta _Urbe Shi Leas, paw tte § a i Rs : G. RPVHA WAY, Sec.-Treas, ted Feb ce nh is | ad . 3. LEWIS te RIERDERSCN, Gull Gulfport, piss. <r ENTERRACIAL CHILDREN’S CAMP ‘ sor “Il, Industrial Relations Consultant, Fisk 1 Uni- 7 . versity, Nashville, Tens 7 ferraca’ Caldren’s camp, with nine counselors and DR, LEWISSONES, Rural Life Council] Tuskegee Institute, Pee vetation at Highlander for eight weeks. It la OT cemmeaee Tom OE “th, a cooperative community in Americus, [- il TELL, Executive Director Southern Re- \ Ga. The camp was prevented from being held at the cooperative Ei. 2) Council. Atlanta, Georgia’ farm in Georgia by a last-minute court injunction. REV. EUGEN HFRS, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Telephone and telegraph communication to .all parents, ig Lick nied he te eres counselors and others resulted in opening the camp at High- R.P.“A, EPTENS, Chattanooga, Tenn. jgnder only two days behind the original plans. JOR Til, Attorney-At- -Law, Nashville, Tenn... LUCILLE“THORNBURGH, Associate Editor, East Tennessee abor Ney ile, “Tenn, ns HITE, Becretart, Tennessee State e Legislative Bos Board, —_—o-—— @® ¥VORESHGPS Brotherhood pt Trainmen, ‘Lexington Tenn. RE = ao Publisher, Southern Farm and Home, southern Farm and Home eee CUTE Li-2] ~Incegration Workshop I wieisk gi-éc--Meading Week I AUGUST 5-11l--Integration Workshop I]. AUGUST 11-16—Reading Week II AUGUST 18-25-——-Integration Workshop TT ' AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 1--Reading Week II. TSON, Tennessee_Revresentative International _ Mill and Smelter Workers, Columbia, Tenn. ector, Highlander Folk School, Mont-