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“ “The shade of dozens of tall trees contrib: sd to the beauty of the scene . . . Mrs. voseveit made a simple, friendly address . . . ‘\e audience listened in perfect silence, even : children seemed never to move or utter a Hamilton and . .) — Zella Armstrong, waty.Histocian, as quoted from. the Chatta:. . age .propleta oga News-Free Press. The headline above t picture is quoted from the same newspaper. 2 €r 1rt AE WOR YEU OF CTTT MA 9D 1D VP WR ROTUE O RAIN Le ddr ?NSHIP AND INTEGRATION, confer- ces, and specia) programs were highlighted the visit in June of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ,1, speaking to a gathering of some 300 peo- _t from almost every southern state, oppealed » Americans to prove to the world that Democ- zy is a way of life which benefits all peopie, “d praised Highlander for making this Dem- styatwn of Demutracy. In November, the THANKSGIVING ORESHOP beouchs sogerker 72 parents and adents from newly integrated southern schools. THE MINISTERS WORKSHOP, in De- ‘mber, heard Dr, Everett Tilson, Wanderbitt vinity Schwol, give a lecture based on his ok, Segregaiion and The Bible. Manisters doa group af theological students, preparing r the miniary in the South, came to grips th thie vital ethical problem dominating the uthern scene today: segregation. Southern jeaders and the Highlander Execu- ‘e Counci! planned. in January. the setiet of ‘ORKSHOPS OW CITIZENSHIP AND IN- GGRATION which followed in the spring and mmer, In Marsh. social workers met with Alice abb, Director of Sociology and Rural Work, ‘arrte College, and with Highlander Staff to an prograr for people working with social ences and in community organizations in the ith. “Als in March. the fifth annual COLLEGE ‘EEK-EXD WORKSHOP discussed “Build- Bo Medi et ete) awl Jing gledivn.” COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SEGRE- ATION was discussed in the May Workshop. cofessor Francis Mants, Fulbright Scholar, and rs. Septima Clark, Highlander’s Director of jucation, were co-chairmen of this meeting. The June Workshop, with emphasis on EGISTERING AND VOTING brought to ther 60 resident participants from seven south: fh states. The July WORKSHOP ON COMMUNITY EVEILOPMENT drew peaple trom Chazleston id from the tea sslands off the coarts of South arolina, and from Tennessee seeking and of- ring ways of working together to build a mmunity to meet the needs of its people. Adult summer school students from Tuskegee stiture met in week-end session at Highlander Aurust usder the leadership of Mr. C. G. amullion. A Demonstration of Democracy “You are doing a pioneer work here. I know of no other school just like thie one. It is very important at this time that this demonstration of democracy be made. We have to prove we believe in a non-Communist world that is really a democracy, with freedam of opportunity.” » —Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at Highlander, June 17, 1958 Percolator ot Drip! ® In September, Dr. Lewig Jones of Tuskegee, chairing a meeting on HUMAN ASPECTS OF POPULATION SHIFTS, suggested that the emphasis be placed not on migrants as prob lems but on the probleme of migrants. Many thousands of persons both Negro and white are pulling up stakes and moving to vast ucban eeneers without preparation. What north- e.n jonrnalists call “clannishness’” grows out of a need tor personal acceptance and companion- ship. neporting on this meeting to the National Conlerence of Catholic Charities, Myles Horton raid: “We should not seek to impose our unfamil- jar institutional waye but instead should encour- afnd. theix own maya, of doing things . . . To develop lay leadership close to tue people will make it possible for people themselves ty assume responsibility in solving their own problems. To borrow an example from our morning coffee pot, the percolator, rather than the drip method, will encourage ideas to circulate from bottom to top and top to bottom instead of coming from the top down.” a ae Of the 657 people who participated in the 1958 workshops and conferences, 259 were Negro and 398 white. A majority of the Work- shup participants were Negro community lead- ers. Ali but 28 persons (approximately 5%) were residents of the South. wow Ww Extension Program © A WORKSHOP ON REGISTERING AND VOTING for Charleston County, §. C., was planned and carried out in September by for- mer Highlander workshop participants from that area with the assistance of Mrs. Clark, High: fander's Director of Education. From an East Tennessee rural community came visitors whom the South Carolinian workshop organizers had met when both groups participated in High- lander’s July Workshop on munity - velopment, ® JOHNS ISLAND LITERACY SCHOOL completed its term in February with a cere- mony awarding certificates to students some of whuin, even over the age of 60, had learned to read and write, conduct their own business afairs, and qualify to vote under the instruc: tion of Highlander Staff Member, Miss Bernice Robinson of Charleston. Pictured below is the johns Isfand School in session. Requests for additional literacy schools from nearby islands have been received by Highlander. Fun and Friendship Dr. Van Kennedy, University of California Professor, and Mrs. Kennedy, teacher in child- arent relationships, directed chree weeks of appy. healthy, interracial, outdoor camping for youngsters, age 9 through 13. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Chapin, experienced in the direction of tAmerican Friends Service Work-Camps in Mex ico, directed the work-counselor training pro. gram, for young men and women dedicated to making a contribution to the South in this time of great need. “I do want to emphasize,” wrote one parent of campers, “what an exceptional job we feel all af won folks ighlandser . The significance of race instinctively changes from THE FACT OF THE MATTER to A MAT: da st co st ’ TER OF FACT in your beautiful atmosphere where ideals are a living norm. . - HARRY LASKER MEMORIAL LIBRARY CELEBRATION in September culminated a summer's work of cataloguing by Miss Jenelle Elder, who will return to Highlander next sum- mer after a winter of graduate work at Atlanta University’s School of Library Service. Mise Elder worked under the guidance of Mr, Richaid Guitia, Knoxville College Librarisa. Also among Highlander’s personnel were Miss Clara Brown, graduate of Allen University in Columbia, §. é. Miss Felicia Harris, who ob tained her degree from Knorville College and Miss Judith Gregory, who, after a year and a half of graduate work in the Woodrow Wilson | Department of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, joined the staff of the Purney Grad- uate School prior to coming to Highlander. Mikii Fowlkes Marlowe, pictured right in the library scene above, a native of Arkansas, be- came the School Manager. Mikii and J. D. Mariowe with their year old ton, Joey, have settled on an adjoining farm,