The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02

A FTER many months of preliminary work the
"A part of the National Committee of the League and
the Finnish Workers Groups of Chicago and Wauke-
gan who had become interested, all plans were com
pleted
The first school of its character opened in Wauke-
August l, and continued for four weeks, clos
ing August %. The instructors were Oliver Carlson
and John Williamson with r. Harn special instruct
the Cooperative Movement. ss g. - -
total of hirtythree students22 boys and IL girls
attended with q completing the entire course An
analysis of the students would have shown five states
and eleven cities represented The youngest student
IA years of age and the oldest 49, with the
bulk ranging from II to 20 years. The types of stu
dents excellent. OF the SS, twenty-one were
American born; two Canadian four FINNISH four
Russian; Austrian and French. According to
occupation. IL industrial workers (seven being
coal miners from nlinois) 10 students and the
remaining were clerks and Office workers. An inter
estng fact is that of the IL industrial young workers
eleven members of trade unions.
The curriculum framed to meet the basic
theoretical requirements of the youth movement with
week of intensive practical work. rounding out the
course The curriculum differed from established
methods of pedagogy insofar did not follow the
method of subject being taught one hour per day
the entire school term of four weeks but had our
entire curriculum worked out to complete
particular subject in two days. and then pro-
coed to the next The advantages defects of this
pertinent is not within the confines of this article.
The curriculum embraced the following subjects
Basic Features of Capitalist Economy, Theory of Inn
peralism American Imperialism, Glasses, Class Srug
gle and Role of State Glasses and Parties In America,
Forms and Strategy of the Glass Struggle, Prolearan
Dictatorship and Soyiets, Leninism. International
Youth Movement Problems OF Socialist Reconstruction
History and Problems OF COOPERATIVE Movement. The
DRY and Practice of Young Workers League and Pub
lie Speaking and Workers Journalism.
The method followed, consisted Of ~ lectures on
subject by instructor ( individual reading and study
by Students co circle discussion work by all In this
way, any question of doubt raised in the mind of the
student by either the lecturer the text book
thoroly cleared In the circle discussion. The day
divided into i've periods per day, Of which.
during the hottest hours of the afternoon de-
voted to rest and recreation.
Altho the National Executive Committee Of the
League and the Management Committee had direct
supervision the establishment of the school, during
its existence the instructors encouraged and established
method of selfdiscipline among the students. A
student council elected with various committees for
each phase Of work Entertainments sports discipline
and wall newspapers among these. The discipline
and application in study Of the great majority OF the
students splendid
II must be understood also. that the school had
plete the students In every way such
feeding and housing The nrst handled thru the