The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
A NOTE ON MISLEADERS
IN WORKERS EDUCATION
Progressive Education Can Only Be Proletarian
Class Education

City, whirh leads this movement
has had tremendous growth since
its founding. From five or six
classes in the 1924-5 term having
about 60 registered students, the
School leaped to over 100 classes
having a total registration OF 1880,
in the 1929-30 term Equally great
growth is shown in the improvement
of the faculty both as regards to
member and feminist stature. The
greatest growth Of all however, is
the Qualification of the program of
the School and the contents of the
courses. In this respect the sharp
est break took place between the
terms 1929 and 1929-30
TIE entire published program for
the 1929 term was a watered pro-
gram. The aim Of the school is
stated thus:
cts (Workers SCHOOL, curricu-
lum is based on the assumption that
Marx, Engels, and Lenin, in their
works and deeds have given the
proletariat a science of understand
ing, organizing and action which di-
reefs it along its march towards
power and emancipation"
Such statement of purpose
despite the mention of Lenin's
name can of course be entirely &C.
cepted by such non-communist bo-
dies as the "proletarian" party.
Old Errors
Still greater confusion reigned in
the various courses offered. If ona
takes the American History courses
for example then one finds the fol
lowing different courses offered:
I, History Of the U. S.
2. Economic and Political His
tory of the L. S.
3. History CT the American
workin" Glass.
4. Historic Struggles of Ameri-
can Labor
5. Marx and Engels on America.
IF one understands that there can
be only one MARKHAM approach to
history then the falsity Of the d.
vision between most of these cour-
ses becomes obvious. Possibly the
type of errors made in the construc-
ton of other parts of the curriculum
throw lite on the above madness Tor
was it method?) A course was Of
fered by the then director of the
School on Problems OF American
Marxism. And in order to empha-
size this "eXceptionalist" approach
another course was offered on
"Some Aspects Of the American
Mind" This has nothing to do with
Leninisn. 1t can only be charac-
terized as superficial -bour-
geoiG drivel
The Better Workers School
During the 1929-30 term, follow
ing on the change in the entire line
of the Communist Party, what can
be termed as complete revolution
took place. The curriculum and
course contents were overhauled
and changed with the result that the
School emerged as a better, more
effective weapon in the hands of the
revolutionary movement of The
United States
Register for Spring Term Now
The Spring term of the Workers
School is to open on February 3rd
The splendid service given by the
school in supplying better func-
tionaries for the Communist Party,
militant trade unions, and other la
Dor organizations is gradually win
ming for it it's proper place in the
labor movement. For the Fall term
hundreds of students were elected
in the shops, especially the shoe
shops, to attend the School; the ex-
penses being covered by collections
among the workers. For the Spring
term this must be increased. Over
90 per cent of the students for the
Fall Term came from the shops.
The School is now taking registra-
ton for the Spring Term--No
worker should miss the opportunity
to attend.