The daily worker., 1931-11-28
The Party Training
School in Detroit
BY r. BAKER.

THE potentiality of the Regional Training
School in Detroit, now being prepared by the
Central Committee, can best be seen by brief
glance at the Training School, now being COM
pleted in Detroit
Subjects and Methods:
The subjects studied at the school are based on
the outlines and experiences of the National
Training School and are so arranged as to be
OF immediate practical value to the comrades
in their Gay to day work. There three main
subjects: Fundamentals of Communism, Struc-
ture and Work of the Party, Trade Union and
Unemployment Problems. Each OF the three
main subjects is subdvided into topics, dealing
with some specific phase OF the subject. Each
of the subjects combines theoretical work with
every day practical problems. Supplementing
the three main subjects are a series of from
four to six lectures which round out the course,
and give comrades a general background. The
lectures are so adjusted as to At in with the
practical tasks dealt with in the classes For
example the lecture on the Negro question pre-
cedes the study of forms and methods of work
among the Negro masses.
The entire school Is run on the self study
principle
For each topic there Is an outline which states
the problem, indicates the reading material,
which is based on the amount of time at the
NicpOSal vi Vic SJuuSulo, dHQ gives IIl6 COQUTOl
Questions to guide the students in reading and
discussion.
The students are divided into study groups of
S each, and the time of study groups is so ar
ranged that two hour study group takes place
Just prior to each Conference of the student body
at which reports are made and general dis
cussion takes place under the guidance of an
instructor who is directly in charge of the par
tcular work with which the topic deals.
The study groups are given assignments and
tasks that correspond with the problems they
will be faced with in the cities, mass organiza-
tons and mass activities. In dealing with strike
strategy, one group is charged with developing
plan for the District Committee of the Party
in given situation, another group is assigned
relief work as their task, etc,
With each new development In the District the
problems in the school connected The par
ticular dlficut problems of given sections are
made by subjects of study. Each important
campaign, such as Hunger March, War Danger,
are treated as practical tasks by assigning study
groups as committees to prepare plans for given
activities or phases OF work, and by assigning
students as unit organizers or other responsible
funtionaries SO that the class as we'll as the
study group actually becomes committee that
deals with real concrete problem.
Inner School Life.
The location of the school is such that the
students can work more intensely and more ef-
fectively because they are together "a hours a
day. Regular hours of study, rest sleep, exer-
cises and recreation build up the health and
the hands Of the students simultaneously. The
enthusiastic support Of the school by the Party
Unemployed Councils, mass organizations and
sympathiSers has made 1t possible to conduct the
school at very low cost largely due to consid-
erable donations Of foodstuffs
The six weeks Regional Training School will