The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-07

In other Pioneer. homes the Oh.
To our home the children com,
their dinner and supper here.
dressmaking and suit case ma
work.
work in the binding shop
All other children above IL years of
age work i'll one of these shops ac-
cording their own choice. We help
the workers in the "Nishsveyprorn"
(Nijni-Novogorod tailoring) factory
carry on different campaigns and we
celebrate revolutionary holidays to-
gether. &C.,
Special Study Rooms.
Those of our children, who are
backward in their studies and those
who do not work in the shops, have
a special room to study. They study
under the supervision of special
teachers and brighter children who
help them to catch up in subjects in
Which they are behind. The chill
dren stay in the Pioneer home until
9 o'clock in the evening. They sleep
home. Our Pioneer home is consid-
cred the model Pioneer home in the
whole Nizni-Novogorod region. All
the other Pioneer homes and Pioneer
organizations try to use the same
methods of work as we do. We are
the first ones to introduce new
methods of work as we do We are
the first ones to introduce new
methods. If they prove beneficial for
the government and for the Pioneers
other Pioneer homes and organi-
cations adopt them.
Now, want to tell you about our
winter camp. The children of our
Pioneer home we're the first ones in
our region to go to winter camp for
their winter 10 days vacation. Thirty
children went together with two lead
ers, the director of the home and the
manager The camp is IL versts
fromthe village Oransk. 1t was
formerly a hermitage and is situated
in the woods. We have 3 COWS,
horse and pig.
The daily schedule in our winter
camp was the following. The chill
dren get up at O'Clock; from 8 to
$3.50 they dress and have exercise;
from $3.50 to $40 they get washed;
some children rub themselves with
snow. From $40 till 9 they make
their beds and clean up the building;
from to 10 is breakfast. From 10
a. m. till p. m. the children work
in the Oransky collective farm and
library From l to is dinner and
from to rest hours, From 4 to s
the children can do whatever they
like. From to 2 is evening tea;
from to $3.50 is club hour; from $50
to $3.50 supper. At 10 o'clock the
children go to bed.
Good Food.
For breakfast we are given coffee,
bread and butter or cheese or full
bowl of potcheese instead Of other
cheese. After breakfast we were kept
busy in the collective farm. We fixed
up red corner with placards. We
also helped to organize a reading
room and library. We helped the COL
1ective farm to prepare for the spring
sewing, we collected ashes for fer
tilizing the soil
At dinner hour we returned to the
camp to eat. 1t consisted of soup
or stchey or macaroni with milk,
fried potatoes or pancakes and some
times 2 glasses of milk with it, Dur
ing our leisure hour we went skiing,
some children were busy drawing.
reading, some who felt like sleeping
took a nap
For evening tea we get tea with
milk. white bread. During club
hours we had group or general meet
ings. The children were divided in
two groups. One group had 8 bril-
gadeS, the other 4. was in the third
brigade of the second group Each
brigade was assigned certain tasks to
perform.
Al present we have IA circles in
our Pioneer home. Not only the
Pioneers but also the other school
children take active part in the cir
Giles.
Please, write us now how the work
is arranged and carried on in your
schols. If you are Pioneer, write
about your Pioneer organizations.
\ nupil of the 9Th group of the
school "In memory Of the Decem-
rists," Pioneers of pupils Of the An
son Pioneer Home.
With Pioneer greetings,
Tamara Kalinina.