The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-09-21
(By MICHAEL KENNEDY

Maybe you We alreaQy seen IL IN the
movies. At any rate it has gained Sc
much national recognition that a cam
era man visited this state to get movie
news reel shot of Montana's pioneer
venture in vocational training.
When Camp Castle Rock, the FF,RA
women's camp nesting on a timber
studied slope Of the Rocky mountains IL
miles south of Butte, closed its doors
a few days ago, it left behind it an ex-
ceptional record. This camp, placed
at the service of the state relief admin
istration by the Girl Scouts, has re-
juvenated the health. hopes and vo-
cational ability Of 80 Montana girls
since its opening July 16.
Between the ages Of 10 and Is, girls
we're recruited from many applicants In
the ranks of relief families and unem-
ployed from Butte and Anaconda. Most
of the girls had little previous training
of a vocational nature; others were be-
coming rusty" losing what skill and
morale and vocational ability they did
have.
The group that departed from Camp
Castle Rock was a different one than
that which hesitantly entered July 16.
For many of the girls it's been their
first pleasant experience . . the first
slap on the back they've received In a
long. long time. They told me that
they hated to leave but their counsellors
say they left with a desire that's al
most a mania to take care Of them
selves in the future. Certainly they left
with an entirely different outlook on
life.
Montana's camp was among the first
of 80 resident schools and educational
camps for unemployed women estab-
lished by state relief administrations
this summer with the help of FERA
funds. Plans for such schools and
camps resulted from a definite belief
of government departments, women's
organizations and unemployed women
themselves that. some program would
be welcomed to meet needs Of unem-
ployed women for food and shelter and
at the same time give them an oppor-
tunity for education and rehabilitation.
Throughout the country this belief
has been confirmed by eager accep-
lance of the experimental program.
Success of Camp Castle Rock mean Gf
others have been equally a successfully
that the government may mold a plan
ned, permanent camp system on a
much larger scale. This announcement
wa made to DR.. w. j. Butler, state re-
lief administrator by Marjorie P.
Schauffler, research expert. who is in
speeding all camps and evolving a de-
tailed plan from the present expert
mental program.
Aug. 81, Miss Hilda W. Smith Of
Washington, D. c., specialist in work.
ers' education, who drew up plans for
cruising the SO summer camps, visited
Montana. She said that if funds were
available, the permanent unemployed
women's educational system may be in
augurated next year on a large scale
with year around camps and schools
in all industrial cities of any size.
In initiating the plan and granting
federal relief funds for this purpose,
the FERA had in mind not only meet
ing urgent needs of unemployed women
this summer but also desirability of es-
tablishing social and educational ex-
pertinent laboratories, where teachers
and students together may study prob
lens of unemployed women and point
out next steps to be taken in a con-
%structive program of action.
The present program should estab-
lish such important points, Miss
Schauffler states, as: /. What particular
kinds Of training are needed to enable
women to find and hold jobs? 2. How
can they come to an understanding of
the industrial and social world of which
they are a part so they may help bring
about those necessary changes which
will mean economic security for all?
How are they to create a home and
family life which will equip them and
their children to meet higher standards
OF living and an uncertain future? What
can they do through a program OF
health education and recreation to
build up a physical vitality and dis
cover new and interesting resources fol-
! leisure?
According to federal representatives
each of the camps or schools is in
dividualistic at present. Montana
however, has one of the finest inter.
pretations of an ideal setup in the
nation and has been complimented en-.
Enthusiastically.
~AA4 SAANCN oCdAA " oCtell llRQlN
qualified "counsellors" headed by Mis-,
Connie Belle Hoover has been il
charge of Camp Castle Rock. The prof.
ect comes under the women's work di.
vision of the state relief administration
of which Miss Agnes Pauline is director
J The camp has been largely self-gov
erned, elected leaders from enrolle,
ranks taking part in administrativ,
councils with directors. For the mos
part, the camp functioned under tn
theory that discipline will be self -evok
ed, a system that placed responsibility
for success of the camp squarely on tn
girls shoulders. They've worked har'
to bring it national recognition.
Although it may sound like a larl
this camp has been no place for vaca
ton loafing. Following through a day
routine makes that obvious.
At 6:45 in the morning the cam
rolls out" and, following a flag rails