Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-28

many young people from Community
B have attended the folk high school
in Community A, ana the community
activities of the two groups have been
similar in character and purpose.
Community will be selected on
the basis of similarity to Community
A and B in size, economic resources
and general cultural-educational
level. 1t will differ from Communi-
ties A and B in not having preponder-
ance of Danish or other Scandinavian
elements in its population. Slayton,
community in southwestern Mime
sofa has been tentatively considered
as having these characteristics. 1t
also has set of buildings erected
for year-round transient camp which
can be secured from the State of Min
nesota for educational purposes.
B. Chief differences among the
communities.
1. Between Community A and b
the chief difference in organizing the
programs will be the fact that Com
munity A has a 50-year-old institu-
ton with all the sentiment and tradi-
tion attaching thereto, and COmmun-
ity B will establish new institution
2. Community C will differ chiefly
from communities A and B in not
having a Danish background or ia
miliarity with the peoples college
idea.
C. Preliminary study of young
adults in communities. At the begin
ming of the program, study will be
made of the young adults between the
ages of IS and 25 inclusive, in an at
tempt to answer the following ques-
tions:
/. What are these young people
doing now?
2. How do they themselves want
to change the pattern of their ac-
tivities?
3. What changes in their activi-
ties are recommended by leaders OF
the communities?
4. What attitudes, ideals. and in
terests do those young people now
have?
5. What changes in these attitudes,
ideals and interests would help i'm
prove the activities of young adults
as judged by:
a. The young people themselves?
b. Folk high school workers?
C. Public high school teachers?
d. College teachers?
e. Other leaders, as clergymen, edi-
tors. social workers, etc.
d. Organizing the Programs.
1. Community A.
The Danebod Folk School Associa-
tion will carry on a folk high school
program in it's plant in Tyler. This
association will select its director anC
faculty, formulate its policies and pro-
cedures, and try in its own way tc
carry on what it considers to be a
good folk high school program.
2. Community B.
| A folk high school association will
be organized at AskOv, with member.
ship open to any interested person
This association will secure build
ing, select a director and faculty, anG
formulate and carry on a folk high
school program approved by the direc.
tor of this investigation.
3. Community C.
At the end of the first year of this
investigation peoples college asso,
citation will be organized in a non.
Danish community in Minnesota. This
association, with the aid of the direc-
tor of his investigation, will study the
results of the first-year work in Com
munities A and B and upon the basis
of these results will formulate and
carry on a peoples college program
E. Evaluation of the programs.
In each community the program of
the folk high school will be evalu-
ated in terms of changes in the atti-
tudes, ideals, information, and skills
of young people who attend the folk
high school as compared with other
young people of similar age, previous
schooling, social background, eco
nomic background, religious environ
ment and racial tradition. This will
require the administration of tests
and interviews to approximately 1900
young adults in the three cOmmuni-