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 \n27-24517Library of Congress.PS614.W55Copyright A 100444421  \n Roproductions may not be mado without permsion trom Columbia University Libraries              \n## RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:          35mmREDUCTION RATIO:          9:1  \nIB  \nIB  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA6  \nDATE FILMED:                  512197 INITIALS:          M  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                                    24308  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n了02x308  \n# THE WORKERS LOOKAT THE STARS\n\n1927  \nVINEYARD SHORE  \n5~3.&,1431AA/ke  \nD1·3·31  \nN.M  \n3utCur  \nMyths of the past  \nHave lost their power,  \nTime flying fast  \nBrings a new hour,  \nWorkers despairingNeed a new creed,  \nSeeking and sharing,  \nYouth,Youth must lead.  \n308  \nZ  \n308  \n3o×  \nCoprigbt,1927VINEYARD SHORB WoRKERs'ScnooL  \n## F O R E W ORD\n\nTHE FOLLOWING POEMS,collectedfor the first time in tbislittle volae,were uritten in the Bryn Mawr Summer Scboolfor WomenWorkers in Industry.Tbis Scbool,established in1921 tbrough tbe inspiration of President M.Carey Tbomasof Bryn Maur College,brings togetber every year a group ofone bundred industrial workers for a tuo months'corse.With the exception of a few poems written by the Directorofthe Scbool,and included bere at the request of tbe students,tbese poems are all by factory workers,students at tbe Schoolduring the past six years.Tbe backgrownd of tbese students,in so far as poetic expression is concerned,was summed pby one garment worker wbo twrote  \n\"I woowld lika to surite a poem  \nBut I bav no wards.  \nMy gramm4r war ladias'waitr  \nAnd my scbooling skirts.\"  \nManyoftbe poemsfromtbe earlieryears grew out oftbe tworkofan Englisb class,tnder tbe direction ofMiss Josepbine Colby.Tbrongh ber teacbing and guidance,many students thatsummer discoveredfor the first time that tbey bad sometbingto say,and could express tbougbt in poetic form.One girlsaid at the end of tbe school term,\"It bas been the bappiest5ammer ofmy life.I bave written a prose poem.\"  \nThe variety of subject matter and viewpoint in tbesepoems refects clearly tbe life of tbe Bryn Mawr SummerSchool.Often as many as fifteen nationalities and twenty-fivetrades are represented in the School,and every section of theUnited States.Tbis group of women workers,mature inpractical experience,yet with little formal preparation inelementary subjects,is made up of alert and eager indi-viduals,witb a wide range of intellectual interests,and adep sense of social responsibility.Tbe purpose of the Scbool,as it bas ben defined,is \"To offer young women in industry  \nopportanities to study liberal subjects and to train tbhem-selves in clear tbinking;to stimmlate an active and con-tinmed interest in the problems of our aconomic order;to de-velop a desine for study as a means of zanderstanding and ofenjoyment of life.\"The poems in tbis volume are one expres-sion of tbat clear tbinking and increased understandingwbich bave grown out of the purpose of tbis Scbool.  \nTHE SEEKERS  \nHILDA W.SMITH  \nBeauty we seek,and after Beauty,Mirth;Sweet laughter bubbling from forgotten springs.With eager feet we walk a radiant earth,Our ears attuned to sound of thrushes'wings.  \nTbe arrangement of these poems bas followedtbe experienceof the women workers themselves,starting witb poems ofndustry,and the emvironment of industrial touns;tben lad-ing out from indust","cbCail72vyQh0rb1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail72vyQh0rb1","pdf",1830474,24,"English","# F O R E W ORD\n## THE SEEKERS - HILDA W. 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