A temporary youth center has been opened, and under the direction of Henry Hall, it will service the teenagers in the Skinker-DeBaliviere West End neighborhood.
Tag: Black History
In observance of Negro History Week, Feb. 12 -16, the Des Peres Library will present a series of films on Negro history beginning every day at 3:45 p.m.
The People's Community School, housed at Hamilton School, is seeking instructors for a number of courses.
Hamilton School parents are like most parents.
Because of the intense cold over the weekend of January 14-15, the Martin Luther King Day observances of the Library were lightly attended.
The People's Community School starts its second semester in January, offering an impressive list courses in art, auto mechanics, bookkeeping, typing, African history, American Black history, Black literature, charm, cooking, creative writing, journalism, modern interpretive dance, drafting, drug studies, first aid, karate, (both a must for city dwellers), millinery, sewing, and a possible course in world religions.
Because it had no grants, no money, not even a glimmer of a budget, the summer recreation program of the Skinker-De Baliviere area was slow in getting started.
A program which holds promise for the community is called, somewhat enigmatically, "In-Put," meaning an opportunity for Washington University students to "put in" their talents and energy to the development of the community.
The People's Community School, a community-sponsored project offering free classes for adults, will begin classes September 20.
Charles Brown, librarian at the Des Peres Branch since March 1970, whose efforts have made the library somewhat of a neighborhood center, left the Des Peres Branch in mid-April.
Archival article — originally published in The Paper, April 1971.
Courses at People's Community School were off to a good start for spring semester, although a few did not begin holding classes until March.
