Show A visit with students at high schools editors note this is sixth in a series grifs of articles by miss josephine daines local home demonstration agent on her vot to the netherlands last summer the folk high schools in many european countries here are great barriers of religion nd ml class clam among the people to it in breaking this down folk nigh schools were introduced in denmark over thirty years ago other ither countries followed suit A and rid in holland they made their begin langs before the war since the ar r they have again been revived nd md to a greater extent one of the men who worked with he folk high schools was in ch charge r e t jur exchange they also nde made Y n de arrangements for other exchanges in the country incidentally this no new cew thing among those eur countries there were approximately roxi exchanges in the netherlands last summer many ere there chiefly as apprentices perhaps to study bulb culture and ther her related subjects we three americans evely Os ar r and I 1 were invited to attend an nek anglo dutch vacation course at de oude ilof hot the old court one if f the folk high schools here we lad a chance to mingle with people from different countries including wales tt ales england netherlands denmark germany belgium france and switzerland discuss politics acs ics the classes were mostly poli ical discussion the chief subject tine eing Wes western terri union of europe ft 1 I sounds like we three americans auld be out of place in such dis uz usa ions zions it was quite the opposite as we were very frequently asked wr ur opinion and what does amera think of this frequently we were put on the spot and realized that hat an important part our county does play in any and every hing going on in this world today in addition to classes we did line sight right seeing one trip took 3 to the locks which are the largest in the world they are arc in the north sea canal which con elects amsterdam with the north sea we also visited the great af luit dyke 21 miles long which sep rate krate the north sea from the 7 adier zee this has made the duider zee a fresh water lake f from r am which land can be drained and re claimed lai med we also had a trip to amsterdam and to the dihe polder which was flooded oy y the germans everyone attending the school lives ves on the premises and all sleep in the hard straw mattresses in in bunk beds each morning we as S sted with the work of cleaning w the hou house s e working in the garden ind d hel helping ping with tile the meals and dishes varied subjects courses at the school vary a great deal some might be on han dic ci aft laft others art perhaps sub of all kinds the subject ahe e important thing but the living aether of the people is these kholos are doing their part though 11 is very difficult perhaps some day y they tell us that people will mingle gle more regardless of on ona or class we e felt our week there very well spent and really hated to see sec it draw to a close we felt it worthwhile orth while as we received many different luerena lu erent comments one dutch gin told evely and me that she at know americans were so human ainan among other comments an remarked that we were very un american americans seems they all have the wrong idea of what american people are really like I 1 believe we had orne me influence upon them as they 1 l went ent away singing 9 old mae macdonald had a farm |