parents themselves were unable to pay for their children. About 50 students on the average used to attend these summer sessions, which lasted 4-6 weeks, in June and July. Students had to be between the ages of 12 and 18. These courses were held even after the regular winter semesters had to be given up due to World

War II. Teachers at the summer sessions had included F. W. Thompson, George Humon, Yrjö Koskinen, Hellin and Antti Vitikainen, Ivar Vapaa, Taisto Luoma, Sylvia Virtanen, Dagmar Sirviö, Paul Hallila, Gust Aakula, Sulo Havumäki and Erland Hyttinen."

The Hancock convention had been presented the following resolution to approve : "Whereas the Workers' Institute meets the requirements of the workers' demands for knowledge, accepts the party creed, and in its instruction rosters the thorough knowledge and spirit of international social aemocracy, we acknowledge this Institute to be the general educational institute for, and a party instrument of, all Finnish-American organized workers." This resolution presented by Reino Saw was accepted. In the same meeting it was also decided that in au possible changes in the school's program or its financial questions, --the executive committee of the socialist organization is to cooperate with the board of directors of the Workers' Institute." Since the Institute now enjoyed the full support of the organization, it was also demanded that "only members of our party De engaged as teachers in the Institute," but in a 20-9 vote it was decided to drop the demand, since it had been agreed that the Institute was to control its own internal affairs. Subsequent relations between the organization and the Institute have been described by Aakula: "The organization had previously approved a compulsory levy for the support of the Institute, amounting to $1 per party member per year, which was dropped to 50c in 1912. Some chapters did not always comply with this assessment, and after the split in the party it was given up altogether. The convention also gave its blessing to the granting of two $100 scholarships annually from the treasury for needy students, but instead of this a lottery scheme was approved and the winners of the lottery were granted scholarships, which they could sell to others if they did not want to use them themselves. In this way scores of students were attracted to the Institute even during the panic years."

Aakula has also described the life of the students and the school itself

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