GLYN MORRIS 1938 Harlan County Planning Council

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 07: Governance – Board of Directors
GLYN MORRIS

GLYN MORRIS 1938 Harlan County Planning Council

TAGS: Glyn Morris; Harlan County Planning Council; meeting minutes; coal camps; rural youth; education; juvenile delinquency; health education; Pine Mountain Settlement School; economic relations

Glyn Morris was a member of the Harlan County Planning Council and in this instance was the recording Secretary for the meeting of the Council. Present at the meeting were Judge Meadors, Mr. James Cawood, Dr. Clark Bailey, Mr. Rainey, Mr. Mathews, Mrs. Ball, Mr. Galbraith, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Morris. There is no date associated with the Minutes, however, all indications are that the document dates from 1938 when Morris and Cawood were actively working with the community on preparations for WWII and the annual Rural Youth Guidance Institute.

Dr. Clark Bailey served on the Pine Mountain Board of Trustees and was integrally involved in activities at the School and also in the coal-mining town of Harlan. The Harlan County Planning Council worked closely with Director Glyn Morris in support of the Guidance Institute as it was focused on the needs of youth in the county and in the neighboring towns of Harlan, Cumberland and to some degree in Lynch and Benham.

Pine Mountain struggled with enrollment issues in the early years of the School and excluded coal camp children from enrollment at Pine Mountain, but soon realized that some of the greatest needs were in the mining villages and towns. When Morris left Pine Mountain, he returned a few years later to work with School Superintendent, James Cawood to establish a model educational program at Evarts, near the town of Harlan.