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2:00 Vnric t y Pr0gr nm Buildi ng 7- 1 5

R::und To ble Rep.-.rt Building 7-15

In years to come , when the war is 3 : 30
ove r . and peace has returne d to t he world,
people may s ay to you, "What was Manzanar ? "
Then I hope you may say that Manzanar was a
war~time city t hat sprang up trom the sands
of t he dese rt or Inyo and r e turne d to des e rt
with t he end or the war. It was t he large st
c i t y be tween Los Angel es and tleno. It was a I.
city se rving a wa r - tine purpose where people
lived in peace and good vrill, whor e the re was A.
a s chool system that t a ught young citizens the
ideal s or JJ.mori • an citizenship, whe r e schools
we re of as hi gh a r ank as other Californi a
schools, and wher e · stude nts dedica ted t heir
f uture lives to t he Mroe ricrui way of living .
B.
from the Senior Closs Dinner
.Address by:
rlD.lph P . 1'ie~itt C.
Pr oject Dir e ctor
j 986 beys and girls rth c l'.r e t nught by r-. r nculty
en M,".nznne.r Schc.o l s
Ccndu ct cd Tcur
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Pro..Schuol l!;ducr:tion 1- 1 4
Tho M.c.nznnr.r Pre-Schoe l prcgr run orr or s Nurse ry
ru1d Ki ndcrgc rtcn troini ng fo r 3 70 c hildr en be-
t ween t he ages or 2- 5 yenr s . 22 evncuee ,
t onchers e r e under tra i ning c.nd supervis i •:·n
er G nG Cc.uccs i f:n supervisor •
El cment cr y Sche-ols 3- 15
805 ·ch ildr en i n gr ndes 1- 6 a ttend school i n 22
clnssrcoms under the dire ct i on of: 22 Cqu cnsic.n
t cc.chcrs ond supe rvis ors ond 6 ·tra i ncd ovn cuc c
t onchor s .
Hi gh School
Tho six- yec.r hi gh school hns an_ enrollment or
or 40 tcc.chers . Tho h i gh s choo l v:ns r e cently
c.ccrodi t e d by the ·euU ol'U:Al Sta.t ·~ 1'l::parW8nt
or ~uca t1on.

Ii. Adult Education
Under the direction <.f one cppointed staf'f mem-
be r -0. r o.culty or qualit'ied cYocuee teachers hrui
been deYcloped for tle ..t.dul t. .t.ducat.ipn program.
1896 adults in Man.zanar are taking advantage of
the extensive program offered.
E. Museum
This is a very popul.air center where rrequent
exhibits give the pec.ple or the community an
opportunity for valu£ble cultural and educa•
tional. experiences.
II. Th"DU.:3T.J:il.AL DlVI;:;J.ON , This musicol orgnnizotion is under the
The various sections or the Industrial Divi-
sion orrer an OJ>pOrtuni ty ror vocational training
in several . different fields of work.
A. Clothing Factory
The clothing fac~cy makes all types or clothes
which are sold to the citizens or the comnunity
through the cooperative stores. Unir onns ror
hospital personnel are made and distributed to
all ten relocalion cent~rs.
E. Woddcraf t 0hop . .
....:11 types ..,f vff ice furniture including exec-
utive · desks, secretary desks, chairs, r iling
cabine ts, and tables are made in this shop.
c. Signs and Pa int .::iho:p
This shop specializes in tinishing new rur-
niture and designing and painting.signs ror
the entire comrmmity.
D. - l ood Processing
:his factory_presenes all ~rplus vegetables
} ro~ .the Pl'O.J ~et -f'a.rms ror winter use in the
mess hulls.
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III. GU.i..YULl: HONING R)CiM #G
The Guayulo .Experimental Station a t Manza nar
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I • was orgunized under the direction or Dr. Robert
.l 4norson or Calli' orn.ia Institute or Techno_logy •
\1ork in propagation of Guayule plants and ex-
tra.ct~on of rubber content has been ce rried on
by expert eva cuee scientists. !our scientific
publications on guayule work done here are now
near C6mplet1on.
IV. MUSIC HALL 24-15
· (;lireetion <?f n mnnager end 9 evacuee tea chers.
All types or · ll)U.Sic lessons and P.n opportunity
to participc t e in five diff e rent types or mu-
sicnl ensembles n re offered to the members.
v. CHILDREN'S 'VILL&GE
The Children's Villr.ge is n home ror 68
dependent children. Their ngcs rnnge r r om
rour months to 15 ye:::rs. Mr. rnd Mrs. Hurry
Matsumoto, whc ecim.c rrom tho Jcpnnese Children's
Homo, a Protestant org('.llizetion in I.cs Angeles,
a re 1n charge of the institution. None oe the
other relocation centers has an orphanage. Thus,
Manzanar receives all the dependent children or
Jap~ese ancestry.
Vl. HOSPITAL
The hospital is directed by Dr. Morse Little
who has three evacuee doctors assisting him.
Because or the crowdei ba1Tack conditions~ pub-
lic heal th work is very iraportant.. Ove~ ~000
out-patient ca ses are seen monthly. !ourteen
nurse's aides and fifteen. orderlies a~e re-
ceiving hospital training.
VI I . VICTORY GARDENS
The smoll gnrd€ns- inside the ce nter or e ·
owned end ~orked by the individua ls or the
communi ty . Great pride is t oken 1n producing
fine vegeta bles ond beautiful t'lowe r s .
VIII. MiiliZANAR !' ARMS
The Ivianzanc.r l a rms unde r 'the supervis i on
of 1'11r • .rlobort :tv1cConnell plc-.y v. vitn l pnrt in
producing r.' ood t ur -the r esidents or the commu-
nity • .clJ.l va ri eties ·oe vegetabl es are planted
within its turee _µunar ed.twenty-t"ive acres. Up ~o
th6 present t ime over 600 t ons of veget e blc s
hove beon prqdui e d . It is nnticipnt ed _tha t
over 2000 t e,ns of pr oduce will be hc:rveste d
by the end of the p1ese nt s eason . With the
nddi tion of the poultry £' onn n.nd hog f nrro
which a r e now being devcl0ped it is hoped
t he. t Mc nza nnr will t e come increasingly s elf -
sus t nining .
., .. .. M.J;.NZA&R COGPERATIVE i!NTERPRIS.ES , INC •
. 1.'h c Ms1nzc.n~r Coope r a tive f ounde d e n .tiO ch-
d~io principles i s eva cuee-owned nnd evncuec-
opc r nt cd . Its p.rimc ry purpose i s " t c, suppl ement
t hE; me:int 0nc:.nce pr ov i ded the OVC: CUcl OS by tho
:hti.:.nzc..nc.r vfor Hel oco.tion .ar oo. with the be st poss i -
bl c q.i o.l i ty er goods :md se rvi ces needed by the
mt.:mbers u t t he h .west pe, ssible co st."
The s t ur cs ond s 0rviccs e,f tho CuGpc r ntive
includo:n cun toen, dry go~ds 5tor c , l aundry depo t,
spc rt'ing go,..ds, phot 0 ;tudi o , nr tit'icinl [' l ower-
m~k i ng depc.rtment , Ehpe repa ir shop , che ck cc shi,g
and mvney ;_, rder depc rtmont , Hatch r epa i r service,
bc rber e.nd beauty pc rl-:;rs . It mninto~I)s an :,ut -
dc.t r thee tre v,hich I r ovides the r esidents weekly
movfes r r ee of charge. It also underwrites a po r-
t i on or the printing cost of the Manzanar ! ree Proa,s, a
j bi - weekly publication or t he center. · During the
1 lj r i r st, year or oper ation t hese stores register ed ~ .
I , gross sales or approxi matel y seven hundred thousand
doll ars .
Net earnings a r e returned to its consumer mem-
bers quar ter ly i n the ~onn or patronage rer unds
after author ized expenses have been deducted .
Member ship in t he Cooper ative is open to any-
one who has attained t he age of sixteen . The pr es - .
ent pai d-up membershi p number s 6630 pe rsons.
00 WU .KIDW THAT'?
l. The monthl y s alaries pa id to the employed
eva• uees ore: ~19 . 00 to professiona ls, such
as doctor s , dentists , t eachers or supervisor s;
~16 .00 to cl erks , stenographers 2nd ski lled
wo r ker s; ~12. 00 to a ppre ntice or unskill ed
wor ker s . '
2. 65% or ~lenzonor' s popul a tion a r e .Amer ican
citizens .
3. 244 boys .of Japanese ancestry from Manzanar
or o servi ng · i n t he Army. lrom this grolJ.l-',
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22 a r e s e rving •in the Anny or Nti.ry I ntelligence,
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4._ The re are 525 boys on seasonal l enve to hol p
harvest orops •
5. \fAC r e cently recruite d s ev e r a l n ise i girls
r rom Manzanar?
6. The re nre ove r 20,000 people of J a panese
t1 ncestry not on t he wost coast who hc ve
n0ver bet:n pl .::ce d in r el o ca tion C0nters?

?• Tho 8ve rage ogc or t h.; me.l e , .lion i s c.bcut

62 y ccrs . Th0 pcc.k ego er t ll.;ir ch ildre n
r r.lls n t 20 yen rs. 'l'her e i s £"J.mos t no .
middlo- nge group in our populc tion?

8. Tho J ~pnnc s e ~opul~tion in this co untry

de cree.s od 8 . 6,o_, duri ng the yo, .rs ol 1930-
1940"
~. unly 15/; of J c pr.nc s o~ ;.crico.n citizens
hc.vc boon rog istc r od by t heir p nr c nts
fer dut:l ai tizensh ip?