Sunday, December 15, 2024

"Happy Thursdays" at Korczak´s editorial office of Little Review (Mały Przegląd) newspaper.

Secretary's report and information about "Happy Thursdays"
 


What did Janusz Korczak regularly do on Thursday afternoons?

....tomorrow, Saturday, October 11th - performance.
At 2 p.m. The Flower Postcard is an entry ticket for 3 people.
In the afternoon it will take place at the Apollo cinema (Marszałkowska 106).


Secretary's report.
(SCHOOL YEAR 1929-30).
At the beginning of the school year there was a renovation. The yard and stairs were full of lime. We couldn't enter our room because there were ladders. There were pots with paint and brushes lying around. and lime was dripping from the ceiling.
I had to hang a note on the door:
"Due to renovation, the editorial office of Mały Przegląd is closed"
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Most people came on Thursdays. Thursdays were always cheerful. Mr. Editor told tales, anecdotes. We organized recitations, artistic dances and songs.
These performances began on a certain Thursday on the third anniversary of the existence of the Little Review.
Mr. Editor (read Janusz Korczak) brought chocolate, we sang, Salcia danced. Then someone recited. From that time on, "Happy Thursdays" continued.  Even those who did not know exactly what the editorial office was would come. There were a lot of those who had written only one letter or had not written at all, they only knew 
 that the Little Review (Mały Przegląd) existed.