Brickmaking has now become such an important industry at the school that last season our students manufactured twelve hundred thousand of first-class bricks, of a quality suitable to be sold in any market.
Booker T. Washington: “Brickmaking has now become such an important industry at the school that last season our students manufactured twelve…”
Editor's note · Context
He highlights the significant progress made in brickmaking at the school, indicating its importance as an industry.
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