On the record
We have been so hotly engaged recently in discussing trade-schools and the higher education that the pitiable plight of the public-school system in the South has almost dropped from view.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois critiques the neglect of public education in the South amidst debates over trade schools and higher education.
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