Education: The Boss

Noting the wiry little man whom everyone in town seemed to treat with such respect, the visitor to Albuquerque, N. Mex. (pop. 160,000) naturally wanted to know who he was. The person he asked was a six-year-old Negro first-grader who happened to have his own ideas about School Superintendent John Milne. "You don't know who Mr. Milne is?" said the boy in amazement. "Why, Mr. Milne is boss of the whole world!" To hundreds of Albuquerque teachers and students, John Milne has indeed been a rare sort of boss. In his 45 years as superintendent he has kept his school system...

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