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Boston will have its first Negro school principal this Fall. Miss Gladys S. Wood of Dorchester has been appointed as principal of the Dearborn school district in Roxbury. Included in this district are the Dearborn, Palmer, and Davis schools.
Her appointment has attracted much attention. Miss Wood stated, "At a press conference on June 30th I resented the fact that I was singled out as an oddity. In fact, one reporter suggested that he would be watching the Dearborn district very closely. I think it would be unfair for anyone to hold out a separate standard of efficiency for me." Miss Wood...