This and the six precious editions, beginning in 1927, carry biographies of religious, educational, legal, financial, welfare, community, military, and other leaders. The geographical index of the seventh edition lists fifty-two Detroiters, eighteen…
Youth are judged by their reading level to be, in actual performance, several grades below their school-assigned grade. This policy of "social promotion," increases school drop-out chances, and almost insures failure at jobs assigned because of…