Excerpt from Public School Education in North CarolinaTo my colleagues and former teachers, Professor Eugene C. Brooks, of the Department of Education, and Professor William K. Boyd, of the Department of His tory, in Trinity College, I am especially indebted, to the former for first stimulating my interest in educational history, and to the latter for arousing my interest in North Carolina and Southern history, and to both for constant encouragement and advice and for sympathetic interest and assistance in the present work. I also ac knowledge my indebtedness to my former teacher, Professor Paul Monroe, of Columbia University, whose scholarly advice has all along encouraged my historical and educational studies. To Dr. James Y. Joyner, state superintendent of public instruction, I am indebted for the concluding chapter and for his kindly interest in the entire book. I am also indebted to Professor N. W.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.