(Editorial Note: The following pages are excerpts from Fair Bank
Buffington's 1955 Master's Thesis. Omissions are indicated by the use of
three spaced periods, . . ., known as ellipses. The study's original
page numbers are in brackets in bold typeface in the middle of
the Web pages.)
A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF CERTAIN
TYPES OF NEGRO PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONS
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, ARKANSAS
A Thesis
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty
of
Fisk University
Department of Education
by
Fair Bank Buffington
A. B. Arkansas Baptist College, 1933
Little Rock, Arkansas
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Arts
July
1955
