Leibowtz. "A half century ago we referred to the ghetto children as underprivileged. Today we speak of the disadvantaged. But semantics aside. an editorial entitled "A Clue to Decency" that appeared in the New York JournalAmerican said: They grew up in a neighborhood of immigrant parents huddled in tenements. and they rose above their environment. Perhaps the reason was summed up best by Charles H. Silver. former president of the board of education. and alumnus. when he said: Maybe we do not know all the answers to the problems of delinquency * * * but we know that the regard we had for our teachers and the love we had for our parents made a great difference in our lives.
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