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The Cover illustration for the May 1916 issue of theAmerican School Board Journalpresents a scene that could have taken place at most of the hundreds of high school lunchrooms recently established in the nation's larger cities. In the drawing, two well-dressed young men glance upward from their seats at a shy but fetching young woman. As she moves past them, carrying a tray of food, she returns their look.
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