| I. | Moral Values of Hand Work | [3] |
| II. | Training for Conditions | [15] |
| III. | A Battle Against Prejudice | [31] |
| IV. | Making Education Pay Its Way | [43] |
| V. | Building Up a System | [55] |
| VI. | Welding Theory and Practice | [67] |
| VII. | Head and Hands Together | [82] |
| VIII. | Lessons in Home-Making | [98] |
| IX. | Outdoor Work for Women | [107] |
| X. | Helping the Mothers | [119] |
| XI. | The Tillers of the Ground | [135] |
| XII. | Pleasure and Profit of Work in the Soil | [151] |
| XIII. | On the Experimental Farm | [163] |
| XIV. | The Eagerness for Learning | [173] |
| XV. | The Value of Small Things | [181] |
| XVI. | Religious Influences at Tuskegee | [192] |
| XVII. | Some Tangible Results | [200] |
| XVIII. | Spreading the Tuskegee Spirit | [219] |
| XIX. | Negro Education Not a Failure | [231] |