CONTENTS

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION[1]
By Booker T. Washington.
PART I
THE SCHOOL AND ITS PURPOSES
I.—PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND GOVERNING IDEALS[19]
By Emmett J. Scott, Mr. Washington's Executive Secretary.
II.—RESOURCES AND MATERIAL EQUIPMENT[35]
By Warren Logan, Treasurer of the School.
III.—THE ACADEMIC AIMS[56]
By Roscoe C. Bruce, Director of the Academic Department.
IV.—WHAT GIRLS ARE TAUGHT, AND HOW[68]
By Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Director of Industries for Girls.
V.—HAMPTON INSTITUTE'S RELATION TO TUSKEGEE[87]
By Robert R. Moton.
PART II
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BY GRADUATES OF THE SCHOOL
I.—A COLLEGE PRESIDENT'S STORY[101]
By Isaac Fisher, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
II.—A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S STORY[111]
By William H. Holtzclaw, of Utica, Mississippi.
III.—A LAWYER'S STORY[141]
By George W. Lovejoy, of Mobile, Alabama.
IV.—A SCHOOL TREASURER'S STORY[152]
By Martin A. Menafee, of Denmark, South Carolina.
V.—THE STORY OF A FARMER[164]
By Frank Reid, of Dawkins, Alabama.
VI.—THE STORY OF A CARPENTER[173]
By Gabriel B. Miller, of Fort Valley, Georgia.
VII.—COTTON-GROWING IN AFRICA[184]
By John W. Robinson, of Lome, Togo, West Africa.
VIII.—THE STORY OF A TEACHER OF COOKING[200]
By Mary L. Dotson, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
IX.—A WOMAN'S WORK[211]
By Cornelia Bowen, of Waugh (Mt. Meigs), Alabama.
X.—UPLIFTING OF THE SUBMERGED MASSES[224]
By W. J. Edwards, of Snow Hill, Alabama.
XI.—A DAIRYMAN'S STORY[253]
By Lewis A. Smith, of Rockford, Illinois.
XII.—THE STORY OF A WHEELWRIGHT[264]
By Edward Lomax, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
XIII.—THE STORY OF A BLACKSMITH[276]
By Jubie B. Bragg, of Tallahassee, Florida.
XIV.—A DRUGGIST'S STORY[285]
By David L. Johnston, of Birmingham, Alabama.
XV.—THE STORY OF A SUPERVISOR OF MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES[299]
By James M. Canty, of Institute P. O., West Virginia.
XVI.—A NEGRO COMMUNITY BUILDER[317]
By Russell C. Calhoun, of Eatonville, Florida.
XVII.—THE EVOLUTION OF A SHOEMAKER[338]
By Charles L. Marshall, of Cambria, Virginia.