may be worked, and upon this practical education for the rising

generation the South bases its hopes. The new generation will make

greater strides in the utilization of the great natural gifts than the

old one has. The race problem will be solved in time, and the solution

must come through the efforts of the Southern people, for the best

classes now believe that the South can prosper best when all the people,

colored as well as white, are brought to the highest standard of their

efficiency.

CHAPTER IX