HKB
The Negroes' proper use of education--Hayti, Santo Domingo, and Liberia as illustrations of the lack of practical training-- Present necessity for union of all forces to further the cause of industrial education--Industrial education not opposed to the higher education--Results of practical training so far--Little or no prejudice against capable Negroes in business in the South--The Negro at first shunned labor as degrading-- Hampton and Tuskegee aim to remove this feeling--The South does not oppose industrial education for the Negroes-- Address to Tuskegee students setting forth the necessity of steadfastness of purpose.
The author's early life--At Hampton--The inception of the Tuskegee School in 1881--Its growth--Scope--Size at present--Expenses--Purposes--Methods--Building of the chapel--Work of the graduates--Similar schools beginning throughout the South--Tuskegee Negro Conference--The Workers' Conference--Tuskegee as a trainer of teachers.