. Highways and byways of the South. s of plant growth and nurture. He was perhapsmaking more of his school opportunities than most;but the students, as a whole, are remarkably earnest,and are intent on getting all the good they can out oftheir course. I doubt if there is a white school in ourentire country where the mental and moral atmosphere isso good. The students are not merely working to helpthemselves, but to be uplifters of their race. Theyare obliged to subsist on the plainest fare, to learnorder, cleanliness, industry, and promptness. Smallvices are not tolerated, nor any tendency to
. Highways and byways of the South. s of plant growth and nurture. He was perhapsmaking more of his school opportunities than most;but the students, as a whole, are remarkably earnest,and are intent on getting all the good they can out oftheir course. I doubt if there is a white school in ourentire country where the mental and moral atmosphere isso good. The students are not merely working to helpthemselves, but to be uplifters of their race. Theyare obliged to subsist on the plainest fare, to learnorder, cleanliness, industry, and promptness. Smallvices are not tolerated, nor any tendency to foppishdisplay. The school is an inspiration, and the master spiritis Booker T. Washington — a man who, in spite ofhis fame, continues unspoiled ; a man of rare simplicity A County Seat in Alabama 95 and ability and hard sense, giving his Hfe to stem thetide of ignorance and poverty and the attendant evilsthat weigh down his people. One does not have to belong in the South to appreciate the immense need andimportance of his ^-<i-» ^^2^C-~-^/? ?!iL- J-. A Country Mule hitched on a Town Street IV AMONG THE GEORGIA CRACKERS
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