I  have  learned  that  not  more  than  a  score
of  the  graduates  of  the  fifteen  oldest  and
largest  colleges  and  industrial  schools  in  the
entire  South  have  been  sent  to  prison  since
these  institutions  were  established.  Those
who  are  guilty  of  crime  for  the  most  part
are  individuals  who  are  without  educa
tion,  without  a  trade,  who  own  no  land,
who  are  not  taxpaj^ers,  who  have  no
bank  account,  and  who  have  made  no


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progress    in    industrial   and   economic   de
velopment.
