PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH

The negro problem has always been one of great moment in the United States, and the slowness and inefficacy with which it has been treated has long been a topic of discussion and a cause for shame. Therefore the news that the South is aiding the negro to educate himself is most welcome, as a sign both of negro educational advancement and of the enlightenment of the people as a whole. It is also most encouraging to learn that this progress is taking place in the South wherein lay most obstacles to the solution of this problem.

Mrs. Mary Bethune, negress, founder of the Bethune Cookman College, which has four hundred colored students, ands conditions of so sanguine an aspect that she predicts, "Christian education will wipe out practically all race difficulties in the South." Although a Meneken might object to the qualification of the education, all will agree that such a forecast is most encouraging. The continued payment of the running expenses of this unendowed college, which amount to about $80,000 annually also shows that there is more than thought in the new attitude.