t of the two races on the higher plane of
Christian service. Men must learn to work together without
surrendering their fundamental connections. They must confer on all
matters pertaining to economic welfare. This means that the white man
must give the Negro a chance for initiative and leadership in the
program of cooperation rather than the eternal superimposed leadership
from without. In the language of Bishop W. P. Thirkield, who wrote the
introduction to this work: "The Negro must be offered not crutches but
a spirit of cooperation to make him strong that he may stand on his
feet and walk."

It is evident then that this book is primarily concerned with the
solution of the race problem. Yet written by a man who for years lived
in the South, it presents a point of view which will be of value to
the historian. From such topics as citizenship, social and legal
discrimination, disfranchisement, and mob law, the historian will
learn much by observing how these things impressed this worker in the
South and his reaction on them. Valuable information may be obtained
also from the discussion of the work of the Christian teacher in the
South, the mission school, and the silent protest in the form of the
exodus. There are valuable statistics in the chapters presenting the
progress in education, advancement in wealth, achievement in social
uplift, attainments in literature and art, and the record of the
Negroes in the World War. The last part of the book concerned with the
currents and counter-currents, the grinding of the mills of the gods
and a possible modus vivendi will decidedly interest the social worker
but will not concern very much the student of history. On the whole,
however, this volume is a valuable historical document which the
student of Negro life must read to be well informed as to what the
Negro has been doing in the South during the last generation and what
others have been doing for him.

NOTES

The annual meeting of the Association, held at Lynchburg on the 14th
and 15th of November, was the most successful conference hitherto held
by this organization. The proceedings appear elsewhere in this number.

At this meeting Prof. John R. Hawkins, for years a member of the
Executive Council, was elected President. A new Secretary-Treasurer,
Mr. S. W. Rutherford, was also elected. Mr. Rutherford is a well-known
business man in Washington. The Executive Council was reconstructed to
make it national. The