The problem of the juvenile delinquent is being recognized, as several States already have institutions for his care.

So far little has been done for the young negro offender, whose home training is likely to be most deficient and who needs firm but kindly discipline; but the consciousness of responsibility for him also is developing.

Increasing prosperity alone cannot account for the multiplication of these agencies for social betterment.

A new social interest and a new attitude of mind are revealed in these activities.
There are still some communities where social position is based upon birth and where the old families still control; but these regions are becoming less numerous.

The Old South was never quite so aristocratic as the North believed, and today the white South is much more nearly a democracy than New England.