A Master of Fate

“There is not the slightest doubt, Miss Wynn,” Senator Smith was saying, “but that the schools of the District will be reorganized.”

“And the Board of Education abolished?” she added.

“Yes. The power will be delegated to a single white superintendent.”

The vertical line in Caroline Wynn’s forehead became pronounced.

“Whose work is this, Senator?” she asked.

“Well, there are, of course, various parties back of the change: the ‘outs,’ the reformers, the whole tendency to concentrate responsibility, and so on. But, frankly, the deciding factor was the demand of the South.”

“Is there anything in Washington that the South does not