Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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uWhere Levliness Keeps House THE PRESIDENTQS MESSAGE 986 In the language of Madison Cawein, a Southern poet, we may well say of our college, Here is the place where loveliness keeps housefl For another year Oakwood College has fortified you against the baleful influences, evil agencies, and moral corruption that seem to be capturing the world. 'You have been taught that true manhood and womanf hood are of supreme importance. Faith in Cod and reverence for Him, loyalty to high ideals, devotion to a righteous cause, simplicity in living, kindliness of heart, gentleness of manner, compassion for a dying world, and unselpshness in service are virtues that have been upheld. The world in which you live has just emerged from a global war, for which America spent 300 billion dollars, lost 325,000 of the flower of her youth, and a million more are left crippled for life. There are social and economic problems to confront you that no other civilization has known. With the passing of another school year comes to you the mighty challenge of a sorrowing world's needs- a world in which men have become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails. 'You are being sent forth to interpret the times and to bring to mankind the solution to the problems that perplex it. As you minister to the ills of a bankrupt and degenerate world, you will discover that precept and exhortation alone cannot do the job. Christ taught as one having authority because he was what he taught. Project your service into every held of activity where there is a need. Be the servant of your race and lift it up spiritually, physically, mentally, and socially. As you work, may you be encouraged by the thought that you received your preparation for the task with which you are faced at Oakwood College where Nloveliiiess keeps housef' ,, W. L1 ,LQ Lf M ZQZQKEQQQQQEZQXQQQQE -'QL - A - W - fi' -1 - -'C-Ang ' 31- i '9 l2H'1l '

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A Model Oakwooolito Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach theeg and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee. -,Ion Oscar the squirrel, with a lively twinkle in his eyes, nimbly frisks about while nibbling a nut. Oscar has personality plus. He is highly photogenic, too. He is just a wee bit camerafshy because of his natural modesty, but he is, by no means, bashful or backward. He always behaves as a perfect gentleman should. He is never loud or boisterous. He is neither an extroverted exhibitionist nor an introverted timid soul. Oscar's friends have adopted him, unoihcially, as the school's animal, because he has endeared himself to the entire school family. Then, too, we may ask, what creature is more closely associated with acorns and oaks than the squirrel? Oscar symbolizes the spirit of the Oaks by his industry, orderliness, regularity, neatness, elliciency, and foresight. He always minds his own business. He is never made to appear before the president on the green carpet. He is never involved in problems of discipline. He has character and forcefulness. Nothing is too hard for him, he specializes in cracking the hardest nuts. His loyalty to the school is fierce, and his love of the sacred grounds of our Alma Mater is boundless. In many ways, Oscar is a model Oakwoodite. We could not be justly accused of using slanguage , if we make it clear that Oscar is just nuts about Oakwood, for so are we! --an .5-Y W ---f'v- - 1 W t-'N f' N'