Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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Tribute to Oakwoools uIVIother QQQ No single individual has been more closely associated with Oakwood in the days of its growing pains, or did more to rear it through the stage of short pants than Mrs. Eugenia Isabel Cunningham. Endeared forever in the affection of a generation of Oakwoodites, Sister Cunning' ham is better known to hundreds as Mother Cunningham . As a tribute to her fidelity, to her shining example of integrity and Christian womanf hood this volume is affectionately dedicated. Let us listen as she relates her inspiring story in her own words. I arrived at Oakwood School in the fall of 1912 with the intention of taking a two' year Bible Course and going out in the field to work for Cod. The spring 1946 finds me still at Oakwood with that dream unrealized, but I have memories of days of prayer and labor, and a vision of the possibilities of future development in this great institution. Before the end of my first year here, I was asked to assist the matron in the dining room. At the close of that year I was given charge of the Orphanage. In 1915, the ref sponsibility of matron was placed on my shoulders. I held that job almost continuously until 1934, sandwiching the teaching of Bible and Domestic Science in between these years. During the years I have worked as preceptress, superintendent of the laundry, and comissary matron. Although I was not able to go directly into the field, I look with pleasure on my association with teachers and students through the years, and I thank Cod for the small part I-Ie has given me in influencing and moulding the lives of many of our workers who are witnessing for God today. I f 'i 41' l ' Y F ff ILC Q7 ,Tri-,1L.f54..,'339l3l5lNff ' ' .

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'There is a destiny that makes as brothers Nones goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives o others Comes back into our own. -MARKHAM FOREWORD You are now leafing through the family album of the happiest family on earth-the Oakwood Pamilyul You have, doubtless, awaited the appearance of the Golden Anniversary Edition of the ACORN. Its pages are now open before you. Designed to delineate the past, to motivate the present, and to illuminate the future, this volume is more comprehensive in scope than a mere year book . Many of our friends and classmates of yesteryear have often wished an illustrated history of Oakwood. Our workers have long felt the need of an historical outline of the rise and progress of the work of Seventhfday Adventists among Negroes, as such, but the job had never been tackled. The Annual Staff undertook the gargantuan task of research and compilation of the facts needed to prepare a pictorial presentation of those who have been connected with Oakwood or the colored work as faculty members, students, alumni, and workers in the whole of North America. Undaunted by apparently insurmountable obstacles, unperturbed by the skeptical and faintfhearted who predicted failure, we forged ahead. We recall the following lines of Edgar Guest: Somebody scolfed: Oh, you'll never do that, At least no one ever has done it. But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the hrst thing he knew he'd begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. The task was not done by any one person. The 1946 Annual is a cooperative undertaking. We acknowledge our debt of gratitude to everyone who has helped in any way with suggestions or material support. We wish, especially, to thank the following to whom we wrote for first hand information, and photographic materials: Elders L. A. Hansen, E. W. Halladay, C. J. Boyd, Mrs. Lotta Bell, Professor L. A. Jacobs, and others. Professor O. B. Edwards and the ofhce of the Registrar supplied historical data. Mrs. Gladys Fletcher gave helpful suggestions on artistic makeup and design. Mrs. E. I. Cunningham, Mrs. Grace Williams, and Mr. Ezra Watts contributed photos and snap shots. Dr. E. B. Dykes, literary adviser, and Mr. L. E. Ford, business adviser were instrumental in assuring the literary quality and financial soundness of the project. The guiding spirit, without whom there would never have been a Golden Anniversary Edition of the ACORN is none other than Elder F. L. Peterson, President and father of Oakwood's family. His interest has been untiring, his motivation dynamic. God grant that the Golden Anniversary Edition of our family album shall cheer and inspire you, in the words of our central theme, toward new horizons of progress.