Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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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.

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X 1 if X . X iw X , -ws 'K The captain of the missionary ship Morning Star, Elder E. White, son of Mrs. E. G. White, and his wife. Throughout the civilized world, and into the darkness of heathendom, evangels of light went forth, spreadihg the glowing, hopeful message of a soon' returning Saviour. The darkness of a millennium, which for over a hundred years had been gradually dispelling, was at the beginning of the nineteenth century, shocked into brilliance of noonday by the bright rays of the advent angel. Thousands of rapt listeners heeded the thrilling call and followed the gleam, but for another four million newlyffreed slaves, the call was muffled and the gleam dimly discerned, however, they sensed the ex' citement which was driving their fair brothers into the ends of the earth, and their hearts beat with a strange, new rhythm. Deep into the heart of the Southland, a tiny craft, named and destined to be the Morning Star of hope for the colored people of America, was piloted by a few selffsacrilicing pioneers down the Mississippi to the town of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There a tiny mission station was established. Amidst the stormy protests of jealous neighbors, the mission took rootg and though its location was later changed, God blessed the efforts of Elders James White, F. R. Rogers, O. A. Olsen, F. W. Halliday, L. A. Hansen, and others. Oakwood School is the direct outgrowth of this venture. Tl-IE RISE In 1909, the Southern Missionary Society, pub' lished a pamphlet entitled, Africa at Home . From this source we glean the following: 'lln its early stages the steamboat Morning Star was an important factor in the work. It was built at Allegan, Michigan, during the spring and early summer of 1894. When completed and equipped, the steamer proceeded by easy stages along the connecting waterways to Vicksburg, Mississippi, which place was reached january 10, 1895. For years the Morning Star served as the headf quarters for the work, as a chapel for religious services, as a schoolroom, and as a home for the workers as they labored in different places along the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. As new workers came into the field, the inf terest in Vicksburg was left with them, and the Morning Star moved up to Yazoo City 110 miles from Vicksburg. The same general plan of work was here followed, and soon a lot was purchased and a movable building was erected for school and church purposes. tx 10 ri J QR . f' YQ. f -r fa .MRF ff' if 1' ff fl- Rf it rf . - ss! - w ,g 1 -- Mgt fs, - 'r ft-1' L? FL ., '--:N A, ,Twp-N F , A T.- P-, KT- 1-A rzf---0 -1- Nfl -ff -ii: itz: in 1 5 - A' 1. TA j Tl- . 5 6:12 5. . - ' ' J - N: x , ,fr-. f ' 1' L, f-- ,, 2. ,ga e. ...Mg , . 1 - if: fit: , ' ,E . r ' 5-'fur s '1 Q --, .4 t f'f s.' . ,fi -rl i - - 9 N 9 fit ,2,,.. 1 M., .....AM.......-g:,- A v' 7 f. '- - ' - A' 'M V f??L'q'F?' ' f..., Q . A, , ff54ii1'i.. ' f --'T Vi PS ' wcns Bums 'Miss 4,-lsfgqi .. . H y Q f I ' I- k . -Q' 'J' . P . -' r. ,ff-'na v ',, 4 r ,r f' ' V' Vi r Xi -1 ' -sh XS , M4 .PA- I 'D sf. A-,M 4,52 N 1, , ig W- Q X iw mimi' ,. Y' .'H1S'A-.QW ws. .. ' ' . ' 4 'VMOL 1,1 QNX? '51 0' Ax is, is., ,. A sp19gt1Q.g,s,,, ,Q ,3 Q,a-...' 45. 2 ,. 1- r X., P i s' cs 91' 'i X. . ' A l . .rl-' ,.,.-'!'.l-s,'..w wtf , 1 '. ' Vx., r 1.,' ,XR sk NBAA B 'T CHAPEL AND S0100 , Sonoma l rr' ,eff TNA fer' c Wrfssisw . r XS Q ,S we fag Xian., N 1 has .f f ' J J: '4' sat.