Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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PICNEE S Historical Highlights MILEPOSTS IN OAKWOODS FORWARD MARCH 1 1. S. M. JACOBS ....,........ 18964897 2. S. H. SHAW .... ..,. 1 8971899 3. B. E. NICOLA. . . .... 18994904 4. F. R. ROGERS ..... .... 1 904'1905 5. G. H. BABBR. . .... 19054906 6. W. J. BLAKE .... .... 1 9064911 7. C. J. BOYD ..... .... 1 911f1917 8. J. I. BEARDSLBY .... .... 1 9174923 9. J. A. TUCKBR ..... .... 1 9234932 . . . .1932f1945 11. F. L. PETERSON ........... 1945f 10. J. L. MORAN. . . J. I. Beardsley was the first to receive the title of presif dent, and J. L. Moran was the first Negro president. 1932 1933 1937 1938 The ACORN is Established. Separate ordinances of Huinility for whites and colored are discontinued. Separate chapel and church seats are discontinued. Separate dining room seats for white visitors are discontinued. The practice of having only white Hrst elders is discontinued. The school bus is purchased. Pasteurizing unit for milk is put in. Beginning of the raising of funds through singing groups and girls selling the ACORN.

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,y l I OF THE MCDRNING STAR ,Jlkvss ji 1 , E x 1 i An effective work has also been undertaken in other places. At Columbus, Mississippi, a lot was bought and a building erected. At Natchez, Mississipf pi, has been placed a duplicate of the building at Yazoo City. At Nashville, Tennessee, Jackson, Mississippi, are buildings practically alike, except that at Nashville a schoolroom, separate from the church, has been provided in the basement. At Greenville, Mississippi, a school building has been erected with rooms attached for the teacher. At Atlanta, Georgia, a commodious church building has been purchased to which has been added a school building and a small sanitariumf' Thus began the work of Seventhfday Adventists among what is now almost fifteen million people of AfrofAmerican descent. The history of the beginning of the work and of Oakwood converges in the past and runs parallel at every point. fsup, S, 31. ,. jf-:is 51, if ! g F0UN1i1E1R:4 Ulf e'r,x1iWuU11 vri p .R 1. 1- 1 - ' b , 1 Qxjig 51 1 X ,wa ' ' f sg Xf l ' , ' 15' ' ' ESQ-' 7 ' 'L A 'F 2' fin: Q. 4 wt? of x v pf' 'asf . 1 T '-,fi ' .fi , ,,.. . . .. fa Q . - 1' VSA j Z .. ' f ' -Q .Q - -:G - gp 's --ff W-- , gv e E51 -tampa V. ,x iff: T 5 A... xiilil ',l SQQV. - 'T- T ig . f- .-1 3 , W -. - v Efgff .L -.'s,- , - L-- 'l :Hg ' W lf X , H i -ri f e Q-f ff 1'-i .W - , ff. - -- lin ..-- 7 ,Q :1 . .. , 5 - vf.,..,,Ql . 53 1 Wis tar wel fiQ 4i?l?:,1fs:--is , Iwi 5 H EL: V..-l ggjj 5 .Q ag: A i A V . fwfr 111 fi mfr: 1 Qs isis. ll 'F' -..gh 312423-we-i'tff 5 - . ig -.. 1 , ng 'n 1 gh, -his 'gg 5 .sa W 'E fe -ples 421.-59+--f fav 5 1. A 4 yrfyffffij K T gif. r ,Tilb N N .54 LP-,I ,AQ -, - A ' 3 1 gf-QQUNT you BAP I apr alum ui.. ,K 1 ?f PORT HILL. iilli' ,fr 1 LTISEI5 -.433 s vmcswas. MISS. - V'-A 25 'aka a f ,,,,i,gga-.-,.-1 . -VM f . ' , X - . if fmt ah v.: NK x E ' i is gaggg 3 R .V 'ps L X - Y . x is 4 1 - 1 g .

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MASTER 1939 1940 1941 1943 1944 BUILDE S School begins operating free of debt. The Mechanical Building is completed. A fivefacre peach orchard and an acre and a hall grape vineyard. Sheep introduced. Administration Building is completed and equipped. Station wagon is purchased. Oakwood Board of Trustees and General Conf ference raise the school to the status of a Senior College. Sidewalks are extended. President's home is built. The student infirmary is remodeled and reopened. The Home Economics laboratory and demonstration rooms are remodeled. The Chemistry and Physics laboratories are built. The College obtained 3100.000 appropriation for a girl's dormitory. In the process of these years the faculty and staff have been enlarged from 11 in 1932 to 31 in 1944'45. There has been an expenditure during this time on buildings, equipment, and improvements amounting to approximately S5300,000. Mrs. E. G White Pro essor j. L. Morgan Elder F. R. Rogers and Family wx if