Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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Academic Senior Class ALMA L. CLAIBORNE - - - Jacksonville. Florida Cheeka A jolly, industrious soul filled with music. Pianist S. S. ------- - ' 27 General Sec. S. S. - - - - - - - ' 28 AIM: To excel. ALBERTA LONZA ---------- ' Wilson. N. C. Berta yery modest and quiet, always neat from head to feet . Sec. Foreign Miss. Band ------ ' 28 Sec. Correspondence Band - - - - - ' 27, ' 28 AIM: To press forward to the mark of the high calling. GRACE M. HAMILTON -----.:- Knoxville. Tenn. Gracious ' True as gold, with a voice that charms everyone. Sec. Correspondence Band ------ ' 27 Y. Ladies ' Quartet ------- ' 27, ' 28 AIM: To be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. JENN1E V. MILLS -------- Montgomery, Alabama Jen Spreads ioy in abundance. Pianist S. S. - - - - - - - - ' 23 AIM To press forward in spite of difficulties. Summer School Graduate.

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Academic Class Officers THORINGTON T. FRAZIER, President . . . . Hornsby Full of energy, with a heart to finish whatever he starts. Pres. Y. M. B. S. Vice Pres. Y. M. B. S. Vice Pres. Junior Class ------ Pres. Academic Senior Class - - . . - Member Executive Committee S. P. A. - AIM: To climb though the rocks be rugged. Montgomery, Alabama ' 27 •28 ' 27 •28 •28 HATTIE L.. STEWART, Vice President Attie ' Sociable and l ind, the like of her is hard to find. ' Sec. Y. P. M. V. S. - Associate Editor The Oaks ' - - - - - Vice Pres. Academic Senior Class - - - - AIM: To reach the highest height possible for woman. St. Louis, Mo. •27 ' 28 •28 INEZ SERENA BROWN, Secretary ------ Nez Cne who believes a soft answer turneth away wrath. Member S. P. Executive Committee . - - Sec. Y. P. M. V. S. - Sec. Senior Academic Class - - - - AIM: To press onward and upward to eternal ideals. Charleston, S. C. •28 •27 •28 D. J. DIXON, Treasurer Dres A soul that is on fire with a spirit to do something. Treas. Junior Class ------ Treas. Y. M. B. S. - Treas. Academic Senior Class - . . . Chicago, lUinoi icago, Illinois ■27 28 •28 AIM: To fit myself by the help of God for the gospel ministry.

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Commencement Week Program Consecration Service, May 18, 1928 - 7:00 P. M. INVOCATION W. C. Martin ADDRESS -----.... President J. A. Tucker CONSECRATION PRAYER - - - - - - Mrs. L. E. Cunningham CONSECRATION SONG - - - Class RESPONSES --..-- --- Seniors - Juniors SONG -..---.---- Congregation BENEDICTION - F. J. Bryant Baccalaureate Service, May 19, 1928 - 1 1 :00 A. M. MARCH ---------- Mrs. Jennie Dobbins INVOCATION - President J. A. Tucker TENOR SOLO - - Emile A. Jarreau .SERMON Elder T. H. Allison MUSIC Male Quartet BENEDICTION Elder U. Bender Class Night Program, May 20, 1928 - 8:00 P. M. MARCH - ----- -- Mrs. Jennie Dobbins INVOCATION - - Charles Degering SONG - Class WELCOME ADDRESS ------- Thorington T. Frazier CLASS HISTORY - -.--..- Ethel E. Varnado MOTTO -....---- Harold D. Singleton MUSIC ----- Selected ANNUAL ADDRESS - - - - - - - - - W. C. Edwards CLASS ASPIRATIONS . . Hattie L. Stewart CLASS POEM -....--... Inez Brown ORATION - - - - Emile A. Jarreau ORATION - C. Raymond Wood CLASS AIM - - - - D. J. Dixon PRESENTATION OF GIFT Artie P. McNichols FAREWELL ADDRESS - - Celestine E, Reid SONG - - . - Class BENEDICTION O. B. Edwards Commencement Program, May 21, 1928 - 8:00 P. M. MARCH - Mrs. Jennie Dobbins INVOCATION E. C. Jacobsen VIOLIN SOLO ---------- W. C. Edwards ADDRESS --------- Professor J. C. Tompson PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS ----- PresidentJ. A. Tucker BENEDICTION . - . . Elder Nelson