Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

Page 33 text:

hw- run, - k I X -- ,S J ,. 3 X, 4 6 4, This photograph was taken in l905 of one of nine slave cabins that still stood on the wld lrvun plunmlwn when ll was purchased in l895. f- t 'o ..-' r K ' '5'-fi-T. , .Q-it-Us t, 'ii-, .1 X , -7.5,-I j-v .' .Su - nn g'3s.,4--f 'f: ,s .. H. 0-0 , f , t, ', . - 'H' - -- av' .d'gg.,.7 ' 'T-1 'E' - L,- 'Fx-f-x ix . -af Q X 4 x N'g.A ., 81 .x ffsi. 5 'ug-N6 fu Kggu. -fn - 'Q 51' , Q., WL ',0'ex 'Uh-so-1 'Q 'V Q, I ni

Page 32 text:

Oakwoods begmnrng may be traced to 1895 when the General Conference Assoclatron sent a three man educatronal commrttee authorrzed to spend S8 000 to select a SIIC rn the South for a school for Negro youth These were G A Irwm who as drrector of the Southern DISITICI of the General Conference had developed a specral ln terest rn the Negroes O A Olsen presldent of the General Conference and H Lrndsay who had as srsted ln the foundmg of Battle Creek College On the way southward they stopped at the home of L Dyo Chambers m Chattanooga Ten nessee fwhere they met Anna Knrght one whose name was later connected wrth the educatron of Negroes rn the South for more than a half cen turyl and then went on to Alabama In Hunts vrlle, where the populatlon was then about 15 000 they learned of a 360 acre farm about five mrles northwest of the town, wh1ch they mspected After the commrttee made nts report Olsen and Irwm retumed to Huntsvrlle to negotlate for the land Wrth them was M E Olsen, son of O A Olsen As the commlttee began lookmg over the land Irwm sard that he felt deeply lmpressed that IS was the very place they were lookmg for and the others concurred As Irwm and Olsen walked un der the 65 towerlng oaks that stood on what was to become the heart ofthe campus they decrded that the place should be called Oakwood In strrkmg contrast to the symmetrrcal appear ance of the grant oaks were the mass of brush and brrers and low hangmg lrmbs a few yards to the south, the dllapldated manor house and west of rt 30 7 6, -f .f fig 6? 'ff xp!! gym ggffjie-ff X Maw xf N t 'Q' ,,,. ,jisiafaeg ff f ,sw , fw wg 2 32 f-tif, f-mae 225' ff fps, wfvfjfw wfaaf 21252, Z 14, fyff ff J fi' za S :- sg 5 -62 aff ,X ff fd? f It f 2 f 847932 W!! X QJQZM :F 192 48 Q, 5 2 vga- 'V if 'J 42 '55 'gt seam. the well choked wlth debrrs the old leanmg barn and the row of nme cabrns all fallmg apart four ordmary log cabms and five burlt of squared cedar logs planted uprrght rn the ground and clap boarded Among those who began clearmg the land after rt was purchased by the General Conference was George W Warsaw, who was born on the land when 1t was known as Irwm s farm and who oper ated a small nursery almost to the txme of h1s death ln 1957 In a personal IIIICYVICW he de scnbed the old cotton gm and the nrne cabms Before the arrlval of the first prrnclpal Colon M Jacobs of Iowa rn Aprrl 1896 J J Mrtchell of Cahfomra and Grant Adkms of Atlanta were rn charge of the property and two students tGeorge Graham of Blrmmgton and Grant Royston of Vrcksburgl were on the grounds The men who composed the school board ln addrtxon to Jacobs were OA Olsen and G A Irwm both of whom came and m therr overalls worked to prepare the srte Jacobs added to the Old Mansnon a room 18 by 44 feet to be used as the krtchen and dmmg hall In November a new two story burldmg was ready the flrst floor used tor classrooms and the second floor, as a boy s dormitory Oakwood Industrral Sthool Wrth four bulldmgs and a property valued at S 10 157 wrth four teach ers, and fewer than 24 students Oakwood Indus tual School opened nts doors on November 16 1896 The faculty consrsted of H S Shaw A F Hughes, Hattie Andre and the prmcrpal V' - f- 363- 33 ' 13 :?2'?5':. Z1?5if-i':5Z?? i31i ,f '3'i f:3+7'3? fi-I I zifiif'-E5-5 'f 3: 27- 1.32 '.Y,2315 :: 1-3. :E '3 4-ff:'.,:Igi-f :'V'f gg.-3:1311-'QM-:1::'V.g :-IV:-5-,4 :,:'Vj-5 '11-QVg.'j,g.1.f' 5gj.g..:j:Q-:L -:V:312 .Q jx .5 ..fi'-211-':g::,V'1'-32,5 fig' gg.. 3-I-gi-3. Vfg:511f.i',-1231.32 e.:Viz:f-1-11-- 'api- 2 -V111 lmfviifii- 5 'I-'ft -'ff . :-35. 5 -'I- -,I zfi.-Gy '2-:F-Qgxariyytivf''4.. -,. . V' V1 I 'Z Qf5?ff it-3511.55 Z' 12' 51' 1'-1:5 fi.-:'-Z '5:'V- '- , .-'iii'-'I .E 21. 1- .pf V- .1 .Lira--fi' 3:3 , gf:-,..3 ,515-1-?..,. . 1 .V if 1 1 I,j'yQ 3, , g.. 3 3.-if. -5 g, 52.51 'fK-'1V1f-?:f:S-ras-r'f'+'1' -N561 ,.f. - -, -3: -51 41.1 3, .3 -1.Vf'f2g--gtg'-135.-41:1 5.53, -:v1l'g'--E ,: -5 -V '- I. .2 ,ii 5'-2 i , V- ,ft-zwbiw?-fl'-12 V dzgw' 'g f:f1., f i' u.f 1:ff- :- -IVF?-:WV-...ff,:'f'Vi5--I:-Ebcf-'fx-.IV ISQSQV 1 I 12 Vii Z1Z'I'5V.t- :'. 22,55:J-1-521.ess-:Z23fZvE1f:-,.-5 'af 59' 11 -if .. if .f-2-Irj-'- JV'Z-515 -3 513313, Eaiffi'f'f'2?2ifTr5:1:'-1'-35 5 I-r'- '-'E-ir'II1l'FT1T fi-:LVJ-IT'Zf'.l1'-I.-S-'T'-fl'v'v fEEf-f.QT3ifZFE-f11- i pff -I 255' 2-. 951' 1. 5 1-553 -1.1-gg5f:sag:V-24:5g--3.-5:-aaQ,:gi5a5I'.:,,.5g,5,f's,,' 21-12:-'law-12, i. -.-1-'w :Vg,'g2.1,1g1q212eI.I'..V .gitffqlgr g. :-ii-4,1-3132:'1,i3:9g.:-55--545, 22z-.::1..jQf3'f4-5I5-?vj,:-''-ails'sf''Z-:Ifft1:if':5ct.Ifff-52123223-'zf W-'?2I?'r'4'Ci'S-Z . 'T-M14-1 . 1' -f -'r-- I 15-.5..-,X-egg,-1,I-.'-,.-9,1-:-:..1.1,.4:3..,g,.,--,,-V-Q..-qs:-u fy-.5,-f:1'..fV3:,-5:5 :. ..:-,.fg.,g,f- - V '-Va'-ar-j.5,r5.1:'4,-3,gsgsfrra--.r.. .fgsfz1:Vf:E-535191-21:2-zfefza-.,4.z-'43:-mf-ffhi-E'-'vs- 4'r:'2fgz:1-2--4:3 mr 12,1-faff-' 7aQ-f-'22,-if f--. 7 . - ,-.,,.,,.,,,.q,-1..,.,-,.: -I -: :,..,V,1, fq:,,f,- - ,V,,,q,.2 ,. ,, ,Q,,,.b.1,--,:,.,.l..- ,,-.,.,,,...,,. .,,.i.,f,-,,wq,,., , If-l.,-:4.v.,,g,,3,.,,,,,E r, ,H..a,, ,41i.-:,.. . , H -, ,V 1, - - l. -. -.Vg-gl.-.W V:-V.,,glq.g1-W.-:.:-:.,:. AQMV.-me rm-a-,-fa fy 2 -- 4 ,V f-- - he em.-V-zo:-41,-vw-:f.:f-1:-. -.nfv.,-egfff-.mv-,..'s 4.5.5.1-..-w 2 55:-. KTEII: sir: I-5 5:22.fi:-:a.:-V-1-sew:V:-3:11:21-.24-2-:.A-L41..a:.:,V,-11:fins-'.fvf':f.5s2-Swwr-'Fwif--Lv-h-'-a42'ff:.V-.,7Zffa:AMQ- wV, frf1f:w1w02i24-.f-'.:V. M117 -. ff V-.4A-5,....Rg:,.Q,,f,2.,.4, .- I-545,-5.,,,.,A,,-,,V.,.,,-.-f-.t1,-Mez,2,,1f.,.,L,,,-1-.,V,,-H-,V,-t.-:5,3,,a1....,x,a. ,,,, ,, ,, - , W.a,,gl:,.,5t,1z1,,.,5Ww,1-.,...-1,:3-q.,s,.,Waf,.,,,,,,3f,f-.ig-V-:ffgg--if-gg,wr,-,V-V, fa.,-1-V-,-2,,V--pagfuft-.c-:Vg,:g..m,f-tw -V -. Zi? - : PV'-V ,, - - ' -ff'-' M 17Q.EZ5':1.1tE ,-271.-H155 :'1-313915-1'-3::U Y:1h3 :.'1kE,,,2'J33ig.:--':ij.f,ViS:ft'. 2'i3:j3:?2-i,:ir3,f5'-,SVI529:gf,J.fj7,.?1QQ, 2fQ3rZblkiisiiilffzl,Qfi:g31A53E..Qgq:1935245552:-9:56X3f'2f ?l'f.E's2f:-9r5F-'-limi'.: '1E-',:'I5?'333'IQf5'fVff4?2vfgtlf' '-: .-',-:VFjV1j.-'-'j:-'j:-I-TV, V'-'ffj 't'E5 ,'1 '.?yf,gv2?'- 9-5-?f':Ef'-12251351.5256 12756 61.5, qi' -.Jiv73mj.k7a'Z925'ff .fig rf? ifmsffiiy. 3 '591 6 543' .-,riff-' ' ,f M f.- fj.. :7,.-1,1-Q l2?Ef717'2f325 ,t ., . , ,. ., at p . ra-f., -:rV.e.-.t- 4-,ate-1 .f:.-..f---mms-. vsr-A.'- -.-41:-.tx-..,,..v.-, :-1,-2.-:1:sr,1l.,:-f. nVV.V,:.--., :qs-' .kt-.Av-f:.,: ' :.:. .::,., .. . - ,- :V ----- .- :.-:-pw :aw r--.-1-ff'Am-v-:f-asa:--are-J9,-4-fr-,V-14-411.-if.-z5'cVf14-6--w2gg,:a-ff-I-mv 'M c , m.wL,fyQ1f--V-mms-f , an Aff . g- .f . 1. --Wm.--'vf6: -:-.-az-my -..,.1--.:43.tt.V ,,,,.,1.-..,,-4.,,.,,.,,,f,-, ..,. , ..,,t,,-rf.-1.-M.. ,.,,t,-W .-,swf-,-1,-,,':a.:, f, Va.:-..-,,t,,,:-.,.Q,,i..,4, H .f .... , 1 43. . .- .,.,.,,,.:4,-,,.a.,.f..,,:,f:.-2.MZ ,..,,,g,.,emf.1, r,,4.4f,.'-fa-.2,,,..'f4,,VtV-,,.fsf':1f:Wv.- H 4- . f .:fM.4'- A , -4- A --4444.-'A M:-':V1Vr-vV V- ,- '-I-:J-1-,F 2+-:fi-2-:fr '- :'i'.- FE 1- 'I.I2.3422'.ef.I--2-1:2-11-51:22 'G -f 112' ifiiif V::L:'sff.,.-- :iQ:5 :1f.f2 f iI2. E21 'I-swf - 7-'-I-:E 111:12-' If. g.I'V1. 1,:f'z2zgff -429' ' l V. . , . . ..f.,f'2.3 .-1.-f,-1 f.:vj'QE'VE,fV ' - - w 22 ff..'-I . 'if 3'E':..5 21? 525129 1 ,. I Z.,' -I: fV 4: :J 1 '- 3 -' V I!'3lf.-1-2-th: 5-'Z-.l.3fZff52'.:7Q3'iif? -V5.I fff::' - - - - a f .V3,'7-3V3Q:1.' -.l'1:.:.: ' n ' - Q - i ' iff 1-'ii'-Q: flifigj3fI ,,'3.gf-f'f 1QIg1..E:g, Q' 6 ' - i'1.-21.1, 2,-:EJ lr- 1--. -Zi'-3:'?.':'ifi't3'-Q5-,.f..f1f1:. 3'-'3 ' ' 9 - Q ' f ' :'.'.3:-Z'V1 '-Qii? f 1 ' - w ' -E .2:f'--.Qf5.i. .:. ' 32 '11.'feti:.1-E ' 1 , Qi... .':1'::. l,'I Y Eeffl 5Q'f.:f3 f:vf-'IE-'S1151 . , Q . . . , . ' .Q f.f'i:'AE.-f.I- L 33-.-VVl':?::.,::E-3351:22522321 If gg: , 9 ' . . 1.355-'V.-'A.:'Ef.'5f'lf'1lI.g---:V1 ' , I ' - 54.12 EV :Q-z'q.1,.-:Eli 3' 1'-'I ' . . 1. Q1 I 2. .'-.jV'1.'1jjg:g.qf12.j-f'f'3j f :-,234 , , V .V I.. -. A 5 .V 1-15312 1 -1 - - - - V ' V I - ' 2 ' I 1:gQ'lQ' ' ' ' ' ' . lIiIjL,j,:, 33'.:' . 1 ' , ' ' th .- -1, V H- 4.1-fQ.1'-if? .?.'?Q.:v-1.-2Eif ' -. ' a V. ' , L., VE:-in 1 Q ,. 512, , . - 13 5 . ,fiilf QV A- ' :V ig . - . ' ' - , - V 'V A-.z-3:1-'-7-Q I 1 1 ' Q V - V' - ' 'Zi 1 , g . H 5 is-:'i' . V- QIQV ,V . . K- ' ' ' Q ' '

Page 34 text:

l-'-+- Q. w 'w. , was 'gl 5 u 'T,F4 M. 84 511 im mug, k.4..q. 1--... ,,-v ,r f