p. 29 | Educational Notes by E. W. Farnsworth

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 12, 1908

Educational Notes

By E. W. Farnsworth

The Oakwood School for colored workers at Huntsville, Ala., and the Hazel Academy, at Hazel, Ky., have recently experienced slight fires. In each case the fire was extinguished before any serious damage was done. In the Oakwood School the fire probably originated from a defective fireplace or chimney. In Hazel Academy the cause of the fire is a mystery. The fire originated in the new building at the entrance to the study room.

Prof. B. F. Machlan, principal of South Lancaster Academy, reports a very encouraging spiritual revival. At their Friday evening prayer-meeting, October 30, an opportunity was given to those who wished to reconsecrate themselves or make a start in the Christian life, and over seventy-five responded. Among these were twelve or fifteen who had never made a profession of religion. Such experiences as these prove the great value of our schools.

The brethren of the Pacific Union Conference have recently purchased an estate of some three thousand acres, having on it large buildings, for the purpose of establishing a union conference school. This estate is located at Sonoma, about twenty-five miles from St. Helena. It is very beautifully situated. That portion of the country is free from frosts, and much of the soil is of a good character; about one thousand acres are said to be tillable. It would appear that most excellent opportunities are here offered for the development of a splendid advanced school in the Pacific Union Conference. The large number of young people in this portion of the country demands the very best school which can be provided for them.

A most interesting meeting was held at the South Lancaster church on a recent Sabbath. There are now about two hundred eighty-five students in the academy, and these, of course, attend the Sabbath meetings. Elder H. F. Ketring spoke on the talents. He afterward made a call for all those who would assist in the distribution of the Thanksgiving In-gathering number of the REVIEW. One of the teachers in the academy said he would take two hundred copies; another said he would take one hundred fifty; others said they would take one hundred, till more than fifty persons said they would distribute one hundred copies each. Others agreed to take a less number, till the number taken reached seven thousand eight hundred seventy-five. The students and teachers took seven thousand one hundred seventy papers. The academy intends to set apart one or more days to this work; and all, or nearly all, will engage in it.—E. W. Farnsworth, in Atlantic Union Gleaner.