Oakwood (Ala.) Manual Training School

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 25, 1909

Oakwood (Ala.) Manual Training School

Regular class work was begun on the morning of October 3. The enrolment was good for the time of the year. The daily program has been so arranged that classes recite in both the morning and evening, leaving the larger portion of the day free for industrial work. The greater number of our students must meet their own expenses in school by their labor, and with our present plan, they will be able to work enough to meet their current expenses and carry from one to three literary branches.

All seem anxious to succeed in getting a good practical education, and are quite diligent in their studies. Besides the regular work in the lower grades, we have organized classes in Bible doctrines, algebra, geometry, English literature, bookkeeping, and general history. A commendable interest is also manifested in the industrial classes. Instruction is being given in plain sewing and dressmaking. In a short time classes will be opened in blacksmithing, carpentry, broom making, agriculture, and printing.

Faithful work is also being done in the music department, including both vocal and instrumental. Two nurses’ classes are carrying on their regular course of instruction.—Southern Field Echo.