The Oakwood Manual Training-School by W. J. Blake

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 4, 1909

The Oakwood Manual Training-School

By W. J. Blake

Two terms of the present school year are nearly finished, and we have reason to believe that the time has been most profitably spent by our students. The attendance has been good, and the class of young men and women now in training is an encouraging promise for future good work in the South.

The building and improvement work still continues. The new sanitarium is nearing completion, and when finished, will be a very valuable acquisition to the work. The building is of wood, of moderate size, but neat and substantial, and so arranged that additions can easily be made as the work enlarges.

For many years the Lord has been telling us that such an institution should be connected with the Oakwood school, and it is a source of satisfaction to know that provision has at last been made to meet this most urgent demand.

One great difficulty is experienced by the school management, and that is the providing of suitable and profitable employment for all students who wish to pay their entire expenses in work. We are unable to furnish as much work as is demanded at the present time, so other industries must be added.

Last year we were quite successful in raising a few flowering bulbs, and we are anxious to find sale for them. Our stock consists of tuberoses, gladioli, and dahlias. If any one wishes to help us, and also secure a very nice addition to his garden, let him send an order for some of these bulbs. Prices will be found in the business notices of this paper. W. J. BLAKE, Principal.