Oakwood Manual Training-School, Huntsville, Ala.
By W. J. Blake
The morning of September 18 found a good company of students present at the Oakwood Manual Training-school, ready for work. We were especially thankful for the privilege of beginning this year's work in our new school building. The chapel is well lighted and commodious, and will afford excellent accommodations not only for our day-school, but also for our Sabbath meetings and other public exercises. This is much appreciated by the school family, after being so crowded last year on account of the loss of our chapel by fire in the early part of the last session. A very encouraging feature of our work is the fact that the great majority of our students in attendance are a class who realize the great need of workers in the Southern field, and are anxious to prepare themselves to enter some special line as quickly as possible. With this in mind, there is a spirit of earnestness manifested in the class work, which goes a long way toward success. We have several here who are preparing themselves to become ministers, teachers, Bible workers, and canvassers. Dr. Bascom has charge of the medical work of the school, and a nurses' training class has already been started. We believe good results will come from this work. Several more students will probably come in after the rush of autumn work is over. We believe there is good prospect of a successful year before the school. W. J. BLAKE.