ntion.

Occasional Teachers and Leaders: Paul Thornton, Vina Jones, Delia
Clark[*], Isabella Monroe, Ruby Moore[*], Virginia Wofford, Sarah
Milton, Celestine Seats, Solomon Buchanan, Riley Flournoy, Clarence and
Herbert Peete.

Carpenters and Cement Workers: David Folsom [*], Solomon Burris, Louis
and Alvin Pitchlin, Isaiah Nelson, Clarence Peete, Noah Alverson, Riley
Flournoy, Fred and Percy McFarland, Thomas Wilson, George Hollingsworth,
Frank Dickson, Ashley and Alonza McLellan and Brown Gaffony.[*]

Painters: Solomon Buchanan, Frank Dickson, John Black, Eugene Perry,
Wesley Lewis, Herbert Peete and Cornell Smith.

Farmers and Trustworthy Teamsters: James Stewart, James Burris. James
Richards, Dee McFarland, Robert Johnson, Robert Maxie, S. S. Bibbs, and
Everett Richards.

[*] Deceased.

XL

CLOSING DAY, 1912

ELLIOTT HALL DEDICATED.--CONCERT.--RESOLUTIONS.--STUDENTS
AFFECTION.--FAREWELL NOTE.

The following account, of the closing day of our last term of school, is
taken from the last issue of the Oak Hill Freedman's Friend, a
news-letter, intended to promote the interests of the Academy, and sent
to its patrons and friends as a quarterly at first, but later as an
annual, from February 1905, to September 1912.

CLOSING DAY, 1912

June 13, 1912, was a day of unusual interest. It was the last day of the
last term of school, under the management of the superintendent, and the
contemplation of this fact frequently suggested a thought of sadness,
since it meant the last meeting with many friends and co-workers.

It was also the second day set for the dedication of Elliott Hall, and
the third day announced for a visit and address by Rev. Phil C. Baird,
D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Oklahoma City. His
leading and unusually happy participation in the events of the day, made
his visit and services on this occasion thrice welcome and valuable.

At 2:00 p.m. Dr. Baird delivered the principal address to a large and
very appreciative audience in the Academy. He chose for his theme, The
Essentials of Success; and emphasized these three, namely "Labor,
purpose and perseverance."

ELLIOTT HALL DEDICATED

At the close of the address of Dr. Baird, the meeting was transferred to
the cozy and spacious front porch of Elliott Hall.

The story of the Hall as a grateful and permanently useful memorial of
the late Alice Lee Elliott, and the generous gift of $5,000.00 on the
part of her s