Excerpt from Annual Announcement of Oakwood Manual Training School, 1911-1912 South were visited, and properties inspected, and after most diligent search, it was finally decided to purchase this farm of 358 acres, which was, years ago. A slave plantation, and much noted in antebellum days. It was the scene of famous horse-racing each year, and its broad fields were cultivated by many slaves, who made their homes in the log houses dotted here and there over the farm. It was soon evident that the land had been worn by inadequate methods of cultivation, but that it would respond to kindlier treatment. Plans were at once laid for the development of the institution, including the erection of new buildings, soil improvement, and general repair work. The old plantation homestead which had stood for nearly eighty years was first enlarged by a long annex and serves the school as the girls' dormitory to the present. West Hall was next erected and was used at that time for school purposes. Two cottages for teachers then appeared, and in 1899, the large study hall was completed. This building, which contained the chapel, recitation rooms, and boys' dormitory, was burned to the ground on the night of Oct. 11, 1906. The next year our present chapel was built, and Butler Hall was finished the following spring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.