The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy

Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger 1 Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger Project Gutenberg`s The Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Author: Robert Elliott Flickinger Release Date: November 4, 2007 [EBook #23321] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHOCTAW FREEDMEN *** Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Marcia Brooks, Don Tvenge, African American Biographical Database and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The Choctaw Freedmen [Illustration: OAK HILL] AN OAK TREE Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger 2 On the southeastern slope, near the Academy, A pretty Oak, That strong and stalwart grows. With every changing wind that blows, is a beautiful emblem of the strength, beauty and eminent usefulness of an intelligent and noble man. "He shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon; like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season." [Illustration: ALICE LEE ELLIOTT 1846-1906] THE Choctaw Freedmen AND The Story of OAK HILL INDUSTRIAL ACADEMY Valliant, McCurtain County OKLAHOMA Now Called the ALICE, LEE ELLIOTT MEMORIAL Including the early History of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory the Presbytery of Kiamichi, Synod of Canadian, and the Bible in the Free Schools of the American Colonies, but suppressed in France, previous to the American and French Revolutions BY ROBERT ELLIOTT FLICKINGER A Recent Superintendent of the Academy and Pastor of the Oak Hill Church ILLUSTRATED BY 100 ENGRAVINGS Under the Auspices of the PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR FREEDMEN Pittsburgh, Pa. ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1914 BY THE AUTHOR IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON, D. C. Journal and Times Press, Fonda, Iowa TABLE OF CONTENTS I. GENERAL FACTS Introduction--List of Portraits I Indian Territory 7 II Indian Schools and Churches 15 III The Bible, An Important Factor in Civilization 31 IV The American Negro 39 V Problem of the Freedman 46 VI Voices From the Black Belt 59 VII Uplifting Influences 65 VIII The Presbyterian Church 84 Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger 3 IX The Freedmen`s Board 90 X Special Benefactors 96 II. OAK HILL INDUSTRIAL ACADEMY XI Native Oak Hill School and Church 101 XII Era of Eliza Hartford 107 XIII Early Reminiscences 114 XIV Early Times at Forest 124 XV Era of Supt. James F. McBride 131 XVI Era of Rev. Edward G. Haymaker 134 XVII Buds of Promise 146 XVIII Closed in 1904 154 XIX Reopening and Organization 155 XX Prospectus in 1912 162 XXI Obligation and Pledges 169 XXII Bible Study and Memory Work 173 XXIII Decision Days 183 XXIV The Self-Help Department 185 XXV Industrial Education 196 XXVI Permanent Improvements 202 XXVII Elliott Hall 210 XXVIII Unfavorable Circumstances 216 XXIX Building the Temple 227 XXX Success Maxims and Good Suggestions 241 XXXI Rules and Wall Mottoes 259 XXXII Savings and Investments 272 XXXIII Normals and Chautauquas 275 Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger 4 XXXIV Graces and Prayers 279 XXXV Presbyterial Meetings and Picnics 282 XXXVI Farmer`s Institutes 287 XXXVII The Apiary, Health Hints 294 XXXVIII Oak Hill Aid Society 300 XXXIX Tributes to Workers 308 XL Closing Day, 1912 325 III. THE PRESBYTERY AND SYNOD XLI Presbytery of Kiamichi 335 XLII Histories of Churches 345 XLIII Parson Stewart 351 XLIV Wiley Homer 360 XLV Other Ministers and Elders 370 XLVI Synod of Canadian 382 IV. THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL XLVII The Public School 391 XLVIII A Half Century of Bible Suppression in France 418 [Illustration: OAK HILL CHAPEL] [Illustration: ELLIOTT HALL--1910] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Alice Lee Elliott Frontispiece Elliott Hall 11 Choctaw Church and Court House 14 Alexander Reid, John Edwards 15 Biddle and Lincoln Universities 70 Rev. E. P. Cowan, Rev. John Gaston, Mrs. V. P. Boggs 91 Choctaw Freedmen, by Robert Elliott Flickinger 5 Eliza Hartford, Anna Campbell, Rev. E. G. and Priscilla G. Haymaker 108 Girls Hall, Old Log House 109 Carrie and Mrs. M. E. Crowe, Anna and Mattie Hunter 116 James McGuire and others 117 Wiley Homer, William Butler, Stewart, Jones 148 Buds of Promise 149 Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Flickinger, Claypool, Ahrens, Eaton 160 Reopening, 1915, Flower Gatherers 192 Mary I. Weimer, Lou K. Early, Jo Lu Wolcott 193 Rev. and Mrs. Carroll, Hall, Buchanan, Folsom 224 Closing Day, 1912; Dr. Baird 225 Approved Fruits 256 Planting Sweet Potatoes and Arch 257 Orchestra, Sweepers, Going to School 274 Miss Weimer, Celestine, Coming Home 275 The Apiary; Feeding the Calves 294 Log House Burning, Pulling Stumps 298 Oak Hill in 1902, 1903 299 The Hen House, Pigpen 295 The Presbytery, Grant Chapel 352 Bridges, Bethel, Starks, Meadows, Colbert, Crabtree 353 Crittenden, Folsom, Butler, Stewart, Perkins, Arnold, Shoals, Johnson 378 Teachers in 1899, Harris, Brown 379 Representative Homes of the Choctaw Freedmen 406 The Sweet Potato Field 407 INTRODUCTION ... - tailieumienphi.vn