Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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 11 SOT. OSCAR Givers SOT. LORENZO THOMAS MOTOA MCH. MATE SOT. CYRIL BYROM JL F. WARMER A SOLDIER In tlte tenacioul grip of a recklea wlH to 9iYe His all to the winning of the fight. With the tumultuoul drum, of a gleeful Man actlYe Leet he at the fatal hour loee sight Of gore glowing faint In the loud night; By the Piftoaphorescent la)llps of an earthly hell to kill. Hi heart lure of the power of right; In the precarloua care of a dumb Deapite he will Become, cune Fate, a hallowed hill. John McGraw .GPL JOSS’H GIBBS PPG LUOUS LEEPER 17

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 Although we receive our diplomaa in tho midst of the greatest conflict in hilfory, we, the claH of '44 feel assured that we have trained ourselves well that wo might better meet the I'flponaibilities of life. Howonr, our thoughta turn from our clallmate. around tu to thoae who through a quirk of fate were not fortunate enough to be hero to shore theae honora with ua. It ia to I'hete bop that we wish to express our deep regret that they are not here, but in the aamo tone, we have great hopea for their lpeedy victory and aafe return home. Wo, of thia elaa, feel moat fortunate that we have had the foreaight and courage to overcome the tomptationl of jobt and money ID very prevalent now. Greater com- mendations are due to our claumates who do not hove to overcome temptation of money and eoay living, but the forces of prejudice,, hate, and greed. Thein fl. a greoter struggle than oura could possibly have been, but, having the fortitude, the strength and the fear of God in their hearts, we know they will come through. It is our hope that victory will come soon and all of our classmates will return to finish their education not in a world disturbed by turmoil and strife, but in a world of peace and harmony-a peace which they helped to make. i( MORGAN TO WIN A WAR TO THOSE WHO LEFIf DEDICATED • Y¥YY¥¥¥YY¥¥¥YY 16 Catherine Russell

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WE GRADUATE IN SPIRIT by CPL. JoaBPH E. Grass You must realize that upon your entry into the College Enlisted Reserve Corps, you will he a member of the army, and as such will be liable to the call of your Qom,. mandcr-in-Chief at any time . Those wo ds of our own President Holmes still echo and re-echo in our minds and hearts. Then on March 2. 1943, the call came to us. The orders were clear and from our Commander-in-Chief- You're needed, boys, to bring relief from this plague of oppression that threatens to engulf you. You arc needed to preserve the way of life; it is your duly and privilege to contribute he best you have lo offer to the preservation of a free, democratic country . And so, with unbowed heads and shoulders erect, we sallied forth to be trained and to train others in the fine art of appreciating the kind of life to which we had been accustomed. Our specific jobs have been many and diverse; we have accepted the challenge of analyzing the need o( each individual job, and we have extended ourselves lo meet the challenge. Now, we have also reconciled ourselves to the fact that we must graduate in spirit . Extended thought raises the universal question in our minds- Why must we grad- uate in spirit? We would much rather be present to receive the fruits of four years' effort in the fields of academic and social conditioning. Since this is a selfvidcnt fact-why must we gh duale in spirit? Philosophically we have grown and matured. We have on numerous occassions come focc to face with the enemy which makes our spiritual graduation a necessity. We have met this enemy as a spirit; and we have met him as a being. We have learned that our success over him can come only when we adjust our minds and bodies to the rigors of living that border on the boundary of hell. We have discovered llhat only the individual who has the greatest spirit can ever hope to graduate in body as well as ki spirit Sinoc we have been diligent students, we have learned our lessons well. From our classrooms of the army camps and the world battle-gTOunds we haive heard and comprehended the lectures on life; we have learned that to live is more than to merely exist. We have crammed before examinations, during examinations, and after them too--we have the utter rucessity of passing every examination imprcSScd -yes, even scared-into our souls. Had we failed to pass-we would not be here hi spirit to graduate with you. Upon the battle-scarred earth as our desk, we have learned to write in Rowing style the answers to the question of survival. We know that to survive oetdrs an op- portunity to Jive. We have survived the daring of the enemy whom we have met in spirit; we have Jived through the heU created by the enemy we have met in being. We have lone these things because we have been diligent students. We have our blackboard too, high over our heads. We've lain beneath the sky and solved our problems with the stars. Our problems have «been vital. Well to we remember the one of logistics m which we worked out the fcasability o£ attack or re- treat. To arrive at an approximate was never enough; our answer had to be accurate and exact. Nor had we the opportunity LO waste time and materials; no miscalculation no misuse could ever be tolerate. 1 Our problems were loo vital lo err even slightly. Thus we figured out the problem of existing and surviving and living-for living k more than existing. You must realize ... ... Yes, ive realizx:; and having that rcalizatioo we fonily resolved within ourselves to make our graduation two-fold-we will graduate in spirit today with ,you, but on the morrow, we will graduate in being. 18