Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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firs! automobile, a Benz, was exhibited at the'J Paris Exposition. That year the United States Supreme Court upheld segregation and estab- lished the separate but equal doctrine in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson. Becquerel discovered the radio-activity of Uranium in 1896; in 1898 Lincoln was emptied again by enlistments in a War, the Spanish-American. In 1902 Marconi sent the first trans-ocean radio message; in 1903 the Wright brothers flew the first airplane. In 1904 Henry Ford perfected the mass assembly production line. At Niagrara, N. Y., nine Negroes held a Conference in 1904, out of which the NAACP came in 1909; four Lincoln men were •mong the nine.) Isaac N. Rendall was succeeded, in 1905, by his nephew, John Ballard Rendall, who perpet- uated the Rendall regime until his death in 1924. The social setting, meanwhile, already showed signs that required alteration of the institutional pattern. In addition to John Miller Dickey's great vision, and Isaac N. Rendall’s supreme capacity for faith in Negroes, a factor of missionary paternalism had always existed in the institution. This spirit came to characterize its Board of Trustees as the great old men grew feeble and passed away. A spirited and protracted struggle between the radical humanitarians in the Alumni, and the reactionaries in the Board, now began. (In 1914 the first World War began. In 1917 the United States entered the War and the halls were again emptied. The Russian Revolu- tion began, to end in creating the world's first Communist State. In 1918 an uneasy armistice was concluded.) William Hallock Johnson, a liberal member of the Faculty, was elected President in 1926. The old paternalism was set in reverse during his administration. A Negro was first elected to the Board in 1927 and to the Faculty in 1932. (The Stock Market Crash of October, 1929, convulsed the World. In 1932 F. D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States. In 1933 Hitler's Nazis took over Germany. In 1939 Hitler invaded Poland, beginning World War 11; in 1941, the bombing of Pearl Harbor precipitated the United States into the conflict. The halls emptied again.) s Boxing bout between Big Bullock” and Dr. Anderson, Class of 191). Whats the matter with the team? The team's alright!” Homecoming 191) style.

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r War began). The first Charter was granted onl April 29, 1854. (The Kansas-Nebraska Bill, threatening extension of the slave states, passed the Senate May 22, 1854). The institution at first directed its mission toward Africa, so hope- less seemed prospects for Negroes in America. Classes began January 1, 1857. (The Dred Scott Decision, denying that Negroes, either free or slave, were citizens, ivas handed down March 6, 1857). With John Miller Dickey providing the principal support from his personal funds, the early years were poverty-ridden. In 1859 the first three graduates went to Liberia, in Africa. (That October John Brown raided Harpers Terry. The Civil War began in 1861). Civil War emptied the school when most stu- dents enlisted. John Carter served as President from 1856-1862, John Martin from 1862-1865. (The Emancipation Proclamation took effect Jan- uary 1, 1863. The Civil War ended with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865; Abraham Lincoln died of an assassin’s bullet on April 15; the 13th Amendment to the Constitu- tion abolished Slavery, December 18.) The end of the Civil War generated a great new enthusiasm; to the Freedmen and their friends, the bright blue heavens were their only limit. Isaac Norton Rcndall was elected President. Ashmun Institute was renamed Lincolun Univer- sity in 1866. (In the South the Klu Klux Klan was formed to suppress Negro rights; in Con- gress, the Civil Rights Ad of 1866 was passed over Johnson’s veto). Expansive plans were made to establish full university schools of law, medi- cine, and Theology. (The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, to protect the civil rights of Negroes. The 15th Amendment, to guarantee his citizenship and franchise rights, was ratified in 1870). The financial panic of 1873 closed all but the College of Liberal Arts and the Theological Sem- inary. It was slowly realized that the Civil War had not solved all of the bitter problems of racial inequality. (The Hayes-Tilden compromise of 1876 ended Reconstruction). From his election in 1865 to his retirement in 1905, and, indeed, beyond his death in 1912, Isaac N. Rendall placed his firm stamp on every aspect of the institution. Never married, he was Pap to the boys, whom he insisted on treat- ing as men. (In 1882 Koch isolated the Tuber- culosis bacillus). Isaac Rcndall thought Negroes endowed with every highest human capacity for learning and achievement. Almost to 1900 and beyond, Lincoln University was the only geunine college for Negroes in the country. (In 1889 the I ,v '. (n i w i frit i tig» - nu'olon io)v - , ielaS iLjnnEBAu ( S Y d . % alutc4l in Ouiifcio. '«W , . » ' t . ' ff' A '' ,,• +. - .. • . • , , « .. • » 1 .r w»V' r j.-,. ... ... , ■ . . ■ « . «I ,' .'' »,. . ( !,„ '• ,■ . , 4 • .. Vi... ... ) ,,! ». a ' 4 The first diploma conferred upon Thomas H. Amos, class of 1859. i

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