Morehouse College - Torch Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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'HIIIIIIIIllIIIlilI-Illll'llllllltlllllullllll t IIHIIIIIHIIII'IIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIII'IIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIJIB History of Morehouse College OREHUIISE CUL- m LECE, in the city of Atlanta, Gt-nrgin. f is operated by the Amcricun Baptist Hump Mission 50- Cjcly, of New York. for the education ul' Negro young men. The Collvgv was organized in the year 1867, in the :3in of Augusta, Georgia. under the name of h'Fm: Al:- LLL'HTA INSTITIJTE. In 1870. under thr: presidency 0t RPV. Inst'ph T. Hubert. LL. U. llttTI-Il'm-l'tt it was 1 ?- mm'ed to Atlanta and in- mrpm'attml under the mum: .vt'rL.-wr.-t BAPTIST SEMI- mtn. At this stzlgo of its growth the institution own- ed only unu- huihting. that :1 Fulttllattatiu'ly small lhrce-slun Slt'ut'ltlrv. lm'ulml nmtr u'tml in mm the 'lVL'l'l'llilldl Sta- thn. President Robert wars succeeded by president Samuel Graves. T111, in 1385. Dr. Graves turned il:-3 prt'sitlmtl until 1890, t'mtlinuing as litrnfcssur of Theology fur four yt-ars longer. In 1889, as. the surroundings of the UH location in Atlanta had hecnme unfavorable, a m-u' site was secured. zlnd in the spring of 1890 the sm-huul was removed to its present location. In tht- autumn of this: yt'ar Presidenl George Sale llESOU-IUUGI entered upon his duties. lIn 1807 amendments to the charter wen.- smzurmh granting full college powers and lrhemging the name of the institution to 'h'hTLA-XTA BAPTIST COLLEGE? In I900 President Sale rvsigncd to hccuntc Superintendent of Education of thv Amvriuan Baptist Home Miizsion Society, and he was succvmlvd by President John HopeT who had IJH'n u profesraor on the faculty rinm' 1898. By a vote in 1912 of the Board of Trustees, Ci'tnCllrt'Pd in by the Ameri- mn Baptitt Home Minion Society. and by a change in 1913 of the chartvr granted hy the State of GtrurgiuT the name of the institution became uMUREHUL-t-tIi COLLEGE? in honor of RM: Henry L. Mm-chnusv. I111. Corresponding Sctrrelary of the Ameri- c-un Baptist Home Mission Society and thv mustant friend and benefactor of the Negro rate. In the fall of 1918 the College hecame allhliuted with the genrral 01'- ,rzanimliun ot' the Sludenls Army Training Corps. THE CAMPUS is thirteen acres in extent. It occupies om: 0f the highcst points of land in the cily, 1.100 foul above sea-level, uml cummands a fine view of the city and wrmunding country. For beauty and hnalthtulneis the situation could not be surpassed. The property is on Wen Fair Street. at the junction of Chestnut Street, within half an hour? walk from the pns-l-uthct' and railroad stations. Elvclritr cars marked Wes! Fairy leave the corner of Broad and Alabama Streets, and the Terr- mittat Station, every twenty minutes, direct far the rotlrgr. TomzH. 23.