Morehouse College - Torch Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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William Jefferson White 1 Samuel Graves 16 Morehouse College was. founded in the year 186? in Augusta, Georgia by an ex-slave, Richard Coulter and William Jefferson White. in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church. Morehouse was known then as the Augusta Institute. The Col- lege was initiallyr designed to educate the once enslaved Afri- can-Americans. In its beginning, Morehouse College was operat- ed by the American Baptist Home Mission Society. The mis- Siun of the school was to educate ministers and teachers. Under the presidency of the Reverend Joseph T. Robert, LL.D., the Institute moved to Atlanta in 1819, with the first class being held in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church. Its name was changed to the At.- lanta Baptist Seminary and a year later to Atlanta Baptist College. At this stage of growth the College owned only one building, a small three story fa- cility, located now where the Richard B. Russell Building stands in downtown Atlanta. President Robert was succeeded by President Samuel Graves, Dell, in 1885. Dr. Graves served as President until 1890. In 1889, the surroundings of the 01d lo- cation in Atlanta had become unfavorable, 50 a new site was secured and in the Spring of 1890. the College was moved to its present location. Also that same year, George Sale became President. A new era characterized by ex- panded academic offerings and an increase in physical facilities dawned in 1996 with the ap- pointment of Dr. John Hope as President. Dr. Hope, the Schoolis first African-American President and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University. insisted on striving for an intel- lectual climate of the highest quality. He openly challenged the view of Booker T. Washing ton, that African-American edu- cation should emphasize voca- tional and agricultural skills. rIIhe academic tradition Dr. Hope established has become a trademark of Morehouse Col- lege. In 1913, by a vote of the Board of Trustees, the name of the Col- lege became Morehouse College, in honor of Dr. Henry Lyman Joseph T. Robert George Sale