Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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THE SPENCERIAN 1937 11

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THE SPENCERIAN 1937 The History of the College The free, educated Negroes, those who had been given their freedom or had acquired it, were swamped with crowds wanting to learn. How could this hunger be satisfied? Manifestly by supplying intellectual food. What the menu should be, and how it should be served, were questions of the most baffling sort. Morgan College was chartered in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute, in answer to the pleas of free Negroes who were crying in the desert of ignorance for knowledge. Using the lecture rooms of churches as classroom, suitable instruction was given somewhat irregularly. On October 9, 1869, the school was formally opened at 44 East Saratoga Street, with the Rev. J. Emory Round as Principal. The original purpose of the school was that of preparing young men for the Christian ministry. When the building at 44 East Saratoga Street became too small to accom- odate the classes, a lot was given at the corner of Fulton and Edmondson Avenues by Dr. and Mrs. John F. Goucher. A commodious stone building was erected on this site, the cornerstone being laid June 16, 1880. As time went on, it was found necessary to make additions to the curriculum of the school. Especially were normal and academic subjects added, and soon young women were admitted as students. In 1890, Dr. Littleton F. Morgan, former presi- dent of the Board of Trustees, gave a considerable sum of money to the school, thus enabling it to offer college training. The name of the school was then changed to Morgan College, its present designation. In the course of time the Edmondson Avenue site became inadequate for the purposes of the institution. After years of searching, much delay and many disap- pointments, a tract known as the Ivy Mills property, located on Hillen Road and Arlington Avenue, in Govans section of the City of Baltimore, was purchased. Title was taken to this property in June, 1917. The right of the school to own and occupy this property was contested by real estate dealers and others, the action being carried through all the courts of the State. The trustees won every point in the case or suit. In September, 1919, the Morton estate, adjacent on the south side of the Ivy Mills property, was also purchased. With the purchase of the Morton estate the institution was moved to its present site—on Hillen Road northward beyond Lake Montebello among the graceful hillsides alternating with winding vales and a roll- ing countryside dotted with tall maples and lindens overlooking silvery lakes. The presidents of the Centenary Biblical Institute and its successor, Morgan Col- lege, have been: J. Emory Round, D. D., 1869—1882 W. Maslin Frysingcr, D. I)., 1882—1888 John F. Wagner, D. D., 1888—1901 Chas. Edmund Young, D. D., (acting), 1901—1902 John 0. Spencer, Ph. D., LL.D., 1902 10

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THE SPENCERIAN 1937 Professor John Arthur Herculson The Favorite of the Class of ’37 THE COLLEGE FACULTY ADMINISTRATION John Oakley Spencer, Ph.D., LL.D., President George Cameron Grant, A.M., Acting Dean John S. Deale, Treasurer James Hughlett Carter, A.B., Secretary-Business Manager Beatrice A. Mays, Bookkeeper-Cashier Edward Nathaniel Wilson, A.B.. Registrar Dean of Women Assistant Registrar Helen Gertrude Roberts, Superintendent of Boarding Department Joseph H. Rice, Superintendent of Plant Beulah M. Dans, Librarian Evangeline Smith, B.S., Library Science. Assistant Librarian INSTRUCTION George Camron Grant. A.M.. Dean and Education Milton Lewis Calloway. A.M., Biology John Arthur Herculson, B.S., Chemistry Charles Clinton Key, A.M., Biology George Henry Spaulding, M.S., Chemistry, Physics Howard Lee Cornish, A.M., Mathematics Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B.. Mathematics and Director of Physical Education Natalie Carter Tighman, A.M., Education Talmadge Layman Hill, A.B.. Laboratory Assistant, Physical Education Hattie Phifer Carter, A.M., Household Arts Clinton Everett Knox, A.M., History Violet Sara Banks, A.M., Director of Music a t Edward Nathaniel Wilson, A.B., Reg U Jessye Mae Wyche, A.M., Acting Dei Edna Rosclla Hopkins, A.B., Assistai u„i n i.. „1 ... c o . u jLrvvDorothy M. Houston, A.M., Romance Languages ean Fisher Turpin, A.M., English Alice Nixon Gross, B.S., Home Economics Gertrude Lois Proctor, B.A., B.S., Library Science, Latin William Walker Proctor, A.B., Special Assistant in Mathematics Ollington Erwin Smith, A.M., English Jessye Mae Wyche, A.M., English Beulah P. Beale, Methods in Handwriting John Denues, Music William R. Flowers, A.M., Education Lucretia Gibbs, Special Education Mason A. Hawkins, Ph.D., Economics G. David Houston, A.M., Ed.M., English Grace A. Kramer, Ph.D., Education Harry F. Latshaw, Ed.I)., Special Education Edward S. Lewis, Ph.B., Social Science Dorothy M. Newkirk, Special Education Ivan Rigby, Art Olga B. Parker, Assistant in Physical Education 12