Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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 VoMcuja JOHN L. STATEN Baltimore, Maryland Physical Education Education Club C. ARNOLD WILLIAMS Bermuda, B.W.l. History Alpha Phi Alpha WILLIAM FRANKLIN FURR Salisbury, Maryland Mathematics Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Society. Pan- Hcllcnic Council and Y.M.C.A. MOSES THOMAS JOHNSON Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Education NATALIE HILL Baltimore, Maryland Sociology Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Social Science Club. ROGER BRYAN Cambridge, Maryland Physical Education School Band. Pan-Hellenic Coun- cil, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Education Club. Y.M.C.A.

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J. STANEY BURDNELL Norwich, New York Physical Education Football. Track, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Yorkshire Squires. CALVIN LaVETTE CARTER Baltimore, Maryland Biology Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Y.M.C.A. GLASCOE BAKER EUGENE RITCHIE Baltimore, Maryland Fort Pierce, Florida Education Health and Physical French Club. Education Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. GEORGE WATKINS LILLIAN GWENDOWLYN (Scooter) Barclay, Maryland Greensboro, North Carolina ( Sociology Physical Education Y.W.C.A. and Social Science Club. and Health

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A1 cM'iAt Uocd Sketch Eighty years ago, soon after the close of the Civil War, five men conceived the idea of establishing an institution of learning for the recently freed slaves. These men, Thomas Kelso, William Harden, William Daniel, William B. Hill and John Lanohan, met at the home of Bishop Levi Scott of the Methodist Episcopal Church, December 24, I860, and made plans for the incorpora- tion of a school. The following day, Decem- ber 25, 1866, eight more men joined them. This group of thirteen men formed the first Board of Trustees, signed the charter and became thereby the official founders of the Centenary Biblical Institute, precursor of the Morgan College to be. The Centenary Biblical Institute was officially incorporated under the code of Public General Law of Maryland, November 27, 1867 at 10:12 a.m. Since the trustees had not found a suit- able piece of property for the school, classes which were composed largely of aspiring A.M.E. ministers, met in the basement lecture rooms of Sharp Street Methodist Church. However, on October 9, 1869, the school formally moved and opened at 44 E. Saratoga Street, which had been purchased by the Trustees, March 13, 1869. The Reverend Doctor J. Emory Round was chosen principal. The following December 17, 1869, four Negroes were appointed to the Trustee Board. They were: Wesley J. Parker, R. H. Robinson, Henry W. Martin and Charles Sims. In 1880, the Institute acquired through the beneficence of Dr. and Mrs. John F. Goucher, a site on the corner of Fulton and Edmondson Avenues. A larger building was erected thereon, and on June 16, 1880, the cornerstone was laid. Instruction offered by the Institute during this period was very elementary in scope with a few students, who were pursuing college preparatory subjects. In 1890, the Rev. Dr. Lylleton Morgan, Chair- man of the Board of Trustees, donated a substantial sum of money which allowed the college to offer instruction on the collegiate level. Thenceforward, the Institution be- came known officially as Morgan College. On October 1, 1872, Principal Round’s title was changed from Principal to President of the Biblical Institute. He served in that capacity until 1882. Other Presidents of the Institute and of Morgan College were: Dr. W. Maslin Frysinger, 1882-1888; Dr. J. F. Wagner, 1888-1901; Dr. Charles E. Young, 1901-1902; Dr. John O. Spencer, 1902-1935, and Dr. D. O. W. Holmes, 1937-1948. In 1902, the Board of Trustees called