Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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COLLEGE STAFF “Peck—peck—peck! Rin-ng—Rin-ng! What can 1 do for you? I lc’11 be back in five minutes.—Yes . . . No.” So it is, from nine until four, Monday through Friday, and Saturday until noon. I he business staff is perennially busv, changing schedules, having conferences, and registering pupils. They have patientk. willingly, and enthusiastically served through four years the class of 1952. To the registrar’s office a student walked, and asked in a worried, yet hopeful manner. “Is my status all right? W ill I graduate in June?” Smiling, he left with his fingers crossed. Then he went upstairs to the dean’s office. “I’d like to drop 210. Yes, I know I registered yesterday, but it’s right after lunch, and I can’t stav awake.” I le then went to the business office, where he obtained a campus job. In the comptroller’s office he sang a woeful song. You charged two dollars fine for a cut just after the Raster holiday, but I went to my class. There is the b x)k store where lines are long at the beginning of the semester, where lxx ks arc high, and where our extra cigarette and coke money goes. L(x k at our cafeteria. They say we are a healthy bunch, but you draw your own conclusions. The infirmary is the place to which we go to get our cuts authorized and to view television. The dormitory directors, pace the halls nightly and remind us. “Quiet please. Mr. Patterson, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, set's to the maintenance of our entire campus. To this staff, lor its indispensable aid, the Class of 1952 offers its thanks.

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FACULTY During the period of four years, from September, 1948 to June. 1952, the faculty has guided the class of 1952 and has con- tributed to the development of its mental resources. There have been times when some members of our class have been un- responsive and even somewhat antagonistic toward faculty policies, but these same policies are those which have helped us to reach todav this phase of our develop- ment. The faculty has encouraged us in our extra-curricular activities, for it has realized that emphasis upon mere subject matter alone is not sufficient in the building of a wholesome personality. It has been the in- spiration for our preparation for worthy citizenship. Of the one hundred members of this faculty, thirty-seven have their Doctorates. To this faculty, we are grateful, for its time, its effort and its interest. 10

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Mis tory of MORGAN STATE COLLEGE On October 9, 1869, the Centenary Biblical Institute at 44 East Saratoga Street, with the Rev. J. Emory Round as principal, opened its doors to serve aspiring students of the Negro group. Prior to this, from 1867 to 1869, classes were held in the basement of the local Methodist churches. The original purpose of the school was to prepare young men lor the Christian ministry. When the building at 44 East Saratoga Street became ux small to accommodate the class, a lot for a new building on the corner of Fulton and Edmondson Avenues was given by l)r. and Mrs. John F. Goucher. The cornerstone lor this building was laid June 16, 1880, and this structure is still standing today as the Maryland School lor the Blind. In 1880. Dr. Lyttleton F. Morgan, former chairman 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 in his honor. In the course of time the Edmondson Avenue site became inadequate for the purpose of the institution. In June. 1917, after years ol searching, the college t x)k title to the Ivy Mills proj erty located on Hillen Road and Arlington Avenue. In 1919. the college bought the Morgan Estate, adjacent to, and on the south side of the Ivy Mills property. Morgan College officially became a State Institution by the act ol the General Assembly ol 1939, at which time the name was changed to Morgan State College. The college has steadily grown until it is now valued at more than S4,500,000 and covers more than 85 acres.