Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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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.

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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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THE FACULTY DIRECTORY Department of English and Speech NICK A. FORD. Profettor and Head of Department A. B.—Benedict Collette: A.M.. Ph.D. Univ. Iowa HARRY L. FAGGF.TT. Profrmor B. S.-—Hampton In«t.: A.M.. Ph.D.—Boston Univ. WILLIAM I. GIBSON. Profettor B.S.. M.A.—Ohio State J. WBLFRED HOLMES. Projector A.B.. A.M., Ph.D. Univ. Pittsburgh MAURICE A. LKK. Attociate Profettor A.B.—Morehouse Collette; A.M.. Ph.D.- Univ. Chicntto ARTHUR C. LAMB. Amociatc Prof ««tor A.B.—Grinnrll Collette: A.M.—Univ. of Iowa J. PERCY BOND. Amittant Profettor A.B.—Howard U.: A.M.—Cornell Univ. C. PHILIP BUTCHER. Amittant Profettor A.B.. A.M. -Howard U. RUTH A. MATTHEWS. Amittant Profettor A. B. Florida A. M.: A.M. -Howard U. ROBERT A. SMITH. A «mutant Profettor B. S.—Johnson C. Smith: A.M.—New York U. MARY S. HARRIS. Amittant Profettor A.B.. A.M.—Butler Univ. WATERS E. TURPIN. Attociate Profettor A.B. Morttnn State: A.M.—Columbia U. JEAN FISHER TURPIN. Asaiatant Profettor A.B.—Morttnn State: A.M.—Howard U. IVA G. JONES. Amittant Prof emor A.B. — Wilberforce U.: A.M.—Ohio State MADGE B. HIBLER. Inttruetor A.B.—Langston U.: A.M.-U. So. Calif. JUANITA G. STARKE. Inttruetor A.B.—Hunter Collette: A.M.—Columbia U. RUTH TURNER SHEFFEY. Inttruetor A.B.—Morttnn State: A.M.—Howard U. RICHARD A. LONG. Aeeoeiate Profettor A.B.. M.A.—Temple U. Dc xirtment of Education VIRGIL A. CLIFT. Profettor and llrad of Department A. B.—Indiana U.: AM.—Indiana State Collette: Ph.D. Ohio State University GLADYCK BRADLEY. Profettor B. S.—Went Va. State: A.M.. Ph.D.—U. Michigan EARL C. JACKSON. Attociate Profettor A. B. Morgan State: Ed.M.. Ed.D. Harvard U. OTIS D. FROE, Profettor B. S.—Bluefteld State; A.M.—U. Michigan: Ph.D.—U. Chicago EUGENE STANLEY. Amittant Profettor B.S. Wilberforce U.: A.M.—Ohio State THELMA P. BANDO. Amittant Profettor A.B.—Howard U.: A.M.—Columbia U. JOSEPH DURHAM. Inttruetor A.B.—Morgan State: Ed.M.—Temple U. WILK S. PETERS. Amittant Profettor A. B— Prairie View College; B.L.S.—Hampton: M.S. Columbia U. Department of Psychology ROGER KENTON WILLIAMS. Profettor and Head of Department A.B. Claflin College: M.S.. Ph.D.—Penn. State MAE PULLI NS CLAYTOR. Profettor A. It—Howard: A.M.. Ed.D.—New York U. JOHN FRANCIS RICHARDSON. Inttruetor B. S. Morgan State; A.M. New York U. Department of Philosophy RICHARD I. McKINNEY. Profettor and Head of Department A.B. Morehouse College; B.D.. S.T.M. -Andover Newton Ph.D.—Yale IDEL W. E. TAYLOR. Amittant Profettor A.B.. S.T.B.—Lincoln U.; A.M. -Univ. of Penn. Department of Modern Languages Department of History and Political Science FREDERICK II. DF.DMOND. Profettor and Head of Det art. nunt B.S.. A.M.—Univ. III.: Ph.D.—Univ. Ottawa. DANIEL T. SKINNER. Amittant Profrmor A.B.—Harvard U.: A.M.—Boston U. EDWARD M. COLEMAN. Profettor and Head of Department A.B. Talladega College; A.M. Iowa State: Ph.D. U. So. Cal. ALEXANDER WALKER. Profettor A.B.. A.M.. Ph.D.—University of Iowa MARY CATER LAW. Amittant Profettor ROBERT L. GILL. Profrmor A.B.—Spelman College: A.M. Atlanta U. A.B.—Livingstone College: A.M.. Ph.D.—Univ. Michigan SANDY JOHN McINTYRE II. Inttruetor A.B.—Johnson U. Smith: A.M. - Western Reserve U. ROLAND C. McCONNF.LL. Profrmor A.It.. A.M. -Howard U.; Ph.D. New York U. GERD W. EHRLICH. Inttruetor A.B.—College of Idaho: A.M. Washington State College ARTHUR H. REAGIN. Amittant Profettor A.lt. Talladega College: A.M. -Univ. Colorado 13