Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Dedication 3or his scholarship which inspires all who know him, his dependability whenever we needed him, his time, energy, and money that were so freely dispensed, his sympathetic understanding of our frequently trivial problems, his patient advice when we were worried or discouraged, his ability to make us want to grow in our understanding of people, We respectfully dedicate this book to WALTER FISHER THE BRIDGE THAT CARRIED US OVER . 7

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Morgan State College, during its eighty-eight years of existence, has undergone three major phases of physical and academic development. Originally chartered in 1867 and known as the Centenary Biblical Institute, the school offered in- struction somewhat irregularly in the lecture rooms of various Baltimore churches to young men de- sirous of becoming ministers. Two years later, the Institute obtained more suitable facilities and was formally opened at 44 East Saratoga Street. By the late I870's, the enrollment of students had increased to the extent that a larger build- ing had to be acquired. Dr. and Mrs. John F. Soucher gave the Institute a lot. located at the intersection of Fulton and Edmondson Avenues, upon which the first permanent structure was erected—a building now known as the Maryland Workshop for the Blind. During the next few years, other changes became necessary. Normal and academic courses were added to the cur- riculum. and young women were admitted to the institute as students.