Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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DEAR MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1955: Yours is the unique distinction of being the first class to graduate since the history-making integration decison of the Supreme Court of the Unted States. Greatly increased are your opportunities—equally great is the increase in your re- sponsibilities in a freer world. Much as we have disliked the restrictions under which a considerable sector of our citizenry has been forced to live, yet it cannot be denied that too often many individuals have been inclined to use those very restrictions as a convenient lean- ing post from which they merely watch the flow of progress rather than attempt to plunge in and breast the tide. During your stay at Morgan, competent and friendly people, working from many levels, have striven to equip you with the tools necessary to achieve and hold a position of security in the new phase of life upon which you are now entering. We shall watch with keenest interest to note how effectively you use these tools and skills which have been acquired here. Heartiest congratulations upon your progress thus far, and best wishes for your abundant success as you embark upon a new and challenging adventure. Cordially yours.

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Board of Trustees Civic-minded individuals who freely donated their time and energy to safeguard the rights and privileges of students at Morgan to acquire an education. E. Dale Adkins Willard W. Allen Carrington L. Davis Richard W. Emory Bliss Forbush L. Manuel Hendler Josiah F. Henry, Jr. Ivan E. McDougle Carl J. Murphy, Chairman 14

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George C. Grant, 3 ea„ TO THE CLASS OF 1955: Once more we say au revoir to a group of students who have inextricably woven themselves into the warp and woof of Morgan. What the college has done for you is not represented by your diploma. Indeed, what we have done for you cannot be revealed all at once. The characteristics of sensitivity to human relations, intellectual curiosity, de- termination. cooperativeness and good citizenship will unfold more and more as the years pass by. We desire for you vision, imagination, and independence of thought and action. There is much truth in the adage, Ho who does only what he is told to do will never be told to do big things. Therefore, in these exciting times think big and act big. You have many friends bound together by the spirit that is Morgan, who will remain interested in you every step of the way. Sincerely, GEORGE C. GRANT Dean