Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The Milton L. Calloway Science Hall, commemorating the late pioneer science teacher at the College, was dedicated during a four-day celebration extending from April 13 through April 17, 1935. The dedicatory celebration brought to the campus a number of outstanding scientist» and the 1955 annual meeting of the National Institute of Science and of the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Society. I-ocal unit» of other national scientific societies held meeting» at this linn- also. Pictured above are. left to right. Dr. Martin D. Jenkin», President of the College; Dr. Detlev T. Bronk. President of the American Academy of Science; The Honorable Theodore R. McKcldin. Governor of Maryland; Dr. Carl J. Murphy. Chairman of the Morgan Board of Trustee»; Dr. Josiah F. Henry, Jr.. Morgan Trustee; the late Nathan L. Smith. Director of the Department of Public Im- provements, State of Maryland; Dr. Jame Carr, Morgan alumni representative; Dr. George H. Spaulding. Professor and Head of the Morgan Department of Chemistry; Howard G. Hall, architect of the firm of Hall, Border and Donaldson; and Lt. Col. O. G. Billinire, Assistant Director of the Department of Public Improvement». 1954-1955: Calloway Hall Dedication 8

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SALUTATORY As we of the Class of ’58 prepare to leave Morgan, it is natural that we take a backward glance of appraisal of some of the major accom- plishments which the institution has realized. Most easily perceived and evaluated is Morgan’s physical growth. While the increase in the size and dollar value of Morgan’s plant is by no means the most important of the College’s achievements, it is significant that over the past four years great emphasis has been placed upon expanding the facilities of the College. We arc most impressed, however, by the fact that Morgan is winning greater recognition nationally for the strength of her Faculty and the quality of her graduates. When we arrived on campus in 1954, the physi- cal plant consisted of 16 buildings standing upon 88 acres. Today the land holdings consist of 117 acres, and there are 22 buildings. Among the new structures are Calloway Hall, dedicated October 27, 1954; Woolford Infirmary, which was opened in September of 1955; and Soldiers Armory, com- pleted and dedicated just this spring. Extensive renovating of older buildings has been completed. For example, Soper Library was en- larged and renovated during the academic year 1956-57; and this year the Power Plant was made larger and a new heating unit installed. Paved parking lots have been established, walks laid along bordering streets, campus lights installed, and a modest tree planting program completed. In all, capital improvements costing more than $4,- 000,000 have been made during our four years at Morgan. Proud though we are of Morgan’s buildings and grounds, we are most proud of our Faculty. The 112 member Faculty of 1954 now numbers 150 full-time persons and 30 part-time instructors and lecturers. There are 55 major Faculty members, 47 possessing a doctor’s degree. Increasingly members of the Faculty are publishing books and scholarly articles, receiving grants to carry on re- search, being elected to head national professional organizations, and being asked to serve on impor- tant state and national committees. Increasingly, too, Morgan graduates are readily gaining admission to the nation’s top graduate and professional schools, often being awarded fellow- ships and assistantships. Morgan graduates are sought for numerous kinds of positions as never before in the history of the College. Our pride in Morgan State College relates to her plant and Faculty. More specifically, it is pride in the total environment and in the new serious concern for the higher educational values that characterizes Morgan today. Such a concern is the foundation for Morgan’s continued progress . . . the progress to which the Class dedicates the 1958 Promethean. 7

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 Nurse EUie B. Queen make» one of her patient more comfortable in Ward B of the Woolford Infirmary. Named in honor of Miss Harriet Woolford. class of 1913. the Infirmary bas facilities equal to those of a «mail city hospital. Alumna Woolford was a teacher and dormitory matron at the Virginia Collegiate and Industrial Institute, the Lynchburg. Virginia, branch of Morgan State College, which was in operation from 1891 to 1917. The girl»' dormitory wa destroyed by fire one freezing December night in 1917. Mi » Woolford. although drenched by water and cosered with ice, made repealed re-entric into the fiercely burning residence hall to awaken and lead to safety her sleeping or befuddled charges. A the result of her exposure to the combination of cold water and freezing temperature. Miss Woolford was taken ill with pneumonia and died December 19, 1917. She wa perhaps Morgan's first “Second Miler.” 1955-1956: Woolford Infirmary 9