Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Dutin the Current acaden '- . ' range intoglhc recrntl com ,1 :Kiysealrlfheh Department of Mlhtary Science and Tactics moved all its activities exce I ll . f l ' Y I r' tK 0 tier: Armory, the structure being dedicated to the 8543 Free State N P l 10? OI He nine . cgrocs w 10 oug It in the Civil War. The Armory will make it possible for the dc ' ' ' , H ' pdrunent to reuse 1t: 11! d l' . . ' , - - - swelhhg male enrollment. Ihls year the dfllannmn has had 525 51Jden::a tylwnfllr lrrl 0f :thex'nncnl m the trammg of Morgan's orgamzed July 9, 19-18 ' ' gas 1 er 5mm '9 Morgan ROTC unit was The picture on this page was taken in December 1957 . , when the. department held h ' h ' f t . b. . V h C . . . N .. . . open house m thc Sol! ; . ' h broclh g; qdftk 1'0;er 0'1 1:1de PMbKil, LWola College; Lt. Col. Barnes, Assistant District Engineer, 3131;512:111 :1an luiwkmse Pilsh'r am or, g . nayl.l ort Peunige rlcadoi Capt. Dudley, Asgislam PMSEET' The Johns. Hopkins. Univgrgj! . LELC :3. uckm- i , 1 organ tau- 0 t-ge; resulcm Jenkms and Mrs. Jenkins; Col. Kvefe, Maryland-Dislricl of Columhizg II. 0C. Jahnflon, 5C or OnlInBll l'r. 19574958: Soldiers Armory

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Not trachvrs, not laboratories, not alhlmic firlds and games; not fraternilirs, clubs, nor dances are what really matters most in highrr mlucaliun. The heart and spirit of a colh'gr or universily is its library. 11 is the treasure house of the- brs! that mankind has thought and done; it is the depository oi the records of human achirvcnwnts and failures. It is 1111' locus of NW life inh-llrctual, where: highrr miuralion n-uliy lukt's plan'. For he; who would he mluvulwl mum t-dun'ale himself. Morgan has providcd fur lu-r studrms the best facility for higher education that she is able to afford. Som-r Library, named in honor of iuruu-r Board Chairman Judge Morris A. Super, who gave 34- ycars of service to lhr Collrgr as a Trustee, had No nrw wings mMr-d in 1050-37 and was extensively renovated. Thv infurmai browsing area of the new Suijcl Reading Room on the second floor, u portion of which is shown ahovc, couva-d wilh Iht- new partial opru slack :ysh-m, makm. il easin'r ior llmw who will to educate- liIVHIbClVCB. 1956v1957: Library Additions and Renovations

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In the Christian Tradition Morgan was convcived at lllt' 1806 Christmas. day meeting called in Baltimore by Bishop Levi Scott of the Methodist Episcopal Church as an institution to train Christian ministers and leaders. The College came into exiqc-nu- us the- Ccntc-nary Biblical insti- tute 0n anmhcr 27, 1807. Sinrv that tinn', even as a state institution, Morgan has emphasizrtl valuea, ideals, and principles that are in the Chri:tian tradition. The Mt-thodist Episrupul Church. after selling.' Morgan College to the state in 1939, built 1hr neighboring Morgan Chrihtian Center, pictured here, which provides facilities for mmt 0f the religious activities of the campus cnmniunity, Use of Iilt' Center is not rwtrictmi In any one denominational group. The Rrvrrend Huwurd L. Cornish. luug-time Fucultyman and Director of the Cvntrr since 1945, was namml this year the first pastor and religious counselor to Morgan State College. He will do much to advance the work of the denominational clubs and 0f the YM and YWCAK in tht-ir oftort to prvserve and promote those Christian traditions which haw been and must continue to be the- xitul force in Morguif: progrt-ss.