Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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REFLECTING THE GLORY OF MORGAN On Christmas Doy, 1866, soon offer the end of the Civil War, Bishop Levi Scott of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore called together Thomos Kelso, William B Hill, William Daniel, and William Harden to establish an institution to troin Christion leaders from among the newly freed slaves Through the work of these men, with only $5,000 donated by the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church and without equipment, faculty, building, or students, the Centenary Biblical Institute was born on November 27, 1867 Students exempli- fying the rigid qualifications of youth and piety were chosen for admittance. Two years loter, the first four Negros were elected to the Board of Trustees Then, in 1872, the first building wos bought ot 44 E. Saratoga Street, and Reverend J. Emory Round was elected the first President. From Saratoga Street, the Institution moved to Fulton and Edmondson Avenues in 1890, and was renamed MORGAN COLLEGE in honor of Reverend Lytleton F. Morgon, Chairmon of the Board It was through generous donations by Reverend Morgan that the curriculum was expanded to include courses on the college level The first graduates of MORGAN COLLEGE, in 1872, were four in number. The Reverend John H. Nutter became a Trustee of the College; Benjamin O Bird became the founder of what is now Mary- land State College; Reverend William H Brooks be- came postor of the Great Saint Mark's Church in New York, ond Susie K. Carr became the mother of the present Methodist Bishop, Reverend Edgar Love of Baltimore. LEGE, our Alma Mater was being distinguished. We note an alumnus who became the founder of what is now the University of Liberia, and we are inspired by the untiring devotion and dedication of John Oakley Spencer by whose efforts we were oble to obtain the Carnegie Building and by whose fore- sight the present site of the college was secured. At Dr. Spencer's election to the Presidency, MORGAN became the first Negro college to have a President holding the Ph. D. degree. In 1939, the college became MORGAN STATE COLLEGE mainly through the efforts of President Emeritus Dr. Dwight Oliver Wendell Holmes At that time, our Alma Moter entered into o new era of her development or what Registrar Edward N. Wilson calls o third stage which was a threshold to glory. Since 1948, Dr. Martin D. Jenkins has been the President of MORGAN. He hos attracted 155 gifted scholar-teachers, persons of strong moral ond spir- itual persuasion who hove found here at Morgan an ideal climate from which to make their contributions to society. Under Dr. Jenkins' administration, MOR- GAN has been characterized by rapid and significant growth Tightened entronce requirements, revolu- tionary innovations in upgrading the curriculum, in- creased facilities, phenomenal growth in the physicol plant hove highlighted this third phase in the history of our FAIR MORGAN While MORGAN STATE COLLEGE hos grown greatly during the past twelve years, the demands of a progressive society require continued growth, and MORGAN'S answer to this challenge is reflected in the words of President Martin D. Jenkins when he said, The apex of MORGAN'S destiny is still yet to come. 22 Even before it become MORGAN STATE COL-

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