Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES r.- 'r ; I'VI'IU muv I'nwhlrnl N.Irlin D. ,ll'nlxllh'. ,Iuclgv Josiah F. Hrnrn .Il.. DI, l :lrl Hurplly. Hz. 1,. lunut-I vallc-v ulw'x-ust-nll. Swami mu. m-lh U JHU'L HI Nirhaul . Kvnnn. HI. HI'IIH H. iIcw, DrV lingvnl- lhul. Dr Edward N, ilsun. Dr. D. U. W. Huluuw, D1. kun-

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May Ilu' law uj Ilmm- u'lm Anvu' him lump his mommy furr'm-r grrvnl IN MEMORIAM Dr. Edward Maovn Coleman was prufvssur of history and furmvr chairman of the Depart- ment at Morgan State Cullogv. Hv headed the College Department of History and Pulilival Science from I940 until 1953. was acting hoad of the department during the schnol term 1958- 1959 and acting Dean of Men at the College during the tvrm 19424943. A nativv ni' Mvmphis, Tennessee. tho late Dr. Cnlvman altcndvd vlt-nu'ntanv' svhnnl there and thv public schools of Flnrvnu'. Alabama. His degrees in higher education wore earned at Taladega College, Alabama thH 1923;. luwa State University UKM 1927a and tho University of Suutlwrn California H4111. 194m. Dr. Coleman was also an authurity on Loui- siana history and Creole culture in old Now Orleans. Among his Works was his editorship M the contonnial vditiun of Creole l uir05 H943: Poems in French by thrvo Mm of Color. first published in 1845. Thu fort-Wurd fur CI'I'UIP Voices was written by Dr. H. Carringlnn. fur- nu-r head of tho Ih-parlnwnl uf anzmvo Lan- guages at the Johns Hopkins University. This notvd historian was also a nwmlwr of Phi Alpha Thcta. National Hislury Honor Sn- vivty: Pi Sigma Alpha. National Pnlitiral Sri- cnm- Honor Sm-ioly: llw Natinnal Sm-ial Svi- em'e Research Cuum'il: Tho Amc-rivan Histori- cal Association: Tht- Amvrit'an Academy of Political and Sm-iul St-it-m-v. The Class of 1963 is proud tn pay trilum- tn Dr. Edward Macro Coleman -svhnlar, educator. and historian.

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TO THE CLASS OF 1963: Do you remember your first day here as a freshman when the President asked each of you to shake hands with the person sitting next to you-and you wondered why until he told you that handshake symbolized the fact that only about half of the enti-ring t-lass would persist until graduation and thus merit congratulations? That was lllt' beginning ol' the Lines 'lihut l,ink, I959-l963fi Now you have successfully come to the end of your undergraduate careers. And so, Congratululions! As you look haek over your eollege years you have many pleasant momories-these you will inereasingly cherish in the years ahead. AS I look back with you. I think ofthe extent to whieh Morgan State College has made an olfeetive contribution to your development. We have at- tempted to help you attain the Goals for the Morgan Student, to prepare you for constructive occupational participation. to encourage you to go the Second Mile in your endeavors, to help you discover your creative talents. Beyond these we have tried to give you a feeling 01. con- fidence in yourselves and to lift your levels of aspiration. The success of our eH-orts will he re- vealed only by the Lines 'l'hat liink after 1963. In the years ahead your achievements will be our achievements, your failures our failures, your successes our sureesses. To ezu'h of you I extend host wishes and. again, Congrululutions. Maxim D. l: nkhm l'rr-v,lvtrnt