Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES First row: President Martin D. Jenkins. Judge Joxiali F. Henry. Jr.. Dr. Carl Murphy, Dr. L. Manuel Hendler (deceased). Second rou: l)r. Ken- neth (). Walker. Mr. Richard W. Emory. Mr. Henry K. Nile». Dr. Eugene Byrd. Dr. Edward N. Wilson, Dr. D. O. W. Holmes.

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May the love of those u ho knew him keep his memory forever preen! IN MEMORIAM Dr. Edward Maceo Coleman was professor of history and former chairman of the Depart- ment at Morgan State College. He headed the College Department of History and Political Science from 1940 until 1953, was acting head of the department during the school term 1958- 1959 and acting Dean of Men at the College during the term 1942-1943. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, the late Dr. Coleman attended elementary school there and the public schools of Florence, Alabama. His degrees in higher education were earned at Taladega College, Alabama (A.B., 1923). Iowa State University (A.M., 1927) and the University of Southern California (Ph.D.. 1940). Dr. Coleman was also an authority on Loui- siana history and Creole culture in old New Orleans. Among his works was his editorship of the centennial edition of Creole Voices (1945): Poems in French by three Men of Color, first published in 1845. The foreword for Creole Voices was written by Dr. H. Carrington, hu- mer head of the Department of Romance Lan- guages at the Johns Hopkins University. This noted historian was also a member of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor So- ciety: Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Sci- ence Honor Society: the National Social Sci- ence Research Council: The American Histori- cal Association: The American Academy of Political and Social Science. The Class of 1963 is proud to pay tribute to Dr. Edward Maceo Coleman—scholar, educator, and historian. 7

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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 entering class would persist until graduation and thus merit congratulations? That was the beginning of the “Lines That Link, 1959-1963.” Now you have successfully come to the end of your undergraduate careers. And so. Congratulations! As you look back over your college years you have many pleasant memories —these you will increasingly cherish in the years ahead. As I look back with you, I think of the extent to which Morgan State College has made an effective 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 of con- fidence in yourselves and to lift your levels of aspiration. The success of our efforts will be re- vealed only by the Lines That Link after 1963. In the years ahead your achievements will be our achievements, your failures our failures, your successes our successes. To each of you I extend best wishes and, again. Congratulations.