Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The Morgan State College Mace The Mace is a gift to the College From the General Alumni Association Uune 4, 195m. The Alumni Office, established on September 1, I957, has made a great deaf of progress over the years in building for the future of Morgan to the mutuoi advantage of us all. The constant interest and assistance of the administration, faculty and staff have added new strength to the college and the Alumni program. The obiectives ore to help us to continue to be good ambassadors for the college through our financial contributions, through recruiting of qualified students and the spreading of goodwill for the institution. One of the main purposes of the office is to build up mutuo! pride in our Faculty, pride in our Students, and pride in our Alumni Association.

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TO EACH MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF l965-CONGRATULATIONS! On 0 Monday afternoon this June you will be awarded that coveted long-looked-forword to degree, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities thereto appertaining. We have done our very best here of Morgan State to help you merit this distinctive honor. The creative educational program you have experi- enced with the guidance of o well-quolified, dedicated faculty and staff should have been for you on ex- citing Adventure in Higher Education. The theme of your Class, Continuous Growth in an Age of Transition, cleorly suggests that the true value of your education here will be assessed in terms of the intelligence, responsibility and creativity re- flected in the many parts you will play in the years ahead. Those of you who go the Second Mile in the develop- ment of your tolents will make constructive contributions to your professions and your communities. As you go to make your places in the world, those of us who remain at Morgan State will watch you with high hopes, our pride growing as your achievements mount. I wish for each of you a successful life-not simply success to be counted in material gains, but success in attaining worthwhile social and personal goals to the end that this will be a better world for your having lived in it. Martin D. Jenkins, President k

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Growth in Academic Achievement and Guidance This phase of Our growth encompasses those individuals who have proven to be essential to our education: The administration, the faculty, the stur dent academic organizations, the sen- iors. Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teach- ers,- the second, more personal and important, 9 from himself. - Edward Gibbon