Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Road In tcllectual Holmes Hall

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The Morgan State College Mace The mace has been used as a symbol of authority for many centuries. especially in Europe. In France, the mace was introduced in the twelfth century by Philip II and in England by Richard I as an emblem of authority by state officials. the sergeants-at-arms, the royal body guards. and ecclesiastical dignitaries. This symbol of authority was presented to Morgan State College In 1956 by the General Aiumni Association and is borne by the Faculty Marshal in academic processions. The Morgan State College Mace is a wooden shaft turned from the historic old Dust Bowl, used tor several decades as a chapel, gymnasium and little theatre. A polished stone ball taken from the campus quarry forms the base, and the shaft is decorated with silver clasps and jeweled bosses. There are three silver strips on the shaft, each engraved with an epoch of Morgan's histOry:- The first phasHentenary Biblical Institute, 1867-1890; the second phase-Morgan College, 1890-1939; and the third phase-Morgan State College, 1939-.

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Sitting. Left to Right: B. Dorsey. G. Heed. R. Bell, D. Thomas. Standing. Left to Right: A. Dent, J. Smith. D. Burton, B. Booth. Hobbs. Alpha Kappa Mu Pi Lambda Psi is the Morgan Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society. In order to meet the requirements. a student must be of junior or senior classification and have a scholastic rating of not less than 3.3. This organization has great significance because it includes members of all departments and because it promotes greater competition in the campus community. FOUR TUESDAYS AT FOUR Alpha Kappa Mu National Society is pleased to pre- sent to the Morgan State College COmmunity a series of original papers authored by students of the college. Four Tuesdays At Four is a series of interdisciplinary seminars aimed at providing a laboratory for the meaningful exchange of creative ideas. Some of the papers are honors papers, prepared under the direction of a faculty member in the department in which the students are pursuing major studies. Others represent independent investigations of areas in which the students have genuine personal interests. Questions and general discussion follow each formal presenta- tion. Everyone is welcomed. PAR'I'ICIPANT S -- 1966 MARCH 15, 1966 - A Study on Cheating Martha Jean Bamtt. h66 - chhology MARCH 29, 1966 - Camns's Concept of Metaphysical Rebellion Floyd Owens, T16 - Philosophy APRIL 19, 1966 e The Writing Style of F. Scott Fitzgerald James Gilliam. '67 -- English MAY 10. 1966 - The Employment of Negroes in Motion Pictures, 1903-1930 Robert Bunn, '67 - History 10