Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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of the Past Jnhn 0. S'wncor. PILIL Fourth Prt'sillc-nl - 1902-1937 Dwighl O Ilnlnws. Ph 0.. Fifth l'n'sidvnl- W37-HMh' LN uf lmportunl Dales I367 Cculvnury lnsliluliun inmrlmrulul 1869 Fin! pu-xidt-nl cln'lml IH'H Bt-vunn- uu-dnculimml H577 Firs! vlnss grmlunk-d 1879 Slmlrms fin! mlmillcd In pn-parr lur pluh-smms ullmr lhan liu- minnln 1339 Ct'ulclmry lmllluln: lwcuuw Murmm Cullcul' 1890 Established a brand! stlmnl. I'l'ulcm's Annv At'mlmny IHEH Fxlabliihml :umlhcr branch schnul. Virginia CUI- lvuiulc nml lmluklrinl Ilutilulc 3H Lymhlmrg, Viv. aiuiu 1899 First mllt-m- rlzm uradualul I917 Murmur Cullen: mm ml to in present lm'uliuu 1925 Morgan first wwix ml Clay. A uu-rmiiluliun 1935 Alum Muir! wriuun 1935 Day students mlnmlcd 1939 Mummy Cullcgc purchased by slnlv lmm Mulhmlixl Episcopal Chun'h

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Guiding Lights J. Enron Ruund. U D , First Pn-sidt-ut - lHHUJHHE W. Muslin Frvsingt-r. D IL Smmul Prvsidunl 1882-15963 Julm J. Wnunrr. 0.0.. Third Prcsilloul - 1388-1901

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A Brief History of Morgan In IBBG. when the embers of the campfires of the Civil War wore inst dying. thc idea at establishing a school for Negroes was born in the minds 0! five great men. On December 24. 1886. Thomas Kelso. William Harden. William Daniels. and William 8. Hill were called together by 88110;: Levi Scott. He presented them with $5.000. an appropriation lmm the Metht odist Episcopal Church This amount was the nucleus 0! a Iund to establish a school to train the recently treat slaves fut leadership and the Christian ministry. Be culm- this fund had been rn'uu-d in thc Ccntcmuy Cele button of the founding of Methodism in this country. the name of the school was to ho Centenary Institute. The next day. the names of John lanuhun. chry W. Dmlwlvy. Hth H. Bond. James H. Brown. Charles Reid. and Isaac P. Hindes wen: added to those of the men whu had met the pren'ous day. Ind they became the Bonn! nf Tmstces 0! the Centenary Institule. Plans wen: then made to incorporate the Centenary Institute. The Act of Incorporation was executed. recorded. and ucknnwluluml by law on Nnvcmher 27. i867. thus marking the legal lounding of tho school. Although the lmtitutc had a board of trustees. a name. a charter. 85.000. and a purpose. it had neither building. pmsidunt. nor student. Mtct finding nirw young Negm men interested in entering the lmtitute. the members at the board un- dertook the task 0! organizing and teaching in the base- ment lecture rooms at tho Sharp Street Methodist Church. which had been built in 1802 by free Balti- murv Ncgrm-s. The Bnnrd 0f Trustees nmtinued to lunch in Sharp Street Church for two years before u uthml building was pumhml In the unnnwr ul 1869. Dr. J. Emory Round was clotted prmidcnt nf Centenary Institute and formally opened school in a newly acquired building at 44 East Suralcmn Slru-t Dr ltnuml has Item: churnetcn'lcd ID as a ripe sclmlar. thorough disciplinan'sut. and ex- cellent tcnchct. He could teach not only English. but Crock. Latin. and Hebrew M well. He. was also a soldier and uflicor in the. Civil War. who fought to save the Union and umancipatc 4.000.000 slaves. While ho: was. president. his annual salary was H.500. Because a majority ot the students enrolled in Itu- lnstitutc had to be taught how to mud and write. the tint Institutt- chm. wm nut graduated until 1377 It consisted of thru- studcnty John ll Grimm Juhn H. Nutter. and Sylvester ll. Nurwmul Within ten years. the Surntogn 5 ch property be came too small for the im'ruasing Immhct at students. The Reverend Dr. and Mn, John I . timnrhcr dunnlcd a plot of land at Fulton and Edmundmu Avenues, The construction of a building on this land was a giant atlt-p forward tor Centenary Institute The charter of Centenary Institute was first amended in 1879 to admit those students who desired to pre- mm In become teachers or center nthor pmfcwsinns. ll mu asuu'n amended in 1809 when Dr Lyttlutun F Morgan. Chainnan of the: Board of Trustees M the Institute at that time. Herod to give the Institute enough money to make possible the change of Centenary Institute into an institution offering murscs on the coIIogu lcu-I. It was then that Centenary Institute was renamed Morgan Cullenu. in honor at its bmw- lncta'. Dr. LF. Morgan. In 1830. at Prinu-ss Anne. Maryland. Murmur Col- logo eStahliI-hed n brunch school. the Princcxs Anm- Acndcmy. now the Enstvm Branch of tho Unju-nity of Mnryluml. In l89l another branch school. which also emphasized scmmtmy and industrial training. the Viminil Collcgilte and Industrial Institute. was cstlbl'uhcd ut Lynchburg. Virginia. It was dcstmycd by fire in 1947.