Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Thn houw »»lor»1 rd on tho property purrtuurd by Mown Cnllrgr is 1917 |l kv built at thr Hour taken from the quarry located on thr prop- erty at that time Expanding growth caused (hr building at Edmondson and Fulton Avenues to become inadequate. Seeking an area in which the school could expand, the Board of Trustees chose a site on the outskirts of Baltimore at Cold Spring Lane and Hillen Hood. In 1917 Morgan College was officially moved to tl»e twin hills upon which it still stands today. In 1930. Morgan wus admitted to Class A” in the Assoc- iation of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Middle At- lantic States. This is the highest accreditation that can Ik given to an institution. It was issued to Morgan after u thor- ough examination by the l cpartment of Education of Mary- land. the University Senate of the Methodist Church, the Hegents of the University of the State of New York. The American Medical Association, ami the American Chem- ical Association In IK36, Mr. Edward N Wilson, then Registrar, suggest- ed that Morgan College lx- purchased by the State of Mary - land. Three years later, by Act of tlx Ceneral Assembly. Morgan College became a state institution. Its name then lx came Morgan State College, the name by which it is known today. In 1887. Centenary Institute had nine students, thirteen instructorvtrmtees. no building and $5,000 Today. Morgan State College is “an cdncalionul community of twenty-six academic buildings, service facilities ami residence halls covering an area of more than 130 acres.” It has 3.900 re- gistered students. 230 instructors and u physical plant worth approximately two hundred million dollars. Nurtured by tlx faith of the guiding lights of tlx past, the spark that began us the Centenary Institute has grown into the mighty flume of Morgan State College. That which lx gun as an institution to train recently freed slaves for leadership und the ministry has become a dynamic institu- tion of higher education for all. 13