Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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February 16, 1970 To Fellow Members of the Class of 1970 -- Congratulations! For 22 years I have written these greetings to the members of the graduating classes. I am this year retiring as President of Morgan State and so now I become for all time in the future a member of the Class of 1970 with all the rights, duties and privileges thereto ap- pertaining . Perhaps the greatest change I have observed in my years here is in the area of occupational opportunities. When I assumed office in 1948, our graduates looked forward as a matter of course to partici- pating in a racially segregated society. Almost all of them antici- pated entering teaching or one of the other professions. Now in 1970 you fully anticipate participating in a racially integrated society and members of your class will enter a wide range of occupations. You face the world with a full measure of self-rellance, confident Of your ability to compete and to cooperate with all other American college graduates. You are certain that some members of your class will go a on to the highest political and management positions in our society, that others will make original contributions in the sciences, literature l and the arts. As I look back I think now that my greatest achievement as President has been my contribution to your awareness that you can 1 participate in our society and achieve at the highest levels. Congratulations! I wish for each of you a successful life -- not simply success to be counted in material gain but success in attaining worth- while social and personal goals to the end that this will be a better world for your having lived in it. Cordially , artinD. Presid '- P.S. Don't - get to invite me to our class reunions.

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Dr. Madin D. Jenkins Presidem t4 fhc- Crullgge '948-1970

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PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT PAQT AND PRESENT