Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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S’ME U N I V E S I 1 Y Cw J Spf ig lono M nn Ucl 6o «ro o Mcl JlJi? January 6, 1983 Dear Class of 1983: Congratulations upon the successful completion of your studies here at Morgan State University. We feel proud to have had the opportunity to study and work with you during what we hope have been rewarding years. You carry memories that shall remain with you and with those of us who have shared the joys and sorrows of association with you. The world of work is demanding skills, talents, and productivity for which your studies and experience at Morgan State University have given you a solid foundation. I urge you to build on that foundation in the years that lie ahead. I urge you to make your choices of graduate or professional study and to creatively pursue your personal goals. We at Morgan State University are confident that as you choose your niche in life, you will also recognize and assume your responsibility to improve the human condition. We regard this diploma as a symbol of that confidence. We know from your sharing in the life of the university community that you may be counted on to do your part in the wider community and to do it well. We feel that you leave us well equipped to help change things from the way they are to the way they ought to be. Your strides toward excellence as a student must be matched by your excellent performance in your chosen field as a mature responsible citizen. As you go forth to meet the challenges of tomorrow, I hope that you will reach back to help those who follow you at your Alma Mater. They need your help, interest and concern in order to realize their full potential. Again, congratulations and may the best be with you as you embark on still another phase of your life. Sincerely, Andrew Billingsley, President 9

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ANDREW BILLINGSLEY PRESIDENT 8

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MORGAN’S HISTORY Over 115 years ago from 1983, in the basement of Sharp Street Methodist Church, what is now Morgan State University today, was started. It began as the Centenary Biblical Institure to provide education for the emancipat- ed slave. The objective was to prepare young men for Christian ministry. The growth of the school was marked by the increase in curricular offerings (normal and academic subjects especially, were added), the admission of women as students and the establishment of two branches. The first, Princess Anne Academy, was established at Princess Anne, Maryland in 1886. This school is now the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. The second branch school, established in 1891 at Lynchburg, Virginia was called Virginia Collegiate and Industrial Institute. It was destroyed by fire in 1917. In June 1917, Morgan became located on the site we presently occupy largely as a result of a large sum of money donated by Dr. Lyttleton Morgan, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees. His endowment enabled the school to offer courses on the collegiate level for the first time. The name of the school was changed to Morgan College. On November 20, 1939, another name change occurred when by an Act of the General Assembly. Morgan College officially became a state institution and named Morgan State College. The present name change took place on July 1, 1975, when the Maryland State Legislature granted University status to Morgan State College. As a University, Morgan is governed by a Board of Regents whose members are appointed by the Governor of Maryland. Organizational structure provides for President, four Vice Presidents and the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and Management, the School of Education, the School of Urban Studies and Human Development, the School of Continuing Education, and the Graduate School. Morgan has a strong tradition and orientation as a liberal arts college and has students from many ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds, including 26 foreign countries. The University is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and by the Department of Education of Maryland. It is also approved by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, by the American Chemical Society, the American Medical Association and the Maryland State Board of Accountancy. The academic year at Morgan is divided into two semesters: Fall and Spring Semesters. Under the Division of Continuing Education. Morgan operates an Evening College and a summer session.