Morgan State University - Promethean Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Dclroy E. Miller, Jr. c Mr ?7y tm EDITOR’S NOTE Dear Morganites, Careful planning has gone into the design of this, your 1983 yearbook, compiled with you the reader in mind. Each stage in the preparation of the yearbook was inspired by the 1983 Student Government Association theme. A Move in the Positive Direction”. With this theme as our guiding light we were able to overcome all obstacles thus producing this labor of love. We now desire to share with you an opportunity to take an adventurous journey through it’s pages and explore, with us, the wondcrous history of Morgan and those events that you fostered as part of Morgan’s history for the year 1983. We have envisioned that you will carefully and continuously read and reread these pages from cover to cover. We further hope that in so doing you will discover the meaning of Promethean and all that it exemplifies. After this discovery, ask yourself if you as a Morganitc fully understand what exemplifies a Promethean character. As you share this book with your friends. 6 .

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SERVICE OF TRIUMPH Talmadgc Layman Hill, “Marse”, professor emeritus, coach, athlete, orator, and true Morgan Man, departed this life March 8, 1982. Born May 19, 1902 in East Orange, New Jersey, the second of three children, he was the son of Anslem Artis and Eliza Ann Tynes Hill. He was educated in the public schools of East Orange, New Jersey, “Marse entered Morgan College in 1924 and there began a “Love Affair which never ended. Starring in football and basketball, his talent for leadership emerged in a dynamic way. His coming to Morgan and his performance and expertise began an era of recognition in intercollegiate sport activities. Graduating from Morgan in 1928, Talmadgc Hill embarked upon the study of Law at Columbia University. This program of study was interrupted in 1930 as his services as Assistant to Coach Edward P. Hurt, who was Head of the Athletic Department at Morgan, were sought. Under the presidency of John Oakley Spencer, he commenced his teaching career in the sciences under the revered Milton L. Calloway. In 1932 he married his collegiate sweetheart, Frances Cornelia Berry and to this union were born Talmadgc Layman Hill, Jr. and Freddie Emily Myra Hill. On August 31, 1982 their Golden Anniversary would have been celebrated. The Master of Arts Degree, from Columbia University, in the area of health and physical education, was earned in 1938. From 1930 to 1972, at which time he retired from active coaching. Coach Hill helped mold the Morgan Bears into a gridiron powerhouse. A bond that forged champions, prodigious exploits, and a sterling friendship, became known as “Hurt and Hill . He became head basketball coach in 1947, inspirationally guiding that team for a host of years. Often referred to as the Demosthenes of the coaching staff, because of his oratorical ability. “Marse retired as Professor of Health and Physical Education and from the directorship of the College’s Infirmary and Health Services in 1972 after 42 consecutive years on the Morgan Faculty. Through his unceasing and unselfish contributions to coaching, teaching and athletic administration, “Marsc stood tall in Morgan’s rich traditions of excellence, courage and success. His service to his college, to the field of athletics and to the community has become a legend. He was a pioneer in the area of black college athletic post-season enterprise, and architect of the C.I.A.A. Basketball Tournament. As a black on strategic councils of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Hill broke barriers and fostered broader black participation. In quest of major college competitiveness and recognition. Hill was a major factor in founding the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (M.E.A.C.), serving as its first president. A “giant” in the tradition of Morgan, a proud, dedicated and honorable man. Coach Hill gained the respect and dignity of all. To him came the Morgan State College Athletic Award in 1933; the Afro-American Honor Roll Citation in 1940; the Morgan Football Coach Award in 1944; the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Achievement Award in 1949; the Pigskin Club of Washington. D.C. Honor Award in 1949; the Washington-Morgan Alumni Award in 1950; the Morgan Board of Trustees’ Tribute in 1964; the Governor’s Citation in 1967; the U.S. Department of State's Citation in 1961; the Mayor’s Baltimore City Citation in 1972; the C.I.A.A. Hall of Fame induction in 1967; the Maryland State Physical Fitness Award in 1963; the Prince Hall Masonry Bicentennial Award in 1975; the Maryland Certificate of Distinguished Citizenship in 1972; the Morgan Alumnus of the Year Award in 1968 and the dedication of the Talmadge L. Hill Field House on the Morgan State University campus in 1973. He was a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the Boulc, the H.M. Club, the Morgan Faculty Men, the Golden Bears, the Varsity “M” Club, the Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C., The SWAGS, the Dark Towncrs, and a life member of the NAACP.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS MORGANS HISTORY CAMPUS LIFE .... ADMINISTRATION MEDIA ......... SENIORS UNDERCLASSMEN SPORTS ........ ORGANIZATIONS CAMPUS CLUBS PAGE 10 PAGES 12, 140, 240 .......PAGE 65 PAGE 85 PAGE 96 PAGE 131 .......PAGE 153 ...... PAGE 177 PAGE 199