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second years of college..the period of general education. Conduct of the
school is that of the big family organization.
Chapter 877..Acts of 1941 provides for the abolishing of the Board of
Trustees then in existence, and the appointment of a Board by the Governor,
The said Board of Trustees to consist of twelve members, and of those first
appointed, four should serve for a term of two years, four for a term of four
years, and four for a term of six years. At least six of the members first
appointed to be selected from the then existing Board of Trustees. In case
of vacancy from death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall appoint
a person to fill the unexpired term of the member causing said vacancy.
Present Board of Trustees
Name Term Expires Address
T. Raymond Dixon........................ 1947................ Mechanicsville, Md.
Rev. James M. Magruder. ....... 1947. ............ .Annapolis, Md.
Mrs. Geo. Latrobe Ewalt, II. ..... 1947. ............ .Baltimore, Md.
Dr. L. J. Sothoron. ............. 1945. ....... .Charlotte Hall, Md.
Lawrence P. Williams. .......... 1945. ............... .Ridge, Md.
R. Ames Hendrickson. ........... 1945.. ............. .Frederick, Md.
Mrs. J. Kemp Stevens.......... 1945................ Denton, Md.
Dr. Robt. C. Palmer............ 1949................ Palmers, Md.
Mrs. Felix E. Wathen. ......... 1949...... ....... ...Baltimore, Md..
C. Ethelbert Abell ..............1949.................. Leonardtown, Md..
Mrs. Lansdale G. Sasscer. ....... 1949. ...... .Upper Marlboro, Md.
Bascom Broun, appointed ............1946............ Leonardtown, Md
Faculty:
Miss M. Adele France, Litt. D., President
Miss Lura F. Johnson, M. A., Dean; Mathematics
Miss Eleanor B. North, M. A., English
Miss Jean A. Lowry, M. A., Speech Arts
Miss Theresa Waller, M. A., Registrar; History, Economics.
Mrs. Evelyn Bohnard, M. S„ Science
Miss Claire V. Stickeny, M. A., Foreign Language
Mrs. Beatrice Keeler, M. A., Business
Mrs. Winifred Thurlow, B. S„ Home Economics
Miss Evelyn Mitchell, M. M„ Music
Miss Kathrine Brown, B. S., Director of Health, Physical Education
Mrs. Helen L. Manson, Librarian.
MORGAN STATE COLLEGE
HISTORY
Chapter 332..1943
The College was chartered as the Centenary Biblical Institute on
November 27, 1867. In 1869 the first building was occupied at 44 B.
Saratoga Street, Baltimore. In 1880 the institution moved to larger
quarters at the corner of Fulton and Edmondson Avenues in Balti-
more. The late Dr. Lyttleton F. Morgan gave a sum of money to the
school in 1890, which enabled the institution to offer training on the
college level as a result of which the name of the school was changed
to Morgan College. In June, 1917, the College took title to its present
site, a tract of land formerly known as the Ivy Mills Property.
The College became part of the educational system of the State of
Maryland through an act of the General Assembly, Senate Bill 377,
approved May 3, 1939. The Bill provided for a commission of five
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