Board of Trustees
Chairman: Carl J. Murphy, 1954

E. Dale Adkins, 1955; Carrington L. Davis, 1956; Josiah F.
Henry, Jr., 1957; Bliss Forbush, 1958; Ivan E. McDougle,
1959; Willard W. Allen, 1960; Richard W. Emory, 1961; L.
Manuel Hendler, 1962.

Martin D. Jenkins, Ph.D., President
James H. Carter, A.B., Assistant to the President
George C. Grant, M.A., Dean
Edgar D. Draper, M.P.A., Business Manager
J. Arnett Frisby, Jr., M.M.A., Comptroller
Edward N. Wilson, A.B., Registrar

Hillen Rd. at Arlington Ave., Baltimore 12 Telephone: Cilfton 4-6870

Morgan State College was organized under the auspices of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in 1867, as the Centenary Biblical Insti-
tute. The school remained under church jurisdiction until its purchase
by the State of Maryland in 1939. The name of the school was
changed to Morgan College in 1890 in honor of Dr. Lyttleton Morgan
whose gift of a large sum of money to the institution enabled it to
offer academic work on a collegiate level. The College moved to it?
present location on Hillen Road in 1917 from its former location on
Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore. Morgan State College is under the
direction of a Board of Trustees of nine members, appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of nine
years, the term of one member expiring each year. The administra-
tion of the College is vested in the President who is appointed by the
Board of Trustees (Code 1951, Art. 65A).

Morgan State College is an institution of higher learning for Negro
youth devoting its primary efforts to the training of prospective
teachers for the junior and senior high schools, and the preparation
of students for entrance to graduate and professional schools. It also
offers courses for women in homemaking and prepares students for
employment in recreational and leisure-time activities through its
departments of music, drama, and physical education. Through
courses in commerce, training is given to students looking forward
to careers in business. In order to perform these functions the Col-
lege operates in three divisions: (1) The College which is at the
campus on Hillen Road offers a standard four-year course in the
liberal arts and teacher training; (2) The Summer School, which
meets at the Hillen Road campus for six weeks each summer and i?
designed primarily to offer "in-service-training" to colored teachers
in Maryland schools; (3) The Evening School which is operated in
cooperation with the Department of Education of the City of Balti-
more; courses are given each evening throughout the academic year
at Douglass High School providing an opportunity for youth and
adults to secure instruction on the college level and to provide "in-
service-training" to teachers in the Baltimore area. During the