A few words from the President concerning 
 the erection of Carnegie Hall, 
 Morgan College. 
 
 Woodland Path 
 
 MORQAN COLLEQE 
 Hillen Road and Arlington Avenue 
 Qovans 
 
 Baltimore , Md. 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 The Trustees and Officers of Morgan College 
 extend greetings to those who have honored it 
 with their presence at the dedicatory exercises 
 of Carnegie Hall, October 21, 1920. 
 
 A number of years ago the late Mr. Andrew 
 Carnegie pledged to Morgan College the sum of 
 $50,000 for the erection of a building on condition 
 that the College raise $50,000 as an endowment. 
 The College met this condition, the colored people 
 themselves contributing over $25,000. 
 
 This occurred while the College was located at 
 the corner of Fulton and Edmondson avenues. 
 It was soon realized that the site there was too 
 small for the proper growth of the College, and 
 steps were immediately taken to secure a site 
 which would insure sufficient room for the ade- 
 quate expansion of the College. After many de- 
 lays the present site was secured. 
 
 The acquisition of this site led to litigation 
 through the lower courts to the Court of Appeals 
 of Maryland, where at every point the right of 
 the school to occupy such property was affirmed. 
 After the purchase of the northern portion, 
 known as the Ivy Mill tract, the southern por- 
 tion, or Bellevue property, was acquired. In 
 the meantime about twenty-seven acres lying to 
 the east of Herring Run was sold to the Morgan 
 Park Company, and it j* being developed as a 
 first-class residential section for colored people. 
 
 We now have eighty-five acres of land and 
 buildings such as you see for the use of Morgan 
 College and Morgan Academy. Carnegie Hall is 
 
now complete and will contain the laboratories 
 and College recitation rooms. The building was 
 designed by Mr. Edward Lippincott Tilton, who 
 after study abroad has erected many college build- 
 ings and libraries throughout the country. 
 
 The roll of contractors and those furnishing 
 equipment is as follows: 
 
 American Blaugas Corporation, gas equipment 
 for laboratories. 
 
 Blumenthal-Kahn Electric Company, electrical in- 
 stallations. 
 
 Centenary Commission, class-room and office fur- 
 niture. 
 
 Dietrich Brothers, iron and steel. 
 
 Charles E. Ehman & Sons, stone work. 
 
 E. G. Fick & Co., roofing. 
 
 John H. Hampshire, plastering. 
 
 Inner Braced Furniture Company, furniture. 
 Henry Keidel & Co., hardware. 
 
 Knickerbocker Slate Company, blackboards, 
 Lafayette Mill and Lumber Company, lumber and 
 mill work. 
 
 James G. Parlett, excavation. 
 
 Howard F. Ritte, plumbing. 
 
 Walter Stahl, Jr., brick, tile and concrete- 
 Charles A. Worsdell, painting. 
 
 S. Harry Way, steam installation. 
 
 The carpentry was done by day’s work. 
 
 Mr. Joseph H. Rice in engineering lay-out and 
 supervising and Mr. J. C. Burton in supervising 
 have rendered excellent service. 
 
 Mr. Charles E. Ehman and his assistant, Mr. 
 Edward Stocksdale, have been closely associated 
 in the work. 
 
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 While this work in Baltimore has been expanding 
 the work in the branch school at Princess Anne, 
 Md., has also been expanding greatly. Additional 
 farm land has been purchased by the State, a 
 splendid dining hall, kitchens and Principal’s 
 residence have been erected and a portable build- 
 ing for recitation rooms constructed. The entire 
 plant is electrically lighted. 
 
 It is manifest that schools of this kind cannot 
 be maintained without great expense far beyond 
 that which the students are able to meet. You 
 are invited to consider our needs and to become 
 patrons either by an annual gift or otherwise. 
 We are endeavoring to secure one hundred friends 
 who will become responsible each for a hundred 
 dollars annually for five years, by which time we 
 hope to be well established with our permanent 
 improvements. 
 
 In securing this property and improvements too 
 much praise cannot be accorded the splendid ser- 
 vices of the Finance Committee and the Build- 
 ing Committee. These committees are composed 
 of the following men: Dr. John F. Goucher, Mr. 
 Henry S. Dulaney, Mr. John S. Deale, Mr. George 
 I. Simms, Dr. M. J. Naylor, Prof. Carrington L. 
 Davis, Hon. Charles H. Evans, Dr. Charles W. 
 Baldwin, Mr. Herbert S. Wilson and Dr. Thomas 
 H. Kiah. The entire Board of Trustees have 
 enthusiastically supported the work. 
 
 October 21st, 1920.