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John Hope served as President of Morehouse College for

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25 years

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Howard Thurman graduated from Morehouse in

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1923

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The Morehouse Academy (high school) was closed in

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1926

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John Hope's wife and First Lady of Morehouse was

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Lugenia Burns Hope

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John Hope and his Presidential Spouse had

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two children

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The Atlanta University Affiliation was formed in

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1929

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The Atlanta University Affiliation included

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all three schools

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Before the formation of the Atlanta University Affiliation, Atlanta University was a

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Undergraduate school

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John Hope was President of Morehouse and the new Atlanta University for

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two years

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Samuel Howard Archer became President of Morehouse in

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1931

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Benjamin E. Mays graduated from Bates College in

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1920

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Bates College is located in

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Maine

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Benjamin E. Mays' first wife was named

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Ellen

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Benjamin Mays was conferred the Ph.D. in religion in

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1935

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Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was the Dean of

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Howard University's School of Religion

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Benjamin E. Mays pastored

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Shiloh Baptist Church

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Benjamin Mays was hired to teach mathematics at Morehouse in

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1921

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Benjamin Mays published The Negro Church in 1933 with

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Joseph W. Nicholson

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True or False Dr. Benjamin Mays became the sixth President of Morehouse college on July 1st 1940

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False

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True or False Sadie Gattis Mays was the sixth Presidential Spouse of Morehouse College

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True

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True or False The American Baptist Home Mission Society relinquished its control over Morehouse in 1935

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True

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True or False When Dr. Mays became president, Morehouse was becoming the junior college of the Atlanta University Affiliation

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True

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True or False Morehouse College continued to fall under the financial control of Atlanta University until 1967.

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False

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True or False For the Academic Year 1940-1941, three men who served as President or Acting President were still alive.

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True

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True or False President Mays early in his presidency initiated a rank and tenure process at Morehouse

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True

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True or False Due to Financial constraints , President mays was never able to establish secure pensions for the faculty at Morehouse.

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False

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True or False While there were non-blacks on the Morehouse faculty, President Mays never felt strongly about having an integrated faculty.

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False

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True or False During Dr. Mays' administrative leadership, there was a decentralization of power across the various administrative offices and faculty committees.

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True

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True or False Dr. Mays' presidency, the white community in Atlanta did not give strong financial support to Morehouse

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False

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True or False Dr. Mays earned the affectionate sobriquet \"Buck Benny\" because he defied or bucked the system.

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False

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True or False During Dr. Mays' administrative leadership, there was a decentralization of power across the various administrative offices and faculty committees.

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False

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True or False The presidency of Dr. Mays was characterized by his egalitarian (democratic) leadership style.

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False

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True or False Like President John Hope, President Mays was a paternalists.

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True

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True or False Although he was devoutly religious, Dr. Mays was not a one-dimensional Christian.

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True

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True or False Mays modeled the early admissions program at Morehouse on a similar program at Bates College

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True

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True or False The first early admission program lasted four years, during World War II, and Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of its first participants.

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True

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True or False In the fall of 1946, several hundred World War II veterans enrolled at Morehouse College.

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False

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True or False To accommodate the large influx of veterans, federal funds erected five temporary dormitories and two temporary classroom facilities.

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True

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True or False During the Mays Presidency, required Chapel was five days a week and on Sundays for residential students.

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True

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True or False Thursday were always reserved for Dr. Mays to speak to the students if he was on campus.

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False

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Calvin Mackie

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2003 Presidential Award winner for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering

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Ronald Sullivan, Jr.

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Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard University Law School

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Samuel DuBois Cook

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First African-American Professor Emeritus and Trustee Emeritus at Duke University

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Eddie Glaude Jr.

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Princeton Professor and Chair of the University's Center for American Studies

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Shaka Rasheed

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Managing Director of J. P. Morgan Asset Management

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Hermain Cain

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Former CEO of Godfather Pizza

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Arthur Johnson

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President of IBM'S Federal Systems Company Division

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Dale Jones

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Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

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Avery Williams

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Screenwriter: Notes In A Minor Key and Redirecting Eddie

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Seith Mann

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Television director: \"The Wire\" and \"Grey's Anatomy\"

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Byron Cage

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Grammy nominated gospel singer

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Shakir Stewart

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Senior Vice President of Island Def Jam Music

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Howard Jeter

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Former U. S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Botswana

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Cedric Richmond

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United States Congressman from Louisiana

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Earl Hilliard

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United States Congressman from Alabama

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George Haley

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Former Chairman of the U.S. Postal Rate Commission and Ambassador to Ghana

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Otis Moss III

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Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago

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M. William Howard, Jr.

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Former pastor at St. John Downtown United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas

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Otis Moss, Jr.

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Pastor and theologian who is a member of the Morehouse Class of 1956

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Keith Somerville

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Former president of New York Theological Seminary

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Correct or Incorrect The Morehouse student body was on the decline in the 1920s.

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Correct or Incorrect James Nabrit and Howard Thurmond were classmates.

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Correct or Incorrect Samuel Nabrit, the first Morehouse graduate to earn a Ph.D., graduated with the Class or 1925

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Correct

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Correct or Incorrect John Hope Served as president of Morehouse College for 25 years.

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Correct

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Correct or Incorrect Samuel Archer served as president of Morehouse for only five years.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Since its founding, there have only been four acting presidents of the College now known as Morehouse.

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Correct

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Correct or Incorrect Benjamin Mays served as president of Morehouse for twenty-seven years.

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Correct or Incorrect Hugh Gloster was president of Morehouse for ten years

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Leroy Keith served as president of his undergraduate alma mater for five years.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect For twenty years, Walter Massey was president of Morehouse College.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Robert Franklin was the president of Morehouse College for six years.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect By most accounts, there have been eighteen full time, acting, probationary or interim presidents of either the Augusta Theological Institute, the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, the Atlanta Baptist College or Morehouse College.

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Correct

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Correct or Incorrect John Silvanus Wilson was a freshman at the College in the fall of 1976.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Robert Michael Franklin is a member of the Morehouse College Class of 1975.

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Correct or Incorrect Walter Eugene Massey is a member of the Morehouse Class of 1975

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Correct

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Correct or Incorrect When Robert Franklin was a senior at Morehouse, John Wilson was a freshman.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Marcellus Chandler Barsdale is a member of the Morehouse Class of 1965

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Leroy Keith graduated from Morehouse in 1961.

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Correct

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Correct or Incorrect Hugh Gloster graduated from Morehouse in 1936.

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Incorrect

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Correct or Incorrect Lerone Bennett, scholar, historian, and former Executive Editor at Ebony Magazine, is a member of the Morehouse Class of 1949.

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Correct

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In ________, baseball was instituted as the first intercollegiate sport at the College. A. 1885 B. 1890 C. 1895 D. 1900.

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B. 1890

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The first baseball team was organized by _________________. A. Alfred Jones B. D. D. Crawford

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B. D. D. Crawford

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In 1896, _________________ organized the first Atlanta (city) baseball league. A. D. D. Crawford B. Mordecai Johnson C. James M. Nabrit, Sr. D. Alfred Jones

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C. James M. Nabrit, Sr.

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In _______, football was introduced to the College. A. 1985 B. 1897 C. 1900. D. 1903

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C. 1900

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___________ was not one of the students who organized the first football team. A. Charles Willis B. Alfred Jones C. Benjamin Brawley

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B. Alfred Jones

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\"Big Boy was a sobriquet for _____________. A. Burwell Harvey, Jr. B. Samuel Archer.

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B. Samuel Archer

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Matthew Bullock organized and coached the first basketball team at the College in ______ A. 1910. B. 1911. C. 1912.

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A. 1910

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Morehouse is a member of the _____________. A. Southeast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference B. Southern Intercontinental Athletic Conference C. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Since ______, the theater has attracted the Morehouse students with histrionic talents. A. 1915 B. 1916 C. 1917 D. 1918 E. 1919

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E. 1919

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In 1921 and 1922, under _______________ directions, Hamlet and Othello were presented. A. Louise Strong's B. Ira De A. Reid's C. Baldwin Burroughs'

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A. Louise Strong's

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Student government began at Morehouse College in ______. A. 1929 B. 1930 C. 1931 D. 1932

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A. 1929

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At the inception of student government at Morehouse, the students voted to pay _______ to defray the cost of instituting student government. A. $10.00 B. $12.00 C. $15.00 D. $20.00

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B. $12.00

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The first president of the Morehouse Student Body was _____________. A. King D. Reddick B. Moss Hyles Kendrix C. Emory O. Jackson D. John H. Young III

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C. Emory O. Jackson

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The ___________ was the first publication put out by the College. A. Athenaeum B. Advance C. Robert's Rules D. Alumnus

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B. Advance

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The Maroon Tiger came into existence in ______ and is still being published. A. 1920 B. 1923 C. 1925 D. 1929.

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C. 1925

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In _______, the Triangular Intercollegiate Debating League was begun among Morehouse College, Knoxville College, and Talladega College. A. 1906 B. 1911 C. 1916 D. 1921

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B. 1911

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In the __________________, Morehouse debated Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1928 on the subject, \"Resolved: That the National Labor Relations Board should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all labor disputes.\" A. Triangular Debating Leagues B. Quadrangular Debating League C. Pentagonal Debate League

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B. Quadrangular Debating League

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Between 1929 and 1936, _______ women became alumnae of Morehouse College. A. 25 B. 26 C. 30

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B. 26

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Mary Cecelia Robinson (Spivey), the oldest living alumna (died 2013) of Morehouse College, earned a B. A. degree in _______. A. 1929 B. 1931 C. 1933 D. 1935

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C. 1933

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True or False: After 1936, women were never officially enrolled at Morehouse again.

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True

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