The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-23
Morgan at the University.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
Boston, Oct. 22-From those students
who gauge a man by his worth and not by
the width of his trousers, the length of his
purse or the age of his family name, the
statement comes freely, cheerfully, that
the young colored man Morgan, Just
chosen class orator at Harvard university,
is thorough gentleman, and the peer of
half of his classmates and the superior OF
the rest Those who know him well say
he is a credit to Harvard in every sense of
the word. No young man at that seat of
learning has manners more polished, none
maintain a better personal appearance,
few, if any, use finer English, and when it
comes to intelligence, the colored ex-
barber, eX-waiter, son of an emancipated
slave, is voted one of Harvard's best
scholars. That Morgan's name does not
appear among the winners of scholarships
is explained by the fact that for a con
siderable part of his college course he
varied his hours Of study with hours of
honest toll to gain money for his support.
The campus is ringing with praises
of the courageous action of the young
men of the senior class and save a
narrow-minded few the graduates near
Boston applaud their action vigorously
Ever since Morgan entered Harvard
in the fall of 1856 he has lived
Will COlOIGu lTlCuuS III
port, 139 Columbia street, in a neat
frame house occupied by colored
friends, the Banks family. The Banks
family is one of the best known to the col
ored population of Cambridgeport. and
through them young Morgan made the &C
quaintance of such prominent colored
men as Judge Rufin, the Baileys, and
the Baldwins.
Among his own race Morgan spent
mr. Af 1aic11rn ipnn nd tic
relations with the students, except
in rare instances, were not of the
intimate character of student life.
This was not due to any hostility
among the students towards the colored
man. One of of the seniors, yesterday,
said he thought Morgan held himsel
aloof from the class. because so
are southerners, and he preferred
not to lay himself or them, or their
friends open to embarrassing complica-
tions. He is not a member of either of the
college societies. Harvard is so divided
into cliques, and the elective system so
widely scatters classes as to permit of a
man being unknown to some of his class
mates, even during the entire four years
course.
In the Boston Latin school, which he
entered in 1884 to prepare himself for col
lege, Morgan was one of the most popular
men il his class. The boys all thought him
a good fellow and elected him adiutant OF
the battalion in the school regiment, an
honor which came to the young colored
man unsolicited. He made as fine a
soldier as he did a scholar there, and in the
annual parade and review on the Common,
before the mayor and the governor, Adju-
tant Morgan was the observed of all OBJ
servers. He took the regular cours in the
Latin school and graduated sixth in the
class. Ora6orical ability won for him the
first prize at the school graduation exer-
cises.
In spite of his narrow means, he dresses
in good taste. When seen by the World
correspondent he wore a well fitting sack
suit of mixed gray goods; he is of medium
height, weighs about one hundred and
fifty five pounds, his face is smooth, except
for a luxuriant mustache and his skin IS
very black His face shows much intelli-
gence: he talks in smooth, fluent, forclble
style, pronouncing his words with clear
and punctuating his sentences
with graceful gestures. Standing erect he
makes striking figure, evolutionary train