DELAWARE STATE
UNIVERSITY HISTORY QUIZ
1.) There were two
Morrill Acts passed by the U.S. Congress in 1862 and 1890. What was the
difference between the two?
a.) The Morrill Act of 1862 would provide money to start
only Ivy League college; the Morrill Act of 1890 provided money to southern
states to start colleges.
b.) The Morrill Act of 1862 funded the restoration of farms
destroyed by the civil war; the Morrill Act of 1890 allowed the expansion of
the University of Delaware.
c.) The Morrill
Act of 1862 allowed Negroes to vote, while the Morrill Act of 1890 allowed
Negroes to go to school but prohibited them from voting.
d.) The Morrill Act of 1862 provided funding for colleges in
the Union States, while the Morrill Act of 1890 allowed states to use the money
for colleges for negroes.
2.) What was the
original name of Delaware State University when it was originally established
in 1891?
_______state college for colored students___________________
3.) Who was the
longest serving president in the history of DSU?
a.) Dr. Luna Mishoe
b.) Dr. William DeLauder
c.) Dr. William Jason
d.) Dr. Richard Grossley
4.) Delaware Hall was
built in the 1960s. True or False?
5). Which current
building on campus is located on the site where slave quarters existed?
a.) Loockerman Hall
b.) The Thomasson Building
c.) Conrad Hall
d.) Tubman Hall
6.) During the
Grossley administration of the 1920s, the College received some non-state funding
that paid for the construction of what buildings?
a.) Tubman
Hall, Conwell Hall and Grossley Hall
b.) The
High School and the President’s residence.
c.) Conrad
Hall, Loockerman Hall and the Thomasson Building
d.) The
ETV Building, Memorial Hall and the Health Center Building.
7.) Concerning the buildings in question #6: where did the non-state
funding for the construction of those building come from?
a.) Williams Jason raised money on a speaking tour.
b.) The NAACP raised some money
c.) Pierre DuPont, a philanthropist
d.) Booker T. Washington raised funds at Tuskegee Institute
to help DSU
8.) What building on
campus formerly served as a high school?
a.) Conwell Hall
b.) Delaware Hall
c.) Thomasson Building
d.) The Health Center
9.) Dr.
__Howard D. Gregg___ was the first president at the College to possess an earned
doctorate.
10.) Who was serving
as president when the College lost its accreditation in 1949?
a.) Dr. Howard Gregg
b.) Dr. Maurice Thomasson
c.) Dr. Jerome Holland
d.) Dr. Oscar Chapman
11.) Dr. Claibourne
Smith is the second person to serve as the acting president of this institution
of higher education. The first one was __Dr. Maurice Thomason________.
12.)
_Dr. Jerome Holland_ was the president when the College got back its
accreditation and he is widely known as the most pivotal president in the
institution’s history.
13.) Which president
served only one year?
a.) Dr.
Oscar Chapman
b.) Dr.
Maurice Thomasson
c.) Dr.
Jerome Holland
d.) Dr.
Howard Gregg
14.) This institution
of higher education has never had a white president. True or False?
15.) When the State
College for Colored Students was established in 1891, it was located in the
state capital of Dover. True or False?
16.) The currently
Administration Building was the first completed construction project during the
tenure of DSU President Allen L. Sessoms. True or False?
17.) This institution
experienced the greatest growth (academically, enrollment, buildings) under
which president:
a.) Dr.
Richard Grossley
b.) Dr.
Oscar Chapman
c.) Dr.
Luna Mishoe
d.) Dr.
William DeLauder
18.) The U.S.
Commission on Education evaluated the State College for Colored Students in
1915 and determined that:
a.) The
first president had embezzled money from the institution.
b.) The
state had inadequately funded the College
c.) The
education at the College was no higher than a secondary school level
d.) The
College establish intercollegiate sports teams
19.) Before Memorial
Hall was built, the gymnasium was located in Delaware Hall. True or False?
20.) Before the
current William Jason Library was built, the library was located in:
a.)
Delaware Hall
b.)
Loockerman Hall
c.)
The Thomasson Building
d.)
Lore Hall
