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Photograph of Johnson C. Smith University
Quintet from newsletter or program. Page reads at top "1942
Commencement number." Caption under photo reads "University Quintet,
1914. William Astor Morgan, extreme left, has since leaving his alma
mater made a name for himself in music. On Friday evening, July 10,
1942, one of his compositions, Suite for Strings, was played by the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of the rising young
Negro conductor, Dean Dixon. Mr. Morgan writes under the name of
Jean Stor. Commenting on the work, the New York Times, in its
Saturday edition, said "Mr. Stor seems to have done a little of
everything: play writing, acting, directing, law, playing the organ,
leading a choir, singing, teaching. His suite is his Opus 54 and was
written in 1941. It follows good models and is earnest in its
approached"