No. 87 | Did You Know?
A Paycheck Plus Pork
In 1873, when William Allan took the job of McDonogh School’s first principal, he earned an annual salary of $3000 for “the entire authority of the Farm and Farm School…
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No. 74 | Did You Know?
Students Enlisted to Provide Weather Reports
Soon after McDonogh opened, the newly founded National Weather Service enlisted the School to contribute to its efforts by reporting on the local area. Julius Kruttschnitt, one of the first…
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No. 79 | Did You Know?
Calling Pikesville 775
In 1883, the Board agreed, “If a telephone would be useful, one could be installed.” But Principal William Allan felt it wasn’t necessary. Six years later, two telephones were installed…
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No. 63 | Did You Know?
The Price Memorial Trophy
First presented in 1947 by David W. Price ‘42 to the winner of the McDonogh vs. Gilman game, the Price Memorial Trophy was a memorial to the graduates of the…
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No. 60 | Did You Know?
Walnut Day: An Annual School Holiday
For years, one of the most anticipated days of the year was Walnut Day. A designated holiday each autumn, it was a popular competition to collect the most walnuts from…
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No. 49 | Did You Know?
Fire Bell Warns of Danger
The fire bell, which now sits down the hill from Rollins Hall, was used to alert the students whose job it was to spring into action and fight blazes. When…
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No. 46 | Did You Know?
WPA Workers Make Impact at McDonogh
Created in the mid-1930s under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were an integral part of the development of McDonogh….
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No. 35 | Did You Know?
Landing on the School Colors and Eagle Mascot
After Daniel Hauer (1888) and fellow student Benjamin A. Franklin (1887) formed the school’s first football team in 1887, they selected orange and black as McDonogh’s colors. Almost 90 years…
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No. 39 | Did You Know?
McDonogh’s Contribution to the Space Race
In 1964, NASA astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Jim Lovell, and Gene Cernan dressed in their cumbersome space suits and trained for the weightlessness of outer space in McDonogh’s pool….
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No. 12 | Did You Know?
Milk, Fresh from the Cow
In 1920, the school built a dairy barn, and 125 Holstein Jerseys were purchased. McDonogh’s most famous cow was Ormsby Inca Pontiac Girl. The 18-year-old cow set production records and…
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