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No. 120 | Gone but Not Forgotten
As the School grew, so did the number of organized sports, some of which are no longer played today. By 1927, winter sports included fencing, soccer, riding, swimming, rifle, basketball,…
No. 115 | Gone but Not Forgotten
During the military era, Monday afternoons were set aside for preparation for the Competitive Drill — the culmination of the year’s military effort. The year began with an officer training…
No. 114 | Gone but Not Forgotten
Ice cut in the winter was expected to last through the summer. Once enough ice had been harvested and the ice houses were full, the boys were allowed to skate…
No. 107 | Gone but Not Forgotten
For its entire 35-year run, McDonogh’s outstanding animal husbandry program was under the direction of Richard Wills who joined the faculty in the fall of 1928. In proposing the program…
No. 100 | Gone but Not Forgotten
From 1737 to 1785, the land on which McDonogh sits had a number of different owners. In 1785, the property owner was John Cockey Owings. He sold his holdings to…
No. 91 | Gone but Not Forgotten
In its lifetime, McDonogh’s Christmas Bazaar became the Holiday Bazaar and evolved to meet the interests of the students and the greater School community. The first Bazaar was held in…
No. 85 | Gone but Not Forgotten
In 1936, board members and administrators began planning for a new building to serve as a dormitory, infirmary, and boiler room. The project was to be supported with funds from…
No. 89 | Gone but Not Forgotten
It makes sense when you think about it. Living on campus for long stretches of time, the cadets corresponded with family and friends by mail and needed a safe space…
No. 86 | Gone but Not Forgotten
Imagine a school gymnasium so iconic that it’s lovingly referred to by a nickname, celebrated when it reaches a milestone birthday, and mourned at the end of its life. That’s…
No. 75 | Gone but Not Forgotten
In the early 1920s, industrious boys with just enough spare time developed Bunnyville, a line of small, one-room shacks built out of scrap lumber purloined from campus. Bunnyville was located…
Becoming McDonogh School tells the captivating story of McDonogh’s first 150 years.
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