No. 42 | People
Principal Established Academic Standards
Directed by the Board to “tone up” the school, Morgan Bowman defined the academic and “commercial” programs of study. More lectures on subjects of interest were offered, cultural aspects of…
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No. 45 | People
William T. Childs
An alumnus of the Class of 1895, William Talbot Childs came from the financial community of Baltimore to be McDonogh’s sixth principal. He used his skills to keep the School…
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No. 47 | People
Longest Serving Leader
Major Louis E. “Doc” Lamborn was elected principal in 1926. According to his son, Bob, he earned the name “Doc” during the time he was coaching at Friends School. Apparently,…
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No. 37 | People
Who Was Jane Bay?
Baltimorean Jane Bay was born in 1800 and died at the age of 76. An article in The Week, more than 85 years after her death, described her “as a…
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No. 32 | People
Third Principal Makes His Mark
Following Duncan Campbell Lyle’s brief tenure as principal, Dr. James T. Edwards was appointed to the position in 1893. He was an educator and noted speaker who spent time in…
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No. 34 | People
A Caretaker at the Helm
Sidney T. Moreland was no stranger to McDonogh when he took the helm as principal in 1898. Shortly after the school’s founding, he was tapped by Principal William Allan to…
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No. 29 | People
Inventor of the Gantt Chart
Henry L. Gantt, one of the school’s original 21 boys, graduated in 1878 and became the first alumnus accepted into a major university (Johns Hopkins). He is known for having…
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No. 13 | People
A Mother to Many
On November 21, 1873, nine days before the official opening of McDonogh School, Josepha Selden Young, dressed in her uniform of a black gown with a little white collar and…
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No. 17 | People
Legacy of Eustace Glascock (1879)
At age 11, Eustace S. Glascock 1879 entered McDonogh School in 1874 as “Boy #78.” Upon graduating in 1879, he was admitted to the United States Naval Academy–the second boy…
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“Old Man Lyle” a Favorite of the Young
Duncan Campbell Lyle, who served as assistant principal under Col. Allan and was appointed principal upon Allan’s death, paid particular attention to the grounds and the effectiveness of classroom teaching….
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