No. 150 | Did You Know?
Bits and Pieces
While combing through 140 years of The Week, consulting McDonogh School: An Interpretive Chronology by Hugh F. Burgess, Jr. and Robert C. Smoot III, visiting the Wilson | Young Archives…
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No. 149 | Traditions
Reunions
In the early years, all “old boys” were encouraged to attend the Alumni Reunion day which often coincided with annual school-wide events including the Spring Fair (see story No. 5);…
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No. 148 | Did You Know?
A Vacuum Cleaner and Other Firsts
When innovations came to McDonogh, it was big news and The Week was there to cover it. Here’s a sample:
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No. 147 | Life & Learning
Badges, Buttons, Patches, and Pins
Since the 1880s, the McDonogh uniform has told the stories of the students who wore them. The 1883 uniform jackets featured six brass buttons on the front and two on…
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No. 146 | Traditions
Dancing the Night Away
In 1912, some of the 150 boys enrolled at the time expressed a desire to learn how to dance. The August 10 issue of The Week reported, “Mr. Clayton asked…
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No. 145 | Traditions
Chapel Gatherings Inspire
In 1874, boys began attending local churches on Sundays and walked to services through the fields and across a narrow wooden bridge to St. Thomas’s Church in Garrison or to…
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No. 144 | Campus
School Store Offers Clothing, Candy, and More
An article in the May 5, 1928, issue of The Week described the frenzy that took place when the store opened in the evening. “Most boys feel pretty much lost…
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No. 143 | Campus
Bowman House
When Morgan Bowman accepted the role of principal in June 1914, he and his wife moved into Old House. Soon after, Old House was destroyed in a blazing fire which…
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No. 142 | Life & Learning
How Good Teachers Become Great
In 2009, a group of McDonogh faculty members and administrators, committed to developing the best possible system for enhancing faculty and staff growth and learning, created Folio. The system was…
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No. 141 | Traditions
Commencement Celebration Marks End of McDonogh Journey
“We propose to have something in the way of a Commencement,” Colonel Allan wrote to a Trustee in 1875. He then invited the Superintendent of Public Instruction to speak at…
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No. 140 | Did You Know?
What’s in the File Room?
Directly below the Head of School’s office on the north side of Allan Building, in a space that was once a locker room for “day-hops,” is the file room. The…
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No. 139 | Life & Learning
There’s No Argument About the Art of Debate
The Allan Debating Society, formed in the fall of 1878, held regular meetings in which they read and adopted the minutes of the previous meeting, elected or initiated new members,…