No. 54 | Life & Learning
Welcome Little Eagles
In the fall of 2015, McDonogh’s prekindergarten was born! The decision to expand McDonogh from a K-12 to a PK-12 school was the result of increased interest among current and…
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No. 53 | Traditions
Pin Ceremony Signifies Higher Status
Becoming a McDonogh upperclassman is a rite of passage, signified by the presentation of gold “McD” lapel pins at the annual Junior Pin Ceremony. The tradition grew out of a…
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No. 52 | People
Legacy of Leadership
Dr. Robert L. “Bob” Lamborn, a graduate of the Class of 1935 and Headmaster of McDonogh from 1952 to 1972, was a visionary leader who had a profound impact on…
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No. 51 | Traditions
Honoring Those Who’ve Gone Before Us
The first Founder’s Day was held on November 21, 1874—the school’s first anniversary. It was commemorated with a full day of activities including a morning chapel service, a military drill,…
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No. 50 | Life & Learning
150 Years of LifeReady
Since its founding in 1873, McDonogh School has had an unwavering commitment to providing students with a comprehensive, well-rounded liberal arts education. For 150 years, hands-on and cognitively demanding learning…
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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. 48 | Gone but Not Forgotten
Boys Did the Bidding at Mealtime
Until 1987, for the sake of efficiency, there was no lunch line in the dining hall, and meals were served “family style” with students as table waiters, known as biddies….
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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. 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. 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. 44 | Gone but Not Forgotten
McDonogh Station: A Connection to Home
In November 1873, a group of 20 young boys left their mothers at Fulton Station in Baltimore City on a Western Maryland line train bound for McDonogh School. The station,…
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No. 43 | Campus
The Chapel on the Hill
Convinced of the importance of religious instruction, it was Colonel Allan’s vision that McDonogh School have a chapel. He imagined that it would sit on a knoll surrounded by land…