Baltimore City College - Green Bag Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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One Hundredth Anniversary ScENE From 20,000 ScHoot Days Wher Wen candles. It was prepared by Mrs. Dolores C. Bounds, dietitian, and the cafeteria staff. Several short previews of the Centenary Pageant were shown and songs of the “gay go’s” were sung by the entire student body. An original Centenary song, words and music by Mrs. Blanche F. Bowls- bey of the Music Department, was introduced and received with acclaim. The next big event in the Centenary was the distribution of the book, “One Hundred Years of the Baltimore City College,” an illustrated history by Prof. Leonhart, co-author and general editor. This beautiful volume contains humorous and in- teresting anecdotes, and illustrated the progress in the last century of the Baltimore City College, from its day of small things to its place of power and influence of the present. This volume is de- dicated to Mr. Harry G. Roebuck, many of whose three score years and ten have been consecrated to Baltimore boys and girls interested in journalism and printing. Proceeds from pre-publication sub- scriptions to “One Hundred Years of the Balti- more City College” constitute the fund known as the Harry G. Roebuck Fund. The income from this fund will be used to establish an annual cash prize to be awarded to the student who best ex- emplifies “the good citizen” and shows ability on Baltimore City College publications. Were Bold Early in the October assembly, Dr. Edwards presented the first copy of the illustrated history to Mr. Roebuck, to whom the volume was dedicated by the co-author and general editor and by Mr. Roebuck’s son and daughter, Mr. Charles M. Roebuck and Miss H. Estelle Roebuck, and Mr. Sidney C. Schultz °29, publishers, all of whom, besides other members of their families, were pres- ent on the occasion. The Pageant “20,000 School Days” written and directed by Prof. Clarence T. DeHaven was the next highlight in the one hundredth anniversary celebration. Mrs. Blanche F. Bowlsbey of the Music Department supervised the musical scores which were woven into the drama. The pageant was a condensed tableaux history of City’s one hundred years. The plot rambled through five generations of City College life, all of which were seen through the eyes of the average student, Joe Doakes, of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth generations. The character of the student Joe Doakes was superbly portrayed by Gerald Acker- man. The Centenary Celebration reached its climax Friday, October 20, when City College Alumni and friends gathered at the Lyric for a mass rally. Dean William F. Russell of Columbia University, EZ

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| | One Hundredth Anniversary ALUMNI FACULTY Second Row: Cohen, Helm, Palmer, McDorman, Calder, Foard First Row: Kaufman, McQuade, Morrison, Dorn, Kalb, Hyde, Wimmer, Schmehl Seated: Blair, Green, G. Owens, Yost, Linthicum, Johnson, Harris Thayne City College —through and through possession on April ro—and has since been the permanent residence of the Baltimore City College. Total cost of the new building and ground was about $3,000,000. Now that the writer has reviewed the history of the Baltimore City College from its humble be- ginning to its magnificient present, he will at- tempt a resume of the events during the Centenary celebration. The Alumni Association began planning the Centenary Celebration 10 years ago. Its members urged the Board of School Commissioners of Balti- more to recognize the value of such a celebration —-the one hundredth anniversary of the oldest high school in the South. First official recognition of the anniversary was given March 7, 1939, at a huge assembly marking the one hundredth anni- versary of the date that the City Council of Balti- more passed a resolution authorizing the charter of the (Baltimore Male) High School, which is now known as the Baltimore City College. The Rev. Dr. G. Warfield Hobbs ’96 of New York City was the featured speaker on the program, which included addresses by the Mayor, the Hon. Howard W. Jackson; Dr. David E. Weglein 94, superintendent of public instruction; the Hon. Morris A. Soper ‘90, Judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals; and the Hon. John B. Gontrum ’08, Secretary of the State of Maryland at the time, but now State Insurance Commissioner. The second observance of the Centenary was the Birth- day Ball, held at the Maryland Casualty and spon- sored by students and Alumni. “The Centennial Varieties,” a show produced by the Parent-Teacher Association. with the assistance of Faculty mem- bers, and students of City and of Eastern High School on March 21, was the next Centennial event. On October 17, a spe ctacular, two-hour assembly started the ball rolling for Centennial Week, October 16 to 21; the guest speaker was the Rey. Dr. G. Warfield Hobbs °96. Dr. Philip H. Edwards, Principal, introduced Mr. H. G. Roe- buck, founder of H. G. Roebuck and Son, pub- lishers; members of the School Board, State officials, and other notables who were present for the oc- casion. During this assembly, Dr. Edwards cut the birthday cake. This confection, six feet by two feet, was moulded in the form of the present building and campus and was surrounded by 100

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One Hundredth Anniversary J. Ernest WIMMER James C, LEONHART So thane TEP os VORLANTS neath Norris Harris The Staff of the shastoy the principal speaker, discussed the evolution of American secondary education and its place in a democracy. Judge Morris A. Soper ’90, Chairman of the Central Centennial Committee, presided. Among the many notables who addressed the rally were Mayor Howard W. Jackson and Dr. John L. Haney, president of Central High School of Philadelphia, second oldest high school in the United States. Albert F. Reed, acting headmaster of the English High School of Boston, first school of its kind in the United States, was unable to attend. Helping to round out the activities of Centen- nial Week, the Baltimore City College football team on Saturday afternoon, October 21, 1939, defeated Southern High School by a score of 33-0. Other attractions at the game were a Maryland Interscholastic mile-run won by City and an old- fashioned tug-of-war won by Southern. Serving as an appropriate conclusion to a week of intensive celebration, 400 alumni attended a banquet at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in the even- ing following the football game. Principal speakers for the occasion were Senator Louis Schwellenbach from the State of Washington; Dr. G. Warfield Hobbs ’96, prominent City College alumnus; and Mr. Arthur E. Hungerford ’03, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Alumni. Clark S. Hobbs ’o7, associate editor of The Evening Sun, was toastmaster. The largest representation of any class was a group of fifty men from the class of 1914. The oldest alumnus in attendance was Jud- son Hunt of the class of 1871. The writer here quotes excerpts from the speeches of three prominent men of Baltimore, given in commendation of City’s accomplishments. Dr. P. H. Edwards, Principal of City College: “Studies, classroom exercises and discussions, stud- ent government, departmental and recreational clubs, publications, dramatics, literary societies, competitive athletics, all contribute to make citizen- ship a habit in the present environment. Here, a boy is known by what he himself is, and by what he can do. By that standard alone can be held the respect and admiration of his fellows and teachers. Along these lines, I deem, lie the great- est opportunities and contributions of the cosmo- politan public high school, of which the present a ee eee a