John McDonogh Senior High School - Onward Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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LITERARX One day Peter yyas haylng lunch yyhen Ed walked 1n Hows Colette? he asked You should know better than I Good heavens no Im not her type Im sort of old and World weary She Wants a kmght ln shlnlng armour or some k1nd of foohshness Id try 1f I yyere you Peter Good day Ed walked away Peter felt sorry for h1m Peter Jumped up pa1d the b1ll hopped 1nto hls roadster The wlnd blew h1s halr H1s heart hummlng brlnglng h1m each m1nute nearer to Colette Would sh '7 He dld not dwell on that Colette had never been so weary and lonely She walked out over the garden noyv buddlng Wlth sprmg The flowers were shaped l1ke stars A br1ght red roadster was comlng up the drlveway A young man XV1th blowmg halr and a boylsh grm was dr1v1ng He waved It was Peter Peter' He got out and ran towards her Colette Peter He devoured her wlth h1s ey es Colette I know Im a pretty bad example of a knlght 1n sh1n mg armour but Ive trled to be come what you wanted Im afrald I have falled I went away I stayed away because I thought you loved Ed but now Im asklng, you lf youll haye me as I am Colette? Thats ye1y kmghtly Sald Colette her ey es molst yy 1th hap plness le lly t1y to be yy a you ye alyyays yy anted you1 loy 61 to be I yyant you to be a loye1 If you ll Just stop talklng and t1y mg to COHXIHCG me that you ll be a lover you could begm ught now by k1ss1ng me darllnfr Peter took her 1nto h1s arms and proyed then that he yy as a knlght f01 he had completed and won h1s quest The l1ttle HOWQIS smlled and danced ln the b1ee7e because the two had agaln found heay en 1n the completlon of thelr dreams Ceorgelie Brockman JOHN JAMES AUDUBON fC0l1tl1lllQd from page forty twon famous and much bettel off fi nanc1ally Late1 flye yolumes of leadlng matte1 yyere lssued complementary to h1s fl1St book known under the t1tle O1n1 thologwal B1ograph1es Tyvelye years more Audubon spent IH exploratlons and 1n the further study of buds untll he bought a home on the Hudson R1yer 1n New Xork where he spent h1s remalnlng years He dled 1n 1801 leaylng behlnd h1m a monument to hls name the joyous song of the blrds he loyed A YCGTU l49l v vi ' 1 r' r v ' v ' v .k . Q 1' Y . q . ,. . , ' . sa r ya as 9 , , , ' , vs ' ' ' . . 9 as , ' ' - In ' ' U 7 . v . ca V 1 I 21 t 'L' h t . , ' v 7 v v v v v 1 v u ' nr - ' l I . if v v v 1 9 ' ' . v . , . 7 L - ' . T. v , 7 ,, 1 7 ' ' . . , 1 . Y . . . ,, . , was smgmg! The engme yvas - , , - 7 ' . , . Q... ' v . . . 7' . ' . Y- Y y . . WY- . v v L., . - . 1 9 Y 7 - 'vw 1 1 ' V . ' . ' , , ' an , ' y 1 - . . - ' ' N ss . . . Y . li ?! ' It 79 , cc s Y - Y - v r v Y a ' 1 - y - - . . .. V. . ! ! , . . . , , , , . . , 9 ' .1

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MCDONOG H CHATTER Pa1t IN Ed came that nlght and the next week Petel saw Colette danc1ng w1th Ed 01 golng h1k 1ng w1th Ed Ol gomg somew here w1th Ed so to keep h1s mlnd off them he devoted all of h1s tlme to h1s mus1c On the last nlght of thell v1s1t the elderly Clarks gave the voung people a dance to whlch seve1al people from the cltv we1e 1nv1ted Ed had found out about the part Colette was playmg and was very much amused That mght at the dance he clalmed he1 and walt7ed he1 mto the mus1c room Lets talk shall we About what You Colette Im m love a week but Ive never felt thls Way befole about anyone When one gets to be mv age It doesnt take h1m long to hnd out what he wants Do you th1nk you could learn to love me? Ed Im sony Is thele someone else? I dont know fol sure me I hands ev es eves and h1S faded hall very spalse around the temples She lemem be1ed anothe1s eyes and ha1r another to whom she had told her dreams about kmghts and shmmg armour Ed was agam saxmg Why Why couldnt you love Ed had captuled he1 two and was lOOk1I1g' 1HtO he1 Colette saw h1s faded glav I43l couldn t you love me? Colette took her hands away and stood up saying almost 1n a VVh1Sp81 You have no shm 1ng armour Its Petel I love he1 healt was slnglng but he only cares for h1s muslc Colette stood on the steps of the house to wave goodbye She was 1n her black dress w1th the scarlet cape Agalnst the whlte house and the snow she was beautlful Peter had to con trol hlmself He wanted to take her 1nto h1s arms once more D1d she not love Ed? He had acc1dentally seen them together last nlght 1n the mus1c room Eds head close to her own her hands folded 1n h1s Ed telhng the glrl he loved wolds that he days before to say He could not tell her now Perhaps she had made promlses to Ed Dear Peter how fool1sh you ale whlspered the breeze but Peter d1d not hear He was Col ettes kmght but he was golng away The llttle b1oken CO0k19 had been the end of her dream Petel too thought the dream over He could not forget Col ette Her ey es her l1ps her VOICE haunted h1m her v1s1on appear ed upon h1S muslc and he could not play Weeks passed lnto months and sprlng Wlth all her fragrance and beauty filled the earth It fllled Colettes heart and Peters but then hearts w ere lonely K , , A . - 7 7 , 77 1 J f . 1 7 Y 1 v Y 7' ' 7 ' .' . ' ' - ' , cc - 7 y ' ' v' . ' Y- 7 . ' ,sv 7 n ' . ' ' ll 7 , , rv , , v ' , 7 . V. Y . . H Y 7 7 V ' ' ' - av 7 u 7 - S ze 9 , , , Q' 1 Y - v - , xc vv - - , - ' 1 H ' ' ' ' . Y 1 1 7 ' 5 v' v 7 - v 7 ' w1th you. Ive known you only hlmself had planned only a few 7, , 1 ' , . V 1 - ' vi 1 1 y . . , . ' r ' 1 Ac , - 7 . Y r , ra , ' ' ' 7 7 79 u 66 7 9 ,,v,.vr , . V , H . N - . 4 . cc 9 , , -v 'W be . . rr , v y s vs i A ' 7 Y . . , u . . Q Y 7 . . v ' ' 7 7 v . 4 1 v . 0 V. ' . .V Lv 9 . . . . ,, 7 1 Y ' 1 4,'1 v ' n ' ' 7 7 ' Y . 1 . , . . . , Q .1 ' 7 Y ' Y' H , Y ,

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MQDCHNOGH CHATTER John McDonogh Just IS Geoige NK f1sl11ngto11 1S Lons1de1ed the Fathe1 of 0111 Cou11t11 so should lohn Me Donogh be LOl1S1ClC1ifl the fathei of ou1 pubhe schools llc Was one ot the most piominent per sons 111 the con1n1e1c1'1l md sotial 1 1d of lNe11 O1 exns Scotth pa1entage he XX'1S born 111 Balt1n1o1e 111 1119 He came to N911 O1lea11s111 1800 and see lng 1ts co111111e1c1al poss1b1l1t1es deC1ded 111 1804 to become a pe1n1ane11t 1es1de11t H1s busmess flouiished sO 11ell 1 1111 XCLIS l1te1 he 011111 1 SUl111Jt1lOll5 housc lt the coiner oi Cl111t11s lllfl Toulouse StlLPtS NI1Donogh tell 111 low 11 th Wl1ss Johnson a 1ou11g lad1 f1on1 lu21lt1111o1e Hei pa1ents ob1eCted Cl1ff616Y'lL6S lXIeDonogh closed h1s home 1n Ne11 O1lef1ns and n1o1ed auoss the 111e1 to his 11la11t1t1o11 11h11l1 11 as located 111 11h11 18 111111 k11o11 I1 1s NILD1111 ogh11lle ople be 111 tall 11111 st1ng1 benause 111 Liossed the G1 in his skiff e1e11 d11 td f Lsnff th te11es Thioufh all this 1lCllLLll9 S31 nasn1 and Conden111'1t1on h spent the 1e111a1nde1 of llls da1s 111 sohtude being, chfuitable and Just to his en111lo1ees llld sla1es E1e11o11f 11onde1ed 11h1 h 11 ls SdXll1fI nea1l1 e1e11 11111111 he e'1111ed 11e1e1 lightened an1 one It 11 as not un t1l his death 1n 1800 11hen his 11111 11as read that l11s seciet became kno11n to the CUIIOUS Th1s DUIDOSC YK as to beneht bY education the 1outh of Ne11 Or leans and Balt1n1o1e As years 11 ent bv the stigma of n11se1 11 as 16TY1OX6d fiom Mc Donoghs nan1e N doubt quite a fe11 of the descendants of pe1s0ns 11 ho called him 1n1ser aie der111ng the benefit of a free education toda1 VVe know no11 th lt he 11 as honoiable steadfast klnd and self SdLl1flLlHg an up 11g,ht Ch11st1111 All that this QQGHQIOUS man asked Ill 1G'Ell1I1 fo1 h1s g1eat itt 11as that once 21 1ea1 the 1outl1s of B911 Oileans and Bal h1s g1a1e As his FGIYIRIIIS VVQIG bu11ed IH B3lt1I'I1018 the school childien of Ne11 O1leans erected a monument to him Eveiy year the fust F11d1X of Mav delega tions f1on1 all public schools 1n NLXX O1leans gathei 111 Latag. ette S uue to plate flo11 eis n NIcDonoghs monument 1nd to sinff 1n p1a1se to McDonogh the sonf ded1c1ted to hlm NIcDonogh lb '1 name that should 1BI'Y121111 foiemost 1n the n11nds of all 11ho ha1e d611VSd an1 benefit 11hethe1 d11GCtlX 01' 111d11ectl1 f1on1 the funds left lJY this honoiable and geneious ffdillltlllllfdll Ill e 111011 to IFJ tO0l - 1 . rc ' ' ' I P. l , - . K.: . 1 . . ' - y ' - Y 1 ' i . Lv' 13 T . , . Q -' ' A. 1 ' 1 . 'C Z Av ff J ks c ' Q l vo'l '11 'lz .. Of ' ' V, ' 1 . 2 1 1 . vc ' 4 7 . 7 1 M 1 - ' ' ' ' ' . - ' . 0 , ' A ' S' . ' '. ' 1 S' 1 s 71 2 1 1 ' ,. 2 , tl12 t. ' '- j 2 2 2 1 1 ed ,' -Q' -' - z .' .' 51 2 i 2 ' 1 1 , '2 . ' 2 1:2 sul ' A , - ' Y , ,i , K, , ' . . . ' . 1 ' , 1 v r 2 1 0-' ' v 1 1 1 - y 1 1 A -- L 1 , , D 1 A v v w. ' ., . ., 1 ' 2 , 1 2 . - to their n1a1'1'iage due to religious ti1no1'e would st1'e11' flowers on .6 , V 1 C C I. . . Q , v 11 .' v A 1 ' . ' 1 v fu t k . 7 .4 v 5 K . . . A 7 , ' 2 ' ' 2: 1- - 1 2j ,, - . T 1 1 1 1 - ' . ' v Pe 51:2 to -' l . A 3 - km -, .. Sf, 1 .. S I , q 5 ' - ' 1 0 I . - . n ' 7 1 ' 1 1'11' ' 3 S '1 zj, in- A 1 1 stez o 1:'i ,, e ' 1 3 ff ' 4' ' . tg . .' r. , .- A Cf 2 , ar '1 , A C I V e L 1 W c . S . 2 J. r C '. . Y 7 Q. ,A . V 3 1 . v y Q ' ' 1 . y, . 2 vi A, sr Y' Y . . Iv 23 .tv , tv if ' 1 ' 1 ,C - 1 U He v - en, ,, ' 011 ag, 1