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

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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

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MCDONOG H CHATTER ter V1s1tor all the more 1nd1g nant Dad lf you dont take me home Im ha h The boys mlnd was d1stracted by the Pueblo bread maker who had a queer llttle lnstrument for dr1ll 1ng holes 1n the beads so one really couldn t blame 11ttle Sam my for laugh1ng Wheres Patr1c1a9 from Mrs V1s1tor Oh look' the g1rl s brother polnted one chubby finger there she 1S look1ng at the pot ter Lets go there Mother Patr1c1a wlde eyed w1th wonder looked up It must take these people ages to make all of thelr dlshes Look at the way the squayv 1S maklng that Jar I always thought the In dlans took a blg p1ece of clay and hollowed It out but th1s Woman IS taklng one str1p aftel another to bulld up the Jar and look how sloyyly she s yy orkmg Oh' poor ladys got bo bo Sammy stared sympathetmally at the Pueblo s legs whlch were bound t1ght1y Patrlcla cast sheeplsh glances about her Havent they t1ny feet? Not as l1tl as m1ne and Sammy proudlv held up one t1ny foot At last the VISIIOF famlly be came so absorbed 1n what was golng on around them that they stopped the1r 1ncessant chatter A few mlnutes later Sammy however who could not suppress h1s emot1ons for any length of t1me excla1med Cant these here Injuns talk or are they dumb? Th1s resulted 1n more laughter but the boy wanted an answer If they cant talk Engl1sh hls Ch1ld1Sh mlnd reasoned they could talk Injun to them selves Father and mother tr1ed to explam thxngs but thelr explanatlon was not sat1sfactory to thelr 1nqu1s1t1ve son Hows dat then dat when I make a lotta no1se you call me a InJun But dont you understand the Indlans are only nolsy when they are on the war path Two dlmpled hands clapped together gleefully Hey' MISH Mlsta Injun go on the yyar paff for me? A sm1le from the Ind1ans brought more exclamat1ons from the young v1s1tor Then they know Engl1sh'7 Oh' Sammy I thlnk 1ts tlme to go Mr V1s1tor declded No' no' no' Sammy don wanta go Sammy wants to see the Injuns get mad Some ten mmutes later the V1s1tor famlly vylth a screamlng Sammy made thelr appearance at the bow and arrow countel Soon thls cher1shed toy was clutched 1n two small hands while two dlmpled cheeks smlled contentedly fC0nt1nued on page fxfty fourj I52l . . . . ' 9 . . tc ' y - - H 9 l y v 7 a 17 v - ' ' ,, n n - , , ' ' cc s ' aa Y 7 , - . . . . 1 ' K6 4 ' 9 ax 9 - - as 5, . . . . . . . . , H rr - v - . , . y . 66 ' ' - ll 7 v 7 U - Y as ar ' ' ' ' sv 2 a . ' U' 66 y , 9 U l ' ' 77 ' za ' 9 n - . - ' ' H y . . 9 Y 7 s , ' rv . . H Y . , , as ' 7 rv ' sa . ' 3 . ' v cc 7 ' - 1 ' ' V r , - ,, . . . , . . ' 66 , - . . . t . . . ' . cc 2 ' - yy g . ?i ' ' 1 tt ' y ' as - - - 7- - 7 7 U 2 . . . . . .. 7 3 e v . . . r f. v . 1