McDonogh School - Dragon Yearbook (Owings Mills, MD)

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THE DRAGUN, 1920 the ranks of the fighting eleven. In some ways the new members were very much alike, but in others they were vastly unlike. Wilbur Ingham, from the very first, was intensely interested in all sorts of athletics, while Ed Otto clung more to his studies, and became the intellectual light of the class. VVhen dancing became fashionable, due to the organization of an orchestra, the class at first took it as a joke, but gradually certain of the members who were possessed of a strong leaning toward the opposite sex decided that dancing would be an asset in their social life, and learned the art very quickly. The majority, however, refused even to decorate the gymnasium with their presence while dancing was going on. The class had its representatives in every organization. Ingham, McKnight, and Otto started in the musical line and on Commencement, 1920, were rated as the best players in the band. , So the class struggled on, expanding in every direction, and growing daily in body, mind, and spirit. They had attained a high degree of efficiency by the fall of 1917, when the class received its last member, Henry Schneider. Henry was surely a prodigy. He was an intellectual wonder and was always worrying Geitz, both in class, where he made Geitz exceedingly anxious over second place, and outside of class, where they were closer to each other than two pieces of paper under a press. Both were witty and comical, and rapidly became the fun-makers Cably helped by McShaneJ of the whole school. In 1917 the class began to assert its power as an athletic machine. Although no one made the first team, they demonstrated to every one that the school should not lack able athletes for two more years, at least. When the baseball season of 1918 opened we find Douglas, Edel and Ingham, as subs for the first team, and when the football season finally came, Ingham, Horchner and Smitty were full-fledged members of the first squad. They played hard, showing exceptional ability, and were awarded Ms at the close of the season. Out of the five members of the basketball quint, three were from the class of '20, and when the 1919 baseball season came around, five of the first nine came from the same distinguished class. On Commencement Day in June, the class of '19 bade farewell to this beloved 20

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THE DRAGON, 1920 Class History N the autumn of 1913 three energetic young men trudged patiently up the Shell Road and entered upon their school life. They started right in to play the game squarely, and sought to attain the highest ideals held up to them at lNlcDonogh. The first two of these founders of the class of '20, Douglas and Horchner, were similar in taste and habit. They were very quiet and did not join with the other boys in their various sports. Smitty , however, was a strong contrast to his brother founders, for he was very lively and took an interest in all sorts of fun. For two years, these original members struggled onward and upward before they received any encouragement from the outside. But their long wait for new friends to make their class a large one was richly rewarded by an addition of eight members in 1915. These eight fifteeners were as gay and peppy', a lot of boys as had ever entered the school. Freddie,i Geitz and 'flulesi' McShane were wit and humor personified. Harry McKnight and Carl Edel began to build up characters which made them, indisputably, the leaders of the school during their Senior year. Nor- man Norris, Ants Friend, 0scar Snyder, and Sid Storke rapidly became known as men of letters. Every one of this happy crowd joined heartily in the spirit of the founders and we find them on the athletic field, working in friendly competition. Horchner and Edel soon showed that they were of superior talent as athletes, but no one was jealous of their ability, and the class backed them heartily in their every effort. Scholastically, McShane out-distanced them all, but he soon learned that eter- nal vigilance was necessary in order to keep first place. Several joined the Y. M. C. A. with the idea of making it a real factor in the life of every McDonogh boy. Although many obstacles presented themselves, Edel and McKnight finally succeeded in bringing the YN into a very high place in the religious life of the school at large. The year sped gayly by, and in September, 1916, two more huskies joined 19

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