The McDonogh School Alumni Association (originally the Alumni Society) was founded on June 26, 1880, by a group of alumni whose main object, according to its constitution, was to provide “friendship and mutual help” to the school and its alumni. Initially, the association was focused on hosting monthly luncheons or banquets to bring alumni together in Baltimore, while out-of-town chapters provided similar opportunities for alumni living in other locations. This program from the Alumni Banquet at the Carrollton Hotel in Baltimore on December 13, 1889, captures the organization’s early fraternal focus, and its menu—featuring raw oysters and terrapin—emphasizes McDonogh’s location in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Ninth Alumni Association Banquet Program – 1889
