At age 11, Eustace S. Glascock entered McDonogh School in 1874 as “Boy #78.” Upon graduating in 1879, he was admitted to the United States Military Academy–the second boy to enter a major college upon the recommendation of Principal William Allan. It was not until 37 years later that Glascock wrote his now iconic poem, The McDonogh Uniform. This tribute to the uniform—that captures, in an extended metaphor, the literal and figurative meaning of the cloth that endeavored to wrap each McDonogh boy in honor—appeared in an October 1916 issue of the school newspaper, The Week. In the late 1920s, Hall Duncan, an Upper School teacher, was moved to create the McDonogh Seal, which is featured on many Legacy covers, on all military uniform buttons, and now, as a patch on student blazers. In the design of that seal, Duncan used six stars to represent the six values Glascock enshrined in stanza three of the poem—labor, patience, wisdom, love, honor, and truth.
The McDonogh Uniform – 1916
