Row1: Haleemon Shaik (Editor-in-Chief), Elliott Keyes (Business Manager)
Row 2: Helen Bartholomew (Assistant Editor), Alice Miller (Assistant Editor), Mary Jackson (Assistant Editor), Carmen Rogers (Assistant Editor)
Row 3: Leo Jennings (Assistant Manager), Isidore Wolf (Assistamt Manager), Warren Smith (Promoter)
Row 4: Mildred Cage (Dramatic Editor), Luella Smith (Music Editor)
Row 5: Emily Ireland (Library Editor), Maude Davis (Contest Editor), Fannie Farrar (Society Editor)
Row 1: John Nealy (Humor Editor), Bernice Despinasse (Photograph Editor), Gloria Banks (Snapshot Editor)
Row 2: Marion Roux (Assistant Snapshot Editor), Ethel Lyons (Advertising Editor), Morris Jeff (Assistant Advertising Manager), Mildred Humphrey (Circulation Manager)
Row 3: Edwina Boyer (Assistant Circulation Manager), Vivian Anderson (Sales Manager), Hazel Amacker (Assistant Sales Manager)
Row 4: Ashton Murray (Stenographer), Joseph Jacques (Artist), Frederick Dumas (Artist), Harold Bouise (Artist)
Row 5: Raymond Floyd (Designer), Agnes Dieudonne (Designer), Henry Barjon (Designer)
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Yearbooks from the past can be a tremendous historical and genealogical aid to all of us. McDonogh#35 published their first yearbook in 1928. By 1931, the students (shown above) produced their school’s fourth issue of “The Roneagle”. The name “Roneagle” was a mythical bird that resembled an American Bald Eagle but is different in that it is fashioned in solid iron. It is said to be the mightiest, swiftest, and most resourceful of all winged creatures. Students chose this as their school’s emblem and, as a result, all yearbooks since 1928 have been named “The Roneagle”.
The 1931 edition was of top quality consisting of one hundred and ninety-six pages. Included in its contents are faculty members, class photos and activities, poems, stories, art work, humor, snapshots and advertisements. Faculty advisers to these thirty-one students were Oralee Baranco, Varice Henry, Frederick Fobb, Charles Rousseve, Bruce Neale, Edna Simmons, and Lucille Stallsworth.
Source: The Roneagle 1931(published by students of McD#35 High & Normal School)… personal copy
Lolita V. Cherrie
Parents of my classmates. They look so young.
I have a copy of the first 1928 The Roneagle yearbook. My husband’s mother, Nedia Blouin Coubarous and aunt Lillian Blouin attended McDonogh 35 High and Normal School. This book is in excellent condition. I enjoy going through the pages and looking at how it was back then.
There’s an exhibit named “The Flight of the Roneagle”, in the library of The University of New Orleans. We have been looking for the 1st yearbook so that it may be displayed at the exhibit. Are you willing to loan the 1928 yearbook to the exhibit? It will be protected in a glass encasement. Thank You!
I have a 1931 Roneagle in excellent condition. My grandfather was a teacher in those years.
Can you send me your grandfather’s name? I have a personal interest in the early history of McDonogh 35.
Edward B. Spriggins
What might I ask is your Personal interest in the early years of McDonogh 35?
My interest in the early history of McD#35 goes back quite a few years. First, it was the first public high school for children of color in New Orleans, therefore it is very historical. Also, my father-in-law and mother-in-law attended school there in the early 1930s along with many of their friends. Elderly graduates from the 1920-1940s have told me so many interesting stories about the school they loved dearly and asked me to do further research. These are my reasons.
I believe my father attended McD#35 in the early 30’s. It would warm my sister’s and I hearts if someone can find a yearbook picture. His name, Oscar Jack Jr. Thank You