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100

The year Gilman first opened

1897


100

Gilman's longest-serving headmaster, who graduated in 1947, and who the Athletic Center is named in honor

Redmond C. S. Finney '47


100

The athletic facility that opened in 1976, and is where you'll find the water polo and swimming teams

Gilman Pool


100

Gilman's mascot, which was chosen from a student contest in 1961

Greyhound

100

Beginning in 1914, Gilman has played this school's football team 105 times


McDonogh

200

The School was originally called this before changing its name in 1910

The Country School for Boys


200

The Middle School Library is named after this 1935 Gilman graduate who gave his senior speech about the sinking of the Titanic

Walter Lord


200

The location of Gilman's first campus

Homewood, now part of Johns Hopkins University


200

The Gilman Five, which former Gilman Headmaster John Schmick introduced in 2009 

Honor, Integrity, Respect, Humility, Excellence

200

Allen M. Barrett, Sr. '40, Allen M. Barrett, Jr. '67, and Allen Barrett, III '03, all won this sport's highest award, which is played on the field bearing their name

Baseball

300

This became the first building to open to students on Gilman's current campus

Main Building - now called Carey Hall, opened in October 1910

300

The originator of the Gilman School idea, who the Upper School building is named after

 Anne Galbraith Carey

300
This building originally opened in 1972 and is named after a surgeon who simultaneously served on the Boards of both Gilman and McDonogh


John M. T. Finney Middle School


300

Former Latin teacher Anton Vishio began this tradition that 8th-grade students still run in the spring

Chariot Race 

300

In 1932, coach and faculty member Edward W. Brown establishes this team at Gilman. George Chandlee '32 serves as captain and midfielder on that team

Lacrosse


400

Gilman first began formal coordinated classes with this school in 1973

Bryn Mawr School


400

The Gilman Lower School is named after this former Headmaster, who led Gilman from 1943 to 1963, stressed community service and the Honor Code, and pushed for Gilman to integrate.

Henry Callard


400

Built with the thought that fresh air would both stop the spread of contagious diseases, and help the students learn, this Gilman school had no windows and was open to the elements

The Open Air School, which operated from 1911 to 1922


400

The phrase that is missing from this 1907 drawing of the original school shield


Ad Astra

400

Gilman's newest varsity sport

Volleyball

500

Self-proclaimed as the "fantastic four," the first four Black alumni graduated from Gilman in this year

1968

500

Gilman's first African American faculty member, who was also the School's assistant head, director of Upward Bound, and director of Middle and Upper School admissions during a career that lasted from 1968 to 2001.

Bill Greene

500

Designed by Gilman's superintendent of maintenance, this space opened in 1956

Alumni Auditorium

500

Gilman's first student publication, which began publication in 1901, and has a similar name to a current Middle School Publication

The Blue and The Gray

500

A predecessor the MIAA, Gilman was a founding member of this athletic association

MSA/Maryland Scholastic Association


500

In 1997, Gilman celebrated 100 years - called the Centennial; the 125th anniversary is called this Latin-inspired word.

Quasquicentennial