After proposing the idea of hosting a math tournament in the fall semester of 1998, we realized that idea in Spring 1999 with the Johns Hopkins University Inaugural High School Math Tournament. The inspiration for our hosting of a tournament came during Summer 1998 when I was helping my high school Mu Alpha Theta club prepare for the annual middle school tournament. I thought it would be a great idea to allow area high school students to visit the JHU campus, as well as bring some more attention to our undergraduate math club. We had schools from as north as Virginia, and as south as Washington, D.C. Overall, the tournament was a success for an inaugural tourney, and we will surely use it as a stepping stone for years to come of ANNUAL JHU High School Math Tournaments! For more detailed info on what we did, please visit: http://www.math.jhu.edu/~mathclub/1999tourney.html
 

Here's a picture of the trophies the day Chirag B. Patel picked them up from A&A Trophy House in Towson, MD.
 

Here's an interesting picture of Chirag B. Patel and the trophies!
 

Here, Lucas, one of the JHU Math Club members, helps out in Gilman Hall's basement during the Inter-School Test
 

Zheng Xu hides as Chirag B. Patel moves the trophies in Krieger 211.
 

Here we see Chae-ryon Kong drinking coke after helping out.
 

Zheng tries to flee as shy Lucas hides and Tom laughs in our headquarters in Gilman Hall.
 

Chirag and dressed up President Nehal Munshi begin the awards ceremony in Krieger 205
 

A shot of our tournament helpers Zheng Xu, Neel Karkhanis, and Levi Hsiao in Krieger 205 during the awards ceremony.
 

Chirag congratulates a team after winning one of the Math Bowls.
 

A student gets the trophy and ribbons for one of the Math Bowls.
 

A student accepts a Math Bowl trophy on behalf of his team from Nehal
 

Another student accepts her Math Bowl team's trophy on behalf of her team.
 

Yet another Math Bowl winning team
 

Could these students have won a Math Bowl competition?!
 

Nehal prepares to give away the 1st place Inter-School Test trophy to .......................
 

The Sidwell Friends School!