 The Green Bag is the senior class annual at the Baltimore City College . Published continuously since 1896 , The Green Bag is the oldest publication still in existence at the school and one of the oldest high school or college yearbooks in America . G. Warfield Hobbs Jr . ( later an Episcopal priest ) , president of the 1896 senior class and first editor @-@ in @-@ chief of The Green Bag , gave the publication its name in recognition of the role of City College graduates in political leadership . Historically , the famous green " carpet bag " in the 19th century containing the lists of political appointees ( also known as " patronage " ) of the Governor of Maryland to be approved by the General Assembly of Maryland has long been known as the " green bag " , though the derivation of the term is unknown . So the term became synanmous with " good news " and " glad tidings " , such as could be applied to the feelings that recent graduates felt when seeing and reading their new yearbooks published soon after their graduations . 
