Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The year 1920 brought more fame to Schurz. Sybil Bauer, the champion swimmer of the Olympic Team, established many world's records for the United States. Then, too, the lightweight football team won the city championship. In 1921 Schurz became the first high school in Chicago to be placed on the honor list of high schools by the Inspector General of the Army. About this time our beautiful campus was known as the play area'-1 football, track and other sports were played there. When the wind stirred, a dust storm was created: consequently the teachers tagged the grounds the dust bowl. West of the assembly where our present football field is located was a portable building in which the R.O.T.C. drilled and trained. The R.O.T.C. presented the first Bulldog Hop in 1922. It has since be- come a tradition anticipated by the entire school on Thanksgiving Eve. In the same year, the basketball team won the city championship. A journalism class was organized under Miss Beaton's direction in 1923 for the purpose of publishing a newspaper. The Schurz World, a weekly publication, soon made its appearance. City championships were won by the soccer and baseball teams in 1924. The victorious baseball team, after winning the 1924 city championship, de- feated Evander Childs High School of New York City and received the Cohen Trophy as winners of the interacity game. 1924 also introduced the first semi-annual Schurzone and the first senior class play. The Iune '24 class organized several committees and elected a group of students similar to our present notables with the titles of Most Popular, Witti- est, Best Students, Best Athletes, Prettiest Girl, and Best Looking Boy. The Iune '25 class elected class Notables with titles similar to those of today. Among these ten were Most Talkative and Most Bashful. In 1925, the Waveland wing and triangle were completed, giving us Schurz as we see it today. The Iunior skating team won its first city champion- ship then, and in 1926, the Senior skating team won a City Championship. More championships were added to our ever-increasing list during the next year. The junior swimming team, golf, and senior football teams each took city. The first Lettermen's Club was also organized. 1927 found Schurz city champions traveling down to St. Louis where Roosevelt High of St. Louis and Schurz clashed in a thrilling football game which Schurz lost, eleven to nothing. Even though they lost the game, Schurz had the honor of being the first public high school to play an inter-league game with Mt. Carmel that same year. The graduating class of 1928 produced Iimmy Evans, the famous sports announcer, who was president of his class and captain of the football team which again won the city championship. For the second consecutive year Schurz also won the city golf championship. 1929 was another successful year. The football team and the Iunior and Senior swimming teams won city championships, thus bringing our total of championships to seventeen. For the girls it was hockey, basketball, baseball, and swimming, and they too won laurels. Clubs continued to play an important part in High School life. By this time many of them were meeting during the last periods of the day. The Architectural club, the Aviation club, which admitted members solely on their ability to pass an entrance examination on the rudiments of aviation, Biology and Zoology clubs, Boys and Girls glee clubs, a Debating Society, Language clubs, a Chess and Checker club which numbered 145, a Radio club for Iuniors and Seniors, a Magicians Conclave, a Pep club to attend all games, and the Lettermen's club were some of the active successful clubs during this decade. Such was the progress of the second ten years at Schurz-a story which forms a never to be forgotten picture, destined to instill pride in our hearts. During this era, the flappers and sheiks still dominated the scene, the develop- ment of industry and science prevailed, transportation improved-the modern age was in view and all Schurzites saw a shining star in the distance laden with many opportunities in the coming decade. Page 8 we .Scan lecade, I 920- l 930 For many years Room 501, present band room, served as the school cafe- teria. Here we see a typical noon day scene in those early days when the students hurried up five flights of stairs in much the same way as they hurry today to our modern cafeteria on the second floor. Sewing was one of the popular sub- jects then as now, and here we see a group of girls planning, fitting and stitching in one of their class periods. Note the finished garments in the back- ground. The airplane view shows the com- pleted Schurz as it was in 1926 with the Waveland wing and triangle. The walks were laid and some shrub- bery was planted but the campus was not completed until 1936. Some of the surrounding streets can also be seen.

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