Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Dr. Paul Lawrence Robert Skelly Supenntendent Assistant Superintendent-Business Samuel Nicholas Harvey Eisener Assistant Superintendent-Curriculum Assistant Superintendent-Personnel

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xi S?- BOARD OF EDUCATION FX ...al Seated: fLeft to Rightj Arthur Wolf, Henry Tschappat, Robert Skelly, Sandra Taenzer, Theodore Akemann, Standing: fLeft to Righty Dr. Paul Lawrence, Superintendentg E. C. Wilson, Fred Smith, Dr. Eugene Blair. The Board of Education for the District U-46 has the responsibility of controlling the third largest district in the state of Illinois. Providing equal educational oppor- 'T tunities for more than 26,000 students in the almost fifty individual schools on elementary, junior high, and senior high levels is a monumental undertaking, but the added i knowledge that this district is one of the fastest growing districts in the state and that our enrollments are mush- rooming means that more schools are going to be needed immediately. The Board of Education, under the leader- ship of its president, Mr. Ted Akemann, has regularly scheduled meetings several times monthly. But, the board ' meets many times to handle the emergency crisis which ' are so commonplace in schools as large as ours. New mem- bers elected to the 1972-73 Board were Mrs. Sandra Taenzer and Mr. E. C. CBudJ Wilson. 'ff

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ADMINISTRATION Mr. Alexander Though September, 1972 found us moving into a building not yet completed, we made the necessary adjustments as we saw things im- prove from week to week. We grew to appreciate more each day the spaciousness of our physical facilities, and the innovation of re- source centers, and various visual and listening aids, which made a contribution to our learning situation. We relished the opportunity afforded by our fieldhouse to again meet as a total student body in our assemblies. Frozen hair became a thing of the past as we en- joyed the convenience of our own swimming pool. We have a larger building and a larger student body, but our real growth must be on an individual basis. I am reminded of the cham- bered nautilus, a deep-sea mollusk, whose shell has many chambers. The shell of the young nautilus is shaped like a small horn. As the animal develops, the shell grows, too, and the nautilus moves for- ward as the shell grows. As it builds, it always lives in the outermost compartment until at length it is full-grown and casts off its shell. The poet has said it like this: Build thee more stately mansions, Oh my soul, As the swift seasons roll- Leave thy low-vaulted past - Let each new temple, Nobler than the last, Bind thee from Heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell By lifeis unresting sea. The individual, like the nautilus, must grow or die.