Palatine High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Palatine, IL)

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Part of the musical program for this year was E SPOTLIGHT No school program is complete without music. Mr. Kay in his one year as an instructor in Palatine High has given the school a splendid start in instrumental music with a band, concert orchestra, and dance orchestra. Mr. Kay's organizations have been in demand for outside engagements as well as at school functions, which speaks well for his leadership. Left to lllgrlutsqlioiilse We-nie, Marjorie Maxwell, Cecilia llalrz. llorhort Swoitzor, lilllns l lonsky.- Mr. Kay, Ruth S1'lll'0Pll0l'. Ilan'- vey Ilelins, lYllll'Vlll I'l:1to. Mr. Ve-rvloet. Charles XV2ll'd0I'. L1-slio Ibevormzlu, Wzlyne lvrvwos. lillwrliwl 'lllllll2lSllPVVPlkl I-'ram-os Schroe- der. l'llt'2Illl1l':l Ulteudorf. l i-:im-os t'i-upper. lion Tlmmpson, Howard With-nhurg. Concert Crcliestra the organization of the high school concert or- chestra. At first interest seemed lacking in this activity but the few who were interested would not give up. By the middle of the year interest began to grow and a full orchestra was developed. The entire year was devoted to study of concert music consisting of marches, overtures, Waltzes, and other types of light concert numbers. The orchestra was heard at several assembly programs early in the year but its first truly suc- cessful appearance was the night of the Band-O12 chestra concert, May 11. At that performance the orchestra played five selections that were graciously appreciated by an attentive audience. During the remainder of the year the orchestra made two public appearances: at the operetta, May 17 and 18, and at Commencement, June 5. At the former, several lighter concert num- bers were playedg but at the latter the best works studied during the year were played: March Mil- itaire by Schubert and Harmoniana Overture by Galuski. At the end of the year, interest was not lack- ing and the outlook for the coming year seemed encouraging and without doubt the most difficult part was in the past. P. T. H. S 19 34 Band No basketball or football game is quite com- plete Without a band to add the thrill of victory marches. Crowds are stirred to new enthusiasm by the strains of band music, leading in their school song. Band music is the product of Ameri- can music, and during the twentieth century bands in the United States have set the pace for the world. For many years every town or city sup- ported a band, but more recently, no school is declared progressive without a band. Early in the school year, the high school band was reorganized and practice began. Two weeks later the band made its first appearance at a game, being able to attempt four selections. From that time on the band was at every home football game, ever trying to stimulate a little more enthusiasm and pep. Then came the Heights game, and was it cold 7 but the band was there and held its own against the larger band of the rivals. Then came basketball, and the band corner held forth at every game with a collection of fif- teen numbers. Toward the end of the season these were well known, however. Something had to be done, so the band began to sing?, about Charlie, and Margie, and Eddie. With basketball season over several additions were made to band from the teams, and work be- gan on the concert. The concert was given May 11 and climaxed the season for the band. The concert contained several solos with band accom- paniment, and we never will forget our Herbie and Deep Bass. During the year, the band had its first taste of broadcasting and was heard more than 50 miles. V lfiont llow-'Marjorie Maxwell. l i'nncPs S1'li1'o4-mler, Kathryn 131-ewes, 1'l1'IIlll'0S Uroppor. Ulmrles Wnrils-ir, llorlmort Sweitzer, Irid- ward 'l'mnashowski. lion 'l'hompson, llilllllilll Witt:-lilac-mr. Mr Kay, fli1'e-4'to1'. Necond Ilow-Evelyli S4-hwolow. f'l'l'lll1l Ilalrz, Marvin Plat:- Leslle Devernian. Wayne Drewes, Howard Wittenburg. YEAR BOO

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TH E SPOTLIGHT Miss Cook as director of the girls glee club and coach of the operetta, Melinka of Astrakhanf' has been a tire- less worker and talented teacher. Outstanding success has been achieved in the first year of glee club work for Palatine High through her capable training of the girls. Even greater successes are to be expected in 1934-35. l'll'UIlI llow-l-Ilsio llruus, Lium-an llumlstroin. lrr-no 1.4-sr-lie1'g, .li-ssiv l'Ihre-I. Miss Maxim- l'ook, lim-ruim-e XV1-ruer. lsnlu-1 bVl'llff'. lIeiil'l1-Ita Moyers. Dolores Moyers. Louise W1-nto. Ruth Stroker. Sv--ond How llolon S4-lioppv, Muriou Luorssi-11. Ilolvu Ili:-rkor, Lllvlxflll' llaililouiuu. Viviun liovpp, lflduu Mau- lk-rlizwmlt, liulli Svliroi-der, Xlilllflllt' lloliords. Virginia 'l'liors:lu4ls-r. lcllllllll Grin-0 'l'r:-pus. 'l'hi rd llow :.bllHtl'lIl bvi'll1'l't'I'. lilsthor Zyv. Alive Neiiz. l'o1'ili:i llurz. linrlmrn liuni-zur. V1-rim Ilnson, L:lVe-run Main. Marjorie M ' ll. hi-r mer, l+lli-:inorzi Ulti-ndorf. l-'loreiico Ifluirclklnsl. YlVlFlll Stewart. Wlnlfrr-4l lil'1llllllll'l'. 4k'r:ll4lino lillllll'lSl'll. Nl5ll',lUl'l0 livvlilllllll. uuu Fourth Row--Gr:ivc lllvrkvr, Dorothy Mn-yor. Ilorolliy S Kathryn lluus. Fifi li llow- Mury Sunison, Mllllroll Ililtuer. Irs-ne Si-liruui. lilsu M1-ss, lflstlier llculi-r. Al3ll'l'1'llll Nuuthoff, Myrtle llelilen. Girls Glee Club September-Tuesday and Thursday of each week finds the girls of the Glee Club, 65 in num- ber, hard at work. Do-Me-Sol-Do. Strange noises such as these were heard. The girls were being placed according to their singing range. October-The first public appearance in as- sembly-shy, but they really had something. November - An invitation came to sing be- tween acts at the Methodist Choir Operetta. Also assisted in the Thanksgiving program before the assembly, November 22. December arrived and gave them the oppor- tunity to make their debut at a formal appearance to which the public was invited. The occasion was a sacred Christmas Concert, December 21. January introduced small trios who have sung before assembly programs and in Sunday church services. February brought the operetta books Mel- inka of Astrakhanf' Work on the choruses began. March and the cast was chosen. April-The operetta getting closer. May-The operetta, Melinka of Astrakhann was presented in all its glory. P. T. H.S 1934 Harmony Snatchers The Spotlight is a good place to let the public have some inside information of the Palatine Har- mony Snatchers. The dance band had its origin with a group of ambitious young crooners, moan- ers, and what have you, during the summer of 1933. Said disturbers of the peace collected or- chestrations from unknown points of Palatine and began hammering away in each other's homes as long as could be tolerated. When school began the efforts of the new instrumental music teacher were drafted and immediately things began to draw sparks. The first was the nicknaming of the band to H. G. Cham and gravyj which thc newcomer explained was fitting because all bands playing only choruses were branded as 'ham and gravy' bands. Soon the phrase took humor and each piece of music is now marked: 'HG' or 'AT' accordingly as the band chooses to play ham-gravy fashion or all through. Early in the year the PTHS dance band prove-d its usefulness by playing for a number of the opening school parties and for the opening of assembly programs. The community became in- terested and su1'rounding 1'ural school districts, and for the entire year the band was very busy with many community functions,-providing cake was served. Night practices offered much fun with the usual temperamental practices followed by-more cake. Early in the spring the band showed its ego- tism by playing such dance classics as Dinah, Tiger Rag, and St. Louis Blues, which ended- not bad! The Harmony Snatchers furnished music for the three school plays of the year and played at several church dinners. A school function of any sort did not seem to be complete without the pep- py dance band. The final appearance of the school year was the grade school commencement. Louise W4-lite. Ili-rluvrl Swl-itzi-r. .lohn 'l'uelymun. llnrvl-y llc-luis. R. A. Kay. Marvin l'l:itf-. l'. W. Vr-rvloa-I. lion 'llll0lllDH0ll, llowurd Wittenburg. YEAR BOOK

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THE SPOTLIGHT HOME ECONOMICS OFFICERS President ,,...,.,........,. ......,, ......... H e nrietta Meyers Vice-President ,,.... ....A,Y..,.,,,., l sabel Wente Sec'y-Treasurer ,.... .. ........ Florence Eng-elking Social Chairman... .... ............ D olores Meyers Faculty Sponsor ,.............,..... Miss Maxine Cool: l-'rout lluw llulli linstninpr llcrzilsliin- lfuniolse-n. lilt-:lllor liivh. l.:ulir:l Glulle-, lil-rnim-41 Lollsa-. Miss Maxine 1'nul:. Hull: Nl-liru-4-4l1-i'. Viviun lim-pp, l r:niil-vs Svlixmvlln-l', Iiflnn Nino th-rllzurllt llVsinn ll1'1 41 ' 1 ' 2 . lllllllll N-l-mul limi' l'l'illll'l'S I4lll'l'SSl'll. llq-I1-n lH1'l'li1'l'. Nlnrluli llnvrs svn. l l'allu-vs l4l'lllllN'l', lll-lm-ii Sl-lioppv, vl'llll1'lil llnnilstrnin. Elsie- nl I this lx l ml XX nll lull: Nl: lui Xllll in lxll l l'ull ', 'is '..'c', in 'N' 'I' ', I .' Wi , . : fu - nlng. l'l'Ill'l 1,1-svli-i',g. 'I'llir1l llow xlfll'-illl'll' livvlilllilll. idl'2l4'l' l7l1'l'lit'l'. Irvin- l.:lng:- lmrsf. liuluiw-4 3l1'yl'l's, Ilf'lll'll'llZI Moyl-rs, lsailu-l xvvllllh l'il1'Illll1l'2I illtl-mlorf, .lllu-rtn xV1'li1'l'1'l'. lflnrvinw- lfliigm-lliiiig. lllllllvil Lund- Sll'1rlll. ldlsiv lil'llllS Sallie- Iillll1lNll'lIlll, Irvnm- lwsoburgr. . , . l'1llll'lll limi' lmrolliy M1-yn-r. lmroilly 5lll'l'lll1'l'. Xlyrlln- llvl- mlm-n. Vivian Sim-wart, Winil'rl-el Iil':Illllhl4'l'. liZll'li:ll'2l llllIll':lll lulsn All-ss. Irs-no Sl'llI'2Illl, Milllrell liittner. lflstln-1' llc-liter. XI.llull.l Sn:itlml'l'. Home Economics Club The Home Economics department has had an active year. Early in the fall a reception for Mrs. Ernest Iler was sponsored. Food was pre- pared by the girls of the club and a style show of cotton dresses was presented by the sew- ing class. Mrs. Lavender, representing an Elgin depart- ment store, gave a lecture to club members and their mothers on Textiles and Fall Trends. The clothing class completed four projects this year as follows: Q17 a cotton problem with choice ol' making pajamas, shorts, aprons or slips, 121 a cotton dressg Q31 a wool dressg C41 a silk dress. In a McCall dress contest Esther Zyc won first, Janet Pomeroy, secondg and Evelyn Schwo- low, third. Mrs. Ernest Iler, Mrs. Adolph God- knecht and Mrs. Feddler were the contest judges. The Foods class had the unusual opportunity of managing a cafeteria on a large scale. Every girl worked at each cafeteria station two Weeks. The cafeteria was open all winter to students and faculty and the sum of 35294.48 indi- cates the volume of business. In December the foods class gave a banquet to the board members, their wives and the faculty. P. T. H.S 1 9 3 4 Girls Athletics President ............... ........ F lorence Eng-elking Vice-President ........ ......... H bnrietta Meyers Treasurer ........,.. ................ D orothy Shermer Sponsor .,...... ....... P auline A. Hackbarth The G. A. A. met at the beginning of the year to decide what they should do since they no longer belonged to the state organization. lt was agreed that it would be best to retain the same standard of points for awards as those set up by the na- tional G. A. A.-namely 1200 points for a school letter. Since Friday night was the only night set aside for girls athletics it was decided that man- agers for each sport should be chosen and be rc- sponsible for their sport. The following Junior girls were chosen: Vivian Stewart-Roller Skat- ing, Maurine Roberds-Hiking, Emma Grace Tre- pus-Bicycle Riding, and Kathryn Hans-Gym. Among the to be remembered events are found the roller skating treasure hunt, the hike to the show at Barrington and the return truck ride, the annual breakfast hike to Arlington and finally but still felt, the 12 mile bike ride. The remaining Friday nights were spent in playing Volley Ball, Basketball, and Baseball. A luncheon was given by the other members of the G. A. A. to the following girls who received their school letter: Geraldine Danielsen, Alberta Wetterer, Marjorie Beckman, Vivian Stewart, Winifred Krambier, Dolores Meyers, Florence En- gelking, Elsa Mess, Isabel Wente, Esther Reuter, Emma Grace Trepus, Maurine Roberds, and Kath- ryn Hans. ' l 1 .nt Ilow lmlvrvs Ali-ylws. Louisa- NV4-ntl-. llntli h'lrnlu-r. Hur- jun lXilSfllllI llnllu Qt'lll'lll'4lt'l' l lorl-in-v I-'n-ft-ll'in-f 1'-11,41 W. ng, fs- v . ,,. i ,., s. ' - -, lla-nrie-Iln Mn-yi-rs. I Sol-null How Miss l':inIinr- ll:n-klmrrli. llyrllf- Ill-irll-n, Wini- llul lxmlnliin-l'. Viviun Sl4'XVZlI'l liIlllll'Vll ll-uns Xl4iriln'il- l l-1-I'ln'ln . . . x . 1.. '-. . ' ' ' , -. . N I-'ninri 1 1 nf In pn 'l'liil'rl llow Aliw- Nvitz. lislln-r llvnlvr, iil'l':llllllll' llnnivlst-n. NI:irjoriu Nlzixwl-ll, xlIllll'ill1' ltnln-rals. Virgrinizn 'l'l1ul's:1l11lu-11 .I:ln1-1. l'unn-rny. Fnnrtli How Irvin- l,:m,:lml'sI, Allwrln W4-ll-1-4-y-I I,-pm. Svlirzini, lilsn Mess. 1illI'lHll':l llnnvnn. lim-olliy Ali-yur. lmrolliy Sheriner. YEAR BOOK