Palatine High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Palatine, IL)

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Palatine graduate heads school system ABOVE: Dr. Richard Kolze. 1947. when he assumed the superintendency in 1970. RIGHT: Administrative assistants: Keith Shelton. top. is assistant ' superintendent: mustached Dr. Bruce Alter 'ott is associate su erintendent' E P - and Dr. Gerald Chapman is assistant to the superintendent. School board members number 63 from 1914 when district 211 forms Jody Albrecht Eugene Baker Daniel Bergman Carroll Blanehar John Bopp Willard Brown Carl Buehler Anna Countryman Frances Cornwell Robert Creek John Day Paul Engler Jean Fisler William Fremd August Hackbarth Glenn Hargrave Thomas Hart N. S. Heise Harris Helgeson William Henning Patil Hughes 1975- 1963-69 1923-47 Q25 yrsj 1952- Q3 mol 1948-54 1963-67 1965-68 1972- 1954-58 1969- 1949-52 1953-62 Q10 yrsj 1973- 1937-72 Q36 yrsj 1920-23 1972-75 1920-24. 1930-32 1914-20 1949-71 Q23 yrsj 1915-27 Q13 yrsl 1971-73 James Humphrey Lyle Johnson E. Erie Jones C. V. Julian Harrison Kincaid John Kreft J. M. Kuebler Alexander Langsdorf George Ledford Carl Lewin William Mair Charles Malody Leighton Mangels David Mann P. H. Mathie L. L. McMaster Emory Moore Charles Morris Wilfred Muller Carolyn Mullins William Neitz 1963-67. 1968-72 1967-71 1958-63 1924-28 1935-42 1925-34 Q 10 yrsb 1914-15 1970-72 1968-69 1958-61. 1962-65 1933-39 ' 1934-39. 1942-44 1948-58 Q1 1 yrsl 1960-63 1914-15 1929-30 1954-58 1918-29Q12 yrsl 1943-48 1969-72 1926-34 William Ost R. L. Peck George Pearson Edward Perry Martin Plate Arthur Plote William Reese F. J. Rohde W. F. Scherding Robert Seger Alvin Skibhe A. G. Smith William Stenstrom Howard Smith J. H. Toynton N. L. Thompson Donald Truitt Elmer Wente R.S. Williams Robert Williamson Elliott Woodruff 1927-33. 39-43 Q11 yrsl 1914-20 1958-60 1973- 1935-49 Q15 yrs? 1940-58 Q19 yrsl 1914-18 1914-23 Q10yrsl 1916-25 Q10 yrs! 1971- 1932-35 1914-33 Q20 yrs1 1972- 1938-41 1929-35 1923-39 Q13 yrsl 1960-69 Q10 yrsj 1947-53 1942-49 1958-62 1952-54

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The name McElroy is synonymous with Palatine High, but it was a young history teacher coming from lowa in the fall of 1931 who be- gan the 39 year McElroy saga. For S1600 he was to teach history and math and supervise the Spotlight. Sports was an easy addition. An ardent sports fan, he turned into a fine coach. Carl Megel may have started the Palatine track invi- tational, but Mr. McElroy's adding the relays named the ann-ual event. He substituted softball for foot- ball in 1937, brought back cross country in 1940 and began golf in 1950. When he became principal in April 1944, he was to continue as coach. His S3500 salary the following year, he was told, was near the limit that could be paid by the district. Mr. McElroy was iwell liked, and students of the . 1930s sing the praises of McElroy, Megel and Vervloet. Although superintendent had been bandied about before, Mr. , McElroy was really 21 lls first. the first to match job to title. The 1957 Spotlight designated him superintendent principal, but in 1959 he was superintendent only. The McElroy saga covering 39 years saw Palatine grow from a school of nine teachers and 175 students to a district of 353 teachers and 6394 students. From a teacher gladly earning 51600, he retired at a salary of 327,000 From a dedicated teacher and sports devotee in one small building, he was in charge of three buildings and had built a fourth and was directing an S11 million budget when he left school work. His love of community has carried on in his work on the library board and in the book store, which he and Mrs. McElroy share. Nothing flashy, said school board member William Fremd of Mr. McElroy. He was a steady worker making Palatine known for student morale, good discipline and sound financial administration. Maybe he was best at teacher recruitment. There are still many teachers in the district who bear the McElroy stamp of approval. Adelheid Gieske came to Pala- tine High in 1944 when Mr. McElroy stepped up as principal. Her 23 years here were years of perfection in literature and composition. Meticulous was the word for Mrs. Gieske, and idealistic, enter- rising, well organized, proper, kind and generous also describe this gracious lady and scholar. A graduate of the University of Ghicago, her English scholarship as matched by that in German and music. Art and travel were other loves. All of these she used in teaching English. No teacher can measure how many lives she has reached, but there are many who speak in a softer voice when they name Mrs. Gieske. Mrs. Gieske developed an English department with a strong writing and grammar program that in no way took from the beauty and un- derstanding that is found in literature. From the pens of her students flowed creativity. They wrote poems they never dreamed were pxossible. Of er, Mr. McElroy said, Students found her strict, but a person with patience and under- standing. They also found warmth of personality. And Mr. Newen- dorp said at her retirement at age 70, Most noteworthy is the fact that she is a fine person whose high standards of personal conduct sometimes hide the fact that she is an unusually kind and generous person, who has come to the aid of many a student and young teacher. Many of those who benefited from her acts of kindness never knew from whence they came. This year Ray Mills closes 30 years at Palatine High, 30 years of guiding young people into their futures. His joyfu knowledge of the world outside the classroom enriched the lives of those he touched, and in the early years, he touched them all. Clarke Garrett, 1952 graduate, in writing of teachers who had made an impact said, . . . and Ray Mills, who drew out ideas and possibilities we didn't know we had. His memories of Mr. Mills are as a social science teacher, senior guidance counselor, direc- tor of student activities, art appreciation teacher, student council adviser, boys counselor, and explorer scout master. Although he never taught behind the wheel driver education, he taught the classroom course. As his adminis- trative duties as assistant princi- pal and dean of boys became heavier, his teaching load lessened. But in 1958 when guidance became a department of two with five part time counselors, he was still in art. Mr. Mills continued head of guidance until 1972. College night was one of his innovations. He visited many colleges, the better to help students choose well. History is rarely absolute. A yellowed piece of paper or an old notebook may change some of what we put down here, but we do know that the solid subjects, varied by teacher specialties, held forth I continued page 229j

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Board seeks offers for Palatine building I, ' 4 The fate of the Palatine building is in the hands of these board members, who in the fall will make known their decision. ABOVE: board president Robert Creek. and LEFT: Jim Slater, business manager. with Anna Countryman and Robert Seger Jean Fisler and Edward Perry: and William Stenstrom and Jody Albrecht Mr. Perry did not seek reelection in April, Presidential Tenure Ralph L. Peck Thomas C. Hart Charles B. Morris Thomas C. Hart A. R. Skibbe Harrison A. Kincaid William G. Ost Charles H. Malody Charles H. Malocly R. S. Williams Martin E. Plate William Fremd Emory Moore William Fremd Robert Williamson E. Erie Jones Paul Engler Donald Truitt Carl Lewin Harris Helgeson William Fremd Eugene Baker Donald Truitt James Humphrey Lyle Johnson Robert Creek I9 14-20 1920-24 1924-30 1930-32 1932-35 1935-42 1942-43 1943-48 194849 194849 194849 1949-56 1956-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-6 1 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-76 5 1