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Revision as of 13:57, 20 January 2016

Carl Schurz High School
Address
Map
3601 N. Milwaukee Avenue

Chicago
,
Illinois
60641

United States
Coordinates41°56′51″N 87°44′08″W / 41.9474°N 87.7355°W / 41.9474; -87.7355
Information
School typePublic Secondary
MottoA block long and a world wide.
Opened1910
School districtChicago Public Schools
CEEB code140700[1]
PrincipalDaniel M. Kramer
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment1,199 (2015–16)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Purple
  Gold[2]
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League[2]
Team nameBulldogs[2]
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
YearbookSchurzone[4]
Nobel laureatesVincent du Vigneaud
(1955 Chemistry)
Harry Markowitz
(1990 Economics)
Websiteschurzhs.org
Carl Schurz High School
Location3601 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, Illinois
NRHP reference No.11000031[5]
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 2011

Carl Schurz High School is a public 4–year high school located in the old section of the Irving Park neighborhood on the north–west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school is named after German–American Carl Schurz, a statesman, soldier, and advocate of democracy in Germany. The school building, which represents a combination of the Chicago and Prairie schools of architecture, was designed in 1910 by Dwight H. Perkins and designated a Chicago Landmark on December 7, 1979.[6] It is considered one of "150 great places in Illinois" by the American Institute of Architects.[7] The AIA has described the school as Perkins's masterpiece, "an important example of early-twentieth century architecture, utilizing elements of both the Chicago and Prairie schools."[7]

History

The land upon which the current school is built was purchased in 1908, and is about two blocks south of an older building which was also Carl Schurz High School (located at 2338 N. 41st Court).[8] The final site was approved in October 1908, with an estimated $500,000 construction cost.[9] Shortly after the school's opening, Carl Schurz's son donated a picture of his father and copies of his father's two published works to the school.[10] The school was formally dedicated on the evening of 18 November 1910, with a presentation of a bust of the school's namesake.[11] Able to accommodate 1,400 students, the building included an assembly hall, gymnasium, foundry, forgeroom, a physiographical lab, and lunch room.[11]

Athletics

Schurz competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA); the organization that governs most athletic and competitive activities in the state. Teams are stylized as the Bulldogs. The following teams finished in the top four of their IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:[12]

  • Baseball: state champions (1954–55, 68–69)
  • Cross country (boys): 4th place (1947–48)
  • Soccer (boys): 2nd place (1977–78)
  • Swimming and diving (boys): 3rd place (1946–47)

Notable alumni

  • Sheldon Harnick
    Sheldon Harnick
  • Lt. General Emerson C. Itschner
    Lt. General Emerson C. Itschner
  • Donald C. Johanson
    Donald C. Johanson
  • General David M. Maddox
    General David M. Maddox

References

  1. ^ "High School Code Search". College Board. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Chicago (Schurz)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Institution Summary for Schurz High School". AdvacedED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Schurzone". Schurz High School. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/22/11 through 2/25/11". National Park Service. March 4, 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. ^ Schurz High School. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
  7. ^ a b "Schurz High School". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
  8. ^ "Charges Neglect of Schools: Ald. McNeal Calls Sanitation in Old Buildings Intolerable - City orders Inspection - Tour of Poorer Districts Probably Will Be Made This Week - Names Badly Kept Schools - Orders Manual Equipment", Chicago Daily Tribune, p. 11, 11 June 1908, It also approved the purchase of a site for the new Carl Schurz high school to replace the school of the same name at 2338 North Forty-first court.
  9. ^ "Decries High School Outlay: Cooley Objects to Giving Facilities to Rich and Not to Poor - Lower Grades Need Room - Basements and "Portables" for Children of Congested Wards - Guerin and Spiegel with Cooley - Question of Fact Disputed - Schurz School Site Chosen", Chicago Daily Tribune, p. 1, 17 October 1908, The site of the proposed $500,00 Carl Schurz High school ... was determined ... the school will be located at Addison street and Milwaukee avenue ...
  10. ^ "Schurz's Son Sends a Gift", Chicago Daily Tribune, p. 12, 4 November 1910, ... member of the Board of Education received ... a letter expressing gratitude toward the school board for naming the high school ... The writer also announced that he was sending a set of his father's literary works and a picture of their author for the school.
  11. ^ a b "Dedicate the Schurz School: Exercises to be held tomorrow night at new Northwest Side $500,000 structure", Chicago Daily Tribune, p. 13, 17 November 1910, ... it has an assembly hall, gymnasium, foundry, forgeroom, woodworking shops, physiographical laboratory, office, teacher's room, and lunch room ... The capacity of the school is 1,400 students.
  12. ^ "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 25 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Schurz Alumni Hall of Fame". Schurz High School. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Schurz Sports Hall of Fame". Schurz High School. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bell, Taylor (22 April 2008), "Schurz Bulldogs", Chicago Sun-Times, retrieved 25 January 2010
  16. ^ Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Christian K. (2007), The American Midwest: an interpretive encyclopedia, Bloomington, IN, USA: Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-34886-2, (p. 901) Sybil Bauer was born in Chicago on September 18, 1903, and learned to swim at age fifteen at Carl Schurz High School.
  17. ^ Pruter, Robert. "Girls Interscholastic Swimming in the Chicago Public Schools, 1917-1934". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Retrieved 25 January 2010. In all the contests that Schurz participated in, the school won, because its team included one of the all-time greats of women swimming on its squad, senior Sybil Bauer.
  18. ^ Schwartz, Seth (16 May 2004), "Chicagoan Diaz looks dominating Brock also rings up impressive victory vs. Smith at DePaul", Chicago Sun-Times, retrieved 25 January 2010, David Diaz has talked before about becoming a world champion ... "We trained extra hard to prepare for this fight," said Diaz, a Schurz graduate who improved to 24-0 with 13 knockouts.
  19. ^ New York Times, AP (16 February 1979), "Slain Envoy a Man of Compassion", Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee, WI, USA), p. 9, retrieved 25 January 2010, After completing Carl Schurz High School in Chicago he attended Beloit. His classmates saying that they did not want to call him by Adolph Hitler's first name, nicknamed him "Spike" ...
  20. ^ Hoffman, Klaus (1987). "Vincent Du Vigneaud (1901-1978)" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of the NAtional Academy of Sciences. 56. Washington, DC, USA: National Academy of Sciences: 543. Retrieved 25 January 2010. Vincent du Vigneaud was born in Chicago in 1901 ... He attended Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, from which he graduated in 1918.
  21. ^ "Ed Earle". statistics & biographic information. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  22. ^ "Loyola Mourns The Passing Of Ed Earle: Former Rambler scored over 1,000 points in his career". press release. Loyola University Athletic Department. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2010. Former Loyola University Chicago men's basketball star Ed Earle passed away March 26. Earle, a graduate of Schurz High School in Chicago, was a member of the Ramblers' program from 1946-50 and currently ranks 36th on the school's career scoring chart with 1,018 points.
  23. ^ Pruter, Robert. "The Glorious History of High School Speedskating In Illinois 1921 to 1988". essay. Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Retrieved 25 January 2010. The 1932 Public League meet, which Austin was for the second year in a row, featured another future Olympian and Hall of Famer, Leo Freisinger of Schurz High. The senior knocked an unheard 30 seconds off the record for the mile distance, and in 1936 represented the United States in the Olympic Games.
  24. ^ "Biography of Sheldon Harnick". biographic scketch. Music Theater International. Retrieved 25 January 2010. Carl Schurz High School 1938-1942
  25. ^ "Luke Johnsos". statistics & biographic info. databasefootball.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  26. ^ Gregory, Ted (11 June 2006). "Terrence McCann: 1934-2006Wrestler won Olympic goldAfter achieving height of success at 1960 Games, he helped to establish USA Wrestling". Obituary. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 January 2010. At Schurz High School in 1952, Terrence McCann was an ardent and successful wrestler. But he was an indifferent student who wanted to wrestle at University of Iowa.
  27. ^ Associated Press (15 October 1946), "Best Yard Gainers Were In Air Force", Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee, WI, USA), p. 2, retrieved 25 January 2010, The Big Ten top two gainers ... Vic Schwall of Northwestern ... Schwall was a star on Chicago's Schurz high school ice skating team, and would like to see the conference make speed skating an intercollegiate sport.
  28. ^ "Vic Schwall". statistics & biographic info. Databasefootball.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  29. ^ "Ken Silvestri". statistics and biographic info. The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  30. ^ Davis, Jeff (2006), Papa Bear: The Life and Legacy of George Halas, New York, NY, USA: McGraw Hill Professional, ISBN 0-07-147741-1, (p. 298) "I always think of Don Stonesifer," Gleason said. "Stoney made the most remarkable catch. Stoney went to Schurz and Northwestern, played with the Cardinals ...
  31. ^ "Don Stonesifer". statistics & biographic info. Databasefootball.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  32. ^ "Norm Swanson". statistics & biographic info. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  33. ^ Peterson, William E. (6 November 2003). "Illinois Senate Resolution 0299". Senate of the 93rd Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 28 February 2010. WHEREAS, Mr. Vanderpoel was born in Chicago's Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest side; he graduated from Schurz High School in 1939 ...
  34. ^ "Alvin "Moose" Wistert". biographic sketch. College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  35. ^ "Francis "Whitey" Wistert". biographic sketch. College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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