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About Lane Tech
(Left to right) 1954 Yearbook cover, 2006-07
Administration, 1918 Lane Tech Prep Magazine, the Lane Tech
Clock tower
Latest Articles
End of Year BarBQ hosted by the Fields of Dreams Committee
5/23/07
Questions and Answers about the NFL Grant Awarded to Lane Tech 3/15/07
Pictures Now: Lane Tech vs Loyola Boys Varsity Basketball game
3/2/07
Letter from the Chairman of the Lane Tech Century
Foundation 3/5/07
Lane Tech Receives $200,000 NFL Grant 01/24/07
19th
Annual Alumni Football Fellowship Day
09/12/06
Chicago Public Schools Open New All-Boys High School 10/3/06
Pictures Now: Sights from the Homecoming Football Game October 6, 2006
10/6/06
Keith
Foley Steps Down as Lane Tech Principal 10/7/06
Lights for
Lane Stadium 8/25/2006
Pictures Past:
Pictures of Old Lane Tech Yearbook Covers
A true
Lane Tech fan honors the past, enjoys the present, and builds
towards the future. The following is a unique collection of past
yearbook covers. Lane Tech has been in the past one of the few
schools in America that creates from scratch it's entire
yearbook.
Do you
have a picture of a yearbook cover you would like to contribute?
If so, email it
to us.
1939 Lane Tech Yearbook cover.
1958
1957
1959
About Lane Tech
March 05, 2007
PICTURES NOW
FAN PICTURES
Lane Tech vs. Loyola Academy
IHSA Regional Final
March 2, 2007
Lane Tech girls varsity basketball players Kim Barton with
Marcus Jordan (Left) and Maria Joyce (right).
"We've never had a like we did Friday night
[at the Lane vs Loyola Game]. The fans got there early and we're
really into the game. " --- Lane Tech Head Varsity
Basketball Coach Leroy Jarka on the great number of Lane Tech
Fans (close to 1,000 Lane fans attended the game).
Lane baseball player
Lane Tech Loonie
Lane Tech fan
Featured Article
Lane Technical College Prep High School
Lane Technical College Prep High School, colloquially known as Lane Tech is a
high school located in the north side of Chicago, IL. It's one of the oldest
schools in the city, and with an enrollment of over four thousand students, it
is the largest. According to the school’s website, Lane produces more Ph.D.s
than any other high school in the country.
Foundation and early years
Named after
Albert Grannis Lane, Lane Tech was founded
in 1908 as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School. The school's
name was changed in the same year to the Albert Grannis Lane Technical High
School to reflect the expanding curriculum. The name was only recently changed
to Lane Technical College Prep High School. The original location of the school
was on Division and Sedgwick in Chicago.
Within the first few years of the school's operation, students could take
advantage of a wide array of technical classes. Freshmen were offered
carpentry,
cabinet making, and wood turning.
Sophomores received training in foundry, forge, welding, coremaking and molding.
Juniors could take classes in the machine shop. Seniors were able to take
electric shop which was the most advanced.
By 1930 Lane Tech had a student population of over 7,000. To alleviate the
burden of such a large student body, plans for a new school were drawn up by
Board of Education architect John C. Christensen. The groundbreaking ceremony
was on June 24, 1930 and the location of Western and Addison is where the
current school stands today.
Upon the school’s completion at its new location, over 9,000 students marched
from Wrigley Field on its dedication day,
September 17,
1934. Lane's huge student body necessitated
that classes be held in three shifts.
Lane's contribution to the war efforts
During
World War II, Lane Tech students ran drives
to aid in the war effort. The drives generated over 3 million dollars in
war bonds, a
B-17 bomber and four
Red Cross
ambulances. Additionally the shop classes
constructed a glider which was given to the military.
Lane adopted a closed admission policy in
1958 on the school's 50th anniversary. All
remedial classes were eliminated and only top tier students were admitted to the
school. This coincided with the beginning of the
space race between the
United States and the
USSR. Lane changed its educational policy
to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in
science and technology.
Admittance of female students
In 1971 one of the most drastic changes in the Lane's history occurred. Citing a
drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls, Superintendent James
Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech. The Board of Education
concurred and girls were admitted as students for the first time. Fifteen
hundred male students protested the change but the decision was not changed. The
fear was that academic achievement at the school would suffer. In actuality,
Lane’s academic performance improved.
Special school events
Lane Tech is the only school in Illinois to still have a Memorial Day rally. In
years past, Mr. Jack Finnerty presided over commemorating the veterans, but
since his death Mr. Semenek has taken over his duties.
School song
The school song "Go, Lane, Go" was written in
1915 by a student named Jack T. Nelson.
Lane was one of only a few schools at the time to have an original school song.
Go, Lane
For we are here to cheer for you,
Go, Lane
to you we'll e'er be true.
Be fearless and bold for the Myrtle and the Gold,
Add laurels to our fame
(Go, Lane, Go)
Go, Lane; we're with you,
Go Lane we'll cheer you,
Go, Lane and win this game;
Just take this as a little tip,
we're bound to win the championship,
So Go, Lane, Go, Lane Go!
(We're with you!)
Go, Lane, Go Lane, Go!
(Hit `em high! Hit `em low!)
Go Lane Go!
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