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Stagg High School 50th Anniversary Celebration

CHICAGO - Stagg High School in Palos
Hills will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a namesake event
April 12 at the University of Chicago’s Bartlett Hall, where Amos Alonzo Stagg
served as associate professor and director of athletics.

The celebration begins with a tour of
architectural landmarks at 5 p.m. starting at the Ratner Athletics Center, followed
by a reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the hall. The celebration will feature
hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and desserts. Door prizes will be given; winners must
be present.

The event, hosted by the newly formed
Stagg Community Organization, incorporates the talents of students. The Stagg
Madrigal Singers and Stagg Jazz Band will perform, and students in the culinary
department will make desserts. In addition, art students are involved in
creating the tickets and graphics for the program’s ad book, and graphic arts
students will help produce material for the event.

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Tickets, which cost $40 per adult,
will be sold until April 1; none will be sold at the door. A shuttle bus from
Stagg costs $5. E-mail StaggSCO@gmail.com for information. The community, alumni, parents, faculty, staff
and retired employees are welcome.

Stagg served the University of
Chicago from 1892 to 1932, and his office was in Bartlett Hall. The high school
proudly displays one of those doors in its Stagg History Room, obtained when
renovations took place at the hall.

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A pioneering college coach, especially in
football, Stagg brought innovation to the game, inventing the lateral pass,
huddle, uniform numbers and tackling dummy. He helped organize the Western
Conference, predecessor to the Big Ten Conference. He was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 both as a player and as a coach. The
Division III championship game for the NCAA is known as the Stagg Bowl.






























Stagg
High School serves the communities of Palos Hills, Palos Park, Palos Heights,
Hickory Hills, Bridgeview, Worth, Willow Springs, and Orland Park.  

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