Morton High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Morton, IL)

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The forelgn language requlrement fox college entrance IS met by Morton stud ents xx ho take the txxo years of Latln of tered under Miss Smlth s lnstructlon Students flnd that these courses are of lmmedlatv. value ln lncreaslng their vo cabularles and thelr understandlng or Engllsh grammar They also dlSCOX0l much of lnterest and beauty in the his tory and mythology of the anc ent Po mans Latm I class members keep scrap books Latm II does projects Both ex c1te much mterest generally The cl1 max of course IS reached ln the annual Latm banquet xx here senators gods and goddesses eat xvlth thelr fmgers' Mr Whltaker thls year lb teach1ng third semester algebra plane geometry and trlgonometry 'Vhss Smlth s mathc matlcs classes are all freshmen alge bra practlcal math and remedlal arlth met1c Thls last named class IS nexx n the currlculum belng part of an effort to brlng to the mdlvldual student the partlcular portlon of mathematics that seems hkely to meet h1S needs and tastes Thus college bound students are enabled to take advanced courses wh11e those with other plans may take a m1n selves to the1r chosen llne of study The physlcs and chemlstry classes mampulate a great deal of mysterlous look1ng equlpment and produce at ln tervals strange fragrances or IS that too strong a word In Mr XKfhlt3.k91 classes they are taking f1rst steps into the mysterlous and fasclnatmg xx orld of laxx and order xx h1ch both thc scxentlst and the mathematlclan knoxx Interests thus axx akened may lead some at least of these students to dlscoverles of great xvorth and into l1ves of servlce to man kmd lg b w um Abb uc . . . , . . . . H . . . . V - . L ' v ' A ' 3 7 Y Y Y l ' ' ' ' ' Latin I class relaxes from amo, amas, amat. I 1 . . . , - v -v ' X 7 . . . . , ' - ' l I Y . ' - . . ffl ' lmum of mathematlcs and devote them- -4 ' ' Collaboration in c e ra - . man, ' - Jane Ackerman. ' ' The new gravitational theory? Well, no-iust f ' ' - their own. J. Heiniger, Mr. Whitaker, C. Arnett B. eighin. i 1 - s , . ' . . V i JS 7 Y i Y A -

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W yW7 M1ss Grote teaches Home Economlcs I II III advlses FHA and IS a co ad vlsor of the Human Relatlons club She IS also a newcomer th1s year and was greeted by a hard case ot mumps Dur mg MISS Grotes absence her classes xx ere taught by the two student teachers from the U of I Mlss Woodburn and Mlss Samelson After teachmv the re qulred number of hours MISS bamelson too took to her bed XV1th mumps Thls amuslng course of events was com pleted when Mlss Woodburn awoke on Chrlstmas mormnff xx 1th you guessed THE MUMPQ' The glrls 1n Homemakmg I learn the fundamentals of eooklng and sewlng ThlS year all the glrls began by makmg blouses by the same pattern Thls en abled the class to work together on thelr garments They prepared an Easter luncheon and 1IlV1tEd the woman facul ty members The decorated table set tmgs and the good food made the lunch eon qulte a success Earller 1n the year thls class made several very clever posters on manners and good groommg and for some txme to follow they brlghtened the class rooms and hallways Mxss Smlth and Mr Whxtaker share the advlsory dutles for both the senlor class and the Cauldron Mr Whltaker also mspxres and supervlses the act1v1 tles of the Sclence Club whlle the Latln Club IS MISS Srnlth s responslblllty M T H S felt honored last sprmg when Mr Whltaker was chosen for a fellow sh1p by the Case Inst1tute of Technologv at Cleveland where he subsequently spent the summer Sxnce thls was a Gen eral Electrlc Felloushxp perhaps lt IS appropr1ate to descrlbe Mr Whlt3k9TS experlence as an xllumlnatmg one'

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MG g M The typlng classes are always popu lar Wlth JUHIOFS and semors Miss Mel v1n teaches first year students the pun clples of typew r1t1ng and a few bLlb1l19SS forms A student receives a full credlt lf he can type 35 words a mlnute for flfteen mlnutes If he does not attam thls rate he YGCGIVCS a half credlt The rate for second year students 1s 45 xx ords a mlnute for flfteen mmutes mth flVP errors or less A full cred1t 1s glven IH thlS course even though the student does not make thls rate Miss MGIVIH teaches typlng I short hand I and bookkeeplng MISS Sh1rley Jones teaches typlng II shorthand II and general busmess These two teachers supervise the typ lng stenclllng and mlmeographmg ol the Phllosopher the school newspaper The shorthand classes are popular too Brlef forms SDQCIHI forms practlcc dlctatlon and transcrlptlon and flnally flV9 mlnute takes make up the course of study for flrst year students Begln nlng at 40 words per mlnute the flrst year shorthand class xx orks up to about advanced shorthand class studles addl tlonal SDQCIHI forms and mcreases then speed sklll untll by the end of the yeal some members are usually able to take d1ctat1on at 120 words per mlnute for 5 minutes Mr Sam Huette wo has been custod lan of M T H S for the past twenty three years has seen m my changes come ovel the school We feel that h1s SQFVICCS and efforts are an lmportant part of Morton Hlgh and they 'ue greatly appreclated 18 I 'Y R gm W, f R , , . rimm, P. Cusick, D. Finnigan, C. Rossi in Typin III. V. urlin, J. Stoller prepare for secretarial work. . . . c ' , ' , Y n nw s . n s - . 1 . u , K , - 1 ' y 1 n 1 s ' ' KK 31 1 ' ' L' ' . . n n . I Ll ' , A u 1 1 7 . ' . . 80 words per minute for 5 minutes. The r - f ' ' . . ' . A . I . ' i f ' - 1 l c i i ' - . Y . - l ' L - v . ' l . . . . - . w ' L ' . , . . Z . ' , , I , a . , . '. . , C- 1 - X Lei i M'ss Be? Mefvin i Miss Shirlev Jones I Custodian Mr. Som Hu2t1e