Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Mathematics and science are needed not only by those students who plan to enter the fields of engineering or science, but by all students who hope to be able to think out adult problems logically, who want a well-rounded education, and who desire a broad outlook on life. Only with these attri- butes will adults of tomorrow be able to make progress no matter what their fields. Morton’s Mathematics Department is headed by Glenn Flansburg. The Science Department is the only chair- manless department in the school. Students in general math and prac- tical math classes reviewed the fun- damentals of arithmetic. Freshman algebra introduced stu- dents to signed numbers, equations, formulas, and graphs; junior, or ad- vanced, algebra went further, dealing with imaginary numbers, logarithms, and determinants. Plane geometry was offered to sophomores, while seniors could take solid geometry and trigonometry. The latter course dealt with triangles and their functions. All Morton students must take health and safety, offering instruction in principles of physical, mental, and emotional health, as well as safety. Each Morton student must also take two semesters of at least one other science. Biology dealt with botany and zoology and gave students many op- portunities to use microscopes. Physics students learned about physical science — motion, light, power, sound — and Morton’s junior chemists studied the various forms of matter and the chem- ical changes which they undergo. FLORENCE HART is busy examining a specimen under a microscope in the biology laboratory. Biology students, taught by Donald Harper, Julian Rasmussen, and Gerald Spitzer, ROBERT ATKINS of the E. I. du Pont de Ne- mours Co. holds the atten- tion of one of Mrs. Esther Hand’s physics classes as he discusses opportunities in the field of science. MRS. HAND, Richard Jarnagin, Tony DeRosa, and Carol Krupa are in- tent on watching a demon- stration being run in the physics - chemistry labora- tory. often took field trips to discover the wonders of nature and gather specimens for use in the lab.

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Page 12 Mathematics , Science Classes The Students of Today Will Make the Progress of Tomorrow LEARNING TO work the slide rule is an interesting part of Glenn Flansburg ' s Algebra VI class, agree this trio. They also studied logarithms, permutations, combinations, probability, and progressions. JOANN EVANS, Christine Swalick, Judy Thomas, and Mrs. Nancy Squibb, plane geometry teacher, decorate a Christmas tree with ornaments they made in geometrical forms. Students in another geometry class, this one taught by Miss Marjorie Groves, are trying to prove theorms on the black- board. THOSE PROBLEMS must be hard, judging by the faces of these students in Charles Chidester ' s practical math class. The course consisted of a review of fundamentals of arithmetic computation.

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Page 14 Commercial Classes Mortonites Study for Office Jobs SALESMANSHIP STUDENTS, taught by Mrs. Estelle Gress, are interested in techniques used by Judy Fleming in selling. CLERICAL PRACTICE students learn to operate various business machines with Mrs. Dorothy Soderberg’s assistance. Last year the Commercial De- partment, headed by Mrs. Dorothy Smith, prepared Morton students for the business world. General business presented busi- ness essentials to students planning, to take no further business courses. Bookkeeping readied students for bookkeeping positions; business law aimed to give the student an under- standing of commercial law, and salesmanship presented general merchandising principles. Personal and office typewriting skills were taught in typing classes, and shorthand students studied Gregg Shorthand Simplified. Ad- vanced typing and shorthand were combined, forming stenography, a two-period course. Clerical practice students studied filing and various computing and duplicating ma- chines. GIRLS IN Mrs. Dorothy Smith’s stenography Daniel. The two-hour course covered both class take practice dictation from Karen advanced shorthand and advanced typing. JANIS FRANKOVICH is the center of attention in this mock trial being conducted by students in Nick Luketic’s business law class. Court proceedings were part of the commercial law studied by students in this class, which was offered to juniors and seniors.