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

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Page 17 MARK MATOV1NA, Daryle Riegle, and Don Knieriman learn how to make blueprints under the guidance of Frank Con- cialdi in their mechanical drawing class. Practical Arts Classes and Prepare for Jobs in Calumet Industry The Practical Arts Department, of which Robert Fraser is the chair- man, prepared Morton boys for jobs in Calumet area industries. Mechanical drawing students were taught the use of mechanical drawing instruments and ways to do several different types of draw- ing. Students in woodworking classes learned skills in developing projects for the school and home, studying such things as making joints and gluing, turning, and finishing woo d. Senior boys could take job-and- trade information, which was di- vided into four parts: an appraisal of individual job interests, a gen- eral and an individual study of occupations, and a survey of job opportunities in the Calumet Re- gion. INLAND STEEL Co. pamphlets seem to be interesting Bob Jeppeson, Charles Corn- well, Tom White, Larry Bedene, and Rich- ard Shawver in Phil Robaska’s job-and- trade class. WOODWORKING TEACHER Robert Fraser is helping Bill Luchene to saw a piece of wood while other members of the class look on. i

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Page 16 THESE FUTURE home- makers are paying close attention to Sharon Brant, who is demonstrating the proper way to wash a baby, in Miss Laura Gib- son’s home nursing class. Home Economics Classes Mortonites Learn How To Cook and Sew THESE GIRLS in a clothing class are learning to save money by sewing their own clothes under the watchful eye of Miss Anna Evanoff, their instructor. JOHN BREGER certainly isn ' t a bit interested in that masterpiece which Jim Bobowski and Dave Herring are taking out of the oven in Miss Jacqueline Martine’s boys’ foods class. Home economics classes in the department headed by Miss Jacqueline Martine taught young persons the skills needed to run a home. In clothing classes, girls learned to make separates and full garments by the use of machines, patterns, and different materials. The home management course was a study of family and community relationships, child development, and home furnishings; and home nursing emphasized the wise use of community health facilities while enabling students to learn the principles of first aid and child growth. Foods classes were designed for students to learn about nutrition and the buying, preparing, and serving of food.

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Page 18 STOCKHOLM IS the capital and chief city of Sweden,” Ken O ' Neil may well be saying as he uses the pointer on a map of Europe in one of George Nelson ' s geography classes. THIS ARTISTIC shot shows Jack Georgas teaching a very attentive U. S. History VI class. Social Studies Classes The Study of People: Citizenship Training Mortonites were taught about people in the world around them by teachers in the Social Studies De- partment, of which Mrs. Olive Byers is chairman. Freshmen learned about natural features and life on the earth in geography classes. Other students studied the history of their own country and the world as a whole, in U. S. history and world history classes, respectively. Seniors studied American government and either sociology or economics. The former dealt with social problems in general; the latter was mainly concerned with the problems people have in making a living. Psychology, a course offered for the first time this year, dealt with the factors behind people’s actions. MISS JANE Pierce of the Hammond Welfare Department office addresses one of Mrs. Olive Byers ' government classes. DONALD HARPER and his psychology class are watching a psycho- drama being put on by Don Batsel, Bob Bola, Pat White, and Sara Bradley. Psychology was offered at MHS for the first time this year.