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

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The Teenagers Passport to Success our joys. Social studies gives us an understanding of other people and mass reaction through things that have happened in the past. Science explains the mys- tery of creaiion and the elements so we can realize our smallness by comparison. The practical courses in home economics and business train us tor vocations. Participation in activities and organizations de- velops our sense of responsibility. There ' s no one to make us fulfill our obligation to a committee. We do our fair share, and maybe even a little extra because we want to, not because we have to. The freedom of choice and expression we receive at Morton develops our sense of responsibility, our sportsmanship, our in- dividuality, and most of all, our minds. Janet Diehl Janice Hanzi and Leroy Robinson Virginia Chizmar

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We express ourselves in everything we do — each of us in a different way. None of us will react to a given situation in the same way. We ' re individuals. While in school, we are given unlimited opportunities to discover that field in which we can best express ourselves. Some of us excel in scholarship, some in music, some in art, some in oratory, some in creative writing, some in ath- letics, some in humbling helping others, and some in leadership. Each of us is capable of doing some one thing well; a few of us succeed in several f ields. Here at MHS our academic studies provide a firm foundation upon which we can later build the future. Geometry and Latin develop our reasoning powers. Literature expounds our ideals, our hopes, our fears, 6

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Judy Luchene, Morton ' s 1957 Homecoming Queen, expresses her thanks as Judy Hellinga, senior president, and Bill Beaver, dressed as governor, look on. Mortonites Express Themselves In Beauty . . . Judy Luchene with her escort Terry Kelleher, stops to pose with her court and their escorts: Margaret Vickerman and Jim Bradley, Joyce May and John Rosek, Shirley Golec and Bob Smalley, and Sharon Adelsperger and Dave Weedon. At about 8:30 in the evening of October 1 1 , five beautiful, but anxious, candidates tensely- waited to hear the outcome of the 1957 Homecoming Queen Contest. The escorts, it is rumored, were equally nervous and uneasy. When finally the suspense was broken as Asso- ciation President, Bill Beaver, announced the winner, an ex- huberant, but modest, Judy Luchene stepped up onto an enormous top hat to receive her traditional crown and bouquet of red roses. Homecoming fes- tivities then came to a happy close with annual dance spon- sored by the senior class. 8