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

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If I take U.S. History in summer school, can I . . says Shelia Carl- son to her program counselor, Mr. Flansburg. In full character is Mr. Ruff during this Latin quiz when he says, I see one pupil who thought he could get away with only glancing at the book while taking off his shoes and socks. 19

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routine Not everything can be exciting and in- dividually stimulating. Yes, even Morton has its set routine of the hourly hall rush be- tween classes, the daily study halls and lunch lines, the weekly sock-hops, and the semesterly final examinations and class scheduling. However, with routine comes also the self-assuredness that comes with fit- ting in the groove and becoming part of a matchless educational system. Plaid was the thing at this year ' s sock-hops as is evidenced by the skirts and jackets worn at this dance. Routine Plagues MHS Too Phil Jackson? Studying? Why, of course! Phil always studies. Can studying really be as fun as these smiling students seem to show?

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Language— the Basis of Communication Don Harrison and Dave Parman receive assistance from Poetry contest winners, Pat Shelmadine, Teddy Allen, and Don Butler, pose Miss Allman while doing preliminary work on their by the poetry bulletin board. Comp. V term papers. press ion. English, Spanish, Latin, and speech all come under the heading of languages. Sitting in the classes, student ' s thoughts may travel to far-off romantic Spain via the magic of language. The first year is a get-acquainted period for the student — he learns to speak and write the language with some fluency. But the real test comes for the second-year student when an entire Spanish novel, La Batallia de los Arapiles, is read. Students may travel to the old ruins of Rome via Latin class. First-year students become acquainted with conjugations and declensions, while students in their second year master Caesar, Pliny the Younger and more difficult works. A Morton student ' s background in English ranges from spelling demons to Caesar to sentence structure to Carl Sandburg. Miss Hunter ' s American Literature VI class seems very engrossed. Could it be that they are reading Pershing at the Front? 20