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

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Comes Easy; For Pull is Hard The turning of the calendar to September rudely broke the lazy summer silence and once again woke us to the realities of a new term. Gone were the care- free, rollicking days of summer; school had come for another year. Then started the dreary but not too monotonous days of school life. We attended classes, lab sessions, and lectures that stretched our minds to encompass the most worthwhile thoughts of the past, present, and future. Our thoughts turned to reading, writing studying, and more studying. Day after day we fol- lowed a routine schedule, but with hardly a dull moment. Our lives will always be filled with regimen- tation, but no doubt the routine of our high school years will be best of all. WITH SQUADS drilling, bands practicing, and gym classes cheering their teams on, Ed Guzis finds it hard to concentrate in his seventh hour study hall. IT’S EASY to concen- trate on studies and at- tend to a monitor post as well, so Pat Weiss discovers. Monitors are required to maintain at least a C average. Pag e Eleven

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For Some, This Others, The ANTICIPATION OF A COOD LUNCH is evi- dent on the faces of these students. Morton students may either buy lunches or bring them to our cafeteria. S ” ii ' -«w • ,r ■ ■» h nM :“Tfrr ' kit -isii % -“•«£ « ' v V . ■ » w % J STUDENTS NEED NOT WORRY about having proper supplies, for the bookstore is well- stocked with supplies to fulfill almost every need. Judy Kominiak shows a notebook to Leonard Bissa, Martha Wolfe, and Alan Berg- FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL seventh hour is devoted to rigorous drilling and prac- ticing of formations by the band, in prepara- tion for football games.

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FOR SOPHOMORES spring fever incites “bug” collect- ing. Brenda Silkwood and Lucian Heacock have just added a Monarch butterfly to their accumulation of insects. Challenges of Demand More As late as 1957 Americans were lulled into a sleepy nonchalance, believing that we were the No. 1 nation of the world. The Russian’s launching of Sputnick I, in late 1957, shocked us into the dreadful reality that maybe we were not No. 1 after all — at least not in the field of science. This awakening caused Ameri- cans to look to the future and to today’s American youth. Science courses were stressed, scholarships were offered, and the vocational field of science was publicized more than ever before. Morton was no exception. So, because of the accelerated missile and outer-space programs of other nations, the United States has stepped up its program of science study in the high schools; and Morton High will continue to interest its students in the field of science. THE KNOWLEDGE OF the functions of the human body is very important to our every- day lives, and we at Morton are fortunate to have our own man of bones and organs, dub- bed Hector, to study. Bob Holloway, M r . Rasmussen, Bobbie Sue Yarbro, and Sharon Mieras are discussing the in- tricate parts of the human anatomy. Page Twelve