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

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Seniors Have Eventful Year, DURING SENIOR WEEK faculty and under¬ classmen meet seniors who are dressed for various occasions. Sandra Torok portrays the day for shades or sunglasses; Duane Hicks depicts bermuda day; Diane Wieland recalls the memories of kindergarten; Camille Viland portrays the well-dressed senior. THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY was centered around the awards pre¬ sented to the graduating seniors. The seniors chosen as most valuable players in sports were Dennis Brant, wrestling; Dick Weiss, football; and lohn Bailor, cross-country.

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Morton Adopts Korean Orphan Having seen an article about the adoption of an orphan under the Fester Parents’ Plan, Roy B. Moore- head, social studies teacher, read the article to his economics classes. The following day a group of his students came to him with the idea of adopting an orphan for the school. Under the direction of Mr. Moorehead, enough money was collected from the student body and the sum was sent, to the organi¬ zation. Soon a complete history of Kim Chung Yung, Korean orphan, along with a recent picture, arrived. Kim Chung Yung is now living in a Korean orphan¬ age along with his younger brother. His father left the family when Kim was very young. His mother died shortly after this. Kim reached his fifth birth¬ day on February 15. The feeling of brotherhood lives in the actions of the students and faculty at Morton as they do their part in this gratifying undertaking. KIM CHUN YUNC, South Korean orphan, has been adopted by the Morton students under the auspices of the senior class. Roy B. Moorehead, social studies teach¬ er, has directed the class on its project. THE SENIOR DIRECTORS of the orphan pro¬ gram, Duane Hicks, Karen Clark, and Sharon Brown, proudly show the picture of the new¬ ly adopted orphan, Kim Chun Yung. 19

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Face Future With Strong Hope THE “CLASS OF ’61 observes senior cord day by wearing the chosen colors of charcoal and baby blue. Rosanne Smith looks on as Steve Beison signs Natalie Holley’s skirt. Through the entire four years of struggle and extensive study put forth by this year’s graduating seniors, they have felt assured that graduation would be a happy occasion. Now when the time has arrived, the “old pros are worried about having to face the future. All of the memories of four years begin to mean more to the graduates than just good and bad times. These anxious thoughts make the seniors rea¬ lize that the work of these four years must serve as a basis for each of their futures. The social season for the seniors included the Senior Banquet, planned by the Senior Executive Board; the Senior Play, Our Town, which recalled memories of the Junior year American Literature class; and the Prom, with its unforgettable memory of the last social event of the seniors’ high school days. The memories of these events will help to ease the pain of leaving the security, guidance, and excitement of high school life. The future now be¬ longs to the graduates—to shape as they may. LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE, the seniors are con¬ fident with the hope of tomorrow inspiring them. Janice Bright and Jim Burdeau face the unknown with their love of school, country, and God.