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

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Classes For All Offered at MHS The elements that make up an educa¬ tion come from many sources. Knowledge is found not only in books but comes from practical experience in the classroom. Morton plays an important part in making this education available to everyone at MHS. Classes are designed for the education of the individual. The special talents, abilities, and needs of each student are recognized and these qualities are given special attention through skillful counsel¬ ling and careful planning. Preparing young minds to meet the de¬ mands of the future is one of the challen¬ ges encountered in the classroom today. The well-planned curriculum includes the subjects necessary for a good educational background, as well as elective courses to complete the high-school education. Students may take subjects that appeal to them while receiving a well-balanced education. As Morton has grown, the cur¬ riculum has been adjusted and expanded so that it continues to offer a complete course of study for all MHS students.

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Opportunities Arise Each Day STUDENTS who have first and seventh hours home study are allowed to use the facilities of the Student Center for chatting, eating candy, listening to records, or finishing homework. The less fortunate students sleepily trod on to appear in class at eight-thirty in the morning. Their only hope appears in the after¬ noon when the anticipated lunch hours roll around. Eight o’clock in the morning finds Morton students walking or riding to school in cars or buses. At 8:15 the building starts buzzing with activity as students rush to the bookstore to buy last minute items, to the library to return overdue books, and to the office to have excuses signed before starting to first hour class. DUE TO OVERCROWDING in the study halls, some students are assigned to an honor study hall. This study hall is not monitored by a teacher, and the students, themselves, have the responsibility of maintaining order. THE LIBRARY is at the service of students wishing to use books for pleasure reading, reports, or references. Stanley Elgas, librarian, checks out a book for Glenn Sargent, as Natalie Holley and Jim Hiduke await their turns.