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

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Math Aids Thinking, Reasoning Future America needs mathematicians; therefore, our school tries to offer as much math as it possibly can. Morton’s math cours¬ es include algebra, plane geometry, advanced algebra, senior math, commercial math, and general math. Senior Math is the name given to a new course for seniors. It includes solid geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, and calculus. Algebra is a prerequisite for advanced algebra. Both courses of geometry work with figures either in a single plane or numerous planes. General math and commercial math are taken by students who are on the general course. Therefore, Morton offers various math cours¬ es to serve the needs of all the students. THE CONSTRUCTION of a perpendicular line in a triangle, as done by Dave Teegarden, is a necessary step in certain trigonometric problems, fjoann Teegarden, Miss Marjorie Groves, and Ed Norris are observing Dave as he explains his strategy in the solution of the probl em. THIS ALCEBRA PROBLEM seems to have stumped John McCreary but apparently not Willy Ruff by the smile on his face. Mrs. Lena Bonebrake checks Willy’s work and approves. HOME-MADE LANTERN SLIDES make geometry easy and fun. Mrs. Nancy Squibb shows ferry Smith, Gloria Osmon, and John Spray the various auxiliary lines neeaed in the proof of a Geometry theorem.

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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.

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Mastery Comes With Study A NEW ORGANIZATION appeared in the second semester—a Literature club. Altr.ough extracurricular, the Club has an aca¬ demic standing. Sponsored by Mrs. Norma Kelly, the students read and discuss Russian novels. Fred Schroeder, Dana Stewart, Earl Creekmore, Pat Sherman, and Ray Price give a panel on the novel CRIME AND PUNliriMENT by Dostcyevski. Appreciation of English comes only with our full understanding of the language. Through the years of high school English, stu¬ dents come in contact with the age-old spell¬ ing demons, Silas Marner, Julius Caesar, Ham¬ let, sentence diagrams, and various American and English poets and novelists. Grammar and vocabulary are stressed in every course of English. Three and one half years of English are re¬ quired for graduation, but there is an elec¬ tive, English Literature, offered to those who are interested in a history of literature other than American Literature. Seniors alone can take this informative course. A PANEL on the Electoral College is presented n Speech V by Judy Bogan, Tom Oberle, Frank Yates, and Jill Harris. Impromptu speeches, dialogues, and prepared speeches are only a few of the many activities taught by Mr. Ellis Hays. COMPOSITION VII develops content and mechani¬ cal accuracy in the writing of the students. Mrs. Harriette Moylan instructs the students in the vari¬ ous phases of this English subject. Spelling and book reports are included in the course.