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

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“NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY!” Judy Howard says to Dick Weiss as she speaks to him in French, but he still can’t understand. French teacher Mrs. Janet Sachs encourages Dick in his efforts. Two new languages, French and Russian, were offered at Morton this year. Both were open to all students wishing to further their knowledge and education in foreign languages. Russian was offered as a solid, and the students so desiring could obtain high school credit for this course by meeting certain stan¬ dards. This class met after school and during evenings. Reports, conversations, and translations were on the course of study for French classes. First-year fundamentals and rules were studied and learned by the students. Latin, Spanish, and German are still popular among the students taking an academic course. Latin pupils learn of the Roman Empire and julius Caesar. In Spanish, fundamentals of this language are taught. Learning to speak German properly is one of the main objectives in German class. Thus high school students are well- informed of many different languages and ways of life in various countries. Students With Countries UNDERSTANDING FRENCH CULTURE and French his¬ tory is as important as learning the language. Furthering their knowledge, these students give various reports on French art, religion, war, fine arts, and history. With a background of France it is easier to understand this complex language. Here Sue Reynolds gives her re¬ ports as Mrs. Janet Sachs looks on. “PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, so they say. Striving to perfect their language skills, Cerman students use the tape recorder to hear their own pronunciation of words and also their own mistakes. Joel Mixon and Bruce Byrne look on as Jim Hopp speaks first into the micro¬ phone. Mr. Ogilvie watches with approval.

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Foreign Languages Acquaint QUE ES ? According to Tom it is an Aztec Indian mask which he acquired on a trip to Mexico last summer. Judy Mestrovich, Al Brosman, Tom Phares, Mrs. Tsatsos, and Sue Dorman all seem to be very interested in this curious object. THIS MAP seems to be the center of attraction for Bridget Cernevski, Lucian Heacox, and Frances Pecelin. Mr. Ogilvie helps these German III students to find the location of various German cities. 28

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Morton High Students Explore REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM WATER by distillation are Diane Tomlinson, Jay Heming¬ way, Mary Cay Matovina, Mrs. Mary Petterson, and Len Bissa. Various experiments and demon¬ strations are done in the chemistry classes. This is a class in which anything can and does happen when the students begin working on their experiments and projects. Science is rapidly becoming one of the most important courses in all senior high schools. At Morton the different science courses include biology, physics, chemistry, health and safety, and zoology. Zoology was offered for the first time last fall. Chemistry, the study of chemicals and elements, is an interesting subject to all students curious about the composition of .substances. Physics is offered to juniors and seniors with certain mathematical requirements. The course is a study of mechanics, light, sound, and radioactivity. Biology is the study of all phases of life. It is usually taken by sophomores as their required year of science. Health and Safety is a semester course required of all high school students. It is a brief course in the study of the body organs, and it aids in under¬ standing the care needed by the human body. Zoology is a supplementary to biology. It is a science which emphasizes the animal kingdom. All those interested can find some course to further their scientific knowledge. THAT THE MOMENTUM of a steel ball is the same as that of a balsam ball is proved in a demonstration by Bill Witwer, Mr. Bill Came, Ken Kessler, and Ed Norris. Heat, Machines, and force vectors are studied in the Physics course.