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

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THE TAPE RECORDER is used to improve their French conversations by third year students Sue Zaher, Marcel Zlotnik, Sue Cutler, Phyllis Chrisney, Jenny Houchin, Judy Jeneske, Ruth Ann Baxley, and David Ellison, under the direction of Mrs. Hastings, their teacher. Through Study of Foreign Customs and Languages FIRST YEAR SPANISH STUDENT Pamela Scott is helped with her pronunciation by her teacher, Mr. Baker, and third year students Madeline Barabas and John Gerovac. Entering the Spanish and French classes takes one into a world completely apart from that in Morton’s other rooms. Here only the respective foreign language is spoken, en¬ couraging the growth of proficiency in the students through example and repetition. First year Spanish students receive in¬ struction in Spanish grammar and vocabulary, then learn to write compositions in Spanish and translate Spanish stories. “La Luz,” a Spanish newspaper, often supplements books such as Gil Bias. The second year of Spanish, a more detailed study, may be followed by a third course, offered for the first time this past year to Morton students. The “sound of music” resounds almost daily in the French room. Students’ grammar and vocabulary study is enhanced by the sing¬ ing of French songs, accompanied by a tape recorder. The recorder, as well as a “home¬ made” language lab, is used to help students better their conversational French. For those students who wish to obtain a more exact knowledge of the “international language,” a third year is now offered. 27

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SCHNELWITCHEN, better known as Snow White, is translated by Mr. Jordan’s third year German class while second year students work on class assignme nts. Governors Become Familiar With Other Countries Language study is an integral part of the curriculum at Morton. Through development of the linguistic arts, Governors gain a better understanding of the world around them. A detailed study of grammar and vo¬ cabulary enables German students to “de¬ cipher” stories, novels and fairy tales in Ger¬ man. In third year Geman, offered for the first time this year, students exercise their know¬ ledge of the language through translation and conversation, dictation and memorization. “Magister Ruff” (alias Mr. Ruff, Latin teacher) assigns daily drills in vocabulary and grammar. The “dead language” takes second year students back to ancient Rome, where they follow the adventures of two young boys, and also to the great battle fields where Caesar fought the Gallic Wars. “X” marks the spot where a Latin student must stand if his recitation cannot be heard. In the front of the room the soft-spoken stu¬ dent finishes his translation. A trip to “Si¬ beria”, the corner of the room, is the fate of the student who talks too much. MR. RUFF’S FAMOUS GRIN and “violin” sign confront Jerry Bogner as he receives the results of his Latin exam.

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Laboratory Experiments Highlight Physical Sciences PHYSICS STUDENTS Russ Barron, Bill Rakos, and Er¬ nest Rosenau seem to be en¬ joying their work on an electricity experiment. Physical sciences of chemistry and phy¬ sics enable Morton students to become ac¬ quainted with almost everything from chem¬ ical bonding and atomic energy to crystal structures and electroplating. Physics students study forces and energy and experiment with simple machines and electrical currents. During the year, students are given “unknowns,” which they must iden¬ tify by physical properties such as volume, density, and specific gravity. Projects con¬ cerning light, heat, and sound are also in¬ cluded in the course. Lab periods pay off in many ways for chemistry students; besides burning their fingers and melting the paint on the lab coun¬ ters, they find that experimental data most often coincides with the chemical theory stud¬ ied in their textbooks. A general study of elements, compounds, mixtures, and chemical reactions is included in both Chemistry V and VI. Also, a semester of advanced chemistry is open to students completing the first year. CONCENTRATING on an experiment in electroplating are chemistry students Jim Bucko and Frank McCay.