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

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Stage Productions Serve as Talent Outlet SUPPORTING CAST MEMBERS Bob Jamison and Terry Rhodes place veils on Sharon Buza and Carleen Adams while Diane Burke looks on during a pause in rehearsals. ASSEMBLED in their kitchen during Act I of Dumbell Peo¬ ple are Gary Austin, Terry Rhodes, and The Gordons — Jack DuFrain and Mary Lou Czarnecki. 14

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MORTON students enjoy cheering the team. CHEERLEADERS generate energy to surrounding supporters. Pep Rallies Arouse Spirit, Support Teams Essential to the morale of any team is a strong group of loyal boosters who will stand behind them regardless of the record. Morton Governors are such a group of fans. In order to channel this support to the right areas, pep rallies are held often throughout the fall and winter seasons by the cheerleaders. Pep rallies enable the fans to demonstrate their approval of the team’s performance and to let the boys know that they are being backed all the way. The annual pre-school pep rally, held in a local bank parking lot each fall, rings in the new school year with some enthusiastic cheers. During this rally juniors and seniors, together with the cheerleaders and pep band, put on skits which depict the favorite play¬ ers of the football team. Basketball sectionals afford students with another opportunity to cheer their team. A pep assembly is held to arouse support and to introduce the team. Pep talks given by the coaches increase confidence in the boys’ ability to perform and represent M.H.S. well. BOOSTERS turn out in large throngs for any pep rally to yell for their team. 13

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MORTON SENIOR CLASS and the MORTON DRAMATICS DEPARTMENT HARVEY by Mary Chase Directed by Donn L. Edwards Set Design by Ralph Rhodes Lighting by Glenn Cantwell Cast . DIANE BURKE . ELLEN HAWKING LOUISE CAPALBY TOM KRUGHOFF . JUDY JENESKE BOB FLORENCE . FRANK McCAY . JACK DuFRAIN . LUCY KENNEDY . MARK AGNINI . RANDY SNYDER The Scenes Act I Scene 1 The Library, The Old Dowd Mansion, Late after¬ noon Scene 2 Reception Room, Chumley ' s Rest, an hour later Act II Scene 1 The Library, The Old Dowd Mansion, an hour later Scene 2 Reception Room, Chumley ' s Rest, a few minutes later Act III Reception Room, Chumley ' s Rest, a few minutes later Time: The Present There will be a ten minute intermission between the acts. Marriage-minded people filled the script and cast of the fall play, “Red Mill”. Throughout the play the question of “who will marry whom?” was constantly a puzzle. Presented on November 19-21, the play dealt with a small Dutch town called Katwyk-ann-zee in which the red mill was located. The town’s Burgomaster planned to wed his daugh¬ ter, Gretchen, to the Governor of the town. Being young, Gretchen had made up her mind to marry a young sailor rather than the elderly governor. To complicate the situation, Juliana, the Burgomaster’s sister, and the governor have decided to marry. The Burgomaster locked Gretchen in the red mill to keep her from marrying her sailor, Henry. As is the case in most love stories, the lovers are coupled the way they had planned and everyone lives happily ever after. “Dumbell People in a Barbell World,” the winter play, consisted of three separate acts which character¬ ized the title. “The Immovable Gordons,” the first act, tells of an elderly couple forced to vacate their con¬ demned apartment. The second act, “The Little Lady of Friday Night,” relates the tale of a cleaning woman who devoted her life to beautifying the world. The final act, entitled “The Man With The Tranquil Mind,” involved the life of a health lecturer who was engaged to the “healthiest girl at Woolworth’s.” A chivalrous bachelor and his strange friend, an invisible 6’2” rabbit, provided Governors with a touch of light humor when the drama department staged “Harvey” early in the spring. Needless to say, the friend caused the young man considerable trouble with un¬ believing friends. Priority was given to seniors for cast parts by Mr. Donn Edwards, production director. REHEARSALS HELPED actors to learn their roles and ac¬ quaint them with stage manuevers. Members of the cast of Harvey, Judy Jeneske and Bob Florence, watch Jack DuFrain examine the two holes in the cap. SCENERY is not a problem to members of the cast of Har¬ vey, the senior play. Here, Diane Burke, Ellen Hawking, and Tom Krughoff devote their time after school to perfecting the projection of their lines and stage positions. 15