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

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to the We stumbled into this world lacking experience and knowledge. Because these deficiencies require years to overcome, all paths of life in the elementary years must be established for us. As we grow, however, we become individuals who wish to express our ideas. High school is the transition or staircase connecting our lives from the time when we are led by the hand to the time when we must take our own steps upward. The stairway is not an object of suspended animation that only lets us pass. Instead, each step prepares us in some way. Each level provides a phase of life necessary to gain enough experience and knowledge to develop a wholesome and worthwhile character. The days at MHS link two lives — childhood to adult¬ hood. Thus, during these days we are really climbing a stairway, the “Stairway to the Morrow.”

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SOCIAL In high school we principally acquire academic knowl¬ edge. However, high school also provides occasions for us to develop our social characters. The dances, assemblies, plays and trips, just a few of the activities provided for us, let us meet people and situations and gain experience for our social background. These events, too, comprise a basic step in our climb on the “Stairway to the Morrow.”