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

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Play in 1965-66 Season BEGINNING PlAY PRACTICE for the spring play Elizabeth the Queen, student director Louise Capalby helps Mary Lou Czarnecki and Phil Goginsky with their lines and actions. THROWING THE GONGER down the well. Nursemaid Funjollity of The Clown Prince of Wanderlust disposes of the il- fated weapon which will bring the setting of the sun and the marriage of Princess Rose-Violet to Bunkleman.

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Actors Set Stage for Comedy, Drama, Children ' Morton stage productions whisked Governors to a wonderland pf color and music. Presenting three full- length plays and a trio of one-act plays, the Drama De¬ partment members entertained the student body while developing their talents in the arts of acting. “You Can’t Take It With You,” the first of the full- length plays, (presented in the fall) depicted a family of individualists devoted to an enjoyable, if somewhat complicated, existence. Completely satisfied with their happy lives, they were shaken when young love proved to be a disruptive influence in the household. A night in jail and a bitter lover’s quarrel complicate the plot. The imaginary kingdom of Wanderlust and its Princess Rose-Violet next appeared on the MHS drama agenda. Antics of the many characters changed an almost tragedy, the marriage of the Princess to Bunkleman, into a day of happiness — the day the princess smiled. “The Clown Prince of Wanderlust” was presented in February. The basic purpose of the series of one-act plays was to give student directors an opportunity to display their skills. The one-act plays “Impromptu,” “Undercurrent” and “The Trysting Place” were presented early in the spring of the 1965-66 school year. “Elizabeth the Queen,” presented on April 22 and 23, portrayed the tragic love affair of Elizabeth I of England and Lord Essex. Foolish pride and a vast age difference prevent their attainment of happiness. 14

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Construction Continues; New School Expands Begining in the fall of 1967, MHS Governors will claim the comer of 169th and Grand Avenue as their new home. Due to overcrowded conditions at the 7040 Mar¬ shall Avenue address, the school board appropriated the necessary funds in 1965 for a new, better equipped school to be known as the Oliver Perry Morton Senior High School. The building on Marshall Avenue will house the students of the O.P. Morton Junior High School. Destined to be the most modem school of the area, the new MHS will include an auditorium with a bal¬ cony, a library and a swimming pool. Tennis courts, a football field, a baseball diamond, an area for track events and practice areas will comprise the sports fa¬ cilities. A gymnasium with a seating capacity for 3200 will end the problem of travelling for sports events. DESTINED to be a wing of classrooms, the auditorium, or even the gym- pletion. Workmen continued laying the sub-level areas through the winter nasium, foundations of the framework await Xurther labor toward com- months so that work above ground could start with the arrival of spring. 16