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

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receive welcome break on annual trip Abandoning all thoughts of homework assignments, impending examinations, and class lectures, 94 Morton juniors and seniors travelled to Washington, D.C., and New York City, late in October, with upperclass students from the other four Hammond high schools. The anxious travellers boarded the train Tuesday evening for an all-night journey to the Nation’s capital. Allowed one piece of luggage, the students arrived with paper sacks, large carry-alls, overnight cases, and other supplementary containers. After a long night on the train, they stepped once more on unmoving ground, only to discover that they must carry their luggage three blocks to waiting buses. Planned tours in Washington included the Wax Muse¬ um, the Archives, the Capitol, and the Library of Con¬ gress. During their free time students shopped and visited the Smithsonian Institution, the Washington Monument, and the Post Office Department. Tours of Chinatown and Greenwich Village gave the young tourists greater insight into a large city’s socio¬ logical problems. New York also offered the bright lights of Broadway and Times Square and the quiet peace- fullness of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Central Park. I IHtflllH l IimiiHlUili i l f i ii i tlttm CONSTRUCTION OF A MEMORIAL to the late President Kennedy had already begun when the students visited Ar¬ lington Cemetery. The flame which Mrs. Kennedy placed on his grave burns in constant memory of him. SHINING ALABASTER pillars be¬ fore the White House add to the majesty of the President ' s home. Tourists admire the building and the grounds, particularly the fountain. 13

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rT ANXIOUSLY AWAITING her train, senior Linda Williams looks up from a list of scheduled activities to be disappointed by an oncoming freight train. Upperclassmen AWE-INSPIRING, the famed statue of President Lincoln reminds its visitors of Civil War days. PERCHED HIGH above every¬ thing around it, the weather- vane remains a famous part of Washington ' s home. Mount Vernon showed the visitors a type of historical study new to many of them.

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Election returns climax busy campaign ELECTIONS OVER, John Webster begins the task of removing campaign posters from the halls. DISPLAYING SUPPORT of her favorties for sophomore of¬ ficers, Theresa Tokoly is help¬ ed by Gerry Rospond. PERSUADING CLASSMATES to vote for him is a campaigner ' s big step toward election. Frank Lambert enumerates his assets to Jane Hluska. 14