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

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Homecoming Activities Generate Spirit; COLORFUL ARRAY of decorated cars and floats border the Morton The sophomore car, covered with white flowers and topped with a parking lot and anticipate the homecoming parade ' s commencement. gold Aladdin ' s lamp, won first place for the best decorated car.

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Touches ' During Morton ' s Second Year During the second year of Morton’s existence, all of the rooms of the new school were complete. Students no longer stumbled over workmen, wires and boxes. One of the long-awaited “final touches” was the sec¬ ond set of gymnasium bleachers. The school received them in late February after basketball season. Signs were placed in the parking lot during the fall which directed students and faculty to the proper park¬ ing spot. This was an Association project. Three plaques that depicted the three mythological fates were added to the entrance of the auditorium. On April 12 the plaques were dedicated to Miss Vir- gina Davis, a Morton English teacher who passed away last year after teaching 38 years. Mrs. Lee Schillereff of Illinois sculpted the memorial. For the first time this year Morton’s swimming pool was open at night to children of all ages and adults. Swimmers had to be residents of Hammond. Students who participated in the dramatic produc¬ tions utilized the Green Room which is located below the Auditorium stage. This year the room, a combina¬ tion make-up, costume and dressing room, was deco¬ rated with the framed programs of past plays. HAMMERING AWAY at a parking lot sign is Secretary of Safety, J. Grasha. The addition of the signs was an Association project. AS CURTAIN TIME APPROACHES, preparations are made in the green room, a make-up area below the stage.

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Floats, Cars Produce Class Competition Decorated floats, cars, a new queen and the tradi¬ tional parade are all a part of the memory of the 1968 homecoming festivities. The annual affair was con¬ ducted on the evening of Friday, October 18. Presentation of the Homecoming Court and the an¬ nouncement of the 1968-69 queen comprised the half¬ time activities of the football game against Gavit. Each of the five queen candidates was escorted down the football field and presented to the crowd by a senior boy. The Association President then announced the name of the 1968-69 queen to the spectators. She was awarded a bouquet of red roses and a crown and reign¬ ed over the homecoming dance held in the cafeteria. Two floats and cars from homerooms and school clubs composed the parade. Led by a car containing the assistant principal and mayor, the parade began at Morton’s parking lot and continued on the route through the neighborhood before returning to Morton. Constructing plans, designing paper flowers and meeting after school hours went into the preparation of the junior and senior floats. The theme of the senior float, “Skunk ’Em,” was portrayed by a huge black skunk which ejected smoke from its tail. “Guvs Won’t Wear Off as the Game Wears On,” the theme of the junior float, was depicted by a towering football player and a simulated can of “Ban” deodorant. The cars were decorated with flowers and crepe paper. BATON AFLAME, senior Mary Ann Stryzinski demonstrates coordination and agility with a difficult manuever.