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

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Students Vote for New School Officers; PAMPHLETS OF QUALIFICATIONS are distributed by junior B. Ku hn, persuading classmates B. Wells and L. Laslie to vote for him.

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in School Social Events, Games, Dances Helping to fulfill leisure time and provide enjoy¬ ment, many soci al activities were held for students at MHS. These events also provided opportunities for pupils to meet people and develop social behavior. Marking the close of the football season was the Mr. Football dance. Students cast their vote for one senior boy whom they felt was most deserving of the acknowledgment from five candidates on the team. Baby pictures of the candidates were on display in the cafeteria to help students make their choice. Booster Club sponsored the annual girls’ basketball game on March 18. Each of the four classes were rep¬ resented in the games. In the first game the freshman girls defeated the sophomores. The seniors overtook the juniors in the second game. In the final game the seniors became champs by defeating the freshmen. Highlighting the evening was the senior-faculty game. The faculty triumphed over the seniors 57-54. During half-time, the six candidates for Mr. Basketball were escorted down the gym floor and the winner was an¬ nounced. A dance was held later in his honor. Several volunteers from the Student Association be¬ came active in collecting funds for the March of Dimes. These students received donations from shoppers at Montgomery Wards and Woodmar shopping centers. MR. BASKETBALL, senior Roger Hankins, is lifted into the air during the annual Booster Club basketball games by cheerleaders T. Konet- ski, R. Skorupa, T. Broach and M. Argadine. FIGHTING FOR THE BALL, members of the freshman team struggle to defeat TO PASS THE BALL is senior C. Kaufman ' s objective the sophomore girls during the Booster Club basketball game. D. Petho and C. Bell defend for the junior team.

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Inaugural Ball Honors Chosen Leaders TO FINISH CENTERPIECES for the Inaugural Ball on time, the Decorating Committee accelerates production. Association partici¬ pants are Lynn Buckmaster, Tom Bevill, Kathy Goldschmidt, Elaine Stevenson, Mary Ann Miner, Andrea Bandura and Sandi Carey. “Phases of School” was the theme for the 1968 Inaugural Ball. The semi-formal affair, conducted this year as a “turn-about,” was held in Morton’s cafeteria on November 29. Couples danced to the music of the Hal Morris orchestra. The Inaugural Ball, held annual¬ ly, honors the newly-initiated Student Association of¬ ficers. To emphasize the theme, centerpieces were garnished with basketballs, governor s, books and musi¬ cal notes made of black paper and mounted on styro¬ foam. Seated at the head table were the Student Associ¬ ation officers and cabinet. Proceeds from the Ball were used as funds to benefit the Association. Elections, which took place in early spring, were held in a different manner from that of past years. A voting machine, installed in the Association office, en¬ abled students to choose Association officers, class officers and senators in a way similar to state and national elections. Campaigning, as in the past, con¬ sisted of posting signs and handing out tags. In addi¬ tion, finalists for president, vice-president and recorder of the Student Association addressed the student body at an assembly and recited their qualifications and opinions on school issues. Students then made their choices on the basis of these speeches. CAPTURING A MOMENT between classes, Lynn Fleischer detects a perfect opportunity to ask Bob Haider to the turn-about Inaugural.