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

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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.

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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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Students ' Dress Displays Latest Fashions Dressing in style, Morton students were always “on the go” in their freewheeling, teen-age fashions. They showed their variations in taste as they selected their wardrobe of school attire. Pacesetting students dis¬ played the recent modes during school, social and academic activities throughout the year. Popular shoe fashions for the school year included square-toed loafers and baby-dolls for girls and sad¬ dle shoes, wing tips, chug-a-boots and loafers for boys. Sweater vests for both boys and girls were worn during school. Striped ascots and ties were added to blouses and shirts to “pep” them up with extra color. Plaid slacks were worn with solid-colored shirts, giv¬ ing the boys at Morton a collegiate look. In contrast with the boys’ collegiate look, Morton girls initiated a mod style with the new leather fash¬ ions. Dresses, jumpers and skirts, coupled with match¬ ing vests, were made of a simulated leather. Culotte outfits were permissable for social activities, such as games and dances, but not accepted for school wear. To develop a total look, opaque stockings were worn with the culottes. All fashions worn by students dur¬ ing the year complied with Morton’s Dress Code. SQUARE-TOED LOAFERS and saddle shoes typify feminine and masculine footwear worn by fashion-conscious students. RECENT STYLES, as modeled by Tom Grasha and Barb Zarnik, in¬ clude plaid slacks and pantskirts with matching jackets. STRIPED TIES and ascots, worn by C. Schultz and D. Bertagnolli, are becoming common accessories in school attire. 22