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

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Use of the library is essential to college bound students. Vocational courses encourage technical careers. 29

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Academics ACADEMICS ak a dem 1 iks n. pi. the sum total of all college-prep, business and vocational courses offered at Morton. To the individual student it may mean hours of library research for a term paper, after school work on a chemistry project or learning how to operate industrial equipment. Academics consumes most of the high school student’s time and energies but in return provides him with knowledge, experience and a life-long challenge to do his best. Certain electives provide an opportunity for self-expression in a personal interest through individual practice. 28

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Experiments, observation, research aid Science courses at MHS included experimentation and discussion. Involved in lab work, students and teachers became familiar with modern equipment. Beginning with simple plants and advancing to complex animals, biology students studied life sys¬ tems. Collecting insects and leaves and memorizing bone skeletons increased the students’ learning. Goggled student chemists spent much time work¬ ing at lab tables, experimenting with chemicals. Projects included bending glass and generating hy¬ drogen. Besides lab work, discussions and lectures supplemented the students’ chemistry knowledge. Physics classes dealt with everyday occurrences and practical experiments. By solving problems per¬ taining to motion and energy, students became aware of the function of physics in man’s life. Physiology and bio-chemistry experiments broad¬ ened zoology students’ comprehension of animal and human structures. Lab experiments proved that lower class animals and humans are closely related. By examining various personalities and environ¬ ments psychology students learned about human be¬ havior. Panels explored theories of mind-reading. While viewing models of body parts, health and safety classes scrutinized human anatomy. Students prepared bandages to practice first-aid. EXAMINATION OF THE INNER EAR fascinates sophomore Alex¬ is Ben during a study of the sense organs. Models of parts of the human body were used by health and safety classes. WITH STEADY HANDS, senior Jeff Geissler alters the shape of glass by heat as partner Herb Duensing looks on. 30