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

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SIGN LANGUAGE can be used for unknown words as sophs K. Glueckert and S. Gilles¬ pie discuss German customs. HELPING HANDS of senior L. Nevelo add spice to senior J. Miller’s meat fondue as soph T. Ostoich aids in the preparation during French class. MOCK BULLFIGHTS with sophs L. Dote- man, as matador, and J. Goginsky, as bull, add excitement to Spanish III. Govs journey to foreign lands Visions of faraway lands enticed members of foreign language classes. Students could now leave school for one month to live with a foreign fam¬ ily, travel, and sight-see through France, Germany or Spain. Besides the above benefits, a certificate for having attended a school comparable to Morton was received. The only drawback to the contract consisted of the cash payment: $875 to visit France or Spain, $880 to Germany.

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through compositions reveals students ' emotions BLINDFOLDED dancers, seniors C. Vana and C. Carey, boogie in Comp. 7. MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES by frosh C. Ramsey and L. Kwell arouse debate. Communication — the ability of man to convey his thoughts and emotions. To give the student more self-aware¬ ness through composition, literature, speech and acting became the goal of the English curriculum. Composition classes expresse d their thoughts on paper. Class members fol¬ lowed Mr. Dennis Zelenke’s rule, “You should learn the rules before you can break them effectively.” An assign¬ ment might take weeks of research, as did the term paper, or, as with the book report, it may have been fin¬ ished in an hour. English I and II gave freshmen an opportunity to study and interpret Romeo and Juliet. Pupils saw the movie and portrayed its characters in skits to understand the theme. CULINARY MADNESS creates a tasty treat. Sophs J. Chov- anec and D. Dmitruck establish this as they present a demon¬ stration speech, required in an English III class. 27

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Health pupils withdraw blood to identify types Taking one’s own blood sample in a summer school Health and Safety class proved quite an unforgettable ex¬ perience for some sophomores. Peggy Knight recalls, “I’m afraid of the sight of my own blood. Every time some¬ body tried to do it I would back away. Finally, Mr. Weiss got mad. So I just let him stab me. It was two days be¬ fore I could do it. Afterwards it was nothing. I kind of felt dumb because I was so scared.” Driving consumed only a portion of the time spent in Driver’s Education. Every other day students participated in classroom work elaborating on rules and regulations. “The class wasn’t too bad, but the highlight of it was the films,” said junior Kerry O’Brien. Comforted by air conditioning, al¬ though not always used, pupils drove in style with 1973 Pontia cs. The use of safety belts at both shoulder and waist comprised one of the first rules learned in the course. At first jittery drivers were unre¬ laxed when the instructor made fre¬ quent use of the extra brake. After gaining confidence some progressed to driving on Cline Avenue. At the end of the course leisurely two hour drives brought a sense of accomplish¬ ment and assurance in driving. FUNNY BONES cause sophomore P. Sir- bas, acting orthopedist, to crack a joke while giving the skeleton his first annual malnutrition examination. INTERNAL ORGANS seem to shock soph J. Jankowski as she SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS from Mr. Blocher benefits junior C. compares similarities between the model and herself. Purnick in coping with fast-moving traffic. 29