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

Page 33 text:

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

Page 32 text:

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.

Page 34 text:

New course to investigate into ATTITUDES VARY over the subject of in¬ terest in American history class for juniors R. Torres, N. Miskovich, L. Koznicki, R. Oros and D. Novak. Environmental Science, a new course, was opened to all those in¬ terested in the social and scientific side of the communities’ desecrated land, air and water. Class members experimented in the lab and held dis¬ cussions to comprehend the growing problem of urban pollution. While ecology-minded Governors participated in Environmental Science, Contemporary Problems students de¬ bated over the feasibility of the energy crisis and government classes wran¬ gled with Watergate. The failings of political and military leaders roused discussion, with the present heads of state involved in the Watergate scandal usually chastised. “Watch out now, take care, beware of greedy leaders, they take you where you should not go,” lyrics to a George Harrison tune, applied to historical studies. Over-ambitious rulers ex¬ amined in world history included Napoleon and Hitler. Freshman Bob Kocur expressed his thoughts on the Revolutionary War by saying, “We were a group of radi¬ cals, trying to break away from our political ties with England.” WITH LADY LUCK on their side, seniors J. McDonald and E. Przewoznik hope to 30