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

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ICE CASTLES The Inaugral dance was on No¬ vember 20, 1982, and the theme was “Ice Castles. ” As the couples danced to the band. Devotion, punch and snacks were served dur¬ ing the evening. The Inaugral is a turn-about dance where the girl asks the guy. The girl pays for the tickets, which were $10, and for the pictures. The guy pays for the dinner at a near¬ by resturant. Many students who did not at¬ tend the dance helped make the dance a success by helping with decorations, serving punch and snacks, or helped with the coat check. Inaugural 21

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BUHRING SALACH WIN BIG 1982 was an outstanding year for the Morton debate with a long and impressive list of outstanding victories. One of the more promi¬ nent of these highlights was the performance of Junior Debbie Burhing and Senior Tim Salach at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Burhing and Salach were one of seven teams invited to compete in the Second Annual Redman Round Robi Debate Tournament in early December, 1982. The Round Robin preceded the 49tb Annual Redman Forensic Tournament, a two day tournament which began the day after the Round Robin. In the Round Robin each team debated each of the others once. Buhring and Salach emerged victo¬ rious, finishing with the best over¬ all record, as well as the highest combined speaker point total of all teams competing. Additionally, Salach was the first place speaker in the tournament and Coach Doug Fix was honored for coaching the first place team. “It took a lot of effort on the part of many people to allow us to compete in Oklahoma. I was very concerned about the possibility of our letting them down. Because of this, I was elated with our success in the Round Robin, ” commented Mr. Fix. The Redman Forensics tourna¬ ment followed a different format. The debate competition went four rounds to determine four teams which would be paired in semi-fi¬ nal rounds. The semi-final winners would then advance to a final round. Buhring and Salach were undefeated up until the final round when they lost on a 2-1 decision to place second. “The second place finish was really an anti-climax after our success in the Round Robin, especially since we had de¬ feated the team when we faced them in the Round Robin. Still, the second place is very respectable, ” commented Buhring. In addition to the debate ele¬ ment of the Redman forensic tour¬ nament, a speech meet was also held in which Salach placed sec¬ ond in the boys’ extemporaneous speaking competition. “All in all, the whole experience in Oklahoma was one of my more memorable ones. The competition was top rate, and I had a really good time as well, ’’ added Salach. “For my first year of varsity de¬ bate I really enjoyed the opportu¬ nity, ’’ stated Debbie Buhring. “I’ve bad many memorable ex¬ periences as a coach, and the trip to Oklahoma will always be right up there with all of them,’’ con¬ cluded Mr. Fix. 20 Debate

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22 Plays