Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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Semor Class Hlstory e the senrors of 1950 have qurte a hlstorv to look baek upon Throughout our hrgh school eareer' we have been retrxe rn mam clubs musreal orgrnrzatlons sports arld mam other extra eurrrcular aetrwltles whrch the sehool has had to offer We started as freshmen w lth hfty four students ln our class We re lost 1 fe w slnee then, sO that now we have a er 1llLlltlYlg cl rss of thlltx nrneteen glrls and eleven boxs There are mam thlngs whrch we wrll lerrrenrber after graduatron but there are r few whrch stand out above the rest Thrngs lrke the has rrdes trlps to canrp the weeklx shrws fdate nrghtl the plolrls tournews and the nr rm lllwfflillt trlps we h rve t rken Oh Kes 'rnel we eant forget town hall We started our hrgh school eseapade as freshmen What a thrrll th It was' At last we were rn hlgh sehool Our sponsors for our freshnren Mlss ODowd arrl 'Nil Helkless 'rnd officers were rs follows Qrnl Wlorelrnd Dar Eekelt Hee presld nt Leetr Rrlex George Zook tre rsurer Of course we took fr lot of Illilllllg' rn men veal, but lt w rs worth It We me wear were our Lass preslderlt seeretarx our fre sh erl1V jorned the drffelerlt or l.nr1'l.tlorls X8 were now entrtlel to IIOIH su h rs ll e e ur e l lsketl track, LhOlI ell rllrrtres elub 4 H elub photogl rphx elub anel mam others lklth representatlxes t the top of l1l0St of the olganl7 rtlons we were on Before reaehrng our peak of flllll though the upper elassmen were to have sorrlethlng, to ll t our rstory reshrrr n lllltlltlll ' Const rntlx durrng our freshmen N011 we were rernrrrded th rt 'we mrst pass r serres of tests before we were to be eolnpletelw qufrlrtled to reeelwe the honorable narrle of upp r elasslnen anel dlscard our le ss tllStlIlQ.lLll hed name of Greenres Remelllber the rnrtlrtron sesslons at sehool anel tow nh'rll How the upper elrssnren used to make th bots elanee wlth the glrls f-Xh for the return of that golden freshmen wear J Flnally after nluch bowrng to upper elrssmen and tll3.St1C ehanges rn our hall stxles makeup clothlng plans anel work eh dules we were permltted to LIOQN the threshold rs upper elassmen We were then plepaleel to go on to our sophorrrore wear and to do unto the eolrrlng freshrn n as we were done uno fGolden rule 'U o thrt thew too D112 t sonledax be llllllltttll to our soeletx end reach thelr senror year rn due tllll tOnlw one H1010 werl klels Thrnk you ll rrlake rt J Our sophomore tear was a llttle less eventful but no less ereeltrng Our sponsors that rear were Mlss 0Dowel and N11 Beers Our sophomore officers were Sam Nlorelrnd presldent Dall Fckert vrce presrdent Ruth Nirlkemus secretarl. Jeannette NICOSII treasur l It was rn thrs we rr that we gaxe l class play and sklt rmrtatlng the officers and teachers It was loads of fun but they certalnlw reversed the procedure and pard Us rn full ln our QCDIOI veal th thelr verslon of A School Day at Morton drelnt thev lLooks lrke thew ve been practlcln the program as long as we have J Our sophomore veal was also the Vedl ln whrch we started our selecteel courses We had our chorce of the followlng Acaelemrc, Home Ec Commerclal and Industrral Arts Courses and we were rnstructed to take the one whrch we thought would best prepare us for our chosen plofessrons tstreet cleaners exeluded D fllls was a txple rl hrgh sehool L'1l for us was eranrmed full of all sorts of sports lctlvrtles As rnslgnrnearlt rs rt max Slllll we also remem ber our sophorrrore ual as belng our last xear to have Phys Ed Remember the long hlkes we used to take and the arguments we boxs md 21115 had over who was to use the basebrll ell llI10Dd As, alwavs th rt xerl too w ls elestrned to pass aeldrng another lrllk to our Clldlll of IIILIHOIIQS Our n xt lrnk was to be our Junlrr wear W hat a busy ve'rr that was' We strrted thlN we rr wlth two new class sponsors Wlrss Nlefullough arlel Mr Hedges Our class oflieers for th It Yl'll were Bob Wlorelrnd pleslelent Jllll Swlngo Vlll DILSld6nt 1 yllrs frreue seeretarx, rne llrll Ee er tlersurel Our Ilunror xerr was accenturted Xllth thrngs sueh rs stasrng up rt the bfrsketbrll tourness hax es ner ols s alle er rmr ll de rr e rne llldlt elnfelenees rs w rs rs th xea wo lstory e rsses 31.1118 eel elrss panel Remember how both seetrons hrd LODlDlLt9lX elrffel erlt ttpes of prpers rnd that thew were of equrl lllldltt Z1CCOI1l1I'l2., to th lr txpes Oh well c nl rtlon rs the root of rll suecess so re r Urln something be our efforts The most prornlnent esent of our lurllor rear w rs e eorrtlne for the IJIOIH T IS l rn event w re LXOIX Junlol elass looks forward wlth great expectr how lrrrd we worked trxlng to get enough rrpl lll0NSOIllS lnd dogwoods for r tr es lnd how e drel our werrk rn the seelusron of the rbrneloned scout roonr so that the eurrous fsnoopx we thoughtl senrols wouldnt IllNLOVOl our pllns Th boxs spent daxs runllrng around eettlng enough loeks for the r ek garden fskrpprng elfrssesl and when thex hael frnlsheel we stole over lrl the blaekness of th nlght ftoo llld Ploxel srw usl anel tl rnsfeled our flower rrlakrng rnd vlne eowellng to the urn We worked ln the vvm for a week lefore the prom rrlangrng roeks alrd plrnts for the loek garden pllntlng' the preket fe nee puttlng leaves and flowers on the trees lllll vlnes anei wolklng on the DIIIL eonstruetlorr the fountrln guslllng wlth larnbow eololeel wate and surrounded by bealrtrful plants rnel rocks tH'rrd work, wasnt It Mr Toeldqj Our lrghtlng csnslsted of beautrfullx ll6COI'ItGtl Japrnese l'ltL1IlQ strung low reross the gxm from eo rler o eorner Our elanee band sectron w IN surroulrded bt a srllall whlte fenee COVllLd Yilth Vlnth We also had elrnrblng vlnes orl the walls llden wlth bunches of grapes 'rnd le ues Fv lxolre hael a h lnd ln helprng w lth the fountarn lnd the plants were furnrshed be Nlr Bender of the greenhouse M tortnel 'llso helped Us a lot N QLIDCIVINITIQ, the arrangement of the rock garden Frnally the blg nlght all1VCll rnd after we hael gone through the leeeptlon llne anel frlled our dance programs we proeeeded wlth the grand march Durrng the danee we were entertarneel bw sewer rl tap danclng numbers, rnd then much to our regr t the evenlng of danclng ended at mldnlght After the danee we escorted our dates to town hall fan exelusrve nlght spotj 'rnel were served a llght snaek before proceedrng home, where most of the Elll served popcorn, and homenrade candw fRLlHQl11lJ r 20s dates had to SID thell candw through a straw wha' hoppenedll Thus, ended our Junlor prom fu I . - I s . , , - ' -r 'I , . . . . . . , Y I sv. 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