Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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a Health and Safety For a Longer, Happier Life Exercise; Obey the Rules CHECKING THE OIL. Under the direc- tion of Mr. Don Cromer, Karl Harris and Stan Dennev check a drivers ed car. . () (;. ri lES. iMr. Max Eby points out tlic different parts of tlie tooth to Cheri Seani.iii. Health students learn that tlie average MHS teenager has seven teeth de- cayed, missing, or filled. Learning mechanical skills and practicing physical skills, MHS students drove cars, practiced flips, and lifted weights. Three students, one ner ous teacher, and one expensixe car equaled part of a drivers education class out on an educational dri e. Dri ing on ice and parallel parking were two harrowing experiences for student drivers. De eloping skill and coordination, girl g m students on the north side of the curtain bowled, square danced, and played badminton; boys on the south side of the curtain boxed, lifted weights, and ran around the balcony of the gym. The girls practiced tennis, golf, and archery, while the boys ran relays, high jumped, and pole vaulted. In health classes students found data on current problems in i)ooks and reports on narcotics, alcoholism, and smoking. A special report on LSD stressed the danger of trips except under rigidly controlled medical supervision. Health students learned that the aver- age MHS teenager has se en teeth decayed, missing, or filled. Part of MHS s health and safety program was not in the class- room. For the seventeenth ear MHS won a plaque for the excellence of its safety program. Mrs. Gladys Conant, the school nurse, ad- ministered first aid, ga e health advice, and super ised the health testing programs. Out of 1056 tuberculin tests she ga e this year only four had positive reactions. The results of these tests became part of the student ' s permanent health record as did the results of the hearing and vision tests given to sophomores and new enrollments. 18

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A NECESSITY. Seniors Brenda Cavanah, Paul Eraraert. Bob Ra -mond. and Doris Montgomery use the Reader ' s Guide to Periodical Literature to find articles on Universal Military Training, electric cars, and U.S. amba. sadors. 17

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' ELCOME CHANGE. By spring boys ' and girls ' gym classes were eager lor a diange of pace. Sliding back the separating curtain, tliey joined forces lor a week to play fast-paced games of olIevball. 19