Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Awareness Faced with a world in which Poverty, pollution, war, and discrimination Were far more than words in a sociology | book, We sought for answers, Fearing many before us had asked the same questions And been given no answers. Government taught words ‘Freedom, democracy, justice”’ Boyfriends and brothers died in Viet Nam. Friends got busted. State-wide elections saw students taking Their first active role in political change; Fighting the problems of pollution on our own Battlefield, the student Ecology Committee Sought to combat area problems; Classes and assemblies discussed drugs, As did the mass media; The state of the world Opened our eyes In painful awareness, While questions burned in the minds Of each A PEACEFUL SUNSET is marred by pollution. Con- cerned students formed an ecology committee to fight the problem in the area. 12—Individuality

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Involvement Moved by the needs of many Im our community, Students left the isolation Of MHS to do what they could... Volunteering evenings to work With mentally handicapped, Visiting the old in nursing homes, Building a school for foreign children Tutoring underprivileged children, Giving to Share... Each doing his Small part, Reaching out in Awareness of others, Deepening our involvement Through individuality f | i ¥ : MARLENE HUSTON AIDS a patient at Golden Age Manor, where she worked every morning. Marlene plans to enter a nursing career as a way of helping other people.

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SENIOR JERRY FOX reflects on his draft card. For many high school was shadowed with the prospect of being drafted. SIGNS AROUND TOWN expressed the anti-war opinions of many youth. Mishawaka was not immune to protest and strong convictions, whether spoken or written. AT AN ASSEMBLY to inform students of the ups and downs of heavy drug users, Mr. Charles McPheeters told of his personal experiences, which renewed his faith in God and Christianity. Individuality—13