Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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CHRIS DARE IN HIS ROLE as Professor Harold Hill advocates the “Think System” to young citizens of River City, lowa. B-TEAM CHEERLEADERS include Jeanna Swartz, Diane Firmani, Jackie Watts, Kathy Halterman and Sara Torian. RICK MILLER, Senior Class President, gives a carnation to Scott Decker, soph. caveman, as Bill Powers looks on. Slave auction, dress down day | make Spirit Week | Spirit Week, February 15-19, began with a slave auction on Monday. Fall and Winter athletes and | varsity, B-team, and Freshman cheerleaders were sold to the highest bidder. Auctioned by senior Rick Mil- ler, the slaves performed all kinds of deeds for their masters, such as carry books and buy lunches. Thurs- day was “‘turn-around day” and masters got equal treatment. During the week student boosters sold maroon “Robin Hood” hats and GAA sold new Cavemen pins to promote school spirit. Friday was Senior recognition day. Most students wore maroon and white, while the seniors declaimed it as ‘‘Dress Down Day”’. Mark Skene and Bridgette Laughlin, Caveman and Cavewoman, reigned over a pep rally to boost a winning team in a 69-63 victory over Goshen. ET SMP A TS A ET SS NR PES OSS OS SS Student Life—29

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uF (helm) stworter ad ao fint otuet re Lee Chelminiak, i Chris Dare star in ‘Music Man’ Harold Hill entertained the MHS audiences in March in the all-school musical THE MUSIC MAN. Chris Dare captured the lead and Lee Chelminiak played Marian. The story of a corrupt salesman who falls in love with a virtuous librarian, MUSIC MAN was and is a play that the classes will remember. Mrs. Paroo (Jill Nevel) sees her son Winthrop (Lou Mihajlovich Jr.) come out of his shell as he sings ‘Gary, Indiana’’. Harold’s sidekick Marcellus (Frank Portolese) warns him that Mayor Shinn (Scott Fore) has discovered his fraud. In his haste to escape, Hill gets caught talking to Tommy and Zaneeta (Vince Floridia and Amy Lotz), but all is not lost. The River City Band ends the play with the Minuet in G, afterwards going into a resounding chorus of ‘’Seventy-Six Trombones.” LEE CHELMINIAK LISTENS as Lou Mihajlovich, her little brother, expresses pleasure at the prospect of joining the boys’ band. FOREIGN STUDENTS Matty Gonzalez and Ana Maria De La Vega addressed the students during Spirit Week. 28—Student Life

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Winter months see aer Dr. Koger abolish MHS dress code Abolishing the dress code was perhaps the most dramatic change that was brought about at Mishawaka High School this past year. In the wake of a student demonstration on December first in which over one hundred girls wore slacks to school, a committee was organized to study the problem and make a recom- mendation. The committee, chaired by Reverend Phillip B. Smith, was composed of students, faculty, and P.T.A. representatives. The thirty held two meetings, and voted unanimously to recommend that any dress code going beyond health and safety considerations be abolished. Student members of the committee were Seniors Frank Portolese, Jerry Cox, and Beth Blue: Juniors Dennis Ward and Barney Packard; Sopho- mores Jon Gratzol and Debby Weiss; and Freshmen Toni Bilancio and Teresa Stringer. On January 20, all dress regulations were dropped in a policy statement by Superintendent Kenneth Koger. He stated that ‘When dress or grooming demon- strates that it is disruptive of the educational process ... It will not be permitted in school.’’ FRESHMEN JANET TAM and Mandy Hook appear both pleased and comfortable with the changed dress code. LOWER RIGHT, Principal Robert Smith addresses demon- strators protesting the dress code; one is Janet Tam. LEGS WERE A RARE SIGHT after the abolition of the dress code; Seniors Lisa Collins, Linda DeLoof, and Bonnie Miller demonstrate the look “before.” ; i { Uy Hb bbe ; “l J j Ce 2 ES t poss a