Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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INTENSE INTEREST is shown by Cathy Kodba in Mr. Merle Blue's Government class. SNOOPY LOOKS ON in appreciation of Mr. John TavIor's Civics class as they learn about M.H.S. I We .iw N 'fs' -,...----4 il if, 1, ' it ii 20-Academics i ak:

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U1 1 ,-f ' i Many seek new answers in experiments Biology classes took advantage of the warm Spring days and attended sessions outside, where they studied different types of flora and fauna. When the weather turned cool, they moved indoors and continued their studies with the dissection of frogs and grasshoppers. Classes in Earth Science made a geological chart of time. The Earth Science room was remodeled earlier this year. This made for a more modern teaching atmosphere. Fundamentals of experiments with elements in chemistry forced the students to think logi- cally. The students were given the basics and were left to explore their assignment. Physics students learned about the Atomic Age through Mr. Braunsdorf's class. They ex- perimented with light and heat, among other things. Students in trade science worked with electricity and its experiments. SCIENCE AT WORK is shown as Mrs. Bonnie Bauer administers hearing test throughout the school. FROM HIS EXPERIMENTS Roger Hibschman learns the basic fundamentals of Physics from Mr. Braunsdorf. I Academics-19

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Mr. Robertson heads History Department Qi: t Student involvement was stressed in the many Social Studies classes, involvement concerning both national and state problems and contro- versial topics. Mr. Bottorff and Mr. Johnson, both Sociology teachers, wanted their students to look upon these topics objectively. Mr. Robertson, along with other Social Studies teachers, was concerned with the num- ber of open minds there were. They felt that if a student wanted to learn, they would. In Sociology classes there was a new method of arrangement. Students were permitted to sit where they wished, contributing to more free- dom of learning in the classroom. Mr. Chandler, a student teacher, felt that a set procedure for conducting classes was both confining to the students as well as the teacher. Mr. Robertson succeeded Ward Baker as head of the department. ln Freshman Social Studies the students read the chapter assigned and later discussed them in class. They also kept up on current events. A PHOTOGRAPHER catches Mr. Walter Johnson at an unexpected moment, during U. S. History. U. S, HISTORY CLASS aroused enthusiasm of Donald Costa and Mike Addison during a discussion period. IN A MORE RELAXED ATMOSPHERE for Sociology Mr. Richard Bottorft tries to get a serious point across.