Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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lilrngrezs nf ishmuaka Svrhnnls Written by Mary D. Welch, Principal 0fHigh School, Mishawaka A HE Ordinance of 1787 contains this significant sentence: Ib f Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good was government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the , means of education shall be forever encouraged. The Northwest Territory, of which our own state was an import- ant part, was thus founded upon the rock of popular education. No city has followed this ideal more heartily than the city of Mishawaka. The growth of our schools has kept pace with our progress in every other department of municipal life. Phenomenal as has been the industrial energy of Mishawaka in the past decade, the development of our public schools has been no less wonderful. From a central school and a frame Battell school building, our physical equipment has within a few years expanded into four flourishing ward schools, and a new high school building, unsurpassed by any city of equal size in America. However a good school system does not depend entirely upon a good building. The spirit and inner life of any educational institution is far more important than the structure in which such school is contained. ln proportion to our improvement externally, there has been real progress internally. The number of young men and women in our graduating class of I9l0 was three times that of the usual classes of ten years ago. ln Athletics, that most important element in modern education, our schools are maintaining their proper place in the school-world of Indiana. How many of the truly great men of today were taking a wholesome interest twenty years ago in manly sports, such as base-ball, foot-ball, track events and the many other avenues in which strength asserts itself, Probably the leading statesmen, workmen and capitalists of Indiana in years to come are today heartily enjoying some game of skill, where the muscles of the body come into free-play. ln public speaking our boys and girls today are taking an interest which will amply repay them in practical life. How attractive and useful is the ability to speak intelli- gently and forcibly upon a public question. The graduates of our High School in those vocations requiring forensic ability have not been found wanting. It is highly probable the training they have received in our literary societies has contributed largely to these results. We might also proceed to outline the progress of our schools in the business department, so essential in the modern High School course. A good beginning in manual training has been made in the grades and it is expected that we shall soon have a manual training teacher in the High School. ln our new building a large room has been set apart for this work. ln a town like Mishawaka, where manufacturing institutions are so large a factor, this sort of work in the High School will meet an urgent need. Art-work

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