Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Board decided to let the contract, and preparations for tlie wonderful school building began immediately. What a beautiful structure it was! The red brick walls rose three stories high and were surmounted by fancy chimneys and elaborate ga bles. The spa- cious lawn in front was left vacant for a playground, and the whole presented a pleasing picture. The children were delighted. One could go from kinder- garten to high school in this one building. And in the year 1906, there were eighty-five students in the High School alone. And so, a few years later, another board of Education held another meet- ing at the call of Superintendent Nuner. As a result of this meeting, a separate high school was built directly in front of the old Main School. And in 191 1, one hundred and fifty-eight were enrolled therein. The townspeople settled back comfortably, feeling confident that their money would not be needed soon in that direction again, for the capacious new edifice could accommodate as many as four hundred students. But the years slipped by amazingly fast. Mishawaka grew and prospered : and the spring of 1922 arrived. Professor Emmons, the new superintendent, conferred with the various school directors and city authorities. We have five hundred and forty-five students in the high school at the present time, he said, and at this rate of increase, we shall probably have seven hundred in another year. Then the citizens realized that they must make a mighty efl:ort to solve the problem. They appointed a number of men, who chose a splendid site in the eastern part of the city, on Lincoln Way East. They purchased enough land for an extensive building and for two or three athletic fields. It is to this lovely location that the high school pupils will go for the next fifty years more. Where will the students gather in two hundred years ?

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The Development of Mishawaka High School Will the meeting come to order, please! The president of the Board of Education rapped loudly on the table and peered o er his spectacles at the members of the Board who were gathered in a corne ' - of the City Hall. Let us proceed directly to business. The important item before us today is the consideration of a school building to be erected at the corner of First and Hill Streets. The subject is open for discussion. Such was a statement made in the little village of Alishawaka some fifty- five years ago. After much argument and an abundance of gossip, the School

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Foreword To YOL ' , the Alumni, who have gone from the doors of Mishawaka High into Life ' s big battle, I am the oice of Memory, calling for you to live over again those happy care-free days. To YOU, The Battalion of 1923, who are leaving these doors soon, I am the Voice of Accomplishment, I am the Monument of your labor and deeds. To YOU, who yet shall strive, learn and play within the walls of Misha- waka High, I am the Voice of Challenge. I challenge you to plan larger things, To see yet brighter visions. To dare greater feats And to tell about them in your MISKODEED. 9