Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Ulf 'I'lllIC'I'Y 'I'llIt'l:'1f g VCDLITH AND EDLJCATICDN HEALTH - COMMAND OE FLINDAMENTAL RRQCESSES HOME LIFE - VOCATION - CITIZENSHIR WCDRTHV USE OF LEISURE - CHARACTER 'I-HHSH are the Seven Cardinal Princi- ples of Education. Thes: are the prin- ciples for a happy life which are ollered to every boy and girl hy Mishawaka High school. l l'he people of Mishawaka have ever heen interested in the youth of the city and in education. In order to give their youth the hest possihle training for life, the townspeople, in 1924, erected a new huilding, Mishawaka High school, which is one of the Hnest in the state. Modern science lahoratories, vocational shops, gymnasium, and class rooms with care- fully selected equipment are at the dis- posal of every hoy and girl in the com- munity. Not only is provision made for the regular high school courses, hut Misha- awaka High also offers to its students a large variety of extra-curricular activities. Future liarrymores thrill audiences from behind the footlightsg future Nurmis speed along the cinder pathg a some-day- to-he Charles Dana wields his peng a fu- ture Daniel Wehster upholds his princi- ples in dehateg a famous legislator of to- morrow pounds his gavel in class meeting. What golden opportunities for those who strivel .-,.--v-'L- ' 000 m Erin' 'fave Q :sl l l ,.. , i. A li'fYfTffft'i'r si. 11 f

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-4 1. TH If MIX K 0 II If MISHAWAKA ORE than loo years ago, a few straggling settlers, Wending their weary way along the old St. Ioseph River, became attracted to the spot which is now a modf ern city of about 28,000 inhabitants. It is Mishawaka, which received its name from an Indian princess. the daughter of Elkhart, a Shawnee chief. The meaning of Mishawaka, in the Indian language is Swift Wntcnr, which referred to the river. Before the village was named Mishawaka, however, it was called Izzdffzzza City. 4' In St. Ioseph county, Mishawaka was the hrst city to incorporate. The Iron Works was the first factory built, and it stood Where the Rubber and Woolen Manufactur- ing Company is now located. The main street running east and West, now Lincoln Way or Second Street, orig- inally was named Vistula Road. V Mishawaka, since the earliest days, has been noted lor its strong religious and moral character and its general health. It is now a normal, happy community whose progress along educational lines has marked it as an out- standing city of Indiana.

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-l f5Tl-ILETICS I-IE development of the body physical- ly is made possible in Mishavvaka High school by a system of athletics that encourages everyone to take part in some form of physical activity. The hundreds of students who take advantage of this opportunity receive the beneht of body development to a degree in which physi- cal fitness is outvvardlv apparent. Al- though the purpose of athletics is not riqf-X5 r '. fk,-3 I fifwli T H If ,ll I S lx' U lllfl-' U primarily to turn out Winning teams but rather to benefit the greatest number of students possible, our school has been for- tunate not only in having an exception- ally large number of enthusiastic partici- pants but also in having a successful year in competitive sports so far as victories are conc:rned. Thus the healthfulness of the body is made possible by our far-reaching system of athletics, the body builder. ff- xx, J -'ig-, Y 4 ,