Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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The Health Program for American youth should be thorough — The most oustanding change, affecting all seniors and juniors, was the introduction of physical fitness classes aimed at toughening up students in preparation for the armed forces and defense work. A fter careful planning by the administration, the athletic department and head sponsors, the program was set up in the second semester in line with all other high schools throughout the state. The classes were held five days a week by Mr. Steele, Mr. Thurston, and Miss Goodwin. The first weeks of the semester groaning and puffing were audible during setting-up exer- cises, and sore muscles and stiff joints were the general rule. As the course became more stren- uous and flabby muscles were toughened up, the daily workouts became very popular. The course for the boys: consisted of calis- thenics to strengthen undeveloped muscles, boxing, tumbling, one to two-mile runs to strengthen their legs and improve their wind, and various games of bodily contact, such as scrub basketball and soccer, and also daily marching drills. The girls’ course was not as strenuous and emphasis was placed on calis- thenics, drilling, and two-mile runs at least twice a week. It was a common sight during the spring to see flocks of high school girls, clad in all sorts and colors of sweat suits, slacks, or gym suits, marching and running down Lincoln Way or Mishawaka Avenue on a typical hike. The biggest problem confronting instructors was how to handle such large numbers — ap- proximately six-hundred — of students in the gymnasium. It was feared for a time that class- English VI bom, Schwab, Mathews. Kilbey. THIRD ROW: Miller, Hoerstman, Ber- lingcourt, Winans, Berger, Fela- SECOND ROW: Miller, Amadio, Gamble, Rae, Hawkins, Morgan. FIRST ROW: Price, Ritter, Powell, Capelli, Gall, Landgraf, Lester,

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English V1 SECOND ROW: Fox, Butler, John- FIRST ROW: Wilhelm, Magrames, Model planes fascinate air-minded boys. pare them with blue print requirements. Most of them will be employed at the Bendix Cor- poration or at Studebakers in connection with aeroplane manufacture. Pre-aeronautical or ground training by the United States Office of Education covers aero- dynamics, navigation, and meteorology, in- forms on Civil Aeronautics regulations, and re- quires a knowledge of aids and safeguards in flying. This course is designed to give students a taste of what air corps training will be like. If forecasts are accurate, high schools of the future will acquaint every student with the basic problems of aviation for the airplane will ston, Reed, Weaver. Gephart, Brubaker, Riddle, Bren- neman, Cook, Overpeck, Siade. War stamp sales promise future prosperity. have come to park in the average garage along-side of the grandchild of your present automobile. Behind the slogan “Buy War Bonds and Stamps,’ Lois Fetters and Thala Palmer, the Minute Man's nieces, have sold stamps to stu- dents all year. The girls volunteered their serv- ices every sponsor period. Their job was com- plicated by the shortening of the sponsor peri- od to 15 minutes. You students loaned Uncle Sam approximately $9,000 this year, believe it or not! Mr. DeCroes and Mr. Thurston's sponsor rooms and the Miskodeed staff in 219 have the reputation of maintaining an average of 100% throughout the school year.

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ISECOND ROW: Annable, Fink, Groves, Matthews, Kunce, Griffis, Kersh. | FIRST ROW: DeRuyver, Schoenegge, Homan, Newcomer, Richez, Fry, Truckowski, Greenfield, Kalil. | English I THIRD ROW: Scheibelhut, Eby, Grayson, Reinholtz, McKee, Mar- kanich. es would have to be held in school halls or even in the cafeteria. The problem was neatly solved by placing one third of the seniors in refresher math for each third of the semester, and by an early morning class for the boys. Regular gym classes doubled up with physical fitness classes on regular gym days in bad weather, while on warm days the fitness class- es went hiking. Another phase of the health program this year was the thorough physical examinations given to all juniors and seniors preliminary to the organization of the physical fitness pro- gram. The Health program of other years which included skin tests and hearing tests was great- ly elaborated on this year. Early in the fall, representatives of Indiana University gave all It should contain vigorous exercises to develop strength, skill, and stamina. Mishawaka High School students hearing tests; and later in December the upperclassmen were as usual subjected to tuberculosis skin tests. In January the school established a new prec- edent when all Mishawaka doctors kindly in- terrupted their busy routine to donate their services for two afternoons to the task of giv- ing physical examinations to all juniors and seniors. Much credit is due to students on pre- medical courses who were excused from class- es for over a week to make urinalysis tests saving the school considerable expense. The results of these examinations were filed with the State Health Department and also deter- mined whether or not students were physically le stayq the strenuous physical fitness pro- m. .f