Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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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

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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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THIRD ROW: Mazurkiewicz, Morti- SECOND ROW: Baugher, Troyer, FIRST ROW: Rohrbeck, Wallace, De- CLUBS Give Way to Wartime Activity This changing world is nowhere more changed than within the social circle. Clubs more or less social in character have thinned appreciably or disappeared completely in the face of first aid classes, part time jobs, and gasoline rationing. The Chess Club has ceased to meet evenings. Mr. Nygard’s departure left the Forgers Club without a leader. Home Eco- nomics girls failed to get under way. The Engi- neering Club held its first meeting on April 7 after night school had closed. The Biology Club gave up after Mr. Kuhn's departure. Miss Crav- en's Big Sisters simply couldn't find time on a groaning schedule to hold their party for the incoming freshmen girls. They hoped that a diminishing high school enrollment would com- pensate for their lack of hospitality. A club might be formed from among those students who arrive at school anywhere from 6 a. m. on. These early birds ride to school with parents or neighbors and, since only the study hall is open to them, they roam the halls looking for something to do. Such energy really should be harnessed to some useful activity. Seniors customarily take an intelligence test, but this fall they were subjected to a battery of them. On appointed days, beginning at 8:20 English V more, Whisman. Myers, Hummer, Darr, Townsend, Magrames, Miller. Haven, Sack, Snyder, Stanton, Longfellow, Housand, Hittig, Mah- ler. Page 14 a. m., they assembled in the study halls and were seated checker board fashion. Other stu- dents remained away from school until ten o'clock so that the seniors might not be dis- turbed. This testing program was carried on in part at the request of the army so that draftees would be to some extent catalogued before in- duction. There were IQ tests, an achievement test in science, mathematics, English and social science, and a math screening test. In a screen- ing test those persons unfriendly with figures, drop right through. Then the boys took an ad- ditional test in physics. All of these occurring during the sponsor'period shut out all other ac- tivities, and club meetings suffered accordingly. The Science Club, made up of four groups: Physics, Chemistry, Physical Geography, and Biology, meets once a month. Since the club sells scrap paper which is collected around school, and earns money in so doing, the dues are only ten cents a semester. A big event was the meeting of the Junior Academy of Science in the fall at Notre Dame. Mr. Smith, biology teacher at Central High School in South Bend, spoke before the biology section. Movies on the spider, the turtle, and “War on the Campus” were shown with the Parent Teacher Association as guests. The club