Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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President was Phyllis Welty; secretary, Dorothy Bosscawen; and librarian, Esther Magrames. Big event at holiday time is the traditional Vesper Service, which combines tableaux, or- chestra, and choir. The variety of carols which have been sung in these programs is remark- able. This year were heard carols from Nor- mandy, in France, from Bohemia, from old England, from Italy, and from Germany. Girls in double sextette are: Rose Marie La Cava, Lavonne Coil, Eileene Freeze, Jeanette Goethals, Patricia Groff, Cecilia Harrold, Mary Jane Johnson, Joan Kizer, Maxine McClure, Janice Schmidt, Loretta Verstraete, and Phyllis Welty. Among their several appearances were March 18 and 19 when Miss Jones spoke to the Lion’s Club and the Mishawaka Women’s Club about the music of each South American nation. Maxine McClure described the songs briefly and the girls dressed in South A meri- can costumes. Ours Is a Band to Fe Proud Of Like the orchestra, the one-hundred piece band plays for both school and civic activities upon request, and gives on an average of two concerts per year, one in January and the oth- er in April. Besides these regularly scheduled concerts the group gives one A and one B as- sembly concert and a free Sunday afternoon concert. The demonstration band, consisting of the thirty-three best players, has assembled in full dress uniform this year at the station, rain or shine, to play whenever draftees leave for the army. The officers for the year are: president, Bob Bonnell; vice-president, Paul Matchette; and secretary, Italo Candoli. First semester librar- ian was Dorothy Bosscawen, and the second semester librarians are Joy Galbreath and Jan- et Jennings. What delights the students and brings cheers from the football crowds are the maneuvers of English Ill FOURTH ROW: Stewart, Rotondi, Huggett, Tehbren, Roberts, Werntz, Bowens. THIRD ROW: Geist, Morris, Schroeder, Fuson, Lansford, Goosens, Chamberlin, Scheible- hut. SECOND ROW: Ciavatta, Harsh- man, Ritter, Hersch, Parcell, Rufe, Hoover, Groff, Boscawen. FIRST ROW: Hyvert, Glace, Bren- nen, Calver, Loengood, Birocci.

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Orchestra FIRST VIOLINS: Rudduck—lst chair-concert master, Miller, Magrames, Thallmer, Gulyanics, V., Johnson, E., Johnson, H., Witter; SECOND VIOLINS: Scott, Obenchain—lst chair, Raw- ley, Kingery, Vance, Scherzinger, Wenman, Bedwell; VIOLAS: Welty—lIst chair, Logan; CELLOS: Lemler—lIst chair, Gulyanics, E., Burket, Henningsmith, Hunter, Butler; BASSES: Lang—lIst chair, Goosens, Rossi, Thomas, Culner; CLARINETS: Frank—lst chair, Griffis, Six; TROMBONE: Morlan; TRUMPETS: Bonnell—Ist chair, Bosscawen; DRUMS: Eby; BELLS: Miller; PLANO: Kersh—lst chair, Lovett, Hasson. orchestra, the girls’ double sextette, the A Capella choir, the glee clubs, and the string ensemble. High point of the program was the patriotic cantata “Song of Victory”’ by Fletch- er. Thig is a stirring number sung by a hundred voices made up of the choir and glee clubs and accompanied by Miss Hackett an d Jerome Kersh. All through the year the department is called upon to provide music for special occasions and for that reason there have been formed from among orchestra members the string trio composed of Robert Rudduck, Elsie Gulyanics, and Jerome Kersh; the string ensemble which includes the trio plus Betty Lou Lemler and Glen Miller; the girls’ string ensemble made up of both Violet and Elsie Gulyanics, Jeanette Vance, Alyce Hasson, and Miss Lemler. Larger groups are the salon orchestra, the theatre or- chestra, and the concert orchesira of about thirty-five players. Dale Bressler, Arthur Car- ter, and Glen Hunt have served as managers. FOURTH ROW: Frank, Shutes, Walker, Longenecker, Snyder, Digirolamo, Witwer, Linson. THIRD ROW: Allen, McLane, Leonard, Weber, Wilson, Vance, Zeigler, Miles. SECOND ROW: Hersh, Landgraf, Dubbes, Dewalt, Vollmer, Jewel, Coil, Schott, Jontz, Shingeldeck- er. FIRST ROW: Jones, Van Arsdale, Taylor.

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Baton Owirlers the marching band and the strutting of the well-trained baton wielders. One new forma- tion is the anchor pictured above. Director Kraning’s formations are famous in the north- ern Indiana high school conference for variety and smartness, and everyone is thrilled anew whenever the lights on the players caps are lighted. Betty Ritter, Marilyn White, Virginia Steinhauser, Betty Walerko, Ruth Ganser. Elouise Hutchison, Vera Capelli, Joyce Walgamuth, Maxine Schock, Violet Robinson. At the annual Spring Band concert twelve maroon sweaters with four stripes on each left sleeve and two white chenille Ms” were awarded to Ray Bigler, Bob Bonnell, Italo Can- doli, Vera Capelli, Joan Griffis, Minnie Lideck- er, Virginia Mark, Paul Matchette, Phyllis Mil- ler, Tom Pressler, Marvin Stamm, and Elwin Zeller who had four years without more than ade excused absence and tardy each semester. English Ill FOURTH ROW: Trimboli, Woolet, Straughn, McManus, Slabaugh, Fermi, Van Vooren, Van Bru- aene. THIRD ROW: Colley, Nelund, Vaerewyck, Van Bruaene, Der- bin, Van Haverbeck, Luxenber- ger, Lindzy, Barnes. SECOND ROW: Holsinger, Leslie, Kimmel, Cramer, Johnston, Weaver, Freed, Forest, Schulz, Ray. FIRST ROW: Morgan, La Place, Batson, Willingham, Parr, Mos- hak, Herriman.