Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Principal Russell R. Myers Dean of Girls Lynetta E. Wilson ln order to provide a good field for football, soil was brought from the hills to fill in the site of our present athletic field. lt was during the depression years when W. P. A. labor was avail- able that the stadium was built little by little, as materials and money could be secured. Al- though some of the brick was salvaged from the Notre Dame building program, the bleachers are first class and at least a part of the dressing room facilities were installed. Meanwhile the student body grew from 415 in 1921 with 60 graduates to 545 in 1922, over 600 in 1923, and the high water mark of 2,067 in 1941 when the junior high schools carried part of the heavy load. ln 1941 there were nearly 1900 students in the high school alone. During Mr. Emmons 25 year reign there have Assistant Principal Frank W. Chapman been over 5,000 graduates. The school system has grown through the building of LaSalle School, the Beiger School, Mary Phillips School, the front section of Battell School, and the in- heriting of Twin Branch School at the time when the city limits were extended. ' The 15 teachers of 1921 have grown to more than fifty. Departmental clubs, oratorical con- tests and dramatics are still with us, supple- mented by others which reflect a much broader curriculum, plus the honor societies which high- light our achievements. Our library has out- grown the room assigned .... For your untiring effort, your broad vision, it is to you, Mr. Emmons, that we, the Senior Class, dedicate our Miskodeed. 1 . . . -- N' . '-'-1-ffV'w-ab-M-at: A - ' ' f. ' lr! 'tl' ' ' ' ' . ' ' . . ' -. 3611155-ifffi . , f 7' 1 ,Z f w - 4 6 , 'J . N , .' ,v .1 ,--. , it-, V ., . 1, , r xl K1 ' ' iff . sfgfiiaw ,. -A,.s,ffi:P.si if, A 1 , Q . , ...ts ,,.f,. W ,N .i ln., ,,,.tf .d 'rx ' . - :im-is-.i.,1.': -:-..-yu: .Q-.g...vgi:.f., w '. - -. .' ,- '- - .. ,,-apt. 1 144. 4 T, , 2. '. .'k.f'i.-I Eiiiv-j , 4 '-'E-.qi :W -. 1'-v 3- ai-1-J - f J - ' - - , . -'.L'- '-:yy ti v '-in-,1 4 ig-j-pw: ..-- .gy - It I , if , 'li ' ' f m ' ' .- -ff : it : A , QLt'5 ::f't.-i - P'

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4 Suvefmtend ent P- C' Emm OYX5 1n August, 1921, our presently retiring superin- tendent, Mr. P. C. Emmons, came to take over the Mishawaka city schools, which have grown and prospered greatly since that time. 'The meeting will please come to order probably opened a board meeting which 're- sulted in the construction of a new high school on a site which was practically open country. From 1911, when the high school numbered 158 students, the high school enrollment had grown to 415 in 1921, and Mr. Emmons believed there were signs pointing to a growth of several hun- dred students within the next year or two. The problem had to be met. After a series of con- ferences with school board members and city officials, not all of whom saw the signs, the contract was let to Perkins, Fellows, and Hamil- ton, a splendid firm of architects in Chicago. When school opened in the beautiful new building, in the fall of 1924, there were 28 teachers. ln 1921 there were only 15 teachersg four vocational teachers, one physical education teacherfa woman, and ten academic teachers. In 1925 the cafeteria began to function and the auditorium was complete with sound- proofing. The auditorium was built to seat about 1,200 persons, because it was meant to serve the community as well as the school. Although it was practically unheard of at that time, quarters were set aside for a school book store in which rental books have since found an important place. ln the opinion of many of the townspeople, the gymnasium was far too large. They were certain that the enrollment would never grow up to it. They could not foresee the girls clamoring for a gym of their own or the sectional tourna- ment being moved to lohn Adams. -,,4.

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WI, BOARD OF CONTROL+Clockwise from the left: Morgan, Hoffman, l-lolderman, Mr Hatcher, Miss Miller, president, Miss Wilson, Miss Perkins, Roqqeman, Kempner, Mr Yew. Standing, Mr. Steele, Wedsworih. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE-Mary Ann Reschke, lanet Orlosky, Mrs. Russell Hee-ter. SUPERlNTENDENT'S OF FICE- CRiqhtJ Lois F. Gaskill, loyce Walqamuih, Mary Hoersi- man. Ulbovel Ida L. Bells. F