Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Exectinc Crass Orricers, the forty-niners choose Mike Michele, treasurer; Chuck Golba, vice president; Loretta Triest, secretary; and Tom Roggeman, president. Recervinc Crass Jewetry from Mr. Armstrong is an exciting event in every senior’s life. Hamedy Jojo gazes at her ring. The Class of 49 entered Mishawaka High School in the fall after V-J Day with high hopes for a bright new future. The freshmen girls swung along in short pleated skirts and long “Sloppy Joe” sweat- ers in an effort to look like everyone else; the boys wore their shirt tails out. Afraid of being conspic- uous, they begged their mothers not to make them wear their rubbers when the weather forecast was “cloudy with showers.” In the fall of ’46 these sophomore know-it-alls eagerly directed the freshmen to their sponsor rooms on the third floor. With a year to explore the building from the greenhouse to the machine shop the class of 49 knew all the angles. The junior class organized in September, 1947, to elect Dick Miller, president; Chuck Barnard, vice president; Stanley Ross, treasurer; and Rita Snyder, secretary. Miss Ruby Perkins was their class sponsor. In their junior year they presented “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay,” their first class play, and held a magazine drive to finance the prom and to furnish the conference room as their class gift. In the fall sophisticated seniors from sponsor rooms 103 and 138 crammed into the busy days dates, football games, and studies—catching a wink of sleep now and then. First they elected their class officers who were football co-captain Tom Roggeman, president; Thespian Chuck Golba, vice president; football quarterback Mike Michele, treasurer; and Alltold news editor Loretta Triest, secretary. The first recognition of their “seniority” came with the arrival of the long awaited class jewelry in September. At last they had tangible proof that Senior Finat Exams in Spanish class perplex Sue Fuson, Don Petersen, Chuck Barnard, and Joan Callahan.

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1949: Students in the Atomic Age .. . buddies in the stag line. .-. friends to talk with and about. . . the slick chick you'd like to date . . . a good Joe to copy math from. One Disaster, RETURN SuBMISSIVE FROM A SECOND, WASHINGTON 14, MisHawaka 13 Cavexips Lenp A Hanp To REPAIR

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i | | i i i | ) | they were no longer freshmen, sophomores, or jun- iors! However, life as a top dog was not all a pleas- ure. The first senior headache, a source theme assignment, was due the day before Christmas vacation. Not being allowed to forget graduation in the near future, the “49ers” were measured for their caps and gowns in the auditorium. In lengthened sponsor periods college representatives from Pur- due, Indiana, DePauw, and other universities dis- cussed the different types of colleges. The seniors returned from a two weeks’ Christ- mas vacation on January 3, determined to settle down and hit the books. For the 33 seniors with enough credits to graduate, the end of the semes- ter meant the end of their high school careers. ‘The other 278 continued to enjoy their last semester at M.H.S. In May and June activities for seniors-only cli- maxed the ev entful high school days of the forty- niners. The day the senior name cards arrived, a flurry of little white papers descended upon the once uncluttered halls. On May 21, Cap and Gown Day, the prospective graduates wrote their last exams. Between tests seniors flaunted caps and gowns before envious juniors and took snapshots of each other for future reference. The end of the day meant the end of classes for them at M.H.S. On June 3 the seniors danced with their guests at the Junior-Senior Promenade in the Palais Royale. The following week they attended Bac- calaureate and Class Night. In the presence of par- ents and friends the forty-niners ended a four year career at M.H.S when they received their diplo- mas at Commencement. Crowninc Sentors, Bud Bailey, Don Petersen, Chuck Barnard, pose on Newspapers FLroop Ciassroom as government students Jerry Balestri, Mathew Liedtky, Caroline Gorski, and Gene Egendoerfer clip articles for scrapbooks. Cuests Expanp AND HeEaps SWELL as seniors are meas- ured for caps and gowns, their formal attire for spring ceremonies. oe front steps for photographer Emma Schmidt.