Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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5600.000 gym addition, started in March, 1958, and finished in October, was designed by Mr. Paul Jernegan with the help of Perkins C1 Will and constructed by Peter Schumacher Sons. STUDY HALLS and boys' gym classes rock 'n' roll in the new gym during the make-up day after semester finals. Him LINE UP helps student teacher Rue Dee Marker Take roll in gym classes. These boys were the first to use the new gyrn. 4 Q., 'W ...V ' - ....a,V:,,' ,ge 'r

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AT GYM DEDICATION architects, builders, and school officials told of the construction and use of the gym. The basketball team and music organizations showed how it would be used. ...inewfqm Piles of dirt, tons of bricks, an enormous steel beam, and sidewalk superintendents marked the beginning. The result was your new gym with its blue doors, 407l seating capacity, roll-away bleach- ers, built-in trophy case, band alcove, acoustical ceiling, wrestling room, and the largest sliding wall of its kind in the world. You toured the gym at the dedication, fre- quented the three concession booths during games, and danced on the floating maple floor. For the first time in your high school life, you attended pep sessions and games with plenty of room for everyone. lvlr. Lloyd Wayne, hired the second semester, and Miss Karen Good planned a more ex- tensive intramurals program for your enjoyment. You cheered the first Caveman victory in this gym, enjoyed the excitement of having the sectional tour- nament in it, and heard of the grapplers in the wrestling room. Transforming the gym with shim- mering magic, you staged your prom there. STAGES IN CONSTRUCTION: ln the left picture two cranes place a huge beam between the new and old sections of the gym. ln the middle picture some of the ever-present sidewalk superintendents A ua.-f watch masons completing the brickwork and other workers starting to lay the roof. In the right picture workmen lay reinforcing wire before the concrete base for the floor is poured.

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mx... ,2 in DRAMATIC STUDENTS ACT OUT THE WALKS OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. ln 44 preeiatien 0 great literature Discussing Dickens' style, reading Shal4espeare's Macbeth, and discovering the beauty of Wordsworth's poetry heightened your enjoyment of great literature. Writing your ovvn poetry made you even more appreciative of literary talent. Diagraming sentences and learning grammar rules increased your writing skill. You mastered copy-reading symbols in journalism, developed a pleasing voice in speech, and made your stage debut in the dramatics class assembly.