Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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AT CHILDREN ' S MUSEUM Katliy Hcsch points out different types of foreign dress to her sisters. In other dis- plays relics and pictures of early Mishawaka show the history of our town. yyur I mixed J eritaae C nrlcheA K ur Ll r .ii ed FOREIGN STUDENTS are especially wel- come at MHS. With our own varied heritage we have learned to enjoy the cultures of other lands. Here Junjiro Midzuno from Japan is served at the AFS supper by Danisli Kirsten Hundevad and Turkish Emel Haydu, our exchange students. 10

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PLANNING to be an electrician, Larry Landaw repairs the amplifier of a radio, a skill he learned in electric shop. Plans for our caieers were varied. While some of us hoped to become secretaries, others prepared for careers as scientists. Whatever we expected to be, MHS provided the basic training we needed. About 40 per cent of us were headed for college after graduation. After cadet teaching in a grade school, some of us wanted to become teachers. Others of us considered jobs stemming from our interest in the humanities, social studies, and English. Ve knew how important these subjects would be in any field. The mechanical age we live in made us place more emphasis on science and mathematics. We were excited about the new kinds of jobs opening up in these fields. For 60 per cent of us, high school would end our education. We took advanced trade and commercial courses in school so we could obtain a job in one of Mishawaka ' s businesses or industries. Whatever was in store for us, we felt, as MHS graduates, we would be ready to meet the challenge i ' hen it came. COLLEGE BOUND students write themes and research papers and study literature to prepare for college English.

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AT BROEDERKING CLUB David Tydgat bowling the Belgian way tries to hit a stake in the alley with a wooden disc. SPICY ITALIAN FOODS are often served in the Macri house- hold. Here Sandy watches her father make a pizza. Where tepees once stood and Indians once roamed, 34,000 people now live in our vibrant community, which derived its name, Mishawaka, from an Indian word meaning swift vaters. Plotted in the 1830 ' s, Mishawaka was patterned after a New England village. Before and after Vorld War I, job opportunities here attracted immigrants from Europe. With them they brought cherished cus- toms which blended with those of the earlier settlers to form the Princess City we know today. The Belgians came in the largest numbers; thus our town is now thought to be the second largest Belgian-American settlement in the United States. Educational opportunities our forefathers never had and wanted badly are evident today in schools like our own— schools, which, with our churches, our clubs, and our business establishments, reflect the many facets of our heritage amid twentieth century ideas. A DESCENDANT of early settlers in Mishawaka, Ricky Doo- little, examines an old moving picture machine. m m 11