Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Practical jokers, Cindy Thielking, Leslie Creakbaum, and Barb Kalil assist Mother Nature by burying a senior friend ' s Sunbeam. Their mischief ended as the city leaf reaper arrived and its opera- tor quizzed the girls about the odd-shaped, oversized pile of leaves. Demonstrating his winning slogan, Student Council President David Neve! shows how to Ride the New Wave With Dave. Fired Up MHS ' ers burned a Marian knight in effigy, highlighting the traditional pre-season bonfire and rally.

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School Life An exhilarating wave of pride, spirit, and enthusi- asm swept through Mishawaka High School this year. This added interest in school life spurred clubs to grea ter activity. The Share Project and the AFS drive gave MHS ' ers an opportunity to share with others. School-wide dances were sponsored by Y-Teens and Student Council. The lively student body supported the teams with thunderous yells at pep sessions and at games. When not in school, MHS ' ers gathered at imp ' romptu parties, worked at part-time jobs, joined Maggie ' s Mob or Brainerd ' s Bunch, and danced at the Meth on Friday nights. They slaved furiously on Homecoming floats, Christmas Vespers, class plays, the prom, and other club projects, and still made decent grades. 1968 was another rush-rush year, but it was also a year of excitement and achievement.

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t. The Homecoming Dance found young Mishawakans experimenting with new steps and rejuvenating the old as they danced to the beat of the Cambridge Five, a popular local band. The first social event sponsored by the Student Council proved to be an encouraging success. Blazing Bonfire, Football Signal Fall Leaving the beaches far behind, MHS ' ers made the seasonal transition from casual vacationers to Sep- tember students. Assignments replaced amusements as a nightly routine and the library became the meeting place of the minds. Becoming involved in churches, clubs, and community activities, students generated their own brand of Hoosier hysteria. Traveling Cavekids recounted their experiences away from home and discussed life in Europe and Mexico. In late August they dusted off the welcome mat as the Malaysian exchange student, Suhalia Sham- suddin, arrived. Even before the academic year began, a bonfire sparked a unified blaze of school spirit. To free weekends for goofing off, schedules were planned down to the wire. Indian summer found MHS ' ers in the great outdoors participating in hay- rides, camping trips, hootenannies, football games, and leaf raking. Informal get-togethers combining studies with talk found us to be refrigerator raiders and insomniacs. We lived for today, putting vocab cards, math prob- lems and themes into tomorrow ' s worries. Exchange Student Suhaila Shamsuddin received a football for her 17th birthday from her Sunday afternoon touch football teammates.