Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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This tower is Mishawaka High School ' s most honored symbol. For more than 35 years, senior rings have displayed the tower. A mighty M-Man warns the peace-loving flower people ' ' fri Washington High School that the Cavemen are going to fight. New teachers Miss Rita Kunkle, Mr. Danial Matty, Miss Cheryl Men- zel, Mr. John Baughman, Mrs. Linda Kandra, Mr. William Niemann, Mrs. Judith Schneider, Mr. Floyd Zeiger, Mrs. Willa Cunningham, Miss Suzanne Kamm, Mr. Raymond Cosner, and Miss Barbara Artz get acquainted on MHS ' s first day. Several of these teachers have previously taught in Mishawaka schools.

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Schedule Benefits Classes, Clubs Mike Kovatch, S. J. Mitchell, and Ron Hawn look over the packaging problems they must try to solve in the new Industrial Design class. For most students the new schedule provided the greatest change in their life at school. With no classes eighth hour, teachers had more time to give individual attention to the students who sought help, to prepare lesson plans, and to grade papers. Clubs and organi- zations found eighth hour an ideal time to meet. Club membership and participation increased as the prob- lems of evening meetings, transportation, and late hours were eliminated. Afternoon pep sessions al- lowed students to cheer as long as they wished with- out losing valuable class time. The additional courses, as well as the revised schedule, made it necessary for seven new teachers to be hired. These teachers and the 574 freshmen brought to AAHS not only unfamiliar faces but fresh, new ideas. The new courses added this year gave MHS students additional opportunities in learning. The girls in Miss Martha Miller ' s Office Practice class became adapt at operating office ma- chinery. Mr. Don Portolese challenged his Industrial Design class to design packages for light bulbs, facial tissues, and toothpaste. Miss Janet Eberle taught a writing course for sophomores. Ruth Salyer and Linnie Shriver learn to use a dictaphone in the new office practice class. The class gave students an opportunity to learn to operate office machinery and to use their knowledge by serving as secretaries and receptionists in business offices.

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Kathy Hillaert, Steve Watts, Randy Marks, Dave Nevel, and Penny Reynolds gather in the Principal ' s office to discuss problems concern- ing main floor lockers, seats at pep sessions, and the prom date. Mr. Thurston was always willing to listen to the students. The challenging curriculum requires MHS students to study hard. Debby Werbrouck concentrates on a geography assignment. Seniors show off their class rings while signing and exchanging pic- tures. The oval-shap3d gold rings have the tower emblem mounted on the dark red stone and the year 1968 around the stone.