Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Terrorizing children by night, the victim of Alone in the spacious living room of Professor Seward, the maid fSue Giacominij re- Dracula, Mina, sleeps by day. sists the affectionate advances of Butterworth CRick Gerardj. Dracula Third Performance Scores MHS First The Count Dracula gasps his last breath of life as Lucy's fiancee, Johnathan Harker, drives the iron stake through his heart, ending the terror in England. Tradition was broken at MHS when the Senior Class play, Dracula, was presented a third time. Stand- ing ovations were given the actors for their excellent performance all three nights. A gothic stone mansion of Nine- teenth Century set the stage for the modern play. The effective use of organ music, played by Mr. John Long, provided a suspenseful and eerie atmosphere throughout the auditorium. Excellently produced sound effects added to the mysteri- ous climate of the performance. The play takes place in the early nineteenth century. Professor Se- ward CArt Lesterj has sent for Dr. Abraham Van Helsing CMax Salaj to diagnose a strange illness that has weakened his daughter, Lucy Uill Falkenauj. Dr. Van Helsing suspect- ed that Lucy was the victim of the vampire Dracula fLew Woodwardj. He informed Seward and John Hark- er CJohn Gautierj, Lucy's fiancee, of his suspicions and told them that in order to save Lucy's life Dracula must be killed. The search for the Count began. Finding him in his grave, John drives a stake through his heart ending the terror in England.

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-A oi, A .il 'fs A' J 1 x x f x ' 5 . T i l . Q . A 3 wk j I 1, ' ' r H l ss . l I 2 g Promoting the spirit of the Christmas season, the A Capella choir The singing is traditional at MHS and brings joy to students and sings hymns and old familiar carols in the halls. faculty as the singers stroll in the halls. MHS Spurs Communitg Spirit Through Projects Soft strains of organ music pro- vided a cathedral-like, solemn atmo- sphere for the traditional Christmas Vesper service. Twelve living pictures portrayed the Christmas story while the choir sang familiar hymns to ac- company each one. The Vesper Ser- vice under the direction of Miss Rosa Weikel was sponsored by the P.T.A. The service was presented for the community in two performances to help promote the spirit of Christmas. Keeping with the tradition, the MHS Hi-Y and Y-Teen members co- sponsored and co-organized the Share project. The purpose of the project was to collect canned goods and money to distribute to the needy families in the area. X X Trimming the Christmas tree in the main hall and providing mail ser- vice were two activities performed by the Hi-Y. A mail box was set up in the main hall for the deposit of the cards. The cards stamped with four T.B. seals were delivered each . , I , A , , morning to the students in their Senior Kim Walters with the baby Jesus in her arms sits motionless during her portrayal SDOHSOI' l'0Ol'T1S. of the Virgin Mary at Vespers.

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Juniors Practice Asian Accents in'Teahouse' A humorous look at post World War ll days was the subject of the Junior Class play as the young dram- atists made their debut in Tea- house of the August Moon. The comedy took place in Tobiki where chaos broke out when an American occupation unit moved in to enlighten the islanders with Western world culture. Constantly making a blunder of things, Captain Fisby fKeith Hoffmanj convinced Colonel Purdy Uim Lemlerj that he was insane. Purdy sent a psychia- trist to secretly examine Fisby, but his plan backfired when the doctor became affected with the Okinawan way of life. Fisby gave poor Purdy a terrific headache when he built a tea- house instead of the official penta- gon-shaped schoolhouse and added a geisha girl CAndrea DeVliegherj! Sakini fMark Greenwoody narrated and played the philosophical inter- preter to the military occupation forces. His greatest pastime was disillusioning Colonel Wainwright Ill about the teahouse. The Oriental play written by John Patrick had a sudden solution to prevent the destruction of the tea- house by Colonel Wainwright. SH .ii Eleven Junior hopefuls wait to be called upon by Mr. John Gibson to read for one of the parts in Teahouse of the August Moon. Readiusting the lens on a highly specialized video-tape machine, Mr. Edward Fleming Mark Greenwood tries to get into character focuses the camera for rehearsal take. during Teahouse tryouts. f . fr. if 3.2 in W 23