Bishop Neumann Catholic High School - Cavalog Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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Lively Staff Launches Ideas In English Packeting, participating, paraphrasing, and punctuating characterized the English De- partment this year. Sister Kathleen Kramer introduced both herself and the packet system to the freshmen. The students ad- justed and in a survey favored the system 42 to 9. Sophomores divided their time among literature with Sister Patricia Stoeckinger, speech under Sister Rosalee Burke, and writing with Sister Kathleen. Mr. Craig Baker’sjun- iors became adept in writing term papers. Macbeth was al- so paraphrased in contempo- rary language. Writing was emphasized in senior English. Sister Veronica Volkmer had her students use their book re- ports as both reading and writing assignments. Thus they became aware of the in- tricate relationship between literature and grammar. Leona Benes and Nancy Fiedler apply make-up to Liz Cajka and Paula Wolfe as part of advanced drama class. Sister Rosalee makes preparations to teach a class the art of applying stage make-up. 15

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14 “That's it!” exclaims Mr. Baker to Sister Veronica, Sister Kathleen, and Sister Patricia as the English Department makes another important (?) decision. Paul Virgl laughs as he shows Rene Rochford and John Cajka all the letters that he received about famous authors.

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Politicians Perk Up History In '72 Election year ’72 saw con- cerned Neumann students be- come aware of the effects of politics on them. County Clerk Charles Egr gave the seniors an informative talk on the voting procedure. Many of the 18-year-old sen- iors then registered to vote. Juniors showed their in- terest in government by taking part in County Government Day and becoming aware of the en- vironmental problems threat- ening Americans. Freshmen delved into the politics, customs, and cultures of foreign powers. Sister Phyllis humorously objects to being suddenly interrupted while advising Diane Janecek. Along with President Nixon, Joe Nemec, Dave Redler, and Rod Musilek visit China through their history projects.