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

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Religion staff experiences growth; three department vacancies filled Three faculty members com- pleted the religion staff this year. Deacon James Schrader, the Rev. John Zastrow, and Sr. Veronica Volkmer, M.S. expanded the students religious development by offering a variety of courses. The Rev. Mr. Schrader, in his first teaching position, instructed the junior and sophomore classes. Juniors studied the Sacraments, and the sophomores were in- troduced the history of the church. He left at the semester break to finish his seminarian education and was succeeded by Father John Zastrow. One topic covered in the freshman class was the divine life of grace. Taught by Sr. Veronica M.S., they also studied the struc- ture of the church. Teaching one- fourth of the sophomore class each nine weeks, on a rotating basis, Sr. Veronica presented them with the interpretation of the scripture. Understanding human relations and the concept of God was stressed by the Rev. Charles Kottas, department chairman, in his senior classes. Also studied was the history of the church. Mike Martin forfeits a piece of candy to Sr. Veronica M.S. for violating one of the ten common courtesy rules drawn up by the freshmen class in the candy contest. Charlene Kadavy, Pat Peterson and Paul Redler look on. 11

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The Rev. Charles Kottas celebrates the Eucharist in one of the four class masses he has weekly. In a casual position, Deacon James Schrader listens intently to one of his students. At the request of the Rev. Charles Kottas. Shiv Carappa of India, an exchange student at the University of Nebraska, speaks to the students on the lifestyles of India. 10

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French interest up Sixty-four students formed the largest foreign language depart- ment in the twelve year history of Neumann High School. First year students used the text SON ET SENS, pre-recorded tapes, flashcards, to test their recognition of French words, and vocabulary games for reinforce- ment. The French II class com- pleted SON ET SENS and later studied from the text SCENES ET SEJOURS. Throughout the year both groups used supplementary workbooks. Again Mr. Jeff Sill treated his classes to cuisine such as QUICHE LORRAINE. French I students. Mary Egr, Rose Carroll, and Linda Swartz con- centrate on an exam. Janet Sloup assists Mr. Jett Sill by basting the crust Ot LE QUICHE LORRAINE. 12