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

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 i Lwi Sr. Kathleen Cramer. N.C., follows the text of a drama book as sophomores take turns reading aloud in English class. UPPER LEFT: French II students Lori Hakel. Joann Burklund. John Koranda. Marc Polacek and Peggy Lynch watch in anticipation as Mr. Sill prepares the cherries jubilee for their class. Dean Virgl makes use of a room 24 resource center by reading The Devil and Daniel Webster for his English class. English French 27

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Variety aids in English; French Variety was the word in the English department as several areas were explored. Sr. Michaelene Prater, M.S., instructed freshman American literature, vocabulary and writing, junior composition, English literature, vocabulary and book reviews. She also taught world literature. Sr. Kathleen Cramer, N.D., department head, also taught senior classes of grammar, myths, and legends and world literature as well as sophomore American literature, vocabulary and writing. Miss Marylou Wirth taught senior grammar and children’s litera- ture. Under the tutelage of Mr. Jeff Sill, the French I and French II classes studied a variety of things about the French culture. French food was more than studied as Mr. Sill prepared chocolate mousse and cherries jubilee for the second year students. Sr. Michaelene Prater, M.S., responds to a question posed by Greg Chapek about an answer on a freshman English test. Craig Ohrroutka checks the glossary of his book, Scenes et Sejours, to verify an answer on a French II worksheet. 26 English French

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Working together perfects skills Through pantomines, oral inter- pretations of literature and duet acting scenes, Miss Marylou Wirth’s drama students explored the fun- damentals of acting and worked on perfecting their skills. Drama I students studied dramatic structure and play production. Working on a one act play for contests and trying their hand at directing, drama II students increased their awareness of the elements included in the various forms of drama. Later in the year they prepared and performed a children’s play for the St. Wenceslaus grade school. Speech I students were in- troduced to the communication pattern and the various forms of verbal and nonverbal communication using role playing and word games. These acquired skills aided them in giving their final semester exam speech. Speech II class reviewed the basic speech skills they learned in speech I and added to these. After studying the different types of speeches each student was required to give a speech for each category. These students took turns giving weekly C.B. reports after the Friday morning announcements. In March, speech students par- ticipated in conference and district speech meets. Those finishing first or second at the district meet attended the state contest on April 11. While studying the various forms of commun- ication, Pam Konecky and Peggy Lynch use facial and body language to show their feelings when discussing the draft. ABOVE RIGHT. Tillie’s (Renee Masek) science Fair project is the main discussion of Beatrice (Barb Meduna) and Ruth (Maggie Sullivan) in a rehearsal of the one act play performance, THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON-MARIGOLDS. Ms. Eilene Wirth, social service editor for the Omaha World Herald newspaper, talks to speech II students about her career work and the importance of speech in her job. 28 Speech Drama