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

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Lookins up from his lecture notes, Fr. Rudy Oborny answers a question from Mike Rezac during freshman religion. While studying waves in physics, John Benal sways the slinky back and forth to find the answers to his experiment. Far right: Paging through the encyclopedia Jeff Norris and Scott Masek find information for their world history worksheet. Basic Fundamentals

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Reading; writing create base for English courses Remember, your critical papers are due Friday. Reminders such as these were a familiar part of upper- classman English courses. Sopho- mores encountered their first critical paper when they read The Great Gatsby and were given possible the- ses to chose from. Kathryn Hibler stated, I don't mind writing, but I hate critical papers! They're just too struc- tured. With the help of Ms. Marylou Wirth, juniors studied literature from overseas. Beouwulf was the first piece discussed by the British lit. class. Shakespeare, Bronte and Conrad were other authors read. Those juniors taking Ms. Wirth's adolescent lit. course supplemented their reading with various projects including keep- ing their own daily diaries when they read The Diary of Anne Frank. Some of the things that we did helped us understand the books better, said Greg Freeborn. Seniors in World lit., taught by Ms. Mary Sydik, read many famous works, and did a lot of creative writing. Journals were required on a regular basis, as were short stories, poems and essays. While freshman English courses didn't incorporate the writing of criti- cal papers, they did entail creative thinking. In preparation for college reading requirements, works from each of the four genres, fiction, non- fiction, poetry and drama, were read. The sophomore speech class was slightly different than in the past. Because I had such a lively group, I incorporated more in-class perform- ance activities, said teacher Ms. Wirth. In preparation for their speech class, Chris Benes, Jim Osmera and Dan Gruenes cut pictures from magazines for collages. Mr Bob Chadwick checks over Jim Woita s notes after a class lecture on mental health as Roger Benes listens. —13 -------- Basic Fundamentals

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Basic F UNDAMENTALS Ann Norris and Steve Breunig attentively listen to Fr. Patrick O'Byrne as he answers their questions on marriage Religion classes make difference What makes a Catholic school different than a public school? Really, there aren't many distinctions. The main conffast between the two is that religion is an important part of Catholic education, while it is excluded in the public system. One of the ways the Catholic in Neumann was emphasized was through daily religion classes. Under the direction of Fr. Thomas Lux and Fr. Rudy Oborny, freshman began their study of the Roman Catho- lic Church by studying the life of Christ. Sophomores, taught by Sr. Christine Uerling, M.S., continued to learn about Jesus through an indepth study of the Old and New Testaments. The junior religion course, also taught by Sr. Christine, was two-fold. The first part of the year was spent learning about the lives of the saints and their roles in the formation of the Church. The second part was devoted to examinations of the Ten Command- ments and Christian morality. Seniors spent their first semester learning about vocations, especially marriage and family life, with Fr. Patrick O'Borne. They learned about social justice their second semester, instructed by Fr. John Keefe. As the religion department taught students the history of their faith, the history department increased stu- dents' knowledge of their world and country. Freshman studied world his- tory under Mr. Paul Johnson. A term paper on terrorism was the main project in Mr. Wayne Reeve's junior American history class. Seniors spent a semester each learning about gov- ernment and sociology. Mr. Johnson also required quarterly reports on major world issues, eq 15 Basic Fundamentals