Cambridge High School - Trojan Yearbook (Cambridge, NE)

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Math The math classes at Cambridge High were taught with the usual outra- geous style and quality. Denny Wahlmeier taught the Algebra I to the Sophomores. Veronica Schoen- fish was involved with the Pre-Alge- bra class this year, while Larry Maatsch was exceedingly busy teach- ing Algebra I to Freshmen, geometry to Sophomores. Algebra II to juniors, and Advanced Math and consumer math to Seniors. The students taking an Algebra class looked toward to using symbols and numbers. At the same time, peo- ple taking geometry spent many hours learning all the theorems and postu- lates along with the many formulas of that class. The Advanced Math class studied mostly Trigonometry, but they also studied calculus math. When asked about how the year went in Ad- vanced Math Mr. Maatsch said, We survived. ” Lett: The Advanced Math class IKelly Niemeier. David Dragoo, Kris Musil. Sharia Trosper. Flo- nan Bennit. and Brad Lewis) hit the books to pass the final exam Below: The senior Ad- vanced Math class (Kelly Niemeier. David Dra- goo. Kris Musil. Sharia Trosper. Mary Harpst. Florlan Bennit, and Brad Lewis) celebrate the memories. Science Science at C.H.S. was taught with the same class and enthusiasm as in previous years. Larry Maatsch led the students through physics; while Fran Jorgensen instructed the chem- istry class. Del Schoenfish, the main- stay of the science department, was outrageously busy instructing the Physical Science, Biology, and con- sumer science classes. The Biology class spent many hours writing out definitions to the words in the chapter. They also spent many hours studying for tests which seemed to come all too often. The Physical Science class seemed to spend a lot of time studying the ele- ments and what they made when com- bined. The Chemistry students had a lot of fun doing different experiments, but they also had to put in a lot of study time to pass the class. Left: Sharia Trosper hits the books in Physics. Above: Kenny Koerperich. Richard Burke, and Doug Witte work on an experiment in Chemis- try. Academics 21

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Academics, The Key to the Future Social Studies The Social Studies classes at Cambridge were taught by Gary Kapustka who taught World History, American History, American Govern- ment and Psychology, while Jeff Moli- ri ng taught Geography. The seniors attended the County Government Day on March 18. The County Government Day was spon- sored by the American Legion and the American Legion Auxilary. Partici- pants took an oath of office and vari- ous county officials gave descriptions of their offices. The students enjoyed a short slide program over county gov- ernment and went on tours with the of- ficials they represented. At the end of the day a short test was given over the day's activities, with David Dragoo placing first in the county. Left: Shelley Johnson, Sheila Schade, Doug Liess, Corey tenBensel, Dusty Trosper and Tracy Johnson work hard in Geography. Be- low: Florian Bennit and J. D. Raburn discuss some important facts at County Government Day. Language Arts Cambridge’s language arts clas- ses were taught by the trio of Sharon Tenopir, Diane Hoffman, and Ve- ronica Schoenfish. Mrs. Tenopir taught communications, the only new class, English 9, English 1 p, and speech; Mrs. Hoffman taught English 11 and College English; while Mrs. Schoenfish instructed the French I and French II classes. Mrs. Tenopir’s English 10 class went through an occupational unit in which they researched an occupation. They also heard a panel of people from the community who told them about their jobs and how they trained for them. Mr. Wahlmeier supplied them with fact sheets on their chosen occupation. The communications class went on “Guided Fantasies’’. These re- quired a lot of imagination from the students. The class would listen to a reading and would try to imagine being there. Mrs. Schoenfish’s class had the annual French picnic during which the class brought different French food items to school and enjoyed tasting French cuisine. Left: Jeana Jones adds some body language to her speech. A bove: Liz Alden and Cheryl Burke pose with Liz's cake at her birthday party in French. 20 Academics

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Academics . . . and a little Industrial Arts and Art Industrial arts has long been one of the favorite classes to take for those who like to work with their hands. In- dustrial arts, taught by John Witter, is a class that never stays the same: it always is changing. Every year the students taking industrial arts study a different area and once out in the shop an individual can make a choice of anything he or she wishes to make, and since the field of industrial arts is so open the choices are many. This was an outrageous thing about taking the class. In junior high, the seventh graders participate in class for one se- mester and the eighth graders are in- volved for the other semester. In junior high students study the basics, such as hand tools. The freshman class learned safety and how to safety use power tools. The sophomores learned general construction of structures and basic skills that can be used in the shop. This year there was not a junior class of Industrial arts, but next year there will be a junior drafting class of- fered. The seniors worked on total construction of larger things such as Vocational Agriculture The Voc. Ag. classes have always been strong at CHS and this did not change even with the farm economy the way it was the past year. As with every class the students learned differ- ent things every year they enrolled, starting with the basics and growing steadily harder. The students also had an added bonus to taking Voc. Ag. as they were being taught by Francis Jorgensen. He was voted the Voc. Ag. teacher of the year in Nebraska. The freshmen learned basic arc wel- ding, livestock, and basic computer lit- eracy. The sophomores added to their knowledge about welding and learned new things about crops, soil manage- ment and range management. The Above: From left to right Jerry Carba ugh. Todd Witler. Patt Langley, and Gordon Colli- cott work hard on the group project in sopho- more I A class. Right The freshman Voc. Ag more. garages and barns. They learned how to lay foundations, build rafters, wir- ing, and most of all reading of blue prints. Along with industrial arts there were the basic art classes and craft class. These classes were taught by Amy Brown The students in Mrs. Brown's classes did various projects like: watercolor paintings, etching glass mirrors, charcoal drawings and many other creative things. juniors learned about surveying, small engines and elecrticity. The seniors learned important material about farm management using computers. This knowledge consisted of using spread sheets, data base, word processing, and telecommunications. They also worked with specific Ag software that could be used on the farm. class shows that they can do more than just goof around, they can also hold a hammer. From left to right: Darren Mues. Tom Foster. Andy Wier. Brad Palmer, and Mike Harris. 22 Academics