St Josephs High School - HiWay Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Freshman Deron Qerberand Sophomore Sarah Ehrich, attired in traditional Roman garb, take the time to sit out a dance. Freshmen Kelly Beidinger and Ann Mittiga swing their socks off. All grades were well-repre- sented at the dance. Seniors John Spencer and Margaret Loranger and Junior Chris Murphy act out the prodigal son parable to Fr. Rybickis narration. 8 Opening Dance Opening Mass

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Homecoming, dances, parties, movies, hobbies, family time, fun with friends so much is a part of stu- dents ' lives that has little to do with academics. After all, leisure and fun are as necessary to learning and life as are books and classrooms. And St. Joe students certainly know how to have fun. ' Painting the town blue is the Indians ' specialty. As senior Eric Horvath says, ' People need to experi- ence life! The Football Homecoming bonfire rages on as the crowd gets fired up. The Indians defeated Hammond 54-6 in the Momecomng game. Hans Weber and Chris Qarboden entertain the crowd with their blues Brothers imperson- ations. i Student Life Divider 7

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Opening The Year As One Though the start of every year at St. Joe brings an opening dance and opening Mass, students still enjoy holding both. Sophomore Shelli Hirschler liked the opening dance be- cause there was a lot of class partici- pation from all cl asses. Really strong upper classmen turnout made the dance a lot more fun. Junior Kathy Keller was not sure why, but she re- marked that for some strange rea- son, this was the best opening dance I ' ve been to. The whole school was joined together to have fun. According to senior Mark Diedrich, the opening Mass brought unity as well, lie thought the Mass was impor- tant because it is the first time that the whole school is together in one place. He liked the fact that the stu- dents get to participate in the Mass r k. ' 4 Fr. Daryl Rybicki elevates the Host while Cantor Mr. Matt Hunckier prepares to direct the choir and congregation in response. Seniors Chris Qarboden and Dave Aranowski carry the candles from the altar. Both are very active in school Masses throughout the year. such as being Eucharistic ministers. The skit of the prodigal son parable performed by Rachelle Anthes, Mar- garet Loranger, Chris Murphy, John Spencer, and Qus Swanda definitely added a lot to the mass. Sophomore Jessica Schubert sup- ported the idea of starting the school year with two all-school activities. It reminds us that we are a unified school and not just four separate classes. Sophomore Claire Konopa agreed. Even the fact that the lock- ers are separated by class divides the school. All-school functions reunite us. Positive response like this should mean that the Opening Mass and Opening Dance will continue as tradi- tion at St. Joe, as cleariy the students benefit from having them. k tz kf.