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Class of 1964

St. John Nepomuk's

Then and Now

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SJN School and Parish (school was merged in 2007)

1964: Staff of 14 nuns, 5 lay teachers, 3 priests

2006: Staff of 2 nuns, 6 lay teachers, 1 priest

1964: Parish membership over 900 families

2006: Parish membership around 450 families

1964: 770 students in grades 1 - 8

2006: 121 students in grades K4 - 8

1964: 92 students in grade 8

2006: 13 students in grade 8

1964: 2 classes per grade, grades 1 - 8

2006: 1 class per grade, grades K4 - 8

1964: No uniform requirement

2006: Uniforms required for both boys and girls

1964: Confession once a month

2006: Confession 3 times a year

1964: Daily Mass at 8:00 am

2006: Weekly Mass at 8:00 am on Tuesdays

Our Teachers Through The Years

First Grade:

Second Grade:

Third Grade:

Fourth Grade:

Fifth Grade:

Sixth Grade:

Seventh Grade:

Eighth Grade:

Music:

Our Priests Through The Years

Father Macek Father Rodriguez

Father Sukup Father Thomas

Father Sippel

Sister CorMariae

Sister Agnesia

Sister Rosaria

Sister Dorsis

Sister Joselda

Mrs. Holm

Sister Salvatia

Mrs. Bergemann

Sister Wiltrudis

Mrs. Beyer

Sister Odilla

Sister Elsa

Sister Menna

Sister Albertista

Sister Idaberga

Sister Caroline

Sister Virgil

Looking Back At Then

Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint

We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets

We rode our bikes without any helmets

We drank water from the garden hose . . . not from bottles

We rode in cars with no seat belts or air bags . . . riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm summer day was a special treat

We ate cup cakes, bread & butter and drank soda pop with sugar but managed to stay in shape because we were always outside playing

We shared one soft drink with all our friends . . . no one died

We left home in the morning and played all day - as long as we were back home before the street lights came on

We didn't have cell phones, PC's, Playstations, Nintendo and 100's of channels on the TV

We played dodge ball and sometimes that would really hurt

We got into fights, punched each other, got black & blue and got over it

We made up games with sticks, imaginations and anything else we could find

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones & teeth and there were no lawsuits because these were accidents and we were to blame

Little league had tryouts, not everyone made the team - those who didn't learned to deal with disappointment

Test scores were not adjusted for any reason

Having parents bailing us out if we got into trouble in school or broke the law was unheard of, in fact they always sided with the teachers and police

Our actions were our own and consequences were expected

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility and we learned how to deal with all of that

The Aging Process

Then: Long hair

Now: Longing for hair

Then: Acid rock

Now: Acid reflux

Then: Going to a new hip joint

Now: Getting a new hip joint

Then: KEG

Now: EKG

Then: Rolling Stones

Now: Kidney Stones

Then: The perfect high

Now: The perfect high yield

Then: Hoping for a BMW

Now: Hoping for a BM

Then: Parents begging you to get a hair cut

Now: Kids begging you to get their heads shaved

Then: Whatever

Now: Depends

Then: Passing the driver's test

Now: Passing the vision test

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, based on the above, those of us who were kids in the 1950's & 1960's probably shouldn't have survived . . .

. . . yet our generation produced some of the greatest problem solvers, inventors and risk takers ever.

CONGRATULATIONS !