Xavier High School - Xavierian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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TYPING JARGON - Sister Mary Cyril ex- THE QUICK RED BOX?? - Typing I students learn fundamentals of the touch method and what it means to develop coordination. Business : Halfway To The business field took on a new look at Xavier this year. Though primarily a college prep school, Xavier resumed the short- hand class, containing 22 girls, and the typing ll class added CLASS beside its name with the FIA fFingers In Actionl Busi- ness Club. The club is primarily a secretarial unit that types for all Tomorrow the teachers and this year has put in over 300 hours of typing car- bons, stencils, and hectograph copies. At eighth period, also in pursuit of business skills, were 23 boys from Brophy Prep. Under the gui- dance of Sister Mary Cyril, B.V.lVI., they gained the ability to type and enjoy it. plains the technical term open punctuationv 54?? . . . WOULD YOU BELIEVE 59?'? - Shorthand students Dawn Sicher, to a Typing I I student, Marilyn M CF air. Linda Milan, Jeanne Lambe and Kathi Hughes are permitted to check their averages in Sister's gradebook. SISTER MARY CYRIL, B.V.M - Religion II, Typing I, II, English II, shorthand, Sophomore Sodality mod- erator. 24- ACADEMICS

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S. Kathleen Mary B.V.M. Mrs. Elizabeth Connolly Mr. Joe McCormick SISTER KATHLEEN MARY, B.M.V. - Religion . . . MR. JOSEPH McCORMICK - American Gov- II, American History . . . MRS. ELIZABETH ernment, publications adviser. CONNOLLY - English III, IV, sociology, economics Hammurabi and Churchill, the Revolutionary War and the Negro revolt, the Constitution and the war in Vietnam . . . the study of these sub- jects, combined with the experiences of daily life, form not only a knowledge of history, but more important - a sense of history. Also formed is a conviction that we are, at this moment, witnessing a piece of history, tem- pered by past centuries and destined to temper future ones. The facts of history are not isolated to the classroom but used as a guide to evaluate the triumphs and tragedies of our era. We are, thereby, enriched by this knowledge of our world past . . . of human relations . . . for history is the record of man. History : Record Of ankind Sl ELEMENTS OF PAST - Events take on a living aspect as American History students Bobbi Coppinger, Ricki Hehern and Vicki Areghini examine a newspaper of the Civil War period. NOVELTIES IN NUMBERS - Danny Stevens quotes vital figures of our economic system. Since the Brophy senior joined the economics class second semester, there has never been a dull statistic. ACADEMICS 23

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MRS. ELEANOR GILROY - STITCH AND SEW - Advanced Clothing student Dorothy Hall prepares an in award winning entry for the wool contest. Clusters of mixing spoons . . . exotic recipes . . . button holers . . . and settings for four. Under the guidance of Mrs. Eleanor Gilroy, homemaking students learn the fun- damental techniques of home management. First year students receive a well-rounded introduction to a variety of domestic skills. This includes anything from patch making to planning meals around the basic four. Experienced homemakers sharpen their skills in food preparation, while amid the hum of touch and sew machines advanced clothing students develop their tal- ents in dress making and designing. Each year girls discover the fascinating customs, foods, and meal preparation methods of people from other countries. A luncheon is annually prepared in the setting of a speciiic country. Girls put into practice the techniques they have learned which include interior decorating, costumes, table setting and food preparation. WELL WISHING WELL Kathy Viterbo examines a clever well as Home Ec II students Nancy Rojeskt and Karen Korte look on Homemaking I, II, Advanced Cloth- g. I-Iomemaking: Recipe For Livin RED-RIBBON FORMAL - Senior Kathy Lyding models the wool formal she designed and made for the Make it with Woolv contest.