Maur Hill High School - Maurite Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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l|a Sl 3pr Wr 1. The quiet, friendly atmosphere provides good study habits as shown by Terry Meier. 78. and Ken Glennon. 78. 2 Pat O'Keefe. 78. looks over a fine selection of books in the Library. 3. Fr. Thomas Flaherty 4 Mr. Tim Walters. 5. Ricardo Cardenas shows Rafael Pliego and Paul Lutz where he lives while other students look over another globe. 6. Fr. Camillus Wurtz. 7. Mr Bill O'Connor. 20 English English Every student is required to take an English class whether an elective or an English skills. English skills retaught the fundamental parts to students who have forgotten the essential parts of speech. There were electives which the students choose freely at the beginning of each semester and these were: Stories of the Supernatural. Sherlock Holmes, Romanticism and the 20th Cen- tury European Writers. Victorian and Modern English writers. Shakespeare, and a very popular class which was the Police Stories. All of these classes were taught by Rev. Thomas Flaherty. Other classes were Mark Twain, and O’Henry which were Mr. Terry Well’s quarter electives, also semester electives taught by him were advanced Composition. Creative Writing and U.S. Literature. Mr. Tim Walters taught Contemporary Poetry. Humor in Literature. Plays and Produc- tion. History of Drama. Speech and Introduction to the Theater. Mr. Walters was the head of the Drama Department this year. Miss Mary Hodson taught Black Literature. Written Communication Skills, along with being moderator of the Tatler. Yearbook and teaching Spanish. Mythology and Recreational Reading. The students had a wide variety of courses which possibly increased their knowledge of English.

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1. Rev Owen Purcell. 2. Ms. Mary Hodson. 3. Aaron DeWald. 77. conjugates a few verbs in Spanish class. 4. Robert Gotcher. 77. Bridget Jef- frey. 77. and Jim Todd. 77. study Latin III together. 5. Ms. Mary Jane Palumbo. 6 Rev. Mar- tin Taylor. O.S.B. 7 Pisan Jayaphorn. Polpat Pulges. and Pramotc Sukorntasup help each other with assignments. 8. New foreign students at M.H. are: (BOTTOM ROW 1 to r); Bongkot Watanasathorn. Veeraphan Durongsang. Guillermo Stivalet. Roberto Martens. (TOP ROW); Juan Pascual. Gustavo Castillo. Alejandro Castillo. Thanit Shumnij. Danai Boonpitanon. Morteza Jorshari. Luis Vasquez. Alejandro Paez. Cesar Cardenas. Enrique Nunez. Asaad Al-Wazzan. The English as a Foreign Language Program (EFL) at Maur Hill is geared toward helping students of different parts of the globe learn basic English skills and vocabulary. During the first semester in the program more emphasis is put on the English language, vocabulary and a review of the cultural as well as the historical background of the United States. Students throughout the year are placed into four groups and advance one by one until their abilities are considered well enough for the normal school curriculum. As they move into the second semester a majority of them are put in different English speaking classes and have English speaking roommates. On the whole the students get along with each other although they tend to form communes of each respective backgrounds. Here the students par- ticipate in both intramural and varsity sports. Of these, soccer is the most pop- ular. Although a good percentage of the students enrolled in this program have Latin and Far Eastern nationalities, students from Persia. Kuwait and other nations participate in it. Most students find out about the program through an embassy or relatives. Although some students complain of the program upon their arrival, they soon learn that it has many advantages. Before they realize it they have a good concept of the language. EFL EFL 19

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Mr. Bill O’Connor. Rev. Camillus and Mr. Guy Galley were the three teachers who took care of the Social Studies classes. Mr. O’Connor taught American Government, and U.S. History. Fr. Camillus taught World History and Geography. Fr. Barnabas taught Contemporary World and Mr. Galley taught Sociology. Geography was a class that freshmen could take. They studied about different countries and their social systems, economy, etc. The sophomores took World History. The juniors took American Government, a class in which they learned about the history of the government, how it operates and famous trial cases and acts. The seniors took U.S. History. Students could also take Contemporary World where they learned and discussed current issues and problems of today. Social Studies '21