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

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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

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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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 M s X 7| 3 9 |»o Math 1 Fr Bruce helps Ellis Johnston 78. with a math problem 2. Fr. Abbot Thomas reads off grades from previous tests to the class 3. Andy Goetting 76. and Rick Binzel 76. punch out new answers for old problems 4 Mr Rich Andra 5 Rt Rev. Abbot Thomas 6. Pat Regan 76. Neil Perez 77. Tim Baade 76. melt sterling silver in advanced art 7. Richard Sarafian puts finishing touches on an ash tray in ceramics 8 Bill Myers 77. helps Todd John- son. a visiting sixth grader with ceramics 9. Brother Martin Burkhard 10. Mrs Linda Stecher There were many math classes offered to the students this year. Logic was the main requirement to get through the many problems posed to the students. Mr. Richard Andra taught Analysis, advanced algebra A and geometry A. Rev. Abbot Thomas Hartman taught algebra B. geometry B. and principles of math II. Rev. Paul Steingreaber taught algebra IA and Rev. Ralph Koehler taught principles of math I. Principles of math I taught the students the basics of math. After principles of math the students usually advanced into algebra, a branch of mathematics in which arithmetic relations are generalized and explored by using letter symbols to represent numbers, variable quantities or other mathematic entities, and find it was not as hard as they thought it would be. Some students picked up geometry which is a branch that dealt with the measurements, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids. Others took advanced algebra, the beginnings of trigonometry, and found they had to really apply themselves to get through the year. Come senior year only a few brave and daring students continue into analysis, the practice of proving a math proposition by assuming the result and reason- ing back to the data or to already established principles. 22 Math