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

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fer Worn and Weary Students A lot of green never stops Jim Arensberg. John Christianson eyes the four ball in the corner pocket. Mark Burkart tests his driving skills at the roost. Brent Hanny and Joe Kocour attempt to take the (oosbaB title away from Bob Scott and Mark Knoch, Student Life Entertainment 25 An early morning practice session takes its toll on Butch Trotter.

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Entertainment Provides Pelief Students play an afternoon of frisbee football. Tim Donaldson gives Nels Melgaard some need- ed advice. Entertainment, in the forms of hobbies, clubs, and popular games, is the only form of relaxation an overworked and weary student can indulge in. As new, perspective forms of entertainment pre- sent themselves, students’ interests and activities grow and diversify. The forms of entertainment that prevail on the campuses of Maur Hill and the Academy range from shooting pool, playing backgammon, and foosball to solving the Rubic’s Cube, battling on electronic games, and tobagganing down an icy hill. Some forms of entertainment that are located off-campus include cat- ching a hit-movie, or going out for an ex- citing evening at the Wharf or The Muddy River Saloon. Entertainment provides the necessary relief from stress and tension on the students. Entertainment also gives the students the opportunity to express themselves through their abilities and hobbies. Nels Melgaard and John Christianson play a relaxing game of backgammon. The pinball machines never get a break on Wednesday night. 24 Student Life Entertainment

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News Events Shane year This school year was full of major national and local events. Many of the large news items dealt with reconstruction. President Reagan, in an at- tempt to restore national stability and efficiency, has put into effect a plan to cut federal spending and taxes, and the auto manufacturers are work- ing on innovative ideas to pull out of the recession and meet foreign competition. Meanwhile, Maur Hill has begun a major program of renovating the campus. Another large event of the year was the wed- ding of Prince Charles of Wales, heir to the British throne, to Lady Diana Spencer, which somehow overshadowed the election of Megan Kelly as Homecoming Queen. Also in the news were Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, and Greg Meyer, a new Maur Hill faculty member who teaches history and coaches the wrestling team. Poland’s Solidarity union, led by Lech Walesa, was crushed by the communist government, which put some strains on East-West relations; the Rubik’s cube craze has spread the country, and St. Joseph’s parish in Atchison has been ap- pointed a new parish priest — Rev. Terence Sullivan, O.S.B. The total of Atlanta children killed by an unknown murderer ran up to 28, the collapse of two skywalks” in Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency Hotel left 111 dead, and the crash of a large passenger plane in Washington killed 78 people. McDonalds introduced two new sandwiches — McRib and McChicken — and a new general store and gas station known as “Casey’s has opened for business on Division Street in Atchison. The L.A. Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the world series, Clemson won the NCAA na- tional football title, the San Francisco 49’ers won over the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl, and Maur Hill experienced its first year with a wrestling program. The world lost Moshe Dyan, Omar Bradley, Lowell Thomas, William Holden, and Joe Louis, and Anwar Sadat’s life was taken by an assassin. Possibly the most significant event of the year was the stepping-stone that was crossed when the space shuttle “Columbia,” piloted by Joe Engle and Richard Truly, succeeded in more than one take off, leaving the atmosphere, and then returning to make landings on land. This achievement in flight overshadowed the first suc- cessful crossing of the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. 26 Student Life The Year in Review