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

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Willie Robohn is getting every speck of dust off his shelf before inspection. Fines are given out if the rooms aren’t up to the white glove treatment. Bill McKeman ponders over his work assign- ment. The junior year provides a heavy work load. Father Camillus is the prefect of the senior floor Room inspection is on Mondays, Thursday in St. Leo’s dorm. He runs a concession on a and Fridays in the guys dorms. Tom Currigan limited basis for the hungry boarders. makes sure all the spots are off his mirror so he will not get fined. 9

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Boarders oppose rules The end of August brings students back together again. The students who are returning to the Academy and Maur Hill, anxiously wait to see their friends, while newcomers are getting used to their new surroundings. During the first few days the new students run around in chaos, as the returning students help them along and through this friendships are formed. Among other new faces in the dorms is that of Sister Maria Nguyen. She is the new administrator for the girls dorm. Living in the dorms has many ups and downs. The rules and responsibili- ties take some time getting used to. Kammy Lanie, San Antonio, Texas, sophomore, said, “The rules are real hard to handle sometimes but once you get used to them its okay.” “The curfews on the weekends are a little too early. I think curfews for dances should be decided by our parents.” says Beth Sylvester, York, Neb., junior. Even though the different sur- roundings, and rules, take time getting used to, living in the dorms is a unique experience. Rick Wilbank, Altanta, Georgia, junior, said, “It takes awhile to get used to dorm rules. There can always be changes also. The prefects are generally good.” Andrew Trainer, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, said, “Its really different, you are constantly around your friends in the dorms, and you get to know everyone. I plan to attend here all four years of high school.” “Its a real good experience, I enjoy the great friends I have learned to love and live with. Life can be a real bummer with some of the overly strict rules though.” said Lara McBride, Topeka, Kan., junior. “I think living in the dorms has taught me a lot about living with people. Sure, there are times I get in fights, but it brings me closer to my friends each time. The rules are hard adjusting to. However the new R. A.’s and Sister Maria have tried to make the dorms better than last year.” said Christy Boughan, Kansas City, Mo., junior. (Story by Dee Dee Havens) Melissa Barnett talks on the phone making plans for the weekends. Many hours are spent on the phones at the dorms. Lights out at the dorms is at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday nights. Emma Roura and Dee Dee Havens take the risk of getting campused by studying at the last minute. Nights in the smoker can be very crazy. Nicole Williams, Lara McBride, and Dee Dee Havens are enjoying their night in the smoker before the lights out bell is rung. 8 Boarders

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Seniors win spirit stick The annual spirit week for homecoming started on October 9th and ran through the 12th. There was competition between classes with the spirit stick as the reward. All week after school there were various games to win points. There was the car pack on Tuesday. This was done by squeezing as many people from each class in a station wagon as possible. The fresh- men ended up with 28 people, sopho- mores had 26 people, juniors had 27 people and the seniors won with 31 seniors in the car. Each group achieved this success by pushing and shoving people into any little space available. Kim Harrington, Leawood, Kan., senior said, “The games were a lot of fun but some of the people had bad attitudes about seniors winning.” The human pyramid was also part of competition on the first day. The freshmen had 21, sophomores had 25, juniors 34 and seniors a winning 43. Powder puff football game was held Wednesday. The teams were Academy senior-freshmen against junior-sophomores. Maur Hill provided very good mock cheerleaders, who were excited about the game. They had to control themselves many times to keep from running out on the field to help the players. The game was won by the senior-freshmen team with a score of 8-6. Favorite coaches and mock king were crowned during the half-time of the powder puff game. Maur Hill’s favorite coach was Coach Folsom. The Academy’s favorite being Coach Meyer. The mock king was Kevin Wagner. They were crowned by Kim Harrington, Denise Vasquez, Del Rio, Texas, and Janelle Andra, Atchison. For the people who like showing their strength, disappointment struck when the rope broke on tug of war. Because of this the tug of war was canceled. For the coordinated people there was the Simon Says game. This was played by four people of each class. The winner of this was the junior class with Beth Sylvester, York, Neb. Sophomores came in second and seniors and freshmen tied for last. At the end of the week all the points were added up with the seniors winning. They were rewarded with the spirit stick at Friday nights pep rally. (Story by Dee Dee Havens) For two years in a row, the seniors have won the sign competition. This was the first place sign for the Homecofning football game against the Hiawatha Redskins. Stephanie Blodig raises her arms in defiance of the sophomore-junior offense in the first half of the Powder Puff football game. The freshmen-senior team won the contest. Doing exactly as told, Shane Boos and Dan Moriarty compete in the Simon Says contest. The juniors received second place in spirit week activities. 10 Spirit Week