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

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Kevin Gary works diligently on his school work. Many students find that study hall in the dorms can be a waste of time unless they have things to do. Seeking the answers to his homework, Mike McConnell asks Bro. John Peto for assistance. Dorm prefects are often sought after for help on their school work. Expanding his knowledge of the world, Steve Bartulica catches up on current events. Steve Boarders 9 finds that reading the paper helps him with his understanding of the world around him.

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Boarding Can Be A Learning Experience The feeling of the boarders towards their surroundings has to do with what their surroundings are like. Most of the boarders really like the living conditions of Maur Hill and the Academy. Being a boarder helps one pre- pare for life at college. They will have an edge because they already know what living away from home is like. Dan McGurk, Kansas City, MO, freshman said, “The first week was pretty rough. Initiation really made me feel more at home. Once I started to meet people and make new friends, I was more relaxed. Its alright being a boarder.” “When I first got here I was pretty homesick. But I got over that and made new friends. This will help me when I get older. When I got here the only person I knew was my older brother Chris. Now that I know my way around, this isn’t as bad as it seemed,” said Jason Durall, Olpe, KS, Freshman. At the Mount, boarder life is a little different than regular life as Morgan Dohne, Dallas, TX senior describes. “Being a boarder means learning to deal with lots of other people. You have very little privacy, and someone always seems to be looking over your shoulder. But then again there are good points also. Like there’s always someone around to talk to if you get bored, its like living with all of your friends, and maybe a few of your enemies. You get to know people very well. You’ll make some of the best friends of your life as a boarder, some you’ll never forget. (Story by Bill McKernan) Getting ready to go out, Denise Vasquez makes sure her hair looks alright. Weekends are something that boarders looks forward to so they try to get the most of them. Lara McBride spends her evening talking on the phone. The phones in the girls dorm are usually busy at any time when the girls are allowed to be out of their rooms. Relaxing after a hard day at school some mounties watch a little television. These mounties seem to be watching something educational on PBS. 8 Boarders

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Kevin Johnson proves the size of his mouth in the apple bobbing contest The Juniors unfortunately took second place in the spirit week activities. Cutting out letters for the senior spirit sign, Barbara Hale works tediously. Although the feeling of the senior class was that they should have gotten first, they received second place. 10 Spirit Week Spirit Week Rained Out Enjoying themselves, the powder puff cheer- leaders show their support. Even though they had to perform in the gym, they stacked up well. It rained, it poured, and it was spirit week. The rain and cold caused the cancellation of many of the spirit week activities. Monday and Tuesday were the only days that the activities were held outside. Monday, people participated in the new activities of apple bobbing and apple stacking. The apple bobbing was very interesting, especially when senior Christy Boughan came up with two apples in her mouth. Tuesday was the traditional car pack and Simon Says. This year, a compact car was used instead of a station wagon. Although the Seniors went against the odds of the size of their students, they won the car pack. Atchi- son, Senior, Dan Bowen was Simon for this years Simon Says game. On Wednesday the powder puff game was moved to Thursday and changed to volley ball games. Chris Silver, Kansas City, Ks senior had this to say about spirit week. “I thought it was a lot of fun but the weather could have been better. It interferred with the powder puff football game and the pyramid. I was really looking forward to spirit week because it was my Senior year.” The rain dampened the Friday activities too, the Student-Alumni foot- ball game had to be cancelled and the traditional bonfire was not burned. At the pep rally, people seemed to make up for the spirit lost during the week, especially the Seniors, who won the spirit stick. Christy Boughan, Oak Grove, Mo, Senior, summed spirit week up by saying, “I thought spirit week was like this total bummer. The rain was totally gnarly and it just like brought everybody down. It was real rad though because everyone was just like awesomely pepped up. It was totally tubular that the Seniors won, even though we didn’t get to jam at playing powder puff. All in all though, it was a dazzling week.” (story by Beth Sylvester) The football captains congratulate Sara Lange for winning Intramural Queen. She was crowned at the pep rally because the Intramu- ral game was rained out.