Midway High School - Eagle Yearbook (Denton, KS)

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FALL T he fall of '84 will be remembered both as the year Midway High School’s football team won their third state victory and for the first relatively successful transplant of a baboon heart into a human. Both world and local events will play a big part in our memories. During the month of September, Ernest Tubb, famous country singer, died; Hurricane Diana struck in the west; Mayor Berkley, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, had open heart surgery; and five convicts escaped from Leavenworth Penitentiary. Meanwhile, at Midway, Stuco elections were held; the yearbook signing party was held, but there was no bonfire due to wind; football, volleyball, and cross country seasons began; the band par- ticipated in K.U. Band Day; and Danny Nigus and Sue Elder were king and queen of Homecoming. In October, the first woman walk- ed in space; Detroit won the World Series; a presidential debate was held in Kansas City; and Indira Gan- dhi was assassinated by her own guards. Back at Midway the quiz bowl began; Mrs. Stillings received the teacher of the year award; the juniors held a dinner theater and presented the play Toga, Toga, Toga ; seniors took their ACT tests; juniors took CPP tests; and the band marched in the Hiawatha parade. In November elections were held, and President Reagan was re- elected; the space shuttle Enter- prise was in Kansas City; Martin Luther King, Sr., and Baby Fae died; an explosion in Mexico caused the deaths of 306 people; and William Shroeder was the second man to receive an artificial heart. At Midway yearbook sales began; several students were ex- pelled for smoking; Gordons held a party; juniors and seniors went to K-State and Emporia State univer- sities; girls' basketball practice began and the football team won the state championship for the third time. These events, along with more personal events will form the basis of our memories of the fall of ’84. 5

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Danny Nigus demonstrates the versatility of Mike Everhart's coat to Jim Betts and Neil Caudle. 4

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The crowd looks excited at the only playofi game at Midway in which Midway defeated Mankato 52-44. ‘ ‘ I t's 3:19; Come on bell, ring! I ' want to go home. Finally, the bell rings; it’s 3:20; everyone’s running for lockers. But does school really end there? Where do Midway students go on the weekends, and what do they do while they’re there? Most students said that there was no way to be away from school on the weekends. There is either a volleyball game or some other school activity or homework to do on the weekends. On the average students spend 7 to 10 hours a day at school. They think that weekends should be open to things they want to do. On the weekends most of the students at Midway go their separate ways. Sue Elder, senior, said about the senior class going out together, No, and if so, it’s as a small group. Usually 4 or 5. The senior class does not go out together. Now many of the seniors go out on dates with other people and are not with their friends as much. Some seniors like going to Kiby's because it is a place where you can get rowdy and have as much fun as you want, said Connie Fergerson, senior. “It seems as if we’ve gone to school with each other most of our lives, and yet we don’t really know each other. We spend most of our time out of school at athletic events or doing something on our own. We never spend any time together get- ting to know each other, com- mented Kathy Anderson, senior. The only class at Midway that ever goes out as a group is the junior class and that usually con- sists of the boys. Usually about 6 or 7 of the boys go to St. Joseph to the movies and out to eat or to Atchison to McDonald’s to eat. When the students go on a date on the weekends, they usually spend between $10.00 to $30.00. They usually go to St. Joseph to the movies and eat at either Red Lobster or McDonald’s. Three quarters of the students at Midway listen to rock music more than country. Most buy Lee jeans and Nike tennis shoes. Going to a small school is quite different from a large school because there are fewer kids to get to know. There is less competition in sports because of the lack of students participating. Also there is a smaller teacher-student ratio. But there are some disadvantages to going to a small school like Midway. You usually have to travel a long way to go anywhere on the weekends. You really don’t have to work to beat other students out of positions on the sports teams because it is usually the seniors and juniors on varsity and sophomores and freshmen on junior varsity. Even though there are some disadvan- tages of going to a small school, most students like going to Midway even if it is small. Our school is different compared to other schools. Midway sits in the middle of a cornfield. But even so, nothing is ever out of the ordinary. Most of the kids are from farming families. All the kids from the small towns around go to school at Mid- way. Our weekends are mainly the same as all the other schools around here. There are not very many places to go and not many things to do. 6