St Xavier High School - Xaverian Yearbook (Junction City, KS)

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During the Christmas va- cation , in addition to vis- iting relatives and baking cookies, Kem Perkins be- came Mrs. Frank Jones. She seemed to have ad- justed easily to her rather abrupt change in marital status. But there were some unforeseen problems. For instance: Now, who writes her tardy excuses and smoking permits? (For the record — her husband) When asked if married life was what she expect- ed, she half-seriously re- plied, Yeah, housework and cleaning. Pam Robinett and Vanessa Herron have been taking piano lessons from Sister Salome for 10 and 8 years, respectively. In late April they gave a sen- ior recital. Playing piano is a solitary pastime; there are no cheering crowds, and whoever heard of a pi- ano pep rally? But like a sport, it involves hours of hard work and practice. Playing the Appassion- ata or Soiree de Vienne is as great an ac- complishment as rushing 1,000 yards. In the past, marrying a highschool age wasn't un- heard of, but staying in school afterwards was. Just last year no married students were enrolled at St. X.; this year there are two. After her August 13 wedding in Savage, MN, Kathy enrolled at St. X. as Mrs. Johnson . How- ever, she wanted to be Kathv and not though of as different. In Minnesota getting married at seven- teen was considered weird and she thought that people in Kansas would feel the same. On the contrary, students ac- cepted her without reserva- tion. Keeping a job, going to school, and making her own home never seemed to be too tough to handle. My marriage with Bruce is what I expected it to be , she said. I miss my family who still live in Minnesota, but I don't miss living at home.

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It almost seems as if Sister Eucharista has been in charge of the library since before it was built. That estimate is a little off but she did start work at St. X. when the Senior class was two years old. Sister Eucharista is a good arguement against mandatory retirement at 65. She is energetic and efficient — she even has a sense of humor. One day a student was wandering in the library looking for nothing . She remarked, I hope you find it. During the Christmas season this year Senior, Tina Blazer, had an inter- esting job. At Gibson's, where she was a clerk, she was one of Santa's Help- ers . Tina is a very vocal advocate of Women's Lib; maybe next year she'll get a promotion and become Santa Claus. I Being a small school in an army town has advan- tages that many other schools don't have. One is the wide variety of back- grounds of the students. Many are military depen- dents and have lived all over the U.S. and in coun- tries all over the world, bringing with them an un- derstanding of other people and cultures to share with their new friends. Students at St. X. feel that this understanding of others will help them to forget prejudices so that everyone will be able to work together as friends.

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A Guide To The Up And Coming Every class is scared to death when it first enters the hallowed halls of high school - except the 1978 freshman class. In fact, they sometimes acted more like seniors than the seniors. They were active in FHA and Pep Club, and handled po- sitions of responsibility well. Freshman were a large part of the football, volleyball, basketball and track teams. They were very self con- fident. One girl made a habit of cutting in front of seniors in the lunch line (an appalling breach in high school protocol). An- other instructed a three- year veteran of the basket- ball team in the fine art of free throw shooting. Despite their outward maturity in many ways they were just ordinary 14 year olds. They developed crushes on upperclassman. They ran in the halls, talked too loudly and had trouble finding their lock- ers. Some had trouble staying awake in class after 6:00 (A.M.) basket- ball practice. And one boy defined a freshman as a person who comes from puny to big. Yvonne Quinton called freshmen the lower half of the sen- iors. Freshman officers are (Top) Jeanette Erichsen, (Right) Jolita Martinez, (Left) Jeff Keating, (Not pictured) Ron Shanley 6