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

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St. X students found various diversions to the daily ho-hum of classes and homework. ABOVE: Unique to Catholic schools, students go to weekly mass on a Friday morning. TOP RIGHT: Claude Sokol wakes himself up on an early Monday morning. CENTER LEFT: Debbie Rutledge does manuel as well as mental labor in the course of a school day. CENTER RIGHT: Guess where seniors, Kathy Vuono and Jim Reno, spend their free time? BOTTOM RIGHT: Marie Fiffe shows her talent at blowing bub- bles and eliminates her compe - tition from Mary Liz Deppish with the help of an anonymous hand. r

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Af | 11 1 rn • Debbie Hall questions one of Mr. Journey Inrougn 1 inieK5k,s ''m'“‘”Am lc'‘ After Mr. Bortnick's sec- ond year at St. Xaviers he commented, I am much more sure of myself, and I feel I fit into the tradition of the Rams better. When asked how she felt about Mr. Bortnick as a teacher, one of his students responded, He’s a good teacher and he knows what he teaches. Another student stated, You never know what he is going to do next.'' Because of the many dif- ferent sides of Mr. Bort- nick, each class is a unique happening. Besides the usual work of answering worksheets, reading chapters, and taking tests, some classes consist- ed of discussing current events and playing the game of Jeopardy. This year the American History and American Gov- ernment classes had to learn the importance of class time. They received new books and were not allowed to take them from the room. This had both its advantages and disadvantages. Many new things were be- gun this year; one was offer- ing the World History class to freshmen, which made it a larger class. But Mr. Bortnick stated, My classes were perfect size and I would not want to make any adjustments. During the year Mr. Bort- nick received more from his students than homework, such as a Polish C.B., a Po- lish calculator, and many harassing Polish jokes. But he's a good sport about it all. In fact he has a plaque on his desk reading, It's a blessing to be Polish. Mark Rutledge, Denise Mathews, Cathy Tomandl, Regina Whitlow and Jane Garza sit in on a lecture about Feudalism in World History'. Towana Rhyne, Germaine Hepburn, and Stephanie Pollock receive instructions from Mr. Bortnick.