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

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Cathy Tomandl and Mark Reno compare answers as they work on General Science. Sam Niemczyk studies busily while Jacki Larkin points out the time. Lynn Griffin pretends to be work- ing in Chemistry class. Lloyd Parker tries to hide as Mr. Diekmann asks for a volunteer to do a complicated chemistry prob- lem.

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Work, Power Energy What's the first thing the eight Chemistry students say to each other every morning: Did you do your chemis- try? What? Are you kidding? Did you? Nol Good! Chemistry class, taught first hour by Mr. Diekmann, con- sisted of eight juniors. Stu- dents studied moles, ratios, chemical symbols, equations, and formulas. They worked very hard hoping to prepare themselves for college in the future. The biology classes were set up a lot differently this year. Instead of one class taught by Mr. Diekmann, there was another class taught by Sister Mary. Both classes followed the same ba- sic lesson plans which includ- ed studies of plant and animal life, a special condensed sec- tion on chemistry, and var- ious experiments performed in the lab. Students worked hard, learned a lot, and had fun in the process. Lecturing and corny jokes set the pace of this year's General Science class. The class consisted mostly of freshmen with a scattering of sophomores. Some of the subjects the class studied were environ- mental pollution, energy, ra- diation, formulas. They also experimented in the science labs. With a lot of hard work and determination, Mr. Diekmann attempted the task of teaching the eager, yet sometimes rowdy, General Science class, and he succeeded! Sister Mary leads the biology field trip and gets a little help from above. Debbie Rutledge looks surprised and emban-assed as she discovers Mr. Jeanette Erichsen demonstrates the Diekmann has stumbled onto the fact that there is a wild tic-tac-toe game fine art of braille reading, going on in the back of biology class.

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Heaven Is “Too Much” Freshman religion, taught by Mrs. Moloney, was split into two groups, one meeting on Monday and Tuesday and the other on Wednesday and Thursday. They discussed the history of the church, and the changes that have taken place. Mr. Pinaire, a lawyer in Junction City, spoke to the freshmen on capital punish- ment. The sophomore guest speakers were Father Frank and Sister Mary. Sophomore religion was tuaght by Mrs. Ptacek. In Part I they concentrated on developing a response to the Mystery of Life. They also studied the practices and be- liefs of man from primitive time to modern Christianity. In Part II they studied reli- gions of the Eastern world. An important event for the sophomore class was plan- ning and organizing school masses, one of which was held on Thanksgiving. TOP LEFT: Mrs. Moloney watches over Desaree Parker in religion. LOWER LEFT: On a cold January day Mrs. Ptacek gets into a heavy discus- sion with her religion class about Catholic Schools week. Jackie Timmons, Chris Mitchell, Barb Hartung, Robert Dresden, and Ter- ry Mays listen attentively to Mrs. Moloney in freshman religion. Yvonne Ouinton goes undercover to catch a few z's, as Tricia Tomandl and Marie Fiffe study in sophomore religion.