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

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I Am, You Are, He Is . . . This year in English, freshmen guys and gals were split up into two differ- ent classes. Here Mike Sullivan, Jim Keating, Eric Spittles and Pat Herron look over their graded papers. Wonder! That's what freshmen and sophomores started their first day of English with. That wonder turned into amazement as they met their new teacher, Mrs. Schaffer, who taught two freshmen and two sopho- more classes. Freshmen and sophomores started the school year with literature. When the fresh- men read the story of Helen Keller, their creative teach- er took the class outdoors blindfolded, and let them ex- perience blindness. Both classes rotated lit- erature with grammer. The 1st and 3rd quarter they studied literature, and the 2nd and 4th they studied grammar. Mrs. Schaffer had both classes finishing up the year by reviewing and preparing for finals. English student Pete Baez leans back and takes a break dining English. Mrs. Schaffer, besides teaching four English classes, also had a study hall. Scott Pollock finds this a great time to discuss his English. Tina Trygg, Elaine Mike, Lynn Griffin and Judy Morse work very

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New to St. X in the third quarter, Paulette Moore slip-stitches her way thru one of Mrs. Wheeler's Home Ec. classes. A taylor at St. Xaviers? No just Claude Sokel practicing different handstitched hems and seams. Freshman guys and gals were split into separate classes in Home Ec. Here, freshmen girls Micky McGuire, Jackie Timmons, and Jodie Cordova makes cookies un- der the watchful eye of Mrs. Wheeler. Always clowning, Jodie offers you a taste.

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Senior English students Regina Schmutz, Patty Eastham and Tony As bury, labor over compositions. Seniors are caught in a moment of silence as they read 1 'Youth'', by Conrad, while visions of Sister Ann dance in their heads. Beowulf, Glass Mena- gerie, iambic pentameter, complex sentences and de- tailed compositions were a few of the things juniors and seniors became very familiar with in English III and IV. This course was taught by St. X veteran, Sister Ann. She started both classes with litera- ture. In the juniors' study of American literature, they read units of poetry, drama and short stories. Seniors read famous selec- tions in English literature and studied poetry from famous poets from past centuries to the present day. Grammar followed litera- ture with students review- ing parts of speeches, learning about sentence patterns, and reviewing punctuation and captializa- tion. Students applied those grammar skills when they began writing the four dif- ferent types of composi- tions: Reasons, Examples, Details, and Comparision and Contrast. Juniors and Seniors who took English found it very helpful when they took the Armed Forces test, the PASTNMSQT test, and the ACT test. diligently on one of their many English assignments.