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

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New to St. X is senior leaders; they help by coaching and grading papers. BE- LOW: Senior leader Zanna Brawner, and Melanie Griffin assist Jodie Cordova in a tumbling stunt, in preparation for a half time show. Senior leaders-Zanna Brawner, Eileen Umscheid, Mike Tomandl, Anita Lichtenhan, Chris Mudd, Sophie Brawner, Andy Lopez, Karen Robinson, and Jim Roberts. Diana Hecker and Marie Fiffe fight it out in a game of push ball in Adv. P. E. This year P.E. wasn't just restricted to the freshman class. Senior leaders and an advanced P.E. class were added to the cirriculum. The course, offered once a day, was instructed by Mrs. Nancy Ptacek, who added a whole new di- mension to the P.E. de- partment. Even a year ago P.E. was thought to be a series of exer- cises, tumbling, and maybe a game of kick- ball. But this year a va- riety of activities were introduced, including: volleyball, weight lift- ing, bowling, golf, bas- ketball, football, track events, and hockey. It's no wonder advanced P.E. was one of the big- gest classes scheduled.

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Mind, Body And Soul! With several years of teaching behind her, Sis- ter Mary knew a subject had to be interesting. She was always on her toes figuring out ways to keep psychology open, care- free, and alive. When she came from Beloit to teach at St. X, students re- sponded to her with enthu- siasm. Said one student, Never a dull moment in psychology . This course, open to ju- niors and seniors, was divided into two classes: one 3rd hour and one 5th hour. Students had new books and lab manuals. Sister Mary, a new face at St. X, did not teach a stick-to - the - book course. Here she reads psychology material to an attentive 3rd hour class. Psychology students Debbie Hall and Carol Riley try to trace a star by looking into a mirror. Freshman health was much more pracitcal and interesting this year. Mrs. Ptacek taught with an openness that made the students really eager to learn. Instead of learning the difference between the Mrs. Ptacek takes a moment out of her busy schedule. She teaches 2 religion, 3 elementary PE, 2 freshman PE, 1 adv. PE, and 2 health classes. Freshman health class brings looks of puzzlement to the faces of Eric Spittles, Pat Herron, Albert Hof- meister, and Chris Mitchell. rib cage and cranium, students learned more useful things, such as emotions, first aid, and body functions. They also saw films and got into heavy discussions on drug and alcohol abuse.

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Teaming Teamwork! A team of devoted people are essen- tial to every school year. S. X. H. S. had plenty of teamwork this past year, starting right with the ad- ministration. Sister Fre- deric and Sister Margaret were up bright and early every day preparing for a new school day; they heat- ed the building, unlocked doors, and checked out events for the coming day. Sister Margaret, in her second year of working, figured she had written Together more than 2000 excuses and passes — an average of 15 a day. Two other members of the S.X.H.S. team were Msgr. Keogen and Father Frank who both served and added to Mass by making it into a sharing exper- ience for students. School lunches, a wel- come event of the day, were prepared by the lunchroom staff. An aver- age of 54,000 lunches were served in the '78-'79 school year. Our devoted and dedicated team of administrators: Msgr. Keogan, Fa- ther Frank, Mr. Zumbrunn (guid- ance) , Sister Margaret (secretary), Sister Frederic (school principal). Four foot ten, eyes of green, has anyone seen our librarian — Sister Eucharista ? School board-Msgr. Keogan, Mrs. Herron, Sister Germaine, Sister Fre- deric, Mr. Griffin, Mrs. Sprittles, Mrs. Mika, Mrs. Wahle, Mrs. For- sythe, Mrs. Larkin, Anita Lichten- han, Father Sullivan, Mr. Keating, Mr. Hecker, Mr. Parker, Mr. Frakes. Lunchroom staff - Mrs. Tomandl, (supervisor) Mrs. Briestensky, Mrs. Coop, Mrs. Schuster, and Mrs. Crotzer.