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

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 Is It Van Gogh ? Walk down the halls of St. Xa- viers High School sometime, and you might run into a unique- looking lady with an “Ultra- Bright” smile. This, of course, is Mrs. Moloney, our resident art expert. She has been at St. Xa- viers for six years and has always been a valuable asset. One of her classes, Art I, was mainly a freshman class. It in- volved such things as a blind drawing of a pine cone. Also, one could learn watercolor painting, drawing with charcoal, macrame, or doing ink drawings. ... that is, if you weren’t too busy getting the art materials all over your- self! Art II, a sophomore class, had a big clientele. People hooked rugs, made jewelry, did card weaving, made batiks, did wood- cutting, abstract drawings, and macrames. It was more involved than Art I, but no less interest- ing. Art III, a junior class, was a more detailed continuation of Art II. It involved all of the things listed for Art I and II, but added embroidery. Art IV, a senior class, was the class that involved the most cre- ativity on the students’ part. Students could do any project that Mrs. Moloney approved. Some projects included painting murals on the art room walls. Art is one of the more impor- tant courses a student can take. It promotes creativity and pa- tience. It may be that the next Picasso will be from St. X! BELOW: Behold the standard object that artists have used for centuries for inspira- tion — a bowl of fruit. (Photo by Gannon) 24 Art

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BELOW: A little bit of this, a dab of that and walla: snickerdoodle cookies. Sophomores, Barbara Hartung and Jackie Timmons look over their recipe carefully to get the correct measurements. (Photo by Deppish) All Home Ec. classes became automatic members of FHA, in which they participated quite actively, planning preschool parties at Halloween, Christ- mas and Easter, before-school breakfast and making dough or- naments for the school tree and to sell at the Fall Festival. This allowed Home Ec. students to use their Home Ec. skills. The LOYO class established a pro- gram of Toys for Tots, in which they gave toys to the children of the Kansas Neurological In- stitute at Christmas. As a part of their study of Parenthood, the LOYO stu- dents carried eggs all day dur- ing school to symbolize a child being cared for. The Home Ec. II and Intermediate Home Ec. classes provided the grade school with a program on nutri- tion. ABOVE Mrs Wheeler shows Marilyn Timmons the proper way to thread a sewing ABOVE: Debbie Cimino places a dough machine. (Photo by Deppish) ornament on the school Christmas tree. (Photo by Crawford) Home Economics 23

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LEFT: Deryl White laughs as Mrs. Moloney tries hard to get Caro Riley to understand something. (Photo by Gannon) BELOW: Randy Lussier experiments with charcoal during his art period. (Photo by Gannon) ABOVE: Fred Jackson tries to be another Da ABOVE: Melanie Griffin works diligently Vinci during Art 2-3. (Photo by Croy) during art class for once. (Photo by Art 25