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

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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

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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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Name Tha Phrase BELOW: Mrs. Schaffer tries to teach her English I class some literary definitions. (Photo by Crawford) ABOVE: Freshmen Laura Hackley and Gina Bantugan pay attention during Eng- lish I while Brian Murphy finds other things much more important, like getting ready for the ten-minute break. (Photo by Crawford.) ABOVE: David Weinel from the oral inter- pretations class tells fairy tales to the grade school pupils. (Photo by Croy) Mrs. Schaffer alternately taught English and Literature to the freshmen and sopho- mores. During English she em- phasized participial phrases, gerunds, and various other parts of speech. It seemed that the students liked literature much better than English. When they were studying lit- erature they read stories silent- ly and orally in class. She pre- pared them for future English classes by emphasizing a work- ing knowledge of composition with written assignments and oral discussion. Mrs. Schaffer also had an oral communications class, which consisted of nine stu- dents. The class held two plays, went to two speech contests, League and Regionals, inacted pantomimes, gave speeches, and told fairy tales to the grade school. 26 English