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

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RIGHT: Mary Liz Deppish takes a break from the hectic History class to do a little goofing off. (Photo by Deppish) BELOW: Mike Cimino is introduced to the Civics class and what he’ll be learning in it. (Photo by Deppish) k 11 Ik a “It’s a great day to be alive!”, was an often heard saying of Mr. McKee, the new History and Government teacher at St. X. Most of the time, this atti- tude of Mr. McKee showed through in his dedication as a teacher and coach. However, Mr. McKee stated that he spent more time teaching and prepar- ing for class than he did coach- ing. The main reason Mr. McKee came to St. X. was that the school concentrated more on academics than on athletics. The two History classes, con- sisting of juniors, learned about America’s founding, its past and development. A special sec- tion studied was the Constitu- tion. A book report due each quarter over an American his- torical person or event further increased each student’s knowl- edge of days gone by. ABOVE: Teacher for the day! Marie Fiffe and Jeff Keating lecture to the American History students. (Photo by Deppish) RIGHT: Deryl White, Gina Bantugan, and Peter Charowhas listen to a Civics lecture. (Photo by Deppish) Past And Present 28 History

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BELOW: Caro Riley’s mind wanders dur- ing English IV as Elaine Mika and Lloyd Parker complete their composition assign- ments. (Photo by Collins) Unity Coh eren ce Demanding, specific, and thorough are just a few of the words to describe Sister Ann’s style of teaching English. With these teaching characteristics the juniors and seniors learned above and beyond what they had anticipated in English III and IV. Juniors studied American lit- erature, while seniors read about the Old English litera- ture up to the modern English selections of today. Both classes included short stories, poetry, drama, and non-fiction. During the second semester, English III students studied grammar and composition. English IV re- viewed these two in more de- tail. Sister Ann also concentrated on preparing those who ex- celled in literature, grammar, and spelling for the Emporia Scholarship Tests that were taken during the second semes- ter. ABOVE: Jane Garza looks up from her work on a poem summary, only to be caught by our photographer. (Photo by Deppish) ABOVE: Greg Robinett, Geoffrey House, and Danny Kippes analyze their English IV assignment. (Photo by Collins) ABOVE: Sister Ann explains the seven parts of speech to her English III stu- dents. (Photo by Deppish) English 27

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Civics replaced World Histo- ry as a freshman elective be- cause of Mr. McKee’s stronger government background. It is a combination of both history and government in which the students wrote to their Con- gressmen and did comparison reports of two Presidents as two of their projects. Seniors made up the two classes of American Govern- ment. Mr. McKee worked on preparing the seniors for col- lege lectures. A variety of topics were studied from the Ameri- can government system on the national, state, and local level, to the people’s citizenship and civil rights. Besides the usual quizzes, tests, etc., all classes spent time discussing current events. LEFT: Seniors Judy Morse and Lynn Griffin discuss current events during Government class. (Photo by Croy) ABOVE: Ray Hulett studies intently to prepare for a Government test. (Photo by Croy) ABOVE: Teachers have to do their homework too! Mr. McKee demon- strates good studying habits by out- lining a chapter in the American History text. (Photo by Croy) ABOVE: Wanda Witherspoon takes one of Mr. McKee’s tough Government tests. (Photo by Croy) Government 29