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

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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

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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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Wild Crazy Staff The 1979-80 yearbook class consisted of thirteen hard BELOW: Grant Collins proof reads his copy and concentrates on dividing up his marathon sentences. (Photo by Croy) BELOW: Jeanette Erichsen teaches her yearbook staff the alphabet. (Photo by Croy) working individuals. Yearbook is no easy course, although ev- eryone thinks it’s just an easy credit. The class had forty-five minutes a day to make their own layouts, look over the con- tact sheets, assign pictures for their layouts, trim and paste up the pictures, and write copy. Eight students went to a yearbook workshop during the summer at Bethany College in Lindsborg. The camp taught them the basic fundamentals of making a good yearbook. Miss Satterlee (yearbook ad- visor) had a “fun” time teach- ing them how to put the basics to work to make the best year- book ever. Despite all the head- aches and hassles, she still managed to put up with all the students, and enjoyed watching them improve over the year. ABOVE: Yearbook Staff. TOP ROW: Melanie Griffin , Carol Kohlrus , Miss Satterlee (adv.), Brenda Riley , Todd Croy, Jeff Gannon, 2nd ROW: Mary Boiler , Bill Roberts, Grant Collins, Mary Liz Deppish, Jeanette Erichsen , Colleen Walsh, Vickie Crawford, Val Elliott, Jolita Martinez . ‘Section Editors. “Editor. Others are just peon workers. (Photo by Croy) ABOVE: Jeff Gannon works hard in yearbook class getting his own picture taken. (Photo by Croy) 30 Y earhook