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

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BELOW: Mary Boiler receives a con- BELOW: Graduate Bob Hall receives his long awaited diploma and congratulations gratulation hug from Phil Mudd while from Mr. Cale while Monsignor and Mr. Griffin look on. (Photo by Gannon) the other seniors do the same. (Photo by Gannon) ABOVE: Those crazy seniors!! Marie Fiffe, Tricia Tomandl, and Patty Folwell display their matching outfits, (photo by Croy) LEFT: Mary Liz Deppish and Jeanette Erichsen are living proof that high school friendships will never die-they just keep on getting stronger no matter what the distance or how long the time. (Photo by Gannon) Seniors 27

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8very Man Js Zhe Architecture Of Mis Own Juture — ■ Anonymous The 1981 senior class was a class of many firsts. This included; be- ing the first class to graduate un- der Principal James Cale and be- ing the smallest class to graduate since 1956. In previous years, they used to be one of the larger classes, but after a few military families were transferred, the size began to diminish. Dorine Lincoln and Tim Sullivan were the only additions to the senior class this year. Dor- ine combined her junior and sen- ior year to graduate and Tim came back after attending St. X for a few years in grade school. Another first for the seniors, was a retreat to Concordia, April 8 9, where they had the privilege of staying in the Manna ouse. The past, retreats were just one day in length. The highlight of firsts, accord- ing to the seniors, was the senior skip day, which was brought back to custom against the wishes of Mr. Cale. Realizing that they would have to suffer the conse- quences, each senior that skipped took on the task of making up time. Nevertheless, some seniors were still quoted as saying, “It was worth it.” Eighteen individuals and at the same time a very united class would be one of the best ways to describe the class of “81”. They showed the school they were not a silent group by participating in al- most every extracurricular activ- ity offered at St. X. Most of the seniors left school before lunch, some attended classes at the pub- lic high school to take advantage of courses not offered here and still others went the full seven hours. Just like everything else, some of the seniors plan to attend college sifter graduation and some have other plans. BELOW: Mary Boiler spends her last few days in school reading to get a good English grade. (Photo by Croy) ABOVE: Tim Sullivan pretends to be reading but everyone knows he's just catching up on lost sleep. (Photo by Croy) Senior Class Officers. Standing; President-Jose Davis, Sponsor-Mr. Dixon, Treasurer- Todd Croy. Sitting; Vice President-Jeanette Erichsen. Sponsor-Mrs. Ptacek, and Secre- tary-Jane Garza 26 Seniors

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Of A (food Beginning Cometh a (food End — Unknown CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: The 1981 pioneers are; Marie Fiffe, Jeff Keating, Yvonne Quinton, Mary Boiler, Mary Liz Deppish, Jeanette Erichsen, and Patty Folwell. This years senior class had a large amount of pioneers com- pared to the size of the total class. Seven seniors found themselves still together after 11 years of school. Six of the pioneers have been classmates since first grade and after much reminiscing they couldn’t help but include Patty Folwell, who joined them in sec- ond grade, as a seventh pioneer. Taking each other for granted all these years, they realized how much they meant to each other when graduation time rolled around. Vowing to keep in touch with each other, they went their separate ways. As for the rest of the class, they all felt as if they had been in school together for a long time also. Indeed, it was a long haul for the class of “81” and it’s an even longer haul ahead of them. 28 Seniors