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

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Elements Of Essence Essence is defined by Webster’s dic- tionary as “The property necessary to the nature of a thing.” There are 110 elements, give or take, depending on where you’re learning about them and who’s teaching the subject. Yet while studying science as a subject we find many calcu- lations dealing with multiplica- tion, division, ad- dition, and sub- traction and many other areas of math. Thus we find a coexistence between the two. If it were not for the technology we have gained through science then many cal- culations used in science would be slowed down and so would our for- ward progress in many fields of sci- ence. We find in the coexistence of math and science that without one, we would not have the other. If it were not for these “elements of essence” then we would not have pro- gressed to the ever expanding and technologically advanced state we en- joy today. Although we are introduced to both subjects at the age of six when we enter the first grade, it is not until six years later that we be- gin to study them more in depth as Seventh and Eighth Graders. However once we enter high school as freshmen we may choose to keep pushing ourselves and learning more. Or we may choose to learn just enough to graduate. By taking the first option we will be opening up many new hori- zons for ourselves. By Brett Henderson “I like the easy stuff like dis- secting animals and watching films.” -Audra Henderson T 26 SO WHAT’S COOKIN’? Sophomore Preston Small watches as Ju- niors April Parker and Tiffany Tate pre- pare to fry (?) some chemicals. Photo by Brett Henderson Science And Math Designed by Brett Henderson

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THE BREAD OF LIFE Sr. Janice and Mrs. Hughbanks share bread with the seventh grade during a prayer service. Photo by Kevin Walsh GLORY AND PRAISE Junior April Parker leads the response during an All School Mass. Photo by Debi Hughbanks PICNIC IN FEBRUARY Freshman Grace Strom is the envy of fel- low Freshmen Amy Gustafson and Leslie Whale, and Sophomore Lien Wake at the high school retreat. Photo by Debi Hughbanks Religion Design by Emily Todd 25

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KEEP SMILING Junior Nate Meske tackles his General Math assignment with commendable en- thusiasm. EXOSKELETONS: 1, 2, 3 Junior James Bailey watches closely as Senior John Hulett counts exoskeletons of mealy worms during his research project for Biology II. Photo by Brett Henderson SAY WHAT!! A look of disbelief crosses Sophomore John Briestensky’s face as he learns there are two more assignments. Science And Math 27 Design by Brett Henderson