Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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Ruhl'i c V« hccking the coverage of the elec- tion, senior Joe Winn reads about Rea- gan s landslide victory. The majority of the student body favored Reagan over Mondale in a poll taken by the Chime. flections 29

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clcoming parents to Open House Day. a sign designed by Mrs. Susan Ba- ker stands at the entrance of the senior high lobby. Parents took advantage of the opportunity and joined their teens in the classroom. l ctween classes. Student Council President Brian Davis stops to talk to Principal James Preaskorn about the upcoming assembly. Despite renovation the Student Council preserved the en- dangered tradition of assemblies. C Langrehr S Cutter that you’ll never believe Nationally voters di- vided into Repub- licans or Demo- crats; Conserva- tives, Liberals; Northerners, Southerners; Catholics, Prot- estant; Men, Women; whites or minorities. Locally, divisions meant east campus or west campus- junior high or senior high. Nationally, Ronald Rea- gan, along with Vice Presi- dent George Bush, opened his campaign on Labor Day, touching on every possible group of voters. Locally, Bri- an Davis, along with vice presidential running mate Cindy McFarland, declared his candidacy and battled for votes from the six grades. Reagan’s managers used the media so that viewers of- ten could not tell what was evening news and what was a paid political announcement. Davis distributed hand-made buttons and taped up six post- ers. Reagan promised four more years of economic health and renewed patrio- tism. Davis went for junior high dances and two-school unity. Reagan had more than 52 million Americans declaring their approval. Davis counted 800 teenagers to support his program. Reagan watched the re- sults from a hotel room in California. Davis listened to local station WFRB. The impact of the polls was the same. Reagan won; so did Davis. w hat next? 28

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A ITLi lunch time. Lori Brown concen- trates on writing copy while sitting in her favorite position. Staff members skipped lunch and free periods to get to work on yearbook. A xm.t his yearbook desk. Brian Davis works on writing copy for the baseball spread. Brian has worked on the sports section for the last two years. L. Brown L. Skidmore that you’ll never believe Understaffed and overworked but making the best of it was the feeling of every yearbook staffer as they pushed to meet deadlines and tried to produce the best book ever. In August, four journalists traveled to WVU for four days of advanced yearbook study. When the girls came back, the staff discovered TA hat next? 30 their theme had changed. Limited experience affect- ed the staff. Veterans tried to break in the new trainees as quickly as possible. Fifty-five pages due each month forced everyone to give up lunch, study halls, and assemblies to ensure the book’s delivery. Staffers even found themselves staying after school as late as 9:00 p.m. to meet a deadline. “I’m so tired of hearing about the honor society copy,” Kathy Kerr told Joe Stevens. “You talked about that for three weeks.” To relieve pressure, year- book students took a break as they celebrated birthdays. Each student took turns bringing in snacks. A jingle party and the year-end ban- quet helped staffers enjoy each other more. In March adviser Ellen Ar- none took 14 students to the CSPA Convention and helped train other staffs from around the country. At state work- shops the staff became adept at being Mother’s little help- ers.” Pushed to the limits, staff- ers juggled curricular de- mands with their extracurri- cular work. They took pride in What Next?