Ruskin High School - Mirage Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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E -Q eS?KEi,i..'!,f .I- Jer say coming arp ap- , . N Yb- I Mickey slices it, Becky pours it, and Doug is back for a second helping. MIRAGE STAFF MAKES 'SA SILK PURSE l1..i.-ll FROM A SOW'S EAR . . . . or A good yearbook from very little money , became the goal for the 22 members of the 1975 Mirage staff. When the money stopped, due partly to the inflated price of 967.25 and partly because of no second payments, the creativity seemed to get an extra boost. After several unsuccessful money- raising projects, such as photography sales, a year- book auction, and mailing Christmas letters to seniors' parents, the class found that creativity cost next-to-nothing fthe approximate budget of the bookl, and got to work. The 1974 staff organization was scrapped and reorganized closer to that of a magazine, with small committees heading the departments for copy, layout, design, etc., each with its own editor. The layout style used in the previous three years was voted out in favor of Mon- drian, originated by a Dutch artist who believed in painting the dance, not the dancers. The theme Victory was chosen, as this book came on the heels of a Bicentennial year, and in view of vic- tories, both great and small, inthe school and in the world. Many of the innovations came from outside in- fluences. Journalism students initiated a book ex- change with twenty-five other schools, and attend- ed workshops at the Ramada lnn and Hickman Mills High School where they discussed yearbook goals and problems with other staffs from the Kan- sas City area. The class toured Inter-Collegiate Press, the publisher of the Mirage, and saw just what happened to the 249 pages they prepared with such TLC. The class did discover, however, that their financial problems were nothing when compared with those of the people of Korea and Vietnam. Seventy five dollars was raised by the staff and sent to the Korean-American Foundation where it helped pay for the education of a Korean youth. When asked what she thought of the '75 Mirage and its staff, Ms. Mooney, yearbook advisor for four years commented, Each year, producing the Mirage is a fresh challenge. Each year, an enthusiastic staff makes the job rewarding and fun. And each year, I am happier with the quality of the work and the teamwork of the staff. lt's been great, '75'ersl Along with all the rules any Journalism student learns, the '75 staff members learned one special thing-money can't buy happiness, but it does buy cameras, croppers, darkroom equipment .... MIRAGE 15