David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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136fPublic Competing Dominance Staffs of Courier, Texan overcome small staff sizes to bring quality publications to readers It is indeed ironic that the Austin school with the largest the Texas High School Press Association and the A enrollment has the smallest newspaper and yearbook American award from the National Scholastic Pres staffs. The small staff sizes demand that most staff members have to double up on assignments. The result means many extra hours spent work- ing after regular school work has been completed but the payoff comes from the satisfac- tion that each student can see his or her work in print. A year' paper written for a History or English class goes no farther than the eyes of the teacher, a story written for publications is printed for all to see for years to come. We have to get it right because we know that our mistakes will come back in the future to haunt us. Gone are the days when high school newspapers dealt mainly with song dedications and editorials bemoaning the lack of school spirit at pep rallies. Those days of silly, self- serving school boy journalism are over. The Courier expects more of its readers. In 1985 readers were given articles about HB 72 and its direct effects on student's livesg cen- sorship of rock lyrics was examined, the quality of the training that teachers was explored. This was serious stuff and the uproar that several of the articles caused proved that students and adults alike were reading the paper. An editorial written by one of the faculty members caused her to be snubbed by other teachers within her department. The adage that the pen is mightier than the sword proved accurate. The 1984 Courier was presented the state champion award for schools with more than 2000 enrollment from Last year we worked into July to get the book outg there was no way l was going to do that this Association. The most prestigious award was the Georg ' Gallup award presente to the Courier by Qu' and Scroll. One judg commented Overall your paper has more lif than I've seen in ten year of judging. The Texan began the year with a largely inexperienced staff and a new sponsor, the fourth in fiv years. The new sponsor, Mr. Charles Murray, said, W have a problem 'with tradition, no one has been here lon enough to build much of a following. It will get better though. i The new book really couldn't get off the ground until the old 119843 book was delivered. It didn't get here untii November. Everyone wanted to avoid having to put the new book together in the summer as they had to do last year. Both publications staffs were brought into the world 01 computers with the purchase of an IBM personal computer that would be used for word processing and tele3 communication of data. The Courier's copy could be seni . .C Terry Linn over the phone lines to the typesetter. This saved hours and miles going back and forth to deliver and pi k copy. The Texan staff used a program supplied by publisher to enter all yearbook copy fstoriesl. While computer worked well, the program didn't. Mr. said, We needed to call Orkin to get rid of all the bugs the software. if 'ill 1 , ,,, .... ni' gi if ,-'33 L'-1,4 f 'ri-fx 51 SE, d y-'gr' xl? saw .. 1 ff . . 4 'Vi' 3 . ,. ,,... . if g,Y': ?ftI . , . ' '? -:EI-: 'f1'1 1 . 'k'.!1-'51--Qhiizv' r 1 ll' ,. 365- '.v - ,ft-, . ' ' I C' i ?, 1 I I a ..-'f' s-' ,. '.2 -715.1 Q : V , - mf, .. j ' to ff . 4 f f 14,5

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, gm' Each year the foreign language classes and clubs get together for a Christmas party. Different foods are serued and students sing carols from many lands. This year the foods had to be eliminated because of a - hepatitis scare. Mrs. Nieues Hill, a Spanish teacher, leads a Mexican Carol. French Club Identification not available French Club, German Clubl135

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