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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Picture this: Friday night, funny white hats, clownish makeup, gloves with no hands, goose bumpy legs, bony knees. What comes to mind? No, it's not a religious cultg it's the Crockett Tex-Anns! Last May the 1984-85 drill team candidates attended a two week camp after school. Then, on the second Friday the very nervous can- didates went in groups of five or six before a panel of five judges. When the dust settled 57 new girls joined the clan of veteran Tex-Anns. The girls attended rank meetings twice a week until the end of August. Then they had a two week camp here at Crockett to prepare for the upcoming football season and freshman orienta- tion. lt was hard getting up early in the morning during the summer for sophomore Michelle Obin. 'Alt was almost like going to school two weeks early. The officers participated in a week long sum- mer camp at East Texas State University. Cap- tain Karen Schexnaydre said that they learned what their responsibilities would be as officers. Karen said that the pressure of being an officer is great, As Captain I'm the first to get yelled at, but the first to get praised. Tex-Anns are like one big family. Working together as a unit makes them the great organization that they are. They must work out during early morning class and sixth period as we . This year in particular, Tex-Anns had to do some adapting to new surroundings. The gym floor had developed a giant crack that had to be repaired several times. While the floor was being re-done, the girls practiced at Burger Center for their early morning class. A bus left at 7:O5g if a girl was late, she was left behind and had to find her own way to the work out. Lisa Blankenship Sophomore Tex-Anns bottom row: Christina Anguianno, Lynn Rogers, Bonnie Bookter, Tracy Monahan, Laura Wideman, Lori Hodge, Shari Boortz, Shanna Erder- ly, Leslie Martin, Maurine Ostrom, Laura Gustafuson, Stacy Graef top row: Beverly Rudkin, Monica Boyd, Alison Allred, Michelle Obin, Tanya Dickerson, Lisa Perry, Nicole Christofilis, Tracy Isham, Kathy Mosley, Susan Donnley, Sonia Fritsch, Chris- ty Taylor, Belinda Bostick 138 f Tex-Anns Funny Face Tex-anns strive for perfection in performano with hard work, dedicatiol usually gave a ride to a friend who was often late. Getting there was no problem, but getting back to school close to the bell made it impossi- ble to get a parking place. Untimely rains often left the field under water. This was more than an inconvenience since the majority of the halftime show was sup- posed to be done there. The band would sit in the stands and play while the girls would per- form on the track. At a few games there would be no performance at all. It was a big disap- pointment to junior Amy Shaw, you work hard all week and then on Friday night nobody even sees you. When football season ended the Tex-Anns began preparing for contest season. February 8 and 9 the Tex-Anns co-sponsored a contest at Lake Travis High School, Hill Country Dance Classic. The Tex-Anns received an excellent rating on their prop and high kick routines. Contest season is a very hard time of the year. The girls practice and sweat and then practice some more. After contest season the girls began preparing for their March 23 Spring Show. Each Class had a dance. The theme was DTV, for Dance TV. The sophomores did a dance to Eat It , the other half of the sophomores did their dance to the commercial Coke Is It. The juniors did a take off on breakdancing, to Freak-a-Zoid, and those crazy seniors did a dance to a medley of the Beach Boys songs. There was also a presentation of the seniors, and then they all sang the Tex-Ann song Friends . This was a very sad yet happy time for the graduating seniors. Co-Captain Holly Brownlee said that when she left Tex-Anns she lost a part of herself. If you don't cry, Tex-Anns didn't have much meaning to you. Griffin Hugo'-' Gzlxxxx A -vi Qian H9 Kms Kilim' -1 H 1 T 2 .4 J s ff Junior Tex-Anns bottom row: Tracy Vonderharr, Amy Shaw, Judy Stoll4 Katy Barber, Michele Fahrenthold, Cheryl Brown, Laura Gonzales, Patricia Torres, Amy Smith, Rose Castro, Barbara Garza, Lisa Kalaher top row: S F'dSdStAttShdJk'G C'dM uzanne rei, an ra an os, nne e c roe er, ac ie arza, in y or tagae, Shari Rhodes, Kelli Korser, Lisa Blankenship, Carrie Smith, Brittany