Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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EdiTor-in-Chief Mark Morrison Fourth-Esfafers Push Deadlines, As The Trenzied piTch oT acTiviTy reached a crescendo every Two weeks in R-7, bysTanders knew anoTher issue OT The Anvil was eminenT. The prize-winning sTudenT newspaper mainTained The same sTandards OT excellence ThaT had won Tor iT The Texas lnTerscholasTic League Award of Dislringuished MeriT every year since iTs very beginning: broad coverage OT school news wiTh a careTul balance oT curriculum, sporTs, and sTudenT acTiviTy reporTing, TeaTure maTerial and well-execuTed illusTraTions, aTTracTively arranged. ln every issue was prinTed aT leasT one sTory oT universal in- TeresT-sTudenT opinion on VieT Nam, inTerviews wiTh prison inmaTes, reporTs Trom exchange sTudenTs, or an arTicle on Teen juries. Sparked by a comic sTrip and spoT carToons by Jim Newsome, The ever-popular Merry-Go-Round column by MargareT Gilkison, and imaginaTive phoTography by l-larold WrighT and John Milne, Mark Morrison's sTaTT quickly adiusTed To The swiTch in prinTers and developed a new look in keeping pace wiTh The esTablished paTTern. EdiTor-in-chief Morrison's Tall sTaTT included Phyllis Frede, managing ediTor7 BeTh Thompson, assisTanT ediTorg Tullos Wells, news ediTor1 Mike Hilliard, sporTs ediTor: Susan Glanville, TeaTures ediTor. Derick BonewiTz headed The business sTaTT wiTh Becki Prigg as his assisTanT and Melanie FaughT, Pandy Crow and Alyse Moore on circula- Tion. 'N N. W-rags, Mike Hillard, sporTs ediTor, Nancy PeTerson and Ellen Pl1Ol0QfGPl'19FS W0Fk6Cl OVerTir'r1e all year long. Warren BarTon, TeaTured wriTers for The Tall, hurriedly Tinish lasT Fl6l'Cl'!GF, Harold Wflglii. Alice SCTTOFFS. John Milne. minuTe preparaTions Tor sending copy To The prinTers. Fall sTaT'T worked diIigenTly To meeT bi-weekly deadlinesr Jim Newsome, arTisTg BeTh Thompson. News Bureau chieTg Phyllis Frede, managing ediTorg Jane Ogden, reporTer: Susan Glanville, TeaTures ediTorg MargareT Gilkison, Merry'Go-Round: Tullos Wells, news ediTorg Becky Prigg, assisTanT business manager: Derick BonewiTz, business manager. fi -fvzzf. - an

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Journalism Classes Visit Chronicle Plant What are the purposes ot an editorial? The ditterent types ot news story? Running f,,M,,.57' heads? Boldtace and italicized type? The role ,, 'fig' NEW ot a newspaper in its community? Lay-out and llll make-up? By the time journalism students com- plete their year ot study. most can answer.these and other questions intelligently and tluently, write a news story. and analyze the make-up ot local newspapers. Talks by writers tor Hous- ton's Post and Chronicle, advertising men, pub- lishers. and other specialists, and televised pro- s DESK grams on the Gemini program added an extra bit ot spice to this year's curriculum, as did inspection ot the Chronicle plant. The course covered not only printed com- munications. but all the mass media, advertis- ing, public relations, industrial publications, and yearbooks. fame , ,.,, ,,,x Journalism students talk to Chronicle city editor about news writing. Photo Club Learns of Latest Techniques. With and without cameras. the members ot Memorial's Photography Club sought to absorb technique tips in lab sessions and trom guest speakers such as Mr. Bernie 7 Goodman ot Carroll Camera and Mr. Tom Johnson ot the Houston Post. Taking FT gm candids ot other club meetings .enabled members to use what they learned, as did u their Funny Fotos booth at the Senior Carnival. When the Christmas season ar- - rived, the Photo Club sponsored the annual door-decorating contest. Field trips to ,, photography establishments rounded out the year. Elaine Pritchett, Journa'lism Membership Derick Bonewitz Jim Lober Ballard Pfllclleil Liz Bonewitz Jean McSpadden Al'Ce Shorts warren Fletcher John Milne Harold Wflshf Bruce Hutchinson Jim Newsome Sherri! YOUHQ Bulent Korman Photo club members learn ot new methods ot' shooting pictures at monthly meeting. Ooo-a toldout! Camera club omcers look at photos taken by members. STANDING: Har- old Wright, president: Derick Bonewitz, vice president: Alice Schorre, secretary. SEATED: Mrs. Elaine Pritchett and Mr. William Franklin, 77 sponsors. Not shown, Bruce l-lutchison, treasurer.

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'TK Maintain High Standards for Anvil Newcomers Nancy PeTerson and Ellen BarTon were Tashion columnisTs and TeaTured wriTers in The Tall who quickly became Top conTenders Tor sTaTT leadership and Took over as co-ediTors Tor The spring semesTer. Derick BonewiTz moved over To excuTive managing ediTor, and Mark Morrison remained on duTy as ediTorial consulTanT. Juniors Carolyn Hinckley and CaThy AnThony assumed special associaTe ediTorships, Wendy HilTy became news ediTor: Paul Cooke, TeaTures ediTorg Susan Glanville exchange ediTory Jane Ogden copy ediTor7 and Becki Prigg business manager. Tullos Wells, STeve Sprowles and Johnny Wooley joined Mike Hilliard on The sporTs sTaTT and Sue Summers and Chelle Knapp were added To The business sTaTT. Warren FleTcher and Alice Schorre served on The phoTography sTaTT all year as did Jim Newsome, arTisT. Five iournalisTs aTTended The Texas High School Press AssociaTion CO-eduors Nancy Peyerson and meeTing in DenTon in December, I8 parTicipaTed in The acTiviTies oT The Ellen Barion GulT Coach High School Press AssociaTion, and 20 aTTendecl The lnTer- scholasTic League Press ConTerence in AusTin in March. Hggiyzgk --1 Wendy HilTy, sTanding, confers wiTh associaTe ediTors CaThy AnThony and Carolyn Hinckley. Sponsor Elaine PriTcheTT, ExecuTive Managing Edi. Tor Derick BonewiTz, and EdiTorial ConsulTanT Mark Morrison Tound Time somewhere To puT ouT a V mimeographed Farrier beTween Anvils. I Ira, 7? if.. . riffs Sue Summers, leTT, and Chelle Knapp, righT, ioined Alyse STeve Sprowls and Johnny Wooley ioined Mike Hilliard on sporTs Moore and Melanie l5aughT on circulaTion Tor The spring. in The spring and Paul Cooke, riqhl' became TeaTures ediTor. NoT picTured: Pandy Crow 79