Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Journalism classes Ctop rightj pur- sue the study of the daily news- paper as one mean of communi- cation. Mrs. Elaine Pritchett fright! explains reporting techniques to students. 160-Academics

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With new manual and electric typewriters, the Business Education Department was better equipped to teach the six courses offered at Memorial. Those graduated from Typing l often chose to take another year of typing or enter other business courses such as accounting, business law, shorthand or clerical practice for secretarial training. On March 22, Chet Edwards and Karen Stanley entered UIL district competition and went on to represent Memorial in regionals on April 19. W? To familiarize students, Katy Read- ing, David George, and Bill Olson labove leftl, with court proce- dures, mock trials are held in busi- ness law. Learning how to erase properly labove rightl is a vital part of Typing I. Judy Olson lleftl increases her writing speed by taking dictation during her short- hand class. Academics-i 59

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MW Training ground for future Reata and Anvil members, iournulism classes emphasized the study of modern communications in addition to learning the basics of newspaper work. Challenging Hollywood with their three films, one a teaching film on editorials, one class documentary on hair, the other a satire called Clean, students also produced a video-taped probing- What Kind of School is This? Conducting polls for feature stories or looking for news tips, their efforts were occasionally rewarded with stories breaking into the Anvil. For those excelling in some phase of iournalism and in the upper third of their class, there was membership in Quill and Scroll, an international society. The club was perfect for students not having time for activities but still desiring to belong to an organization. Meetings somehow never met their deadlines until spring when the sole assembly was held to elect new officers. W . ,ie, , fin '55 fm Quill and Scroll officers Ileftl Margaret Hull, Secretary, Joni Dren- dul, Parliamentariang Liz Riedel, Historian, Nancye Hinkley, President, Carol Pennington, Treasurer, and Sheila Silver, Vice-President, plan the journalism picnic. Quill and Scroll members Kabovel Chip Bowron, Kay Wellen, Paul Babb, Barbera Clark, Claudia Brice, and Bill Spencer plan the 1970 club ac- tivities. Academics-16 I