Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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J-II Deadline pressure brings high anxiety, staffers supply humor to ' ' relieve tension , .. Y G . I, . 5, 4 , Responsibility is the one word which pertains to every job on the journalism staff. Every person must take care of his or her responsibilities or the staff suffers as a whole. Two staffs work simultaneously throughout the year, Reata and Anvil. Heading the Reata staff was editor- in-chief, Iunior Doug Middlebrooks, and leading the Anvil staff was editor-in-chief, Senior Susan Feigin. As a traditional appointment, Iunior Susan McBride was named personal secretary to the Reata editor. Susan McBride and the rest of the writers worked on both Reata and Anvil. Writers work as hard as anyone on staff, probably harder. When Reata and Anvil hit them at once, they had two and three stories, said Middlebrooks. The other side of journalism, photography, was under the direction Rosebushes were sold by Iournalism students during March. Tequilla delivers the bushes on a cart. The bushes were sold at S5 a piece. Photo by Dan Thompson. of head photographer, Senior Iii Tomforde. Darkroom activity we really great this year, he said. All headlines were handled reporting editor, Senior Casey Co ley. My job was to give out heads the staffers. Usually they respond pretty well, but sometimes they we really stubborn, said Casey. The entire staff was headed by At viser Lee Green. Staffers seem 1 agree that Miss Green's leadership reflected in the two publications. ' definitely feel that the high quality the Reata and Anvil clearly shows t type of adviser Miss Green is, corn mented Middlebrooks. Most responsibilities were take care of and the staff worked sur cessfully throughout the year. lou nalism was a pain most of the ye It's not really like a school course, i more like a job, said sports edit Iunior Todd Thompson. But peop like uphill skier Vlakov Kerenchs made it all worthwhile. UU by Ellen Voll-te. A 'Q W.. . gauge!!! journalism often uses the telephone to con- Third period often became hectic during duct last minute interviews. Senior journalism Reata deadlines. Iuniors Cinda Lumsden, len- staff member Amy Bean gathers information, nifer May and Senior Kathy Dyer design a Photo by lim Tomforde, page. Photo by Doug Whitehead. 247 O Iournalismll Q N Z.

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Occasionally, the pressures of journalism I become difficult to handle. Iunior Karin Snelson relieves the tension by placing a playboy bunny sticker on her nose. Photo by lim Tomforde. Iournalism I trains writers for their jobs on staff. I-I Writers learn the style for stories, cap- tions and headlines. lunior Heidi Odegard tries to write headlines. Photo by Doug Whitehead. ,A-....,,. 'Q ,wx .s if Nsqeii' I-I writers learned the various facets of putting together a paper or yearbook. Sophomore Doug Kaufman works on his headline. Photo by Doug Whitehead. Graphics notebooks were required from each Iournalism I student. Iunior Garrett Reed displays the result of hours of work while class members look on. Photo by Iim Tomforde. 5 ...wr 4k Iournalisml I 241

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