Newcastle High School - Blue Racer Yearbook (Newcastle, OK)

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The Christmas spirit ebbed just a bit as students faced study- ing for semester tests. In 5th hour study hall, Pam Green, Kenneth Carr, and Billy Wilson studied for the mid- year exams. Study Hall: Options— Sleep, Flirt, Cut-up, or Study MA timeto study or a timeto sleep. This de- scriptive phrase by Raylene Daniels pretty well fit- ted the students' idea of an ideal study hall. An- other student, Robert Mason, agreed. He said, 11. . . iust to get away from a book, I guess. Some students tried to spend the hour by get- ting in trouble. Said one study hall teacher, Mrs. Retha Curtis, They (study halls) are usually pro- blem periods for the teachers because the study time is not used properly. It could be a wonderful thing, but the kids just cut up and act silly. However, some students did spend their time well by actually getting some studying done— whether it was of the opposite sex or a printed page is not important. The style of the study hour depended largely upon which teacher and which students were put together.Some of the study halls were relaxed and fun for students and t ea c h ers, while others re- sembled a military barracks. But, study halls were handy. As Leigh Blodgett and Rita Brown said, They sure help before an American History test! Deadlines, Delayed Issues: Journalism JOURNALISM-STUDY HALL 23

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Flu, Broken Duplicator These pages were due yesterday. This statement was always on the black- board in the typing room, under the huge caption of ATTN! YEARBOOK STAFFERS. Deadlines were missed, due to flu, general slowness of being under-staffed, and change of deadlines by the compa- ny. Preparation began last spring for the '74 RACER as staff hopefuls attended the 1973 Journalism Con- ference at OU, listened to staff speeches on the var- ious aspects of constructing a yearbook, and practiced making layouts. This early study was continued as Larry Shaw, '74 Editor, Linda Fletcher, Assistant Editor, and Mrs. Young, Adviser, attended the week-long OIPA Sum- mer Publications Workshop on the OU campus during the first of June. Photographer Candy Davis learned detailed skills and knowledge of cameras at the Photography Workshop at Bethany High School held late in May. School began with thir- teen staff members and once the basics were learned, work began: clubs, activi- ties, pages, and copy were assigned. Ad selling took members to businesses and indivi- duals in Newcastle, Tuttle, Blanchard, Moore, Norman and Oklahoma City during September. These patrons help finance the yearbook and are necessary—with- out them, there would be no yearbook. Again in early October, the staff went to OU for the Fall Journalism Conference, where the '73 RACER re- ceived a With Honors rating. To start off the sub- scription drive, an assembly was held for the students, 7th-12th. As a result, 485 copies were ordered. Deadlines came and went, some pages were done, some weren't. The flu hit and school let out: ef- fort doubled. After and be- fore hours, study halls, and class time—every spare or possible minute was spent in creating Phrase 74 for the students. The Pacesetter was shortened in an effort to conserve paper. Things progressed fine until the electric duplicator quit. Manning it by hand, staff members developed muscles, but delivered the first issue on time. The second was delayed for three days due to the school's closing; the third dealt mainly with elementary students' stories. Biogra- phies of Seniors made up the fourth and final publication. Co-Editors of the Pacesetter, Linda Fletcher and Micah 0'Donley, work on some plans for the newspaper. Carrying sack lunches, staff members wait for a ride to the Fall Yearbook Conference at OU on October 5, 1973. MEMBERS OF JOURNALISM STAFFS ARE: SITTING: B. Bar- ton (Bus. Mgr.), L.Fletcher (Asst. Ed., Yrbk.; Co-Ed., Nwsp.), L. Shaw (Ed., Yrbk.), M. O'Donley (Co-Ed., Nwsp.), C. Davis (Pho- tog., Yrbk.); STANDING: B. Smith, S. Franken, L. Miller, T. Gregory, T.Percell, D.Hoftender, D. Griffith. NOT PICTURED: Mrs. L. Young (Adv.). Cause Missed 22 JOURNALISM

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Explosive Exploding enrollment in high school music increased chorus membership to 150 the first se- mester but it dropped to about 130 during the second semester. AI I the students in junior high participated in music with daily classes of one-half hour to pre- pare for programs and contests. BELOW: HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC QUEEN, KING: Toni McNeilly, Bill Slater.FAR BELOW: JUNIOR HIGH MUSIC PRINCESS, PRINCE: Terri Williams, Ricky Courtney. 24 HS, JH MUSIC MEMBERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MIXED CHORUS ARE: BOTTOM ROW: J. Rawson, C. Walling, L. Crawford, b. Clay, C. Dean, R. Adams, D. Williams, A. Ummell, B. Smith, J. Fletcher, D. Barbour, T. Carter, K. Rawson, J. Shores, D. Griffith, D. Johnson, M. Reeves; SECOND ROW: K. McQueen, R. Cox, S. Ross, C. Long, G. Henson, J. Morgan, A. McNeilly, K. Eades, B. Fletcher, R. Henderson, N. Shores, G. Castle, T.Keen, S.Steger, R. Courtney, M. Powers, T. Smith, C. Mason, N. Prater, D. Carr, B. Paxton, J. McBride; THIRD ROW: L. Fletcher, S. Powers, B. Barton, L. Ogle, T. McNeilly, M. Thompson, B.McEwin, R. Hampton, S. Lee, D. Bradley, T. Clay, S. Nunn, B. Askins, S. George, P. Askins, K. Clay, S. Hughes, J. Jones, C. Clay, S. Hughes, J. Jones, G. Cummings, G. Shores, D. Steffes, D. Morgan, C. Hildebrand, C. Cornett (Director); FOURTH ROW; P. Garrett, D. Orton, S. Wilson, A. Smith, D. Liles, B. Wilson, L. Babb, D. Hen- ley, G. Dean, R. Chambers, K. Carrel, L. Zamora, D. Wariner, L. Long, C. Castle, D. Ogle, D.Paxton, C. Deavilie, J. WiIson, P. Osborn, M . Shores, J. Fi les, D. Bishop; FIFTH ROW: D. Files, B. Walling, T. Clay, D. Abbott, R. Smith, L. Simpson, L. Eaton, J. Henley, R. White, L. Blodgett, S. Steger, R. Big- bee, L. Burris, L. Miller, M. Watters, M. Griffith, D. Thomas, B. Travis, K. Reddout, D. Stockton, V. Daniels, K. Underwood, B. H i I d e br an d; SIXTH ROW: E. Henderson, R. Wyatt, J. Craw- ford, D. Housh, B. Doke, L. Shaw, C. Burris, C. Davis, R. Corbin, R. Black- well, J. Liles, G. Brown, T. Wood, D. Simpson, W . Wa I I, M. O'Donley, B. Slater, R. Mason, D.Dunagan, S. Stone, T. Beaty, J. Titsworth. Music Population Levels Off.