St Stephens Academy - Academician Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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No education is true education unless the whole man is developed, and, therefore, it is a duty of all educators to guide their students to achieve to the fullest all the capabilities of their individual personalities. Our teachers, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the lay personnel, have given us the opportunity to develop our talents, initiative, and originality by a useful and pro- ductive extra-curricular program. Student Council and school dances, skits and assem- blies, newspaper writing and yearbook publication. Legion of Mary and Young Christian Students, are some of the activities that can help to alert us to our social responsi- bilities. These are the things that prepare us for an active and intelligent participation in adult social organizations, for a participation on which the foundations of our country, as well as our family life has been built. We have been taught the importance and the extent of the cooperation that is necessary for human living, and have been pre- pared for our journey along the Bridge of Friendship.

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THE BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP

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Yearbook Production Offers Challenging Problems The yearbook staff “scrounges” for ideas. Bob Ameel seems interested in some new layout which Mary McPherson and Mary Draper point out to him while Patsy O’Brien interests Tom Howard in her latest inspiration for writing picture captions. The publication of the Stephecho embodied a variety of skills. The business staff under the leadership of Tom Howard, launched the initial ad, sponsor, and patron drive. With this financial backing, the staff produced the work. Sacrificing many hours, particularly on Saturdays, the seniors found work on the yearbook, novel and challenging. Many things went into the production of the yearbook. Photography offered the yearbook photographers a definite creative challenge-setting up a picture that will itself tell something about the students’ interests and activities. These pictures were taken by our staff photographers and by professionals, Askar-Shain. Many of these photos were cropped and found their way eventually into the book. The yearbook layout caused many hours of trying experiences in working with type, cut-lines, headings, margins, copy and identifications . Even planning the advertising content did not prove too easy. It was necessary to be sure that the pictorial advertising added interest and appeal to the book and did not distract reader attention. The staff learned from their publisher, Mr. Weatherly and their adviser. Sister Jean Baptiste, that the fundamental laws of planning, proportion, balance, simplicity, unity and consistency played an important part in achieving an attractive, functional publication. Mary Draper, Co-editor, and Bob Ameel, Editor, discuss some of the finished layout sheets with their publisher, Mr. Weatherly. “It’s un but takes a great deal of time and effort,” says Bob. Mr. Weatherly assures them that a yearbook well done is worth the hard work put into it. page 30