Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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' g iss es ,ea 'ere is no telling what we were talk- ,about, exclaimed Senior Susan nning, it could have been a news iure or Chris' date that weekend. Never, Susan added, Things were ally pretty serious considering we a deadline every week. ind special workshops and press ferences during the summer and lughout the year. We had as much ,looking at the campus as going to work sessions. said Susan Manning ut the interscholastic League Press iference at Austin she and 11 other ers attended in April. ories dealing with topics that luded alcoholism, teenage theft, ing and football teams, and regular imns were also included in the Ora- One such was Senior Mike War- 1's column. Ms. Peggy Schneider, cle sponsor, exclaimed, The lady at printer told me to compliment him his last column. That's really unusual ause most of the time the workers at printer don't even bother to read stories. lorking in a real world capacity as ents was an advantage enjoyed by bers of the Oracle staff. Selling ads upport a newspaper, writing news, ng pictures of what was happening meeting deadlines for all of those de their work fifth period a reality as newspaper appeared every three rks in the snack bar. We Smiling, Sophomores lennifer Van Gilder and Dan Boone study a picture taken by Dan. lennifer remarked, I usu- ally ended up printing pictures rather than taking them. Curious about Senior Mike Warthan's activities, Lynne La Fontaine, senior, peers over his shoulder to see what he is writing. Lynn remarked laughingly, whatever it was, it wasn't for the Ora- c e. Looking over a story, Senior Chrise Cleveland checks for copy errors. Chrise stated, lt took a little time getting used to a new advisor, but once we did, we had a lot of fun. Taking time out from tedious typing, Senior Rachel Hill rests against her tor- mentor. Everything that went to the printer had to be typed. That doesn't sound so bad, but with the typewriters we had to use, it was almost impossi- ble she explained. oracle 47

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Staff creates press .v ts . Y, 3' t A 4 ,v ,t wt . MS . l x 3: U . i fgi .SRX S In a spare moment, Maribel Peeler, sen- ior, laughs at a joke told by another staf- fer. Maribel remarked, This year was really hectic. I was the only person sell- ing ads, and I still had to do some lay- outs. Getting as comfortable as possible, Sen- iors Scott Witt, Sports Editor, and Mark Watson, Circulation Manager, work out 'QR the details of the last issue of the Ora- cle. fm 46 oracle 5 ,Q , I 4 -T... V' -F'-was T7 to rr S With deadlines every week, tr newspaper staff was constantly wor ing. Co-Editor-in-Chief Rachel Hill, se ior, explained, We always had som thing to do, but we tried to make it fun as possible. There were a lot i funny people on staff, so it wasn't th hard. Published every three weeks, t Oracle was produced by 15 staff me. bers. We had to write the stories, tal the pictures, develop the film, draw tl layouts and take it to the printer, sal Senior Mike Warthan. Each member having his own thin to do helped a lot, remarked Rach' That way they knew exactly what do, she added. However, Senior Lyr Lafontaine laughingly complained, ' seemed like all the stories I got to 0 were really drag ones like Studei Council or the new teachers. The kir only mothers read. On the other hand, Advertising Edit Maribel Peeler, senior, remarked, Tl experience was worthwhile. As a st dent representing a student newspape ad rejections were more frequent, b as a whole I enjoyed it and learned ot. With two Editors-in-Chief, staff men bers expected a few problems with dl ferences of opinion, but there we none. Senior Susan Manning explaine Rachel liked to oiganize and keel everythingwin line, an I liked doing la Outs and t e manual work. Being on staff offered special prix leges for many. Staffers were able

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Pen in hand, lunior Tiffany Doucette conducts an interview by phone. As Groups Editor, Tiffany frequently con- tacted coaches and group sponsors to coordinate pictures with group mem- bers and photographers. Eyeing her opinion, Ms. Peggy Schneider, advisor, listens as Senior Laura Glendinning offers a suggestion. Sports Editor, Betsy Bonvillain looks on, waiting for her chance to ask a ques- tion. -, ix. 5 Qxgi? L ' V . S 5 ,, f , 4 Q .Q 4 V jf .WWMM X 2 f Ag- V, N 4 ' ag gg 12. ,, Q x A 48 yearbook staff Two-hundred seventy-two blai pages greeted sixteen staff members that bleak Aug. 27 - the first day class. Of those 16, 9 were unsuspecti of the task before them. The remaini seven were fools, and that's the bi way to put it, said veteran staffer M Healy, jokingly, These seven had be through it all before. lt all included talking to peoi 'you didn't know,'f tChristy Schwel hardtl, spending every night with t' football team when they were only pictures fBetsy Bonvillainl, and hi ing to spend weekends at home wo ing on yearbook when my friends we out fCathy Whellislf' We started out with everyone figl ing for extra pages for their section a, ended up with everyone begging son one else to take pages away, reme bered advisor Ms. Peggy Schneider. The entire journalism departme experienced the major change of a nc advisor. Senior Laura Glendinning co mented, There's a whole lot of fre dom in whatwe wanted to put into She didn't edit it to fit her style. Sen Naomi Bullock switched from Iayo and copy to photography. l worked l one side of the coin and learned all t hectics of copy and layouts, anc wanted to see what it was like to be the other side of the coin. lt was li switching from the nagger to the na gee. The freedom of the class was a ma, plus in the decision to work on the st l was tired of teachers having cont In yearbook you pretty much have c trol of what you do yourself, sa Laura, The book took 175 school days a countless night workshops and wee -ends to complete. At the night wot shops, l typed the yearbook, said Sel ior Leah Hippie jokingly. One of the hardest things ' accept, commented Senior Leigh VVF lan, 'fwas that most of the kids did even know we worked on it. They il thought a company appeared with it the beginning of the next year. But, really made you feel good when son body asked you how it was comi alongff l Smiling as she works, Senior Nao Bullock files her negatives. After takil the pictures, the photographers dev oped them and printed proof shee Staff members made selections from t proof sheet using numbers which cori sponded to the photographer's ne tives. After receiving these print ordg photographers printed 5x7fs to be us on the layouts.