Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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etting a taste of the power of the press journalism l students were out interviewing oraiding staffers in identifying students ie students wanted us to be sure spell their names right, said nore Peter Baker, and some want their names used at all. experience at interviewing at the same time learning editorial Gwlrrmowlliw Vi writing without an outline writing, Ms. Peggy Schneider's journalism I Ull class covered topics ranging from smoking in the bathroom to health foods in the school cafeteria to school vandalism. Students worked in groups to gather information for editorial writing practice. l didnft realize people had so much to say about the cafeteria, said Susan Green, sophomore, Comments ranged from We don't need that much junk -lac-2-f .L--I food to If they took the coke machine out, l'd have a fit. Most people were eager to talk about detention hall, said Senior Mike lorgenson. Those interviewed echoed lohn Middleton's opinion, Detention is a threat and it works. Interviewing and editorial writing were just a small part ofll. Students learned about all aspects of newspaper training. Producing their own ll Oracle gave students a chance to try out their skills. lt was like on-the-job training, said Ms. Schneider. ,1s4 ,?'5 s- M 'S lf 'II if ' u Snipping the strings offthe bundles of papers, Sophomore Brad Todes opens the Oracle as Sophomore Peter Baker assists. The Oracle always arrived during third period on publication day and the ll's helped carry them up to the staff room. said Ms. Peggy Schneider. Looking through a paper, Senior Shelly Shipman and Sophomore Brigid Bonner attempt to find editorials because we were learning how to write them, said Shelly. journalism 71

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Learning the value of advertising, junior Steve Rippy and sophomores Brigid Bonner and Bruce Wilson watch television commercials in journalism. Hanging a newspaper on the wall, Sophomore Brad Todes studies the layouts of the newspaper. Brad commented, I like journalism because it gives me a chance to be creative, Reading the paper, Sophomore Cathy Hudspeth and junior Mike Swanson observe the different types of headlines used during the unit on headlines, said Mike. During a journalism workshop at San lacinto College, Senior Marc Ostrofsky and Sophomore Robin Morris look through a Clear lens cap. 70 journalism 13991111

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X . FF-..,t 'Nl Working a crossword puzzle in government, Senior jeff Cole learns about income taxes. Inside a voting machine, Senior Pam Rumsey votes for the candidate of her choice. We were holding a mock election in government to learn howto use voting machines, explained Pam. 72 history Duringa mock summit conference of the world nations in A.S.S.P., juniors Tom Purcell and Bill Higgins attempt write a peace treaty for all the Arab nations. Tom, representing Arab nations, did not want to sign the so he was killed by an unknown assassin. His replacement signed the treaty. F ffl i I .J-' Participating in a discussion on energy in A.S.S.P., Seniors lay Brooks and Katherine Niver listen to the side's argument for nuclear power. a few students, including Katherine lay were against it.