Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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.

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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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ITFECGDTFQQ past gives insight to future ears from now, along with World War II and the study of America lady contained in history books, the dle East Peace Treaty and the ana Mass Suicide will soon be rgside these events in the pages of ory. These current events, wbining with the ones in the past ie covered in classes ranging from study of the Depression to acting a Middle East Peace Conference. merican History students began the by studying the Civil War and lkly moving on to the recreation of stock market crash of 1929. to Freshman Donna I We learned a lot about our hrough discussions. History classes traveled abroad China, and the Soviet Union democracy and wars in countries. lt's a fun class and very said Sophomore Suzanne idea behind the senior courses according to teacher Mrs. Evelyn Palmer ng people interested in governrne... and get them to vote. arned about the structure of our ernment and the different purposes to get you of the branches. I felt that the government courses are preparing me for college and the future, said Senior Fredrika Leca. Advanced Social Science Problems QASSPI was another course offered to discuss and learn about foreign policy in this and other countries. It's almost totally discussion about what's going on, and I like them. We had a summit conference where we each represented a country, and we discussed the Middle East situation, which was fun. Now I know the terms of the treaty they just signed, said junior Cindy Tidwell. Living overseas, I had a natural interest in Oriental Asia. The cultures which appear vastly diverse to the American student appealed to me as well, in that I could perhaps relate a few of my experiences to others, commented junior Andy Schroth about Asian Studies. The course consisted of a variety spanning from population' explosion games and coloring to objective questioning and research. Andy continued, The class was genuinely intriguing and the material was captivating for the most part. Texas History added further to the curriculum provided by the hlstorv I is I I S for an oral presentation in istory, Seniors Scott Crow's, Paffet's, Karl Klopenstein's, Steve 001 , if Hanzelka's, Barbara Sautter's, lim Phil- ips', Robert Holt's and Holly Monahan's, attention is diverted. 5 Adorned in a Captain D's hat and shirt, Senior jerry Lawson said he was trying to decide if I should listen to Mr. Thrower's lecture, read the paper, or go to sleep. department. It lasted for one quarter and consisted mainly of lectures, worksheets and a lot of group discussions. We would pretend we were involved in a Texan convention, trying to be annexed into the United States, stated Senior Robert Holt. I thought it would just be a blow-off class, but it didn't turn out that way. There were a lot of names and dates to learn, just like any other history course. Texas History proved to be the course keeping students closest to home. i I if I f L fx 0 l R nr During an oral presentation in Ameri- can History, Senior Siamak Monjaza explains how handworked carpets and wall hangings are made in Iran. history 73