Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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nd nowthat man has his languages, he can put them into use by writing about the daily gxgezgffelhis form of writing j U u If n H 5 m was P .. j y,,v'5?g.? .rf-'- 'r!f News writing, headlining, feature writing, and editorial writing - that's what journalism is all about according to Ms. Peggy Schneider, journalism teacher. We studied how the yearbook was made, how to write stories, and advertising, explained Junior Nikki Naparst, Journalism I QJD student. Junior Bill Halsell, also a JI student, commented that he enjoyed working on advertising most. We recreated a taste test to see people's reactions to products on the market. I liked the layout part best, remarked Senior Paula Urech, JI student. Paula added that she took JI because she was kind of interested in writingg however, her real interests lie in photography, mainIy. Ms. Schneider can be kind of strange at times, but Looking at one of the many Hodges and Sophomore Suzanne While studying advertising in Jour- exchange newspapers in Room 335, Ouinn, check out the football players nalism l, teacher Peggy Schneider Journalism I students, Junior Laura in addition to their assigned work. conducts her own Pepsi taste test with Junior Doug Schlacter and Soph- she taught me a lot, and she knows what she's talking about, Bill commented. Nikki chose to take JI because she was interested in it and thought it might be an , interesting career. l l wanted to be introduced to it, she explained. I like to be creative. The classes' activities included among other things, a trip to the Chronicle and the Alley, an advertising agency, and in March, a trip to Austin with the JIl's, according to Ms. Schneider. JlI is the newspaper or yearbook, she explained. They are a really intelligent group, exclaimed Ms. Schneider in reference to her Jl's, and I look forward to having them on my publications staff. Bill concluded that JI made him appreciate all the work that goes into producing a newspaper. omores David Ashton and Cindy Davis. Actually the class was split fairly equally between Shasta, Pepsi and Coke, said Ms. Schneider.

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:ig-' ,,, ,V r ,Q 1',,ii 1,3 I , an 5 J XJ To liven up their English class, Jun- iors Deanna Hagedorn, Brad Todes and Jodi Smith presented a mock game of To Tell the Truth The stu- dents competed to see who gave the Freshmen Clay Griffin and Wade Neaman read silently the Hounds of best imitation ol Clifton Fadiman, a lit- erary .critic who appeared in a movie the class had seen. After asking the panel questions, the class chose Brad as the panelist most like Fadiman. Baskerville during Ms. McCarty's English l class. After reading The Great Gatsby, the book. Junior Ed Gabrielson por- Mrs. Deborah Culver's third period trays the main character, Jay Gatsby. English class acted out scenes from 'WM ,f,f....,v,iiW, , Vt aw V5 1 I I qu A Keir' 1-E , at Z' P1 r W 55... . v 'X' K, 1 QQ ,, wi

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,zs- 3 R 23 A if f' Sa gm H If QI 'EQ is WS' 'MX 5 wins X -- t,: hhhh l ','.1: N - While on tour at the Houston Chronicle for a Journalism l field trip, the students were divided into two groups, One group went to the Hous- ton Chronicle while the others went to the Alley Theater, said Ms. Peggy Schneider, Sealed before a collection of news- papers from high schools throughout the nation, Juniors Brian Rider and Barbara Bauman contemplate their in depth feature assignments, Sophomore Liz Holland takes the Pepsi Challenge as fellow journalism students, Juniors Russel Sportsman and Donny Mango, wait for their turn. Gaines Burgers again? Liz Hol- land leeds Junior Stephen Hynes Gaines Burgers lor their television commercial in Journalism l. 'DQS' gfigee 'C 'WU journalism 73