T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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s f Mm Mm Classes: Work runs late as Ed Oman, Sylvia McDonald, Debbie Broman, Lynne Howell, Donna Brugman and Kathe Sadler sort senior layouts. Curriculum: Glyn Macy, editor Nellie Ho, Jon Pearl, Regina Foote and Donna Editor Barbi praises Excalibur at Zuccato rush franticly to make last month's deadline. the annual 'tannual assembly. wsu nm an as so , Faculty: Lori Marks an Lastra lend moral support as editor Sports: Editor Russell Manley calls out plays for planning football section Nancy Erickseri re-adds. to his team John Shepard, Jerry Gerlach and Debbie Watkins. 124 l Excalibur

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Excalibur is cutlines, headlines, bluelines, deadlines Excalibur: a labor of love and 336 pages of creative ef- forts. To many - especially the advisor and editors who worked until 3 or 4 a.m. - its publication seemed an impos- sibility. ln addition to study- ing mass media, the 30 staff members worked with photog- raphers, wrote impossible headlines, re-did copy, and cried a lot. They baked cup- cakes forthe Florida Scholastic Press Assn. con- vention in Largo, depleted bank accounts to attend the Columbia Scholastic Press convention in New York, and entered the FSPA on-the- spot contest in Daytona. Lost pages of Opening can result in treasure hunts for editors Barbi Howell and Nancy Fiala as well as Mrs. McClendon and Mr. Pollard. Headlines for David Klein mean 67 + 163+ 151 + 165 2 too long. Deadlines mean sleepy days for classes editor Cheryl Harrison. Yet, their work was also shown in other places besides in the book. David Pulitzer Klein recorded the staff's an- tics in his Annals of the An- yule. Other staffers also ex- pressed their feelings after final pages were mailed. In Cheryl Harrison's words, Ex- calibur No. 13's a miracle. The gods sneak a peek into the forbidden fruit file lOpeningl. Excalibur is . . . trying to make a dull club sound like the greatest invention since the paper plate. - Donna Zuccato . . . staying up all night doing last deadline's work. - Maureen McKeever . . . sabotaging cupcakes for the Largo District Meeting. - Russell Manley . . . EYESTRAINI - Jerry Gerlach Excalibur l 123

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,D Features: Toni Castillo, Linda Tomczak, and Sharlene Hen- fm: , Organizations: Weeks after taking group shots in the gym, Maureen Mc- ning scheme over secret pages. Keever, Joe McCarty and Anne Sumner try to match faces to name lists. N X 6.: LM: e- U Best Looking Russ Manley hides his competition, Donna Brugman's face, from photographers at the Largo High School FSPA district meeting. Advertising: Bev Wilkinson and Wanda Yates complete advertising with the last of the paid bills. Excalibur is a Whopper for dinner during deadlines . . . running through halls without passes . . . losing layouts and hair . . . love. - Lori Marks, Joe McCarty . . . a S538 bill for adding machine tape. - Nancy Ericksen . . . Sambo's on a school holiday' - Jon Pearl Excalibur l 125