Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Sophomores, freshmen eceive paper exemptions esearch papers-the dread of every 'high school student. Well at least, the prs and seniors dreaded these writings, 'new freshman and sophomore English lents had the great fortune of not hav- zo deal with this drudgery. A new policy iired that the two lower classes only be iired to do the preliminary work to the r, but not the actual writing. tting out of writing a research paper not mean the freshmen and iomores got out of writing, far from it. l ur levels of English found themselves ped with essays, short answer stions, and the ever popular five .graph themes, complete with an in- ction, thesis statement, support, and clusion. Before these masterpieces of ng could be produced, the student usually required to read an exciting ic novel. r those who had trouble with this par- iciular skill, help was as near as the ing room. This class offered the stu- dent a chance to improve his reading skills and vocabulary. lf, however, the student's weakness was in another area of the curriculum, the resource department was more than willing to be of assistance. The department worked closely with the teachers to aid those students who were unsure of their academic skills. W hen we last left our hero, he was stranded in the library without a pass and still in search of the perfect literary en- try. Well, maybe M. T. Morphosis never made it out of the library or found the perfect entry, but his adventures proved to be the most popular announcements of the year. M. T., created by the literary magazine staff, helped promote the staff's need for literary works for the magazine. The response to this plea was astounding. Over 200 pieces were received. Each piece was carefully evaluated by the staff and compiled in the Metamorphosis. Kim Wallace kr-,, Byron Barber seems a little frustrated with his reading class. W . ' Y i i ,Q Q A f -af Q, 'Q ,, rv, ,V . - t..:.sJ.-Et K I Jim Burckett, Heidi Sarner, and Brad Eastman pre- sent their Honors English l play during fourth period. LITERARY MAGAZINE STAFF. Front Row: Michelle Maykith, Arthur Nombrano, Heather Prentice, Donna Overfelt, Dana Stevens. Second Row: Peter Holland, Kelli Johnson, Meaghan Kirk, Denise Hernandez, Jackie Miller, Anne Carroll, Kim Wallace, JoBeth Jordan. Back Row: Pat Zinn, Tracy Duncan, Debbie Smith, Lisa Brown, Sherry Christopher, Becky Arreaga. English, Literary Magazine, Reading 151

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Mrs. Ann Maiden. Gov- ernment, American His- tory Honors Mr. Lawrence Martin. Biology l, Athletics Mr. Gerald Mason. World History, World His- tory Basic Mr. Jack Massa. Ameri can History Basic Learn ing Lab, FOM, Typing General Physical Sci ence, FOM Il Mr. Earl Meyer. Basket- ball, Physical Education Mrs. Janice Milam. Librarian Mr. David Miller. On' Campus Suspension. 150 Literary Magazine, English, Reading Editor Anne Carroll and Lauri Baker laugh at a humorous piece of literature at one of the many after school meetings. President David Coffee tries his hand at ad- ministration during English, as his fellow actors look on. Alisa Heintz grins widely during her portrayal of Milly Milk.

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t Photos Photo! Wild Wes Cropper chaos conquers crazed staff W hat happened to all the croppers? I don't know. Have you seen the color picture for the senior section? We don't have it. Just use a vertical one for the horizontal one. Who will know? Kristi, HELP! Sell ads? Why? Anyone seen the receipt book. This per- son wants to buy a book. A mad house? No, just a typical year for the Witness staff. A year marked by suc- cesses and failures, smoothness and chaos, friends and even a few enemies. Through it all the group worked toward their goal, the completion of the yearbook. The interviews, the Mo-Ranch Workshop, the gathering of quotes, the wading through piles of pictures, and all those lay- outs made the class interesting and defi- nitely hectic. T he yearbook staffers were not the only ones with hectic lives. The same description held true for the Chronicle staff members. The Chronicle required constant effort on the part of the staff in order to get the li issues of the paper out on time. Many Sunday and after school hours were spent by the staff readying the paper for l the printer. The hard work paid off w the paper received the Award Distingushed Merit at the state conven in Austin. Another aspect of the journalism del: ment was the Journalism I class. The ' pose of this class was to train the studt for the Witness and Chronicle staffs. Q students did story write-ups, layouts, headlines. They also helped the two out by helping mail the three papers went to the parents or helping with advertising letters sent out by yearbook. Kim l52 Journalism THE WITNESS STAFF is not all work as evident in the group shot. FRONT ROW: Marilyn Cowan, Lisa Scott. SECOND ROW: Julie Todd, Dawn Phinney, Teresa Griffin, Mrs, Yvonne Gadekeg sponsor, Kristi Webb, editor, Anne Carroll. BACK ROW: Scott Gregory, Kim Wallace, Brent Bates. NOT TURED: Laura Morena, Michelle Lee, Terri Enr Jenny McCarthy, Paul Brunsvold, D Ohlenbusch.