Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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With less than nothing, this staff produced a book ut of the Chao L Berry Editor o ladder, no rep- theme, no resentative, and no money. This was the status of the Com- et staff in August. But a handful of slightly crazed young people and their high-spirited advisor agreed to tackle the chal- lenge of piecing together this yearbook. Most of the staff was new, and we didn't even know who the staff or the advisor was until the first day of school! Holly Bra- mel said. A debt from the 1987 Comet hung over the new staff like a lead balloon, but Business Manager Harold Shray immediately took charge of bringing the staff back into the black. Meanwhile, the editori- al staff focused on teach- ing a crash course in year- Deadlines are never confined to room 1108. Nita Simmons discusses her lead with Lisa Berry during a few spare mo- ments in TAG Seminar. book techniques. Out- wardly the editors tried to adopt Mrs. Lowery's It's not time to panic atti- tude, but inwardly every- one worried over plans. I was really eager to get started at first, but when the work piled on it was a load, Colette Miller said. If the best way to learn is by doing, then the first deadline wastrulythe ulti- mate learning experience. Since this was my first year on Staff, I wasn't really sure about the way things were supposed to be done. Things kind of got tough but with the help of the staff members I learned a lot, Felicia Bun- ting said. The first shipment of pages exceeded the re- quirement, and the staff felt good about their ac- complishments. But there were four deadlines left and they were not always as pleasurable as the first. Yearbook deadline is four four-letter words! Nita Simmons exclaimed. Because the staff was small, each person had to shoulder a great deal of the load. It took lots of pa- tience and dedication on everyone's part, but the staff worked together to pull through some tight squeezes - like the month of February, for instance. I was eating, breathing, and sleeping Annual Staff because the deadlines were so close together, Erik Swafford said. It was hard to muddle through a 60 page dead- line and remain optimistic about the outcome, but somehow the staff sur- vived withput any major conflicts, deaths, or sui- cides! And years from now - possibly many years from now - the staff will look back and be glad they hung around to see this book through 50 Academig B L

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Learning a new language can be challenging. The Art Of Language Colette Miller Staff ll alute Phil- lipe! What was that about purple monkeys and pink palm trees? What is it that causes students to leave behind their normal speech to talk in these strange ton- gues? Creative writing and foreign language courses are two of the out-of-the- ordinary classes. Some students took foreign lan- guages for academic rea- sons. More colleges are requiring foreign lan- guage credit for entrance. I took Spanish because it gives me a better chance to get into college, Tiaw- anna Glover said. Gwen Moncreif listens intently as Ta- mara Gentry prepares to lead the dis- cussion in their group while in the cre- ative writing class. 62 Academi Foreign language classes also attracted students who were more interested in personal growth than formal education. I like French because it broadens my scope. I would like to know anoth- er language besides En- glish, Kelly Tolefree said. Sometimes, love of the language alone attracted students to foreign lan- guage courses. French is a beautiful way of communication, Treva Peyton said. Similar reasons drew students to creative writ- ing. In creative writing, students were taught to develop good writing skills for education and life. These skills help de- tect quality and style. The harder you look for quality, the more you find it, Kristy Henson said. In addition to teaching depth, creative writing also published the literary magazine, Comet Expres- sions. To fill the Comet Expressions, creative writ- ing sponsored poetry con- tests. Winners received prizes and in addition, their writings were pub- lished. We usually get forty or fifty entries to each of the contests, Mrs. Green said. Outside support was important for creative writing. This year, for the first time, the Comet and Comet Expressions were pieced into one and sold together. CS