OI<X d Our f-In,..:;··· Yearbook Editor: Year of .Apprenticeship By David Crouch Harding junior Andrea Mannen of Stuttgart is spending the 1974-75 school year in apprenticeship for a job she will begin in August. She has been selected by her classmates to edit the 1976 Petit Jean, Harding's award-winning student yearbook. During the present school year she is working as assistant editor under Mrs. Dianne Kirk, editor of the 1975 volume. Apprenticeships assume a variety of styles and functions, but they have a single goal - preparing the apprentice to perform competently and efficiently. To achieve this goal Mrs. Kirk has had her successor working on every section in the 1975 yearbook. Since October the apprentice has been inANDREA MANNEN - "I just can't spend all my time studying. I want more out of my experience at Harding than just classroom knowledge. I think every student should devote some time in college to a major extracurricular activity." volved in writing and editing copy, learning design techniques charac– teristic of the Petit Jean, and brushing up on her photography .skills. "I have been busy and it has really been a challenge. Initially, niost of my time was spent observing the section editors as they prepared various parts of the book. It didn't take long before I was actively involved in just about every aspect of the book," Andrea com– mented. She explained that she needed "diversion" from the daily routine of her classes. "I just can't spend all my time studying. I want more out of my experience at Harding than just classroom knowledge. I think every student should devote some time in college to a major extracurricular activity." Ifdiversion is what she is seeking, the PetitJean can accommodate her desire. For 15 consecutive years the yearbook ·has received the All-American award presented by the Associated Collegiate Press at the University of Minnesota. The challenge of continuing the All– American tradition will be a formidable diversion for the editor-to-be. "Really I don't feel any extrem~ pressure regarding the All-American tradition. My first goal is to provide complete coverage of the school year and tell the story of Harding~ I hope that we will be able to do this in an Ali– .American style." "Dr. Joe Pryor (faculty sponsor) has really been an encouragement to me. He told me his main concern was a complete representation of the year's activities. If we can do that and maintain th~ standard of ·quality in photography, printing and writing, we will have achieved our goal," Andrea said. When queried about what she hoped to do in the 1976 Petit Jean, the nor– mally talkative Andrea smiled and suddenly became less informative. Evidently she was afraid she . might reveal some of her "secret" plans. She is . not a complete novice to journalism. During her high school _ days s.he worked for her father, Calvin ')f' /JJVdre,a fV/A»JOW DARKROOM TECHNIQUES - To prepare for her duties as editor of the 1976 Petit Jean, Andrea has been spending some time in the darkroom brushing up on her photographic skills. Versatility is one ofan editor's greatest assets and ·she is preparing for any possible emergency. Mannen, epj.tor of the Stuttgart Daily Leader. "I knew the lingo of the newspaper business and that, coupled with the experience as editor of my high school yearbook, gave me a working knowledge from which to build," she admitted. "There is so much to learn. The basic mechanics are the same for any yearbook, but the sophistication that goes into a college yearbook, especially the Petit Jean, presents many challenges. I'm glad I have a year to observe before attempting to edit the yearbook." To the casual observer it might appear unusual for a general science major taking courses in vertebrate zoology, organic chemistry, embryology and physics to have any interest, much less any time, to devote to editing· a yearbook. Andrea, however, fmds nothing unusual in her interest in yearbooks. She is equally as talented with test tubes and microscopes as she is with a line gauge and camera. "Other students participate in musical groups, drama productions, the student newspaper, or debate. It just · so happens that I chose the. yearbook as my extracurricular activity. The idea of compiling a pictorial ac– count of a year's activities is fascinating to me,"- she explained. The gregarious coed also listed the "opportunity to meet people" as another reason for editing the Petit Jean. She did indicate she anticipated having a large staff to help her. :"She doesn't know it yet, but my roomma,te has already been drafted to work on the staff, ... she said. Andrea's roommateiS Laura Lewis of Jacksonville. Andrea revealed that the 1976 Petit Jean will defmitely tell t4e story of Harding in the setting of Bicentennial America, and the book will continlJ.~ the tradition of having a distinctive cover. Following her grad uation from Harding, Anq.MIJ, _~·· _::"~~
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