The article documents the process by which four independent high school students from the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and the faculty adviser of their school newspaper, "The Weekly" (a monthly), produced a daylong journalism symposium designed to promote and explore democratic education, student leadership, and professional…

Reminds photographers to always keep that "thing with a lens" around their neck so that good action and interesting pictures will not be missed; suggests some uncommon subjects for photographs. (TJ)

Suggests ways for yearbook caption writers to get complete information about pictures, offers ideas for beginnings of captions, and lists do's and don't's regarding what to include in captions. (GT)

Recommends a newspaper approach to organizing a feature and opinions section in student magazines. Offers suggestions for feature areas. (HTH)

Recommends that publications staffs obtain staff artists and offers several suggestions for working with a staff cartoonist. Includes cartooning tips and sample cartoons from a high school cartoonist. (GT)

Presents information about typography that student publication staffs should know; describes many variations of type use and abuse. (GT)

Urges yearbook graphic designers to use a simple and sophisticated style. Argues that every graphic element must have a reason for taking up space on the page. (RS)

Shows how the high school literary magazine lends itself to many possibilities of community involvement, in the writing process, in expanded programmings, and in funding. (SR)

Describes several ways to solicit humorous contributions for the high school literary magazine. (SR)

Reports on the ways in which the theme of the American Bicentennial was used in high school yearbooks. (GW)

Suggests that new ideas should be used in planning the school yearbook, and discusses setting up a yearbook as an annual report. (JM)

Offers six suggestions to help make student published literary magazines appealing to a broad student audience. (HTH)

Points out important aspects of well-designed yearbook covers, illustrating with discussions and photographs of covers from two award-winning yearbooks. (GT)

Presents 26 guidelines to help a yearbook staff become more knowledgeable of the basics needed to produce an eye-appealing layout. (GT)

Discusses six factors to consider when getting onto a computer network: (1) evaluate each situation; (2) contact each network; (3) develop a financial plan; (4) investigate the school's phone system; (5) get other advisers' opinions; and (6) plan how the network will be used. (MS)