Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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16 Inflation The value of a dollar - not much I remember when Skoal cost 450' a can, now it costs 850 a can, Mark Topping said. Mark wasn't a grandfa- ther reminiscing about the good old days but a high school senior com- menting on the increased cost of living during the last few years. The majority of students com- plained about increased gas and cloth- ing costs. There are longer intervals between buying things, senior Cindy Clements said. Going out was limited. 1 have to spend more money on gasoline instead of fun activities. senior Marlin West said. Dollar values had plunged dramati- cally during the decade to the point that a dollar in 1970 was worth about 50 cents in 1979. A combination of devaluation and increased interest rates. rising to 20 per cent this year. put a strain on families and teenagers. In a random survey of AHS stu- dents, the majority of students working made 252.90-33.50 per hour. Students indicated they spent 310-320 on enter- tainment and another 3510-3515 on gas- oline a week. Fewer students had been applying for work programs such as Distributive Education. vocational counselor Hattie Lee said. The decline was probably because of student's opportunities to attend ACE and the flexibility allowed for work hours there. she said. Cooperative Vocational Academic Education QCVAEJ programs were not included in thc decline. She said she thought the more relaxed requirements for these classes was probably the cause. Many students were not as inter- ested in their school work as they were in their own jobs. 1 go to work because I hate going to school, junior Bradley Pilkington said. Bradley gave up athletics to get into DE. The majority of students that d0n't get their work in on time complain about not having time to do it because of such late work hours. English teacher Beverly Creeney said. When jobs were not part of the school curric- ulum, grades often suffered. 'fy S' ,Aw 4. Iwi I. l' , gl! Zi E . t t 9 t Above: Filling up his self-made S350 custom-designed sis as he pays 816.50 for gas. truck, senior Mike Henry feels the sting of the energy cri-

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an 41 Left: Football players rise to the ner-asion when the eheerleaders start throwing out small souxenir foolhalls during a pep rally. Below: At the end of the Mat-Arthur pep rally. choir members Buster johnson. Troy Truss:-ll. Marla Heinz, Carol Lowe, Karla Timm and Marsha Norris sing the school prayer. They also sang a song on the morning announeements using the 0iler's fight song tune with new fighting Mustang lpries. L , Above: The Pump Squad. symbolized by a plun- ger. was formed this year to promote spirit. Fresh- man memher Patrieia Mewhirter dresses lo shov. her spirit and stops in the hail to laik to junior Denise Jaeger. dressed in blue for the oeeasion. Left: While playing in the Mustang Band. sopho- more Sam Cooper and junior Mark Stephenson wear he-addresses showing their enthusiasm during Spirit Week. Homeeomingfspirit l

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Left Sharing their wardrobes is a way lu overvome- the- ris- dll'l0rI. Rubin Rvaves. Krnilh Orlowski and Ke-rvin Buvk- mg C051 of Clmhfs for Sisgersv sgnjor Karen Vaughan and ner pick up lhcir ordvrs from vlass pn-sillr-nt Sh:-rry Kou- jumor Lisa Vaughan Vwka' J , o Wins, .x P n 9 '-v .F-. : :uv 1 mm P' ff! A !'7j I ,xx S N 48' Above: Expressing his apprz-rialiun. junior Sam Bosworth gives rose-S to his Vaquvra. junior Shelly Andrus. During football season. c-arh Vaquvra has a football playr-r for whom she de-coralvs his lockrr and bakcs food. Lefi: Cars. jowvlry. lapvs and rerords, concerts. gamvs. food, and magazines arf' what most te-enagors spend thvir nlonvy on. X X