Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1? Hi 5 is 5 Q 5 , A Students Genie Beck, Clay Blakeway, Aronetta Cash, Da.n Nelson, and teacher Miss Betty Wright are shown one of the Univac control panels in the computer room at the TRACOR center. 8 3 L Red Jackets practice on cheers in the stadium bleachers. They have a dual purpose at ball games, serving as pep squad and drill team. It takes long hours of practice to perfect their shows.

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A When Austin High and Alan Junior High exchanged buildings in 1925, a nameplate was added to the facade. It is now a misnomer as the name became Stephen F. Austin High School in195 2. Computers win speed roce in work involving time, detoil Greatest advantage of computers is speed. Speed gives time for other things. Think of the time one student spends mastering the basics of algebra. Now, there is a computer that calculated the equivalent of Pi to the hundred-thousandth decimal in eight hours and 43 minutes. It was estimated that the same feat would take a man 30,000 years of ordinary computation. It is no small task for a man to figure his income tax every spring. It would be diffi- cult for the IRS to hire enough people to check every income tax return. Computers are the only answer. IRS computers have no trouble examining returns. Their appetite for additional taxpayers each year is insatiable. L Comet editor Mary Jo Neal, section editor Michael Mills, and associate editor John Voss are greeted by taxpayer assister Mrs. Judy Cardwell at the IRS where pictures were taken of the computer center 1 Night finds the Austin High building quiet, peaceful, and empty, except when evening school students come three times a week. Scene changes during the day when 1800 students arrive for classes 7

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1 a 353 Q y Af f 1r.rt.'i:im i t y as l or EE?- r , Q3 . I 7: .I Q 1 5 l Running is part of summer workout for the football team during pre-school practice. Our boys go through avery rigid basic training as they start preparing for the many tough teams they willmeet. From spcice to ocecms computers ploy their port l e iii' e X Q Q .f r it Q, i. la eff X uqq A .Following an aftemoon session of practice in the stands, band members leave to practice marching on the field. Presenting a different halftime show at each football game necessitates hours of practice. At the moment we may not feel any effect of the advanced research being done at industries such as TRACOR. We soon need to take note. Computers were first a novelty, then a wondrous discovery restrained to math- ematical fields. Now, there are few fields that are not able to use them beneficially. We accept computers as an every day occurrence. They do so many small things like synchronizing street lights and sched- uling students. Soon results of computer research may also predict our future way of life and what we should do. Computers are used extensively in outer space and underwater research pro- grams. At TRACOR computers synthesize cave atmospheres, then test their reactions. If we ever live on, the moon or in the ocean, it will be because of the initial computerized explorations taking place now. 9