Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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A Before the school year begins, vast planning is done by all faculty Miss Suzanne Crain, S0Ph0m01'e English fe3Che1'S, discuss Curriculum IUHUCIS members. Mrs. Karleen Williams, Mrs. Mary Adkins, Mrs. Grace Bishop, and before more than 1800 students fill the halls and classrooms for the new year. A Frequently students are saved from the dampening rain by using the arcade that joins the main building with the annex which was added in 1939 because of room shortage. Lunch is its busiest time. 13

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Computers won't argue about overdue accounts l After an hour of rehearsal, orchestra mem- bers leave the band hall for their iifth period class. P Mr. Lewis Gillette, computer director of the American National Bank, explains computerized banking techniques to Cathy Barr, Diana Harris, David Harrell, and Mr. W.R. Robbins, principal. 12 Our society's size and complexity neces- sitates much detailed organization and work. Long established institutions, such as schools, banks, and hospitals, now find it necessary to use computers to take care of intricate bookkeeping, purchasing, and many other business transactions. A bank, for instance, can no longer be run by a smiling teller up-front and a grumbling president in a small back office. Computers are needed to keep books in order for an ever increasing number of depositors and banking services. The American National Bank purchased its tirst computer in November, 1962. Not long afterward, the machine had to be replaced by a newer model which can do the work in less time. Now the bank is planning to buy a third and larger computer that can do the still increasing volume of bank business.

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ll ee -ef vu! wr 'A' .,- .,..-v-ff' .L .YEL T., .. .. . V rf asekf. r g siirjg ? V nn. , A Students in Mrs. Gladys Stubbs' advanced art class use the southeast corner of the campus to do sketch work. In the background 1S the memorial stone honoring AHS students killed 1n World War One. Computers help in registering mechonics, studying ony science Many people decry the Computer Age. However, computers do expedite me- chanics of running a school the size of Stephen F. Austin High School or the University of Texas. Computers are not only used in reg- istering students, they are also found in the business and engineering schools and in the linguistics and education departments. There is also a large computer room available to students studying that science. Such facilities certainly update educa- tion, but there are facets of teaching they have yet to influence. Computers have never been used to inspire grass-sitting art students to express their creativity. Perhaps they will! 14 A Cheerleader Howell Ridout cheers with other high school students at the all-city pep rally. A Computers, now a necessary part of college training and research, fascinate as well as puzzle Victor Edwards, Paula Johnson, and Stan Caskey as they observe one of the latest UT models.