Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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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? 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.