East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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J b Students work hard Q S for the money As America matured, its in- habitants were forced to mature along with it. Generally, teenagers had more responsibility and freedom than they used to, and because of this they grew up faster. Many students had to supply their own car and wardrobe funds. Consequently, it was the person who had no job who was considered unusual. Most foreign exchange students were shocked when they arrived in the states and saw how many students work. In places such as Spain and Sweden, teenagers were discouraged to work because of wide-spread unemployment already existing. In other countries, people were required to be 18 to work, and school and homework were con- sidered the student's job. Occasional jobs were offered in places such as Ecquador but only during Christmas and summer for about 10 to 15 days. Obviously, the United States was a great contrast to them. With our endless restaurant chains and shopp- ing malls, we were a haven for students in search of work. I like the atmosphere, senior Rachel Peter said of her job at Wheeler and Benignus Paint and Wallpaper Shop. l've learned how to work with other people, and this will help pay for college, she added. I do it for the money, explained senior Alec Hay, employed at Target East but secretly admits a passion for wearing ties. Employment not only increases responsibility and spending power, it also helps prepare students for the real world. UPPER RIGHT: Students have to learn how to handle the tangles produced from havlng school work and a job. Senlor Krlstle Irlck, employed at TGGY, unravels one of the easier knots. MIDDLE RIGHT: Worklng around movie stars every day doesn't excite senlor Laura Brooker, who works at Crest Theatre. She expresses her oplnlon of Clint Eastwood's movie, Tightrope . LOWER RIGHT: Sophomore Mlchelle Paxton dares anyone to try and do a better job than she does as a cashier at TGGY. UPPER MIDDLE: Lines of people walt to see senior Glna Obelechner, who works as a cashier at Dlllons Super Store. CENTER MIDDLE: Some people choose to pump Iron to develop muscles, but senior Kirstln Lawlng pumps lemons at Hot Dog On A Stlck. UPPER LEFT: Senlor Kitten Elllot felt that her calling was not in fast food. Instead she had a clothes call. At BurIlngton's Coat Factory Warehouse she explains to a customer the reasons to Invest in this article of clothing. MIDDLE LEFT: It senior Pattie Mueller told you she knew every product she rung up at TG8tY, would you thlnk it was a yarn? LOWER LEFT: Employee at Dlllons Super Store, Iunlor Jlm Doesken knows hls job as checker so well he can do It wlth his eyes clos- ed as he demonstrates here. Jobs!-' 1

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Fads and old Fash ion! Just think if the girls at East High would have had to wear veils and dresses that completely covered their bodies and boys had to wear long sleeves all the time, as in Iran. Wouldn't that be different? Two new students came from Iran where the dress codes were as strict as those above. But other students came from Sweden and Denmark where they said that their fashions were even more stylish than those here in the United States. Here at East it was a mix of anything and everything you could imagine, with the exception of maybe pink hair. But just wait, there were Levi 501's, cropped, baggy, zippered and dyed jeans, leopard skin dresses, black pants, jean jackets and jean skirts, polo shirts and silk sweaters. A person never knew what to expect, from anyone. Every day was a dif- ferent look. Hair styles were as varied as the clothes. We saw bobs, layered looks, long straight hair, short cropped with tails and even a few with one side of their head shaved really short. In Europe the hair cuts were all short for those who kept up with the latest trends. Fortunately we didn't have as strict a code here as at some of the other high schools, where if you were not in the latest styles you were rejected by the IN crowd. TOP LEFT: Gettlng Into the school splrlt at the South game are seniors DeEdra Gllbert, Stan Longholer, Erlc Malone, John Garrlson and junior Sheryl Moshler. TOP RIGHT: Showlng off the latest styles are junlor Mlke Brooker, seniors Brian Pouncll and Pete Holloway and sophomore Alafalr Burke. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dlane Vandeveer, senior, likes the wlld Ilfe but is modest. BOTTOM CENTER: In between classes junlors Jennifer Potucek and Lisa Moore show off thelr style and exchange notes. BOTTOM LEFT: Do I have to stay here? wonders senlor Betsy Mellor. LEFT CENTER: Seniors Stephanie Pense, Becky Ackerman and Shannon Johnson show off thelr style. TOP LEFT: Gettlng Into the school splrlt at the South game are seniors Elalne Gllbert, Stan Longhoter, Erlc Malone, John Garrlson and junior Sheryl Moshler. Fashions!-I 3