Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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page 7 National Shrinking dollar upsets Redskins Well, officer, you see, I was just trying to get my change back. I didn ' t mean to break the coke machine, but when I accidently put my Susan B. An- thony dollar in the machine, instead of just a quarter, the machine jammed. National changes affect everyone, and Redskins were no exception. Changes like the increasing gas prices took more than just one Susan B. Anthony dollar to get Redskins a gallon of gas. Also, inflation, which was the highest in American history, reached 18 percent, which drained Redskin pockets even more. School lunch specials went up to sixty cents, and book rental cost some Redskins over twelve dollars a semester. Certainly, however, 1980 was not all depressing. Redskins survived Skylab ' s reentry into the earth ' s atmosphere, the American buffalo got their revenge on passenger trains, with the disbandment of the cross country train trips, and Cuba remained 90 miles from the United States. Every national happening or change affected Redskins. The value of class rings rose with the record value of gold. The increase in the minimum wage to $3.10 gave many Redskins a boost on their paychecks. Our actions also were part of the 1979-1980 national picture. When we visited the new Garfield swimming pool, it meant new jobs for lifeguards, and a decrease in unemployment, thus our de- cisions effected the national unemploy- ment rate. When we frequented a cer- tain fast food franchise so much that the company opened another one within a few blocks of school, we again in- fluenced the American economy. In 1980, we Redskins adapted to our rapidly changing world, and the world was changed because of us and our de- cisions. From Kennedy ' s challenge to the Iranian crisis, 1980 was quite a year. Mayor William Hudnul launched an anti-pollution campaign over the 1979 summer. Both mayoralty candidates, Hudnut and Paul Cantwell, were fre- quently seen at Indianapolis public events. President lames Earl Carter, along with other Presi- dential hopefuls, toured the country as part of his election campaign. The election will be in 1980.

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It is appropriate that the Muppets were so popular in 1979, the designated Year of the Child. However, children were not the only ones watching Channel 1 3 on Saturday nights. Teenagers as well as adults fell in love with Jim Henson ' s Kermit the frog and Mtss Piggy. In the United States over the past year, inflation rose to its highest level ever, 18%. That made the value of the American dollar decrease alarmingly, and Redskin pupils, parents, and teachers had to make economic ad- justments in their habits and in their life styles.

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page 8 Us The reopening of the Garfield Park swimming pool provided Redskins with a place to escape temporarily the summer ' s heat. Manual ' s choir performed at several concerts and musical festivals. To get to those functions, they usually traveled by bus. Redskins make Manual uniqu r To really understand a snake, you have to know that it is cold blooded, that it crawls on its belly, eats mice, and doesn ' t pay taxes. To understand Red- skins, us, you have to know what we do in our leisure time, what sports we play, the classes we take, and the jobs we do. For example, Redskins have a variety of leisure habits. During the school year, many Manualites participated in sports, in plays, like Bye Bye Birdie, in clubs, in the Redskin marching band, and on the Booster, our newspaper. During the summer, most Redskins spent their leisure time playing intra- mural Softball, swimming in Garfield Park ' s pool, and buzzing the new Madi- son Avenue McDonalds on Friday nights, when they could afford gas. Other schools had activities, but not Redskin activities. Other schools might have had festivals, but they didn ' t have Redskin Pow Wows. Other schools had track teams, but they didn ' t have Allen Meadows, who broke the Sectional high jump record. Most high schools put on some type of productions, but other schools didn ' t have a student-written, student-directed Redskin Review. It ' s little things that add up to make a school unique, to make it special. Those little things are the Redskins, they are us. It ' s little things that add up to make a school unique, to make it special. From Secret Admirers and Bo ostermen to Eisenhower papers and Histlish epi- grams, those little things are the Red- skins, they are us. I lie ,irt i lub sponsored a body painting booth at the Pow Wow. Besides bodies, the club painted the sets for Manual ' s productions.