Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Inflation is affecting all walks of life Ten years ago a yearbook cost 55. Tick- ets to a dance would be had for 57. An ASB Card was only 55. A tank of gas for the average car was, at most, 511. Today, a yearbook costs upwards of 514 Tickets to Winter Formal are 520 per couple. ASB Cards are 510. A tank of gas could cost up to 530. The cost of housing is exorbitant. Many more transients can be seen on the coun try's roads. Inflation has hit everyone. Grade infla- tion is a complaint from the universities and colleges who have inflated their tu- itions to cover the higher cost of educa- tion. Wages have not increased in the same percentage as prices have risen, the dollar just doesn't go as far today as it did in 1973. Then the minimum wage was about 52.10. Today it is 53.35. But the money a worker receives today for working for one hour does not go as far as the mon- ey a 1973 worker had. Government fig- ures show that inflation is higher than any time period since the decade prior to the Great Depression. Grade inflation has obviously not hit Mike Sugar's consumer education class. Sugar, an honor's student, is appalled at the failing grade teacher Mike Smith has just given him. 5 , v Inflation seems to have hit everyone at all levels of f ' economic life. Prices for dances such as the one that 'ii Tom Leineberg and Julie Wagner attended have skyrocketed. 8 - theme Wu.

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Computers evolved from stone age In the beginning of time primitive man recorded his thoughts on stone tablets. Today, modern man uses com- puters, word processors and any of a wide variety of software available. Ten years ago all records, attendance, cumulative records, class schedules and schedule changes, library circulation, student finance records and all regis- tration records were kept all by hand. Today, computers have modernized the office records. It's much more efficient, teachers used to have to turn in cut cards, now if a student's absent the terminal reg- isters only classes missed all day, said secretary Jo Place. just about as many errors are made by computer as were made by man. The only difference is that the computer can make them faster. Computer er- rors are usually easier to correct, if they can be found. When the counseling department used computers to register the students many complaints were heard. Students were no longer able to register them- selves for the classes, periods and teachers they preferred. It also stopped the possibility of finding a senior lacking in necessary classes for graduation. The computer automati- cally programs students into the classes they need to earn graduation credits. The library has used computers to no- tify overdue book holders. It enables them to find out if they're two weeks or six weeks overdue, said Librarian Lucille Woods. Computers have even found their way into the classrooms. Classes in the math and business departments are be- ing offered to prepare students for ca- reers in the computer industry, an in- dustry which promises to offer over seven million jobs in the future. , . e 5. g. T j sf 5 A 1,3 1, ,J fi 3 i -i , i 1 Q f e- V' 3 .i ' - an 15, . erlxyt . g .... , , , Secretary Cora Ziebarth works at her newly ac- quired word processor. The new office equipment was purchased to make her job easier, Homecoming Princess Libby Herron dances with Robert Kent at the Homecoming Dance. Herron and senior Lisa LaFourcade were named princesses after Michele Crisanti was crowned queen. X theme A 7

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Inflation drives Steve Fusaro to a life of crime. Here Fusaro threatens students in a shop class with a power drill. Many students found themselves repairing their used cars because inflation made it virtually impossi- ble to afford a new car or to have a professional mechanic repair their present cars. Here auto shop teacher Stan Davolt offers advice to Todd Shaw about repairs on his Volkswagen. Senior Matt Ellsworth, like other students, found it necessary to hold down a part time job to make ends meet. Unemployment, the highest rate in years spi- ralled in the Southland after the closing of General Motors' South Gate plant. theme