Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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TOPPING THE TREE donated by the wnlur men DISCUSSINC THE PART Mark Bloom played at . Dr Clark adds the final touch This brought the the Ohio State Fair, AFS exchange student, Ebby I Christmas spirit even though there was no snow Chisholm interviewed Mark for the December Mariner,

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JOINING FORCES the theerieaders held a bake Mllkt in Larllsles Thereea Zappiteili explains to the mun shin what bus'lness was like earlier Fl time to be cnunted... 980-Year of the Census-A Time to be counted-Who lives in the city? How many TV sets in the US? What is the average in- come? the median age? the number of cars per family? - Look at the census. A census is a complete count or enumeration of clearly de- fined units. A national census usually includes an enumeration of some units and a sample sur- vey of others. Many modern na- tions conduct a great variety of censuses such as-manufacturing, livestock, transportation, housing, and population. A set of questions is chosen; the area in question is divided and sub-divided into smaller sec- tions for purposes of enumera- tion. Usually censuses are con- ducted by enumerators hired to interview and count all persons in a given area: in some in- stances forms are distributed to respondents who return them either in person or by mail. The results are then combined into statistical totals, usually for publi- cation.

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PERCHED IN THE PRESS BOX lhe unrekeeprs Uhxt'rXP the toutbaH game, broadtast over the who and keep Iratk ot the SlalMltS F1 time tn be counted Census is one of the most ancient means of community counting. The discovery of clay tablets by archaeologists has shown that the Babylonians prepared lists of their people more than 5,000 years ago. The first US. census was taken In 1790- fewer than 4 mil- lion Americans were counted. The popula- tion of a state included all free persons ex- cept untaxed Indians; each slave was counted as three fifths of a person. During the 19th decennial census in 1970 numerous problems arouse, One being the cost of taking a census had soared. Name, address, relationship to head of household, sex, age, race, and marital status were just a few of the questions asked. The census to- talled 205 million Americans. The 20th de- cennial census was given in 1980, HDO you like peanut butter?' Is an exam- ple of the variety of question asked by the 1980 Mariner yearbook staff. They gave sev- eral surveys through the year. The surveys took many hours to tally and there was some difficulty in arriving at the right percentages-thank God and the scientists for calculators Despite calculating problems and silly answers, the staff succeeded in get- ting it together. Read on and check out the results. 90 1.