Lakeland High School - Mirage Yearbook (LaGrange, IN)

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A Weeks Work for what . . .'? Highway Robbery Once upon a time, in a village of very nice people, lived a strong, young man, lad- en with golden locks of hair and bright blue eyesg He possessed a glorious trust in his fellowman. Then, on a dark and ugly evening, a carni- val came to the village. Being young and curious, the man and his spouse to be, a pretty maiden of the sweetness and bliss, attended the festivities, searching the dark- ness for fun and amusement. But, alas, the man and his maiden fair were entangled in a web of serious gam- bling and were lured into losing vast sums of precious jewels, a fortune they could not afford to lose . . This was no fantasy to the students of Lakeland High School. This tale depicted the role of Corn School in student life, per- fectly. WE WERE RIPPED OFF!! I know the carnival rips the people off, but I believe they still enjoy it, stated an employee of Crown Amusements, who wished to stay anonymous. My game has an oddsmaker, just as all the other games here do. That's how we make our living. This is the type of person employed by Crown Amusements at the 75th annual Corn School. This is the type person which literally stole your friends and other stu- dents' money. These employees were re- sponsible for the largest loss in student money in recent years. I've been ripped-off, screamed sopho- more Dan Bradley, after stepping off the zipper We only went around about four times, only about 30 seconds worth. This is typical for most of the rides in the 1980 Corn School. In one incident, the Rock-O- Planes revolved 13 times in four minutes A: Bundles of bucks! Sophomore Bert Hartman tries his luck at the Mighty Payloadersf' but fails to win. 10-Cornschool and six times for shortly over 1V2 minutes. This same inconsistency was sighted in most of the other rides. Yet, each person paid the same amount for admission. The game known as Sweeptakes also took a great toll on Lakeland students. I spent about 359.50 and only got back about S1.25, said sophomore Paul Cross, That seems like a large profit for just 5 minutes worth of play. Imagine the profit this game rakes in per evening, it's almost like a license to steal. I lost about 175 dollars playing that game, stated a 30 year old Lagrange resi- dent. I just can't believe I let that man talk me into spending so much. He referred to a game in which you build up credits in order to supposedly win a number of prizes. For- tunately, no student from Lakeland lost as much as he. John Mills, a senior walked away a S66 loser though. They let you get so close to winning you just have to keep playing, I was paying five dollars a try in the end, he replied. No one in the 25 people interviewed after playing the game report- ed winning. I believe the majority of the students lost money at Corn School, Some lost entireg paychecks, said freshman Dean Miller. It's too bad we've got to be taken like this, it leaves our town looking bad. This was the general attitude of most of the students which attend Lakeland. . . . stripped of theirjewels, and angered, the couple stepped into the darkness never to return to the carnival. But as the crack of a whip sounded from a carriage of poor ori- gin, We shall never be stollen from again, this night serves me as a lesson well taught.

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QW! B: Tatoos? Juniors Barb Bontager and Denise Miller show-off their facial decals in the arcades. C: Zippin' through the night! Some zipped for minutes, some for seconds, all for equal price. D: Rip-off! Lakeland students vie for these ter- E: Step right up, and lose your paycheck! This rific prizes: too bad nobody won them. seems to be the message S. Duzan and C. Crab- tree get. Cornschool-11