Stanton High School - Roundup Yearbook (Stanton, TX)

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Money Source Of Pleasure, Reason For Work End Of Childhood? MONEY — not even youth escapes its power. It has become a necessary evil for all ages. Transpor- tation, food and entertainment require a big chunk of allowance or earned wage. Gone are the good old days preached by parents as precious simpli- city. Replacing them are days of routine and effort to earn times of pleasure. Cars were once an extravagant luxury and status symbol for teenagers. Now the possession of a car is considered almost a necessity. Vicki Rich, a soph- omore, started buying her flashy Ford Courier in March. To pay the monthly $155 she works at the Dairy Treat for $2. 50 an hour. The number of hours a day varies from five to twelve. Unleaded gas costa about 58.94 a gallon and a wash at a do-it- yourself takes upwards of 604;. Vicki ' s response to sacrifice — 1 like it. It makes me have more res- pect for it--my paying for it. I don ' t want my pa- rents buying it. It gives me a sense of responsibility and I ' m glad it ' s all mine. A school lunch can be purchased for 604. At a short-order place, the nickel hamburger has ri- sen to the 99center . Five dollars will pay for a pizza for four and three or four dollars usually buys a single Me-xican dinner. Even bub- ble-gum isn ' t cheap considering that penny gum costs two cents. Entertainment may involve just riding around or be a date with dinner and movie. A ticket to Six Flags and $15 are given each band member preceding departure on annual trip. Wayne Pinkerton and Christi Christon choose the music at a gathering at the youth center.

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Lyndon Marquez enjoys sketching. Larry Johnson examines a rare coin. Brian Davis rivets sheet metal on a small aircraft he is helping to build.

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The every-night habit of riding around demands gas, and another of these habits, the youth center, re- quires your silver for foosball, pool, pinball, and the jukebox. As for the ordinary date, a movie is about $2. 50 plus the cost of eating out. Dancing, skating, minature golf and other act- ivities can cause a date to average roughly between $3. 50 and $15. 00. Three very bare essentials of high school life, connected one to another, show the effect or need of money. Maybe kids grow up faster because of it and the responsibilities with it. Or maybe kids learn, too quickly, the pattern of work and spend. You ' d never get him to agree The nicest things in life are free. — Phyllis McGinley Scott Houston fills his tank with $9. 00 of gas at Blocker ' s. Hamburgers and cokes are devoured by Char- les Phillips and Gabriel Romero during the lunch break. Vicki Rich rinses spring mud from her cherished vehicle.