Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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l l i l l enlS Qu i l rrenl Ev hunk Do you believe Patty Hearst was brainwashed? llfh-Yes 37'M1--No 52M - Undecided Should the kidnappers have been tried for their crimes before Patty Hearst was tried? ' 66fMu -- Yes 29M - No F 5fMu - Undecided 145 1'wELFrH Phil Etier B. G. Fannin 1 LI' I lf , W0 38 4 . Y-Q f ,, n Brenda Felton Vicki Fisher Melissaforsyth f' Freeman , ,M Q Donna Ginest ' Vincent Gonzales X QYN7 W ,ip Lf, JW -2511

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I44 Teenage Marria9e t iq ve a DO you think studentiitigbdmsrried successful mgmagc-hi olf: P While suit in high SC O ' 70fO .f yeS 340fo - H0 59010 -'maybe t tflffifuoles Toward Mamfgfl Polls lndffflie Sfuden l-low long do you think two people should date before considering marriage? C-BOW - 3 years 36fMn - 2 to 3 years 29fMn - 6 months 5fMi - undecided Do you think marriage is the best alternative for a pregnant high school girl? 34fMa - yes 60M - no Gfk - undecided Do you think a newly wed high school couple should be Ceconomic basisjz completely dependent on parents, partially dependent on parents or completely on their own? OM - Completely dependent 59M - Partially dependent 41 'Mm - Completely on their own. Should a young couple live vvith: parents, a place of their own or with friends? Nh - parents 94M - Place of their own. .ZW - With friends Elections in '76 Do you plan to be active in politics either in a national or local election? ZOM -Yes ESOCMJ - No I 30M - Possibly Do you think the Watergate affair will have any effect on the upcoming presidential election? 44M - No 42M -Yes VM - Possibly Do you think a Democrat or Repu blican will win the presidential up on current review campaign Mike

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I46 vamerhr, PA envtlglg cu.fnPI.Ir:A're numrfil 45 A Wlth the ImplementatIon of the quarter system counselors students and teachers found that one per son s dlsadvantage proved to be another s advantage One thIng In partrcular however turned out to be ev eryone s headache paperwork Counselor Ms Toody Byrd orgamzed schedules three tlmes a year Instead of TWICE teachers released grades three tImes and Issued progress reports every SIX weeks Just keepmg up wIth the bookkeeprng end of the deal placed a tremendous burden on the admInIstratIon and counselors What compllcated thIngs further was the fact that not every state IS partrcrpatlng In the quar ter system venture KIds come ID at the end of theIr semester and hIt us In the mIddle of our second quar ter commented Ms Mary Ann Rymer counselor s secretary Lou Ann Kunshlck polnted out that lt s easIer to graduate early on the quarter system Another nIce thIng about It IS that If you have a personalIty clash wIth one of your teachers you don t have to suffer all year lf you really llke that teacher though you probably won t get to enjoy them for very long Teachers avolded two speed classes to a certarn extent because students havIng a hrgher achlevement level In a partIcular subject chose advanced courses whIle other students could choose a class SUItGd to theIr needs Teachers performed better because the quarter system freed them to concentrate on theIr spe claltles thus Increaslng enjoyment for student and teacher allke Sometrmes though class preparatlons took up more tIme than teachers were wIllIng to sacrl Ice Varlety became a key word In favor of the system Students had a large number of courses especrally elechves to DICK from Agaln some students BDDFGCI ated the opportunlty to make the UGCISIOHS necessary to take the rIght courses whlle some students would have rather been told what to take SaId Ms BIrd lt was great for students who dIdn t know theIr Interests They could take shop one quarter art the next and homemaklng last D Anna McGIll ii' I , - I - I I I ' Y . . . I U . . . . II I I - I ' ' II I - I y A , . I I I - II I - II II - I , - I I I 5 ' I ' I ' ' :I . . , . , . . - I I - II ' I , .