Main Avenue High School - El Sombrero Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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 Foreign Language SPANISH DEPARTMENT At the head of the Spanish is Mrs. Carvajal. There are four teachers under her capable direction. At present there are six hundred and five pupils taking Spanish. Since Spanish is an elective course, it is easily seen that the need of Spanish is recognized by the pupils of Main High. Spanish should be a popular subject in San Antonio. Think of the Spanish traditions and the Spanish history with which it is associated. How often the Spanish language is heard in its streets and on its plazas. What golden opportunities are offered in this city, a center of Mexican trade, to those who know both Spanish and English. Considering the Spanish enrollment of this city, it is only surprising that every student doesn’t take advantage of the opportunity to learn this beautiful, as well as useful, language, a language spoken in more countries than any other language in the world; the language of Cervantes. A four year course is offered in this subject. By the time the course is completed a student should be able to read easily any Spanish that is not too idiomatic or difficult, to write with creditable ease and to make his wants known in any Spanish speaking country. In addition to the regular work, Spanish clubs offer an opportunity to the students to converse, to sing, to play games and to read interesting Spanish stories together. LATIN DEPARTMENT The renewed interest in the study of Latin, apparent throughout the country, is manifest in the present large enrollment in the I atin Department of the Main Avenue High School. Aside from its cultural worth. I atin has a place in the curriculum because of its practical value. By its greatest worth is in its effect upon our English language. When we consider that sixty percent of the words in the English language are derived from Latin we may readily understand the necessity of keeping alive the study of Latin. One of the most important reasons, therefore, why the study of Latin should be pursued is the bearing of that study upon the students command of his own mother tongue. Now there are over two hundred pupils enrolled in the Latin Department of this institution. Main is indeed fortunate in having two of the very best Latin instructors in the country. Miss Pearl West, the head of the Department, and Miss Gladys Morgan. FRENCH DEPARTMENT The late war has had an important effect on the use of French language in America; it has caused the introduction of a French Department in most of the High Schools. In our own we have an efficient and capable Department, managed by Miss Brunet. Our French Department, which will soon be affiliated with the Texas University, has classes in as high as their fifth semester now, and hopes to offer yet higher classes next year. The purpose of the Department is to give the pupils at least a reading knowledge of French. Some of the better pupils will also speak and understand it. All should be able to understand what phrases they may run across in their reading. French has always been the language of diplomacy and of polite society. Since the war it has become much more important and is now one of the most common languages in use. Twenty-two

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