Plainview High School - Plain View Yearbook (Plainview, TX)

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The Boami of Trustees The School Board of Education of the Plainview Schools is composed of seven members elected by the voters of the Plainview School District. The Board is an executive body with many responsibilities. It convcnes once each month for regular meetings to transact business of various kinds The Members of the Board: E. G. ALEXANDER, President GLENN A. SMITH, Vice Pvesident GUY H. BOUNDS, Sec. and Trees, O. LAAS, Superintendent W. B. DAVENPORT G, A. SHOOK T. O. COLLIER MRS. F, E. GAVE MRS. ELLIS CARTER

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Ealitors 7 Note Sometimes We wonder Why an education is so important, why We go to school year after year- learning Who squared the hypotenuse, Why Rome fell, or why bend the rainbow. We Wonder Why We should Write ad astra per asp-era with a piece of chalk when it would be so much easier to plunk the fellow in front of us on the head With it. All these years that We spend on our educa- tion helps us to find ourselves and what We are best suited for, to understand ourselves and our people, the Way We live and how We should live. The principles of our Democratic government are founded upon the education of our men and Women. Without that education we cannot fully appreciate nor understand the liberty and free- dom which is ours, which enables us to enjoy life to the utmost. With these thoughts in mind we feel that ed- ucation is a Worthy theme for our annual for 1940. We have made it the best We know how and if it pleases you, the student body, then our efforts Will be rewarded.

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Superhfzzlenalenf PLAINVIEW PUBLIC SCIHDDLS D. J. l.AAs, suPsmNTENDEN'r PLAlNVlEW,TEXAS To the Student Body May 1, 1940, Plainview High School Dear Students: The Annual Staff'has chosen for the theme of their book the thought expressed by the word, education. It is a fine theme. It is excellent to have uppermost in your mind the thought of self-improvement. May I suggest that in your quest for higher grounds that you always bear in mind the growth of your personality. It is that part of you that makes you different from all the other people and it also constitutes characteristics that are common in many. It is the sum total of all of your reactions to all stimuli that may come to you. lt gives you that form of individuality by which you are known and remembered, by which you are hated or loved or admired. .The growth of your personality can be determined by you to a great extent. Into its warp and woof are woven weak threads and strong threads that are spun by all Tfh01-lghf-S and deeds of evil, by all thoughts and deeds of' good, from the influences y seek of art, music and literature and from all the beautiful and noble and inspir- ing achievements of mankind. Sincerely, O. J. LAAS, Superintendent. L 7, , OU