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

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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

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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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Prim cipa PLAINVIEW PUBLIC SEHDDLS urr-'n:E DF PRINCIPAL PLAINVIEW, TEXAS To the Student Body Plainview High School My dear students: What is this Education to which we give so much time and attention? Some one has defined education as the sum total of all our experiences which modify our natural im- pulses. Schooling is the small part of our education which is gained in school and from teachers. Why do we need to go to school and otherwise gain an education? Brief- ly, it is to save time and futile experiences. Insects do some marvelous things and carry on a complicated life and social system. They seem to do this almost entirely by instinct and do not learn much from experience. Some other animals like the dog have certain instincts and in addition some reasoning powers. In other words, they profit by experience. Now man has similar instincts, has reasoning power, and can learn by experience. Without education each person would have to experience or reason out everything or bit of knowledge he acquired. In such a case a person would have to spend a long life time learning only a few things which are common knowledge to the average elementary school child. By reading we can appropriate all the knowledge and experience of ancient and contemporary scholars, scientists and geniuses. Shall we neglect so great an opportunity? Shall we close our minds and be led by the blind instincts of an insect, shall we live a dog's life? Only to shame our- selves and our great heritage. We cannot, in honor, do less than to mount the great pyramid of the wisdom of the race and go upward from there. Yours truly, R. W. DAVIDSON. I may 1, 1940.