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

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omman er-in-Chief PLAINVIEW PUBLIC SCHDDLS D. J. LAAS. EUPERINTENDENT PLAINVIEW, TEXAS TO THE STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: The Annual Staff has chosen an exceedingly appropriate theme for their book this year. Patriotism is an indispensable portion of the elements of good citizenship. This fact is brought to full realization since strife, despotism and wanton de- struction of wealth and hope and life are rampant in other lands. It is indeed timely to put forth special efforts to make us mindful of our glorious heritage where justice has been established, domestic tranquility in- sured and where the blessings of liberty have been made secure, and to instill in us with a tender and holy and profound love for our country's good and a devotion to it as expressed by Scott in these words: NLand of our sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial bond That knits me to thy rugged strand.N Sincerely, 0. J. Laas

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Board oi trategy The School Board of Education ot the Plainview Schools is composed ot seven members elected by the voters of the Plainview School District. The Board is an executive body with many responsibilities. lt convenes once each month for regular meetings to transact business of various kinds. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD E. G, ALEXANDER ................................ ............................ P reside-nt GUY BOUNDS ........,....,. ......................................,.. S ecvetary MR. O. I. LAAS MR. T. O. COLLIER MRS. F. E. CAVE MR. C. A. SHOOR MR. GLENN A. SMITH MRS. ELLIS CARTER MR. SAM CURRY

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GGHGIEL PLAINVIEW PUBLIC sr:Hn:u:n.s R. W. DAVIDSON, PRINCIPAL PLAINVIEW, TEXAS Dear Friends: Some of you are just now finishing your freshman year, some the sophomore year, some are juniors and some are leaving us as seniors. My wish for each and all of you is that you may be self-governing. Some pupils and teachers have recently expressed to me their distrust of student-government in school. Yet these young- sters in four or five years will have reached their 21st birthdays and will have the right to vote, to hold office, to be judges and jurors. Is there something mys- terious which happens on one particular day during the 21 years of a person's life which make him suddenly capable of governing. I think not. It seems more reason- able to expect this ripening process to be gradual. Then each of us should begin to govern himself early in life and increase the completeness and efficiency of that government steadily until it is no longer necessary for some other person to steer us into the paths of righteousness. This does not mean that you shall be a law unto yourself and do not collide with the property, or the rights of others. Let each one be his own most severe critic. When a majority of you have governed your- selves in this way you can then form a student government which will be desirable and effective. Dictators never become powerful in a social group capable of governing themselves. Sincerely yours, R. W. Davidson.