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

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Foreign language students study MISS RACHEL MURILLO French Spanish MRS. GAIL DALTON Latin English I French Club member, Glenda Fuller and Latin Club member, Gary Noel get together after the French-Latin caroling party. 28

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English classes view full-length movies Involving all students for three years and many seniors also, PHS English is the largest department in the school Besides the tradi- tional matters of grammar, spelling, vocabulary, literature and composition, a new and most popular feature was added to the English department in 1967. Movies as a literature form were studied this year in a depart- ment wide project. Four full length Hollywood-distributed movies were chosen at different times during the year and shown in the auditorium every period for two consecutive days. Discussion and analysis followed in the classroom. Both faculty and students felt the experiment was a real success. A pioneer in Texas high school education is the PHS English Humanities course for seniors, now in its second year of experi- mentation. Eight teachers combined efforts as students listened to music, watched new art slides, studied history and philosophy, and read stacks of books. New attempts were made to fashion truly separate courses for grouped classes and to coordinate the city-wide curriculum in the English department this year. MRS. FREDICE DENNIS English III MRS. BETTY McGHEE English IV MRS. JOY WEBB 27 O. T. instructs Humanities students Ginger Hutmacher, Linda Daffem, Nick Hamilton, and Richard Gaynor in the fine art of blowing their own horn.

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Culture and Customs Foreign languages offered at P.H.S. were French, Latin, and Spanish. French and Latin were two-year courses and Spanish could be taken for four years. These classes focused on language and culture of the countries. The Latin Club, NonScio is designed to give students an awareness of Roman times and show how much English is derived from Latin. Club sponsor is Mrs. Gail Dalton. There are two Spanish clubs. One is open only to Spanish students with a 90 average in the course. Mrs. Witt is the sponsor of the Spanish Honor Society. Mrs. Hoggins is the sponsor of the Spanish Club. These clubs acquaint members with the customs of the country through speakers and festivals. The French Club, Le Cercle Francais , is for the purpose of adding knowl- edge and understanding of the customs and people of France. 29 David Gilbert proved to be an outstanding Spanish student by making a 97 yearly average.