Pleasantville High School - Green Quill Yearbook (Pleasantville, NY)

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1 1 Languages It has become a necessity in todayis world for people to be able to communicate with each other. The language barrier, which has always been the greatest obstacle to this end, is di- minishing day by day. This is due for the most part to increased language instruction in the schools. Pleasantville High School is fortunate in having so many advantages to its language pro- gram. We have excellent teachers, some of whom are teaching their native tongue. Our French instruction begins in elementary school, and high school credit is given in junior high school. A wonderful new addition this year is the language laboratory complete with facilities for each student to listen, speak, and record his own speech on tape. NATHAN GABRIEL Out-of-town reformer . . . Natty Bumppo has come back to help us get that one inch closer to France . . . deplores Franglais . . . You MUST be precise . . . a little oral drill . . . You learned that in French I! X DONNA HAWKER Seniors are best . . , Speaks French with a West Virginia accent . . . No homework if you go to the Halloween House . . . People! You are being rude! GERARD BOMBARDIER N Mr. Bomb . . . Bonjour mes eleves, pour demain . . . Re-re-re-pe-pe-pe-tez-tez-tez . . . et essayer! . . . Starched collars and shaving lotion, but OH that chalk . . . You're thinking in Englishv . . . dropping books and Bebe-U . . . most popular patient with visitors AND nurses . . . always with a song in his heart.

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TERIIORW. sm RICA tcousnms IAM RUTH HAACK f ' E X P A N D, but keep to the point and be explicit! . . . Keep those books openg it's i not the end of the period . . . two-hour tests in forty- five minutes . . . And you're not going to get the marks you got last year . . . Government, Government, rl and more Government . . . You should LIVE history! . . . with Miss Haack, you enjoy the work . . . Tri-Hi-Y and the girls. I ,I- LEON NETTLETON Welcoming the freshmen, Mr. Nett never lets them think twice about upper-class snobbery . . . freshmen tour the UN and Consumers' Union, the Times Build- ing and always the Herald Tribune . . . typing study sheets with Word lists . . . never a mispelled word . . . May I please see a monitor? . . . hard-core anti- Democrat . . . never a day without a service to his school. ggi GEORGE DAVIS t'Damn! . . . Don't call me Uncle George! . . . Perhaps we'll have a little quiz tomorrow . . . World War II Uapan, night soil, and honey bucketsl . . . Nigeria and the Prince . . . dig that Porsche! . . . Skiing . . . Europe . . . My French teacher, Gerryf,

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LAWRENCE O'NEIL 'tTaisez-vous! . . . Singing songs, reading stories . . . IDIOMS . . . A book for the head . . . Le Baron and his French Readers' Digests . . . Fencing Club is foiled by the Big O . . . New York City. HELGA NAUMANN Oh no, really now! . . . Buenos dias, clase and Auf Wiedersehenn . . . don't hide a friendly smile and laughing personality . . . rolled r's bring grave frowns. MIRA LOMONT Demanding but likeable . . . plans ahead . . . keeps notebooks containing translations of Latin textbooks, but unfortunately, guards them well . . . enters the classroom with a cheery 'tlet's get to work, much to the annoyance of lazy students . . . has the distinct privilege of teaching Latin IV in the Home Economics room . . . enjoys reading and studying French litera- ture and history . . . Save the Children Federation . MARY SEMPLE Quiet . . . Yankees . . . Stay after and write a hundred timesn . . . 5:00 and still typing in the shed . . . Preparation.