Washington High School - Lens Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Mrs. Ward's Spanish Class You go to Spain expecting to see exotic things like bullfighters, castanets, and flamenco dancers, but even ordinary things can be different. Take riding on a bus, for instance. The philosophy seems to be Pack them in 'til they hang out the windows. This makes getting off the bus interesting, especially for foreigners who stare helplessly at the dense crowd, while Spaniards find tiny cracks to squeeze through. One good old Spanish custom that startles foreigners is the way men compliment a young woman they see in the street. It's a bit unnerving when they stop work and lean on their shovels watching 'til she disappears, murmuring Beautiful! or Your mother really produced a prize! Spanish girls are secretly pleased by all this, but they never let on that they hear a thing. Dinner is around 9 p.m. and then it's time to start thinking about what to do that night. Many movies and plays last 'til midnight or later, and when you get home all the gates and doors to the buildings are locked. Instead of carrying the key with you, you iust stand in the street, clap your hands and call Sereno! After a while a man, the sereno, appears iingling a huge bunch of keys. His iob 22 Miss Anderson Mrs. Dodson SpanishlFrench Latin! English is to patrol the streets for a block or two, wait- ing to let people into their buildings. Spaniards are very warm-hearted and polite. Whenever you go to a Spanish home they say, You are in your home, or You have taken possession of your house. CThat doesn't mean, however, that ou can stroll awa with that Y Y picture that caught your eyelj The Spanish way of life is very different from ours, but the strongest impression you take away is of the kindness of the Spanish people. In fact, you get so nostalgic you even wish you were back on one of the crowded buses. Miss Anderson Spanish Teacher H Mrs. Gumbert German Heterogeneous Ph raseology

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United As One The combined classes are courses in which one teacher works with the same students for two periods. One of the two 2 f ,af 5 Mrs. Ayers Mr. Midleton Mrs. Rehse Chairman periods is devoted primarily to the study of English, while the second is used for Social Studies. This system is employed in hopes that it will provide ci closer relationship between the freshmen and their teachers, and between history and literature. f W,.i,,,f:fW-swf?-wfvfrewf' e msg

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Q Lewis Turner Mr. Nuifcll French Mrs. Ward SpunishfEnglish Miss Anderson Mary Anne lohodney