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THE GRANTONIAN
October 7, 1966
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Person. J respect
aid to school life
Respect for the individual. Under
standing that each person has the
same rights and feelings as you, and
honoring those same qualities.
In everything a person does and in
everything he says his attitude and
himself becomes apparent. The stu
dent who runs, shoves, pushes and
shouts through the halls has little re
spect for others and therefore has but
a small portion in himself.
School spirit is. cheering for your
team and not booing for the other.
Good sportsmanship is the product of
consideration for others plus the ap
preciation for effort. At tonight’s
game try this equation.
Crowded conditions already exist
in our school. The hordes of students
in the cafeteria during lunch periods
and the general chaos in the halls are
all part of normal high school life.
These conditions can be alleviated
with student cooperation.
Squeaking chairs and fake cough
ing during assemblies shows who the
disrespectful and immature students
are. Assemblies are privileges which
can be revoked for one student or an
entire group because of misconduct.
Honesty in your relationship with
fellow students and teachers is very
important and basic. Personal integ
rity, such as this, is an asset worth
working for.
Consideration, appreciation, co-op
eration, and honesty are the base in
gredients needed for one individual
to respect the rights, feelings and
dignity of another.
Pachyderm population to diminish
STANDING PEERING at visitors at the Portland zoo are Tonglaw, the bull
elephant, and three of his young brood. The elephants are the major attrac
tion of the zoo, appearing on the outdoor patio of their elephant house.
Mount Hood—No! Lloyd Center—No!
Elephants—Yes! When people think of
Portland the first thing that comes to
their mind is “Portland—Elephant Capi
tal of the World.” One of these renowned
elephants has already been sold and an
other is still up for sale. What have the
citizens of Portland done about this situa-
Luis Couchonnal describes differences
between Paraguayan, American rules
Curfew? Driver’s license? “No alcoholic beverages sold to
minors?” These are rules that Luis Couchonnal, our American
Field Service exchange student from Paraguay, must find
strange. Luis enjoys many activities, however, and can have fun
in this country too.
Curfew by law is nonexistent in Paraguay. “You can be out
until any time,” shrugged Luis. “It all depends on your par
ents,” he added.
Teenage driving, “unless on a freeway,” is not restricted. You
need a license at 18 to travel on the highways, he said, but driv
Luis Couchonnal
ing around to parties and school is all right.
Alcoholic beverages are sold to minors, noted Luis. Wine is served often
with meals, he revealed. Luis’ favorite drink is water, while here in the
States. “The milk they drink here, I don’t like,” he added.
Luis’ favorite Paraguayan food is soyo, a dish described as “beef ground in a
machine.” Here he eats “every day at lunch” our ground beef favorite, hamburger.
Studies take up much of his time. Physics is the most difficult, and English is a
“little” hard too. Luis took five years of the language in his country, but had not
practiced the spoken tongue too much.
Horseback riding in the mountains is one experience Luis recalls vividly. Cut
ting paths through the jungle was sometimes necessary. For lack of jungle he must
foregd that pleasure here, but partying and playing records are other easily avail
able entertainments.
Playing a guitar is another of his pleasures. Luis describes his skill as “little,”
but “Don’t let him kid you!” says Bruce Rector, his United States brother. Bruce
describes Luis’ playing as “excellent, according to our standards.” His repertoire
includes classical, United States, and Beatle music, according to Bruce.
tion-r-nothing.
Noel, Rosy’s second baby born just last
spring, has been purchased by the Brook
field, Massachusetts zoo, thus reducing
our pachydern population to 11.
Our elephants eat, sleep, and play in
three covered rooms and an outdoor pa
tio. Though elephants might prefer to
have separate rooms, crowded conditions
persist in the elephant house, as well as
in many parts of the world including
Grant.
Portland voters had their chance a few
years ago, but dumped it down the drain
by defeating a measure that would have
provided money to extend the elephant
United Good Neighbors' Drive
helps Boys', Girls'Aid society
“Dad, Mom . . . I’m pregnant. So can
begin a frightening, ugly period in a life.
For the unwed mother and her parents
there can seem no hope nor help. But the
Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society of Oregon
can provide needed service.
Approximately half of the society’s
income is out of United Good Neigh
bor and United funds. Confidential
maternity service for unwed moth
ers, protected adoption service, and
foster care for children are provided.
Our United Good Neighbor drive be
gins next week. Through the many ac
tivities planned, we help support this
service of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid soci
ety. In addition, our dollars support the
American Red Cross, the Boy Scouts of
Teac/iers express opinions on extra credit
“What can I do for extra credit?”
Teachers are often confronted with this
question by students.
As there is no current policy for
assigning or accepting extra credit
work, students must seek the atti
tudes of their teachers on the mat
ter. The standards of individual
teachers may have a direct effect on
students’ grades.
Several teachers were asked if they
encouraged and used extra credit for
grading purposes. Here are some views
of those who tended to be in favor of its
usage.
“There is much more to consider
than merely the assignments. I en
courage students to pursue the
knowledge of social studies and have
a responsibility to recognize it,”
commented Parimaz Marsubian,
American problems and geography
teacher.
“I think A and B students should do
Ruth Strong
George Zahn
extra work on their own in order to be
real A and B students. Even so, I believe
that quantity is not a substitute for qual
ity,” stated George Zahn, biology instruc
tor.
“I do not assign ‘extra credit’ in addi
tion to a minimum as a basis for a grade.
I do expect that the mature student will
show a steady growth in the scope of his
independent reading and in the depth of
his critical writing. The able student is
house. Now because of that mistake our
elephants are suffering.
Though elephants are not particularly
economic minded, it costs only $21 a day
to feed all 11 elephants. Considering the
three-quarters bale of hay, 30 pounds of
carrots, eight to ten loaves of bread, and
one-half crate of apples each elephant
consumes each day this amount doesn’t
seem so large.
In the beginning Portland citizens
backed our elephant horde with boister
ous enthusiasm, but this enthusiasm has
calmed down to mild interest. Now our
elephants are being sold out from under
this mild interest without much opposi
tion.
Portland’s elephant town began in 1953
when Mr. and Mrs. Austin Flegel sent
Rosy to us from Thailand. The Flegels
are in charge of the United States techni
cal and economic mission in Bangkok.
The States Steamship company shipped
Rosy over here for free, as they were to
do for Tu Hoa in a future year.
Nothing really started to happen until
Tonglaw, a bull elephant, was a winter
boarder at the zoo. Twenty-two months
later in the spring of 1962 a baby, soon
to be named Packy, was born.
Children and civic-minded citizens
spent their pennies, nickels, and dollars
to buy and name Packy and his parents.
The birth was a matter of national inter
est. Life magazine ran an 11-page spread
on Packy and the zoo. This was the first
elephant to be born in the United States
in 44 years.
Soon a pachydern harem and heritage
began. Tu Hoa, meaning “Peaceful Val
ley,” arrived in 1954 from the peaceful
jungles of Viet Nam. Her first baby was
named Hanako by our sister city’s, Sap
poro, Japan, name-that-elephant contest.
Rosy was busy and Noel was born last
spring. Bell, Pet, Me-tu, Dino, Effie and
unnamed have been added to the ele
phant town roster to make a pachyderm
population of 12.
always doing something ‘extra’: he is not
satisfied with a minimum,” stated Mrs.
Ruth Strong, English instructor.
Comments from other teachers
tended to be partially or totally
against using extra credit.
“I don’t believe it is necessary. Only if
a student has attained an A grade should
he be given additional projects as a Chal
lenge to himself,” commented George
Galati, English teacher.
“I am opposed to ‘extra credit’ assign
ments, as they are generally regarded.
Too often students expect to be given a
quality grade based on quantity of work.
We hope students will read, of course;
but they should read to develop depth
and scope for quality education,” said
Robert Gerger, also an English teacher.
“Basically I believe that an A student
probably already does do extra and oth
ers should spend more time on class
work,” commented Miss Sarah Smithson,
English and creative writing teacher.
America, the Oregon Council on Crime
and Delinquency, and other non-profit
making organizations all through the one
contribution to UGN.
The special service of the Aid so
ciety provides unmarried mothers
and in certain cases, married moth
ers with professional counseling,
prenatal and confinement care, liv
ing arrangements, a fully accredited
high school program, care for the
mother after the birth and protected
adoption service or temporary in
fant care.
The protected adoption service offers
children to families all over the state.
About two-thirds of the families who ap
ply receive babies. The word “protected”
means that the mother who gave up the
child cannot trace it to its new home.
New parents pay as they can, totaling
about $500.
dJhe Cjrantonian
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Vol. 69, No. 5 — October 7, 1966
Editor......................
Barbara Earnest
1st Page Editor................................ Gayle Fleming
2nd Page Editor................. Elaine Wolfe
3rd Page Editor................................Cecile O'Rourke
4th Page Editor................................ Mike Hoffman
Reporters........................ Cindy Barrett
Bonnie Brown, Mike Cochrane, Casey
Coughlin, Cynthia Evans, Cynthia
Froom, Mary Jane Hulett, Marilyn
Leonard, Lorna Viken
Business Mgr.
, Marilyn Best
Photographer
.Blake Riscoe
Adviser............................. . Willard Mohn