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THE GRANTONIAN
October 21,1966
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concern
Yes Grant cares! Hundreds of individuals will be helped to better
lives because students cared and did something to express their con
cern. Each student can be proud of himself and of his school for their
freely given support of the United Good Neighbors’ drive.
One thousand, three hundred, seventy-two dollars was contrib
uted to the UGN last week by students who wanted to become in
volved. These students have obviously not been persuaded by the
recent concept of “let’s not get involved, let someone else do it.”
They-did it.
A precedent was set several years ago, and with each passing
year that precedent has become a tradition. A tradition that calls for
every Grantonian to give as much as he can, and to surpass the pre
vious year’s record. The tradition has been maintained again this
year.
The Powder puff football game, the class competition, the reg
room drives, the birthday cake and ice cream, the dance and the
new spaghetti dinner were all part of the plan to encourage students
to give more. The spaghetti dinner which raised over $200 was very
successful.
When the money is presented at a formal dinner to the UGN
delegation a chain reaction will begin. The money will be set to
work helping those who really need it.
Non-profit-making organizations such as the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid
society and the Boy Scouts of America, and all their affiliates de
pend upon the UGN to continue their humanitarian systems. With
out our contributions and many others these organizations would
not exist.
Students can take pride in their actions and cooperation with the
United Good Neighbors. The spirit and enthusiasm aroused by he
students during the drive is proof of the good will and intentions of
Grantonians.
Congratulations on a wonderful job!
Foreign exchange student Noriko Inoue
likes extra-curricular activities here
Noriko Inoue
“The kids are so friendly and kind, I
love Grant,” stated Nobuko Inoue, our
foreign exchange student from Japan,
after being in this country for nearly
two months with her American sister
Margaret Rouse and her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Rouse.
Sheriff speaks out
Teen-police communication needed
by Elaine Wolfe
“Adults,” stated Donald E. Clark, Mult
nomah county sheriff, “are probably the
biggest problem teenagers face. Ado
lescence is simply a very difficult time
for most young people.”
During a frank, straight-forward
interview Sheriff Clark spoke of the
relationship between the police and
teenagers, and their common prob
lems.
“Part of the problems between young
people, government and civic groups
stems from the lack of communication
and understanding,” stated Sheriff Clark.
He sighted Yaw’s Top Notch as an
example of his statement. “It’s just
a social gathering place; teenagers
go there to be ‘making the scene’.
There is nothing malicious intended.”
While speaking of fictitious neighbors
in the Yaw’s area, Sheriff Clark pointed
out how the loud noises and traffic eon-
do policemen yell at teenagers?”
When Sheriff Clark asked one of his
men this question, the officer’s re
ply was, “I guess I do, but I yell at
them like I yell at my own kids.”
A possible answer to the problem of
communication and understanding has
been suggested by Sheriff Clark. “We
hope to be able to assign one of our
sharp young men to the faculty of a high
school. He would be there to teach, coun
sel and advise students of their rights
and responsibilities.
“Students would be able to get to know
and identify with this officer as just a
normal human being, who loves and
hates, who has good days and bad ones
too,” commented the sheriff.
Not enough , teenagers understand
the purpose of juvenile criminology,
a special code of laws for young
people and the way it is enforced,
Sheriff Clark believes. Its main ob
jective is to help the young person
involved. Punitive court action is
only used as a last result. The of
ficer involved is there to help work
out the individual’s problems«
A panel of teenagers has been, success
fully used in police training sessions to
discuss the average teenager’s '• attitudes
and relationships with the police. These
sessions have been informative for both
the officers and the teenagers.'
This same sort of panel discussion pro
gram has also been used by the police
in juvenile detention homes. This type
of open discussion contributes to a friend
lier and all around better relationship.
A combat soldier, a peace corps-
Letters to the Editor
SITTING at his desk, Sheriff Don
ald Clark relaxes for a moment.
gestion arouses these neighbors to appear
to be “old grouches” no matter how legi
timate their reasons may be.
The enraged neighbors call the
sheriff’s office and demand firm ac
tion. Demands such as these were
the cause of recent road blocks
which, “though they were effective
in cutting some of the noise, caused
further alienation of teenagers from
the police.”
If teenagers were to give their actions
some thought and try to put themselves
in the place of the police officer, a great
deal of this misunderstanding could be
eliminated, Sheriff Clark suggested.
A perfect example of misunder
stood intentions is the question,“Why
Dear Editor,
We would like to express our
appreciation to all of those who
helped us with the United Good
Neighbors Spaghetti Dinner.
Thank you to White Satin
Sugar, the Hollywood Albert
son’s store, Porter-Scarpelli Mac
aroni Company, Carnation Com
pany, Yaw’s Top Notch, and
Woolworth’s in Lloyd Center.
We also thank our cook, Mrs.
Runyan, Cheques service club
and their advisor, Mrs. Willard-
son, all of the executive council,
the faculty and parents for their
help which made the dinner pos
sible.
Sincerely,
Connie Ackerman
Vance Hodnett
UGN Spaghetti
dinner co-chairmen
man, a humanitarian, and an even-
tempered gentlemen are all neces
sary qualifications of an excellent
policeman.
“You’ll never be a by-stander in life.
Y qu ’11 live every moment. You’ll be in
volved in the social and economic move
ments, the decision making and a part of
history making events as a policeman,”
stated the sheriff.
“A new officer receives a good start
ing salary, but it probably is not enough
for the kind of person he must be.” Ev
ery day he comes in contact with the
worst of people, yet he must always be
lieve in the best of people.
“Once a policeman loses his sympathy
for people or his ability to put himself
in their place, he might as well resign,”
he stated.
Albert Ouchi attends
New York conference
on economic education
Two weeks ago Albert Ouchi, senior
social studies and economics teacher, at
tended a week-long Developmental Eco
nomics Education program (DEEP) con
ference in New York city.
DEEP is a three-year program es
tablished to upgrade the nation’s
economic education. Participating
teachers and economists develop a
curriculum for grade school and high
school students.
Textbooks were developed last sum
mer by local teachers. They will be used
this year by all the grade schools in the
Grant district. Other school systems
throughout Oregon are participating.
Coordinators from the 30 school
districts in the nation who are par
ticipating in DEEP were present at
the conference. Mr. Ouchi is North
west coordinator. “The primary ob
jective (of the meeting) was to de
fine evaluation equipment,” stated
Mr. Ouchi.
“Evaluation equipment” is usually a
test designed to determine the effective
ness of the DEEP curriculum. “It is im
portant that we be able to report to the
public school systems and to the private
businesses behind the program any pr6g-
ress that is being accomplished,” ex
plained Mr. Ouchi.
As a result of the conference Mr. Ouchi
is exchanging information and materials
with DEEP coordinators from Wichita,
Kansas; Baltimore, Ohio; Miami, Florida
and Iowa.
When asked if the DEEP instructional
materials would continue to be used after
this year, the program’s third and final
one in Portland is finished, Mr. Ouchi
answered, “I certainly hope so!”
Noriko, she prefers to be called
her nickname, attends a school with
1650 students in Japan. “The stu
dents aren’t half so active in Japan,”
stated Noriko.
“We don’t have as many extra-curricu
lar activities in Japan.” They don’t have
any school dances, though the teenagers
do American dances, like the frug, when
they do dance.
Americanization has taken place in
Japan on a large scale, including teenage
dress, hair, dance and record styles and
fads. “The boys’ hair is not quite so long
and the girls’ skirts are not quite so
short,” commented Noriko.
The biggest difference that Noriko
notices between American and Jap
anese families is the status of the
male. The man is absolute boss and
the women keep quiet in Japan.
What really surprised her was that
boys work around the house. “My
American brother washes dishes,
helps in the kitchen, takes care of
his room and works in the yard. My
Japanese brother does none of these.
I like this way better.”
Noriko plays the shamisen, the tradi
tional Japanese musical instrument. It is
similar to a guitar, but it has only three
strings. When asked if she has tried to
play guitar she exclaimed, “Oh no, it
isn’t that much like a guitar.”
For Noriko’s birthday her American
family took her to dinner at the Bush
Gardens, October 1. She admits that both
the food and decor were very authentic.
“It made me home sick,” she expressed.
Temperance leader,
Frances £ Willard,
involves controversy
Last year at this time, through an arti
cle written by John Dudrey, the Granto
nian made a daring expose of what may
prove to be one of the most controver
sial issues of our time—surpassing Viet
nam, birth control, the space race and
the Senior prom.
The article, entitled “Who’s Frances E.
Willard . . . Early Temperance Leader
Honored” pointed out that under Section
370, Chapter 336 of the Oregon state
statutes, the afternoon of the fourth Fri
day in October is to be set aside for “in
struction and commemoration of the life,
history and achievements of Frances E.
Willard,” and furthermore adds that “All
public school officials and public school
teachers shall carry out the provisions of
this article.”
The somewhat tongue-in-cheek article
was picked up by a Portland newspaper,
and mentioned in Dick Fagan’s column
in the Oregon Journal. John received a
letter from the Women’s Christian Tem
perance Union (WCTU) congratulating
him for bringing to public knowledge this
unnoticed holiday, and also sent a book
let advising the hazards of smoking, nar
cotics, and of course, in the words of Miss
Willard herself,
. . this loathsome, hid
eous fiend Strong Drink.”
This year Frances E. Willard Day falls
on October 28. Will her day be celebrat
ed in festival and song or will it go again
unnoticed, lost through the passage Qf
time? Not to observe this day is a viola
tion of the Oregon state statute, but are
teachers throughout the state going to
devote class time to the study of a hither
to forgotten woman? Should that statute
be revised to having only the day go on
record and not celebrated?
I think somewhere Frances E. is chuck
ling softly...
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Vol. 69, No. 7 — October 21,1966
Barbara Earnest
Editor