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The Grantonian Vol. 69, No. 10 U.S. Grant High School, Portland, Oregon Thursday, Nov. 10, 1966 Five of faculty Optimist dub to honor six seniors serve on board ® annual Youth Appreciation week to do screening TERRY CUNNINGHAM and Polly Tower are rehearsing a scene between John Proctor and Abigail Williams, which takes place in a forest setting. Modern parallel lends interest to 'Crucible' as opening nears by Gayle Fleming Since its original production in 1953, The Crucible by Arthur Miller has grown in stature and captured the imagination of the atre audiences throughout the world. Wednesday through Sat urday this moving drama will once again come to the stage, presented in L-l at 7:30 p.m. by advanced dra ma students under the di rection of Mrs. Betty Foster. When it first opened, the play was given mixed reviews. Most critics agreed that it fell short of Mr. Miller’s Pulitzer prize winning play, Death of a Sales man, but had one important vir tue: it was about something that really mattered. Contemporary parallel to “The Crucible” is the Mc Carthy hearings of the early 1950’s, instigated by Senator Joseph McCarthy who con ducted a search for Com munists in government posts. Tlie national hysteria was in evitably compared to this story dealing with hysteria of an ear lier period in American history because of the date The Crucible was written. However, this comparison distracted from the first production of the play. Now that the McCarthy hearings , no longer distract from the general issue of freedom of judgment opposed to brutal domination of intolerance, “The Crucible” can be judged as the work of dra matic art it is rather than an editorial on the political situation. Exploring the question of lib erty and conscience, The Cruci ble was found by critics to be a forceful play written with the intense personal conviction of a man with a strong social con science. During his varied career, Mr. Miller wrote books, short stories, plays and radio scripts. Doing research work for the producers of the film The Story of GI Joe, he toured army camps during World War II and later wrote Situation Normal, a source book on army life. He also wrote a novel, Focus, on anti-Semitism. While in college, Mr. Miller wrote his first play, The Grass Still Grows, in the 10 days of spring vacation and it won him the Theater Guild national award. The Man Who Had All the Luck was Mr. Miller’s first Broadway produced play and was a financial failure. Since then he has written a number of successes, including All My Sons which received the Drama • Critics’ Circle award and his most successful Death of a Sales man. Essentially ,Mr. Miller is a moralist and in his play The Cru cible he speaks for the conscience of America. Banquet to have international fare An International banquet is being sponsored by the foreign language clubs. First of its kind, it will be held in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. on November 22. “The idea was more or less a consensus of (foreign language) teachers, designed for involve ment of all classes,” explained John Seymour, advisor to the Spanish National Honor society, which is coordinating the ban quet. Food dishes representative of each country will be a “unique feature” of the banquet, accord ing to Mr. Seymour. Beef Stro ganoff is the main dish, the Rus sian contribution. Tickets are now on sale in the student body store for $1.75. All language students are invited. The Optimist clubs of Portland will honor 93 students from 15 Portland high schools at a dinner Screening boards for prospec meeting November 16 as part of tive student teachers were held their annual Youth Appreciation last week at Portland State col week. lege with five faculty members With six fields represented, attending as screening board scrolls will be presented to Rick committee members. Dinnihanian for student body Representing the Portland affairs; Onia Bates for outstand public schools, John Stuckey at ing athlete; Jo Ann Suor for ral tended November 1, Ernest ly; Linda Small for musical abil Cowan and Mrs. Nancy Moore on ity; Gary Whitted for scholar November 2, and David Brattin ship; and Barbara Earnest for and Miss Lynn Mayer on No work in journalism. vember 3. Approximately fifty “The purpose of Youth Appre committees worked simultan ciation week is to remind citi eously throughout the week on zens of the community that er this project. rant young people are in the mi “We interviewed three pros nority and 95 per cent are fine pective student teachers for a upstanding citizens,” stated R. E. period of thirty minutes each,” Ratcliffe, member of the Youth stated Mr. Stuckey. “This was to determine if they were qualified Appreciation committee. “We wish to honor some of these out for student teaching.” standing youths with a dinner Following the interviews the meeting.” committees, composed of three Parents are also invited to the members each, voted on whether dinner which is to be held in the or not they thought the students ballroom of Portland, State col were qualified. Based on their lege at 7 p.m. Leon Jourolmon, committee majority, students immediate 'past president of the were permitted to teach or ad Northeast Optimist club, will be vised to take further courses the master of ceremonies. which would allow for their “Adult citizens that are inter readiness. ested in these six fields the stu- “Most of those interviewed seemed very aware of the as pects of high school teaching,” commented Mrs. Moore. “How JiamfiuA, XapAhA, ever, we asked them questions Friday, November 11— on high school discipline, and Veterans’ day, no school. most thought that discipline Saturday, November 12— would be no problem.” Dads’ Club Dinner and “I disliked the process used to Dance, Colwood Golf and screen the prospective student Country club, 8 p.m. teachers,” commented Mr. Brat tin. “I don’t think that I am able Tuesday, November 15— to pass judgment on a person B and C athletic awards. within thirty minutes of time.” Wednesday, November 16— “The significance of this pro Independent college con gram is the fact that there is a ferences; Portland Sym screening board for student phony Youth concert. teachers,” stated Mr. Stuckey. Thursday, November 17— “It hasn’t been long’since there Orchestra assembly. wasn’t even a screening board for teachers.” dents are to be honored in, will speak and present the awards to them,” commented Mr. Ratcliffe. Entertainment will be provided by the Portland State Vikes- men.” Future homemaker talent, experience examined with test “The Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow” tests will be given on December 6 to girls with ex perience or talent in homemak ing. Qualified girls from the home economics department have already signed up for these tests. The girls participating may only take one of the tests given. The tests will be scored and se lections of the Homemaker of Tomorrow will be made by Sci ence Research Associates of Chi cago, Illinois. The girl having the highest score in each participating school, and certified as to char acter by her school principal will be the school Homemaker of Tomorrow and will be eligible in the competition of the state in which the school is located. The following awards will be made to the winning Homemak ers: to the Homemaker of To morrow from each school a spe cially designed “Homemaker of Tomorrow” award, to the State Homemaker a $1,500 scholar ship and to the All-American Homemaker a scholarship of $5,000. Each state Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow and a female faculty adviser appoint ed by the school principal will be invited to participate in an educational tour in April 1967 at General Mills’ expense. Television program features students In conjunction with the World Affairs council, the Portland public schools will present a se ries of 14 programs on interna tional relations. Beginning on November 13, at 5:30 p.m. on KOIN- TV, the program series will run through June. It will be presented the third or fourth week of every month. Students of Grant have the “honor” of presenting the first program of the series, according to Dan Robinson, who is one of the creators of the program. Students Anita Austin, Andy Gill, Ivory Nichlos, Jeff Perel and Lynn Bouray, alternate, will present “The Color of a Man’s Skin,” the topic for the first of the se ries. The discussion will be of South African, Rhodesian, and Southwestern African problems. The affect of these problems on the United States and the United Nations’ role in these problems will also be covered in the dis cussion. Lynn, an alternate in the first program, will be one various racial problems in Rho desia and South Africa and re late these to the United States. Also, by extensively researching this problem we have bettered ourselves,” commented Andy Gill. Secondly, we hope that this program will improve the opin ion of the public about high school students, especially stu dents from Grant high school!” concluded Andy when asked what he felt the purpose of the programs would be. Students participating in this program were chosen by mem bers of the faculty. Each student was discussed and chosen by ver bal agreement. Commentator for the program will be Ken Lewis, a lawyer and member of the World Affairs ANITA AUSTIN, and Andy Gill, Ivory Nicholas, seated, will Council. Dr. Charles White of take part in a new television series in conjunction with the Portland State college also helped formulate this program World Affairs council. along with Mr. Robinson and of the students participat ticipated in two preparatory ses Mr. Lewis. ing in the last of the series, sions at Portland State college. According to Mr. Robinson the which will be a general dis The classes each lasted about students have done extra study cussion of the programs two hours. ing and reading for the program. covered during the year. “We have a two-fold purpose, The program will be “taped” to The students have each par- first, to inform the public about night at KOIN-TV.