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THE GRANTONIAN
December 9, 1966
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Section 16-907, Ordinance 109502, City of Port
land, effective March 1,1959.
"It shall be unlawful for any person under the age
of 18 years to smoke, chew or in any manner use,'or
Laws are merely “written guides” for society to fol
low. Some of these “guides” seem impossible to enforce.
One such guide is the law governing juvenile smokers.
Cigarettes are much too easy for juveniles to come by.
Generalities
Patricia Casey, 1965 graduate, was
selected Lucia Bride of the Festival of
Lights of the Scandinavian countries.
She was crowned at the ceremony at the
University of Oregon where she is at
tending.
have in his possession any cigar, cigarette, or tobacco
in any form whatsoever in any public highway, street,
alley, place, park, square, or resort, including any
public school grounds or premises.”
Anyone can walk up to a vending machine, drop 35
cents in, pull a lever and receive a pack of cigarettes.
The law states that there is to be no smoking in the
vicinity of school, which is designated as two blocks in
any direction from school. Take a walk; through the
park; on corners; or directly across the street from
school to see how often this law is broken.
Is it that you have no respect for the law? Is it that
you realize that the police are not able to adequately en
force the law? Out of forty juveniles arrested in one day
by police officers five were charged with being in posses
sion of tobacco.
When students are found smoking by school authori
ties they receive a warning letter and then they are sus
pended and/or expelled, according to Mrs. Melva An
derson and Hubert Shovlin, vice-principals.
“If young people today with the basic knowledge
that cigarette smoking can be injurious to their health,
continue smoking, they are foolish. They are jeopardiz
ing their health,” declared Mr. Shovlin.
Is there an adequate retort to this problem? Regula
tion of vending machines so that the person in charge of
the place of business knows who the cigarettes are going
to and can prevent the sale of them to juveniles would
be a good place to start, but is it enough?
You are forcing the law to act as your mother did
when you were a small child and did something you
knew was wrong. She would spank your hands or send
you to bed without dinner. You’re grown now; enough
to know the difference between right and wrong. Don’t
make the law discipline you.
How often have you broken the law?
School dictates policy
No coffee, soda pop for lunch
by Dan Ellis
It has been proposed several times
during the past few years that soda pop
and coffee be served to the students in
FOLDING, ironing, and sewing, Student Guidance commissioners (right to
left) Judi Donald, Mary Martin, and Krys Charneski get clothes ready for
transport to Hillcrest school for girls. Any used items suitable fo gifts are
sought from the student body.
Hillcrest school girls to receive useful gifts
from Student Guidance commission's drive
by Cindy Barrett
Earrings and a pink poodle are among
gifts the Student Guidance commission
has collected to send to the Hillcrest
sqhool for girls. Decorative and useful
items, in good repair, are wanted, ac
cording to Mrs. Helen Clark and Miss
June Peterson, advisors.
“Extras” that most teenage girls
take for granted, such as perfumes,
cosmetics, jewelry, party dresses,
and stuffed toy animals are a rarity
at Hillcrest, explained Mary Parker,
commission secretary.
“If these gifts give them (the Hillcrest
girls) pride, we hope they will develop
pride in themselves,” stated Mary. The
commissioners have appealed to the stu
dent body for help in their effort.
Class commissioners and their
helpers are soliciting donations
from their classes. This “appealing
personally to people” will help make
the drive a success, said Mary Mar
tin, head commissioner.
“We will pick names at random from
the office lists,” said Mary, “and send
them a little note.” Asking their coop
eration in this way will make students
realize that their gifts are needed,” she
added.
Students should bring articles to room
117, and deposit them in Mrs. Clark’s
office. Commissioners and aides will then
clean, sort, and box items, and “make
minor repairs,” said Mrs. Clark.
When the commission sponsored the
same drive four years ago, “. . . the
Hillcrest girls liked beads and dressup
dresses,” said Mrs. Melva Anderson,
vice-principal of girls. She contacted a
counselor for the Hillcrest school, Mrs.
Bonnie Wilkins, whose reaction was
“very favorable.”
“Mrs. Wilkins will pick up the articles
collected on December 15,” said Mary
Martin. The drive itself will end on De
cember 12. “The Christmas spirit dom
inates the drive, and makes us willing
to give our time,” concluded Mary.
the cafeteria. The basic argument has
been that if it is a student’s lunchroom,
then the students should be served what
they want.
But what is the answer? Why aren’t
students served these foods?
It is the expressed recommenda
tion of the American Dental associa
tion, the American School Service
commission, and other agencies that
carbonated drinks not be served to
students in school lunchrooms.
Dispensation of the drinks is another
problem. In the words of cafeteria super
visor Mrs. Viola Runyan, “They are real
headaches.” There are three main prob
lems involved with the installation of
machines: (1) Machines breaking down,
(2) Machines running out of pop, and
(3) Students using “slugs” to cheat the
machines.
As it is now, there is no written
school district law that forbids the
serving of these beverages. The
present format is pure policy. This
policy is laid down by the district’s
Cafeteria Co-ordinating office.
Coffee is not served because it is
deemed a “stimulant” and is therefore
served only to teachers. The health fac
tor enters here too, as growth stunting
is feared.
It appears that the goal of the cafeteria
staff is to try to get students to drink
milk. Over 700 cartons of it are sold
daily. They are so pointed towards this
goal that it is sold at a loss. The cafeteria
buys the milk at 7 cents a carton and
sells it at 5 cents a carton. The two cent
difference is made up by the federal
government, who repays the school.
Therefore, not selling pop and cof
fee to students is apparently not a policy
of useless denial but a policy of weighted
evidence with the students’ benefit in
mind.
Eugene Kaza to attend
area music conference
A trip to Missoula, Montana will be in
store for music department chairman Eu
gene Kaza next April to attend the North
west Music Educators’ conference.
“I’ve been invited because I happen to
be president, of the Oregon chapter of the
American String Teachers association,”
stated Mr. Kaza.
The orchestra is now awaiting word to
see if they were accepted to perform dur
ing the conference.
Nancy O’Brien
Fashions surveyed
by Nancy O'Brien
Who is the girl with the watchful eye
for fashion? She’s senior Nancy O’Brien,
“Seventeen National Fashion Counici”
member. Nancy will be keeping a close
proximity on all the fashion trends
around school this year. She is Grant’s
Berg’s Hi-Board representative.
The girls on the council have four
projects to complete during their year
which lasts from September of 1966
through August of 1967. Nancy’s first
project was to conduct a “survey” on
styles and fashions in Portland. “It
turned out to be the military look,” Nan
cy commented. She also did a layout
showing these fashions.
Besides receiving a subscription to
Seventeen Magazine, Nancy obtains a
“sneak preview” of the magazine a
month before normal distribution. She
periodically exchanges letters with her
adviser, keeping up to date on all the
latest fashions.
Asked about her position, Nancy stat
ed, “You learn a lot. It’s a real good ex
perience.” She was chosen for this posi
tion by the other Berg’s Hi-Board repre
sentatives.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
At the last meeting of the Greater
Portland Inter High School Traffic Safe
ty council, Monday, December 5, 1966,
I showed a Grantonian. Students repre
senting other high schools in the county
and various city officials looked upon
your effort to help our traffic problem
at Grant with great favor.
I too think you should be commended
for your interest in alleviating our grave
traffic problem. I sincerely hope that ev
eryone takes heed to what the Granto
nian said in the last issue as the traffic
situation is certainly a serious one.
Sincerely,
Andy Gill
Traffic Safety Council Rep
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Vol. 69, No. 13 — December 9, 1966
Editor ..............................Barbara Earnest
1st Page Editor................................ Gayle Fleming
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