December 16, 1966 Foreign Christmases recalled by Foreign Exchange students by Cynthia Evans Christmas in America will be a new and exciting experience for foreign exchange students Luis Couchonnal from Para guay, Nobuko Inoue from Japan and Kanta Merchandani from India. Having his home in the tropical climate of Para guay, which averages 74 de grees year ’round and has “no snow,”, as he puts it, Luis enthusiastically antici pates the coming of a snowy winter season and maybe a white Christmas. Recently during a trip to Mt. Hood, Luis witnessed his first snowfall. “You just don’t know What a new experience it is tc see snow for the first time in your life,” he said. Since the weather in Par aguay does not provide a setting for Santa Claus, Jan uary 6 is set aside and cele brated as the Feast of the Three Kings. On that morn ing all little children receive a present left by the bedside. Students to start years scheduling of dusses soon by Elaine Wolfe Which courses do I want to take? Which courses will I be able to take? Should I have a study hall? These questions have to be answered before forecast ing for next year’s schedule. A meeting to inform par ents of the courses offered will be conducted by the ad ministration and counseling staff in January. This will start the forecasting proce dures which will continue through to the end of Janu ary, at which time all fore cast sheets must be turned in. During this time forecasting booklets will be distributed to the present freshmen, sopho mores and juniors. Each of the class counselors will speak in the classrooms to inform stu dents of the revisions and addi tions to the curriculum. Such changes in curricu lum are implemented by a committee designed to func tion in the interest of the school. The committee con sists of the academic depart ment chairmen, Principal Roy O. Malo, Gust Kanas, vice-principal in charge of curriculum and the other administrators on occasion. “Working to define and formu late policies and procedures in written form to help guide teachers in programming the best possible placement for stu dents, this committee has done a very good job,” staled Mr. Kanas. The information appearing in the forecasting materials is in great part due to the work of this committee. Celebration of Christmas Day is similar to that of the United States. Relatives and close friends get together for a dinner or a party. “It is customary for the little kids to have made a manger scene,” said Luis. During the Christmas sea son in Japan everyone goes shopping in the brightly decorated stores. “We buy Christmas cakes, exchange cards and have many spe- cial programs and articles,” commented Nobuko. “When asked about Santa Claus, Nobuko said, “As small children we are told the stofy but when we grow older, as you know, we don’t really believe anymore.” Trees are used as a room decoration and gifts are ex- changed at dinnertime or morning. “It is not custom ary to put presents around the tree as in America,” ex plained Nobuko*. Keeping the holy spirit of Christmas, on New Year’s Day people go to the temple or shrine to pray for a good year. To Kanta, Christmas is a deco rated one-week holiday with dances, parties and cards sent to a few Christian friends. But, the really big feast and counterpart to Christmas of the Hindus is Diwali. Diwali, or festival of lights, is held in November. It is also the Hindu New Year. On one day every family has a prayer or small ceremony. We exchange gifts and have fire works,” concluded Kanta. by Cindy Barrett 3 On The Shelf by Cynthia Barrett Orphans seek safety, happiness If you have a free study hall next week, pick up the Decem ber issue of Good Housekeeping magazine on the library rack, and turn to the story about four evangelists on page 93. “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John” is Pearl S. Buck’s newest story. The four “good angels” are illegitimate half Korean, half-American chil dren, abandoned by their parents and living together in a cave in the Korean city of Pusan. On Christmas day, as they beg at the gate of an American army base, they were, by mistake ush ered into an orphans’ Christmas party sponsored by the soldiers. They are fed well, clothed, and put into the orphanage. Matthew is adopted by one GI, and goes home to America. But he still re members his friends Mark, Luke and John, who are without families. By the next Christmas, plans are afoot to find homes in America for them. Told in a serious manner that avoids the maudlin, the story deals with a subject that can be quite emotional. Americans don’t relish being reminded that they have left their seed in a far coun try, and that their descendants are not treated with respect. “Why am I considered foreign?” asks Matthew, Pilot courses use audio-visual aids to increase students' interest, skills Freshman and sophomore Eng lish and social studies classes of fer a pilot program that provides “additional equipment and class room materials” designed to “in crease student interest and basic learning skills,” said Gust Kanas, vice-principal in charge of cur riculum. Teachers conducting pilot classes are: Miss Helen Cherry, sophomore English; Mrs. Diane Cedros, fresh man English-social studies; Thomas Piennett, sopho more U.S. history; Leonard Whitlow, freshman English- social studies. Using audio-visual aids such as tape recorders, slide and over head projectors, many maga zines, and a television set, the teachers break monotony of everyday classes, holding stu dent interest. “I have ample material,” said Mr. Piennett, referring to the films, extra maga zines he brings from home, and many historical pam phlets, and books he has been able to order. “I use them with my other classes,” he stated. “It isn’t ‘canned’ stuff.” Miss Cherry has made special efforts to make her room attrac- THE GRANTONIAN tive. Monstrous bright paper flowers and an illustrated alpha bet adds color and light. But has feels that enough paperback books are not available for her class. Mrs. Cedros and Mr. Whitlow, who teach an English - social studies class, feel that our pro gram is limited because of lack of federal aid. Miss Cherry agreed, and added “We’re not an underprivileged area.” “one of ‘those’.” Finding other half-Koreans like him self, he assumes the position of a father over them, to provide a semblance of the family. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are creations of the noted writer Pearl S. Buck, who seems to want them to be evangelists of a new movement, a movement to adopt or care for orphans of part-American parentage in for eign lands. In Korea, children fathered by Americans, then desert ed, have little chance to de velop into respected, respon sible citizens. Family back ing and education are Vir tually necessary for ad vancement. In all Asian countries, the ap parent difference in appearance between the native and the half Asian brings embarrassment to the child and his mother. In many cases, especially in Korea, Miss Buck indicates, the mother will abandon the child. Miss Buck knows Asia well, as she was raised in China and has traveled extensively in the Near and Far East. The problem of the American-Asian child has troubled her for some time. In 1949 she established Wel come House, Inc., an adoption agency which finds permanent homes and parents for children of mixed Asian-American par entage. Another organization, the Pearl S. Buck foundation, tries to care for these children who must stay in the country of their birth. Miss Buck has raised nine adopted children herself. Especially qualified, then, to write on the subject of Asian- American orphans, Miss Buck has done so in this story with the object of helping them. She asks Americans to be responsible for their progeny. Holiday Spirits from MAYNARD’S • Razor cutting • Hairstyling 4216 N.E. Mason St, CkwaletteA.* Lynn Mary Jane NANCY O’BRIEN of Berg’s Hi Board says : Nora Linda just tell S anta Joanne Connee for Christmas! COLISEUM STAGE Lynn FRI.r DEC. 23 Joan 2:30 & 8 P.M. 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