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THE GRANTONIAN
April 21, 1967
endorse
erm can
Because we recognize the impor
tance of student body elections and
because so few students have any
knowledge of the candidates’ ideas
and qualifications, we of the edi
torial board of the GRANTONIAN
have done research on these people
and offer the following endorsements.
The three candidates for student
body president seem well qualified
and aware of the duties of the office.
Bob Heldfond can be noted to. have
excellent leadership qualities, ideas
and the energy that’s been lacking
in the past, while Doug Harrower
would be a good representative, Neil
Jacobsen is also qualified and shows
a great deal of concern and consider
ation for all students.
For the office of vice-president,
Elizabeth Streukens seems to have
the necessary qualities and experi
ence. The great deal of work she has
done for tne school in the past is in
itself a recommendation.
Sue Hatchard won our favor for
secretary primarily because of the
initiative she has shown in the past
through her varied activities.
Because Steve Turner evidently
underestimates the potential of the
office of athletic representative, we
feel Karsten Musaeus shows much
more promise and could probably do
a better job.
Experience and an understanding
of the office recommends Pam An
derson for assistant treasurer. Patti
West is also qualified and her activi
ties in the past would be to her ad
vantage on the executive council.
Two candidates are running for
each of the executive Girls’ league
positions. For president we find both
candidates equally qualified and de
serving and for secretary we lean to
wards Jean Yakymi because she ran
on her own initiative. We recom
mend Gail Harrower for service rep
resentative for the same reason.
For the office of General council
president, it is necessary only to
point out that both Dan Aiken and
David Hytowitz sincerely want the
position and that they both know the
ins-and-outs of
General council
(probably because they’ve both been
in and out so many times ...).
With all due respect,
The Editorial Board
Gayle Fleming
Cynthia Froom
Mary Jane Hulett
Cecile O’Rourke
Elaine Wolfe
Baccalaureate has been scheduled for
May 25 in the auditorium. The religious
ceremony for graduating seniors is not.
compulsory. The seniors have voted to
have it and many people have gone to a
lot of work to make baccalaureate a suc
cess.
This is true throughout the city, in
almost every high school. But it
seems to be the general opinion of
the schools that they should drop the
entire program.
At Franklin, the seniors have voted to
have their baccalaureate in a church on
Sunday, May 28. Students will partici
pate in the program but the ceremony is
Ribsticking, indigestibly good snack
/ora peanut butter malts for lunch bunch
wheat, cream of peanut butter soup,
and so on.
Oh, about the calories: if you’re on a
diet, forget it. In case you’ve been won
dering what sets a peanut butter malt
apart from the run-of-the-mill milkshake
variety, the answer is approximately 500
calories.
Actually, the only way to tell if
you’re a lover or a hater of the
“drink” is to try it. (Which is more
difficult than it sounds, as only a
few of the more liberal ice-cream
eateries will make them and even
less carry them on the menu.)
However, as one infamous nobody once
stated: “Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried
it.” So, if all else fails—make it yourself.
Here’s how:
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Letters to the Editor
Cartoon by Dennis Tabor
To the Editors:
In the past few weeks, the General
council has concerned itself with two is
sues important to the State of Oregon.
I feel the General Council should con
tinue along this line for two reasons:
(1) We must make the state legisla
tors aware that today’s teenagers are ma
ture enough to realize, analyze and act
upon today’s important issues, and
(2) Due to the likelihood of the 18-
year-old vote, we must prepare the stu
dent body on the important issues upon
which we will be required to vote.
With the new role of the General Coun
cil, I feel this body has finally begun to
act constructively for the students of
Grant high school.
Millard Roberts
Traditional baccalaureate losing effect
for students through poor attendance
by Cynthia Evans
and Gayle Fleming
If you like things that stick to your
ribs, teeth, tongue, throat, intestinal
tract, etc, etc. and/or you enjoy playing
super-vacuum while eating through a
straw, you may like peanut butter malts
—but we wouldn’t place any bets.
Yes, despite their gooey-goodness,
peanut butter malts do not appeal to
the masses (Believe it or not). Per
haps it is because the standards for
a peanut butter malt lover are so
high. Besides being a peanut butter
glugger, you have to enjoy experi
menting with it— you know, peanut
butter and mashed bananas on whole
Ingredients
3 large scoops vanilla ice-cream
% cup cold milk
4 globs peanut butter—or more,
depending on how much you like it
1 huge, heaping tablespoon powdered
malt
1 glass ice-water (make that 2 glasses)
Directions
If you have a blender you’re in good
shape, but if you don’t an electric mixer
or good ol’ hand power will do. Combine
all ingredients except ice-water in any
imaginable order—it doesn’t really mat
ter. It all comes out the same—one thick,
gooey, thirst-unquenching mass of de
licious stick-to-your-teeth peanut butter
malt.
Now that you’ve got it all mixed to
gether you’re ready to experience a real
happening. Turn on your highest suction
ability and drink or rather glug it all
down. Follow this with an ice-water
chaser and you’ll feel just fine?
Class works to restore canoe in old science room
WORKING on the preliminary step of scraping the paint from the 16-year-old
canoe are, left to right, Cathy Boe, Joyce Rawls, Lester Pilkett and Dewey Calvin.
A 16 foot laminated plywood canoe is
situated in room 213 where 9 students
under the direction of Paul Yakymi are
refurbishing it.
“This is a practical application of what
is learned in class. It gives my students a
more meaningful experience which can
be used within the reparation of their
own possessions or in industry,” stated
Mr. Yakymi.
The project began three weeks ago
when the students started scraping the
paint off the 17-year-old canoe, in order
to smooth the surface and uncover all
cracks before applying the fiberglass
coating and resin seal on the bottom.
Although the class has been meeting
all year, this is the first time it has been
able to tackle such a project, because of
lack of space.
Through their work with fiberglass the
class is learning the proper uses and tech
niques of handling fiberglass, also noting
its industrial uses as strong material in
the body production of Corvettes, Sting
rays, and other cars and trucks.
Mr. Yakymi bought the boat several
years ago from the Hudson Bay company
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is
thought that the canoe was used for
camping, although in many parts of Can
ada a canoe is one of the best modes of
transportation.
not required.
Baccalaureate is much the same
at Madison. It is not required and,
in fact, the general opinion is to get
rid of the ceremony completely.
While Washington seniors are attend
ing an open-air service, the students at
Lincoln are listening to ministers of three
faiths: Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish.
Roosevelt and Wilson will both have
their baccalaureate in their own audi
toriums and will have receptions after
wards.
At Grant, baccalaureate ceremonies
have been arranged similar to these.
There will be speeches by ministers from
the three faiths, a church choir will be
invited, and there will be a reception
held by the P.T.A. in the library. Celia
Frazer, American Problems teacher, has
taken great pains to make baccalaureate
a success. It will be a success only if the
seniors take part in the activity they vot
ed to have.
(jenera/ity. •Speaking.
by Gayle Fleming
That some students are concerned.
about abortion is really very sweet. Con
cern is truly wonderful and one of the
few redeeming qualities of our genera
tion. But concern about abortion is only
sweet, particularly when one considers
that students don’t care enough about
sanitation to keep their eating area lit
ter-free or about “the American way” to
adopt a system of poll voting for them
selves.
Like the older generation that spends
billions of dollars trying to fly through
space and holds penny-drives in grade
schools to cure cancer, we are throwing
our resources away on impressive and
exciting matters, even though the effort
may completely disappear result-wise.
Needless to say, it’s easier to poison a
glass of water than the Pacific ocean. If
you want to aim big: try a reservoir.
In our case, the valuable resource is
time. General council meets for thirty to
forty-five minutes once a week during a
term of approximately four months. Not
only is it unfair to the students they rep
resent to spend this time arguing about
subjects over which they have no con
trol and could probably never agree upon
anyway because of different religious
and cultural backgrounds, but it is unfair
to the topic.
If these students want to impress or
sway the older generation with their
concern, abortion is not the place to
start. Some adult, somewhere is going to
ask “Why?” and the answer would be to
the advantage of neither the cause nor
the students.
One doubts if it was concern that drew
so many students to a recent general
council meeting — chances are it was
abortion. There can be little doubt what
is predominate in our concern. Try as we
will (perhaps because we try too hard)
we’re just like the generations that pro
ceeded us.
^Jlie Çi'a.ntoniati
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Vol. 70, No. 10 — April 21,1967
Co-Editors........................ Gayle Fleming
Elaine Wolfe
Editorial Assistant ......Barbara Earnest
1st Page Editor........... Cecile O’Rourke
2nd Page Editors........... Gayle Fleming
Elaine Wolfe
3rd Page Editor ......Mary Jane Hulett
4th Page Editor............. Cynthia Froom
Reporters........................Cindy Barrett
Marilyn Best, Mike Cochrane, Casey
Coughlin, Cynthia Evans, Mike Hoff
man, Marilyn Leonard
Business Manager....... ...Lorna Viken
Circulation . .Bonnie Brown, Julie Ferry
Photographers................. Cynthia Evans
Miriam Moore
Adviser............................ Willard Mohn