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Summer job hunting begun by students;
counselors, agencies offer assistance
With summer almost here many stu­
dents have begun to apply for jobs, and
others have already obtained summer
employment.
Counselor Wayne Robinson is in
charge of handling students who
wish to learn how to apply for a job;
and also can help students find jobs
already available.
Many services work through the school,
such as the Multnomah County Youth
Task Force, which enabled students to
work on the Oxbow project last year.
This entailed a crew of boys working in
Letters to the Editor
Cartoon by Heidi Dyrhaug
arntval óucceóó
to unity
With the successful spring carnival over, if is time to pause and reflect
on how well students and faculty members worked together to make the
carnival from a rather disorganized pile of lumber into one thriving, co­
lossal unit, enjoyed by young and old alike. .
In a high school as large as this., unity is a necessity in order to make
any large project such as the carnival run smoothly. Unity is perhaps what
student body office candidates stress when they urge students to “get
involved”.
The success of the carnival illustrates what can happen when a group
of students do “get involved”. The Grantonian wishes to commend activi­
ties director John Stuckey, and the spring executive council for putting in
many hours of planning and hard work on the carnival, especially student
body vice-president Kim Patterson, general chairman.
Walter Eriksen deserves recognition as he was general overseer of
booth construction and made sure each booth got the right materials«
There are many, many others; each interest and honorary club president
worked through the Inter-Club council and separately through their clubs
in the construction and working in the separate booths,
Commendations also go to the hundreds of students who spent much
time getting the booths ready and working in them.
To the Editors:
In the last issue of the Grantonian, sev­
eral explanations were made for the lack
of candidates for student body offices.
One of these was the possibility that the
elections have become popularity con­
tests. I would like to suggest still another
reason. How about the fear of being shot
down by your “editorial board”, possibly
defeating a candidate even before the
election? To the candidate who doesn’t
know any of these five judges, yould
golden throne might seem still higher.
And unless you can guarantee 100 per­
cent objectivity at all times, the election
will tend to become even more like a
test of popularity.
There are too few candidates now to
allow anybody to narrow the numbers
still further, through any justification.
The original purpose of elections was to
let the voters make the judgements. Why
not try letting us decide for ourselves?
—unless only you are intelligent enough
to evaluate the evidence.
Respectfully,
Jack Mishler
‘Camelot’ chairmen say
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Second place winning essay - Multno­
mah County Law Day Essay Contest,
by Vance Lester Hodnett, senior.
“Democracy is on trial in the
world, on a more colossal scale than
ever before.” In this trial, a demo­
cratic country such as ours must be
able to practice and demonstrate the
fairness of its system of justice if it
is to fulfill the expectations of the
world, of the founding fathers, and of
ourselves. Since our country’s incep­
tion, we have been grappling with the
problem of making the scales of jus­
tice uniform for all people.
Several court decisions show that
progress is being made toward equal
application of the law for everyone.
In the famous Gideon v. Wainwright
decision, the Supreme Court held
that an accused is entitled to a law­
yer, even if he can’t afford to pay for
one. Recently, James Hoffa was sent
to jail, despite his court battle, for
his fraudulent union activities. But
there remain the under-privileged
who are denied complete justice, and
the fortunate who can appeal their
cases indefinitely and obtain acquit­
tals, and thus the democratic maxim
of Teddy Roosevelt’s that “no man is
above the law, and no man is below
it” has yet to be achieved.
Democracies have always faced the
dilemma of providing equal justice
for citizens of unequal means. The
esteem which the world holds for our
American democracy, is partially de­
pendent upon how effectively we
solve our dilemma of justice. Prog­
ress has been made, but the ideal con­
cept of uniform justice for all has yet
to be fully realized in the eyes of our­
selves and of the world.
Generalities
Regan Crowley placed second in the
State Solo contest for violin last Satur­
day.
Progress seen as opening night nears
As opening night for Camelot nears,
the heads of departments involved in its
production are optimistic and enthusias­
tic.
“Camelot is progress­
sing in great fashion!
All leads and ensem­
bles are maturing to­
ward what should be a
terrific show,” accord­
ing to Wilber Funk,
choral director.
He adds, “Chorus
people appear on the
state, back stage and in
Wilbur Funk
the auditorium itself,
The choir has.a lot to do with the con-
tinuity of the play—often the songs have
a great deal to do with the plot.” Ap­
proximately forty members of the chorus
are involved in the musical.
Eugene Kaza and the
orchestra will provide
the instrumentation. He
states, “Camelot is the
most ambitious work
ever undertaken in the
ten years I have been
here. Though it pre­
sents many difficulties,
the pride and effort of
the participants will
Eugene Kaza
make it a smashing suc­
cess.”
Backstage the stage crew under the di­
rection of Lloyd Carothers is “Ready to
go.” In addition to building flats and
scenes they have com­
pleted a huge rock
structure and trees for
the production.
The art department
under Mahlon Read is
also working behind
the scenes.
He comments, “Things
are coming along very
well. So far we’ve fin­
Mahlon Read
ished two outdoor bill­
boards and 200 silk screen posters adver­
tising Camelot.
“But this is just a start,” adds Mr.
Read. “The program cover, ticket design,
and most of the scenery have been com-
pleted also.
“Miss Katherine Cameron is in charge
of the heraldry flags which have just
been completed,” concluded Mr. Read.
Dancing and choreography are being
taken care of by the Gendrills.
“Those who are dancing in ‘Camelot’,
are really doing a pretty good job,” com­
mented Mrs. Diane Bigbee, Camelot
choreographer. “It is a new dancing ex­
perience for them and they are adjusting
well.”
“We have met just a
few complications in
working out the danc­
ing,” stated Mrs. Big­
bee. “The time limit
presents the biggest
problem and lack of
space in which we have
to work out the dances
in is another.”
“The drama depart­
Lloy d Carothers
ment has been involved
100%, especially these last two weeks,”
said department head Mrs. Betty Foster.
“The entire production end is handled
by advanced and be­
ginning dramateurs.
The committee chair­
men of the costume,
makeup and properties
as well as most of their
committees are from
drama.
“Camelot is coming
along—pulling together
nicely. Right now the
Mrs. Betty Foster
music is being added,
the actors are ready and have interpreted
the lines well. I hope we have a good
audience to justify the hours of time and
effort that have gone into Camelot, the
hours donated by both students and fac­
ulty.”
“My feet are swollen,” laughed Kellie
Harmon, in charge of all costumes. There
are about forty choral parts as well as
ten speaking roles that have to have from
one to five costume changes.”
Equally hurried is Rita Rusen, chair­
man of the properties department. There
are still several pieces of furniture that
have to be located-
the Oxbow area, refinishing the park.
The Young Women’s Christian As­
sociation also works through the
school, taking women applicants for
“Y” sponsored jobs.
“About six out of seven applicates has
a better chance , of getting the job if he
goes down and applies himself,’ said
Mr. Robinson. “Our purpose is to help
the student prepare for job interviews,
and to let him know what jobs are avail­
able.”
“It is important that the student apply­
ing realize what assets he does have and
to be able to tell the employer about
them. Too many students fail to include
mentioning what job experience they
have had.”
Ways to seek jobs include visiting the
local office of the State Employment
service (the Youth Opportunity Center)
at 25 N.E. 11; watching notices in the
classified section of the newspapers.
If you have a skill or trade you are
training for, visit local union offices or
placement bureaus; visiting private em­
ployment agencies (although a state
agency offers the same services, the pri­
vate agencies charge a fee), and note
that in most post offices there are notices
regarding Federal civil service.
Cmeraíí^ òpeahùi^
by Gayle Fleming
TEACHERS DESERVE HIGHER
WAGES. This is a fact, but it Was not
proven, nor the faculty’s cause furthered
by the early morning demonstration
around the senior bench last week:',.
Though perhaps instigated with sincerity*
in reality the action did more harm than
good.
Demonstrations primarily serve the
purpose of drawing attention to matters
of concern hitherto swept under the rug.
Actions taken by the teachers themselves
in recent weeks have done this. Further­
more, the faculty stayed within the
boundaries of their contracts and good
taste, managing to get the point across
and maintain dignity for themselves and-
their cause.
However, through their tongue-in-
cheek emulation of the faculty, the dem­
onstrating students managed to turn the
entire matter into a joke and drew at­
tention only to themselves.
The demonstration placed the school,
students and the modern generation in
general in a bad light. Too many of the
participants acted the way anti-adoles­
cent adults would like to think all young
people act, to do anything for the teach­
ers’ cause besides making it appear rad­
ical and suspicious.
Teachers have too much at stake for us
to risk thwarting them with our actions
of concern, whether feigned or real. We
owe a debt to these people for the edu­
cational opportunity they afford us. It is
our responsibility to do only that wjiich
is in their best interest.
One can argue that at the very least
the exhibition was entertaining. Enter­
tainment is getting expensive.
Çrantonian
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Vol. 70, No. 12 — May 5,1967
Co-Editors .. . ...........
Gayle Fleming
Elaine Wolfe
Editorial Assistant . .\. Barbara Earnest
1st Page Editor....... . Cecile O’Rourke
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Elaine Wolfe
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