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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1967)
Senior activities include prom, spiritual rite, administration day by Marilyn Best Activities slated on the senior calendar for next week include the Senior Prom, Senior Admin istration day and Baccalaureate. The first highlight will be the Senior Prom. “Magno- Staff to distribute annual yearbook nex t Wednesday r || I J | « i rOll ICQuCrS elected New executive council members are, left to right, front row: Dave Hytowitz, General council president; Secretary Sue Hatchard; Vice-President Elizabeth Streukens. Second row: Candy Jenkins, assistant treasurer; President Bob Heldfond; Margaret Callahan, Girls’ league president. Third row: Steve Turner, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Jean Yakami, Girls’ league secretary. Memoirs, the school’s year book, will be distributed in reg istration rooms on Wednesday. A limited number of books will also be on sale in center hall along with plastic covers. Pre-sold books will be stacked according to reg rooms in the multi-purpose room. A person from each reg room will be sent down to pick up their room’s books and to distribute them. About the yearbook, Editor Linda Wanamaker said, “I really think it’s one of the greatest books Grant’s ever had.” She went on to explain that the book is a combination of all the good points of previous books plus sme new ideas and different touches by this year’s staff. Emphasis this year has been placed on more precision and on an all-around better book. The organization of the book is dif ferent from last year’s Parent associations to name scholars Courses offered in summer by Cecile O’Rourke Two types of summer school are being offered this year for high school students. The Port land School district will sponsor one, with Multnomah college of fering another. School district summer high school will be held June 19-July 28 at Benson, Grant, Lincoln' and Wilson high schools. Grant and Wilson will hold courses mainly in effective read ing, typing and other enrichment areas, while Benson and Lincoln will hold basic high scchool courses. “There will be some shop courses available at Benson,” commented Wayne Robinson, counselor. Fees will be $30.00 for a one- unit course (full morning) and $15.00 for a half-unit course (half the morning). Multnomah college is of fering a ‘twilight high school’ program from June 12 until August 3. There will be four periods between 5:25 and 9:20 p.m. Fees for the school are $20.00 for a half-unit course, $35.00 for a one-unit course, $48.00 for a one-unit course and a one-half Saturday— Senior Prom, 8-11 p.m., Masonic Temple Tuesday- Senior Administration day Installation assembly Senior tea, 3:15, library Wednesday— Memoirs distributed Band concert, 7:30 p.m., front lawn Thursday— Baccalaureate, 7:30 p.m., auditorium unit course and $58.00 for two units. Not included in these prices are books and other essen tial materials. The main purpose of summer school is to makeup a failure, al though some enrichment courses are available. Seniors who have failed a course may attend summer school and still go to college next year, although they will not graduate with the rest of their class. About underclassmen attend ing summer school, Mr. Robin son said, “We don’t want them to take the required subjects to get ahead. High school was de signed as a four year course.” ? Students needing or desiring to attend either summer school should see their counselors for applications. Students must mail applica tions before June 9. Scholarship winners will be announced at the final PTA and Dads’ club meeting to be held May 24 at 7:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the school. An open air concert with Eu gene Kaza and the band will open the meeting. Concluding the meeting will be the installation of officers for the coming year. This will be conducted by Gust Kanas for the Dads’ club and Mrs. Fred Kempe for the PTA. New Dads’ club and PTA pres idents are Dr. Clinton Brown and Mrs. Donald Pittman. lias and Southern Belles” is the dance’s theme to be held tomorrow evening from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Sunken Ball room of the Masonic Tem ple. The temple is located at 1119 S.W. Park. The traditional ‘Senior Ad ministration day’ is Tuesday and enables graduating seniors to act as administrators and teach ers for one day. Those acting as principal, curriculum vice - principal, boys’ vice-principal and girls’ vice-principal were re quired to petition their teachers and 25 seniors and were elected by their class. The day will be spent in ob serving administrative du ties. Students who have signed for specific classes as teachers will be appointed, upon teacher rec ommendations, by a senior com mittee headed by the class presi dent and officers. Each senior will work under a faculty member and will plan lessons and teaching assignments. At the end of Senior Ad ministration day, which is 3:00 p.m., a tea for all sen iors will be held in the li brary. It is given by the fac ulty in honor of all gradu ating seniors. On Thursday, Baccalaureate, a religious service, will be held for the seniors in the auditorium at 7:30 p.m. It is a traditional part of the graduation activities. Seniors will assemble in the cafeteria and all who are coming should be present by 7:15 at the latest. The class will march into the auditorium in two double files and remain standing at seats until the music stops. Leav ing the auditorium will occur in the same manner. Ministers of the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths will speak and a church choir has been invited. Following the service, a re ception will be held in the li brary for graduates, parents and friends. Attending Baccalaureate is not compulsory, but it is hoped that seniors will attend the activity they voted to have. Artz 'Memoirs’, 'Grantonian’ staffs announce new leaders by Marilyn Best Publication and art staffs for next year have been chosen and combined newspaper and year book operations scheduled. Art staff co-chairmen are Jodi Cornwell and Leslie Frey. Additional staff mem bers include Reed Literski, Chris Clarke, Heidi Dyr- haug, Megan Williamson, Karen Odell, Bruce Johnson, Debby Rengo and Chris Wood. Directing Memoirs publication will be Editor Sue Hatchard, Judy Bates, business manager for both the yearbook and news paper and Kathy Newman, year book advertising manager. Nikki Taylor will be Memoirs assistant editor. Other senior members are Anita Austin, Sterling Ben nett, Tammy Brandt, Linda Breeding, Anne Burson, Lonnie Canterbury, Cammy Coble, Raylene Erickson and Linda Guess. Linda Hillis, Leanne Lesch, Margaret Peterson, Roger Pier son, Judy Shaw, Helen Wall and Jean Yakymi complete the senior members. Juniors working on the staff are Ann Bellerby, Jo anna Gilson, Julie Lind, Nancy McCready, Joan Kline and Claudia Swan. Grantonian editor is Cecile O’Rourke and advertising man ager is Bonnie Brown. Other members are June Am mon, Janice Kelly, Stephanie Daly, Julie Ferry, Marilyn Leo nard and Cynthia Froom. The Grantonian is tentatively scheduled for six pages every other week. Both the Grantonian and Memoirs will be under the ad visorship of Willard Mohn, jour nalism teacher, and will com bine advertising campaigns and operations and photography staffs. Rooms 207 and 203 will be oc cupied by the Memoirs staff third and seventh period and the Grantonian sixth and seventh. Room 207 will be developed into an advisor and staff office and equipped with a phone. Possible remodeling and con struction of a dark room in 20? will be completed this summer for added convenience to both staffs. The photography staff and other key staff positions on Mem oirs will be announced before the close of the school year. It is hoped that printing and photog raphy contracts pan be signed be fore the end of the month. NEW STAFF HEADS for next year are, left to right, front row: Sue Hatchard, Memoirs editor; Cecile O’Rourke, Grantonian editor. Second row: Kathy Newman, Memoirs advertising man ager; Judy Bates, Memoirs^ Grantonian business manager and Bonnie Brown, Grantonian advertising manager. Not pictured are Leslie Frey and Jody Cornwell, staff co-chairmen.
