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THE GRANTONIAN
October 13, 1967
Short ‘mini-òhirtò,pant dreôâeô canòe problems in Schoo/
Twiggy doesn’t go to high school. Twiggy doesn’t
have any set of rules regarding proper dress. Twiggy
does get paid for wearing her unusual dress and model
ing the new “mod mini” fashions.
We are high school students and we do have some set
of rules to follow in our dress. We attend school to learn,
and not to model our latest “mini-skirts” and culottes.
Ruling for dress has been fairly lenient and we have
been allowed to wear pant dresses and culottes. However,
the problem results when some girls just can’t seem to
show good judgment in the selection of proper school
clothes, and insist on dressing like Twiggy.
Pant dresses and culottes are really cute in the right
place, but many of them should be worn only at the
beach or parties. They are not the appropriate dress for
many public places, downtown, and school. There are
just a few girls who insist on stretching the “code of
dress” to the very limit, and they will spoil it for all girls
who want to wear the new styles.
Culottes are becoming shorts. If the girls who wear
these could only see how repulsive it looks and what an
unattractive appearance results, they might think twice
about wearing them. Dresses may not even seem short
when you are standing, but sitting down is another thing.
When the tops of nylons are showing, this is too much.
It is too bad that a few girls are going to spoil things
for everyone, because a ruling will come out that no pant
dresses or culottes will be allowed. We can dress exactly
the way we want, if only we will confine our clothes to
the proper limits of decency.
Curtailments on our dress need not be made, if we
show common respect and sense in what we wear and
where we wear it.
Students active in Junior Volunteer service
Everything from entertaining children
in pediatrics to reading menus to the
blind is performed by Junior Volunteers
Student achievement
to be noted, reported
In keeping with the school policy of
informing parents about the progress
and welfare of their children, notices of
unsatisfactory achievement are being
sent not only to parents but to coun
selors.
This notice of unsatisfactory achieve
ment occurs midway between grading
periods so as to alert both counselor and
parent of the possibility of a failing
grade on the report card.
In this way teachers hope not only to
inform parents of the status quo of their
sons’ and daughters’ academic achieve
ment, but also to invite their early assist
ance in helping the student overcome his
problems.
Appointments with teachers to discuss
their youngsters’ grades may be made by
filling in the bottom section of the letter
sent home.
“I urge parents to take advantage of
the appointments in the best interest of
their youngsters in school. Many insights
are gained through these parent, teacher
conferences. The student can be helped
early in the school year so as to avoid
repetition of any failing marks,” stated
Gust Kanas, vice-principal of curriculum.
Various factors contributing to the stu
dent’s poor achievement are excessive
absence from class, little or no evidence
of effort on his own to learn, failing to
turn in assigned work, and not complet
ing required work.
^Jtie Çrantonian
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Vol. 71, No. 4 — October 13, 1967
Editor............... ,.......... Cecile O’Rourke
Staff Members....... June Ammon, Steph
Daly, Julie Ferry, Cynthia Froom, Jan
Kelley, Marilyn Leonard
Advertising Manager .... Bonnie Brown
Circulation Manager .... Kathy Walton
Assistants ......... Marlene Feves, Gerald
Holmes, Lisa Rose, Diane Sweet
Photographers .. Sterling Bennett, Tami
Brandt, Raylene Erickson, Nancy Mc
Cready, Helen Wall
Adviser .. . . ..................... .Willard Mohn
in the Portland hospitals.
Many Grant students are involved in
this program that provides an opportu
nity for volunteer service.
“Some of the girls are seriously inter
ested in nursing, others are not. We’re
very grateful to our girls,” stated Mrs.
Owen Cowling, coordinator of volunteer
service at Good Samaritan.
Students working at Good Samaritan
are trained by nursing services in a five-
day training program. The volunteers
work primarily on week-ends perform
ing many errands—such as feeding pa
tients, running errands for the nurses,
escort duty, and entertaining the chil
dren in pediatrics.
Candy Stripers is the name given the
girls at Portland Sanitarium and Hos
pital. Although the title may vary from
hospital to hospital, the jobs and main
services remain the same.
The average ages for junior volunteers
is 15-18. After 50 hours of volunteer
work a capping ceremony is performed.
After 100 hours there is a pinning cere
mony. “I will be capped and pinned at
the end of the month,” stated Martha
Ojard, a sophomore who is working at
Good Samaritan.
Martha summed up her hospital ex
periences by saying, “I have met a lot of
interesting people working in the hos
pital.”
A Red Cross Nursing class must be
taken at most of the hospitals before
working. This course may be taken
through home economics classes or the
American Red Cross Chapter House. “It’s
basically a health class,” stated Suzanne
Martinez, who is in charge of volunteer
work at Providence. “The girls learn the
proper way to make beds and the feed
ing of bedridden persons,” Mrs. Martinez
continued. “It is quite different amusing
a child who is ill than one who is well.”
Most of the girls work on week-ends or
any time that they may have free. At
Good Samaritan there is a minimum of
40 working hours during the school
months and 70 hours during summer va
cation. At Providence the minimum is
eight hours a month during school and
20 hours a month during the summer.
Letters to the Editor
Student, wrestler
travels to Japan
September 15, 1967
To the Students of Grant High School:
I have now been in Japan for three
months. Before I came to Japan I thought
that the country would be quite similar
to the United States. Despite the physical
things being different, Japanese customs
and the way of life are different. Even
the people are different. The people are
so thoughtul and generous that a foreign
er like myself couldn’t help but to be
awed.
Japanese students lead a rather simple
life as compared to you people. Most
schools are not co-educational. You all
know how dull that can be. On weekends
there are no parties, no dances, and no
dates. I could go into great detail on the
school system, but I’ll leave it to “six
days a week.” The kids are really dedi
cated to high school sports. The system
is a little different from ours though.
Each sport is year around, no seasons.
For this reason the kids only take part in
one sport all through high school. They
all work hard on their own chosen sport.
Since I am a student in the Japanese
school system, I too participate in a
sport. I am studying the Japanese style
of wrestling. As an example of dedica-
tion, they practice three hours a day,
seven days a week, 365 days of the year.
That last figure may be exaggerated by
a very few days but they even practice
over summer vacation. This dedication
shows through in everything they do.
In most cases like mine there is a
problem or two to begin with. My main
problem was the food. I came here ready
to eat a lot of rice and it’s a good thing
too because they eat rice like we eat
bread. Rice wasn’t my problem though.
When I first came over here I was
treated, as now, like a celebrity. There
were semi-formal dinners and large ban
quets in my honor. They always, never
fail, served what they thought to be the
best food at these gatherings. It turns
out that the best foods are “raw eel,”
“raw octopus,” “sea weed” and some
thing almost like octopus called “cattle
fish.” One thing that I’ve learned over
here is not to be such a choosey eater.
Although I’m over here, I haven’t for
gotten Grant High. I hope that Grant
hasn’t forgotten me either. I am very
eager to hear from any of you.
Sincerely,
Dave Gray
1301-6 Aoyagi, Tatebayashi
Gunma, Japan
Laurie Collier visits with Mexican friends
by Cynthia Froom
“Mexican people are just great, and
everyone in Mexico is accepted and liked
for what they are,” commented Laurie
Collier, sophomore.
Leaving just a few days after
school was out for the summer and
returning a few days before it
started, Laurie spent her entire
summer vacation in Mexico. This
trip was Laurie’s first visit to a for
eign country.
Speaking Spanish was difficult at first
for Laurie, because sh'e had only one
year of it in high school. However, her
two teen-age sisters spoke English well
and helped her.
“My parents are really good
friends with the Mexican family, the
Landeros, that I stayed with in
Mexico,” stated Laurie. “They de
cided to have somewhat of a child
exchange and I got to visit for the
summer.”
Laurie lived during the summer with
the Landeros at their home in Pueblo,
Mexico. Pueblo is located about 85 miles
south of Mexico City, and is the fourth
largest city in Mexico. It is about the
size of Portland.
People in Mexico are either of the
poor or wealthy class; there is no
middle class. The Landeros were
typically upper class people with a
large old-Spanish type home and
LAURIE COLLIER stands with her
two Mexican brothers in front of the
high school in the town of Pueblo,
Mexico, which is located 85 miles
south of Mexico City.
three servants.
“I didn’t like the Mexican food very
well, and I often got sick,” commented
Laurie. “We didn’t eat hot dishes very
much but everything was seasoned with
extremely strong herbs and spices.”
Attending classes was enjoyable
for Laurie, because she wasn’t given
any grades for her work. Laurie sat
in on classes mainly to pick up and
improve upon her Spanish.
“Mexican kids take ten classes, and go
to school every day except Sunday from
8:00 a.m. to 1:30 or 2:00 p.m.,” com
mented Laurie. “The classes are much
more difficult, and the greatest stress is
placed on science and mathematics
classes.”
Dress for classes is quite casual in
Mexico compared to the school dress that
is maintained in the United States. Girls
are allowed to wear pants to school, or
anything they want.
Dating was quite a bit different in
Mexico, and there was no curfew. Kids
would go to the movies in the afternoon
from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., and parties al
most every week-end.
“Their dating rules were unusual com
pared to ours in the United States,”
stated Laurie. “You might stay out really
late at night, but you weren’t allowed to
ride with a boy in a car without your
parent’s permission.”
While in Mexico, Laurie also visited
famous places in nearby cities. Laurie
visited the Palace of Cortez at Cuerna
vaca, and at Pasco she looked at the fa
mous silver jewelry.
“I do want to go back for another
visit really soon,” stated Laurie. “The
oldest Landeros daughter is planning to
stay with our family around Christmas
time.”