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November 10, 1967 THE GRANTONIAN 3 Students gain credit for work by Julie Ferry To enable students to receive school credit for work experi ence is one of the purposes of the work experience program started by George Kalman, voca tional guidance counselor. According to Mr. Kalman, cer tain students are work oriented and for these people work ex perience replaces part of their schooling. These students re ceive school credit for their work. The subjects which they must take are only the required sub jects needed to graduate from high school. Their electives are Students awarded sweepstakes at local student congress meet Reflecting the so-called “proper dress” worn by several girls lately' is this micromini-skirt worn to school recently. Needless to say it is not proper school attire. Proper dress? Two assemblies set for November; musk, speech departments to help To give the students an oppor tunity to hear the orchestra and to commemorate Thanksgiving are the purposes of the assem blies’ to be held in November. The orchestra assembly, which will be held on November 16, will feature such selections as “Symphony in D Minor,“ “Rosa- munde Overture” by Schubert and “Danse Macbre” by St. Saens. A comedy, “Little Bop Riding Hood,” featuring Bob Heldfond as narrator to this fairy tale, and selections from “My Fair Lady” complete the list of musical pieces. “The orchestra has been work ing very hard to present a pro gram in keeping with traditions of excellence of past groups,” commented Mr. Eugene Kaza, music director. The Thanksgiving assembly, to be held November 22, will in clude a dance from “An Indiaii Girl Who Watched the First Thanksgiving,” performed by Kathy Scott. Jane Nichols will do an interpretation, “The Thankful Heart.” The senior choir, under the di rection of Mrs. Janet Howland, will sing “We the People,” “This Is My Country,” and “A Patri otic Fantasy.” Two novelty Indian songs, “Geronimo” and “I’m An Indian Too,” from “Annie Get Your Gun” will also be sung. “Everything Is Coming Up Roses,” sung by the Royal Blues, and “Shadrack,” sung by the senior choir, will be accompa nied by a string bass and snare drum. The finale of the assembly will be “Let There Be Peace On Earth.” Kehoe places second in semi-finals of Soil, Water Conservation contest Jim Kehoe “Grant has a tradition to keep up since Bob Blackford won the contest last year,” stated senior Tim Kehoe about why he en tered the Soil and Water Con servation speech contest. Tim first entered the contest by competing against a fellow classmate to become our repre sentative. Judging this contest was Gust Kanas,. vice-principal of curriculum. After winning the contest at school he entered the district contest where he placed first. The area contest was next. He also won first and had the right to enter the semi-finals. In the state semi-finals there were five separate contests. Each first place winner of these con tests would continue on to the state finals. Tim came in second in the semi-finals. The topic for the contest was water conservation. Topics are changed each year. by Julie Ferry “We’ve won sweepstakes in all the others, so I’m confident that we’ll win sweepstakes. We have some tremendous speakers and debaters,” stated Mrs. Opal Hamilton, speech teacher, about the speech meet to be held at Scappoose tomorrow. This will be the first time that Grant students have participated in this meet. Fourteen other schools will also have students entered. There will be four events in which students will participate. They are oratory, interpretation, demonstration and after-dinner speaking. At the recent student congress meet held at David Douglas high, speech students won the sweep stakes award. Those participating in the con gress were Dan Aiken, Bob Held fond, Sue Hatchard, Dave Hyto- witz andT3ob Jonas. Concluding the list were Bob LeMarte, John Luik, Dave Mills, Bob Wells, and Jim Winkler. Jim Winkler presided over the senate with Dave Hytowitz as speaker of the house. Voted Home economics taught by Mrs. Mary Karter COMPLETE BARBER SERVICES ( Hair Styling Razor Cutting Tinting 281-5284 Charlie Brown 2 N.E. BROADWAY 1724 N.E. 40th Ave. AT 2-1587 Hollywood Laundry and Cleaners Featuring: ★ Cleaning ★ Quick Service 282-6792 1539 N.E. 40th Ave. Smart Indians DICK CARVER'S Deep Cleaning Draperies East Side Hollywood District 281-2404 3801 N.E. Sandy Blvd. LARGE NEW SELECTION Pierced Earrings Solid Gold Posts from $2.00 - $6.00 Dutch Village ^ewelen 4047 N.E. Sandy Blvd. 282-5801 IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC YARN t FREE instruction with yarn purchase Authentic in every detail. 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Bob Jonas was voted most out standing speaker. Mrs. Hamilton said that ac cording to George Austin, pro fessor of speech at Lewis and Clark college, “Jim Winkler is one of the best speakers in the high schools.’^ spent in work experience. “This program was started in September. We believe in what we’re doing for the students,” stated Mr. Kalman. If a student wants to apply for this, he fills out an application form. Then he meets with his counselor, vice-principals and his parents to discuss the possi bility of his working for part credit. There are about 56 students involved in this program with approximately 30 applications waiting to be processed. ‘‘School can’t be all things to all people, and work experience for a few can be very realistic,” added Mr. Kalman. 2415 N.E. Broadway AT 7-0317
