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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1967)
6 THE GRANTONIAN November 10, 1967 Season begins for Symphony by Janiece Kelley Entering its 44th season, the Portland Junior Sympohny will perform its first major concert of the season Saturday night at the Oriental theatre. Nancy Mathis, who grad uated from Grant in 1965, is the concertmistress of the symphony. Nancy plays the first violin. Assistant concertmistress is Reagan Crowley, a junior this year. Other members of the sym phony from Grant are: Paul Weller, a junior who plays the cello; Stacey Colby, a sopho more who plays string bass, and Dan Ellis, a junior who plays the trumpet. The violin is played by sophomore Mary Ann Reese, senior Scott Swope plays the clarinet, and Jamie Eoff, a jun ior, plays percussion instru ments. A former Grant student, Pat Kroboth, is the principal of the viola section. Three students play in the preparatory symphony, a symphony that prepares a student for the Junior Sym phony. These students are: Caroline Hagean, a sopho more violinist; Mary Storer, freshman cellist,* and Kath leen Carroll, a freshman vi olinist. The opening concert, to be presented Saturday night at 8:30 p.m., will feature soloists in two works; Brigita Ritmanis, winner of the 37th annual Portland Junior Symphony piano contest, will join the orchestra in Mo zart’s Piano Concerto in E Flat, and harpist Jennifer Hoesly, a regular member of the sym phony, Brigita, and harpsichord- English teachers attend lecture for help in selecting textbooks Attending lectures on the dif ferent English grammars are the English departments of every high school in the city. To survey the various gram mars before new textbooks are adopted in 1968 was cited as the purpose of the sessions by Char les Randolph, head of the Eng lish department. Speaking at the sessions in order will be Bill See, Jefferson; Charles Randolph, Grant; Mrs. Mary Bothwell, Lincoln; Roy Pierce, Jackson, and David Frie- tag, Girls’ Poly. According to Mr. Randolph, “Many textbook companies will be promoting many different grammar texts. We want the English teachers to be informed and be able to make recommen dations to the textbook selec tion committee concerning their views on these grammars, espe cially where these grammars Miss Teenage Portland contest lures sophomore Marilyn Fitz Marilyn Fitz ist Julane Rogers Anderson, a graduate student of University of Oregon, will be heard in “Pe tite Symphonie Concertante.” The Schubert Overture to his ballet music for “Rosamunde” serves as a buffer between the works featuring soloists. by Steph Daly “It was a fun and wonderful experience,” are the words of Marilyn Fitz, sophomore, who had the honor of representing Grant in the Miss Teenage Port land pageant. There were 12 ! girls also in the pageant, of whom there were three from i Wilson, and Marshall, representatives < of Girls’ Poly, Saint Mary’s of the Valley, Saint Mary’s academy, and Roosevelt. The pageant was advertised in Seventeen magazine and by KGAR radio station. Marilyn sent her picture in to be judged and after she was chosen as a semi-finalist, was ad ministered a test in the form of a written examination consisting of world history, algebra, and science. The pageant was held on Oc tober 20, and the semi-finalists modeled formal attire, and pre sented talent. Marilyn sang “Hey, Look Me Over,” and tap danced. “Ann Scott, a senior from Wil son won the contest, and now she is in Dallas, Texas, compet ing in the national contest with fifty gilrs from various cities in the U.S., and I’m certainly going to keep my fingers crossed for her,” stated Marilyn. may apply or not apply to high school English teaching?’ Professional upgrading was also cited as a purpose to this program by Mr. Randolph. The lectures are in-service classes and the English teachers do re ceive credit for them. The course gives an overview of traditional grammar and mod- dern grammars of English. The lecture session is held at Grant on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Students having last period English are being excused early on the six Tuesdays of the lec tures. Reagan Crowley wins scholarship for music study After attending school all year, Reagan Crowley, Portland Junior Symphony assistant con cert mistress, spent nine weeks of her summer vacation study ing music at Aspen, Colorado. Nancy Mathis, Junior Symphony concert mistress, also attended this session. The school was attended on a scholarship basis. Each year a number of summer scholarships, including the two to Aspen, are presented by the Junior Sym phony to its members. Included in Reagan’s curricu lum were lessons with Toshiya Eto, a Japanese violinist, with whom she studied the Bach “Chacome,” which she played in a student concert. Mr. Eto will be visiting the Junior Symphony in January. Taking part in a string quar tet, under the direction of Rob ert Mann, first violinist in the Juilliard Quartet, was also on Reagan’s agenda. Three concerts were attended each week, and the student orchestra activities were taken part in, making it a busy nine weeks. “In a place like this, as good as the teachers are, you actually learn more from the students. You come in contact with stu dents whose whole life is music,” stated Reagan. New Freshman class officers are from left: Seated are Dave Jory, vice-president, and June Jones, president. Standing are: Dan McLaughtin and Mike Rooney, sergeant-at-arms, and Nick Rulli, secretary. Missing is Marc Mooney, treasurer. Freshman class girls’ league officers are: Becky Foley, vice-president, and Jana Golden, president. Fmcli nlnrF Ipnrlorc I IU3II UIUUI IclIUclo Skiers schedule Mt. Hood trip YMCA becomes club sponsor “All school clubs need a fac ulty advisor. These advisors must be present at all club ac tivities. This is their legal and moral responsibility to the stu dents and their parents,” ex plained John Stuckey, student advisor. The above statement is the reason why Kandahar ski club is no longer a school sponsored club. No faculty member could take on the task of going to Mt. Hood with the club on a ski trip every weekend. The determination of the ski ers to continue their activities kept the club alive by obtaining YMCA sponsorship. Buses will start Mt. Hood ski trips next Sunday and continue l’è through March 31. A fare of $2 will be charged for each trip. As members of Kandahar the students are able to receive spe cial prices on ski lessons given by Timberline ski school. Howto RAISE MONEY for your organization can help you raise $100 to $1000 or more in one week’s work. phone BILL WESTROM 287-1143 I OREGON'S TMhdfHs Come to the MR. AND MRS. LELAND CHIN Ckin ia Kitchen 4132 N.E. 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