Fine Arts Week activities set,
plans made for hosting guests
“There are so many things in
the works right now,” comment­
ed Marti Stayton, chairman of
the Fine Arts Week program to
be held March 18-21.
Tentative plans have been
made to host such artists as the
“Woodwind Quartet,” mime art-
Orchestra makes
exchange concert
Everything from tubas and
cellos to flutes and clarinets,
and their players, will be loaded
onto buses headed for Pendle­
ton, Oregon Thursday afternoon,
for an exchange program by in­
vitation of the Pendleton High
School orchestra.
Members of the orchestra, un­
der the direction of Eugene
Kaza, will perform at Pendleton
high school Thursday evening
and will be the overnight guests
of members of the Pendleton
high school orchestra.
The orchestra will return to
Portland Friday afternoon.
Numbers to be presented in
tlie concert include: “Bugler’s
Holiday,” by LeRoy Anderson;
Brahms’ “Fourth Symphony”;
and “Banjo and Fiddle,” by Wil­
liam Kroh and Wilkinson, fea­
turing Mr. Kaza playing the vio­
lin.
“Blue Danube Waltz,” by Jo­
hann Strauss, and “The Rosa-
munde Overture,” by Schubert,
will also be performed.
“It is always exciting to per­
form for audiences other than
our own student body and the
Grant parents,” stated Mr. Kaza.
“It seems we are received with
more enthusiasm when we are
tlie out-of-town group.”
ist Francis Reinders, the Bohe­
mians, a percussion artist from
the Portland symphony, and
many others.
Two seminars each day after
school are planned during the
week and a special art display
will be set up in the library.
“We’ve had four or five re­
grets from people we asked but
couldn’t make it because they
will be out of town for college
vacation,” Marti commented.
Marti would like to have three
assemblies during the week and
seminars every day with the ex­
ception of Friday. “All plans are
tentative as of right now,” con­
cluded Marti.
Parents’ memories recalled
Parents will be given the op­
portunity Thursday to visit one
to two classes of their choice
during the last two periods.
“This program has been set up
as a continuation in the basic
policy of Grant in working to­
ward better communication with
Sets prepared for ‘Twelfth Night’
PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES on trees to be used in
the set for the Shakespeare production of “Twelfth Night” is
Kathleen Demey, a member of Gerald Merryman’s Shake­
speare class.
Eighth graders visit elective classes
Visiting the classes in the five
areas of electives were eighth
grade students February 7 and 9,
as a continuation of the “Bridg-
ing-the-Gap” program.
According to Gust Kanas,
curriculum vice principal,
“The faculty members have
been convinced through re­
marks and comments re­
ceived that a greater degree
of communication has been
achieved with the elemen­
tary school people than ever
before.”
Participating in the class visi­
tation were Alameda, Beaumont,
Kennedy, and Faubion, on the
seventh, and Fernwood, Laurel­
hurst, Irvington, Sabin, and Rose
City, on the ninth. Approximate­
ly 400 students came each day.
“This year’s visitation pro­
gram isn’t as time-consum­
ing and disruptive to classes
VISITING ELECTIVE CLASSES are eighth graders from nine
as it was in previous years.
neighboring grade schools, with the help of Beth Gourley and
It is more informative to
other student guides.
the eighth graders,” stated
Cheryl Doane, one of the
National Honor Society stu-
den guides.
The five elective areas are
language, art, science, music,
and industrial arts and home
“A Walk Through the Enter­ ent, or ‘Mod’ era.
economics.
Two vaudeville acts will be
tainment of Yesteryear,” will be
“The five departments had
presented between each se­
the theme of the annual Dad’s
complete freedom in plan­
Club Show, to be presented dur­ quence, completing the show.
ning their time and presen­
Students who can entertain as
ing the first part of May.
tation for the eighth graders
an individual act, acrobats, sing­
“We are going to present kind
in five different periods,”
of a survey of four eras of en­ ers, and dancers, and students to
commented Mr. Kanas.
participate in the four sequences
tertainment,” explained Ray
This program is for the bene­
Feves, Dad’s Club vice president are to contact Mrs. Janet How­ fit of parents of the eight grad­
land.
in charge of publicity.
ers. It is hoped that they will re­
“The purpose of the Dad’s port a gain by these visits, in
The four eras are Gilbert and
Club show is to get money for helping choose their 1-2 elec­
Sullivan times, which will be
represented by an excerpt from the scholarships which the Dad’s tives from the available areas.
Gilbert and Sullivan shows; the Club presents to students, and to
This forecasting program will
Gay 90’s represented by a scene procure things for the student continue on into March, with
from “Hello Dolly;” the Roaring body that can’t be gotten through such activities as the freshman
20’s represented by a scene from any other means, like the univer­ counselors visiting the grade
“Guys and Dolls;” and the pres- sal gym,” according to Mr. Feves. schools.
Entertainment of yesteryear shown
in presentation of Dad's club show
A jail house, mobiles, letters
and posters, and various stage
sets will all contribute to the
March 1-2 Shakespeare produc­
tion of “Twelfth Night,” at 8
p.m. in the auditorium.
Mrs. Betty Foster’s stage arts
class has been working on two
sets for the play. “The style of
these sets is modernistic,” com­
mented Mrs. Foster.
The first setting, a floral de­
sign, will portray a garden,
while the second, a brocaded
wall stencil, will be used for the
interior walls of the house.
Mobiles will depict a seacoast
scene. About these Mrs. Foster
added, “They’re quite expres-
sionistic. Mood and feeling tell
where you are.”
A jail house for Malvolio is
being constructed by Louis
Schilke and his woodworking
class.
According to Jim Winkler, a
member of the publicity com­
mittee, letters have been sent to
all English departments of the
Portland high schools announc­
ing Grant’s production of the
play. Radio stations and tele­
vision studios have also been no­
tified.
Also being published are pro­
grams and a synopsis of the play.
When asked about the com­
mittee’s progress, Jim comment­
ed, “We hope the publicity the
play gets will aid in making it
an even greater success.”
Tickets are on sale now at
$1.25 for adults and $.75 for stu­
dents.
the parents of the community as
well as the overall program as it
deals with forecasting prepara­
tions,” explained Gust Kanas,
vice principal in charge of cur­
riculum.
Parents will have the op­
portunity on a first-come,
first-served basis to visit
any available class of their
choice. It is planned to have
no more than three parents
in a classroom at the same
time, in order to reduce
confusion and have classes
continue in session in a
normal manner.
Tentative plans call for all
interested parents assembling in
the auditorium at 12:30, where
Mr. Kanas will prepare visita­
tions slips and make the intro­
ductory comments. The class­
room visits will begin at 1:00
p.m.
“The school requests that par­
ents remain during the entire
period in the classes,” comment­
ed Mr. Kanas.
The primary goal in al­
lowing this opportunity for
the parents to see classroom
teaching in action is to give
them a more meaningful ex­
perience and understanding
of classroom instruction in
today’s schools.
“This may be the first time the
parents have been in a high
school classroom in many years,”
stated Mr. Kanas. “They un­
doubtedly will notice changes
that have taken place and hope­
fully they will gain a more in­
timate understanding of the ac­
tivities and instruction here-”
The PTA, in planning for this
visitation with the school ad­
ministration, chose February 22
for the day of visitation since
fathers might have a holiday,
enabling them to attend.
Red Cross sponsors pottuck dinner
to host foreign exchange students
Foreign exchange students Will
get an example of good old
American cooking, at the eighth
annual international pot luck
banquet held by the High School
Red Cross youth group, on Feb­
ruary 27, from 6:15-8:15 at the
Red Cross Chapter House.
“Patty West, one of the three
Grant representatives to the
High School Red Cross, explained,
“The dinner will honor the for­
eign exchange students from six
schools in Portland, as well as
some from Salem, McMinnville,
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Friday—
Basketball,
there, 3:45.
Marshall,
Friday-Saturday—
City wrestling tourna­
ment, here.
Tuesday—
,
Basketball, Franklin, here,
3:45.
Thursday—
PTA Parent
periods 6-7.
Visitation,
and St. Helens.”
Adele Clark, director of youth
services for the Red Cross, stat­
ed, “From 100-125 people are
expected but only the represent­
atives will bring the food. We
will have some entertainment,”
she continued, “but we are hop­
ing we can persuade some of the
exchange students to sing for
us.”
Pot-luck banquets are just one
activity sponsored by the High
School Red Cross. Active all
year by doing something for oth­
ers, like visiting veterans homes,
or filling Christmas stockings,
the members of this youth group
really get a chance to serve their
community.
Many schools outside of Port­
land already have Red Cross
service clubs in their schools.
Both Adele Clark and Patty
West, however, feel that a serv­
ice club of this sort would not
work at Grant.
“There are too many clubs al­
ready that do nothing,” they
both said. “We only hope that
we can institute some of our
ideas into these clubs and that
they will be carried out. By do­
ing this we can bring the Red
Cross closer to Grant.”