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, JfajnfHiA. JCafWiA, 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.”