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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1968)
A & » 1 '?■ g Memoirs' changes to be seen; Joan Kline heads '68-'69 staff The 1968 Memoirs has a num ber of innovations and changes in the treatment of clubs, faculJ ty, and classes, and the ’68-’69 staff is working on ideas and changes that will make it unique from those of previous years. All but 40 pages of the year book are in to the printer, with 36 more going in. two weeks af ter spring vacation, and the final four — those concerning Rose Festival—going in April 15, ac cording to Willard Mohn, publi cations adviser. Tentative plans call for Memoirs distribution on May 22 or 23 in reg rooms. Elected by the ’68-’69 staff, who have met twice, were editor Joan Kline and Ann Bellerby, business manager. After evalua tion by Joan and Mr. Mohn, the following were selected: Marti Arnold, assistant editor; Mari anne Peel, faculty editor; Liz Kallen, activity editor; Marcy Sere, class editor; Jan Cump- sten, sports editor; and Randy Roseneau, advertising manager. Some staff members will be meeting every other week be tween now and the end of the year, as tentative plans are being made for next year’s Memoirs, including bids from printers and photographers being asked for, although Jack Yeager will be taking underclass pictures. According to Mr. Mohn, “The staff is faced with a major deci sion thiat concerns the publica tion date of the book next year. Grant will be one of the last schools next year to select our Rose Festival princess. “If the book is delivered ir the spring, the Rose Festival will not be included. Therefore the possibility of fall delivery of the book is being considered,” Mr. Mohn continued. Future activities made for League “Members of Girls’ League have been busy carrying out the dance plans, as well as discuss ing future activities such as a service project and Girls’ League Week,” commented Mrs. Helen Kappler, Girls’ League advisor. “Soul Stomp—Dog Patch Style,” the Girls’ League dance held February 23, took in a total of $251.05 be fore expenses, such as the combo and the gym, have been paid for. All dance profits go to the student body fund, while hush card profits go to the Girls’ League scholarship award, according to Mrs. Kappler. “The Girls’ League isn’t sure yet what our service project will be this year. We got some ideas from the Red Cross and we’ll probably work where they need us most,” stated Sandi Gassner, Girls’ League President. It is planned to have one big service project in which all members will partici pate, instead of individual class projects, as in previous years. Spring Girls’ League Week, to be held April 15-19, will have a circus theme. Honor girls pre sented in the assembly April 18 will be chosen by March 20, to enable them to have their pic ture taken for Memoirs. Only the Girls’ League president and vice- president and Memoirs photog raphers will know who the Spring Honor girls are until the assembly presentation. Another up-coming event will be the Girls’ League State Con vention held in Potrland, to be attended by representatives from Grant. With fall delivery of the year book, the last copy and pictures would not go to the printer’s un til after school is out in June. All spring sports, the Dad’s Club Show, the final drama produc tion, commencement, and com plete coverage of the Rose Fes tival could then be included in the book. This would make a larger book at no price increase to the students, because most printing firms give a five percent reduc tion in price for fall delivery. “I would like to emphasize to students that no decision has been made; however, it has been discussed by the staff and the administration, along with other possible publishing ideas,” ex plained Mr. Mohn. “A final de cision will probably not be made until early April.” During the third week in Ap ril, after final copy has gone to the printer’s, members of the Memoirs staff and the Granton- ian staff will join forces for a staff dinner. Grantonian Vol. 72, No. 6 U. S. Grant High School, Portland, Ore. Youth for Christ group to entertain soldiers Students assisted by work program To assist students from low- income families to meet part of their college expenses through part-time employment is the purpose of the work-study pro grams set up by the state insti tutions of higher education and many private schools. Eligibility for the work-study program is determined by family income. Families with incomes of $3000 a year or less and as high as $6000 are eligible. Pre requisites are that a person be a full-time student and a citizen of the United States. To become eligible for the program one should write to the college or university he is plan ning to attend requesting infor mation and application forms. Working up to 15 hours per week when classes are in session and up to 40 hours in any other week, participants may earn up to $500. MYLES WHEELER will be traveling to Hawaii during spring vacation with the New Americans choir and ensemble, as part of a Youth for Christ project. Activities set for Fine Arts Week Planned Fine Arts Week ac tivities include four assemblies and eight afternoon school semi nars, according to Marti Stayton, student chairman of the Fine Arts committee. These will be presented during the week of March 18-22. Performing in an assem bly March 19 will be a group of dancers from Port- land State, under the direc tion of Vanda Carter, a physical education teacher. The dancers will trace the history and development of dance through modern times. The feature assembly, to be held on March 20, will provide the Woodwind Quintet, a group of graduates from the University of Wisconsin. The group in- American Field Service program needs funds to support exchanges “Rummage Round-up” is the title to the program which will help give Grant American Field Service students next year. Be cause there will be no Spring Carnival, money must be raised in another manner to sponsor these students. It is vitally important that each student understand the. cause of the rummage sale, and the meaning of the American Field Service itself. The American Field Service is a private, non-profit educa tional organization whose pur pose is the furthering of under standing and good-will among the peoples of the world. Being founded in 1915 as a volunteer ambulance corps, this service met with the allied forces in both World War I and March 8, 1968 World War II and its 4500 mem bers. carried out over a million casualties. The AFS peacetime program of international exchange on the teenage level was founded in 1947. Seven AFS students are sent to the 12 Portland area high schools; Grant receives two of these students each year. In ad dition, we are entered in the Americans Abroad program of which there are two main phases: The Summer Program under which U.S. teenagers live with families abroad during the months of July and August; and the School Program under which U.S. teenagers live in families and attend schools abroad for either one term or one year. eludes John Barrows, who is called by musicians “the great est horn player in the world.” Also in the group is Rob ert Cole, a flute player. In addition to playing the flute, he likes to collect instru ments, and has some dating from the early 1800’s. The instrument on which he per forms is a gold flute made for him by Verne Q. Powell of Boston. Clarinetist for the group is Glenn Bowen, a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the Eastman School of Music, Be- fore coming to Wisconsin, he taught in the public schools. Harry Peters, oboist, was educated in a number of Universities, and studied composition and oboe. He taught for 11 years at the State University of New York. Richard Lottuidge, bassoonist, came to Wisconsin in 1965 after spending seven years as a mem ber of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The after-school seminars in clude painter Frank Elliot, who will talk on painting style, and Jane Cook, a dramatic reader, on March 18; Professor Richard Bakken, reading his own poetry; and Professor Leonard Kimbell, speaking on style and eras in painting, March 19. by June Ammon Myles Wheeler, a member of the Portland Youth for Christ group, the New Americans, will be leaving tomorrow for an eight-day concert tour of mili tary installations and hospitals in the Hawaiian Islands. Youth for Christ, Inc. is a non-denominational organ ization which operates all over the United States. The Portland group holds meet ings at Benson High, which consists of rallies, movies, singing, and a special speak er each week. “I heard about the Portland Youth for Christ through my church and different kids that I know, stated Myles. “A girl from the First Nazarine church told me about the choir, so I audi tioned for it, and got in.” The New Americans is a group of 35 teenagers rep resenting 15 high schools in the area who form a choir and ensemble. According to Dr. Winfield C. Am, executive director of Port land Youth for Christ, Inc., “Di versity is the key word of their concert. The concerts often in clude folk music, drama, poetry, ‘sacred-rock’, combined with spi rituals and traditional hymns and gospel arrangements.” “We’re going over to the Ha waiian Islands to perform for wounded service men at differ ent bases,” commented Myles. During their eight-day stay at the Hawiian Islands, concerts will be presented at Makai, Hake, Kananai, and Koala Armed Service Clubs, Wheeler Air Force Base, Scoffield Barracks chapel services, Tripier Gen eral Hospital, and Hawaiian International Center. Before returning, the New Americans will have taped two television shows and presented a concert on Waikiki Beach at Fort DeRussy Rest and Rehabili tation Center for servicemen coming from or going to Viet nam. The New Americans are di rected by John Kreirler, a soph omore at Lewis and Clark Col lege. New officers named by in-school clubs Spring term officers have been elected in the German, French, and Quill and Scroll clubs to serve from March to June. French club officers include president, Joanna Pulacus; first vice-president, Nancy McCready; second vice-president, Linda Breeding; and treasurer, Maya Adamovics. Quill and Scroll, the honorary journalism club, selected: presi dent, Cecile O’Rourke; vice-pres ident, Jan Kelley; secretary, Ju lie Ferry; treasurer, June Am mon; historian, Steph Daly; and sergeants-at-arms, Marlene Feves and Lisa Rose. New officers of the German club are: president, Phil Deines; first vice-president, Sharrie Kitching; second vice-president, Tracy Lehi.
