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THE GRANTONIAN
April 19, 1968
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rate not (iked, ignore it
“If you don’t like a rule, ignore it.” This seems to be
a strict policy among both the students and the faculty.
Some students don’t like the lines in center hall,
which are supposed to keep the area from being too con
gested, so they ignore them and the rule which says stu
dents are to stand inside those lines.
It’s suddenly become a big effort for a teacher or
student to fill out a hall pass, so they ignore the rule,
and students walk around the halls during class hours
without them.
Using someone else’s locker or letting someone else
use yours is another rule which is constantly being
broken.
Despite what many people seem to feel, rules are
made to be obeyed and enforced, not broken. Rules are
set up for a definite purpose, usually for the benefit
and/or protection of the students.
Administrators didn’t draw lines in center hall to
trip kids up; they are there for the benefit of both stu
dents and teachers trying to get through that congested
area.
Hall passes aren’t issued merely so some teacher can
have something to do during a free period (hall duty).
They are issued to keep unauthorized students out of
the halls, thus preventing trouble and excessive noise in
the corridors during classes.
The locker rule was not set up to keep good friends
separated but instead, to prevent stealing and loss of
books and some false accusations.
If a rule has no value or worth, if it is outdated, ri
diculous and neither being obeyed nor enforced, then it
should not be ignored, it should be changed.
The faculty is just as guilty as the students them
selves in this matter. Yet, maybe with cooperation be
tween these two bodies, poor rules can be revoked or
changed, good rules can be followed and enforced, and
the policy of the school can be changed to, “If you don’t
like a rule, change it/’
On The Shelf
Mystery, intrigue to be found in (Stonecliff’
Commissioned to write the biography
of the famous author Edward Granville,
Michael Robb comes to Stonecliff Gran
ville’s home to discover the inner work
ings of the great man who chose to shut
himself away from people and therefore
Who has become very mysterious.
This is the basic plot of Robert
Nathan’s latest novel, “Stonecliff.”
The atmosphere of mystery and in
trigue is set up on the first page of
the hovel as Michael Robb is driv
ing to Stonecliff, which is located on
the California coastline.
As he is driving, he sees a mysterious
form, the form of a young woman — a
young woman who will play an impor
tant part in the life of Robb and his dis
coveries about Granville.
The young woman is Nina, who
(Robb discovers later) is about
twenty years old and lives with
Granville. What is her relationship
to Granville and where is Virginia
Granville, the author’s wife? Robb
believes the true secret of Gran-
Talk of overdue book fees common in library;
money received goes into account for repairs
“Three days overdue, that’ll be fifteen
cents, please.” “The price of that book is
$5.25. If you lost it, I’m afraid you’ll
have to pay for it.’ These are familiar
statements that can be heard any day in
the library.
Money for lost or overdue books
is collected every day. What is done
With this money?
“The money from fines is put into the
library account,” stated Librarian Miss
Dorothy Johnson. “Then it is used to re
place stolen, lost and damaged books.”
According to Miss Johnson, some
of the money paid out is for general
wear and tear, but a large part is
put out because of students’ careless
ness.
e Ljrantonian
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Vol. 72, No. 10 — April 19, 1968
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Brown, Steph Daly, Julie Ferry, Mar
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To demontrate this, Miss Johnson
pulled out some returned lost books.
“These were found in the bushes out
side,” she stated. The books were water-
soakd and one had half the pages ripped
in two.
Miss Johnson expressed concern
over this type of mistreatment.
“Sometimes one volume of a set of
books is stolen. This lessens the val
ue of the whole set,” she commented.
Even lost or stolen books that are re
turned are of little value sometimes. Miss
Johnson illustrated this by showing a
few books that were returned recently.
One was copyrighted in 1955. “The il
lustrations make this book out of date,”
she commented as she opened the novel
to a page showing a boy and a girl. The
girl’s dress was mid-calf and both dress
styles and hair styles were completely
outdated.
If the levy is defeated again, the li
brary is going to have even less funds
than it had this year. Miss Johnson ex
pressed that the need for greater care and
concern for books was especially preva
lent now.
Another cost in time and money is the
sending out of overdue slips. “If students
could just pay their nickel at the time
they turn the book in, it would save the
library staff from a lot of bookkeeping,”
Miss Johnson stated.
She then mentioned that the county li
braries usually charge a person extra if
he doesn’t pay a fine the day he brings
the book in.
Paying overdue fines is especially es
sential to senior students, who cannot
graduate until all obligations to the
school are cleared.
ville’s life and writing lies in these
two women.
As he sees Nina more and more, Robb
discovers that he is falling in love with
her. He tries harder and harder to dis
cover Granville’s relationship to Nina,
but he cannot.
Granville and Robb have sessions
daily so Robb can listen to the au
thor’s methods of creating and his
basic ideas on life and writing.
At almost every session Granville talks
of an author as a creator, a wizard of
love, who can put spells on the human
heart.
After many mysterious and strange
happenings Robb begins to wonder if
Granville has such a spell on Nina and
if so, why; and where does Granville’s
wife fit into this.
Available in our library, Stonecliff is
an exciting mystery story which will
hold a person’s attention from the first
page to the last. The author’s intriguing
style and use of foreshadowing make
even a re-reading of the novel a fascinat
ing and enjoyable experience.
Mayor McCree
speaks on relations
at press conference
“If we’re going to keep our democratic
way of life we’re going to learn to get
along respectfully,” stated Floyd McCree,
mayor of Flint, Michigan at a press con
ference held at the Community Service
Center on Wednesday.
Mayor McCree is one of three
Negro mayors in Michigan and the
first Negro mayor in the United
States in cities over 200,000. He led
the fight to secure the first open
housing law by popular voting and
said this about the struggle, “open
housing is a step in the right direc
tion but it won’t fulfill the entire
need.”
What is the greatest need right now?
It is one of economics, according to May
or McCree.
With the death of Martin Luther
King, Jr. the mayor feels that the
non-violence movement will become
stronger. “Martin Luther King was
a very great man, things will defi
nitely improve,” commented Mr.
McCree.
“There are still a few people that
think that guns and tanks are the answer
to racial problems although most other
governors and mayors are doing a fine
job. Mayor John Lindsay is doing a tre
mendous job in New York City,” ob
served Mayor McCree.
Flint, Michigan has a population of
215,000 out of which 48,000 are Negroes.
“We’ve had a few problems but we are
addressing ourselves to those problems,”
the mayor conceded.
Asked if he had any proposals for this
summer’s suspected rioting, the mayor
replied, “No, I’m not contemplating any
large scale riots, instead of riots we
should be thinking about possible pro
grams to prevent such things.”
“People violating the law should cer
tainly be apprehended, but you are open
ing a Pandora’s box when you start
shooting people instead of just appre
hending them,” stated Mr. McCree.
Mayor McCree also spoke at Jefferson
High School Wednesday evening. The
theme of his speech was “Where Do We
Go From Here.”
Generaliths
Kathleen Bennett and Neil Jacobsen
have been named the two top math stu
dents in Portland by the Math Associa
tion of America. Neil was selected as the
city’s top senior, while Kathy was’ chosen
as the top junior.
Both students were finalists in the
city-wide math test held March 30 in
Washington high school. From there the
two competed in another three-hour math
test on April 6, also at Washington.
Finalists for the 1968 festival court are: seated,
l\USe reSlIVOI y^ourr left, Mary Holman, Princess Nancy Walters
and Wendy Wong. Standing are Mary Birkeland, Sandi Gassner and Karen Stone.
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