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4 THE GRANTONIAN September 12, 1968 Editorials Sd, oot spirit le ále cl at PSod jet ml oree As the game begins, Suzy and Joan exchange wallet pictures. During the second quarter they are busy laugh ing and talking to the boys behind them. At half time they buy peanuts and during the third quarter they throw them at friends a few rows down. By the time the game has been completed the girls have no knowledge of what took place. They haven’t partici pated in any of the yells or helped cheer the team on to victory. It is this type of action that gives a blow to school morale and team standings. This Fri- day our spirit will be put to the test as we compete for the Sportsmanship trophy at the jamboree. The trophy will be pre sented to the school with the most spirit. This encompasses rally, band, the team and es pecially the overall actions of the student body. Judges will base their de cisions on how well the stu dent body coordinates with the rally, sportsmanship, and team actions. Let’s keep up the spirit Grant has always been noted and respected for, and place our first trophy of the year in the trophy case. Faculty sprouts beards, mustaches; calls fashion ‘distinguished looking’ by Marlene Feves ARE THEY MOD, beatniks, hippies, or just ordinary teachers keeping in step with the modern trends of fashion and style? If you guessed the latter you’re probably right, for side burns, mustaches, beards and goatees have become the in thing with teachers at Grant this year. Pioneering the way for future beards and mustaches was George Zahn, science teacher, who sprouted a mustache and goatee over a year ago. “My students really liked my new look,” commented Mr. Zahn. Many of them even protested when I mentioned shaving it off!” Originally Mr. Zahn grew his beard only out of curiosity—just to see what it looked like. “IT’S A FREE COUNTRY,” he stated. “A neat, well-trimihed beard looks distinguished on a man.” Another beard-wearer this fall is Robert Gerber, English teach er who fashions his beard after.. ■r two weeks ago was Ron Bader- judges are: “The Grantonian is Ulysses S. Grant. Mr. Gerber, who started his an above average newspaper beard at the beginning of sum doing a great job in covering mer, grew it to see what the pub most school events,” “Granton- lie reaction and prejudices ian has a beautiful format,” and “Clean looking pages.” would be. Many suggestions were made, “I don’t know why it frees yot from caring about public opinl most of which will be put to use ion,” he commented, “it jus- in this year’s paper. does!” Mr. Gerber’s new beard als< serves a double purpose as i HOLLYWOOD helps clear up his allergy alf year ’round. Poly - Clean A former beard wearer until Carothers, stage craft manager and sophomore English teacher. “I decided to grow my beard after a conference with Mr. Ger ber at the end of last year,” Mr. Carothers explained. “We both agreed to grow them.” “At first it was scratchy but now it doesh’t itch any more than the hair on your head. I really feel beards are the in thing this year even though they have always been popular,” Mr. Carothers stated. “They are also an expression of a man’s masculinity,” he concluded. 3805 N.E. Broadway 282-0160 BRUCE FISHBACK interviews teacher’s aid Junior Johnson, 1966 Grant High graduate. Junior will he working in the coun seling office while earning his degree at Portland State College. Junior Johnson comes back as counselor, wrestling coach HE WORE a belt buckle which read, “Shriner’s All-Star Foot ball Game,” and his stance told the story of his football and wrestling fame during his years at Grant. Junior Johnson, a graduate of ’66, has returned to Grant to be come a teacher’s aid in the counselling department and will also help with the wrestling team. WHILE BEING interviewed, Junior stopped many times to talk to different students in the hall. “Aren’t you supposed to be in class?” and “I thought you were going to work,” Johnson questioned to roaming students. A junior at Portland State Cjran Ionian Published weekly by the ad vanced journalism class of Ulysses S. Grant high school, room 203, 2245 N.E. 36th Ave nue, Portland, Oregon 97212. Phone 288-5975. Printed by Modern Typesetting company with a circulation of 3200. Sec ond class postage paid at Port land, Ore. Subscription cost $2 per year. Vol. 73, No. 1 — Sept. 12, 1968 Editor....................... Jan Kelley Staff Members . .June Ammon, Joyce DeMonnin, Bruce Fish- back, Marlene Feves, Deborah Liesch, Katherine McGregor, Martha- Diard, Kathi Robin son, Lisa Rose, Debbie Rovech Adv. Manager . .Kathy Walton Circulation Mgr. .Kathy Walton Advisor................ Willard Mohn College this year, Junior plans to obtain his degree in teaching and hopes to continue at Grant as a counselor and coach. Asked about the long-haired students, Junior commented that every student should be an in dividualist. He sees nothing wrong with the long hair in school. As he walked away, he spied a stray student and began talk ing and joking as he headed to ward the counselor’s office. U. S. Gran Just as the United States faces a national election this fall, 100 years ago the nation faced the! | election of 1868. In 1868 General Ulysses S. Grant was the “inevitable” nom inee for the Republican party. He had become, the rallying fig ure for the opponents of Presi dent Andrew Johnson, and was an outstanding character in American life. He had no real party affiliation, but he em bodied the forces that main tained the Union. Without en thusiasm he allowed himself to be nominated by the Republican party. He accepted the nomination with four words which have constituted his contribution to American opinion: “Let us have WE DO ALL THE WORK 8 Lbs. still $2.50 Grant was elected, losing only eight states’ electoral votes, though the popular majority was smaller than these figures indicate. One of Grant’s earliest im- portant bills that received his signature was one to establish public credit by declaring a pol icy of ultimate redemption of legal-tender notes in coin. Northern opinion reached its crest of militancy against the South in the spring of 1868. Midway in Grant’s first term, the terrorism of the Negro elec torate that deterred the Negroes from exercising their vote, be gan. Despite the Force Acts of 1870-71, Southern states elected white officers and eventually Nancy Swett travels to Venezuela assummerforeignexchangestudent TO MOST STUDENTS sum mer means finding a job, going to the beach on week ends and meeting lots of new kids. But for Nancy Swett, our exchange student to Caracas, Venezuela, summer meant a completely dif ferent life in a new country. Nancy left Portland June 24, flew to Miami, Florida where she met three other American exchange students and the four of them flew to Caracas. Living in an apartment with her new family was the hardest thing for Nancy to get used to. The family included Nancy’s new parents and two sisters, one of whom was an exchange stu dent in a school in Iowa a few years ago, so spoke fluent Eng lish. NOT BEING ABLE to walk down the streets alone or wear pants in public were definitely disadvantages. “The men are so Nancy’s family spoke German as daring, and sometimes not too they are not natives of South nice,” commented Nancy. America. Nancy termed her tour of An “Everyone has a maid and gel Falls as “unbelievable, the houses all have living quarters most beautiful thing I’ve ever for hired help,” stated Nancy. If seen.” Using a private airplane, the maid is married her husband Nancy was able to advance to is the chauffeur. Many families the interior section of the falls. also employ gardeners. PROVING THAT CUSTOMS “We bawled like babies when are a bit more formal in Ven we left,” recalled Nancy. “I had ezuela, Nancy stated that boys such a great time.” always wear suits to movies and parties. Being able to attend a formal ball was one of the highlights of Grantonian Editorial Nancy’s visit. “Everything was so sophisticated I didn’t know Policy... with to do with myself,” she commented. Letters to Editor LIVING IN A Spanish speak ing country, Nancy soon picked Requested— up many phrases spoken by the natives such as Chevere which means groovy. Around the house n of 1868 ended in a Solid South in 1876. After Grant’s re-election in 1872, the conviction that as president of the United States he was a failure, began. The New York Tribune (July 24, 1865) at Grant’s death still be lieved that “the greatest mistake of his life was the acceptance of the presidency.” As the end of his second term approached, there was a sugges tion of a third, but Grant de clined to run. Grant left the office with many achievements on his rec ord. He had inherited a situation with Great Britain that was full of threat, and left it with Ameri can esteem satisfied and Ango- American relations more har monious than ever. He had brought the United States through the hazards that fol lowed the attempt to remove a president; through the financial and moral uneasiness of a period of deflation and the panic of 1873; and through the uncer- tainties of an electoral contest that might have blossomed into another Civil War. Generalities “This is to certify that Donna Howe did an exceptionally good job in translating importing busi ness documents,” signed by the Board of Directors of Columbia Machine Company, Inc. Donna was awarded a certifi cate of achievement for her services to the company. The company has branches in Lyons and Paris, France. No one in the French offices could speak Eng lish, an dso they sent the corre spondence in French. As it turned out, no one here at the main branch could translate the French documents, so Donna was drafted for the job.