5 senior choir members
named to All Northwest
Five senior choir members,
Suzie Wheeler, Debbie Fifield,
Laurie Collier, Ron Patton and
Ed Lythgoe, have been chosen
for the Music Educators’.Nation
al Conference Northwest Divi
sion to be held at the University
of Oregon during spring vaca
tion. The choir will be made up
of about 300 high school students
from all over the Northwest.
Tapes of the voices were
sent to the directors of the
choir, and the students were
chosen according to voice
intonation, pitch, and style.
Before going to Eugene, the
participants must memerize mu
sic which includes: “Stomp Your
Foot,” by Aaron Copland, “O
Bella Fusa,” by Di Lasso, “Dom
inic Has a Doll” and “Maggie
and Milly and Molly and May,”
by Persichetti, “Weep O Mine
Eyes,” by Cappella, “Many a
Song,” by Ovorak, “Festival
Prelude,” by Richard Wagner,
“Praise the Lord,” by Bach, and
“Adoramus Te,” by Gasparini.
The students will arrive
in Eugene on March 16 and
will stay at homes in the
area.
The choir members will have
three rehearsals together before
the final performance which will
be given Saturday night at 8
p.m. in MacArthur Court. Ad
mission price is $1.00. The con
cert will be open to all those
who wish to attend. A record
which will be made of the con
cert will sell for $5.00.
According to Debbie Fifield,
“This gives us a chance to sing
with kids of our own caliber,
and should be a good learning
experience.”
Grantonian
Vol. 74, No. 1
U. S. Grant High School, Portland, Ore.
Shorter school year?
Increase in funds needed
“Quality education” is the
goal of the Portland Association
of teachers, PAT. The major
problem of PAT is the lack of
funds for improved teaching
conditions and salaries starting
with the 1969-70 school year,
This would cost the school dis
trict an additional $9-10 mil-
lion.
It was proposed by PAT
that if funds cannot be ob-
tained that the school year
be decreased by 15 days.
Portland schools now oper
ate 190 days, which is 15
days over the amount re
quired by state law.
School district officials have
indicated that there is only a
maximum of $2 million avail
able in funds which could be re
leased for teaching improve
ments and teacher raises.
The negotiators for the
teachers and the school
board’s negotiating team
have been offered a wage
increase which amounts to
about five per cent.
The proposal would start be
ginning teachers at $6,300 a year
instead of the current $6,000 and
would raise top pay for maxi
mum teaching experience from
$10,900 to $11,300.
The teachers are asking a
raise of $1200 a year for be
ginning teachers and the top
pay to be raised to almost
$2,000 which would raise
the salary to $1300.
The teachers are also asking
for 100 more teachers to relieve
the class size, school district paid
dental and medical insurance,
paid summer teachers positions
for a fourth of the 36,000 teach
ers, tuition for teachers to at
tend college to be provided by
the school board, along with
other fringe benefits.
Charles Kusminski, executive
secretary of the PAT, said that
there is not even enough money
to give teachers and other em
ployees a “cost of living” in
crease. Kusminski has estimated
that shortening the school year
would save as much as $3 mil
lion.
Career Guidance Institute
to assist in college training
To help sophomores, juniors,
and seniors remove the “guess
from College Program and Ca
reer Decisions” is the goal of the
1969 Career Guidance Institutes.
INCLUDED IN the Institutes
are Jessi-Junior Engineers and
Scientists Summer Institute;
Cassi-Communications Arts and
Sciences Summer Institute; Jassi-
Junior /Agricultural Research In
stitute; Jdi-Junior Dentists In-
titute (3.0 g.p.a. required for
admission); Jfi-Junior Foresters
Institute; Jli-Junior Lawyers In
stitute; and Jmti-Junior Medical
Technicians Institute.
Cassi will be held at both
Colorado State University from
June 15-28, and at Willamette
University from June 22-July 5.
Colorado’s charge is $125.00, and
Willamette’s cost is $120.00.
JESSI WILL BE held at Clem
son University June 8-21, boys
only. The cost is $125.00. It will
also be held at Colorado State
University June 15-28 for $125;
and at Florida Institute of Tech
nology, co-host Kennedy Space
Flight center, June 15-28, at a
cost of $120.00.
Also hosting a Jessi program
is Laman State College of Tech
nology, with the Manned Space
Flight Center co-hosting, from
July 20-August 2, at a cost of
$125.00. New Mexico State Uni
versity and White Sands Mis
sile Range will co-host a Jessi
from June 15-28, costing $125.
OSU is also a host from June 15-
28, boys only, $120.00 cost. The
University of Pittsburg’s Jessi
will be held from July 13-26,
$150.00 total, The last college
holding a Jessi is Willamette
University. For girls only, the
cost is $120.00.
JARSI’S WILL BE held at
Colorado State University, June
15-28, $125.00; OSU, July 6-19,
$120.00; and Virginia Polytech
nic Institute, June 15-21, $70.00.
Jdfc w/11 be held only at the
U of O Dental School from July
13-25, and costs $125.00.
JFI WILL BE held at the Uni
versity of Maine, boys only, no
cost cited; OSU, June 15-21
(g.p.a. of 2.5), boys only, $75.00;
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
June 15-21, .coed, $70.00.
Jli, for juniors and seniors
only, will be held at Willamette
University June 22-July 5, $125.
JMTI WILL BE held at Lamar
State College of Technology July
27-August 9, $125.00.
Applications are available
from the chairmen of science or
English departments, or avail-
able through the counselors. The
admission fee includes all on-
campus expenses—board, lodg
ing, field trips, tuition, and
health insurance. The price dif
ferences are due to the differ
ences in room and board charges.
Students attending the Insti
tutes will live in dorms, and usu
ally have two students to a
room. College upper classmen
and/or other adults will super
vise the students. Classes will
total approximately 6 hours
daily.
For more information, see Mrs.
Newcomer, counseling office, or
individual counselors.
/ Marie Bixel, sophomore, grimaces as
Mary Blake, nurse for the County Di
vision of the Public Health Department, “shoots” TB vaccine
into Marie’s arm. The tests are an experimental program being
conducted in the public and parochial schools.
'Will it hurt?
Tuberculosis immunity survey held
thru Portland Public Schools tests
Mrs. Judy Ingram, school
nurse, with the help of public
health nurses and Future Nurses
of America, conducted a TB sur
vey Monday in the multi-purpose
room. The survey was taken of
all Portland area high schools
and elementary schools to find
this generation’s level of immu
nity to tuberculosis.
Albina Center student talent show
to feature Valentine's Day theme
The Albina Art Center will be
the location of the Fourth An
nual Valentine’s Day Talent
Show and contest. The show will
be held Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at
3425 N. Montana.
The show is held by the Al
bina Art Center to encourage
singers, dancers, instrumental
ists and others interested in any
of the performing arts. The Sev
en of Diamonds Teen Club will
co-sponsor this event and cash
prizes will be awarded. Those
interested in entering the con
test must do so by today. Past
entrants have gone on to become
professional performers.
Payment of a small fee will be
charged to enter. Those who
wish information on performing
in or attending the show .can
February 14, 1969
Ann Lofvors
learns English
1
meets people'
Ann Catrín Lofvors, original
ly from Mora, Sweden, moved
to Oakridge on August 28, 1968.
Since January 24, 1969 she has
been living in Portland and is a
senior at Grant.
“I wanted to learn Eng
lish and have the experience
of knowing other people,”
was the reason Ann gave
for coming to the United
States.
Ann explained that she is tak
ing calligraphy, American prob
lems, English, biology, and math.
In Sweden the students go to
seven years of what is consid
ered our “elementary” school.
During the sixth or seventh year
the students with the highest
grades go on to three or four
years of high school. Following
this they can attend a three-year
college. All during their educa
tion, the Swedish students take
fifteen subjects at a time. Ann
plans to study philosophy in col
lege.
“In America you have
more knowledge about less
things,” stated Ann.
According to Ann, “the Ameri
can schools and the Swedish
schools are about equal in diffi
culty. But if I could speak the
language fluently I would pick
English schools as being the
easier.”
In Sweden English classes
fourth grade. Ann explained
begin with the third or
that the reason this is so
important is because “Swe
den depends so much on the
tourist trade.”
Ann decided that the biggest
difference between the United
States and Sweden is in dating.
“In Sweden when we go on a
date, we go in a group, while in
the United States we go in twos.
“We hope to survey 90 per
cent of the students,” stated Mrs.
Ingram.
A testing material consisting
“The only thing I don’t like
of dead tuberculosis germs in a
solution was “shot” with a gun about your school is the so few
into sophomore students’ arms. minutes you have between
If the student had ever contac classes,” confided Ann. “I also
ted TB, it will form a braised didn’t like your dress code, but
you don’t have it any more.
spot within 48 to 72 hours.
Thursday the results of the
“I ■ like Portland better than
test will be read and the stu Stockholm,” Ann assured. “But
dents’ arms will be examined.
I still like Mora the best!”
contact The Seven of Diamonds
Teen Club, 2703 N. Williams or
The Albina Art Center at 8 N.E.
Killingsworth. Tickets are avail
able at these places and at the
door.
JtampjuA. JfafuuiA,
Friday—Basketball, Cleve
land, here, 8:00.
Friday - Saturday — Wres
tling, district tournament.
Tuesday — Basketball, Jef
ferson, therea, 7:00.
Thursday—Pendleton band
exchange assembly.
Friday — Parent visitation,
afternoon.
.1__ •____ Members of the work
crew of School District
No. 1 prepare trenches for eventual installation of new street
lights.
/ ia /I _____ /
'N here S the ignition.