Editing Fred Crisman (section)

==Teaching career==
In 1953, he returned to teaching in Elgin, Oregon.<ref name="LeF"/>  He worked as a teacher and administrator in high schools in Washington and Oregon.<ref name="LeF"/>

In December 1953, Crisman served as director of the high school drama club.<ref>La Grande Observer (La Grande, Oregon) December 12, 1953, p. 5</ref> In 1955, Crisman accepted a job as superintendent at Huntington.<ref>La Grande Observer (La Grande, Oregon) August 22, 1955, p. 7</ref>  
On April 15, 1957,  Crisman was charged with drunken disorderly, resisting arrest, and pulling a firearm on the arresting officer;  He was fined $100.

In 1958,  Crisman was cited in connection with a local tradition of a fictional high school student at [[White River High School (Washington)|White River High]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/734331261|title=The News Tribune 06 Jun 1958, page 15|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  Also in 1958, Crisman took a course at Pacific Lutheran University.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/734905343/|title=The News Tribune 01 Nov 1968, page 47|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1959, Crisman organized a fundraising project that sold booklets about the varsity basketball team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/734261978|title=The News Tribune 01 Feb 1959, page 30|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  In 1960, Crisman's civics class authored a letter to the editor on the [[Caryl Chessman]] death penalty case, arguing "Has the time come when the United States takes orders from other countries?  The Chessman case is a problem which is testing the judicial stability of the United States.   The exterior infiltration on the United States and the exterior infiltration of the State of California should not force our government to bow down to the opinions of other nations and countries."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/734456244/|title=The News Tribune 28 Feb 1960, page 77|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  Crisman resigned from White River High in June 1960.<ref name="auto"/>

By 1962, Crisman was attached to Rainer High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/575689612/|title=Longview Daily News 28 Sep 1962, page 9|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  In 1964, Crisman began teaching in the Turner school district, and it was reported his book on "Industrial Recruiting" had been accepted for publication.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197148838/ |title=23 Sep 1964, p. 15 – Statesman Journal at Newspapers.com |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109070031/https://www.newspapers.com/image/197148838/ |url-status=live}}</ref>  In April 1965, his post was listed as journalism teacher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/198475276 |title=29 Apr 1965, p. 28 –Statesman Journal at Newspapers.com |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928212844/https://www.newspapers.com/image/198475276 |url-status=live}}</ref> On February 21, 1966, Crisman was suspended and later dismissed from his teaching position at Cascade High on a charge of insubordination and "creating a secret society".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/316055464/ |title=11 Mar 1966, 1 – The Capital Journal at Newspapers.com |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109235829/https://www.newspapers.com/image/316055464/ |url-status=live}}</ref>  The board added that "the organization is of such a nature that should not be condoned or authorized to exist in this district."<ref>Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon) March 11, 1966, p. 2</ref>  <!-- A letter defending Crisman was published claiming he was fired for insubordination after suggesting to the superintendent should accept the resignation of Cascade Union principle Ralph McKenzie. <ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/316287262/ {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref> -->  District officials said the society had been limited to five students, and officials declined to disclose the nature of the organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/316055464 |title=11 Mar 1966, 1 – The Capital Journal at Newspapers.com |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109235829/https://www.newspapers.com/image/316055464/ |url-status=live}}</ref>