November, 1956
TWENTY-ONE KLAMATH
STUDENTS COMPLETE SCHOOL
YEAR OUTSIDE AREA
Twenty-one Klamath students
completed the 1955-56 school year
or are attending school at the
present time in colleges outside
the Klamath area. These students,
their course, and schools are listed
as follows :
Central Oregon College (Bend)
-Robert Skeen, General Educa
tiou. College of Beauty (Portland)
Louisa Barney, Beauty Tech
nician. M a r v 1 1 1 u r s t ( ' A ege- M a r ga r e t
Ball, Education; Nadine Dawson,
Liberal Arts.
Moler Barher College (Port
land) James Barney, Barbering.
Mt. Angel Women's College
Just inr Buckskin, Liberal Arts.
Northwest School of Commerce
(Portland) Laura Courtney,
Junior Accounting. Karen Hatch
er. Professional Accounting.
Oregon College of Kducation
(Monmouth)--Joe Cohurn. Fdu
cation; John Copeland, Educa
tiou: Joel George, Liheral Arts.
Portland Secretarial School
Lavina McKinnev, Secretarial;
Maxine Walker, Secretarial.
Portland State College
Claudia Courtney , Art Education.
Sacred Heart Hospital (Eu
gene) W'ihna Manual, Nursing.
I'nivcrsitv of Oregon Wood
row Ball, Architecture; Richard
Porter. Pre-1 )eutistry ; Shirlee
Warren. Nursing Education.
Cuiversity of Oregon Medical
School. Joseph Ball, Medicine.
Willamette Cuiversity Frieda
Kirk, Liheral Arts.
KLAMATH TRIBUNE HITS
PRESS; MONTHLY ISSUES
ARE PLANNED
This paper represents the first
issue of the Klamath Trihune,
this name having heen selected
by staff memhers of the Klamath
Information and Education Pro
gram. The Klamath Trihune is
designed to make availahle to
Klamath Trihal memhers infor
mation on all aspects of the termi
nation law, (Puhlic Law 5S7), and
progress made under that law. It
is planned to puhlish general sec
tions on such items of interest
to trihal memhers as the vocational-educational
program, the
agricultural program, and legal
matters connected with Puhlic
Law 587. Special articles will he
run covering any of these fields
or other fields of importance to
the trihe.
The Klamath Trihune will ap
pear monthly and each issue will
he made availahle to all memhers
of the trihe.
MRS. FRANK BELL
APPOINTED TO TEACH .
BUSINESS CLASSES
Sixteen eager trihal memhers
attended the first meeting of the
Business Night School on Octo
her 16 at Chiloquin High School.
Interest was expressed hy tri
hal memhers in such a school and
the education department estab
lished the commercial program
to. meet this need.
Mrs. Frank Bell, well qualified
commercial teacher at Chiloquin
High was appointed to instruct
these adult classes.
Classes which meet every Tues
day and Thursday between 7 P.M.
and (J:M) P.M. are open to any
adult members of the tribe. Ap
plications for the next term are
now being taken at the Chiloquin
Education office.
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STUDENTS COMPLETE
SCHOOL YEAR, AT OTI
Twenty-one students enrolled
at OTI under the Klamath Edu
cation Program successfully com
pleted the 1955-56 school year in
June.
Following are the students
completing the year, and their
courses: William Barfield, Body
and Fender; Charles Barney,
Body and Fender: Finlcy Barney,
Commercial Art; Paid Belhn,
Gunsmithing ; Barbara Busby,
Medical Technology: Don Carter,
Diesel; Clarence Courtney, San
itation: Irwin Crume, Auto Mech
anics; Patsv Crume, Baking;
Arlen David, 'Radio-TV: Randolph
David, Auto Mechanics: Harold
Hatcher, Carpentrv: Margaret
Hunt singer, linking: Eugene
Keane, Body and Fender; Helen
Malone, Medical Technology; Ben
Mitchell, Bodv and Fender: Isom
Mitchell. Radio-TV: Ernestine
Ortis. X-Ray Technology: Carroll
Shadlev, Baking: Alton Thomp
son, Diesel; Antonio Cnive, Bus
iness. Of these students. Don Carter
finished his course. In addition,
Clarence Courtney and Margaret
Huntsinger made the honor roll
for spring term.
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Question: Are Indian languages
crude and simple?
Answer: No. Their grammars
are complicated and their vocab
ularies large. Three Indian lang
uages chosen at random were
found to possess more than 7,(XX
ll.(XX) and 10.000 words. The vo
cabulary of the average English
speaking person is rarelv more
than 10,000 words.
According to linguistic experts,
the Klamath language has a com
plex grammar and a rich vocabulary.
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Aerial view of OTI
FALL TERM CLASSES AT OTI NOW IN SESSION;
WIDE VARIETY OF COURSES OFFERED
school
an on
Classes for the 1956-57
vear at OTI fall term be
September 24.
Oregon Technical Institute is
a vocational type school offering
training in such fields as business,
industrial occupations, and tech
nical occupations. Klamath Stu
dents have been enrolled in each
of these three main fields, re
ceiving training through use of
materials, equipment, etc., which
they will actually encounter on
the job, and under working con
ditions similar to those met on
the job. Klamath students in auto
mechanics, for instance, work on
cars, their own or belonging to
others, in shops similar to
those actually in operation as
businesses.
Some of the departments at
OTI and fields of study, taught
under them are listed as follows:
School of Agricultural Tech
nology: Farm Technology, Live
stock Production Technology,
Farm Mechanics, Farm Machin
ery Mechanics.
School of Industrial Tech
nology: Auto Machinist, Auto
Mechanics, Automatic Transmis
sions, Auto Technology, Automo
tive Electricity and Tune-up,
Auto Body and Fender Repair,
Diesel Mechanics, Diesel Tech
nology, Combination Welding,
Cabinet Making, Carpentry, Re
frigeration Servicing, Gunsmith
ing, Sports Equipment. Baking.
School of Technical Associates:
Accounting, Dental Office Assis
tant, Secretarial Technology,
General Office-Training, Medical
Technology, X-Ray Technology,
Sanitation and Water Tech
nology, Surveying Technology,
Radio and Television Technology,
Electronics Technology, Commer
cial Illustration and Design,
Watchmaking and Clockmaking
Technology, and Office Machines.
Most of these courses arc two
school years in length.
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Clarence Courtney, left, and Russell Anderson discuss engi
neering problems at OTI. Courtney is enrolled in sanitation
under the Klamath Education Program. Anderson took train
ing during the 1955-56 school year under the coastal Indian
Education Program.