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KLAMATH TRIBUNE
AUGUST 1958
KLAMATH LANGUAGE CLASS STARTED
Aerial View of Oregon Technical Institute
OTI CLASSES TO START SEPT. 29
With fall term classes at TI
getting under way in approxi
mately one month tribal members
interested in enrolling this school
car at O i l are urged to contact
the Klamath F.ducation Program
as soon as possible.
The school calendar, for fall
term F5X is given as follows:
Sept. -'1 -27-New Student Week
Sept. J 5 -Jo Registration of
previous students
Sept. J'7-( lasses in regular
session I .ast day to reg
ister without penalty
)ct. (t Last day to register.
add. or change courses
( )ct. 17-Latest da to drop
courses
Nov. 7-Mid-term
Nov. I 1 - Veterans' I ay
(Holiday)
Nov. 27-M) Thanksgiving
vacation
' Dec. lh-lz-Prc-rcgistration
for winter term
I )ec. 17-1 lasses end
Dec. IK Final exams
Dec. 1-Fnd of fall term
Dean of Men Frank Stanko
enlarge upon the schedule of
events during new student week
to state that the dormitories will
.pen on Sept. Jl at noon. The
following day freshman orienta
tion will start and the first M)
new students to have registered
will begin their testing. On Tues
day, Sept. -M. the balance of the
new students will take their tests.
On Sept. 25 there will be a re
ception at the student union at
which the Oi l director, Winston
.Purvinc. will meet with faculty
and students. Featured on Satur
day, Sept. 27. will be a trip to
(rater Lake for new students
with a icturn in the evening in
sufficient time to take in the foot
ball ;.;ame between Hamilton A FT I
and OTI at Modoc Field in Klam
ath Falls.
One new course will be offered
at Oi l this ear: Dialling Tech
nology. This will be a sK-tcrm.
two vear cuniculum with the
option of specializing in either
architectural Mi nctnral drafting
technology or mechanical draft
ing technology. This option may
be exercised at the end of the
fourth term or before.
According to the official OTI
brochure regarding the course,
"basic 'mathematics, surveying,
physics, and engineering reports
are an integral part of the spec
ialized training for the purpose
of broadening the student's per
spective and ability in a wide
field of technical knowledge.
Class and laboratory studies are
blended to provide well-rounded
training, and to graduate men
and women fully pialified for
placement in an interesting and
remunerative field".
In regard to the profession of
drafting and its employment out
look the brochure continues:
"Fngineering and science, pro
fessionally practiced, have in the
past required large numbers of
drafting technologists. These
technically trained men and
women have been necessary in
carrying out production phases of
industry and research. Now. with
the greatly increased tempo of
all engineering and science ac
tivities, the need for drafting
technicians has become acute. The
Pacific (.'oast, and particularly
Oregon, will continue to require
an ever increasing number. The
present demand for technical
draftsmen is far above the num
ber available. There is no reason
to believe that this abundance of
vacancies in well-paid profes
sional positions will be reduced
in the foreseeable future."
'The other curricula available
during the coming school ear at
OTI. for the most part the same
as those offered last year, are:
accounting, advanced auto tech
nology, advanced auto machine
tech., advanced auto tune-up
tech., advanced dicsel tech., ad
vanced machinist tech., advanced
welding tech..
auto tech.. auto
body customizing, auto machine
tech.. auto tune-up tech.. auto
matic transmissions, bookkeeping,
carpentry and woodwork tech.,
dental assistant, dicsel tech., clec-
ipliauce tech..
odv tech.. auto
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Interested citizens now have
ra're opportunity to study the
Klamath language and master the
intricacies thereof. For the past
month small groups have been
convening at the Kducation Of
fice in Chilouin on Monday
nights. 7 to 9 I'M. to receive in
struction from teachers well-rounded
in the subject matKTr,
namely. Martha Xelson and Flava
Yates. lioth Mrs. Xelson and Mrs.
Yates learned the language at an
early ajje through association
with grandparents and other well
versed elders, and now occupy
an excellent position from which
to impart the knowledge thus
gained.
Students attending the meet
ings held thus far include: Dibbon
Cook, Arthur and Helen Currier,
Lola Gallagher, Victoria Xelson,
Marie Xorris. Jack Pearce, "and
Dr. 'Theodore Stern. Also attend
ing the meetings in the capacity
of assistant instructors have been
I ma Jimenez and Mary Reyes.
'The course starts with the
learning of single words and then
Seniors Invited To
Contact Ed. Program
All enrolled meinbersof the
Klamath 'Tribe who are now in
their senior year of hih school
and who are interested in con
tinuing their education after
graduation are invited to contact
the Klamath Fdtication Program.
'This program has been set up
under terms of Public Law 5S7
to provide training opportunities
to tribal members and this year's
Hih School graduates, among
others, are eligible to participate
in it. 'Training under the program
can be taken in any accredited vo
cational school or college in the
State of Oregon. 'Those who are
interested in beginning college
next fall term should make the
necessary arrangements at an
early a date as possible.
tronics tech., farm equipment re
tailing, farm mechanics, farm
tech.. general office operation,
gunsmithing tech.. highway tech..
illustrative arts tech.. industrial
electronics tech., industrial pro
cesses tech.. livestock production
tech., machinist tech., medical
tech, medical X-ray tech.. office
machine tech.. postgraduate in
auto tech.. -postgraduate in dicsel
tech., practical nursing, refrig
eration tech., retail business oper
ation, screen printing tech.. secre
tarial tech.. sign painting' tech..
structural design tech., survey
ing tech.. welding certification
practice, w elding tech., and wood
working tech.
aprogresses to the construction of
sentences. 'The atmosphere is
quite informal, the instructors
telling simple stories in Klamath
and retelling them hi'JCnglish to
facilitate the learning of the
language.
According to Mrs. Yates the
students are progressing satis
factorily: "It doesn't seem to be
hard to them. It depends on how
th eir mind runs. I think vou have
to lfave the brain for it."
Fvidencing the need for some
such sort of language instruc
tion, as Flava sees it, is the al
most complete absence of tlif
spoken language among tribal
members' families or any other,
for that matter.
She offers as a partial explan
atoin of this paucity: "When we
went to government school they
wouldn't allow us to. talk Indian.
Some of tire children got punished
if they talked Indian."
As to the possibilities of re
establishing t h i s near-extinct
tongue, Flava is optimistic and
plans to continue the sessions as
long as interest holds up.
"I think there's lots of them
want to learn it there's lots of
whites want to learn it."
Moth Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Xel
son extend a welcome to any per
sons interested in turning out
.Monday nights to absorb these
interesting lessons.
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Recreation Council
(Continued from Pae 1, Col. 2)
a 4-2 won and lost record, (lirls
playing on the team, all teen
agers from the Chilocpiin area,
included: Sharon Acpiela, Wanda
Ay res, Patricia Charles. Cassie
Case, Margaret "Chubby" Jack
son. Mary Lotches. Mary Ann
Matt. Marlene Xorris. and Sheila
Riddle. Mary Lotches also acted
as assistant mgr. of the team.
On 'Thursday, Aug. 14, the
Chihxpjin Recreation Council held
a surprise picnic for the Curriers
at Collier Park. 'The affair, initiajt
ed at the Aug. 13 meeting of the
recreation council and organized
by Cilcta ampler. Virginia
Doak. Marie Xorris, and Flava
Yates, saw over 50 adults attend
ing and bringing potluck dishes.
As a finale to the evening a
blanket and an authentic Klamath
basket billed with uncus, apaws,
and other comestibles were pre
sented to the Curriers in apprec
iation of their efforts. Accom
panying the gifts was the generally-expressed
sentiment that the
Curriers would return next sum
mer to carry on this extremely
worthwhile program.
(For pictures of sume of the
summer's actviities see page 4).