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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1959)
Poge 2 KLAMATH TRIBUNE December 1959 RECREATION COUNCIL TO SPONSOR BOXING CLUB; DIVERSE ACTIVITIES REPORTED Tin- Hoard of Directors of the Chiloquiu Recreation Council in a special luncheon meeting on I )eceinher H agreed to sponsor the boxing cluh which was recently organized for the youngsters of the Chiloquiu area. The hoys, who are being traiue(l by Chiloquiu police officers Lot! Jones and Ken Schoonover, are all being signed up with the American Athletic l.'nion. A special cominittee head ed hy Al Samples was appointed to work with the cluh in an ad visory rapacity and to handle the financial afairs of the cluh. Cdeta Wainpler and Klido DeMortoli are other ineinhers of the committee. Flava Yates was assigned the re sponsibility of selecting an Indian name for the cluh. The first smoker under the Recreation Council sponsorship was held on Saturday, Dec. ln, in Chiloquiu. At an earlier meeting, the Council voted to co-sponsor with the high school, the construction of an ice skating rink in Chilo quiu. A committee headed hy Ron Harrison has work well under way toward the installation at Spink Community ltrk of an ice skating rink that measures 1(X) feet hy o5 feet. The sheet of plas tic which will hold the ice was purchased jointly hy the Recrea tion Council and the Chilouiu High student hody. The lumher which will provide the support around the rink has hcen donated hy the Simplot Lumber Company. Levelling of ground at Spink Community Park in preparation for installation of the plastic rink has heen done by Hob Mitchell. It is anticipated that the rink will be in operation in the near future. It has been tentatively an nounced that the pine cone sales supervised by Marie Xorris ami Flava Vales, tribal members, have resulted in profits of over seventy dollars for the recreation council. Mrs. Robert Flcagle, editor of the Northwest Indian News, as sisted in the sales in the Seattle area, w hile Art and I Hen Currier explored markets for the cones in California. The pine cone sales committee is of the opinion that sales wil be more successful next ear since plans are afoot to launch the sales earlier. The Christmas Candy program was made possible this year by donations from the Chiloquiu merchants. In the past, about two-hundted dollars was spent annually for Christmas candy from the juke box recreation fund. At the Recreation Council meeting, the expenditure of such a large amount was questioned in view of the shortage of funds and JOSEPH DeLORME (Continued from Page 1) the many unmet recreational needs of the community. The de cision to solicit donations from the merchants and to reduce the total cost was made by a com mittee headed by Dwight Kircher. It was reported tentatively that another thirty-five dollars was raised for recreational pur poses from the sale of cooked foods at the personal property sales at the Agency on Dec. 17. Donations of food by individuals interested in assisting the recrea tion program have increased somewhat, according to Council officials, but more help is needed. The theatre seats, donated to the Recreation Council by Al Prescott of Malin, have been moved into the vacant store next to the Pine Cone. The first step, therefore, towards the reopening of the community movie program under Recreation Council spon sorship has been taken. It is re ported that the w eekly movie pro gram will resume as soon as the seats are adequately secured on planks. The Chiloquiu High School students enjoyed a special Christ inas movie made possible by the Recreational Council mi Dec. 23. In addition to the projects be ing sponsored and being planned by the Council as listed above, a monthly bulletin and calendar of events was started in November for the purpose of keeping com munity leaders and organizations abreast of what is going on in the community and to help coordinate comtnuuit v activities. Seniors Invited To Contact Ed. Program All enrolled members of the Klamath Tribe who arc now in their senior year of high school and who are interested in con tinuing their education after graduation arc invited to contact the Klamath Education Program. This program has been set up under terms of Public Law 5S7 to provide training opportunities to tribal members and this year's High school graduates, among others, arc 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 arc interested in enrolling for the next fall term should make the necessary arrangements at as early a date as possible. High school seniors who are interested in the program should contact the Klamath Kducatiou Office. Phone Chiloquiu, regon. Explaining the ins and outs of piano study, Joseph relates he is working under Bruno Pellegrini, a noted teacher of the Medford area with whom he has been for five years. He is presently taking a 3rd year elementary conserva tory course, specifically a "Cz erny course". He also gets some Heethoven, Mozart, and Chopin, as well as harmony, or composi tion. This work is all preparatory to getting admitted to the con servatory of his choice Conser vation de Paris, which Joseph says is one of the best, also one of the most difficult to get into. He points out that it is necessary to know all the scales "be able to play them forward, backward, sideways, and on top of each other", write quartets, and play highly technical music in order to qualify. He figures it will take another two years to gain the needed preparation. Then to the conservatory "where they put the polish on". "When you come out of there you're all finished," he says. The exact length of the conservatory course depends" on the student's ability and capacity and upon his teacher. As to how you get lined up with a teacher: "In entering a conservatory you audition, play what they tell you. The teachers pick you. The best teachers pick the best qualified. The student hoards with the teacher works round the clock." Joseph states that, if and when he completes work at the Paris Conservatory, he will receive a doctorate in music. Then on to his ultimate musical goal be coming a solo pianist with an or chestra. At first he expects he will have to look for such an orchestra which will perform with him. Then, working his way up, he anticipates that he will be able to play with the orchestra of his choice. That summarizes his musical aspirations. Right now at Robert son Joseph is studying account ing I, math I. typing I, shorthand II. and spelling. Next term he will get psychology, shorthand II. typing II. accounting II, word study, and Knglish 1. His course is 2lj years in total length. He regards it as "very thorough". As for the school: "I wouldn't trade it for any college. Here you don't have any caste system." Joseph's main objective in acounting is to become a CPA (certified public accountant). He points out that "if I complete higher accounting here I'm qualified to take a trv at the State (CPA) test. If I don't pass 1 go to work as an account ant. When I feel qualified I can take the test again. This keeps on until I pass." And. as pointed out, he hopes to use this training eventually to help sustain his piano studies. Meanwhile, he is also getting some invaluable on-the-job ex perience with the Medford School District. He advises that he is employed part-time as a recorder at Medford High School, sitting in on a class in applied group dynamics. "I record everything said in class. I get down what each per son says and his name, the way he says it. I type it out for Mr. Kilpack (the instructor) and he analyzes it." Joseph explains that the stu dents in group dynamics, usually about 9 to a class, discuss prob lems, they themselves being the problems. A student presents a problem and the class discusses it, the instructor providing direction. Joseph says the job has helped him greatly in his typing and shorthand. In addition: "Prob lems the kids have are some I myself have encountered so it's good experience all around." Joseph's interest in foreign languages, as mentioned, is util itarian to the extent that he hopes to master French as an assist to his conservatory training. How ever, he also has something of an aesthetic interest in the matter: "My favorite language is Latin. It seems like the Creeks and Latins have written such beauti ful writings. Most Creek writings are copied and translated by Roman writers. What survives today are Latin manuscripts of Creek writings. It's much better to read in the original. I've read Caesar's campaigns. It is much better than in Knglish." Joseph is a withdrawing mem ber. When disclosing views on termination, he counsels caution "keeping your mouth shut". However, he came up with quite a few, including: 1. The uses of termination "If I don't get m funds I don't go to Paris." 2. The abuses of termination "I think so many people willtnis use the money they get. They shouldn't spend money foolishly on things they don't need. I think termination had to come but the money will be misused." 3. The opportunities of termin ation "The more the people stay on the reservation the worse they'll get. When they get their money they should take off for someplace else." 4. The end result of termin ation "They'll have a lot of In dians with nothing. I think most will end up living off the State."
