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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
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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."