Chilocco Indian Agricultural School - Chiloccoan Yearbook (Chilocco, OK)

Text from Pages 1 - 92 of the 1952 volume:

, ' r In A I uv...-.,lJ Eh! . V-1 ' Iv is . I, I W ' . ' I -- -i '-.g -'r-.:,, . -..- 4- .x 1- ,... Y rn., 'wvqfw' 1+-. -4- 5-- -lr. -:rf 4 Nga.. .,1q!f,3wr.lg3LE I Jiisi, . fn, . ,, ,'.,'. .vi ,Mi-, I .. '--vr 1-1 L n . -up -. . .H .I M ' - Jug!! ' f as . . .2 nys . 1 1: 4','.1,'g.:,,,:, i 7 - ' v' 4' : : I . ., ,JF .U ,VA -4 V Icffx' J ' IL 'u N'-4-Qi-',.:A5Q D L2.5.,g1.'3 -fi v. L.. Q. -1.-V -:J'1.,.-?--1-f,.' - : I i, - JDJ YILH, 45-. .I - '.1--,Trllz ' ' '- ' r- 1.V' 1 v-. , . , , - r f V,' ,. ..'Pe . .3 , J i N Q 2 19.4.2 SK! L V- X Ah, ,. ., g E ' 1' . z ' rf.: 5, . n '-.nu . ,.2'.' x, -. .,,-1-, .:.g.' ' I' 1-,Is .:',f?--.JL 1-2 -' .1 -,Auf ' r' L ' 1' '4-11' ' .4 . .-..-ew I. f 4 . - 1 . - v . . . 1- A-fi... -s!'f..a-'Iii - . . I '.' I . ,.1g..-1. x 1, 5- --.,,- 54. y ,dk ',.:'. -4 ' -nh'-3-'!2L.w ' -- -- '. my--1- , ' Zhjfji -f-R-2 LJ HUJ 1.1? VU. ' -I . ..-1. -. -- ' f.'-'.. 'W' ljgl- 1- 'Q' . ,.,j.:V '.T'Pa71f.',.f'g'f3'j 2 ' - '-1, 13.31531-', f'af --. - - 133'-,.-,jen gear: - R -- ' .'.5f'IfJ nu ,n ' J. 1 v .-I ' 1 . E.. A . 0 1 , r a , ,. . -5 'x,'4- '---655 I v . . ' L, EEN ' V' .I'.- ..-AL - -.. U, f.: ..., af w ---'- .. -gy 1. .W , .'.:'1:.4'.' . -lt: -- ' QE an 1-- 4 'gr . mf. . . . . .. , Of.:-L-I ' 5'-f1':T J we tif, uf, .QQ if WJ 'H '...9nf. . - w- .- . -f . -z'- - ' 1 FIU , fl, , .. , -- Jvlxiv ad' , WJ. In - k',gi-2' . J F 'gd L N' ejr-.--- r A gil,-L ' ..-L-1 3f'f'.' If 5-..-.-'Y ls vt 4'Iigl'.f'! .. f.. E1 1 4 ' WJ. 'EC ffzi -.-if flif'-'rflffi-A whim, . -, .- - ,--1af.af'?fJf ff . . img- ..-' FL' - .J ag Q .ef :..... , X 1'ft-5 9 ':--6' 2 A -1-5 i1y':v. .1 5 1- i 'f' -.xx -Egan:-,.-. --ff . . ' 'Wu .iL'S.i?'f'vFEQ51 53- ,E ' fn-'.!.QA-P JSF' at-Jw' J . 'Y l1':f'. M1--'-5 ' - W -in -JH' Q- . , ff-SH rm .- .. -qw f .- ': - 1 7 A EQLL.-,Z'n. , , H- 1 L1 , . ., . L 41. lc- 1-.5-:gif Q- 4 ,. ,I - 1 ,' '1.1 ..l-ff , , . 'j , .. T -fu. 1'-. 1 I M- .. I2-sjf t,1'1V-VH -- . .1 ' . . . 1 -' -- .. - ,- QQL' . ,,,5?!'. .A ,- ...V , E- f- V5 TJ T.. .9 K- 1,94 f .:,,.-, I I. --,k .. -. . 1,5 -I . :Q A fri-1.1:-.w I... ' -.if -4 -. ,,.-, , 3 r iQ..-jL4w,' '2. 1 ., ' w I. L - '-r, -ggdf' -. . .---.!...f4 .' L 'Ai J-J - . 'ia .LA.,-i ', -L j -1+ -4?-isa? . . .. ' 1 :I rgyl' QF. ' f rmfw-1:44 Af- 'a I '- I. - , J ' '. -.3 f - JL.- r,f.--'r .- - 11.-z - - in-' ':. -'I - ..',-2- YL. Q -- ::,.. :fn 51 , :'L'd f-T w-Izt.F?rLn .:...'.4. ,V,-I ...i ,,l,,,....m - , . 'ifiii-. - kj -,. 'yn ..r'.i1:'. :E I -na., Tw,-5 - - '- :'f .:, fl--S .- - A '-:-. . 1 . -W ' A' -4 l ' .. --Ti'E i.f' ' I - J . r '. ' lizighfi, ' --f wv PE-5L,L' '- -I I Tl-IE CI-IILQC ,OA CN IQ52 'Q ---V 'Sli - ogiail' i f hf ffx o E J, - Xi u ravi 1 W. w e, F Z , Z -- -....,.,f V ,.' lssq ' M' Chilacco Indian Agricultural School Chilncca, Ukluhorml 59-M5-23-52-350 The Chilocco Indian School Print Shop 1 Chilocco, Oklahoma FURELID -ui- i Gig-,W 'l'llE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Wi- :ill ivim-iiibei' wc-ll that lirsl day of school many, iiiziiiy' veairs neo when we were all so excited amd happy that at last we were entering school just like the hie kids. Now --f- il is almost over and for many ol' us it is over. Your mziiiy ussocizites throughout all your school days will be perhaps the most cherished and loved of all the things you will ever recall. In this Chiloeeozm We hope to help you remember all the faces and the many happy experierives occurring on the campus. Let's all remember the school song, the rod muples. the lake and all the other pleaszim thinus to he The Hz-si Ye-:mrs ol' Our l.ives. Dedzcation MR. LAWRENCE E. CORRELL, Superintendent It has been my good fortune and privilege to work with, and for Indian youth for the past thirty-three years. To our beloved superintendent and good friend, Mr. L. E. Correll, we bestow this very high honor. Mr. Correll has been at Chilocco since August 15, 1919. The next day after he received his Bachelor of Science degree at A :Sz M. College in Stillwater, he was appointed to the position of instructor of agriculture, a position he kept until he became director of agriculture in 1924. It was the spring of 1925 when Mr. Correll received his Master of Science degree at Oklahoma A 8a M College in Stillwater. From July 1, 1926 until the present time has has been the superintendent of Chilocco. It is also interesting to know that our superintendent's birth place is just one mile south of the Chilocco reservation in the Middleton Community. During his time at Chilocco, Mr. Correll has always kept a considerate and understanding insight into the problems of our school. The improvements of the standards of the school have made a rapid progress through the unselfish aid of our superintendent. It is because of these and many other accomplishments that we, the Senior Class, have chosen to dedicate the Chiloccoan of 1952 to the capable gentleman and school superintendent, Mr. Lawrence E. Correll. Cn eetings from the Commissioner MR. DILLON S. MYER Commissioner The objective of Indian Education is to develop Indian youth into self-respecting and self-reliant individuals, able to take their places, and make their full contribu- tions as citizens in the communities in which they reside. The ultimate of this objective is complete integration in the American way of life. Some Indian groups can achieve this goal more rapidly than othersg but with all groups the transition should occur in an orderly way. Indian groups must be allowed to adjust to new modes of lifeg they must be encouraged to retain those values in their Indian cultures that have continued importance to them in their new lifeg and they must be permitted sufficient gradualness in change of cultures to allow them to develop the same deep sense of security in their new life as they had in their Indian life. Given this security, Indian groups and Indian individuals, as they become integrated in American life, will add immeasurable strength to our total national culture, Schools engaged in the education of Indian youth-federal, public and mission- have a responsibility to see that transition between cultures takes place with reasonable speed. Students who receive the education offered by these schools hold a like responsibility. It is hoped that Indian students of this graduating class at Chilocco, as well as Indian youth everywhere, will put to good use the oppor- tunities they have had, or will have in the future, so that they may make worthy contributions as American citizens. May you each do your share in speeding the day when all Indians are integrated into the stream of American life. Administration Greetings from the Superintendent MR. LAWRENCE E. CORRELL Superintendent Greetings To The Class Of 1952 It has been my good pleasure to be your School Superintendent for the past four years and I want you to know I think you are a wonderful class of 81 members, more or less. Someone has said to me recently, You always think the present graduating class is the best class ever, and that is exactly the Way I feel this yearg that is the way it should be. Each future class should be a little better than the previous year's class, don't you think? I would like for each of you to know how much personal satisfaction I have gained by being able to work with and for you and for the members of your wonderful class during the past three or four years. ' f! It sometimes takes a sick spell to make us really appreciate friends and friendships but take it from me, life would be a dull existence without real close friendships and when I say this, I offer you this advice: Keep in touch with the members of your class by letter, by visitations and by other metods in the future because as you grow older, these friendships will mean more and more and more to you each year. Your real joys and happiness will come with sharing your sorrows and pleasures with your friends. When you marry and when you have children, keep your classmates and friends advised of these important happenings. It will mean so much towards future happiness. When you think about what we employees have done for you, you could sum it up something like this: We actually have done very little for you. The Superintendent and his staff have advised, counseled and presented you with many facts but what actually happened in your development was more or less up to you as individuals. So my advice to you in this case would be to remember what your good friends and employees of this school have told you and use this advice as a stepping stone for bigger things after you have gone out into the world to work or to continue your education. Your future progress, I repeat, is entirely up to you. I can think of no better advice at the moment than of calling to your attention your class motto: Forward Ever, Backward Never. If you will live up to that wonderful motto, this school and your friends will always have reason to be proud of you. Your class has developed and shown some real leadership. Please see that this spirit of leadership is further developed and encouraged as you grow in your home and local communities. The world is sadly in need of real, sincere leadership at the moment. During the time you have been at Chilocco, the faculty of this school has given you the essential vocational training to enable you to go out and earn a respectable livelihood, in addition we have given you the traditional academic training usually offered in a high school. Your little class annual, the Chiloccoan, will give you a written as well as a pictorial history of your work while a student at Chilocco. Be sure to keep your present memories and acquaintances. active, and fresh in your minds at all times. As Superintendent of this school, I am always glad but sorry to see another wonderful class leave our campus. Future pleasures to be gained from our acquaintances with you, will depend largely upon your future successes. What will the future records of history record in your behalf? It is quite important to you to give some thought to that future record. My last advice to you: Be an active member of the Chilocco Alumni Association. If you will follow that advice you will always thank me for reminding you of this important element towards your future happiness. L. E. Correll, Superintendent. Io the Class of 1952 MR ERNEST C. MUELLER, Principal You are to be congratulated for having completed the requirements for high school graduation and so it is with sincerity and appreciation that I offer you these congratulatory greetings. Sincerity. because l realize that you are due a great deal ot praise. You have come a long way on the road to successful living. No boy or girl could have accomplished what you have without having developed within his inner-self a determination to accomplish a definite purpose in life. Appreciation, because it has been a genuine pleasure for me to work with you during the four years that you have been at Chilocco. You came to Chiloceo as a high school freshman and during the days and years that you have been here, you have not only grown and developed physically but you have also developed socially. morally and spiritually. You have developed mental attitudes and aptitude skills. As your school principal. l take pride in you as a product of this school. Sincerely. Ernest C. Mueller. Principal. The Office Staff Mrs. Gladys Trapp Superintendenfs Secretory Mr. Claude Hayman Mr. l'lUQl F- l'lUSf0 ' Accounting Clerlf PVODGVW Clerk Mr. C. H. Laughlin Chief Clerk Miss Dora McFarland Miss lda Mae Deer Librarian f Principal's Secretary Miss Louise Kowena Teacher, Typing and Junior Business Annual King and Queen 1 A A nnual King and Queen History The Annual King and Queen were nominated by the Annual staff and voted on by the entire student body. Out of the eleven candidates selected and approved by the advisers these were the two chosen to rule over the yearbook of '52. This is the first year the Chilocco School has attempted to have the Annual King and Queen. This is Anderson's third year at Chilocco and Janie's fourth. The requirements of this honor are: that one must be a member of the Senior Classg be well liked by fellow associatesg and of such character as to be approved by both the Journalism Club and advisers. It so happens that this year the King and Queen are both members of the Journalism Club. It is hoped that next year's election will be somewhat different from the election held this year. To promote the selling of the Annual padded covers the Annual staff has decided it might be a good idea to nominate candidates and let the candidates sell as many of the covers as possibleg the couple with the most sold would be the Annual King and Queen of '53, The idea was built this year around promoting the sale of the padded annual covers. The Annual staff thought that in years to come there should be more ingenuity on the part of the student body toward the betterment of the yearbooks. We feel that the yearbook, whether it be High School or College, will be a part of all we have metg yet all experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades forever and forever when we move. These things will always be a memory of successful and lasting friendships. That is why we feel that the promotion of the High School Annual is so important in our lives now and in the many years to come. 45th Snapshots-Company C 279th Chilofcco S I, 1-2 Classes Senior Class G? Qs, . F5 cf i Miss Mabel Walker, Miss Flodelle Dyer Senior Sponsor Senior Sponsor Teacher of Teacher of English Vocal Music Class Colors: Pink and Silver Class Flower: Sweet pea Class Motto: Forward Ever-Backward Never Spencer Hale, Francis Allen, Dorothy Washington, James Hole, President Vice President Secretary-treasurer Sergeant-at-arms HISTORY. CLASS OF '52 Ever since the Class of '52 arrived as green freshmen in the Fall of 1948 we have tugged and pulled to become one of the best classes that has been graduated from Chilocco. As freshmen our sponsors were Miss Kay Ahrnken and Mr. William Thorne. Our class officers that year were Rudolph McGirt, president, Jack Wilson, vice president, Janie Schell, secretary and Jerry McGilbra, sereant-at-arms. We like to remember that in the Spring of our freshman year we tied for first place with the seniors on Play Day. When we were sophomores we were by far the largest and most powerful class. It was e-a-s-y to win Fall Play Day in 1949. We still think the honors would have been ours in 1950 had it not rained on Play Day. Our sponsors during the sophomore year were Mr. Leonard Hathcoat and Mr. Owen Grant. Deedee Barker was our president, Janie Schell, vice president, Claudine Williford, secretary-treasurer and James Smith the sergeant-at-arms. We began our junior year with sponsors Mrs. Vivian Hayman and Mr. Ensley Morris. Officers were Francis Allen, president, Percy Hudson, vice president, Ermaleen Dawes, secretary-treasurer and Anderson Imotichey, sergeant-at-arms. gunior-Senior Prom will always be remembered with Claudine Wiliford as Prom ueen. As the Class of '52 we have had many honors. David King is president of Student Council and Cowena Sue Bruner, Council Secretary. In 1951 Deedee Barker was Miss Chilocco representing Chilocco at the annual Arkalala festival in Arkansas City. Janie Schell is the Queen for the 1952 Chiloccoan and Anderson Imotichey the King. Claudine Williford and Deedee Barker have been our singing classmates in the Girls' Sextet for three years. Half of the Chilocco band members are members of the Senior Class. Brian LeClair is President of the Lettermen's Club. LeRoy Sakiestewa was a mighty man on the basketball team and was Captain of the team. Honors were won in the annual VFW Essay contest for 1951 by Raphael Wilson and Claudine Williford. Five of our classmates are veterans of the armed forces. Deedee Barker, Choctaw-Oklahoma City. Home Economics. President, Yukpa Chuka lkbi, Journalism Club, Pep Club, Choir, Sextet, Honor Society, honorary member Student Coun- cil, Miss Chilocco, l95l'. Lydia Barnett, Creek-Bristcw. Home Eco- nomics. Junior 4-H Club, Junior Red Cross. Katie Lee Bear, Cherokee-Stilwell. Home Eco- nomics. Pep Club, vice president Yukpa Chuka lkbi. Mildred Bear, Creek-Osage-Fairfax. Food Preparation. Hecoloha 4-H Club, Museum and Guides Club, Pep Club, honorary member Stu- dent Council. Christine Betsey, Choctaw-Antlers. Home Eco- nomics. Indian Dramatics, Yukpa Chuka lkbi, Pep Club. Audrey Bigpond, Creek--Bristow. Home Eco- nomics. Hecoloha 4-H Club, reporter, Junior Red Cross Club, Sue Adair, Cherokee-Stilwell. Home Eco- nomics. President of Y-Teens, secretary of 4-H Club, member of Student Council, Pep Club. Delilah Allen, Pottawatomie-Kickapoo-Topeka, Kansas. Home Economics. Arts and Crafts, Indian Dramatics, Band, Orchestra, Honor Society. Francis Allen, Jr., Kickapoo--Shawnee. Printing. Choir, Lettermen's Club, Honor Society, Trades Club, vice president of Senior Class, Journalism Club, Legend Committee, Annual Staff, Museum and Guides Club. Louella Allen, Euchee-Wichita, Kansas. Home Economics. Choir, president ot Arts and Crafts, member ot Museum and Guides Club, honorary member Student Council. Lena Amos, Choctaw-Garvin. Home Eco- nomics. Pep Club, Hecoloha 4-H Club. Donna Anderson, Choctaw-Hartshorne. Home Economics, Yukpa Chuka lkbi, Museum and Guides Club, Choir' Dance Band. Albert W. Bitchenen, Cheyenne-Arapaho-'Wd tonga. Agriculture. Aggie Club. Anna Marie Brown, Chickasaw-Davis. Home Economics. Choir, Yukpa Chuka lkbi, Junioi Red Cross. Cowena Sue Bruner, Creek-Seminole-Holden' ville. Home Economics. Secretary, Student Council, secretary, Band, vocalist, Dance Band Johnnv Bruno, Pottawotomie-Hominy. Clean ing and Pressing. Lettermen's Club, Museum and Guides Club, Trades Club. Letty Ann Burgess, Comanche-DeIaware-- Apache. Home Economics. Arts and Crafts Club, Indian Dramotics Club, Band. Ben Mitchell Cerre, Ponca-Ponca City. Dry Cleaning and Pressing. Trades Club. Brian LeClair, Ponca---Ponca City. Printing. President, Lettermen's Club, student editor-in- chief ot Chiloccoan, Honor Society, honorary member, Student Council, Journalism Club, Trades Club, Salutatorian, l952. Celestia LeClair, Pottawatomie-Oklahoma City. Home Economics. Choir, F.H.A. Club, Museum ond Guides Club, secretary, Pep Club. Glenn Lewis, Creek-Eufaula. Dry Cleaning and Pressing. lndian Dramatics, Trades Club, Choir, Lettermen's Club. Wanda Lewis, Choctaw--Atoka. Home Eco- nomics. Juanita Little, Seminole---Shawnee. Cosme- tology. Junior 4-H Club. Marvin Lunsford, Creek---Bristow. Painting. Trades Club. Mary Chuculate, Cherokee-Wichita, Kansas. Printing. Pep Club, Indian Dramatics Club, secretary, Trades Club, Maiorette, Band. Elizabeth Coker, Creek-wPaden. Cosmetology. Choir. Shirley Colbert, Choctaw-Wright City. Cos- metology and Home Economics. Band, 44H Club, Museum and Guides Club, Pep Club. June Crouse, SenecafeSalarnanca, New York. Home Economics. Pep Club, Choir. Paul Cully, Seminole-Konawa. Food Prepara- tion. Trades Club. Catherine Cunningham, Osage-Pawhuska. Home Economics and Cosmetology. Band, 4-H Club. Franklin Martin, Cherokee-Westville. Auto Mechanics. Rudolph McGirt, Creek-Holdenville. Printing. Trades Club, Journalism Club, Band, Student Council, art editor, Journal, picture committee chairman, Chiloccoan, photographer and re- porter, Band. Wandel Mintz, Choctaw-Bennington. Cosme- tology and Home Economics. Museum and Guides Club, Hecoloha 4-H Club, vice presi- dent, Pep Club. lrvan Mulanax, Pottawatomie-Delia, Kansas Printing. Trades Club. Patricia Nelson, Choctaw-Durant. Home Eco- nomics. Choir. Lewis Otipoby, Comanche-Chilocco. Agri- culture. President, Band, Journalism Club, 4-H Club, reporter, Aggie Club, Dance Band. Ben Roberts, Choctaw--Oklahoma City. Power Plant Operation. Lettermen's Club, Trades Club, Honor Society. Almeta Roy, Ponca-Ponca City. Home Eco- nomics. Indian Dramatics, Arts and Crafts Choir. LeRoy Sakiestewa, Hopi--Tuba City, Arizona Plumbing. Lettermen's Club, Trades Club. Janie Lou Schell, Cherokee-Delaware-Tulsa Home Economics. Student editor-in-chief ot Journal, associate editor of Chiloccoan, Jour- nalism Club, reporter, Student Council, Honor Society, Band, Dance Band, Chiloccoan Year Book Queen '52. Ona Mae Shawnee, Shawnee-Quapaw-Tulsa Home Economics. Indian Dramatics, Arts and Crafts Club, Band. Bertha Smith, Pawne?Pawnee. Home Eco- nomics. F.H.A., reporter, lndian Dramatics. Student Council, Honor Society. Marilou Perkins, Delaware-Sand Springs. Home Economics. Pep Club, Museum and Guides Club, vice president, F.H.A. Ed Pisachubbe, Choctaw-Hugo, Auto Me- chanics. Ronnie Plumley, Otoe-Pawnee-Ponca City. Painting. Choir, Indian Dramatics, sgt.-at-arms, Trades Club. Nona Punley, Wichita-Gracemont. Home Economics and Cosmetology. Band, Honor Society, Junior 4-H Club, Indian Dramatics. Lucille Redeye, Seneca-Buffalo, New York. Cosmetology. Pep Club. Paul Reed, Chickasaw-Sanger, Texas. Print- ing. Band, Journalism Club, sports committee chairman of Chiloccoan, vice president, Trades Club, Lettermen's Club. Virginia Snell, Cherokee--Southwest City, Missouri. Home Economics. Band, president, Junior 4-l-l Club, secretary, Junior Red Cross. Eva Nell Still, Cherokee-Claremore. Home Economics. lndian Dramatics Club. Deloris F. Tiger, Creek-Mounds. Home Eco- nomics. Hecoloha 4-H Club. Maxine Tiger, Creek-Seminole-Dustin. Home Economics. Band, lndian Dramatics. Algernon Tonips, Comanche-Lawton. Food Preparation. Trades Club. Dorothy Washington, Shawnee-Sperry. Home Economics. Reporter, F.H.A., vice president ot Y-Teens, secretary of Senior Class. Betty Faw Faw, Otoe--Perry. Printing. Trades Club, lndian Dramatics Club, Band. Estherlene Faw Faw, Otoe-Perry. Printing, Maiorette, Band, lndian Dramatics Club, Trades Club. Thomas Fishinghawk, Cherokee-Watts. Print- ing. Trades Club, Journalism Club. Elmer Francisco, Papago-Topawa, Arizona. Agriculture. Aggie Club, 4-H Club, Museum and Guides Club. Don Freeman, Creek-Tulsa. Printing. Secre- tary, Lettermen's Club, Trades Club, Honor Society, Journalism Club, Annual Staff. Wilene Galey, Comanche-Norman. Home Economics. Arts and Crafts, honorary member Student Council, president, cheer leader, Pep Club, Band, Museum and Guides Club, F.H.A. Elizabeth West, Creek-Euchee-Okemah. Food Preparation. lndicn Drcmatics, Yukpo Chuka lkbi, Band. Patty Anne White, Kickapoo-Shawnee-Oklo hcme City. Home Economics. Choir, Yukpa Chuka lkbi, lndian Dramatics. Louise Whitetree, Seneca-Seneca, Missouri. Home Economics. Secretary of Y-Teens, secre- tary of Hecoloha 4-H Club. William Whitlow, Creek-Dustin. Agriculture. Aggie Club, 4-H Club. Bertha Mae Williams, Choctaw-Bennington. Home Economics. Hecoloha 4-H Club, Pep Club. Douglas Williams, Choctaw-Soper. Carpentry. Trades Club. Wayne Grass, Sac and Fox-Cushing. Plumb- ing. Trades Club. James Hale, Pottciwatarnie-Mayetta, Kansas Agriculture. Sgt.-at-Arms, Senior Class, Letter- men's Club, Aggie Club, 4-H Club. Spencer Hale, Pottawatomie-Mayetta, Kan- sas. Agriculture. Vice president, Aggie Club, vice president, 4-H Club, president, Senior Class, Lettermen's Club. Willa Mae Herrod, Creek-Cherokee-We tumko. Home Economics. Choir, Hecoloha Club, Pep Club, Museum and Guides Club. Louise Holden, Chickasaw-Stonewall. Home Economics. Secretary and treasurer, Arts and Crafts Club, Indian Dramotics Club, Band. Percy Hudson, Otce-Oklahoma City. Plumb- ing. Trades Club, Museum and Guides Club, Student Council, Honor Society, Lettermen's Club. Norma Williams, Choctaw-Finley. Home Eco- nomics. Reporter of Hecoloha 4-H Club, Journalism Club, Pep Club, society editor of the Journal. Claudine Williford, Chickasaw--Oklahoma City. Home Economics. President of Hecoloha 4-H Club, president of Museum and Guides Club, vice president of Choir, Sextet, Honor Society, honorary member Student Council, reporter, Pep Club, Prom Queen, '51, Valedice torian, l952. Raphael Wilson, Choctaw--Valliant. Shoe Re- pair and Leathercraft. Journalism Club, Honor Society, Student Council, staff member, Chi- loccoan, Trades Club. Betty Wood, Sac and Fox-Seminole-Shawnee. Cosmetology and Home Economics. Junior Red Cross, president, F.H.A. Club. Linda Florence York, Choctaw-Philadelphia, Mississippi. Home Economics. Choir, Pep Club, Yukpa Chuka lkbi. O Anderson Imotichey, Chickasaw-Ada. Printing. Lettermen's Club, Journalism Club, Chiloccoan Year Book King, '52, George James, Navajo--Lukachukai, Arizona. Blacksmith and Welding. Trades Club. Thurman Jefferson, Choctaw-Oklahoma City. Power Plant Operation. Trades Club, Letter- men's Club. Phyllis Jeunesse, Delaware-Sioux-Tulsa. Home Economics. Arts and Crafts Club, vice presi- dent, Indian Dramatics, Band, Honor Society. Dorothy Mae Johnico, Choctaw-Talihina. Home Economics. Hecoloha 4-H Club, Pep Club. John David King, Creek-Dustin. Agriculture. President, Student Council, president, Aggie Club, vice president, Lettermen's Club, Campus Brave '49-50. Junior Class Mrs. Vivian C. Hayman, Mr. Nelson Dutton, Junior Sponsor .lunior Sponsor Teacher of Teacher of Social Studies and Journalism Chemistry and Physics Class Colors: Blue and Gold Class Flower: Carnation Class Motto: We Choose to Lead Rather than to Follow Jack Jackson, Jr., Freddie Howerton, Lupe Gooday, Perry Wilson, President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Sergeant-at-arms Junior Ahdunko,Caddo-Oklahoma City. Clean ing and Pressing. Vernon Anderson, Creek-Okmulgee. Painting Eugene Atkins, Chickasaw-Stonewall. Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. Helen Austin, Choctaw-ldabel. Cosmetology Donald Bailey, Seminole-Holdenville. Power Plant Operation. Bessie Ballou, Cherokee-Locust Grove. Home Economics. Gloria Jean Batt, Cherokee-Grove. Home Economics. Sally Battiest, Choctaw-Wright City. Home Economics. Emmitt Lee Bean, Cherokee-Paramount, Conf fornia. Carpentry. Martha Buckley, Creek-Weturnka. Vocational Home Economics. Norma Butler, Cherokee-Tahlequah. College Preparatory. Elissie Belle Celestine, Alabama-Coushatta- Livingston, Texas. General Home Economics Charley Chewey, Cherokee--Stilwell. Shoe Re' pair and Leathercraft. Sarah Childers, Creek-Checotah. Pre-Nursing Wilford Clark, Ponca-Ponca City. Foods Preparation. Mary Ann Cochran, Cherokee-Stilwell. Vo cational Home Economics. Mary Cody, Pottawatomie--Hominy. Home Economics. Leah Coleman, Choctaw-Hugo. Home Eco rtomics. Virginia Benson, Cherokee--Tulsa. Home Eco- nomics. Gwyneth Jean Bevenue, Euchee-Sapulpa. Home Economics. Trudy Bigpond, Creek--Bristow. Home Eco- nomics. Arnetice Bigmosquito, Creek-Mounds. Home Economics. Virginia Blueback, Ponca-Ponca City. Home Economics. Eugene Bohanan, Cherokee-Choctaw-Larned, Kansas. Printing. Jimmy Brown, Chickasaw-Tishomingo. Agri- culture. Bobbie Bruno, Pattawatomie-Hominy. Power Plant Operation. Betty Buckley, Creek-Wetumka. Pre-Nursing. Ella Collier, Cherokee-Claremore. Home Eco- nomics. Imogene Columbus, Chickasaw-Tishomingo. Pre-Nursing. Donnie Lee Cramp, Cherokee-Muskogee. Cleaning and Pressing. Marion Cunningham, Osage-Pawhuska. Home Economics. Dorothy Daniels, Creek-Morris, Pre-Nursing. Mildred DeRoin, Otoe-Enid. Home Economics. Earl Dixon, Navajo-Ashtork, Arizona. Print- ing. Bettie Drake, Shawnee-Tulsa. Home Eco- nomics. Ann Dreadtulwater, Cherokee-Tahlequah. Home Economics. Curtis Lieb, Omaha-Ponca-Ponca City. Print- ing. Lenora Littlecreek, Shawnee-Norman. Home Economics. Barbara Luke, Cayuga+lroquois, New York. Cosmetology. Johnny Ray McCauley, Kaw-Kaw City. Black- smith -Welding. Teddy McHenry, Creek-Tulsa. Foods Prepara- tion, Paul McKinney, Pottawatomie-Topeka, Kan- sas. General Mechanics. Ronnie McLemore, Cherokee-Pryor. Agricul- ture. Donald Mendez, Popago-Paiute--Sells, Ari- zona. General Mechanics. Dallas Miller, Cherokee--Ukiah, California. Printing. James Ellis, Choctaw-Los Angeles, California. Foods Preparation. George England, Cherokee-Chilocco. Printing. Sequoyah England, Cherokee-Chilocco. Print- ing. Joann Joyce Fixico, Creek-Wetumka. General Home Economics. Lupe Gooday, Apache-Comanche-Apache. Cleaning and Pressing. Jimmie Gail Gourd, Cherokee-Jay. Home Eco- nomics. Vera Gourd, Cherokee-Tahlequah. Home Eco- nomics. Louis Green, Otoe-Ponca-Ponca City. Paint- ing. Carol Grigsby, Cherokee-Stilwell. Pre-Nursing. Thomas Harjo, Seminole--Seminole. Power Plant Operation. Floyd Harris, Choctaw-Broken Bow. Agricul- ture. George Haskell, Osage-Winnebago-Fairfax. Cleaning and Pressing. Emma Jean Hendricks, Cherokee-Claremore. Home Economics. Alice Faye Howe, Ponca-Ponca City. Home Economics. Freddie Howerton, Seneca-Wyandotte. Power Plant Operation. Nora Jean Hukill, Choctaw-Oklahoma City. College Preparatory. Luther Hunter, Osage--Hominy. Printing. Vernon Hunter, Caddo--Oklahoma City. Clean- ing and Pressing. i Billy Keetso, Navajo-Cameron, Arizona. Carpentry. Johnny Kemble. Ponca-Ponca City. Foods Preparation. Rita Kennedy, Seneca-Versailles, New York. Home Economics. Swimmer Ketcher, Cherokee-Stilwell. Cleaning and Pressing. Milford King, Creek-Dustin. Agriculture. Robert King, Creek-Holdenville. Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. Bill Larney, Creek-Holdenville. Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. Margaret Lee, Seneca-Iroquois, New York. Pre-Nursing. Mary Louise Lena, Seminole-Holdenville. Home Economics. Dean Jackson, Navajo-Winslow, Arizona. Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. Jack Jackson, Navajo-Winslow, Arizona. Cleaning and Pressing. Jack Jackson, Jr., Cherokee-Grove. Power Plant Operation. Betty Jcmes, Choctaw-Talihina. General Home Economics. Jimmy James, Cherokee-Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Printing. Wynema Johnson, Creek--Tulsa. Home Eco- nomics. Shirley Jones, Choctaw-Hugo. Pre-Nursing. Ralph Keen, Cherokee-Hominy. Printing. Torn Keener, Cherokee-Tahlequah. Shoe Re- pair and Leathercraft. Clara Pittman, Choctaw-Durant. Pre-Nursing. Martin Powless, Onondaga-Nedrow, New York. Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. Virgie Reed, Chickasaw-Sanger, Texas. Home Economics, Annie Ruth Ripley, Seminole-Seminole. Home Economics. David Secondine, Shawnee--Vinita. Power Plant Operation. Norma Secondine, Shawnee-Vinita. Home Economics. Charles Skinner, Choctaw-Hartshorne. Print- ing. Levada Smith, Cherokee-Gore. Pre-Nursing. Minnie Jane Smith, Creek-Wetumka. Home Economics. Eugene Miller, Seminole-Oklahoma City, Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. Joan Miller, Comanche-Lawton. Home Eco- nomics. Gilbert Mohawk, Seneca-lrving, New York. General Mechanics. LaVerne Moore, Pawnee-Otoe-Pawnee. Pre- Nursing. Loretta Moore, Otoe-Enid. Home Economics. Frances Moreno, Choctaw--Oklahoma City. Cosmetology. James Nelson, Choctaw-Wilburton. Shoe Re- pair and Leathercraft. Pat Osage, Osage-Fairfax. Home Economics. Ernest Parchcorn, Cherokee-Locust Grove. Foods Preparation. Mammie Tabbytosavit, Comanche-Walters. Cosmetology. Janie Taugelchee, Navajo-Toadlena, New Mexico. Pre-Nursing. McKinley Taylor, Choctaw-Wilburton. Agri- culture. Opal Tiger, Seminole-Seminole. Pre-Nursing. Andy Toney, Creek-Muskogee. Power Plant Operation. John Lee Vance, Cherokee-Locust Grove. Carpentry. J. T. Vann, Cherokee-Watts. Painting. Vera Vest, Creek-Coweta. Pre-Nursing. Beverly Wagoshe, Osage-Houston, Texas. Home Economics. Hosea Waldon, Chickasaw-Tuttle. Power Plant Operation. Zelma Warrior, Ponca--Ponca City. l-lc-me Eco- nomics. Edith Wesley, Choctaw-Durant. Cosmetology. Charles White, Cherokee--Spavinaw. Black- smith-Welding. Corrine Williams, Alabama-Ccushatta-Liv- ingston, Texas. Vocational Home Economics. Dan Williams, Osage-Fairfax, Agriculture. Ralph Williams, Osage-Fairfax. Agriculture, Jack Wilson, Creek-Seminole-Calvin. Painting. Perry Wilson, Choctaw-Broken Bow. Agricul- ture. I. P l l Tony Wilson, Creek-Holdenville. Cleaning and Pressing. Jasper Wise, Seminole-Seminole, Cleaning and Pressing. Betty Wofford, Cherokee--Salina. Home Eco- nomics. Jacky Wood, Creek-Sunray, Texas. Printing. Not picturedw- Junior Lewis, Choctaw-Valliant. Shoe Repair and Leathercraft. JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY As Freshmen the class of 1953 excelled in sports. The first Freshman football team was organized and we also had an undefeated Freshman basketball team. Our sponsors were Miss Kay Ahrnken and Mr. Donald Royer. The class officers for that year were: president, Sequoyah Englandg vice president, James Schell: secretary and treasurer, Lillie Morrell, and sergeant-at-arms, James Bacon. We had the largest enrollment of any class as Sophomores. All sports were composed largely of our class members. The Princess and Brave for the year were selected from the class of 1953. The princess was Zelma Warrior of the Ponca tribe and the brave, Dan Williams, an Osage. The class of 1953 took second place in the Amateur Hour program of 1950. That year, too, our girls won the intra-murals basketball games. Nora Jean Hukill, a sophomore, won the posture contest for 1950-51. During the spring of '51 the class of '53 won play day, a semi-annual event, by a large majority. The sponsors were Mr. Owen C. Grant and Mr. Leonard Hathcoat. Class officers were: president. Luther Hunter: vice president, Andy Toney, secretary and treasurer, Virginia Bensong and sergeant-at-arms, Morgan Little Sun. At present the 119 Juniors represent 24 tribes from eight different states. The Juniors, ever since their Freshman year, have represented a large part of the Honor Roll. To open the year of '52 the Juniors won the fall play with the greatest of ease and Nora Jean Hukill was crowned Football Queen. Junior Jackson and Virginia Benson of the Junior Class were elected Brave and Princess in the spring of 1952. The vice president of the Student Council is also a junior, Dan Williams. The first place in the essay contest went to Mary Cody. To make '52 a complete and successful year we finished our Junior year up by taking play day with little competition, thus winning our third straight victory on Play Day. The class sponsors are Mrs. Vivian Hayman and Mr. Nelson Dutton. Junior Class officers are: president, Junior Jacksong vice president, Freddy Howertong secretary and treasurer. Lupe Goodayg sergeant-at-arms, Perry Wilsong class re- porter, Virginia Benson. Our Motto is- We choose to lead rather than to follow. That is to be our aim throughout life. Sophomore Class MV- Owen C- Gram Mr. Ensley E. Morris Sophomore Sponsor Sophomore Sponsor Teacher of Teacher of Social Studies Mathematics Class Colors: Rose and Gold Class Flower: Rose Class Motto: Building Today for a Better Tomorrow Harry Gibson, Juanita Bean, Donald Colbert, Mike Allen, President Secretary-treasurer Vice President Sergeant-at-arms I First Row: Glenda Terrell, Greta Crouse, Shirley Bible, Margaret Cornell, Mary Jane Factor, Carlotta Pickard. Second Row: Billie Jo Wood, Virginia Chalakee, Ann St. John, Linda Davis, Ruth Jones. Third Row: William Sroufe, Harvey Williams, Ronald Freeman, Harold Carey, Tony Nelson. Fourth Row: Jett Creekiller, Richmond Harjo, Virgil Yeaquo, Ross Carpenter, Richmond Bruner, Mase Scott, Frank Kekahbah, Ralph Marcus. First Raw: Darlene Carson, Judy Jongo, Helen Factor, Nadine Horn, Teresa Wahpepah, Joyce Seymour, Anne Roberts. Se:orid Row: Billy Thomas, Dolly Cole, Juanita Bean, Wilma Allen, Mary Etta Jones, Bobbie Childers, Charles Sanchez. Third Row: Don Waldon, Roland May, Arthur Nephew, Freddie Butler, John LeClair, John Seymour, William Huff. First Row: Lura Redeye, Abelene Coon, Betty Deer, Alta Blaclaowl, Norma Sue Washington, Betty Creekiller. Second Row: Sue Ann Davis, Martha Jane Fixico, Martha Tims, Willa Mae Ned, Third Row: Henry Willie, Harry Lee Gibson, Frank Thompson, Vliltord Wocsypiti, Listo Lopez. Fourth Row: Rzchard Downing, George Smith, Ronald Russell, Dan Colbert, William Standing- water, Isaac Harjo, l.. Parris. Front Row: Elizabeth Jane Powless, Vinola Cerre, Bernice Ripley, Helen McKenzie, Omega July, Second Row: Sissie Mae Factor, Arlene Marshno, Betty Jo Ann Allen, June Larney. Third Row: Katherine Primeaux, Barbara Roy, lretta Solomon, Lorene Belvin, Cecelia Collins, Taylet Morgan. Fourth Row: Michael Allen, Tony Warrior, James White Eagle, Thomas Walker, Rudolph Clark, William Charles. Freshman Class Mr. Leonard Hathcoot Miss KaY Ahfnlsen Freshman Sponsor Freshman SDOHSOF Teacher of TGOCPTSV of Science English Class Motto: We Strive to Meet New Horizons Class Flower: Jonquil Class Colors: Green and Gold Tony DeRoin, Eugene Solomon, Lola Del Wagoshe, Charles Bryant, President Vice President Secretary-treasurer Sergeant-at-arms Front Row: Mary Grimmet, Edith Collins, Berva Maxine Grass, Maxine Dunaway, Lois Jane Etcitty, Lydia Harjo. Second Row: Betsy Holcomb, Alma Factor, Bertha Harjo, Nancy Tiger, Yvonne Buckley, Mary Elizabeth Scott, Roxie Miller. Third Row: Charles Guinn, Lewis Cunningham, Bobby Anderson, Lawrence Long, Reuben Wabnum, Sam White, Walter Standingwater, Mase July, Robert Hughes. Fourth Row: Dan Canoe, Vernon Atkins, Milton Nephew, Eugene Solomon, James Morrison, David Sixkiller, Tommy Fulton, Charley Lee Bryant, Martin Beaver, Johnny Munoz, Front Row: Martha Lee Miller, Betty McKee, Marcia Moses, Ruby McKenzie, Lucille Blutord, Mercedes Scott, Lola Del Wagoshe, Loveda Blutord. Second Row: Charlotte Morris, Galedia Adair, Mary Morris, Sondra Kerlin, Leonard Ross, Madeline Brown, Hattie Larney, Jimmie Terrell. Third Row: John Conrad, Dan Scott, Sealin Carterby, Albert Hood, Cealis Carterby, Craig Dixon, Frances Miller, Joseph Bolen, Harley Terrell. Fourth Row: Edson DeGormo, Maurine McCarty, Tony DeRoin, Oneto Kline Kale, Floyd Snow, Betty Jackson, Jacob Mundy, Jane Tiger. Speczal Navajo Program History Mrs. Betty B. Hollowell Leader, Navajo Program 1952 will always be a very special year for the students of the Special Navajo program. The thirty-four fifth year students, who make up the first graduating class, probably will not be the largest class that the Special Program will haveg but the class of 1952 will always stand out as the first group to achieve its goal. These fifth year students were among the first 140 Navajo boys and girls to arrive at Chilocco in the fall of 1947. This Class' desire for an education has been expressed in many ways during these five years. This group, their fellow students and their teachers helped develop their own classrooms. Each year there has been mental, physical, social, emotional and vocational growth. These students have pioneered in proving themselves capable of adjusting to off-reservation living. Each year measurable marks of progress have been made. Old pupils have returned to the campus and new ones have come with them. The boys and girls have made many adjustments in their daily living. They have participated in many campus activities. These students' industry and persistence express their satisfaction and happiness for the educational opportunities that Chilocco offers to them and other Indian boys and girls. These students have made places for themselves on the campus and in nearby communities. The 34 members of the Special class of 1952 have completed vocational training in Home Service, Carpentry, Dry-cleaning, Painting, Shoe Repair, Power Plant Operation, Blacksmith and Welding and Filling Station Operation. The members of this group are prepared to go out on a job and earn a living on or off the reservation. Your future looks bright because each of you has been offered employment in the vocation in which you have been trained. As you go out from Chilocco you will have a real opportunity to make a place for yourself and for other Indian boys and girls who will follow you. You can have no finer objective than the one that your class has chosen. Strive to make a place for another. Special Navajo Program Staff 1 L W X , .V A. X . .- Top Row: Mrs. Albertina F. Thayer, Mr. Thomas L. Bessire, Mrs. Bula Bessire, Miss Morne Engelking, Miss Hazel Darlene Hall. Second Row: Mrs. Jessie L. Hill, Mrs. Valda V. Johnson, Miss La Vena Epley, Mrs. Billie Patterson. Third Row: Mr. James Patterson, Mrs, Mary Hornady, Mrs. Ellen Hester, Miss Zelma Joice Fourth Row: Mr. Wilsie Bitsie, Mr. Robbie D. George, Mr. Leonard Otipoby, Mrs. Alice Antonio No Pictures: Mr. Raymond Lopez, Miss Elma Stover. Amy Acathlev Billy Francis Ellen Hardy Billy Betoney, President Vice President Secvetarvvtreasure' Sergeant-aterirms Class Motto: Strive to Make o Place tar Anothe' Class Flower: Red Rose Class Colors: Red and Turquoise GROUPS V AND Vll Front Row: Betty Jane Nez, Mary Agnes Nez, Elsie C. Claw, Pearl M. Ellison, Mary Mae Begay, Amy Acothley, Marie C. Brown. Second Row: Mary Ann Yoe, Alice Kinsel, Ruth Walter, Dorothy Antone, Susie Ann Johnson Flora Walter, Mary M. Lee, Ellen Hardy, Annie Foster, Lorene Gleason. Third Row: Rose Lita James, Lita Rose Tsosie, Peter Clause Chee, Thomas S. Benally, David Neal, Albert Bennett, Carl Hoskay. Fourth Row: Billy Betoney, Martin Harvey, Woody Sam, David Y. Janes, Fred Nelson Begay, Willie White, Neil Roanhorse, John Tsosie, Billy Francis. GROUP I Front Row: Fannie Claw, Pauline Juan, Amelia Luna, Mamie Daniels, Louise Teddy, Phoebe Maize, Raymond Bahe, Tom Benally. Second Row: Wilson Charles, Kee John Garcia, Roy Willie Yazzie, James Begay, Jimmie Knight, Howard James. Third Row: Tscsie Charleston, Leo Todecheney, Joe Yazzie, Tom Wilson, John Chee, David l-lale. Fourth Row: Kee Bahe Dick, Leonard Beqay, Arnold Begay, Robert Nez, Joe l-lobb, Roy Begay, John Dick Knight, Willie C. Jim. L1 if GROUP ll Front Row: Louise Etsitty, Louise Largo, June Yazzie, Jean Ellison, Mary Louise George Maimie Whitehair, Julia Marks, and Lydia Stevens, Second Row: Ethel Johnson, Florence Whitehair, Connie Spencer, Rose Tracy, Stella Etlock, Jean Spencer and Bessie Gibson. Third Row: Ray Neal, James Yazzie, Bobby Moore, Edward Yazzie, Guy Yazzie, Stanley Yellowrnan, and James Black. Fourth Row: Thomas l-lelp, Kee Yellowman, Ben Begay, Kee Logg, Francis Claw. Herbert Manygoats, Kenneth Lee Bgoy and Louis Willis GROUP Ill Front Row: Henry Lapahie, Sam Arthur, Frances Rose Lee, Lona Badonnih, Emma White, Maxine Benally, Lillie Johnson, and Larry Cecil. Second Row: John Bileen, Larry Gonnie, Kenneth Lee, Levi Tso, Kee Hardy, Tom Mike Marshall, John Billie, and Peter Yazzie Tsechillie. Third Row: George Yazzie, Jim Begay, Robert Lee, Peter Tsennijinnie, Tommie Mike, Norman Brown, and Nelson Stewart. Fourth Row: Richard Tsosie Begay, Fred Luther Begay, Billy Harrison, Jerome Johnson, Teddy Burns, Edward Williams, and M. Joe Sheen. ' GROUP IV Front Row: Katie Ann Plummer, Daisy Damon, Geneva Holtsoi, Ellen Bahe, Emma Etsitty, Ellen Jarvison, Alice Davis, Mattie Thompson. Second Row: Richard Hoskie, Zeanny Begay, Freddie Noswood, Eddie Henry, Franklin Mose, Mathew Frazier. Third Row: Ned Begay, Raymond Redhouse, Jim Joe Clyde, Wilford Benally, Herman Bitsoe, Hoskie Nockideneh, Alfred Nez, Tom Lee Robbins. Fourth Row: Herbert Claw, John Paddock, William Jim Largo, Keith Begay, Levi Largo, Hoskie Frank, Harry Sells, Chee Thompson. GROUP V Front Rowi Leola Benally, Helen Jean Yazzie, Amelia Bc-gay, Mildred Yazzie Rose Bahe. Emma Jean Boyd, and Sadie Benally Second Row: Pauline Begay, Lucy Red House, Rose Marv Faster, Marie Etta Haven. Rose Yazzie, Maxine Taylor, and Peggy Sangster Third Row: Justin Hale, Jack Claus Chee, Jim Tohtsoni, Lucille Haycock, Mary Lou Leonard, Hattie Lee, and Bessie Yazzie Fourth Row: Joe Whiterock, John Ford Dan Sagoney Howard Leonard, Kayto Jones, Glen' Simpson and Herbert Jackson ' T . l , F ' ' Y 1 l In l l I J ,I LI i i It , 7, GROUP Vl Front Row: Lorena Moore, Louise Singer, Marie R. Begay, Opal B Deal, Thelma M. Begay Eileen Reclshirt, Mary Ellen Tsosie, Rosie H. Curley. Second Row: Bobby Hosgan, Frances H. Yazzie, Stella Yazzie, Elsie Yazzie, Leonard Carroll Jerry Williams, Jr. Third Row: Emerson Jackson, Carlie Lucero, John Francis, Tsosie Laughing, Lawrence F Begay, Peter T. Begay. Fourth Row: Allen Clah, Raymond Begay, Chester Taugelchee, Albert Haskie, Dan Lake, Jr. Jimmy John Yazzie, Charley Williams, Jr., Yazzie Lewis. GROUP VII Front Row: Jack Begay, Maggie Betty Lee, Rose Small, Mary Louise Lee, Betty Jumbo, Pricilla David, Abbie Yazzie. Second Row: Ray Redshirt, Garry D. Nez, Roger Hadley, John Shorty, Howard Becenti, George Tohtsoni, Fred John Begay. Third Row: Wilfred Lee, Francis Lee, Benny Benally, Emerson Leslie, Thomas Simpson, Tim Harry. Fourth Row: James Little, James Carroll, Allen Y. Benally, Alex Dennison, Dick Sagoney, Ray Yellowhair, Daniel White. GROUP Vlll Front Row: Elsie Benally, Grace Daniels, Maggie Barney, Carolyn Block, Caroline McCabe, Beulah Black. Second Row: Benson Nez, Ruth D. Begay, Mary Descheene, Lillie Ann Joe, Elizabeth James. Third Row: Edward James, Walter Nez, Henry Begay, Wade Shorthair, Johnny Hudson. Fourth Row: Willie Captain, Jimmie C. Begay, Davis Tsosie, David Dickens, Harry Simpson, Johnson Shorthair, Arthur Woody. 4 ls., GROUP IX First Row: Maggie Roanhorse, Betty Begay, Margorie Tracy Edith Etcitfy Helena Begay Mary Jean Curley, Alice Lee, Hilda l-lenry. Second Row: Ella Mae Johnson, Eleanor Shorty, Annie James, Rose Neal, Josephine White Herman Juan, Kee Yazzie Young, Roger Greyeyes Third Row: John B, Henry, Raymond Tam, Bahe Cepi, Charley Young, Jr, Kee Nelson, Leo Jim, Tom Badonni. Fourth Row: Wilson Simpson, Bob Kee Block, lahn Claw, Kee Yazzie, Tom Claw, Charley Chee Begay, Wilson Henry DJPAA uni pf ff 9, s wg-'HEQMMQJD QQ 32 -W J Q '3' N X JQW -W l'l 2: J as' I211' KW i V , aw W2 The Advisory Staff Mrs. Mory Frances Werneke Girls' Adviser Mrs, Olivo Centro-1 Mrs Dodre D Reyelle Mfition Slfiff' Mrs Minnie Mzicktencfx Mrltron Stuff Mr. Roy Colglczier Boys' Adviser Mrs Minnie Johnson Mrirron Stuff Mutron Staff Mrs. Mory Alec Mrs. Corrie Robinson Matron Staff vlotron Staff Mrs. Gladys McMahon Mr. Nelson Rowe Assistant Girls' Adviser Assistant Boys' Adviser Dormitory Snapshots Dormitory Snapshots DORMITORY LIFE The boys and girls at Chilocco have only the best in home life. The six dorm- itories on the campus are considered their homes for nine months out of the year. and each has one or maybe two matrons that are their mothers for that length of time, too. Students are taught to manage their own daily schedule. They must clean their own rooms, do the janitor details that are assigned to them, go to meals on time, and, above all, be at academic and vocational classes on time. without someone to tell them every move to make. These things are just as much a part of the students' training as would be chemistry, history or English. Neatness, obedience and responsibility are all a part of the daily routine for the student at Chilocco, although there is still plenty of time for fooling around in your own room or out on the campus. That is why boys and girls are told that they can decorate their rooms in any way they wish. If you were to look into some of the boys' rooms, you would most likely find pin-up pictures, and plenty of other masculine junk that would be of no use to anyone but the owner. The girls' rooms are much the same as the boys' except that the curtains would have lots of flowers and frills and maybe you would find a doll or two scattered around to remind some of their earlier youth. Health Mrs. Eleonor Snell Miss Aogot Marie Knudsen Hospital Attendant Head Nurse -mt, . L 1 THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT The School Infirmary has the services of contract physicians from the Arkansas City Surgical and Medical Clinic, in nearby Arkansas Cityg also a contract dentist. There are two clinics daily for routine treatments with a graduate nurse and assistant in charge. Students who are ill are given hospital care, and isolation is provided for communicable diseases. Surgical cases or serious illnesses are transferred to the Pawnee-Ponca Indian Hospital at Pawnee, Oklahoma, and from there may be transferred to Oklahoma City University Hospital, if necessary, after the parents' permission has been obtained. In cases of emergency Where parents cannot be reach- ed, the Superintendent has the authority to grant permission. Preventive and remedial work include physical examination for all students when they enter: Wassermann testsg inoculation for typhoid feverg and smallpox vaccination. All boys going out for competitive athletics are required to have chest x-raysg rroutine chest x-rays and other X-rays are taken during the year as indicated by t e doctors. First aid supplies are provided for all student homes and vocational departments. Post Graduates POST GRADUATES Front Row: Milton Tounwin, Howard Tsosie, Billie Sounders, Charles Done Harper, Don Long, and Horold Beard. Second Row: Frank Carson, Robert Goodbeor, Phillip Kinlicheeny, Charles Nestell, ldeceosedb. Not Pictured: Thomos Spottedhorse. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Vocational education as it is taught at Chilocco, is of very great importance to the individual because it helps him to see the products of his labor. The person who has never experienced the joy and satisfaction of seeing the fruits of his own labor. has indeed missed a feeling experienced only by those who have had such experi- ences. But, vocational work is not all easy. Most vocational projects take long hours of careful planning, then perhaps many days or months of hard work. All students do not come here for the complete four-year high school period, and that is where the post graduate course comes into the picture. A student may come to Chilocco at the beginning of his senior year, and want to receive a diploma or vocational certificate in the trade that he has taken for one year. Therefore he must take a year, or perhaps two years, of post graduate Work in that vocation. The post graduate student Cas he is then calledj is treated as if he were any other high school student, the only difference being in his vocational work. There, he is a full-time student, taking the more advanced phases of study. Before a student receives his vocational certificate, he must complete six weeks of on-the-job training. This helps the instructor to determine whether or not the pupil is ready to go out on his own and try to hold a permanent job. Many former students of Chilocco can speak for the vocational training that our school sponsors. There are business men, tradesmen, laborers, skilled craftsmen, and the like, all over the country that took vocational training at Chilocco. Of course there are a few of them that did not succeed, but most likely they were the ones that were not interested in their work while here at school, or maybe they were the ones that were just plain lazy, here only because they were sent by their parents. You don't have to be an outstanding boy or girl in academic subjects to succeed in life. All you have to do is to choose a vocation you are interested in and strive to learn all the instructor can teach you. Vocations -I grzculture Department MR. ALVIN A. KIVETT Head of Agriculture Department As we show boys about the Chilocco farm we watch and marvel at the onward movement of science in farming. We have tractors and machines whereby one man can do ten times as much work as he used, to be able to accomplish. There are menial tasks that used to be drudgery that are now done efficiently with a machine. With machines we dig post holes. clean barnyards, lift loads, grind and mix feeds. We have hens that lay more eggs per pound of feed than was dreamed possible just 25 years ago. We have cattle that produce meat and milk more efficiently than before, and would make show stock of just 25 years ago look like scrubs. We raise varieties of wheat, oats, and corn that are of a quality in demand, high producers, and are resistant to plant diseases. There is a variety of farm crops at Chilocco, whereby a boy may gain a broad knowledge of many different farm enterprises. We use chemicals economically and effectively to kill weeds yet not harm grass. We have chemicals to stimulate plant growth or the putting on of fruit. We use other chemicals to kill bugs and eliminate disease. All these and many other phases of agriculture practiced and taught at Chilocco, are of worldwide importance. These advances of science in agriculture have made the American farmer the most efficient producer of food in the world. These practices and advancements have given the American farmer a standard of living far in advance of most farmer's the world around. To boys who love the great outdoors and are interested in any phase of agriculture as an occupation we will offer an opportunity to study toward efficiency in production of farm products, both in theory and practice. We offer them a healthy outdoor life with a wholesome environment. The farmer was the first sportsman and continues to be the leader in the love of the great outdoors. The agriculture boys and 4-H Club girls at Chilocco have enjoyed hay rides, outdoor hamburger fries, and Weiner roasts. The boys have fished in the many farm ponds at the Chilocco schoolg they have hunted the squirrel and rabbit up and down Chilocco creek, and they have enjoyed dancing in the old time barn dance atmosphere. Yes, we at Chilocco know how important the advances of science in agriculture areg we know that to succeed in farming the boy must be aware of the efficient methods of producing plants and animals, but may we never forget that a very important factor in a boy's success in farming is his sincere love of the soil and of rural living. Agriculture Department Staff ,A Mr, H. C. Hollowell, Mr. La Verne Hunt, Farmer A Farmer Mr. James Bearskin, Assistant Poultryman Mr, paul Osborn, Mr Julius Rademacher, Assistant Doiryman W Fmme' Mr. Roger S. Denman, Poultryman MY- Ff0. 1CiS Heinz, Mr. J. James Hamburger, Mr. Albert Snell, Mr. William Rademacher DUIVYFHUH Instructor in Agriculture Farmer Farmer AI ggie Snapshots unqp- O .4 ggie Snapshots 7110 Home Economics Department MRS. PEARL COLGLAZIER, Head of Department Home Economics in all phases is well covered in the four-year school program at Chilocco. Homemaking is the major goal, but it is also recognized that economic changes are demanding a greater number of women outside the home. It is always desirable and sometimes necessary for a girl to have another vocation that she may turn into a career. The Home Economics Council offers training in a number of vocations a girl may choose that she might pursue as full time employment or as part time employment to supplement the family income. A course in Cosmetology has been added this year to the various other vocation- al opportunities. This course is planned and conducted as a trades school of Cos- metology and each girl receives a diploma when she has met all the requirements, passes the State Examination, and is issued an operator's license. There are 16 girls in the present class that will graduate from the course at the close of the first semester in 1953. ln addition to formal class work a girl receives valuable training through other facilities sponsored by the Home Economics Department. The annual Home Eco- nomics Assembly with a style show by the clothing classes as a main feature, class dinners for each high school class, a banquet for the Student Council and various teas and dinners for off-campus guests and organizations are but a few of the class projects. Girls are frequently requested to act as entertainers and to serve in off-campus activities. The part the girls take in planning and conducting the Annual Achieve- ment Day Program proves to be a valuable and interesting experience. The Home Economics Department sponsors six clubs with a total membership of 141. Through the work of the various clubs, students have an opportunity to par- ticipate in many off-campus activities, some of which are the County and State Fairs, 4-H Club and Future Momemakers of America rallies, dinners, banquets and recreational activities of the various groups in the surrounding communities. The highlight of the club activities perhaps is when all six clubs join forces for the ,grggual Party. Will we ever forget the Leap Year party, Little Abner fashion, of 'P Interest runs high when time arrives to select the most outstanding Home Eco- nomics student of the graduating class. It is the highest honor a girl in home econom- ics can achieve and since the selection is based on her four years' record, the coveted lgonor ever acts as a stimulant to encourage many a good student to become a etter one. . Home Economics Staff i.'?'+r' , flu. . V Mrs. Beatrice Boory, Miss Morion Ross, Mrs. Corrie Grant, Instructor of Home Instructor of Instructor of Home Economics, General Home Economics, Economics, Foods Practice Cottage ' Mrs. Mory Holmes, Miss Mory Trommel, Instructor of Instructor of Home Cosmetology Economics, Clothing Home Ec Snapshots sv Home EC Snapshots E' 0 -M. s COSMETOLOG Y The Cosmetology course at Chilocco offers the student every opportunity to advance. With 1000 work hours, a student is qualified to take the operators' examination and with 500 more hours. is qualified as an advanced student. When 2000 hours are accumulated, and an examination given by the State taken and passed the student can receive an instructor's license. WEAVING The weaving department of the Chilocco School is of interest to campus visitors for it is here that hand-woven material is made available for suiting and other purposes. Such things as afghans, table runners, luncheon cloths with napkins, shirts and other articles are hand-woven and find ready market wherever displayed. Mrs. Josephine Wapp, Instructor of Arts cmd Crafts Food Preparation Staff Mrs. Zelda Gray, Assistant Dining Room Matron Mr. Charles Rummage Instructor of Baking Mrs. Christine Pittman, Dining Room Matron Mr. Everette Werneke, Instructor of Cooking Mrs. Louella Boyles, Assistant Cook , Z Mrs. Louise Webb Assistant In Kitchen FOOD PREPARATION The Food Preparation Department is divided into three parts: kitchen, bakery. and meat cutting, which work in conjunction with the cafeteria dining room to make a complete food service unit. These departments carry on separate instruction in their various units, such as cooking, baking, meat cutting, cold storage and general food storage. The work is done by the students under the supervision of the cooks, bakers. and the dining room attendants who endeavor to prepare food for the student body in the best possible manner. The Trades Department ' MR. ROY TROST, Instructor of Auto Mechanics Chairman of Trades Mr. Martin Sanders, Sub-Chairman of Trades Instructor of Carpentry Mr. Edgar Scroggins, Sub-Chairman of Trades Engineer-'Plant Operator l Mr. Donald Cook, Mr. Virgil England, Mr. Earl Grinnell Electrician Instructor of Printing Painter DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING The dry cleaning and pressing shop is student operated with an adjoining barber shop for the convenience of the boys that want to use it. The boys in the shop are always busy cleaning clothes for the students and employees of the school. Mr. John A. Topaum, Instructor of Cleaning and Pressing LAUNDRY The laundry is operated entirely by students, usually all girls except one boy that is detailed to do the heavy work. All of the linens, towels, bedspreads, blankets, and the boys' clothing are done by girls, They learn on the best equipment available which includes a complete sliiit ironer unit. Mrs. Ethel Grinnell, lnstru:t:Jr of Laundering AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS The Mechanics Shop is maintained especially to keep the buses, cars and trucks in condition, Repair work is done by the students in both the Service Sta- tion and Mechanics Shop. Also the servicing is done in the Automotive Department. Mr. Louis Thompson Shops Instructor Mr. John Manygoats Chauffeur PAINTING All painting on the campus is done by the boys in this shop under supervision of their instructors. They have done many painting jobs this year. Outstanding ones are: the dining room, various dormitories. the roofs of various buildings, and many interior re-paintings. The boys of this shop also learn to cut glass and install it. They are kept busy in this phase of work, too. Mr. Francis Pipestem Assistant Painter .nv ' . In :ii my ' :I W POWER PLANT OPERATION .5 The boys taking Power Plant Operation as a vo- cation actually learn by doing. They are taught to Watch boilers, repair them and clean them. They also learn to install and repair electrical fixtures. All wiring in houses that are built on the campus is done by these boys. Mr. Houston J. Hair Power Plant Operator Mr. Henry McEwin Power Plant Ope ator mr sci, PLUMBING Plumbers are trained at Chilocco to do all sewer repair work. all water line repairing. and the installing of fixtures in the new buildings on the campus, as Well as repair and replace fixtures. On week ends the boys often hire out to commercial plumbers. This increases their experience and helps them earn extra spending money. Mr. Glenn C. Limb lnstructor of Plumbing BLACKSMITH AND VVELDING Students of Mr. Lester C. Parker in the Blacksmith and Welding Shop have done two very outstanding projects this past year. the largest of which is the completion of the bleachers on the athletic field. The other is the erection of a steel and wire cyclone fence around the field. They also have done a lot of repair work on the farm machinery :md other odd jobs. Mr. Lester C. Parker Blacksmith Welder ws.. CARPENTRY Some of the Carpenters' jobs this year include: finishing work on the new wings on Home Threeg shineling buildings: building new garages: and building scaffolds for the painters. Mr. Josiah Vann Assistant Carpenter sf'-1 students. employees and the people of neighboring towns. will he permanently hired after they complete their training period. PRINTING The Print Shop is kept busy almost all of the time as each week the week' ly Indian School Journal must be printed. There are also many other jobs foi them to do. such as printing programs, invitations. notices and various leaflets for the Department of Indian Affairs. f Several of the boys have been placed in print shops near the school and are getting experience in this on- the-job-training. Mr. Calvin Turner, Assistant Printer SHOE REPAIR AND LEATHERCRAFT The students are asked to send all shoes that are to be repaired, clown to the Shoe Shop the first of each week. This leaves the rest of the week for the boys to concentrate on the leathercraft orders that are left by Three boys are now doing on-the-job-training in Wichita, Kansas. and Elf. James E. Joice. Instructor of Leathercraft The Chilocco Alumni President, Mr. DeRoy Skinner, Class of 1938, of Ponca City Vice-president, Mr. Dawes Lovers, Class of 1918, of Newkirk Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Lucille W. Bearskin, Class of 1939, of Chilocco Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. James Bearskin, Class of 1934, of Chilocco The Alumni Association of the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School was founded about 1912. The Constitution was written by a committee appointed at the annual meeting in 1916. It was read and adopted by the organization May 23, 1917. The first graduating class recognized is that of 1894, boasting 13 members. The first twelfth-grade class graduated in 1927 with a membership of 30. In 1928 there were 27, followed by 52 in 1929. In 1930, 122 graduates received diplomas. This was the largest class in the history of the school to that time. The largest class ever to graduate thus far was the Class of 1939 with 1535 second largest was in 1937 with 1325 and the third, in 1942, with 123. In all, since 1894, 2905 individuals have received diplomas andfor vocational certificates. These graduates are now to be found following their chosen trades or professions in all states of the union and in foreign countries as well. They have participated in the two World Wars, and in the Korean conflict. Frequently returning for Commencement activities are such old-timers as Mr. Levi W. Jones, of Shawnee, Class of 1896, Mr. Warren Hardy, of Newkirk, Class of 18975 Mrs. Susie Fuller Wheeler, of Midwest City and Mrs. Addie Brunt Harvey, of Pawhuska, both from the Class of 1898. Children and grandchildren have passed across the stage in Haworth Hall to receive diplomas. Someone has truly said, Chilocco is a family school . Brothers and sisters, parents, sons and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren, are to be found on the list of Chilocco Alumni. Chilocco's own employees roster carries a total of 19 who hold Chilocco diplomas: Mr. Claude Hayman, Class of 1916g Mrs. Minnie McKenzie Johnson, Class of 1919, Mrs. Zelda Tau-U-Neacie Gray, Class of 1927, Mr. Nelson Rowe, Class of 1928g Mr. Martin Sanders and Mr. Francis Pipestem, Class of 19295 Mr. Edgar Scroggins, Class of 1930g Mrs. Christine Gassoway Scroggins and Mr. Albert A. Snell, Class of 1931, Mrs. Eleanor Parris Snell and Mrs. Ellen Taylor Hester, Class of 1932, Mr. James Bearskin, Class of 1934g Mr. Josiah Vann, Class of 19365 Mr. Henry McEwin, Mr. Houston Hair, Mr. James Edwin Joice, Miss Zelma Joice, and Mrs. Lucille Williford Bearskin, Class of 19399 and Mr. Harold Burris, Class of 1948. Mr. John Albert Topaum, who finished the course in dry cleaning andpressing in 1948 is also now employed , as instructor of that department. The Alumni Association is a closely-knit organization always interested in its school. Returning members always remark, It is like coming home. Alumni Remember When Snapshots A 3 -,, 1 Faculty Snapshots III IIIIES gk TX ,, W ff A lf vi 4 A V' Qi '?-iii S xx Q2 -Af 'Tri' Ei n fd - f ' Q x l s. ' X Q3 .. .fl fx J Q if Q Q ffwx. N y F' I , D 9 fu f? QQ T ??! f ff Q X ,f51',.DXx Music Department Mr. Wilfred Stocks Miss Flodelle Dyer Bond Director Teacher, Vocol Music The Vocal Music Department is under the direction of Miss Flodelle Dyer. In addition to the regular class music groups, this department has two very popular singing groups. The Choir also serves as a Mixed Chorus, presenting both sacred and secular programs. They presented a choir concert, a chorus concert, a Christmas vesper program, an Easter program, assisted with assembly programs, and presented the musical background for the pageant, Westward to the Setting Sun. The girls' sextet appeared on many programs. They, together with a small mixed chorus group, presented several programs off the campus. All vocal groups have assisted with the Sunday evening church services on our campus. SEXTET Choir The choir consists of forty girls and eleven boys. These students are voluntary members of the choir, and they devote much of their free time to singing for the various programs and banquets on the campus and off the campus. The choir is frequently invited to attend a meeting or a banquet in the surround- ing towns and sing for them. It is an active church choir, too. The students that go to church every Sunday always enjoy numbers that are sung by the choir at the vesper services. BAND The band, under the direction of Mr. Wilfred G. Stocks, was one of the most active organizations of the campus during the 51-52 school year ........ practicing every day to render services to community events and for the benefit of those students participating in the band. The acivities for the year include: Music for 16 athletic events, 3 concerts, 10 assemblies, and participation at the Oklahoma State Fair at Oklahoma City, Arkansas City football game, A. and M. vs. Drake in football at Stillwater, Arkansas City Arkalalah Parade, Ponca City football game, Arkansas City Spring Opening, Ponca City Spring Opening, and the Pawnee Parade. The Band Officers are: Virgie Reed, drum major, Louis Otipoby, presidentg Cowena Bruner, secretary: Phyllis Jeunesse, librariang Rudolph McGirt, reporter: Sequoyah England, historian. I ' 1 il 'llllfllf ' T' , .l, Q li I i l Front Row: George England, Maxine Tiger, Delilah Allen, Louise Holden, Phyllis Jeunesse. Second Row: Juanita Bean, Janie Schell, Catherine Cunningham, Cowena Bruner, Earl Dixon, Rudolph MCGirt. Third Row: Ralph Keen, Lewis Otipoby, Sequoyah England, Hosea Waldon, Thomas Horjo, Wilene Galey. Mr, Wilfred Stocks, director. Pep Club and Cheer Leaders S P i PEP CLUB CHEER LEADERS Front Row: Onifo Klinekole, Wilene Galley, Juanita Bean Bock Row: Lolo Del Wogoshe, JoAnn Allen. ' 'TY x Boys' Physical Education and Sports Mr, James Begrskin Mr. James A. Choate Tennis and Boys' Physical Education Wrestling Coach and Instructor The Chilocco Indian School is a member of the Northern 8' Conference, made up of the following high schools: Bristow, Cushing, Stillwater, Guthrie, Perry, Ponca City, Blackwell, and Chilocco. This conference sponsors all sports, five of which Chilocco participates in. namely. Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, and Track. In football Chilocco did not fare so well, winning no conference football games. ln basketball the Indians won four games in the conference, with an over-all win of 10 out of 23 games played. Several outstanding wrestlers represented Chilocco on the mat this past year. four of the wrestlers qualifying for the state tournament. In the spring sports, track and baseball, the Indians went to Stillwater in the conference meet, held at Stillwater. They tied for the northern half baseball champ- ionship with Ponca City. but lost the play-off. Besides our Athletic Program, Chilocco also has a well-rounded Physical Ed- ucation course for boys, it being compulsory for all freshmen and sophomores to take Physical Education. Fundamentals in all sports are taught as well as a series of tests given in each sport. Calisthenics also play an important part in the Physical Education program. Only fundamentals in tumbling are given. 'N Ks LETTERMEN'S CLUB Front Row: Thurman Jefferson, Paul Reed, Francis Allen, Mr. James A. Choate, coach Lupe Gooday, Donald Freeman, LeRoy Sakiestewa, Eugene Atkins. Second Row: Jacky Wood, Ben Roberts, Eugene Bohanan, Milford King, Ralph Marcus, Paul McKinney, Earl Dixon, Billy Keetso. Third Row: Andy Toney, Anderson lmotichey, John Lee Vance, David King, Jack Jackson Dean Jackson, Percy Hudson, Sequoyah England, Jack Wilson, Tony Wilson, Fourth Row: James Hale, James White Eagle, Luther Hunter, Ralph Williams, Brian LeClair Johnnie Bruno, Junior Jackson, Spencer Hale, Freddie Howerton, Ronnie McLemore. f r I Front Row: Leroy Sakiestewa, Francis Allen, Percy Hudson, Brian LeClair, John Bruno, Spencer Hale, James Hale, Ben Roberts, Thurman Jefferson, Don Freeman. Second Row: Mr. James A. Choate, Coach, Mr. James A. Bearskin, Assistant Coach, Eugene Atkins, Sequoyah England, Luther Hunter, Fred Howerton, Junior Jackson, Vernon Hunter, Jack Wilson, Floyd Harris, Paul McKinney, Jack Woods, Joe Shunkamola. Third Row: Virgil Yeahquo, Charles Skinner, Milford King, Jack Jackson, Ronnie McLemore, James White Eagle, Dean Jackson, Earl Dixon, Perry Wilson, Toney DeRoin, Donald Beaver, Donald Sroufe. Back Row: Ralph Marcus, Harold Carey, Eugene Miller, Bill Larney, Jacob Monday, Frank Kekahbch, Don Waldon, Listo Lopez, Mike Allen. WRESTLING TEAM Front Row: Rudolph McGirt, Ronnie Plumley, Charles Skinner, Harold Carey, Eugene Atkins, James Hale, Don Waldon, Glenn Lewis, Ben Roberts, and Dan Scott. Back Row: Mr. James Bearskin, coach, Spencer Hale, Gilbert Mohawk, Perry Wilson, Arthur Nephew, Eugene Miller, Tony DeRoin, Billy Keetso, Milton Nephew, Lawrence Long, Jacky Wood and Jimmy James, managers. BASKETBALL TEAM Front Row: Ronnie McLemore, Freddie Howerton, James WhiteEagle, Jack Jackson, Jr., Jack Jackson, LeRoy Sakiestewa, Dean Jackson, Luther Hunter, Virgil Yeahquo, George England. Back Row: Francis Allen, manager, Donald Bailey, Sam White, Roland May, Richmond Bruner, Charles Bryant, Robert King, James Nelson, Frank Kekakbah, and Mr. James A. Choate, coach. TRACK Front Row: LeRoy Sakiestewa, Dan Williams, Charles Couchmon, Ernest Daniels, George Antone, Ronnie McLemore, Wilford Clark, James Hale, Perry Wilson, Luther Hunter, Percy Hudson, Milford King, Mr. James A. Coate, coach. Second Row: Teddy McHenry, Eugene Atkins, Floyd Harris, Ben Roberts, Dean Jackson, Earl Dixon, James Ellis, Thurman Jefferson, Listo Lopez, Don Sroufe. BASEBALL Front Row: Thomas Fishinghawk, manager, Toney Wilson, Ralph Marcus, Reuben Bolen, Freddie Howerfon, George Anfone, John Bruno, Eldon DeRoin, Perry Wilson, Dean Jackson, John Lee Vance, Mr. James A, Coate, coach. Back Row: Jacky Wood, Charles White, Lupe Goodoy, Eugene Bohanan, Harley Hunt, Poul McKinney, Jack Wilson, Lou Don Burgess, Don Freeman, Gene Miller, Bobby Bruno. Sports Snapshots The Chilocco Pep Club Cheer Leaders for the year 1952-53 were Wilene Galey. Head Cheer Leader, Onita Klinekole, Joan Allen, Juanita Bean and Lola Del Wa- gosheg Virginia Benson CNot picturedl Outstanding men Were: In Football .... Dave King, who made all conference: Jack Wilsong Leroy Sakiestewag Perry Wilson and Francis Allen. Basketball ..,. Leroy Sakiestewag Junior Jackson, and the Jackson twins, Dean and Jacky Wrestling ,... Gene Atkins, James Hale and Billy Keetsog Track .... Dave and Milford King, Gene Atkins, Luther Hunter and Junior Jackson, Baseball ..,. Tony Wilson, Jack Wilson, Jack Wood, Don Freeman. With a host of lettermen returning in all sports for the year 1952-53, better things are expected in all sports. Girls' Physical Education MRS. CHRISTINE SCROGGINS Girls' Physical Education GIRLS' VOLLEY BALL TEAMS Front Row, Junior Uniques first place: Corrine Williams, Jane Taugelechee, Trudy Bigpond Annie Ruth Ripley, Elissie Celestine, Nora Hukill, Bessie Ballou, Jean Bevenue. Back Row, Freshman Rockets second place: Onita Klinekole, Jane Tiger, Maurine McCarty, Bertha Harjo, Lola Del Wcgoshe, Lois Etcitty, Martha Miller. Senior Thunderbirds third place: Dorothy Johnico, Lena Amos, Lydia Barnett, Audrey Bigpond, Ona Mae Shawnee, Nona Punley, Virginia Snell. r s X 4 '11 GIRLS' BASKET BALL TEAM Junior Chiettainettes: Bessie Ballou, captain, Trudy Bigpond, Corrine Williams, Arnetizri Bigmosquifo, Jean Bevenue, Jane Tauglechee. GIRLS' SOFT BALL WINNERS Juniors were the winners in Soft Ball: Edith Wesley, Ann Drecdfulwoter, Bessie Ballou, Annne Ruth Ripley, Trudy Bigporid, Corrine Williams, Betty James, Levoda Smith, Nora Hukill. Elissie Belle Celestine, Jean Bevenue. WANDS Barbara Roy, Vinolo Cerre, Lorene Belvin, Omega July, Maryetto Jcnes, lreta Solomon Joan Allen, Arlene Marshno, Joy Seymour, Juanita Bean, Wilma Allen, Teresa Wahpepcih, Gzrls' Physical Education The girls' physical education classes for the year 1951-1952 consisted of only the freshmen girls and the sophomore girls. Class instruction included corrective exercises, marching, club swinging, wand drills, all of which were performed with music to help the girls to develop a proper sense of rhythm and coordination. For variety in the classes the girls also liked to do tumbling, folk dancing, and round dancing. In this year's program of sports were included: soft ball, basketball, volley ball, shuffle board, ping pong, badminton and tennequoits. The girls' intra-mural program was open to all girls who cared to take part. These events were always held after school each afternoon, and there were seventy- two girls that took part in the basketball intra-murals. There were fifty-four girls that took part in the soft ball intra-murals and seventy-two that took part in the volley ball tournament. There were ten sophomore and freshmen girls that went to Winfield, Kansas last March 29, for an-school play day with other schools from the surrounding communities. A posture contest was also sponsored by the girls' physical education depart- ment. Girls that had the best posture were selected from each physical education class and were entered in one contest. The winners of the 1951-1952 posture contest were JoAnn Allen, first, Mary Etta Jones, second, Vinola Cerre, third. The Student Council Front Row: Eugene Atkins, Levada Smith, Dan Williams, Coweno Bruner, David King, Janie Schell and Ellen Hardy. Sescond Row: Mrs. Mary F. Werneke, sponsor, Rudolph McGirt, Charles Guinn, Leonard Ross, Jane Tiger, and Mr. Ray Colglazier, sponsor. Third Row: Betty Deer, Juanita Bean, Sue Adair, Minnie Jane Smith, and Bertha Smith. Fourth Row: Roland May, Michael Allen, Frank Kekahbah, Percy Hudson, Jack Jackson Billy Francis, and Jimmy James. Not Pictured: George England. The Student Council at Chilocco was first organized in 1927. It has proved to be a satisfactory connecting chain between the Administration and the Student Body. Representatives from each grade and department are elected to the Student Council at the beginning of each school year. These students are elected members of the Student Council for one-year intervalsg thus each year elections are held. One student may serve but two years on the Council. The Student Council now belongs to the State Association of Student Councils and the National Association of Student Councils. This is the first year that the Council members have been awarded the National pins, At the Installation, which was held after the Councilmen were elected, they were accepted by Principal Ernest C. Mueller and Superintendent L. E. Correll, after which each Council member was presented a National Student Council Pin. Since 1936, each spring the Student Council at Chilocco has been host to all the Indian Schools in Oklahoma at a Student Council conference. This year the Conference had a very specific meaning to adults as well as to high school students. Building Tomorrow's World Today , was the theme of the conference taken from the State Association of Student Councils at Stillwater which two of our delegates were sent to attend. Janie Schell, a senior, and Dan Williams. a junior, represented the Chilocco School at this particular meeting. The underlying topics accompanying the theme were, Where are we today? How do we want tomorrowis world to be? , and How are we going to get there? Along with the social events of the campus which the Student Council plans, the school calendar is also made by the Council along with the Administration. The main purpose of the Student Council is to discuss problems concerning the student body and student government. Trees are planted each spring in remembrance of each Student Council and the work it has achieved during that period. Student Council Activity Snapshots Campus Snapshots l i i u-4 Gita! M Miss Chilocco, Prom Queen, Football Queen Princess and Brave 1 W 1 4 Honor Society Front Row: Edith Wesley, Nora Jean Hukill, Claudine Williford, Janie Schell, Bertha Smith, Phyllis Jeunesse, Maurine McCarty, Lenora Littlecreek. Second Row: Albert Hood, Deedee Barker, JoAnn Allen, Ruby Faye McKenzie, Marion Cunningham, Emma Jean Hendricks, Mary Etta Jones, Juanita Bean, Tony Nelson, Mr. Ensley E. Morris, sponsor. Third Row: Jack Wilson, Rudolph McGirt, Don Freeman, Raphael Wilson, Perry Wilson, Ben Roberts, Eugene Atkins, Dallas Miller. Back Row: Sequoyah England, Deon Jackson, George England, Francis Allen, Brian LeClair, Junior Jackson, Luther Hunter, Percy Hudson, Jock Jackson, Robert King, John Paul Conrad. The Chilocco Chapter of the Oklahoma High School Honor Society was organized during the school year of 1927-28 by Mrs. Ensley E. Morris, wife of the present sponsor. Mrs. Morris sponsored the Society for the first six years of its existence. At the Commencement exercise in May, 1928, seven students became charter mem- bers of the organization. According to rules of the Division of Secondary Education of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, the purpose of the Oklahoma High School Honor Society shall be to promote higher standards of scholarship among pupils in the high schools of Oklahomaf' Sponsors and members of the local chapter have always sought to attain this goal among Chilocco students. To be eligible for membership in the Honor Society, a student must be in the up- per ten per cent of students making the highest marks in the high school. The rating is based upon the first semester of the current year and the second semester of the preceding year, For ninth grade students, standing is based upon work done during the first semester of the current year. Certificates of membership, good for one year, are issued by the State to students who qualify for the honor and are presented in appropriate exercises on the Honor Roll Program during Commencement Week. Only accredited schools may organize state chapters. Requirements for membership in the Society at the time of its organization read thus: A student must average at least a 'B' grade with no grade below 'C'g must be outstanding in extra-curricular activitiesg and must not have a single blot against his record in any department. Requirements today, in addition to high vocational and academic rank, include outstanding efforts on the part of members in their total school program. Local authorities are permitted to make additional rules as conditions may require. To keep scholastic standards particularly high at Chilocco, the full quota of those ranking in the upper ten per cent is not always used. Such has been the case in accepting nominations for membership in the Society for the present year. The following teachers who are now, or have been, members of the Chilocco staff, have sponsored the Honor Society since its founding: Mrs. Ensley E. Morris, Mrs. Vivian Hayman, Miss Carrie Boals, Mr. Owen Grant, Miss Dora McFarland, and the present sponsor, Mr. Morris. A nnual Staff Front Row' Paul Reed, Louis Green, Janie Schell, associate editor, Brian LeClair, editor-in-chief, Rudolph McGirt, Deedee Barker. Back Row: Lola Del Wagoshe, Norma Williams, Francis Allen, Anderson lmotichey, Thomas Fishinghawk Raphael Wilson, Donald Freeman. 1952 CHILOCCOAN STAFF The 1952 Chiloccoan is the product of many hours of labor by the students of the high school journalism class and the members of the journalism club. But, do not let us forget the sponsor of both of these organizations, and that is none other than Mrs. Vivian Hayman. Mr. Ernest C. Mueller, Mr. Virgil England, Mr. Calvin Turner and many others also helped, and spent many hours guiding the boys and girls in the compiling of this year's annual. On this space they should all be most graciously thanked by everyone on the Chiloccoan staff. Work on the annual yearbook was started early in the school year, and careful planning and lots of hard work throughout the year produced the book that you are now reading. Many discussions were held as to how the book could be improved over last year's. If next year's Chiloccoan staff does as much planning, they, also, will greatly improve the yearbook. Navajo Snapshots V V Q.-' .1 , jfR , ,. . .fi-.. 4 .f ,'a2:i'i '. 1 ,ws-. 1 1 .f .x,, ,,-'j L '-1 J .IV k 5 A.: 1 0 l- :, - -v A 5. 4 - . ' A .' 1' -.-v 4 .., t ' 'viz 'f 2, Za ' ,Y ,- :-,, , '..:.,. .LY- 4 . n 9' -' '., . a Q. ,.. If Q ,. , 4. ,- 14,1 ,Q :Amr af:La'. L TY! 4: '..9z.n.u .2-A Jr, v. 'v,'1' .Q iff.: 1 f ,- gc'q r zvfpf 1. 'ff +9-Q 1' 5 1? gn V M if x 4 nf'- ve 'H+ .1 4 ,-N1 1,