band succeeded in getting as its director Frans Lindroos, another musician from Viipuri, who had received his musical training in the Imperial Band School in St. Petersburg. For three years Lindroos directed the socialist sponsored band, a dance band, and a mixed chorus, and although he gave up the chorus three years later he remained with the band until 1918. The chorus, meanwhile, was taken over by Lauri Lemberg, but since the choristers were frequently also members of the dramatics group, stopped singing in 1917. In 1921, however, after a male chorus had been started but given up again, there was born an informal `septet,' made up of Lauri Lemberg, Alfred Holm, Clifford Kolu, Kalle Lampi, Antti Lemberg, Kalle Mäki and Sam Sahlman. This group remained together for years under Lauri Lemberg's direction and frequently performed at various program evenings, in Duluth and elsewhere. In 1928 there was also founded the FAAC mixed chorus, which had at times a considerable membership. In 193334 this chorus collaborated with the Superior workers' chorus, with both choral groups rehearsing the same numbers and performing together as a group of 160 voices, under the direction of Lemberg, whose subsequent ill health terminated this activity.

Sports Activities : The Star of Hope Temperance Society had contained an athletic club within its fold, but its activity had been sporadic, and casual, and with limited participation. Then there began to arrive from Finland men who were gymnasts, athletes, wrestlers, and even acrobats : the Sunell brothers, Karl Lehto, Karl Wirtanen, Pilakoff, and many others. They all found their way to the temperance society, and exhibitions and matches were put on. Wrestling, in particular, soon became the popular sport among the young men, and not only in Minnesota but everywhere in centers of Finnish settlement.

Kalle Lehto (Lehto-Kassu) and Karl Wirtanen became professional wrestlers, and they, like Pilakoff, toured widely in the United States, taking part in wrestling matches. Lehto, in particular, gained fame, wrestling with such masters as Zbyszko and Frank Gotch. The latter, for example, accepted Lehto's challenge.. and before an audience of 2,000 in the Lyceum Theater in Duluth pinned down Lehto in a scant twenty minutes. After this blow to Finnish wrestling enthusiasts, and to Lehto himself, the latter moved to Canada, and soon after that Wirtanen and Pilakoff also quit Duluth. But new men continued to arrive from Finland, such as Tuominen, Leppänen, Järvinen, Hevonpää, Karhunsaari, Kallio, Ketonen, Sampson and many others. The enthusiasm for

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