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Pedro Garza Trys International Politics As Summer Visitor To South America A Texas A&M senior who as pires to work for the U. S. State Department in Latin America got a taste of International politics as a summer visitor to Chile. Pedro Garza, 22-year-old gov ernment major from Santa Rosa, spent nine weeks in Chile as A&M’s first winner of a $950 John F. Kennedy Scholarship. Also aiding his participation as an “experimenter in interna tional living” was a $150 scholar ship provided by the A&M Mem orial Student Center Travel Com mittee. Garza jetted to La Serena, 300 miles north of Chile’s capital city of Santiago, where he visited a month with a middle-class fami ly and spent the rest of the time touring the countryside. Political conversations with Chileans kept Garza fired up for democracy. All communist par ties are legal in Chile and univer sity students lean to the left, Garza discovered. And although students attacked U. S. foreign policy in Viet Nam and the Dom inican Republic, most said they would like to study in the United States if the opportunity should arise. During two weeks in Santiago, Garza visited the national con gress where he watched the cham ber executives and senate in action. It was the respect young Chil eans show for parents that im pressed Garza. “Their family unity is great,” he said. “Children are always asking their mother if they can do something for her,” he added. The trip was not without humor and embarrassment. “I just One “experimenter” a girl from New York who did not under stand Spanish too well, was asked by Chileans if she had a pleasant nap. “Oh, yes,” she smiled, love meatballs.” Garza found soccer to be the most popular sport in Chile. “I watched four games,” he re called. “Those people take the game seriously. A referee was hit by a drink bottle during one game. Another game was de layed 15 minutes by fans throw ing oranges and apples at the of ficials.” “People are rabid about soc cer,” Garza continued. “When Chile was playing in the world championships in England, every Chilean listened on radio. And when Chile lost, they blamed the loss on the coach.” Time stands still in Chile. At least the girls seem not to notice it. Garza was amused by their disregard for schedules. “If a party is set for 8 o’clock, nobody gets there on time,” he said. “I went to a party on time once and nobody showed up for two hours. Another t i m e, a friend and I had dates. We went to the girls’ house and talked for two hours. Then the girls had to eat supper. We got to an 8 o’clock party at 11:30, but no body seemed to mind.” Garza’s trip home from Miami made him appreciate the United States more than ever. “I hitch-hiked 1,600 miles in 51 hours with only two hours sleep,” he said. “Chile was beau tiful, but I saw many places be tween Florida and Texas just as pretty.” OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT NOW! f 0 5 if-jw Per Annum Paid Quarterly on INSURED SAVINGS AT FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 2913 Texas Ave. ^ A FLORICULTURE AWARDS MADE Three scholarships totaling $1,200 have been awarded to Texas A&M University floricul ture majors. Left to right, Dr. M. E. Blood- worth, head of the Soil and Crop Sciences Department, who made the presentations; Richard Kimmins of Amarillo, $250 from the First Men’s Garden Cub of Dallas; Mrs. Evelyn Lowery of Galveston, $450, and Wil liam Pehl of Fredericksburg, $500, both awards from the F. W. Hensel Scholarship; and A. F. DeWerth of the Floriculture Sec tion who selected the students. 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