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voice of weapon ij fc °f Prii' n and to fticularly ends art 18 • Some, 5 answer, respond, vernmeri dutionary imprison, tortured, ciaim to ism.” v e mait ervice o! 1 Perilous used gov. ^e most tsures. Me mi Mi Sociologist says Chicanos still cling to traditio nal Spanish THE Wednesday, March 10, 1071 BATTALION College Station, Texas Page 5 Southwest Mexican-Americans will cling to Spanish as their No. 1 language, a sociology professor here predicts. Processes fostering Spanish over English appear unlikely to change soon, says Dr. R. L. Skra- banek. The acting head of the Soci ology and Anthropology Depart ment has studied comparative day-to-day use of Spanish and English by Mexican-Americans of South Texas. His findings were published in an article, “Language Mainte nance Among Mexican Ameri cans,” in the current issue of the International Journal of Com parative Sociology. He said numerous factors con tribute to the Mexican-Ameri- cans’ billingual tendency and re sistance to full assimilation in the U. S. cultural melting pot. The tendency, he notes, has persisted for more than a century. Skrabanek cited “La Raza” — the race — as the concept most strongly solidifying the social structure of these people. La Raza is “perhaps clearly understood only by Mexican- Americans,” Skrabanek wrote. “Broadly defined, the term re fers to a special kind of unity of all Mexican-Americans who are united by cultural and spiritual bonds derived from God. “Use of Spanish is the primary symbol among Mexican-Ameri cans of loyalty to La Raza.” The sociologist said other fac tors are a standard socio-eco nomic status, steady immigra tions from Mexico and movement between that nation and the Southwest United States. Also at work, Skrabanek went on, are persistence of a well- defined Mexican-American sub culture, differing value orienta tions of Mexican-Americans and the dominant American culture I WANT YOU IT’S A DIFFERENT APPROACH now a days when the Army starts recruiting. For years Uncle Sam pointed straight out and said “I want YOU” for the U. S. Army, as in the old poster at left. But now, in a new approach, the Army is using the soft sell try as in the picture at right. (AP Wirephoto) Over house named top soph Jeff Overhouse, the Texas Ag gies’ prize sophomore from League City and Clear Creek High School, was swarmed with honors this past weekend as the Southwest Conference basketball race came to an end. senior center, was the only other A&M eager to received mention on any of the postseason All- Star units when he was named to the second team District 6 All- Star team. Overhouse bucketed 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Arkansas Friday night to close out his sophomore season with the second-highest number of points ever scored by an A&M sophomore, 345. Steve Niles, the Aggies’ 7-0 That announcement was made by Joe Vancisin of Yale, chair man of the All-America commit tee of the National Association of Basketball coaches. Overhouse was practically a unanimous choice as sophomore of the year, first receiving the honor on the televised basketball game of the week selections named during the halftime of Sat urday’s Baylor-Tech game. Then came Sunday morning and he was named Sophomore of the Year by the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times-Herald and The Associated Press. These publications and the wire service also named Overhouse to a spot on the second team All- SWC. The Times-Herald poll is select ed by the players and the AP squad is picked by the league’s coaches. Photo salon being planned A&M’s Intercollegiate Photo Salon, which has rewarded ef forts of photographers through out the Southwest more than 15 years, is building toward Salon '71 in late March. Open to members of photo groups sponsored by U. S. col leges and universities, the annual competition is sponsored by the Memorial Student Center Com mittee at A&M. Chairman Greg Gray of Hous ton said entries in 11 categories will be accepted until March 24. Information sent to student unions, camera groups and visual aids departments of Texas and Southwest colleges and universi ties indicates judging will be con- BUSIER - JONES AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans ^ARM & HOME SAYINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. 3523 Texas Ave. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3708 ducted March 27 . Trudy Adam, Salon ’71 chair man, said a panel of three pro fessional photographers will judge entries in pictorial, experimental, news, portraiture, sports, human interest, nature, landscape, still life, fashion and advertising cate gories. Entries to the Camera Commit tee, MSC, College Station, should be limited to eight per person with no more than two per cate gory, Miss Adam added. An entry fee of 50 cents per print is re quired. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED Military Victory In Viet Nam-Now! John Wayne narrates A 16mm Color Film entitled “No Substitute For Victory” Films of valiant Americans fighting Communists. John Wayne describes restrictions placed on our men. Generals Mark Clark, Paul Harkins and Albert Wedemeyer, along with Admiral Sharp plead for a victory policy over communism. Memorial Student Center Ballroom Thursday, March 11 — 7:30 p. m. Students — $1, Others — $2 Sponsored by The Veteran’s Club of Texas A&M • y- • • ■ • • v; *' * toward most basic human prob lems and the people’s isolation in ghetto-type neighborhoods. He said Mexican-American youngsters who grow up speak ing mostly English achieve high er education levels, higher in comes and better jobs. They then tend to move away from Mexi can-American population pockets, he added. “This practice severely limits the chance of contact” with the less educated Mexican-American youngster, he said, and takes away “visible and tangible evi dence that more use of the Eng lish language . . . will result in substantially increasing their in comes, status positions and gen eral well-being.” Senior aerospace major named member of institute James D. Kocurek, senior aerospace engineering major of Alvin, has been appointed to the educational activities committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), announced Dr. Balusu Rao. Kocurek, 22, was appointed as a representative from AIAA’s student membership by Martin Goland, Institute president. He will serve on the committee chaired by Prof. David C. Hazen, Princeton vice president-educa tion, with appointees from aca demic, government and industrial communities. The committee recommends programs for AIAA in the field of education and student activi ties. It meets several times an nually, usually in conjunction with an AIAA national meeting. Vice chairman of Texas A&M’s AIAA student chapter, Kocurek serves on the Student Engineers Council, is treasurer of Sigma Gamma Tau, aerospace engineer ing honor society and president of Tau Beta Pi, engineering scholarship society. He was assistant editor of the “Engineer,” College of Engineer ing publication, last year. Dr. Rao is faculty advisor for the student chapter of AIAA. ROTC center still open despite explosion damage ST. LOUIS (A*)—Classes were held Tuesday at a Reserve Offi cer Training Corps center de spite heavy damage from two explosions Monday night. The center was opened last fall to replace facilities burned by stu dent demonstrators. A third explosion about three hours earlier damaged a build ing in a federal records center in another part of the city. Win dows and glass doors were shat tered. Seven police officers and sev en firemen investigating the in itial blast at the ROTC center suffered minor injuries when the second, more powerful explosion wracked the building. An FBI spokesman said a pre liminary investigation did not de termine what kind of explosive was used. “But whoever used it knew what he was doing. It was a very professional job,” he said. Col. James Kudrna, command er of the Army ROTC program, said a telephoned bomb threat was received in October but there had been none since. Kudrna said classes were held in the damaged building Tuesday for cadets who were “disgusted at the destruction” and the ap parent attempt “to deny them the right to pursue their educa tion as they wish.” Both the Army ROTC building at Washington University, which served all colleges in the St. Louis area, and the Air Force building were burned in a series of student antiwar demonstra tions beginning in late 1968. ARE YOUR DRAPERIES TELLING DIRTY STORIES? Dirty draperies are big show-offs. When they get dirty they let everybody know it. We make draperies clean and bright and beauti ful again with our exclusive Perfect Pleat cleaning pro cess. And, best of all, we give you authentic roll pleats, the kind decorators insist upon. Does this make us the greatest drapery cleaners in town? You bet it does! 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