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‘U.S. schools unfair to Mexicans’
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1974
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By HANK WAHRMUND
This story was intended for Fri
day’s Battalion but, because of
the lack of space and the impor
tance of Thursday’s streaking
story, it was decided to hold the
story until today—Ed.
K The present educational system
in the United States is directed
“'only at white, Anglo-Saxon, Eng
lish-speaking middle-class stu-
" dents, charges the Executive Di
rector of Texans for Educational
Excellence.
Dr. Jose A. Cardenas examined
the problems encountered by Mex-
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ican-American students and gave
his solutions for them to the small
audience.
Cardenas, sponsored by the
Mexican-Americah Student Or
ganization, is a consultant to the
Office of Civil Rights.
“Mexican - American students
are placed in a white, English-
speaking middle class school and
told that the language their moth
er speaks is wrong, that they
were bad guys at the Alamo and
that they are low-class students,”
he said.
“It’s like putting a round peg in
a square hole. It just won’t fit.
Now, the peg and the square hole
taken separately are fine, but put
together, they just won’t work,”
he said.
Cardenas cited study after
study that showed five basic
trends in Mexican-American edu
cation. Throughout the nation,
studies showed 50 to 90 per cent
of Mexican-American students
leave school before the 12th grade.
“IT’S AN ATROCIOUS system
if a minority student cannot have
better than a 50-50 chance for
high school graduation,” Cardenas
said. “Twenty per cent of the
migrant children never even en
roll in schools.
“And those who stay in have
a poor showing, with a seventh
grade Mexican-American lagging
two years behind the national
norm for average seventh grad
ers. Eighty-three per cent fail at
lease one grade, too. But the
worst part is that many Mexican-
American students are placed in
special education classes for men
tally retarded children. My God,
there must be something wrong
with a system like that!
“The cultural background of
Latins is virtually ignored in text
books and teaching aids, and
teachers seem unwilling to en
courage bilingual educational de
velopment. In Europe students are
not considered educated until they
master a second language, but
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Texas Women’s University is
in the process of choosing 1974-
75 Tessie Beau.
The beau is a new campus func
tion requiring single male appli
cants to submit an application
and black and white photo to the
Student Council of Social Activi
ties at TWU before April 12.
The guy can enter himself or
a girl can present a boy as Tessie
Beau by sending the application
to him.
Applicants should be available
for interview on the morning of
April 27 at TWU.
Applications may be obtained
from the SCSA Office, P.O. Box
22008, TWU Station, Denton, Tex.
here in the United States the
Mexican-Americans are forced to
forget their native tongue until
college where they are asked to
re-leam Spainsh as a foreign lan
guage.
“THE ADAPTABILITY concept
saying the child should adapt to a
different culture is asinine and
can be psychologically damaging.
Schools now help blind and physi
cally retarded children, why not
Mexican-Americans?” Cardenas
asked.
“The overall philosophical views
of minorities must change to con
sider our children as capable of
learning and contributing to soc
iety. We must change school pol
icies to encourage minority input
in all activities especially the cur
riculum.
“The lack of understanding
counselors and Mexican-American
educators cannot continue. Not
even Texas A&M is educating
students on how to handle minor
ity groups in the classroom,” Car
denas said.
He noted that the government
is pouring some money into var
ious bilingual programs through
out the nation, but said the pro
grams are spread too thin to be
effective. Another obstacle was
the lack of funds in local school
districts where, he charged, the
basic educational needs of Mex
ican-Americans are clearly ig
nored.
CS okays plats
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission approved
its only two agenda items last
night in what commissioners call
ed “our shortest meeting in his
tory.”
The Commission took only fif
teen minutes to approve two fi
nal plats for the Southwood Val
ley subdivision and the Camelot
development. Both are southwest
o fthe intersection of Farm-to-
Market Road 2818 and Highway
6.
The Southwood Valley plat was
approved after the commission
ers amended it with a request for
sidewalks on the west side of
Brothers Blvd.
Both plats rezoned their re
spective areas as single-family
residential.
Miles make $4,477
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hours, the last walker was not in
until 4 p.m. The walk started at
8:30 a.m.
The $4,477 raised by the walk
will go for renovations of Hensel
Park, the World YMCA Service
and freshman scholarships. The
largest amount raised by any one
walker was $348 by Melva Ball.
“Sponsors” recruited by the
walkers agreed to pay money for
each mile walked.
Many persons were supported
by only one sponsor, but some
also had many sponsors for the
walk. The largest number of
sponsors held by one person was
143 by Sherry LaBuda.
High school students as well as
TAMU students and faculty took
part in the walk. The youngest
person who walked for the pro
gram was a 10-year-old boy.
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TONIGHT
NURSING SOCIETY will meet in Room
402 of the Rudder Tower at 7 p.m.
ACCOUNTING SOCIETY will hold elec
tions in Room 226 of the Memorial
Student Center at 7 :30 p.m. Aggieland
pictures will precede the meeting.
FENCING CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
WEDNESDAY
TRAVEL COMMITTEE will meet in the
Council Conference Room of the Stu
dent Programs Office at 8 p.m. to
program travel trips.
GRADUATE LECTURE will feature Wil
liam Hobby at 7:30 p.m. in Room 302
of the Rudder Center.
FILM APPRECIATION COURSE will
present Tatowierung in Room 601 of
the Rudder Tower at 7 :30 p.m.
CAP & GOWN will meet at 8:30 p.m. in
Room 501 of the Rudder Tower.
PAN AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIA
TION will meet in Room 504 of the
Rudder Tower at 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
FENCING CLUB will meet in G. Rollie
White Coliseum at 7 p.m.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING will pre
sent Ray Kliewer, a marine design en
gineer, at 10 a.m. in Room 203 of the
Zachry Engineering Center. The film,
“Arctic Beachhead,’’ will be shown.
MIDLAND AREA HOMETOWN CLUB
will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 510 of the
Rudder Tower.
ST. THOMAS’ CHAPEL, 906 Jersey, will
have a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WIVES
CLUB will meet at 7 :30 p.m. in the
home of Mrs. Darrell Gimlin, 1215
King Arthur Circle, College Station.
DEPARTMENTS OF BIOLOGY AND
ENTOMOLOGY will present Dr. Rudi
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of Zachry Engineering Center.
WOMEN’S AWARENESS WORKSHOP
will hear Dr. Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsu
speak on women in science at 8:30
p.m. in Room 402 of the Rudder 'J'ower.
RIO GRANDE HOMETOWN CLUB will
meet at 6:30 p.m. at Sparkey’s Pizza.
SATURDAY
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225 of the MSC. Tickets are $2. For
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