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Is integration the best?
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — This
citys black and white grade school
pupils seem to learn better in integ
rated classes, a federal study indi
cates. But the study finds that when
black students reach junior high
they seem to benefit more from the
presence of a black majority.
School Supt. Matthew W. Cos-
tanzo said he was astounded by the
results. It certainly flies in the face
oh\> of some of the other studies that
have stressed the need for integra
tion," he said.
The two-year study was done by
the Federal Reserve Bank,
cooperating with the school district.
The district s 282 schools have
268,000 pupils, 61 per cent black.
About half the schools are integ
rated to some degree, the others
virtually all-white or all-black.
The state Human Relations
Commission has directed school of
ficials to seek total integration, but
the Board of Education has said
massive busing would be needed
and it doesn’t have the money.
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of Haverford College and board
chairman of the Philadelphia Fed-
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eral Reserve Bank, said the report
“challenges some rather precious
notions and attacks some sacred
cows ... It has the potential to
shake up the entire educational es
tablishment.
The study measured how and
why pupils improve by looking at
growth in standardized test scores of
reading and mathematics skills. It
classified students according to
race, parental income, school size
and training of their teachers.
It found that after elementary
school, both black and white stu
dents seem to benefit slightly as the
number of blacks increases — but
only up to 50 per cent.
“After 50 per cent, however,
blacks experience significant learn
ing growth as the proportion of
blacks in the school increases. Yet,
although non-blacks gain in integ
rated schools up to half-black, they
seem to experience some learning
declines when they attend schools
that are more than half-black . . .
The report did not endorse seg
regation for either blacks or whites,
however, stressing that it is essen-
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tial to recognize that the junior high
school characterized by more black
students is also the one with fewer
high-achieving and more low-
achieving students.
The study also found that extra
education of teachers doesn’t neces-
sarily improve pupil achievement,
but achievement does seem to im
prove with the quality of the college
a teacher attended.
FCC says ‘nix’
to media combo
in same market
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Federal Communications Commis
sion Tuesday barred any future
purchase by newspaper owners of
radio or television stations serving
the same market-
It also ordered such existing
combinations in 16 cities broken up.
The FCC said it studied all
newspaper-broadcast cross-owner
ship situations and ordered the
breakups “only in extreme situa
tions where there appeared to be a
monopoly on the expression of
views on issues of public concern. ”
But the FCC decided not to re
quire any breakup of existing TV-
radio combinations. The rule will
remain that there can be no sale
involving both TV and radio stations
in the same market.
The commission took no action at
this time on cross-ownership involv
ing cable TV systems.
The FCC said its major concern
about newspaper-broadcasting
combinations was diversity of own
ership as a means of enhancing di
versity in program service to the
public and viewpoints presented to
the public.
It was unrealistic to expect true
diversity from a commonly owned
station-newspaper combination,”
the FCC decision said. “The di
vergency of their viewpoints cannot
he expected to he the same as if they
were antagonistically run.”
The FCC said radio-newspaper
combinations must be divested by
Jan. 1, 1980, if the only general cir
culation daily newspaper ilv it com
munity'and thb only radio station dr
stations placing a city-grade signal
over the entire community in day
time hours are under the same own
ership.
Divestiture of existing
newspaper-TV combinations will he
required by Jan. 1, 1980, if the only
general circulation newspaper in a
community and the only TV station
placing a city-grade signal over the
entire community are under com
mon ownership.
Backpackers truck
I he Outdoor Recreation Committee is planning a backpacking trip to
Pedernales Falls State Park on the weekend of February 1 and 2.
The cost of the trip will be four dollars, which includes food for three
meals, registration fee, and admission into the park. Trip leader John
Morlock has placed a twelve-member limit on the number of people going,
so sign up early.
If you are interested in going, sign up at the Student Programs desk in
the MSC and come to the information meeting Thursday, January 30 in
room 308 in the Rudder Tower at 7:30 p.m.
Stargazers meet
An informal amateur astronomers group will hold a “Star Party Friday,
weather permitting.
The session is planned for 7:30 p.m. at the home of Dr. Ron Schorn,
south of College Station.
A&M students in Schorn’s physics classes will join the sky-watching
with regulars of the Central Texas Astronomical Society. Anyone is wel
come.
Directions to the meeting site can be obtained by calling 823-5519 or
846-4172.
Observers plan to turn their telescopes on deep-sky objects along with
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn stretched eastward across the evening
sky.
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Bridge contest
Bridge players interested in competing in the 27th Annual Intercol
legiate Bridge Championships are invited to register today at the MSC.
The tournament is sponsored by the American Contract Bridge
League, the Association of College Unions-Intemational and College Mar
keting and Research Corporation. Local winners and runners-up will go on
to compete in the regional contest. Regional champs receive expense-paid
trips to the national competition in Miami Beach in April.
National winners are awarded the Charles H. Goren traveling trophy
for one year, and their schools receive a $1,000 unrestricted grant from the
tournament sponsors.
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Bomb scare
threat made;
1,000 evacuated
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bomb
threat Tuesday forced evacuation of
the New Executive Office Building
a block from the White House, offi
cials said.
The brick building houses a
number of federal agencies directly
responsible to the White House.
About 1,100 persons were
evacuated for about 45 minutes.
Richard Q. Vawter, spokesman
for the General Services Administ
ration, said a message found
scrawled on a stall in a first-floor
men’s room Tuesday morning re
ported' a bomb planted in
“someone’s office” was set to exp
lode at 2:45 p.m. EST.
A search was conducted through
out the day and when 2:45 ap
proached, the building was
evacuated as a precautionary meas
ure, Vawter said.
Parts of the Office of Manage
ment and Budget and the Federal
Energy Administration are housed
in the building.
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APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW
SCHEDULE FOR
26TH COUNCIL AND DIRECTORATE
The Council and Directorate of the Memorial Student Center wishes to announce that applications for the
following positions will be accepted on the dates listed.
APPLICATION DATE
Mon., Jan. 20 - Wed., Jan. 29
Mon., Jan. 20 - Fri., Feb. 7
Thurs., Jan. 30
Mon., Feb. 3
Tues., Feb. 11 and Thurs., Feb. 13
Tues., Feb. 18 thru Thurs., Feb. 20
POSITION
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Applications for all remaining positions
Interviews for President
Election of President by Council
Interviews for Council Officers
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Mon., Mar. 3
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