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Schooling includes culture wareness tempers change WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1976 ' " failure of the American-styled 1 iucational system in post-war i , ft should tell modern planners j' atjsuch changes must accommo- te cultural milieu, says a Texas icM University educator. Ef. David Armstrong believes 10 j^ftiistrators must keep the exam- ", am mind and temper educational aches m with cultural awareness — or [repared to rigidly enforce je to prevent reversion. [American schools, he says, are examples. Teachers suddenly thrust into -space teaching environments [begin erecting surrogate walls [sting of bookcases and files, im teachers thrown together thout regard for personality :s are another example, he exp- change are “A” pupils, Armstrong explains, because they have learned to work the system and don’t wish any alterations. “Each school represents a self- contained subculture complete with taboos, tribal practices, lines of as cendancy and various other paradigms of right behavior,” he as serts. Both the J apanese Bureau of Thought Supervision in the late 1930s and the occupation forces after World War II saw Japanese schools as a convenient funnel for promoting officially approved doctrine, recalls the A&M educator. “SCAB (Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) believed,” he said, “that beyond education, the program begun by occupation authorities would result in an ultimate reformation of the en tire Japanese value structure. “Education would become a con venient tool for changing a wider cul ture in the direction favored by SCAP authorities. “However, the direction of this ef fort — with references to individual worth, independent thought and in itiative — ran contrary to traditional Japanese esteem for hierarchy and accepting one’s proper place,” exp lains Armstrong. “In essence, SCAP attempted to take American values, or at least Western, to Japan.” After the departure of occupation forces, he claims, several trends began to emerge in Japanese society in general and in education in par ticular, all of which were immediate departures from SCAP guidelines. 9 3! 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These are among a score of issues to be raised next month at Texas A&M University during what is be lieved to be the nation’s first confer ence on human-veterinary medicine ethical implications. Texas A&M Dean of Medicine James A. Knight and Dean of Vet erinary Medicine George C. Shelton jointly announced the meeting, to be conducted Sept. 16-17 as a centen nial academic assembly. Animal patient rights, patient- physician relationships, issues in companion and food animal medicine, topics in experimentation and legal implications will be re viewed by an array of speakers. “All sorts of implications are common to both the human medical profession and veterinary medical profession,” said conference com mittee cochairman Dr. Roger Feldman, veternary pathologist. “For example, should a verteri- nary report the erratic behavior of an animal owner to the owner’s physi cian?” Feldman asked. Pritchard, one of the few persons to hold both a law degree and veteri nary medicine degree, is expected to be uniquely qualified to address such topics. Humane Society to hold flea market The Humane Society of Brazos County is planning a super Flea Market on Saturday, August 28, at Townshire Shopping Center (1900 N. Texas Avenue). The Market be gins at 10:00 a.m. and will run until dark. All types of items will be selling at reduced prices. Crafts, plants, baked goods, clothes, glassware, dishes, toys and games, books and all types of knick-knacks are some of the goods that will be available. In addition, many types of large Linotype more than machine POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. (AP) — Many people might look at the Point Pleasant Register’s battered old linotype and simply see an out dated machine. But not Flo Smith. She can see the most important scenes of her life reflected in the dusty relic. “I broke in on this machine back in 1917,” she said recently while seated at the keyboard of the ancient, gas- operated linotype, or typesetting machine. “I operated it better than 35 years before they did away with it.” She rubbed her hand across the keys and let her memory go back. There was the faint sound of martial music and then came the doughboys, marching off to World War I and “up the hill to Kaiser Bill. ” “They would march down to the train station,” she said, “and the townspeople marched right along with them in those days. Everybody would come to the station to see the boys off. “And Pearl Harbor,” she said softly, now speaking to herself. “That’s the story I remember the best. I cried every line I set. We put out a little extra edition that day.” She wiped some dust from the machine and went back a little further. “The paper was a weekly when I first went to work. We used natural gas to heat the lead for the linotype. Everything worked fine till there was a flood and water got in the lines. I can remember the men going up and down the streets delivering pap ers in a boat.” Through the years, she chronicled the day-to-day life in this quiet little river town. She saw everything: the births, the marriages and the obituaries of her friends and neighbors. When the linotype was replaced by more modern equipment several appliances will be selling, including two vacuum cleaners, a floor scrub ber, range, dishwasher, lawn mow er, and television. Among the spe cialty items will be a bar and stools, aquarium, record player, desk, and a tool box and headache rack for wide-bed pickup truck. A new, unused movie camera and slide projector will be on sale at re duced prices. Pies, cakes, cookies, and home made bread will be selling at the baked-goods section. Crafts will in clude macrame, embroidered dish cloths, hanging plants, specially- made dolls and paintings. All types of plants and pots will be at the plants table. The Humane Society of Brazos County will also have several tables set up for the purpose of promoting humane education. Educational materials regarding pet care and the pet population will be provided free of charge. The Humane Society will also be selling specially-made bumper stickers which promote the need for neutering pets. And the shelter petition will be available for interested persons to sign. This peti tion states the existence of a stray and unwanted animal problem in the Brazos County area, and the need for a fully-staffed and equipped shelter that would house these animals properly and serve as a center for information on neutering and proper pet care. All proceeds will go into the HSBC Shelter Fund. OLD FRIENDS—Flo Smith sits at the keyboard of an ancient, gas- operated linotype machine at the Point Pleasant, W. Va., Register. She can recall punching out lead type for World War I stories on the machine, now obsolete. years ago, Mrs. Smith became a copyreader. She’s still going strong at 75. “I enjoy it,” she said. “But you’d be surprised how many people can’t spell these days. We have school teachers who bring in articles with misspelled words and some repor ters who have gone to college and still can’t spell.” Now a widow, she has no plans for retiring. Her blue eyes are still sharp behind the shaded bifocals and she says she likes to stay busy. “But you know,” she added, look ing over at the linotype machine, “I’d kinda like to be operating that thing again. It was a lot of fun. ” Aggie top ROTC graduate The Music Booth the NEW Music Store in Town GUITARS • BANJOS MANDOLINS VIOLINS UKELELES DRUMS Complete Line of Accessories LARGE SELECTION OF ACOUSTICAL GUITARS Financing Available Army 2nd Lt. Steven J. Eberhard has been named the nation’s out standing ROTC graduate of 1975. Student body president his senior year at Texas A&M, Eberhard was presented the Hughes Trophy in Washington, D.C., by Secretary of the Army Martin R. Hoffman. The trophy will return to Texas A&M soon, to go on display here during the 1976-77 school year. It was won in 1965 by another Ag gie, Neil L. Keltner of Houston. Eberhard was selected from more than 5,000 Army ROTC graduates for the award. Selection is based on academic and leadership ac complishments. The presentation by Hoffman was witnessed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Eberhard of New Braun fels, and Col. Thomas R. Parsons, A&M commandant and professor of military science. Lt. 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