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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1977
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brmer President Gerald R. Ford
wife, Betty, are busy writing
ks at their Vail, Colo., home,
hotojournalist daughter, Susan,
tinues to pound the pavement
i cameras slung over her shoul-
and notebook in hand,
ndnow son Jack, 25, is cranking
copy in a bare cubicle office in
Jay for tit
J Univer
essionsot
irogram i
is to help
said, Scoil
ion of th
i the pr»
Velfare agencies
hange office title
he State Department of Public
fare became the Texas Depart-
t of Human Resources yester-
ned pri-
ng care
a Dallas
eplad
cat of its
substa-
ausalilo,
d exph
;ion anJ
quickh
Los Angeles for a new environmen
tal magazine.
“It’s all very unglamorous,” Jack
Ford said.
Hired as assistant to the publisher
at a salary of about $500 a week, the
25-year-old views the position as “a
chance to get in on the ground
floor.”
Ithough the 65th Legislature
'edthe name, DHR has essen-
the same job as the old welfare
artment. The change was made
sore accurately reflect the nature
re Department’s work.
he agency is still primarily con-
ied with helping poor people,
;cially children, mothers, the
d, blind and disabled. But the
ihasis has gradually evolved away
“relief’ type of assistance to
ds the development of human
ntial: free medical check-ups for
dren, job training and place-
it, parent education, family
ming, licensing of child-caring
itutions, community care for the
land disabled, and medical care
:he indigent.
id to Families with Dependent
dren is the Department’s only
grant program. The Federal
emment pays about 73% of the
tand the state pays the remain-
he Department traces its roots to
Great Depression of the 1930’s,
er, almost all public assistance
a local responsibility. The de-
sion showed that such assistance
Jstobe funded and administered
le national and state levels. The
rtment was established in 1939
le Legislature to coordinate fed-
reliefprograms, and to provide
Id welfare services and old age
itance.
With headquarters in Austin,
ut250 HR is governed by a three-
Eqwl miber board appointed by the
ernor and confirmed by the
Senate. It operates under a
tor named by the board and is
led into 12 geographic regions,
under a regional administrator,
ntil the agency exhausts its cur
rent stock of printed materials, DHR
publications and letterheads will
continue to carry the DPW heading.
But telephones will now be an
swered with “Department of Human
Resources.”
What does an assistant to the pub
lisher do?
“Right now he learns,” Ford said.
“I’m very self-conscious about writ
ing. I’m very hesitant about it.
There are a lot of highly experi
enced people working on this pro
ject.”
Ford, a forestry and recreation
graduate from Utah State Univer
sity, has planned his first full-length
feature on a year spent as a forest
ranger in Yellowstone National
Park.
Released from the roving eye of
the secret service. Jack enjoys his
freedom. “I walk down the street,
look over my shoulder and see that
nobody’s there and I sort of kick my
heels, and pat myself on the back,”
he said.
Despite his environmentalist
learnings, Jack Ford looks forward
to staying active in politics.
“Politics is something I enjoy,” he
said.
Lax teaching standards, TV
blamed for low SAT scores
United Press International
NEW YORK — Relaxed teaching
standards and television were
blamed for lower Scholastic Ap
titude Tests scores, according to a
special panel set up two years ago to
investigate the situation.
The drop over 14 years shows the
.quality of American education is
slipping, the investigative panel said
in a report released last week.
The panel called the decline “se
rious business warranting careful at
tention by everybody interested in
education.”
Also blamed for the drop were
changes in the family’s role and re
laxed learning standards.
The panel, headed by former Sec
retary of State Willard Wirtz, said
another contributing factor is the
sharp changes during the 1960s in
the composition of students going
on to college, and therefore, taking
the college entrance exams.
The average scores on verbal sec
tions of the SAT fell from 478 in
1963 to 429 in 1977. The average
scores on mathematical sections
dropped from 502 to 470.
The tests are scored from 200 to
800, with the larger figure being a
perfect score. The colleges with the
most rigorous standards, on the av
erage, mainly admit students who
score from 700 up. .
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