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Battalion/Page 7 September 24, 1982 state Students failing geography test staff photo by Irene Mees Watching and waiting When you’re hurt P.E. class isn’t she watches her tennis class go much fun. Phyllis Phillips, a senior through its paces. She injured her from San Antonio studying special foot recently in a wreck and will just education, leans on her crutches while have to watch instead of play for awhile. natur lire inti 1 le idea idillo ti loughip as a lib et Oise 1 da.wa}i icr law. out it ) see the aid evfi :akes i# shiny ai iringsh he plan e critic nails ii« Its. Ok! lefense neight* Wood case defendants may be tried separately United Press International LUBBOCK — Geography Professor William B. Conroy gives his Texas Tech University students a world map test at the beginning of each semester. The results are usually dis appointing. On the average, Conroy says his students score less than 50 percent in identifying major countries, including Vietnam, Poland, Thailand, Morocco, Nigeria, Venezuela, Syria and Iran. And he says the lack of geog raphical knowledge is not li mited to students at Texas Tech. “Typical American students in grades one through 12 get very little background in geog raphy,” he says. “Teachers are not prepared to teach it. They devote their time to stressing the basic skills of the language arts, arithmetic and other subjects with which they have greater familiarity.” Conroy does not advocate the elimination of basic skills in pub lic schools, but believes geogra phy is important enough to war rant a class in its own right. “A knowledge of geography is important in understanding world conflicts and serves as a base in making sound decisions in resolving those conflicts,” he says. “At the very least, every student needs to develop a men tal map of the locations and names of countries, major dities and other major features on the earth’s surface.” He says such a mental map is essential in sorting out and orga nizing information learned in a variety of subjects, as well as in the news. Conroy blames grade school curriculums for the students’ lack of geographical knowledge. He says since the 1920s, schools have included geography under the broad category of social stu dies, which includes history, anthropolgy, sociology, econo mics, psychology and political science. “By the time students get to collge their mental maps — their ability to picture where coun tries, cities and other major fea tures are in the world — are not filled in,” he says. Conroy says Soviet and Euro pean children know much more about U.S. geography than stu dents here know of Soviet and European geography. I The Resale Gallery ""l Pi irnif i A Furniture | I New and Used at affordable prices | f 2795 S. Texas 775-7300 A ^ across from Brazos Savings 3-WAY 6x9 Speakers $39.95 2 LAYERS 3 LAYERS 14.95 17.95 LOW $49.94 60 WATTS • 7 BAND MCR-1100 AM/FM Cassette $79.95 INSTALLED FREE 2919 Texas Avenue • Bryan, Tx 779-0065 Floriculture-Ornamental Horticulture Club Plant Sale! Saturday, Sept. 25 Floriculture Greenhouse 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. COMMONS Quad Lubbock St. ◄ <1 <] Held (SLAB) Lamar 10-2 United Press Internationa] SAN ANTONIO ~ A trial in the assassination of federal judge John Wood begins Tues- ■ day, but attorneys do not know Whether all four defendants will be tried together or separately. Federal Judge William Ses sions has scheduled a hearing Friday for arguments on separ ating defendant Jimmy Chag- ra’s trial from the others. The move was requested by govern- tnent prosecutors because Chag- ra’s brother Joe has refused to testify against Jimmy.' Joe Chagra, who pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to murder Wood, has agreed to 1 testify against at least one other defendant as part of a plea bar- gain. Sessions will hear arguments / on whether to move the trial out side San Antonio — a request he had temporarily denied until he tried first to seat a jury in San | Antonio. f, Publicity about the case since i then has further hurt the chances of seating a fair jury in the city where Wood was killed, said Warren Burnett, attorney for Jimmy Chagra’s wife, Eli zabeth. He has asked again that the trial be moved. Most of the publicity has con cerned a letter Mrs. Chagra re portedly wrote to Katie Wood, the slain judge’s wife, confessing to the slaying and apologizing for her role. The letter blamed the death on Jimmy Chagra. Also charged in Wood’s death are Charles and Jo Ann Harrel- son. Harrelson is accused of shooting Wood for $250,000 from Jimmy Chagra. Mrs. Har relson is charged with conspira cy to obstruct justice. Mrs. Harrelson has asked for a separate trial. 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