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By Stephen Masters
Staff Writer
Cultivation of the mind is what
nakes the American education sys-
em work, no matter at what eco-
tomic level a person originates, Dr.
Sam Proctor, professor emeritus at
iutgers University, told educators
nd students at Texas A&M Thurs
day.
‘Because we have found that
minds can be cultivated, the finest
hing that we can do to make a genu-
ne community in America, to stop
jeople from piling up in the prisons,
o keep people from being depen
dent, to keep people from always
ooking for direction from some
)ther source, is to accept the worth
ind dignity of every child of God
ind to prepare and cultivate every
mind to its maximum,” he said.
Also serving as pastor of Abyssi-
aian Baptist Church in New York
ICity, Proctor captivated the group of
about 80 with several anecdotes dur
ing the 80-minute presentation, a
part of the week-long seminar in in-
fercultural education research.
Proctor also offered the question
f what would occur if the American
ducation system reached its goals.
“What would happen if, all of a
Sudden, education were to succeed,”
e asked. “Would all of us be good
oking? Would all of us be rich?
ould all of us be going to the op-
ra? Would all of us be married
longer? What on earth are we trying
fo do?
“It sounds like a silly question, but
|or an educator, it’s one of the most
rofound questions you can ask,” he
aid.
To illustrate the problems, Proc
tor spoke of a recent incident when a
Rutgers student died of alcohol poi
soning at a fraternity party, then,
two weeks later, 39 students at
Princeton were taken to the hospital
after a similar incident.
“These are not poor folk, these
are not hoodlums, these are not
drug addicts,” he said. “These are
people being educated at schools
where high SAT scores are required
for admission. Schools that have
great faculties and Nobel Prize win
ners on the faculty, and this is the
kind of behavior exhibited.”
Proctor reiterated that people can
come from anywhere to be educated
in America, and especially in Texas.
“You could be born in one of the
poorest counties in Texas,” he said,
“but come out of high school with a
high grade point (average) and get
into a state university. You could
graduate from there and go on to
graduate school almost anywhere.
All this with very limited resources.”
Proctor also stressed values based
in the Constitution and the Declara
tion of Independence, and men
tioned John Rawls’ philosophy of the
Original Position, a point where ev
eryone begins on an equal basis.
“Unfortunately, everyone does
not begin on an absolutely equal ba
sis,” he said. “Some begin above the
Original Position, and some begin
far below it. What we have to do is
help to equal this out somewhat by
helping those below it more than
those above it.
“We can’t give equal outcomes to
everyone, just chances for equal op
portunities,” he said.
Photo by Sam B. Myers
Dr. Sam Proctor describes how education breaks down social barriers
in an intercultural education research seminar at Rudder tower.
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Local Briefs
Program profiles black A&M professor
A&M Professor Grace Chisolm
will be the subject of the television
show “Positively Black,” an an
thology of black achievers, which
will air Sunday at 12:30 p.m. on
Houston’s KPRC.
The program focuses on her
life and how she attained her goal
of becoming a college professor,
Chisolm said.
She said her current goal is to
encourage minority high-school
students to attend college, espe
cially at A&M.
She is coordinator of the Uni
versity’s Youth Opportunities
Unlimited program. The pro
gram, which began last summer,
helped 120 Texas high school
students who were in danger of
dropping out.
The students were able work,
study and live on campus during
the summer.
Ceremony puts tattered flags to rest
Local residents will have a
chance to dispose of faded, torn
or tattered flags Tuesday at a flag
ceremony in Tanglewood Park in
Bryan.
The Flag Day ceremony will be
conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
by the Brazos Valley chapter of
the National Sojourners, member
Jack Keese said.
The retired flags brought to
the ceremony will be burned on a
charcoal Are after they are
deemed unserviceable, he said.
This is the proper way to dis
pose of a flag according to the
United States Flag Code, he said.
The Sojourners perform the cer
emony annually.
The members performing the
ceremony will wear uniforms sim
ilar to those worn during the
American Revolution, Keese said.
The Sojourners are Masons
who are current or former offi
cers or warrant officers in the
United States uniformed services.
Program explains benefit to employees
Texas A&M employees can
learn more about new features in
their benefits program during a
series of meetings on campus
next week.
Steve Hassel, assistant director
for benefits programs adminis
tration, said the program will an
swer questions about the Tax
Saver Plan, which will allow em
ployees to subtract certain health
care costs from their income be
fore it is taxed.
The health care costs that will
be made tax-free are those that
are not paid by an insurance com
pany or health maintenance orga
nization, he said. They include
the cost of insurance premiums
that are taxed by another em
ployer, he said.
Medical premiums deducted
from employees’ A&M paychecks
are already tax-free, he said.
A&M employees have until
July 15 to enroll in the plan, he
said, and the changes will go into
effect Sept. 1.
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