The Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1968 Page: 1 of 7
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Huston-Tillotson
joins with SEU
ad hoc committee
THE HILLTOPPER
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Austin, Texas, Friday, September 20, 196%
Vol. 54, No.14
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Juarez directs January Term in Mexico;
intensive Spanish program forces learning
Dr. Joe Juarez is in charge of the program,
a program designed to speak it daily.
Robert Brooks
SA President
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Dr. Juarez’s class in Mexican His-
tory will concentrate on a study of
modern Mexican history focusing on
the power of the Catholic Church
in political, social, economic and cul-
tural affairs. This class will meet
twice daily for five days a week.
Both of these courses will be of-
fered during the January semester,
offered between the fall and winter
terms. It will run from January 6-24.
Students in the Spanish program
will live with Mexican families, so
that they will again be forced to
learn to speak Spanish. History stu-
dents will stay in the dormitory of
the center. Dr. Juarez indicated that,
if for any reason a student were to
be dissatisfied with these arrange-
ments, he could probably switch to
another lodging situation.
As a beginning in this program,
Sister Hilda Bonham, IHM, will be
teaching a seminar course at Hus-
ton-Tillotson this fall semester. This
course, for junior and senior Eng-
lish majors, will concentrate on Con-
temporary Literary Criticism, and
will be using a textbook entitled
Critical Approaches to Literary Crit-
icism.
Sister Hilda volunteered for this
position and, presently, other fac-
ulty members have expressed inter-
est in it. Plans are in process for a
possible exchange of students also.
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Professors at the Center for Intercultural Formation gather on a terrace
outside of the Center. The intensive Spanish program for the January Term
will be conducted here in Cuernavaca, just 50 miles from Mexico City.
force one to learn
The instructors, in general, do not
speak English. They will conduct
the classes for students at all lev-
els of training in the language. It is
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in coordinate plan
When the Danforth team from
SEU met at Colorado Springs this
past summer, one of the issues un-
der consideration was a partial co-
ordination of St. Edward’s with the
nearby college, Huston-Tillotson.
Brooks makes State of Campus Address;
describes govenment as one of New Hope
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Mr. Brooks reported that the Presi-.
dent of that school is in the pro-
cess of negotiating with the Athletic
Council on the possibility of our
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The Danforth team also suggested
that an ad hoc committee composed
of faculty from both campuses be
organized to assess strengths and
weaknesses in curriculum with an
eye toward sharing present faculty,
transporting students to offer them
broader course offerings, hiring new
faculty to work at both schools, ar-
ranging faculty gathering along di-
visional lines, and encouraging stu-
dent exchange and interaction.
Academic areas which may be par-
ticularly ripe for cooperation in-
clude art, English, Negro history,
African studies, Latin, foreign lan-
guages .physics, geology, anthropol-
ogy, theology, psychology, music,
physical education, elementary edu-
cation, journalism, and computer
science.
holds panel talk
In cooperation with the Texas
Manufacturers Association, the
COMMERCE FORUM is bringing the
College Town Hall Program to the
SEU/MC campus Wednesday, Sep-
tember 25, 1968, at 8:00 pm.
The College Town Hall Program
is an intellectual activity which
brings businessmen to college cam-
puses for an exchange of ideas with
the leaders of tomorrow.
Students present questions to a
panel of four businessmen and a
moderator. The panel will consist of
executives from all fields of business
and industry in Texas. Questions
may be based on subjects pertain-
ing to business, economics, the priv-
ate enterprise system, labor-man-
agement relations and government.
The COMMERCE FORUM extends
an invitation to all the members of
the administration, faculty, staff,
and student bodies of Maryhill Col-
lege and St. Edward’s University to
attend the College Town Hall Pro-
gram.
obtaining the UT Blanket Tax. Pro-
visions are also being made to allow
SEU students to purchase books
and other materials at the Univer-
sity Co-op at a 6-7% discount. These
privileges are expected to become
operative by early October.
Mr. Brooks then announced the
Leadership Workshop which will
take place this Saturday and will
give government members an oppor-
tunity to discuss ways of uniting
their efforts. Also, he stated that the
Council on Student Life will soon
have a proposal to be submitted by
the Dean of Men for the creation of
a three-student Committee on Traf-
fic violations. Brooks said then,
"The student Court and the Om-
budsman are fine additions to a uni-
versity concerned with the indivi-
dual. They will face many challenges
this year.”
proposals for action
The next part of the speech was
a presentation of some proposals
for action. They were: 1) to intro-
duce legislation to increase the Stu-
dents’ Association Blanket Tax to a
mandatory $15 per semester; 2) to
define the responsibilities of stu-
dents elected to University boards
and councils; 3) to recommend that
agendas of various meetings be
filed with the government so that
members may attend relevant meet-
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Dr. Juarez indicated that there is
a probability that several $50 schol-
arships will be awarded to needy
students who wish to participate in
the program. The Students’ Associa-
tion has also begun a study of a pro-
posed plan to offer scholarships to
students who wish to study in Mex-
ico.
The Academic Council is currently
considering grading on a Pass-Fail
basis rather than giving letter
grades. If such a system were to be
adopted, Dr. Juarez indicated that
it would probably also apply to Jan-
uary study in Mexico.
Dr. Juarez will be taking applica-
tions until November 15 in his of-
fice in 152 Moody for all students
interested in the study in Mexico.
by Bill Martin
Dr. Joe Juarez, who is supervising
the January term in Mexico, an-
nounced that the costs of the pro-
ject have been reduced. The total
cost of the project now is $227, plus
transportation.
Round trip plane fare is $100. Bus
fare is $35 for a round trip to the
Center for Intercultural Formation
in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Juarez teaching
Dr. Juarez will be teaching a three-
hour Mexican history (1810-1940)
course. The Center itself will offer
a four-hour intensive study in Span-
ish.
The Center for Intercultural For-
mation is located in Cuernavaca, ap-
proximately 50 miles from Mexico
City. It is on the road leading from
Mexico City to Taxco the silver cen-
ter, and Acapulco, which is about
a four-hour drive from the center.
ancient city
Cuernavaca is an ancient city. In
earlier times, it was a resort to
which the rulers fled to get away
from the altitude of Mexico City. It
is well-known for the flowers which
line the streets and parks of the
town. The cathedral of Cuernavaca
is a landmark of the city.
The center will provide one in-
structor for every four students en-
rolled in the intensive Spanish pro-
gram. This class will meet six days
a week, with Saturday afternoons
and Sundays free. The course will
concentrate on speaking ability in
idiomatic and conversational Span-
ish.
Robert J. Brooks, president of the
Students Association, gave his State
of the Campus Address Wednesday
evening at a joint session of the
House and Senate.
vote and demonstration
He cited the events which, last
year, led to a new SEU student gov-
ernment: dissatisfaction with the
old constitution, a need for unity
on the campus, and a 94.5% vote
which built a government with par-
ticipation of ten times as many stu-
dents as the previous one. Next,
the student body, by a vote of 80.5%
and a spontaneous demonstration,
made the organization financially in-
dependent and better able to meet
the hopes of the students.
Mr. Brooks then called on his
fellow students to join together to
"break the bonds of isolation on
the campus,” for, he stated, “We
have an obligation to ourselves to
carry forward the name of our Uni-
versity.” He hopes that students will
make their voices heard on issues
facing the January meeting of the
State Legislature, especially on li-
quor reform for Texas. Mr. Brooks
feels that if we take an interest in
the community, they will take an
interest in us.
work with UT
The second part of this address
was a report on various items. Con-
cerning our relationship with UT,
favorable climate
Contact between the two colleges
has created a favorable climate; the
presidents, deans and boards of di-
rectors are somewhat well acquaint-
ed. The Danforth teams from the
two colleges mot previous to the
Colorado Springs Conference and
during it. Plans for the exchange of
English teachers for the fall term
of this year are complete.
Furthermore, it is hoped that li-
brary privileges at both institutions
can be given to students, and that
an exchange of drama productions
and a sharing of visiting speakers
program can be worked out. SEU
art instructors could be used, in this
program, to fill the gap in the Hus-
ton-Tillotson art faculty.
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