Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 16, 1972 Page: 4 of 32
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DENISE HABERL
MISS HABERL WINS IDEÁL MISS
AWARD
Miss Penise Maberl. oí West, attend-
ed a Houston Greater Metro Pageant,
Saturday, August 5, which was held at
the Ne v; Mi 11 i on Dollar Cle ar Lake City
High Schod. It was sponsored by the
Universu 1 Pageant System.
Miss Haberl won an award in the
Ideál Miss Division. The age group
•was 13-17 and the award was íor the
“Best Daneer.” She did a Ballet of
“Polka.” on toe.
She is the daughter of M!r. and Mrs.
A. C. Haberl of West.
She is a member of Lodge No. 54,
West.
—SPJST—
WHY SHOULD A STUDENT OF CZECII
ANCESTRY STUDY THE CZECII
LANGUAGE?
1. Next to English and Spanish the
Cžech language is the most widely
,spoken language in Texas. There are
over one half-million residents here
Who are of Czeeh extraction; nearly
,a.ll know some of the language, and
over a quarter million make extensive
use of it. Simce the early part of the
19th Century the Ozech people háve
helped build the Texas of today. Lin*p
uistically and culturally you own as
much of Texas as anyone else. Don’t
let your heritage be shoved around.
2. If you are going to enter business
<of any sort in the area of South Cen-
tral Texas, especially toetween the
Brazos and Colorado Rivers, you will
be in constant contaet wifh large mim-
'bers of residents who use the lan-
guage. Some of therm know little Erig-
věstník
;lish; even more make some use of it
in their daily work. In this area a
knowiedge of Czecih is good business.
Hold on to and improve what Czeeh.
you háve learned at home!
3. There are at least 401 towns and
cpmmtmities in Texas in whieh more
than 00 percent of the residents speak
the C/.eh language. Unfortunately the
educatienal policy in this statě in eť-
fect until reeently discouraged young
people fremi using any language ex-
icept English outside the foreign lan-
guage elassroom. The official policy of
the U. S. Government has reeently
ehanged in this respect (see The Amer-
ican Bulletin, March 1970 p. 3) but
the habits in the sehools are slcw to
change. This change needs to be speed-
cd up*. You as a young member of tlie
Czeeh eommunity in Texas deserve
better treatment.
4. Recent studies by qualiíied and un-
biased psychologists in Montreal háve
proved that bilingual children are su-
perior in verbal skilis and generál in-
telligence to monolingual children in
the same situation. Of course, Euro-
peans háve long known this, but the
idea, sheeks some Americans. Shock
them some more!
5. The Czeeh language has been des-
ignated by the Office of Education as
a critical languaige. This means that in
the national interest we ne,od to háve
among our citizenry laiige numbers of
people who háve a useful command of
the language, particularly native-born
Americans. The Office of Education
has invested larige sums of money in
the study of Czeeh to this end in the
last twelve oř so years. It is true that
almost none of it has been spent in
Texas, where it could háve doně the
most good, but tha need remaáns, and
you as a part oí the Czeeh eommunity
shonld do your part.
6. Dosnít change your name or Angli-
cize it or laugh at it. ITonounce it eor-
xectly and be proud of it. If your teach-
er oř professor mispronounces your
name, eorrect him. He is the one who
should change, not you.
Dr. Jack A. Dabbs, Head
Dept. Modern Languages
Texas A&M University
——SPJST'—
TEXAS A&M CZECH CLUB
DEPT, OF MODERN LANGUAGES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
College Station, Texas 77843
Bear Fellow Ozech Americans:
Are you one of the Ozech Americans
Who* is ashamed to speak Czeeh?
Ashamed of your parents whem thoy
Wednesday, August 16, 1972
speak it? Why? Do you know that there
is no illiteracy in Ozechoslovakia? Did
you know that Comenius (Jan Amos
Komenský.) is known throughout the
World as the “Teacher of Nations”?
He was so advanced in his thinking on
education in his time (1592-1670) that
even today sciholars are researching
his writings and applying his thinking
to the improvement of education. Just
reeently the Czechoslovak Academy of
Sciences has decided to establish in
Prague, at the request and reeommen-
daticn of scholars from Great Britain
and Russia, a new institute which will
research and edit his woťks and bring
his thinking to all scholarly.people of
this century. Háve you lieard of Char-
les University? Did you know that it
was feunded in 1348, almost a liundred
and fifty vears before Columbus set
.sail for America? Scholars from all ov-
er Europe flocked to Prague to study.
Bíd you know that the Texas Educa-
tion Agency together with HE!W con-
ysiders Czeeh a critical language? That
they are interested in more people
studying it? And did you know that
'Texas A&M! University offers a major
in Czeeh? That graduate students také
it to satisfy their language require-
ments for the Ph.D. degree? Perhaps
you are ready to say, “so what?” Would
you please continue and read. the rest
of this article. Why study some other
(foreign language when you háve your
own? Not just your own which will be
.easier for you to learn, but a language
Which is the key to other Slavonie lan-
íguages, Slovák, Polish, Russian, Bul-
igarian, Ukranian, Ruthenian, Serbo-
Icroatian, Macedonian, etc., a language
ispoken by several hundred million peo-
ple. What we are trying to- telí you is
that if you will study the Ozech lan-
guage and culture, you will suddenly
realize the serious mistake that has
been made over and over by hundreds
of Czech-Americans who enter a Uni-
versity and study some other language.
We can assure you that should you de-
cide to come to Texas A&M University
iand study the Czeeh language and cul-
ture, you will not regrét it. We háve
Anglo students taking Czeeh. Most of
fhe seventeen Ph.D. candidates this
last šummer who stuclied Czeeh were
not of Czeeh extraction. “It makes one
feel good,” commented Professor J.
M. Skřivanek and J. J. Skřivanek,
“when students of this ealiber study
scientific Czeeh and after a year make
comments like this: Svonderful, I never
realized a language course could be so
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Sefcik, R. J. Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 16, 1972, newspaper, August 16, 1972; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth626909/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.