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IMPRESSION OF ARIZONA SESSIONS (cont’d from ¡5. 17)
their bi-focals aimed at the old sheepskin. Fifty Mexican students in a studen body of 1500. Of these, forty are men and ten are women. In UCLA there are ap-rroximately t>0 students of Mexican descent ln‘an enrollment of ten thousand.
■ Once the students of Tempe get a foothold in similar conference activities, it is without a doubt that they may surpass our own achievements. Nearly all the students of "Los Conquistadores’’ work their way through school. The majority of Vnem work in the cafeteria, -Miss Alyce Cronzales has the unique job; she is a portrait model in the art classes.
The Arizona hospitality rivals that of Santa Barbara. We’d like to see a contest between the two. Yes, with, us as the object * of the hospitality. Before awarding any orchids to anyone for the success of the Conference, one must Include the persevere-nce and deep interest of Rebecca Munoz. It was her first contact with the "Volee" that generated? this spark of interest.
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The keenInterest of the people, the way they listened so respectfully, made all of us put forth our best efforts. We learned a lot from them, and we were sure they have gotten something from nfl’*
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----. ctuaiberto Valadez.
OUR FRONTIER
While the average college student of Anglo-Saxon descent is deploring the fact that all frontiers are gone, we the Mexican-Ame'rlcan student should look In our backyard to find our frontier. Our backyard Is our people, and our people our frontier. A frontier rich, fertile in its potentialities, yet undeveloped, disorganized and discouraged. A frontier that once developed, organized and confident would reach "way beyond" our greatest expectations! A frontier that has a wealth of talent, abilities, and personalities, but that has largely been clipped In the bud. For many obvious reasons---and too numerous to mention..
It is "Our Frontier" because we originate from the same poor, uneducated homes, barrios, towns that our people find- themselves in. Coming from this environment, we understand the problems, because they were once ours J We kno\ the discouraging weight of segregation, the negative, defeated attitude of our people, the worries, the troubles. But going on through school we have found that people look at us In a different light; persons who once segregated us now accept us. We have realized one pf the benefits of education. But our people are still where we/left them.
Here is where we come in. Our job Is uplifting our people, ejecting confidence into, their veinsbolstering their depleted prides. And how can we do this? By becoming teachers, social workers, writers, lawyers, doctors, (continued on p. 19)
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