PAGE 6 EL UVALDE TIMES March 15. 1979 “The Future Is Ours...” . ■ 1979 UVALDE COYOTE VARSITY: Standing: Roy Navarro, Jesse Munn, Ed Harrison, Dwain Duncan, Chris Gremmel, Jerry- Canales, Johnny Vasquez, Ray Prado. Middle: Robert Torres, Pete Salinas, Randy Brunnemann, Jeff Scott, Hal Harrell, Jamie Campos. Seated: Pete Gonzales (mgr.), Johnny Trevino, Roy Sanchez, Mike Kocian, Ricky Alamillo, Stan Gorman, Tony Gonzales (mgr.) THE 1979 UVALDE COYOTES JUNIOR VARSITY: Standing: Joe Ramirez, Milt Weibush, Oscar Orona, Scott Bagley, Eddie Flores, Freddie Alejandro, Lorenzo Morales. Middle: Dennis Reyes, Bobby Sanchez, Danny Alejandro, Genaro Gonzales, James Gonzales, Travis Griggs. Seated: Pete Gonzales (mgr.), Richard Gonzales, Carlos Morales, Carlos Gonzales, Joaquin Jackson, Tony Gonzales (mgr.) De La Cruz Elected League Prexy The Uvalde Softball League started their new season with an organizational meeting and election of officers last Wednesday March Speech from Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez LULAC Banquet -- March 10, 1979 Things may not seem to change very much in a town like Uvalde, but they do. And the changes, so far as they affect you and me, have been good. The grandparents of today’s high school boys and girls would in no way recognize this town today. In the first place there would not, if this were 1949, be any high school kids with names like GONZALES OR SANTOS or AGUILAR. And even though the town may seem to you to be little different today than it was in the past, I can assure you that it is. And the changes have been good. Consider this. In 1949, just thirty years ago, there were exactly 40 adult people of Spanish surname living in Uvalde who had completed 4 years of high school. Forty, out of 2700 adults. And that same year, you could in fact count the college graduates of Mexican descent who lived here on the fingers of one hand. There were only five. Twenty years ago, no one would have believed it if you had said that discrimination is not inevitable and that it’s possible to fight; and those of us who did believe that you could resist discrimination were called crazy. But ten years ago all that had changed— we, all of us by knew that you could not only fight but win. What happened in that ten years? For one thing, Federal aid opened up a new opportunities in school—it made the schools better and it provided the financial help that allowed poor kids to make it through college. And just as important the Federal government wrote and enforced civil rights laws in the sixties. In that ten years, things changed, and in that ten years what some had thought was a crazy dream turned into genuine hope and reachable opportunity. In 1959 you could count Uvalde’s college graduates on the fingers of your hands. But not in 1969— for the number increased by twenty times—from 10 to 211. '^EL LASSO .... .......... 227 No. Gétty 278 mmAErmi i XaturdayNIGHTS i Catch it. PG ¡raí - A Paramoixil Picture —777^— 1977 Paramount Pictures Corporation All Rights Reserved ^4 r— 7:30-9:40 Starts FRIDAYS 03 $ LULAC Otros alumnos Uvalde que graduaran el proximo Mayo que han logrado calificaciones sobresalientes y que recibieron certificados por estos méritos fueron: Belinda Puentes, Mercedes Canales, Ernest Salazar, Alicia Rendon, Maria Gutierrez, Jesse Jimenez, de 7, at the Reading Room of the Civic Center. serve as president was Bob De La Cruz, as vice-president, Beto Rodriguez, as secretary Felix Padilla, and treasurer, Jimmy Trevino. Gilbert Sandoval and Jay Harpole are in charge of setting up games schedules. Elected to 7:30-9:30 Sat. 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The League plans to announce their playing shcedule by next week. Tres Alumnos De Música Nombrados A Who’s Who If you took all the adult Mejicanos in the town in 1949 and averaged out their education, the median grade level completed was less than third grade—2.8 years. One out of four had never been to school at all. Ten years later, in 1959, things were only a little bit better. At that time, there were about 3200 adult people living here who had Spanish surn-names. You could count the college graudates on the fingers of two hands— there were only 10. And at that time, one out of four had still not gone to school at all. There were 90 high school graduates and the median years of education were just 3.4— better, but still far below any level that assured acceptable levels of literacy or allowed people to develop their full talent. But all that is changing now, and far faster than you might think. Today we have Federal assistance to support the schools, which we did not have then—in the form of the Elementary and scholarship and loan aid to assist those who want to go on to college, which we did not have then. Today we have help for billingual education, which we did not have then. And maybe most important of all, today all of us— not just a few of us—-understand that there really is an opportunity to succeed and get ahead....a genuine opportunity, not just a false hope. And the median educational achievement in those ten years doubled. It has probably more than doubled again since that time. In 1970, it was no longer unusual to find a Gonzales or a Rosales in the classrooms of Uvalde. What was unusual was to find someone who had not been in shool—there were some, but not many. In 1970, no less than 91 per cent of the boys and girls 14 or 15 years old were enrolled :a Uvalde’s schools. It «vas a completely different world than that their grandparents or even their parents lived in. But ?ven at that, too many dropped out of school—37 per cent dropped out at age 16 or 17. And only half stayed in school after age 18. But the next census will show that this has too. Today there is every reason to be in school, day there is every reason to be trained. Today there is every reason to learn all that you can. The reason is opportunity. Real,achievable, remarkable opportunity. What a revolution! Thirty years is very short time in the history of mankind; it is one generation. And in that one —and particularly in that one decade of the sixties-this country and this city changed. Uvalde may not look ven different from day to day; population doesn’t change that much from year to year; the farms, the ranches and the businesses are more or less the same— but it is a different world. In the Uvalde of today, you will find much that is imperfect. But what you will not find is a spirit of hopelessness and resignation. What you will not find is the belief that nothing will ever change. What you will find is a universal belief that things not only can change for the better, and not only-will change for the better, but that they have to change for the better. And the changes do come, with increasing speed, and with ever more gratifying results. It is not easy sometimes to see these things. But if you had been here for a week in 1959 and if you had then gone away and come back ten years later, you would not have recognized the difference. And the same goes for today. For in the world you live in today, even in this distant corner of a distant state, things are different. You have not just the hope of opportunity but the reality of it. You have not just the theory of equal rights, but the reality of it, and the certain knowledge that those rights will be defended You have not just the idea that you are as worthy as the next person, but the assurance of it. And for all of this we have to be grateful We have to be grateful for the willingness of John Tres alumnos de Uvalde High School que sen han sobresalido en sus estudios de música han sido nombrados entre los alumnos mas distinguidos de la nación y aparecerán en el libro ‘Who’s Who En Música’ Los alumnos son Alicia Rendon, Barbara J. Caid y Alice Kelley. El director de las bandas de Uvalde asistió en escoger los alumnos basándose en su abilidad musical y dedicación excepcional en servicio a la comunidad y potenciales para el futuro. LA GITANA TOMBIA Menudo fttiuiiiiiiiiiiniiiiyiiiiiiiyiiHiiiuiiiiiiii|iiiiniiiiiiiiiii0niUQiiiii^^ rf SUNDAY Jorge Luke ¿‘EL HIJO DE LOS POBRES”' 1 Comelio Reyna l“EN DEGENSA PROPIA”^ Disfrute de noticias Importantes y reportes sociales, subscríbase hoy miso a El Uvalde Times Barbacoa Sabado y Domingo Tortillas de Maíz y Harina * Chicharrones * Masa Para Tamales FRED LOZANO Propietario 107 Goldbeck Kennedy to stand up for human and civil rights. We have to be grateful for the courage and perseverence of Lyndon Johnson, who brought forth the laws and enforced those laws, that confirmed once and for all those same human and civil rights, the laws that made dreams possible, the laws that made all the difference between distant hopes and present realities. And we have to be grateful for those among us who recognized the opportunities that developed, and took full advantage of them. It takes a special courage to commit yourself to a dream and a special courage to make the dream become reality, to be the first. Many may follow, but the first are the bravest. There is still a long way to go for you and me. But we know now what we did not know 30 years ago— we know now that we can make progress. And we know now that though the way may be painful, it can still be crossed. We are not cursed by any special fate—we know that now. We are blessed, not cursed-blessed by a country that can care, and does care. What has happened here in these last decades could not have happened anywhere else on earth without violence and bloodshed. What has happened here and everywhere in this country is a triumph of decency, an affirmation of all our country is and can be. We have reason to be proud—for ourselves, for all this town—for all our country7. We now know this—we do have a future that is ours to realize, a future that no one will or can deny us. It is in our hands, no one else’s. 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