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portive of Biblical principles, many of~, mockery. . those who would normally support the That in barely a qua writeApnstitutional right to have his countryyeatest city s articl nted would have become silent lapsed i near d7a-6s i or even favored its censorship in the And New York's fate m name of"separation of church and state." cities'too. Perhaps more exchange of ideas re- The New York Times s garding the world's religions in the causes of the city's decli schools would clear up some of the mis- it identified certainly ar understanding that exists between people disappearance of the mi of differing faiths. "an unresolved racial p ALLAN WAYNE BOVEE Modesto Manhattan is now almost land of the very privilegE Academic Improvement perately poor is beyond di A March 10 editorial ("Non-news in As the rich have gotten science') makes me wonder whether and, for that matter, the p your writers read their own newspaper. thing else — have soared. Survey results are cited to show that our ple no longer can afford to students regard science and mathematics the city has lost an essen as far less important than do students in exuberant and heterogenec other nations.The implication is we As recently as 25 years should be doing something to change the sible for a 24-year-old jou academic culture. $7,500 a year to live co If The Bee really supports change,per- rewardingly on the Uppe haps it should examine its policies for re- Fent to the theater and b porting news. Compare,if you will,the shopped at Book Row ss daily space devoted to sports with that Square, ate out some and provided such premiere academic compe- way at all hours. But mult titions as Math Bowl, Science Olympiad by perhaps five — to $37 or Academic Decathlon. Ironically,the to imagine living in New same day you printed a letter from Me- unimaginable, because st gan Boyle of Turlock expressing disap- Pigeon feed in Manhattan q pointment that coverage of the county- IT MUST BE ACKN wide Academic Decathlon had appeared though,that 25 years ago 1 only in the Modesto edition. have seemed more trangi Does The Bee promote or discourage whites, because it had ma change in academic culture when it its racial problems isolat: drops the informative astronomy column James Baldwin had only of Dr.William Luebke?Are readers ex- lished The Fire Next Tim(- pected to glean the importance of astron- able whites were only begi omy in their lives from the horoscope? sight of the chickens that, The Bee is part of the local academic warned them, were con culture and greatly influences public per- roost. ception of it.Unless it is willing to prac- Now race is at the core tice what it preaches,this editorial is all of New York's problem: nothing more than another sanctimo- nious admonition to"Do as I say,not as I do." CHARLES K.HUSTON Modesto In Was Can't get through Trying to reach someone at the Social Security office by phone is a joke.I spenta are 10 weeks it my two days off work trying to do just Wagress that spent it: that—to no avail—busy,busy,busy.I cowardly minue led constantly. pay raise it seemed to de Second day, determined to get through, Senate spent additional v tried again and after two hours—much down the swizzle sticks ir. to my surprise—a man's voice an- past and improvising rule swered. I had made it at last. No!The people imprudent enough