The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-10
The Importance Of Spanish In
The Curriculum Of
Negro Schools.
By F. NJ. Robinett,

Head of the Department of Spanish
Dallas Colored High School.
] would fain trouble the readers
OF The Dallas Express with this ar
ticle, but he that has noted the signs
OF the times and can read with out
using spectacles that have been gloss
ed by the tinted rays of Southern
prejudice will see. that 1t is timely
article even IL faulty in construction.
II II is a means Of melting an in
terest, which at present lethargic.
In the young men and women of my
race 1 shall feel amply repaid. The
subject is too comprehensive and Of
far reaching importance to be fully
treated in this short article. So with
cut attempting an exhaustive analy-l
sis of the subject i shall state in
this disconnected way of few rea-
sons why the young Negro of Ameri-
ca and especially Texas should have
at least working knowledge OF
Spanish. "
When we take into consideration
that there are only two growing
languages English and Spanish land
It may be mentioned that Spanish is
Sa.hns .nO oo.ouuauoSl o.si eae
Di-lenguai man mas tne advahtage ana
that MS 1readtn Of view enconlpasses
tnat OF tne uni-ieneuai man We gan
or snouio De aDie 70 see lne inp'r-
lance Of having knowledge Of these
two languages.
It, is an automatic truth that he
who has an atom Of prejudice wheth-
social, political or economical against
any group Oh people lais snol. VI
naVlns a hperai euuoaeivn 70 S,sV
true mat any "a soSlai PM =.
cal OF economical Te.arus ,ne ue-
veiopment Oh .nat seslesa.eu srVsp
~ piopoi ~. slvn AZ ' " '
Walls VI ms pa as u,n .h,nus
one u .us i,.oS az ..,.;.;,s. Tats,
IN .nis CUM ~ ~ . nbsoi,,ta IacL
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OF any tning llke auegua.e inior an,
uon as 10 VIVA. .ne Spanish z lrSa.
cans are uolns IN .ne pLesens % MA
.ney nave uone ~ tno pae
lack .. inlornla'ion 40 pa -s.s ~
nouceapie, as 10 me csse misn sno
acnievements % 'ne So ' .u.. nsa.,
can, IN .ne nlsn sSooi ' 1po-
history ana GEOGRAPHY. .,u -.
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cnaracter anu iue :,, =. ~. ~ ~.
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neld OF human a'usi.y, w" ~ ~
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s,isu epeaA . pSoR' S.s, r,,Sers that
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deaNor as 10 Aperm Die5' p usna'
noveiist anu poet ncu I,,nn
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ana pnhan.,lropis.. ~ 10 o .,s,se s
ninety-nte per cent VI .n7 puono
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sources " sneEe Sou ,au q !,
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.sose IN sne on Sn III Ana these
a99lt,on .neac.o, ,,oh ca,siSsr
suueu auvahsase &c. nso,,Ia
ene s,esees. Sso. =, acon,,nt
2 .o.ai iacA =, iacL ~ c,ansman
Of racs o. o N,,.,,, 'aS s,.sa NAV ~ In
naplpel,ne u w a,.nort,,r;tv ana
divluur' ehort anu opp tn 1870 anS