University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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sm1led 50 year Gonzales, who just graduated with a degree in Sociology. Fred, as he is known to his friends, came to school in response to a dare from his daughter, Louella. She had gone to school for two years but she didn't want to finish,', he said. I bought her a car, and even opened a charge account for her, but that didn't work. Nothing I could say would con- vince her. - Then we had a serious talk. She made me realize I was trying to prevent precisely what I was guilty of myself -- laziness about going to school. She said if I wanted 'her to finish school, I would have to go, too, to prove I believed in going to school, he said. Gonzales, originally from New Mexi- co,'retired from the Air Force in 1969. I had always been education' oriented. My family was humble and poor. They understood the necessity of getting ,an education. I had gone to-school at night and took courses intermittently during my career in the service. Don Atencio, from CCEBS QConimittee for the Collegiate Education of Black Studentsj told me they were interested in having Spanish- speaking students come to the Universi- ty. I came to a preliminary meeting with CCEBS and before I knew it, I was pre- registering for courses right along with my daughter. We were even enrolling in some of the same courses,', he said. I was fortunate my regular job with the New England Farm Workers Coun- cil was flexible enough to allow me to go to school. The director of the agency was working on his Ph.D. here and he encouraged me to come here saying my regular work schedule could be made flexible enough for me to have morning classes. . About his experiences as a student, Gonzales said he thought the students were a little cold at first. Then I real- ized I was a student too. I really started participating and then everything went really well. , ' People of my age, he said, are more or less forced to act according to their age in society, but because I was again placed in a classroom situation, I was opened up to new ideas, such as women's liberation. I enjoyed the inter- action with young people, and I would like to encourage others in my age group to return to school. I thought I couldn't do itgbut I found out how wrong I was. I have also become closer to my daughter because we have sharedexper- iencesf. For my daughter, it was a tremen- dous change. She,s making plans for grad school and Fm very happy? Gonzales said 'his UMass experience was a good one. He was able to get college credit for some of his 'previous work and experience, and from June '74 until June '75 was able to work for cred- it through University Year for Action, working for his own agency QN.E. Farm Workers Councilj. When I first start- ed coming to the University I felt isolat- ed from my community, so this helped, me feel more involved,', he said. 5 ' He also feels strongly about the need for having more classes taught in Span- ish and having more courses geared to the Hispanic student. In his four years at UMass, Gonzales said he has never been to Southwest or the Blue Wall, although he has heard a lot about them. ' ' j For me, coming here has had three major benefits. My daughter finished school, I got my degree which proved I could handle the. courses, and I have been promoted to Deputy Director of the Farm Workers Council. which proved it was worth the time and ,ef- fort. ' There is, however, one small problem that has come out of this, he said. 'sNow with my new job, I have to wear a tie. - P.J. Prokop