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VĚSTNÍK Wednesday, October 18, 1967
WH6'S WEO? —- Texas A&M junior James Mobley of
Bellaire pauses tiuring language lab work. He is con-
froňteil by his prof. joseph J. Skřivanek (left) or Dr.
John M. Skřivanek; or is it the other way around?
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HARVE.Y E. TUMIS
is currently on the Deaiťs List. The
Pharmacy Scholarship is based on
lead-ership, character, merit, and Serv-
ice. Harvey is a 1965 graduate of Wal-
trip High School where he participated
in many club activities.
Harvey is the son of Sidon and Rosie
Tu mis, 2211 Haverhill. He is a member
of SPJST Lodge Stefanik No. 142 where
his father is currently presiding as
president.
-SPJST-
College Station — if “como se diche,”
“jak se mas” and other Spanish, Czech,
German and French phrases aren’t
enough to confuse Texas AfeM modern
language students, two of the depart-
menťs professors are.
Dr. John M. Skřivanek and Joseph
J. Skřivanek are twin brothers.
“They are two of five college teach-
ers of Czech in Texas,” points out Dr,
Jack A. Dabbs, department head. The
U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare classifies Czech a critícal
language, John also is fluent in Span-
ish and Russian.
John, who holds the rank of profes-
sor, has been on the faculty since 1952.
Joseph joined the university as an in-
structor this fall, after teaching 10
years at Lamar Junior High in Bryan.
Iťs a disconcerting arrangement for
students, particularly if the professors
are seen only in profile.
“We haven’t been mixed up as mucn
as I would háve thought,” Dr. Skři-
vanek commented. One of the 74 Ph.D.
candidates he instructs in scientific
Russian recently asked about course
work.
“Am I talking to the right man?”
the graduate student checked before
getting too involved.
“I’ve never been to downtown Bryan
without someone calling me Jay,” John
commented.
They’ve made no cvert attempts to
confuse anyone. The brothers dress
differently, but both smoke cigars.
John M.’s Office is in the Academie
Building, Josepiťs in Building “D”, but
both are seen around department of-
fices.
The twins, 52, don’t háve ad j a cent
classrooms at the same period and,
though the department schedules
three classes an hour in a lab utilized
by all modern language students, the
Skrivaneks haven’t crossed paths in
the room full of recording booths.
Circumstances háve added to twin-
fusion in the past, though.
“We both carae to the area at the
same time, the fall of 1952,” Joseph
noted. “Neithcr of us knew the other
was coming.”
John movsd from Houston where he
was head of languages at South Texas
College. He also taught at Granger and
Beaumont French High Scliools, Texas
and the University of Houston.
Joseph arrived at A&M Consolidated
High as principál in 1952. He previous-
ly taught at East Bernard and Ros-
enberg.
Educational titles for the twins dif-
fer, for the present anyway. Both
graduated at Caldwell High in 1932
and earned bachelor and master de-
grecs at the University of Texas. John
M. Skřivanek, first of the family to
return to Czechoslovakia, earned his
Ph.D. at Charles University in Prague
in 1948. Joseph has 45 hours toward his
doctorate.
Their .great-grandfather came to the
U.S. in 1845 and settled near Cooks
Point, between Bryan and Caldwell.
The íourth generation Texans háve
five other brothers, including another
whose given name begins with “J”. He
also lives in Bryan.
The look-alikes, except for the part-
ing of hair, admit to “twinning” up on
a person only once.
“Joe managed two dates for one
night while wc were in Caldwell High,”
John recalled. “I helped him by taking
onc of the girls out. It worked.”
The only solution for students meet-
ing a distinguished, white-haired
modem language professor is to view
him head on.
John parts his hair in the middle.
Josepiťs part is a little to the left.
Dr. John Skřivanek is a member of
SPJST Lodge No. 39, Bryan (Bedřich
Smetana).
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