S70-12 ACUTE ACCENT (é) PLACED ON THE "E" OF SAN JOSE IN ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Legislative History:

Document dated June 16, 1970.

At its meeting of May 11, 1970, the Academic Council approved the following resolution introduced by Marles Alaimo.

ACTION BY COLLEGE PRESIDENT:

"Approved in spirit - but probably impossible to implement as no one, not even the Council or the President, has the power to make people use an accent mark on San José. But in the spirit I've asked that all further stationery carry that accent mark when it is printed." Signed: H. W. Burns, June 16, 1970.

ACUTE ACCENT (é) PLACED ON THE "E" OF SAN JOSE IN ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

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WHEREAS, The community is very heavily populated with Mexican-American people; and

WHEREAS, The city in which we live has itself a Mexican American name; therefore be it

RESOLVED: That in respect to the Mexican-American people and our city with its Mexican-American name, that from this day forward in all written communication an acute accent is placed above the "e" in San José.