1978-02-16 The Auburn Plainsman

              The Auburn Plainsman
Number 15 Thursday, February 16, 1978 Auburn, Ala. 36890 SO pages
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ME Dept.
Alumni committee investigates faculty problems
Kidnappa Kappa Photography: Will Ocfcay
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority President Devany Henley was just one
of 15 sorority presidents kidnapped by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
yesterday. The presidents were held until each member of the sorority
donated a can of food to help needy families in the Lee County area.
By John Carvalho
Editor
In what is considered the most
important development so far, a
committee from the Auburn
Alumni Engineering Council met
Monday and Tuesday to discuss
charges against Mechanical En­gineering
Department Head Royce
Beckett.
Dr. Vincent Haneman Jr., dean
of the School of Engineering, an­nounced
the calling of the com­mittee
in a memo to engineering
faculty members on Jan. 20.
"Serious allegations have been
made by a group of faculty
members in Mechanical Engin­eering
against Dr. Royce Beckett,"
the memo said.
"I have requested that the
Alumni Engineering Council estab­lish
an ad hoc committee to review
the whole matter and to recom­mend
to President Philpott a
course of action which should be
taken."
Haneman identified three
members of the committee as
chairman Alan Barton, Jim Roy
and Jim Saxon, all of Birmingham.
A secretary in the president's
office said the fourth member of
the committee was Bill Land, also
of Birmingham.
The committee met on Monday
with faculty groups opposing and
supportingBeckett, and met with a
group of four engineering students
the next day.
Barton refused to elaborate on
the committee's meetings. "I have
no comment," he said. "We said
we would look at this problem and
report to Dr. Philpott, but we don't
know when. We volunteered to do
it."
Members of both the pro-and
anti-Beckett groups who at­tended
the meetings also refused to
identify specifically what was dis­cussed
with the alumni council,
because they said it might bias the
committee's eventual findings.
However, a faculty member who
is opposed to Beckett's proposals
and attended the meeting Monday
said, "They just asked us what the
difficulties were because they were
trying to search out these diffi­culties.
It was more just an inform­ation-
gathering meeting."
The committee met with faculty
members who have opposed
Beckett's proposals for three hours
Monday morning. They met with
his supporters three hours that
afternoon, then met again with
Beckett's opponents until 7:30 p.m.
"Our response was that we
couldn't see any substance in the
charges against Beckett," said a
faculty member who attended the
afternoon meetings. "They were
obviously out to get information. I
think they were very receptive."
However, the faculty member
who attended the morning meeting
did not agree. "At times they were
receptive, but at times they were
administrators for industry indi­cates
there may be some difficulty
in understanding how a University
faculty might be run. But some of
them were very understanding."
(See ENGINEERING, page A-12)
Gynecologist hired
By Betsy Butgereit
Associate Editor
The Drake Health Center adds a
gynecologist to its staff March 2,
but his duties "will be the same as
all physicians," said Dr. Dunlop
Oleson, center director.
The new physician is Dr. Charles
H. Bruce of Birmingham. The
Health Center already has a gyne- Carter proposes aid increase
By Richard Lee
Plainsman Staff Writer
President Jimmy Carter an­nounced
a proposed program Wed­nesday
that would increase the
amount of student aid available by
more than one-third.
Carter's proposal, which garner­ed
strong support from senators
and congressmen who control key
educational committees, carries a
$1.4 billion price tag. If it were
passed by Congress, students from
middle income families could re-
Inside Today
ANYTHING GOES-A
musical comedy, "Anything
Goes,"which opens here Monday is
showcased this week in an Enter­tainment
Probe. (See page A-6 and
1.)
CAMPAIGNING RESTRICTED -
The Student Senate will vote
Monday night on whether to re­strict
use of campaign materials to
campus during Spring elections.
(See page 2.)
STAT CREW-The
Auburn statistics crew is
made up of nine men who have
compiled many memorable mo­ments
along with statstics. (See
page B-l.)
ceive $250 grants, or federally
guaranteed loans.
Under the guaranteed loan pro­gram,
the government would pay
all interest accumulated on bank
loans while the students are in
school, and would pay all interest
above 7 percent accumulated while
the loan is being repaid.
The government would also gua­rantee,
as it does now, repayment
of loans should any students de­fault.
Carter's proposal came in re­sponse
to strong Republican sup­port
for a tax credit program
proposed by Sen. William Roth,
R-Del., and co-sponsored by Ala­bama
Senators John Sparkman
and Bill Allen.
Roth's $4 billion program, which
would offer $500 tax credits to
students from middle income fami­lies,
would significantly increase
the planned 1979 budget deficit, and
a Presidential veto is threatened
should it pass.
Under the present Basic Educa­tional
Opportunity Grants pro­gram,
the income cutoff for eligi­bility
is about $16,000 for four-member
families.
But Larry Ridgeway, director of
student financial aid, said there
are many variables to consider
when computing the exact cutoff
for each student.
"There's no firm dollar figure,"
Ridgeway said of the cutoff. "The
size of the family, the families
assets and the number of children
in school are all important."
The income cutoff for guaran­teed
loans is now about $25,000 for a
four-member family. Under the
President's proposal, that cutoff
would be raised to about $48,000.
But according to Ridgeway,
many Auburn students will still
have problems getting loans under
the guaranteed loan program.
Few banks in Alabama partici­pate
in the program. And accord­ing
to Ridgeway, "There are no
lenders In the Lee County area."
Ridgeway said there are many
programs available to Auburn stu­dents
other than the Basic Grants
program. "The requirements are a
lot more stringent for the Basic
Grants program," he said, "a
number of students fail to qualify
for Basic Grants who do qualify for
our other programs."
There are presently 1,650 Auburn
students participating in the Basic
Grants program. That number
could be significantly increased if
Carter's program is passed.
It has been estimated that 11,000
Auburn students are on some type
of financial aid. But Ridgeway
said that figure is exagerated
somewhat. He said that the actual
number is between 7,500 and 8,000.
cologist on staff, Dr. Garth Jarvis,
but he only practices gynecology in
emergencies.
Oleson said Bruce was hired
because "it broadened our capabil­ity
in the field of service to
women," but Bruce will practice
gynecology regularly "only If the
mission of the Student Health
Center is changed by the Medical
Advisory Committee.
"The Center is equipped to pro­vide
help for acute illness, rather
than to provide or-«roing medical
care and routine examination,"
Oleson said.
Students could get gynecological
services provided, Oleson said. But
they have to be willing to work for
it and to pay for it.
"If they want these services on
campus," Oleson said, "They have
to sell the idea."
He said, "The place to start is the
Medical Advisory Committee,"
which has two students on it.
"They have to be willing to make
their feelings known and they have
to be willing to provide additional
funds. Or we can stop doing some
of the things we do now and provide
these services instead.''
Oleson said, "I feel that this
service should be available, but
whether this is a legitimate
function of the Student Health
Center is debatable.
"There is now a service avail­able
in the area. The Lee County
Health Department has set up a
clinic in Auburn."
The Birth Control Clinic is
located in the old city jail and is
open Tuesdays. Contraceptives are
provided for males and females
after they undergo physical
examinations.
Oleson acknowledged the Uni­versity
of Alabama Health Cener's
distribution of birth control de­vices,
but said that it is again a
matter of funding.
"Alabama has 15,000 students
and almost twice the funding that
we have with 18,000 students," he
said. "They employ one full-time
and one part-time gynecologist and'
a full-time aid. They have com­pletely
separate facilities and a
completely separate clientele.And
its a very nice set-up."
Oleson said Auburn "would have
to find additional personnel and
addition funding" to match Ala­bama's
facilities.
"The services we can provide
has to do with the way you fund
us."
Blood Drive pushes toward 5,000-pint goal
By Dick Parker
News Editor
The blood's been flowing freely
in the Haley Center basement for
two days, but Blood Drive Chair­man
Allan Huffman said latee
Wednesday that Auburn people will
have to put on one of its greatest
shows of selfless ness if the drive's
goal of 5,000 pints is to be reached.
Wednesday's
drive total was
more than last
total.
two-day blood
2,600 pints, 600
year's two-day
down. "Nobody else but nurses can
stick the folks," Huffman said.
Many people have been discour­aged
from donating blood by the
long lines. Huffman said average
time spend in lines is about 45
minutes.
Some have cut down on time
taken to donate by riding to the
blood drive from home on a shuttle
bus provided by the Baptist Stu­dent
Union. Alph Phi Omega mem­bers
are driving the bus which
leaves Haley Center every 30
minutes.
The bus makes stops between the
Sigma Pi house and the Caroline
Draughon Village at Toomer's
Corner, in the Delta Sigma Phi
parking lot, In front of the hill dorm
post office, and in the Coliseum
parking lot.
The world's record for a blood
drive, 4,812, was set at Auburn In
1967. Huffman said a good day
today could put this year's total
over that mark.
Huffman and Kerry Bradley,
blood drive publicity chairman,
along with many other volunteers
have been working for weeks pub­licizing
the drive with gimmicks
such as the slogan "Gimme five."
They also convinced Miss
Auburn, Susan Long; Auburn ma­jorette
Kathy Absher; SGA Presi­dent
John Bush, and Plainsman
Editor John Carvalho to dress up
as blood drops and parade around
at Monday night's basketball game
with Oral Roberts University.
"our problem is nurse power,"
Huffman said. "We're running out
of nurses."
Huffman said he planned to ask
che Red Cross to send In more
nurses today so the time spend
waiting to donate might be cut
Physical Plant employee burns
to death; cause undetermined
By Becki Thomas
Assistant News Editor
An Auburn University employee,
Wilmer Felton, burned to death
Feb. 5 at his Macon County home.
He was pronounced dead on the
scene by the coroner.
James Smith, Macon County
investigator, said there was "no
indication of foul play," but the
case is still under investigation.
"We don't know if we have a
homicide or not," Smith said, but
the sheriff's department is treating
the case as if it were a homocide.
According to Smith, it is easier to
work the case as a homicide than
as a suicide, because "we won't
have to go into all the leg work all
over again."
Felton, 48, was found in his front
yard by a neighbor passing by the
residence between 12:15 and 12:30,
Smitr saijfy
An unskilled laborer with the
Physical Plant for more than eight
years, Felton lived with a friend,
who was with him until 11 a.m.,
Smith said, and passed by the
house from 15 to 75 minutes later,
but didn't see Felton burning.
Smith wouldn't identify Felton's
companion.
Smith doesn't know how Felton
was set on fire, but tests currently
being run on the dead man's
clothing should reveal the cause.
An autopsy performed by the
State Toxocology laboratory In
Auburn, supported the claim of no
foul play.
Carlos Rayburn, assistant direc­tor
of the lab said, "We have no
evidence of foul play. We support
the fact that he (Felton) died from
burning."
Smith said he "hoped" the Inves­tigation
would be completed by
Friday, "If nothing new comes
up."
Photograph;: Don OooghUa
STUDENT LEADERS PUSH FOR PINTS
.From left, Absher, Bush, Long, Carvalho promote 5,000 pint blood drive goal
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The world
this week
Nichols in town to speak on defense
International
CANADA TO ASK USSR FOR $1 MILLION -
The Canadian government has announced it will
ask the USSR to pay them more than $1 million
for costs incurred during the recovery of radio­active
debris from the Russian nuclear satellite,
Cosmos 964, which fell over a sparsely populated
area of Canada.
KILLER BEES ATTACK IN ARGENTINA-A
swarm of African Killer Bees attacked the air­port
control tower in Salta, Argentina, Monday,
stinging a tower employee numerous times.
Firemen had to use high pressure hoses to drive
the bees off.
National
MINERS CALLING FOR MILLER'S RESIGNA­TION-
Dissident members of the United Mine
Workers have begun urging for union president
Arnold Miller's resignation. Miller said Monday
that 90 percent of his miners were ready to go
back to work. His bargaining council disputed
this statement however.
COLUMBUS STRANGLER HITS TWICE OVER
WEEKEND-The Columbus strangler struck
again last Saturday killing Mildred Dismukes
Borom, 78, and injuring Ruth Schwob, 70. The
strangler escaped through a kitchen window in
the Schwob home shortly before police arrived in
response to a bedside alarm that Schwob had
triggered during the attack.
State
MOBIL OBL MAY SOON BE DRILLING IN
MOBELE BAY-After an 8-year struggle, Mobil
Oil Corporaton may finally be allowed to drill for
a deep test in Mobile Bay. The Alabama Water
Improvement Commission will make a decision
on the settlement on March 17, when it meets
again in Mobile.
Finals Schedule
NICHOLS WITH STUDENTS
'...I don't think real threat...lies with Russia'
By Barry Webne
Plainsman Staff Writer
Congressman Bill
Nichols took a leave from
Washington to visit
campus last Monday
. afternoon and talk with
students about national
defense in the United
States.
Nichols lectured on
how the House Com­mittee
on Arms Services
approves construction of
defense systems, and how
defense money is being
spent. He also spoke on
the arms competition be­tween
the United States
and Russia.
"Today the United
States is the most power­ful
nation in the entire
free world," said Nichols.
"Our major threat at this
point in time are the
Soviets. They are like
Hitler when he marched
into Poland.
"I don't think that the
real threat of a Nuclear
war lies with Russia,
though," he said. "They
realize what destruction
would take place if there
was a war of this sort.
The real war danger lies
with nations such as,
Cuba, Angola and other
African Nations, which
are being controlled by
reckless governments."
Nichols said the United
States has a standing
army of about 2 million
men, and that our reserve
system is decreasing to
1.5 million men. He also
said that Russia has a
standing army of about
4.5 million men, and a
reserve system of about
6.8 million.
"The Soviets spend
close to $1 billion a year
on civil defense," said
Nichols. "The United
States is spending very
little. The Soviets have
now built underground
facilities which can house
people and food.
"My greatest concern
is the United States is
seeking cheap defense,
and this is hurting us. We
must be concerned about
the situation, because
there is only one thing
more expensive than de­fense,
and that is not to
have a defense at all."
Nichols was in favor of
having the United States
as the top defense power
in the world. He said,
"Superiority is the only
rational course for the
United States. In defense
there is no reward or
punishment, only con­sequences."
According to Nichols,
the United States has a
defense budget of 126
billion this year. This is
up 9 billion from last
year's budget.
"The future is ours to
shape," said Nichols.
"We need vision and de­termination
to make the
right choices. We have
the technology to make
the United States super­ior
in defense, all we need
is commitment and not
complacency."
Campaign restrictions
discussed by Senate
Date
Saturday, March 11
Monday, March 13
Special Exams
Tuesday, March 14
Class Hour Exam Time
8 a.m.
7 a.m.
1 p.m.
9 a.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
11 a.m.
12 noon
6 p.m.
Special Examination Period
Wednesday, March 15 10 a.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
Special Examination Period
9 -11:30 a.m.
1 - 3:30 p.m.
3:40 - 6:10 p.m.
9 -11:30 a.m.
1 - 3:30 p.m.
3:40 - 6:10 p.m.
7 - 9:30 p.m.
9 -11:30 a.m.
1 - 3:30 p.m.
3:40 - 6:10 p.m.
7 - 9:30 p.m.
9 - 11:30 a.m.
1 - 3:30 p.m.
3:40-6:10 p.m.
7 - 9:30 p.m.
By Ann Hecht
Assistant News Editor
The Student Senate
Monday night heatedly
discussed whether to re­strict
campaign materi­als
to campus during
elections.
The Code of Laws
Change, proposed by
Anne Farmer and Alan
Little, stated, "All cam­paign
materials will be
restricted to the Auburn
University campus
property and Auburn
University currently
chartered or recognized
organization properties."
"The proposal will cut
off all off-campus cam­paigning
and bring
money down. Money
wouldn't play such an
important part in the
campaign," said Doug
Eddleman, chairman of
the Code of Laws commit­tee,
"and it would cut out
all the off-campus
paraphernalia.''
Alan Little said, "More
qualified people would be
able to run.
' 'The student body
would be able to get a
better idea of the person
running and not their
campaign slogan," he
said. "He will know the
candidates personally,"
he said, "It will make the
candidates work hard­er."
Rusty Parker said, "It
won't involve as many
people. We might be turn­ing
some people off by
doing this and result in
greater apathy.
"There is such a de­cline
in voter turnout.
This might lower it
further," he said.
"Personally, I think
campaigning turns a lot
of people off by badgering
them," said Anne Farm­er,
Co-sponsor of the res­olution,
"Anyone who is
going to vote has a right
to be on the campus and
will try to see the candi­dates."
According to Rick
Abbott, "there are too
many people who have all
their classes in one build­ing.
Not everyone goes
walking down the campus
everyday. Some people
would never see all the
stuff."
"The problem," he con­tinued,
"lies not with the
campaigner, but wi£h the
elections board. So many
things happen illegally,
but the board doesn't do
anything. They didn't
even look at last year's
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threw them away."
Tavia Coppenhaver
said, "It would save a lot
of people a lot of time.
The candidates will have
more time to personally
campaign door to door."
Linda Johnson said it
was possible to campaign
off-campus and still cut
down on the money spent.
Eddleman commented,
"If it takes $350 to do a
campaign and the candi­date
can only spend $200,
some will spend the $350
and cover it up."
Fifteen of the senators
present opposed the idea
of limiting campaigning
and seven approved.
Eddleman reminded
the senators that next
week the Senate will be
voting on lowering cam­paign
expenditures.
Jim Purcell was ap­proved
by the Student
Senate to take Antonio
Holland's place as Direct­or
of Men's on Campus
Living. Holland moved
out of the dorm.
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Senate evaluations continue A-3 Thursday, February 16, 1978 TheAlixm Pbir
Charlie Hart, 4L.PO,
was elected off-campus
senator. He has net-missed
any meetings so
far, and serves on the
Student Relations and
Academic Affairs com­mittee.
In his campaign state­ment,
Hart said, "...I
want to be responsive to
the needs of the students,
because students' inter­ests
are those which must
be promoted. By trying to
improve relations with
the administration, I
hope to see the students'
needs effectively com­municated.
Student
rights and responsibili­ties
should be expanded
whenever possible..."
Hart has sponsored no
resolutions or Code of
Law changes, but formu- !
lated and is working on
the SGA newsletter pro­ject.
He has also helped
with the honor code re­vision,
with the grading
system proposal and with
arrangements for the
WEGL-SGA Forum.
Keener Lynn, 4PUB,
serves as an off-campus
senator. He has not
missed any meetings
since elected, and serves
on the Traffic and Park­ing
and Student Welfare
committees.
— Tjihis campaign pledge
last spring, he said, "...I
will work for the follow­ing:
1) leases stating spe­cifically
landlords' re­sponsibilities
to tenants,
2) reasonable rent rates,
3) no rental increases
unless improvements are
made, 4) make students
more aware of services
offered by the Off-Cam­pus
Association, 5) en­courage
landlords to
meet housing specifica­tions."
He has sponsored a
Code of Laws change with
Beth Cheney revamping
the All-Campus Fund
Drive, and introduced a
resolution calling for the
Student Senate to call "a
halt to...unfair business
practices," such as sell­ing
books to students at
prices higher than the
original.
His work in the Senate
includes investigating
solutions for a more ef­fective
pedestrian mall,
assisting in the formation
of the Traffic Appeals
Board, and working
towards the implementa­tion
of a campus shuttle
bus system. He also re­searched
a "model
lease" program for off-campus
housing, and
worked on price surveys
of three local bookstores
in conjunction with the
Consumer Protection
Agency.
Amoret Eiland, SPY,
was elected as senator
from the School of
Pharmacy. She has
missed three meetings so
far, and serves on the
Organizations and Aca­demic
Affairs commit­tees.
She has sponsored no
Code of Laws changes or
resolutions, but has
worked on registration
for Organizations Day
and worked on revision of
the honor code and on the
grading system proposal.
She was secretary of
Organizations Committee
spring quarter.
Eiland is currently try­ing
to establish an honor
society for metallurgic
engineers, and relates in­formation
from the
pharmacy council to the
Senate.
In her campaign state­ment,
Eiland said, "I will
give my time and energy
to accomplish the goals of
the, students in Pharm­acy.
Being a primary link
between the students and
the SGA, I will listen to
the voices of the students
and try to improve the
relationship between..."
Fairlie Haynes, 40H,
serves as senator from'
the School of Agriculture.
She has missed two meet­ings
so far, and serves on
the Organizations and
Academic Affairs com­mittees.
She has sponsored no
code of laws changes or
resolutions, but has
worked on the honor code
revision and the grading
change proposal. She has
also arranged Organiza­tions
Day, and is now con­tributing
effort toward
establishing an Auburn
chapter of a society of
agriculture engineers.
She has also helped with
chargers for various agri­culture
groups.
In her campaign plat­form,
Haynes said, "...I
would like to work toward
establishing a more flexi­ble
scheduling of classes
in regard to the number
of classes and the variety
of times they are of­fered."
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SGA wants Ped Mall OK
By Jackie Romine
Plainsman Staff Writer
A year-long wait for a
permanent Pedestrian
Mall may come to an end
next week as the SGA
takes its proposal to the
University Traffic and
Parking Committee (T
and P) for confirmation.
Jeff Stoi;e, SGA com­mittee
chairman, said the
delay was mainly be­cause
of an overdue
Campus Master Plan,
compiled by Harlan-Bar­tholomew
Agency of Ten­nessee.
The plan, origi­nally
a six-month study
due in October, is an
attempt to better organ­ize
the campus including
traffic plans" building
plans and allowances for
additions.
The University Traffic
and Parking committee
had delayed action on
Ped Mall pending com­pletion
of the study.
The Ped Mall proposal
will now be heard by T
and P next Thursday. If
approved, Stone said the
proposal will then go to
President Harry M. Phil-pott
for final approval.
The Ped Mall will be
basically the same as the
temporary mall last
winter quarter. Stone
said most of Thach Ave­nue,
particularly that in
front of Haley Center,
will probably be blocked
off.
"We've been working
on this ever since we got
into the Senate," Stone
said.
Conflicts with campus
and other organizations
had to be settled earlier
in the year before the
committee could present
the University committee
with even tentative plans.
"It was a matter of my
committee members
talking to people involved
with the mail service,
food services, the police
department and the fire
department and working
out alternative routes."
Scholarship available
Applications for the
Keith Bedwell Memorial
Scholarship in journalism
are currently being taken
in the Student Financial
Aid Office. Deadline for
the scholarship is March
16.
Any student in journa­lism
is eligible for the
scholarship which is
given in memory of Keith
Bedwell, a former Plains­man
news editor who was
killed in an accident in
1973.
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Editorials
Thursday, February 16,1978 A-4
Services needed
The Health Center came a step close to better serving the Auburn students'
needs when it hired a gynecologist last week. But it fell short once again when it
was decided that the new doctor would be a general practicioner, "doing some
of everything." He'll only practice gynecology in emergencies, the same as Dr.
Garth jarvis does now.
Dr. Dunlap Oleson, acting Health Center director, said he felt the service
should be provided, but pointed out the Lee County Health Department's
clinic now in operation.
"We would have to find additional personnel and funding," Oleson said,
and that to get the service fees would have to be raised. "Students have to be
willing to make their feelings known and they have to be willing to provide
additional funds, or we'll stop doing some of the things we do now and provide
these gynecological services instead."
We agree with Oleson, and believe a solution is near. Tuition will be raised
starting summer quarter, and of this $18, we propose that $1 per student per
quarter be given to the Health Center. This increase would provide more than
$50,000 per year, which could cover the cost of providing gynecological
services.
The Auburn
Plainsman
John Carvalho, Editor
Burrell Wilson, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, Rick Harmon; Associate
Editor, Betsy Butgereit; News Editor, Dick Parker; Features Editor,
Jackie Romine; Sports Editor, Brad Davis; Editor and Editorial Board
Chairman, John Carvalho.
Entertainment Editor, Dave White; Copy Editor, Kim Peacock;
Production Manager, Dewey English; Photographic Editor, Ford Risley.
Assistant to the Editor, Hank Marshman; Asst. News Editors, Beck!
Thomas and Ann Hecht; Asst. Features Editor, Janet Hightower;
Asst. Sports Editor, Chuck Anschutz.
Asst. Entertainment Editor, Andrea Harrison; Asst. Copy Editor,
Danielle Murphy; Asst. Production Managers, Cheryl Meyer and
Katherine Livingston; Asst Photographic Editor, Vickey Hunt.
Advertising Director, Burrell Wilson; Layout specialists, Ann Gracey
and Diane Byington; Account Representatives, Mary Gardiner, John
Brinkerhoff and Paul Ferwerda; Circulation Directors, Don Powers and
CD. Hightower; Staff Secretaries, Beth Shaw, Jill Thomas and Susan
Sprouse.
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of
Auburn University. Signed columns represent the opinion of
the writer, while unsigned editorials represent the opinion
of The Plainsman's Editorial Board.
The last zero in 5,000
The blood drive: Auburn at its best
Many students want, and need, these services. But just to be sure, we also
propose a referendum during spring elections to see how many students would
approve of such an allocation. It is our money, and if students want it
designated for a certain service, the University should honor these requests.
Unpredictable
It's been said that politics makes strange bedfellows. This saying was proven
true last week when Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley visited the Auburn campus.
You remember Beasley. He's the guy who came here two years ago, when his
political foundation was stronger and more reliable, and criticized Auburn for
not utilizing its classroom space enough.
But apparently Beasley has fallen on hard times recently. Polls for the
governor's race indicate that Beasley is running behind former Gov. Albert
Brewer and Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley. Beasley's early campaigning for governor,
done at Auburn's expense, backfired on him.
But, not surprisingly, Beasley began singing a different tune during last
week's visit here. He began saying how Auburn really was using its classroom
space wisely, and how he would support the allocation of funds for a new
engineering building.
We're not going to question Beasley's honest, and we don't endorse
anybody else, but his sincerity indicates that if we're going to buy his "change
of heart" song, he'd better sing it in a more believable key.
Investigate M.E.
In recent weeks, The Plainsman has received several letters from both sides
concerning the Mechanical Engineering Department. From these letters and
several sources in the department, it is obvious that there is a problem there, a
problem which has transcendH fhe usual interdepartmental STabbks and
now threatens the reputation of what is accepted as one of the top Mechanical
Engineering Departments in the nation. j
There is only one solution. We call for an immediate investigation into the
situation by the Auburn Board of Trustees. We believe the problem is serious
enough to merit the attention of the Trustees, especially since all other
solutions have failed.
Things have gone far enough. The reputation of students' degrees is at
stake. A solution is not only necessary; it is imperative.
She did it!
Last year's Plainsman Editor, Christy Hudgins, made a successful debut in
Tuscaloosa politics last week when she was elected SGA Senator representing
the law school, where she is enrolled.
Christy won a run-off, 150-129, after running a successful write-in
campaign, a rarity in campus politics at both Auburn and Alabama.
We'd iike to take this opportunity to congratulate Christy on her victory.
The Plainsman has always been known for criticizing the Senate here at
Auburn, so it'll be interesting to see how Christy does...sort of putting her
money where her mouth (or typewriter) is.
And finally, we find it most hopeful that an Auburn student can get elected
to a 'Bama SGA seat. Now let's hope she can get thing straightened out over
there, as one friend to another, of course.
The blood drive is always some­thing
of a special occasion at Auburn.
Every year, thousands of Auburn
students, staff and townspeople turn
out to donate their blood.
But sometimes we're asked to
contribute a little bit more. Take, for
example, Sunday night. Kerry Brad­ley,
publicity director for the blood
drive, had a strange proposition.
"John, we'd like for you to get
dressed up as a blood drop Tor
tomorrow's basketball game, to pro­mote
the blood drive.''
When I picked the telephone
receiver up off the floor and stopped
laughing, I asked Kerry to repeat what
he had said.
"Seriously," he said, "we want
you and three other people to dress up
like blood drops and lead a "Gimme
Five!' cheer at the Auburn-Oral
Roberts basketball game."
The Plainsman has done a lot to
help the blood drive. We've run
institutional editorials urging every­one
to get out and give blood, we've
run advance stories and we even
John
Carvalho
helped them put together an adver­tisement
to send to other state
newspapers.
But the editor getting dressed up
like a blood drop... ?
After agreeing that leotards and
coneheads a la "Big Fig" were
non-negotiable items, I consented to
dress up like a blood drop, along with
SGA President John Bush, Miss
Auburn Susan Long and majorette
Kathy Absher.
So, Monday night, after pinning
everything in place and putting an
appropriate big zero on my chest (I
was supposed to be the third zero in
the number 5,000) we set out for our
seats at courtsidc.
Plainsman Sports Editor Brad Davis
waved from his spot on the press
table. A friend screamed "HEY
JOHN/" from the crowd. I decided:
I was embarrassed.
We managed to make it through
the first half with a minimal amount
of incidents. Susan Long kept picking
up the cheerleaders' megaphones and
cheering, "One, two, three-four-five,
a blood drop don't take no jive," but
other than that, things went
smoothly.
Then came halftime. We were on,
our big chance, etc. etc. As we
strutted out to midcourt, I began
wondering how I was going to explain
this to whomever would see the
photographs of this.
The Coliseum announcer pro­nounced
my name perfectly, the one
time I wished he hadn't.
Head cheerleader Kenny Hopkins
began the cheer. "Gimme an ' F ' !"
Nobody yelled; I swear, NOBODY
YELLED.
11 OH, &0O0 Sftfcf, HARVMAW, VDute JUPPose TO DILUTE THAT STUFF / «
Some stared. Others shook their
heads and laughed. I saw a friend in
the crowd and waved to her, but she
acted like she didn't know me. All in
all, they acted like they were watching
the filming of a "Fruit of the Loom"
commercial.
As we walked off the court, Mark
Barnhizer, a basketball player, came
up to Susan and said, "Man, you've
really lost it this time..." We didn't
argue; we just smiled.
The rest of this week, I felt kind of
embarrassed. Now and then someone
would yell, "There's the blood
drop!" and I'd feel like hiding.
But after thinking it over, I still feel
foolish, but proud. We had made
fools of ourselves, but for a worthy
cause. It's a good feeling to know
charity is considered one of the
highlights of the Auburn school year.
Auburn holds the world's record
for most pints of blood donated
(4,812) which was set during the
Vietnam War, when there were fewer
students at Auburn then there are
now. While students on other cam­puses
were protesting, students at
Auburn were donating blood which
was urgently needed so that soldiers
could be treated. You tell me which
was the more humanitarian cause.
The blood drive ends today. A large
amount of blood has already been
donated, and more students have
been turned away. There'll be a line
there, but the wait will not be
impossible to endure.
I "put out" my pint on Tuesday.
Dean of Student Affairs James do­nated
his 60th pint then, and other
Auburn notables were there donating
too, including head football Coach
Doug Barfield and Auburn Mayor
Donald Hay hurst.
I was the 32nd person to donate
blood, and it made me feel good.
Nowhere else but Auburn. And
you have to love it.
Students need money, not tax credits
How do you spell relief?
For college students, President
Jimmy Carter spells it g-r-a-n-t.
Republican congressmen spell it
c-r-e-d-i-t. But either way you spell it,
it means h-e-l-p for students from
middle income families.
For years, those students have
suffered from a "Catch 22" which
caught them in the middle of the
money squeeze. They earn too much
to be eligible for financial aid, but not
enough to pay for a college education
without great sacrifices.
But the President has proposed to
offer grants at least $250 per year to
students from families with incomes
of $16,000 to $25,000. This will be in
addition to the present Basic Educa­tional
Opportunity Grant program
aimed at poorer students.
Also, Carter's plan would offer
federally subsidized guaranteed loans
to students from families with in­comes
of up to $48,000. The present
income ceiling is $25,000.
Under the subsidized loan pro­gram,
the government would pay all
interest on loans while the student is
in college, and all interest above 7
percent while the loan is being repaid.
A proposal introduced by Sen.
William Roth, R-Del., would instead
give a $500 tax credit at the end of the
year for students from middle income
families.
Either proposal, if passed, could
prove to be a great help for families
who now make too much to be
eligible for grants, but who still have
trouble making ends meet while their
children are in school. But Carter's
proposal seems more practical than
does Roth's.
The President's plan, if imple­mented,
would cost about $1.4
Dick
Parker
billion, while Roth's would cost at
least $4 billion.
And the President's plan would
mean money could be in the hands of
those who need r...noy The stna-tor's
proposal would not put cash in
hand, but instead would only reduce
the amount of tax paid at the end of
the year.
But there's no use arguing i.ow
about what kind of help we need.
Complaints about Magnolia Dormitory
contribute little to solving its problems
Barry
Webne
Once and for all, the truth about
the situation at Magnolia Dormitory
should be brought to the public's
attention. Mag Dorm may have poor
living conditions, but this is only
because students living in the com­plex
make it that way. Students have a
negative attitude about the complex
so that, instead of organizing and
getting something accomplished, all
students do is complain about the
conditions.
This complaining can be read in
The Plainsman and heard over cam­pus
radio sration, WEGL-FM, and it is
preventing progress from occurring.
The only way new living conditions on
the Hill or in the Quad can be
obtained is if male students quit
complaining, and organize and get
something done instead. Complaints
are cries for sympathy, not construc­tive
ways of voicing opinion.
I live in Magnolia Dormitory and
have decided that a student living
there can make it what he wants. I
find it pleasant, but at the same time
I hear students saying it is "living
hell." People who complain about
their situation should be blamed for
thier unhappiness.
The entire problem has been blown
into such large proportions that the
complex has the stereotype of being a
"living hell." Students can fix their
rooms as they wish, and if students
complain, it is only for the reason that
they are too lazy to help themselves.
These few male students who com­plain
are giving the dormitory a bad
name, and this is one reason why
nothing is being done to end the
problems.
The complaints which students
make against the complex are doing
damage. Magnolia Dormitory gets a
bad name from these complaints. The
situation is nothing to joke about,
and students should realize this.
According to men's on-campus
housing director Dr. Charles Schroe-der,
"Men don't want to apply for
on-campus housing because they
think their only option is to live in the
Magnolia Complex. If we had more
interested students who wanted to
apply for additional housing, we
would be able to take a dorm on the
Hill or in the Quad."
Too much responsibility is put on
students that live in the Magnolia
Complex, and this is one reason for
living conditions to be as they are.
Hall resident advisers don't do thier
jobs, they have lost the meaning of
thier initial duties which consist of
keeping order on the hall and
reporting any problems with hall
facilities.
It seems that students living in the
complex are being taken. Students are
paying rent on their rooms and for
services which they never receive.
Janitors and maintenance officials fail
to keep bathrooms, halls and
plumbing in proper working order.
When Dr. Schroeder filled the
office of housing director, he put into
effect a program where any student
could paint his room, but if a student
didn't paint his room, maintenance
official would paint the room a base
color of white.
This situation has now degenerated
to the point where if students don't
paint their rooms, then no one else
will paint them. The same thing
applies with the painting of halls.
Students are now responsible for
painting them. This is one reason why
students complain; the lack of re-sonsibility
of the officials, and the
ability to pass the buck to students.
I'm sure that many students are sick
and tired of hearing the men com­plain
about their housing conditions.
It's about time we put a stop to it.
The girls who live in Alumni, Auburn
and Noble Halls do not complain
about their conditions and their
dormitories are just as old, if not
older, than the Magnolia Dormitory
Complex.
I suggest that male students living
in the Magnolia Dormitory Complex
quit complaining and organize to
better their situation. Housing Au­thorities
should organize resident
advisor systems to make the position
more effective. The only way in which
anything can be accomplished is if
students work together with housing
officials and try to relieve problems,
instead of making a joke of them.
Anything can help. It's not that we're
desperate, though some of us might
be. But with the recent increase in
tuition, the squeeze is going to be
even tighter, especially tor out-ot-state
students, who have to come up
with another $42 a quarter.
Where's it going to come from?
Our parents can't have an endless cash
supply.
Some say Carter's grant program
and Roth's tax credit program are
both steps closer to socialism.
"Why should we make people who
don't have children pay for the
college educations of those who do?"
they ask.
But those are the same people who
say middle class America is getting
burned by the tax system. They're
bearing the burden or those too poor
to pay taxes, as well as those rich
enough to afford to hire somebody to
find all the loopholes.
So if what they have said is true,
then it's time the middle class got a
break. And this is just the break it
needs. We're not talking about
socialism; we're talking about getting
a fair shake. And we deserve a fair
shake.
It's encouraging to see Congress
and the Administration finally taking
aotice of the group to whom it has
paid lip service for years. But 1 hope
they don't quarrel among themselves
until they blow the whole idea.
Carter, it is reported, will try to block
all attempts to pass Roth's legislation,
and vice-versa.
And
chance
v-e-t-o.
if Roth wins, Carter's only
of relief could be spelled
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Letters Advice offered for apartment hunters
Thursday, February 16, 1978 A-5
'Solve ME problems now
Editor, The Plainsman:
I read with interest a recent
Plainsman article concerning the Au­burn
Mechanical Engineering Depart­ment
and its associated problems. As
a graduate and former instructor of
that department, I feel there is need
to point out something that has been
practically overlooked.
The current controversy over cur­riculum
content would have gotten
out of hand as it now has if the
department was still under the leader­ship
of Dr. Vestal. Dr. Vestal always
realized that the opinions of his fellow
faculty are important, and that
weakening a program for some tem­porary
gain is not in the best interest
of the student.
The 10 faculty who signed the
peition requesting the resignation of
Dr. Beckett are not wild-eyed racicals,
but are nationally respected educators
and researchers. When they as a group
are upset enough to take such drastic
action, something is wrong.
Dr. Beckett must have assumed,
wrongly, that his opinion on matters
concerning the faculty and students
has more weight than 10 or 12 other
faculty members. This, along with his
attempts to stifle any discussion of the
issues indicates that he simply doesn't
understand the academic world. I
know several of the persons involved,
both professionally and personally,
and I know the situaiton would never
have deteriorated to this level if there
had been effective leadership of the
Department.
I hope that solutions to the
problems of the Mechanical Engine­ering
Department can be found
before its excellent reputation in the
country is damaged. I would like to
remind all of those concerned that the
only losers resulting from this split in
the faculty are the M.E. students.
R.W. Aderholt
Associate Professor
School of Building Construction
University of Florida
Editor, The Plainsman:
Students are beginning to get,
themselves housed for the next school
year. Based on my 10 months
experience as legal advisor to stu­dents,
the two most vexing off
campus landlord tenant problems I
have found are repairs and the
tenant's desire to move out before the
end of the lease term.
REPAIRS: The standard lease used
my many landlords specifically ex­empts
the landlord from making
repairs. The Auburn Housing Code
places certain minimal requirements
on landlords but the enforcement is
time-consuming and frustrating. Lee
County has no code and Opelika does
not enforce it's code until the tenant
moves out and complains. The best
approach for the tenant is to get a
statement of policy from the landlord
before the lease is signed.
I recently surveyed five of the
realtors who manage a large portion of
Letters to the editor must be.
received by 5 p.m. Monday at The
Plainsman office in the basement of
the Union Building. Letters should
be no more than 400 words,,
preferably type and double-spaced.
the rental housing in Auburn, and
each realtor that I spoke to was quick
to point with pride to the firm's repair
policy. I am sure any landlord will be
glad to explain his or her repair policy
and if that policy is different from the
terms of the lease the tenant should
ask the landlord to note the actual
policy on the lease.
If the landlord promises to make
repairs or to provide certain items not
then in the unit before occupancy it
should be noted on the lease. No
landlord should object to doing this,
and it will certainly reduce misunder­standing
later.
TENANT WANTS TO BREAK
LEASE: Roommate problems, finan­cial
problems, pressure to move into a
fraternity or in with friends, or just
plain dissatisfaction with the unit or
the landlord may cause a student to
want to play "let's swap apart­ments.
''
Many students know of or have
heard of instances where the only loss
to a student for braking a lease was
the loss of the deposit. A landlord has
the legal right to follow this course of
action. If the unit remains unoc­cupied
for a period of time during the
unexpired term of the lease the
landlord also has the legal right to
bring suit on the contract for the
unpaid rent. According to the prob­lems
being brought to my office,
some landlords appear to be following
this latter course of action as a matter
of policy.
If several students sign a lease for a
unit and some move out, the landlord
may have the legal right to make the
roommate, or roommates, who do not
move liable for the rent. Tenants
should be aware of the landlord's
policy concerning this situation.
I was asked to make a talk on ' 'How
to deal with your landlord effective-
Student complains about
teacher's refusal to help
'Keep unions in proper perspective'
Editor, The Plainsman:
I had hoped that the mentality
displayed by the United Mine
Workers during thier present stike,
complete with its beatings and kid­nappings,
was non-existent at institu­tions
of higher learning such as
Auburn. This was disproven, how­ever,
by Dewey English in his article
of last week in which he recalls the
days of union boss John L. Lewis and
their parallel to todays coal strike.
English speaks fondly of union
wives keeping the home fires burning
while their striking husbands are out
having their harmless scuffles with
non-striking miners and state troopers
who are "out looking for trouble".
He would have us believe that these
were the things America's industrial
might was built on.
I guess the Alabama State Police
were "out looking for trouble" when
striking miners dynamited three of
thier cars last week. And of course
that, children's .hospital in Georgia
-lidn't really need that emergency
hipment of coal'that UMWA mem­bers
made the driver dump out on the
roadside.
Sadly, English goes on remember­ing
the days when a strike breaker,
(who probably felt some ridiculous
need to feed his family) would end up
a "cole, bloody corpse" for not going
along with union dictates. English
just can't understand how the unions
have lost some of thier influence.
Maybe its because the rest of us
have become slightly civilized. Some­how
most people today don't relish
the idea of giving 10 percent of ther
income to a union only to have it
reinvested in organized crime. Or
maybe it's because we've all gotten
tired of paying for cars with union
wage scale-inflated prices that proceed
to fall apart in two years due to poor
workmanship. It is probably just that
American today abhor ignorance in
any form, whether its found in the
UMWA's strong arm tactics or in the
journalists who support them.
Thank God we have unions. When
they're kept in proper perspective and
out of the hands or bosses they serve a
valuable purpose. The unions will
return to their old glory when they
stop demanding 80 hours of pay for
30 hours of work, and when they stop
busting the heads of those that
disagree with them.
We owe English a lot for being the
first Plainsman staff writer to tackle an
issue of greater importance than
Chemistry lab or Ground Hog's Day.
I would only hope that in the future
he will more closely scrutinize his
choice of heros.
Charles Higdon, 3AM
Editor, The Plainsman:
For a term paper in a public health
class, I need to depend on resources in
different academic areas of the Uni­versity.
Many teachers have been very
helpful in supplying necessary data in
their specialty fields, but one profes­sor
in the speech and hearing clinic
was rude and unwilling to help me
with the very necessary information
that he has gathered in the State of
Alabama.
He was unwilling to talk to me or
my professor on the subject of hearing
loss due to exposure of occupational
noise at certain industries. His claim is
that the information is confidential,
but in fact it belongs to Auburn
University unless he used absolutely
no resources paid for by Auburn
funds in the collection, tabulation,
analysis and or storage of the informa­tion.
He wouldn't even disguise the
data so that I could use it.
I think that it is a terrible shame
that a man renowned in his field
would stand in the way of a student's
academic study. CaryCox,3ENH
DOONESBURY
ly." I didn't know the answer so I
called the five realtors mentioned
above. The essence of their advice
was: "Be nice. If the tenant is nice
we'll break our backs to help but if
the tenant is hostile our feet can get
stuck in the mud."
Henry Henderson
Legal Advisor to Students
'SAAS attitude
should spread
across the nation'
Editor, The Plainsman:
Thank you, Brad Davis, for your
Feb. 2 article concerning the State
Association of Auburn Supporters. In
this article you quote Mr. Donny
Thompson, student representative of
S.A.A.S. thusly: "What we're doing
is trying to establish what the problem
is before taking action."
Such policy was the accepted policy
of reasonable men for many centuries,
and it is almost exhilirating to think
that it may be used again.
Maybe it will spread across the
nation; all the way to Washington,
G.B. Meadows
Assistant Professor,
Animal Health Research
by Garry Trudeau
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Katie Dickinson, Karla Vinson
(m) and Gail Costa (r) survey the
action as the "Angels" Purity,
Chastity and Charity in "Anything
Angels FonJMstoy
Goes." The trio is joined by fellow
angel Virtue, Lynn Unger, and
cohort Reno Sweeney, Beth Jones,
throughout the musical.
By Andrea Harrison
Asst. Entertainment Editor
In these days of contemporary,
drama full of stark realities and
not-so happy endings, "Anything
Goes" should be a welcome relief.
The philosophy of the musical, if it
could be called that, is just to relax
and enjoy yourself-everything is
beautiful and love conquers all.
"It's like the I Love Lucy Show,"
said Dr. Ralph Miller, director of the
musical. "It's a lot of good, clean
fun. It's sophisticated, but on the old
time level.".
' 'Anything Goes" is not a message
musical, according to Miller. Every­one
ends up happily ever after and
even the "damns" and "hells," few
that there are, are said In fun.
The musical, set in the 1930's,
concerns the adventures of a wild
Behind scenes
Overlooked props support musical
By Scott Thurston
Plainsman Staff Writer
Most people realize that it takes actors months to
prepare for a production the size of "Anything Goes".
But what about the other aspects of the show, such as
sets and props?
This often overlooked area of theatre is every bit as
essential to the success of a production as the
performance of the leading actors. Consequently, the
design and construction of sets is taken very seriously
by those involved.
Two of those most involved are Joseph Falzetta, the
faculty supervisor, and Greg Baron, 4TH, who is the
assistant technical director.
Falzetta is largely responsible for the design of all
sets and props used in "Anything Goes", and must
also supervise their contraction. But he says t h a t ' 'the
students really do most of the construction. It's meant
to be a part of the learning process".
According to Falzetta, all 35 theatre majors are
involved in the construction, including those working
in other areas of the show. "
"We also get some volunteers that are interested in
theatre," he noted, "so we have a total of 45 to 60
people working an average of 10 hours each week."
Since the construction took about five weeks, some
2600 man-hours went Into set construction alone.
Baron can readily attest to the time involved. As
assistant technical director, it's his job to get the show
built.
According to Baron, the job takes 20 to 26 hours of
work every week, all done outside of class. The work
includes everything from woodworking to painting,
and, like all of the students working on sets, Baron has
become fairly proficient at carpentry and craftsman­ship.
"I wield a hammer better than I used to," claimed
Baron, "but I still hit my thumb sometimes".
Despite all the work, Baron remains enthusiastic
about his job. "It's always been fun for me," he said.
' 'As a freshman, I used to cut classes to go work in the
shop".
However, there are more practical motivations.
According to Baron, set work is great preparation for
graduate school or for work In the commercial
theatre.
"A lot of people think of theatre as a crip major,"
said Baron, "but a show like this is probably
equivalent to a senior project in engineering."
conglomeration of characters sail­ing
from New York to England.
All of the action takes place
aboard the S.S. American, and
although the passengers come from
all over, there Is a kind of patriotic
feeling to the show.
Some of the main characters are
Hope, a beautiful heiress traveling
to Europe to be married; Hope's
mother; Sir Evelyn, Hope's aloof
and aristocratic fiancee; Public
Enemy Number 13, a teddy bear of a
gangster, and his girlfriend; Whit­ney,
a millionaire tycoon and Billy
Crocker, his aid and the romantic
lead.
"Anything Goes" has many big
production numbers, one after
another, with 40 people on stage at a
time singing and tap dancing. The
music, by Cole Porter, plays an
essential part in the production.
But if you think that this kind of
light, breezy musical was easy to
prepare for, think again.
To begin with, they had to do
research on the period of the 1930's
since, according to Miller, it re­quires
a different style of acting—a
broad kind of humor which the
students didn't understand at first.
In addition, this is the largest cast
Miller has worked with in his five
years at Auburn.
' "The sheer size of this musical has
made it a real challenge," he said.
"It's enjoyable, but there have been
so many people, so many scenes and
so many more sets to build.
"Imagine trying to work with 43
people, plus an orchestra and a staff.
We usually rehearse for four weeks,
but we've rehearsed seven weeks for
this musical."
For Miller and the rest of his staff,
this means seven nights a week. It
also means that, for the duratioi
rehearsal, Miller gets to see
family for only an hour a day.
"I'm home from five until six
the afternoon, and I'm usually
exhausted that I want to take
nap," he said. "Once in a while
family comes to rehearsal—they
very supportive."
The major plus in doing sucl
large musical, for Miller, is tha
gives a lot of students a chance to
a part.
"I'm always amazed that we
43 kids who are willing to work
!iard as they do without getting pa
Miller said he gets a lot of stude
who are in a musical only one ye
They don't try out again once tl
discover how much time it tab
"But then we have some kids v
are in the musical every year,"
said. "One year the person will hi
the lead and the next year he'll b<
the chorus. We have seven or ei,
who have been in four musical
Last year's musical," Cabare
and this years' are about as
apart in styles and philosophies
two mucicals could be. But Mil
said this was not what made the t
musicals different.
"The major difference betwt
musicals is their size. With a lai
musical like "Anything Goes", j
Ticket short
Relax, enjoy yourself and
ready for some "good, clean fu
when the 1930's Cole Porter music
"Anything Goes" opens at Telft
Peet Theatre Monday night.
The 2,800 tickets to the music
which is staged by Auburn's theati
music and physical education
partments, sold out Monday aft*
noon.
Costumes reveal ch
Stage manager Cochran runs show
By Scott Thurston
Plainsman Staff Writer
For Steve Cochran, 3TH, life has not been easy this
quarter. Cochran is the student stage manager of
"Anything Goes," and is In some way responsible for
just about every aspect of the production.
"I run the show," he said, "and if anything goes
wrong, it's my fault. It's a big responsibility."
For the last five weeks, Cochran's days have begun
at 9 a.m. and ended at 11:30 p.m., with most of that
time being spent in class or working on "Anything
Goes".
' "The worst part is having to work every night,'' said
Cochran. "I have to lock up the building, so I'm the
last one to leave."
In rehearsals, the stage manager must know every
actor's part, since it's his job to call cues and direct
movement onstage.
"We try to run the show in a very professional
manner," Cochran said, "so everything MUST be
done right.
As for his qualifications, Cochran claims that "no
background is really needed because the theatre skills
are taught, beginning when you are a freshman.
That's what's so good about the Theatre Department
here; they get you involved quickly."
' 'I only get one hour of lab credit for doing this, but I
do get a lot of practical experience. There is a pretty
good market for professional stage managers, so
that's important," said the stage manager.
Other than the knowledge gained, Cochran enjoys
his job because, "as stage manager, I get a chance to
work in every area of the production and with all of the
people involved."
And that, according to Cochran, "is what makes it
all worthwhile."
By Lisa Walsh
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Auburn theatre costume
seamstresses, under the direction of
Dr. Francis Fuselier, have only four
days until they see their artful
workmanship dazzle the awaiting
audience on the opening night of
"Anything Goes" Feb. 20.
Production of the 160 costumes
began fall quarter, and Patti Lanier,
4CTC, Nancy Johnson, 2TH, and
Debbie Meall, 4TH have been sewing
since the start.
"This is the largest amount of
costumes ever done for an Auburn
production," Lanier said. "The 12
females In the chorus have three
changes apiece."
Although there are also 12 guys in
the chorus, as well as other male
leads, their costumes are either
rented or suits which the costu
3hop owns and had to alter.
The patriotic play takes pl«
aboard the S.S. American, and ev<
actress is dressed appropriately
red, white and blue or combinatu
of the three celebrated colors.
Hope Harcourt, the beautl
American heiress, always we;
immaculate white, while Mrs. H
court, her mother, wears purple
combination of blue and red. Bonr
the gangster's happy-go-lucky g
friend wears blue, and Re
Sweeney, the nightclub que
wears red.
Reno's four promiscuous back
vocalists are satirically named
Angels. The gum-smacking Purl
Charity, Chastity and Virtue w<
hot pink, a combination of red
white.
The Angels, forever wearing gc
of makeup, have the most elabors
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By Steve Clar
Plainsman Staff Writer
His name is Terry Dobson,
and it's been said he'll steal the
show. Cast as Moonface Martin
Public Enemy number 13,
Terry gives a comic zest to his
character that is irresistable,
In "Anything Goes."
Moonface is a gangster in
priest's clothing travelling
aboard the 1934 luxury ocean
liner in the musical. This
pseudo-tough and goofy bad
guy has a Brooklyn accent that
sometimes rings of Edith
Bunker.
Moonface's one-liners, which
Terry delivers with perfect
comic timing, give added
spark to the musical.
With his priest's robes full of
trick cards and loaded dice,
Moonface gives a nonsense
sermon with unbounded
charisma and wit while posing
as a man of the cloth.
He reveals the amiable side
of his nature when stuck in jail
with Billy, charmingly played
by Ray Benton. Here, Moon­face
attempts to lift Billy's
spirits by singing his hilarious
rendition of "Be Like The
Bluebird."
According to Terry, it was
his performance of that song
that won him the role in
"Anythi^ijGoes."
"I'd heard that the 'Blue-biixV
number was joing to be
cut from the show oecause Dr.
Ralph Miller (director) and
Dr. Smith (mi i director)
didn't think they could find a
Moonface to do it well. I
assumed that as a challenge
and worked up the song to
perform it at auditions."
How did Terry's "Be Like
The Bluebird" fare at the
auditions? "It brought down
the house," said a fellow actor.
Terry got the part.
The formulation of the char­acter
of Moonface came rapid­ly.
Under the expert direction
of director Miller, Terry devel­oped
his Brooklyn accent,
gestures and facial expres­sions,
and even created a real
past for his godly gangster.
"I wrote up an entire back­ground
for Moonface: his fami­ly,
life history, criminal rec­ord—
lots of juicy details," said
Terry. "That way my charact­er
is not empty; Moonface is a
real person, and I have mo­tives
for his actions."
Terry, like all major per­formers
in the show, follows a
special procedure to get into
his character.
"Every evening after supper
and before rehearsals, I take
about thirty minutes to clear
my mind of all that has hap­pened
that day," he said.
"Then I am free to get into my
character; I reread my lines, I
hype up my concentration, and
I become Moonface."
Terry is not a new-comer
to the stage. Although music is
his career, his love is the
theatre and he has worked on
stage productions for the past
eight years.
A veteran of the Auburn
theatre, Terry has landed
parts in the University's past
four musicals: "Cabaret,"
"Oklahoma!," "Guys and
Dolls," and "The Boyfriend."
Miller, who has worked with
Terry on all those musicals,
said, "Terry is one who prides
himself in his work. He is
likeable and puts himself into
his character, thus causing the
other performers to follow suit.
"He's innovative, has good
comic sense; he's a gem to
work with. Terry is just right
for this show."
In private life, this tall,
curly-haired music major from
Prattville, Ala., is an ac­complished
pianist and music
teacher. His favorite com­posers
are Chopin and De­bussy.
He won the American Choral
Directors Association choral
competition last spring with
his original composition
"Teach Me Father."
Terry also walked away with
the number one spot in last
year's Catch A Rising Star
talent contest. His perform­ance
won him the' chance to
sing at New York's Catch A
Rising Star night club.
It's obvious in the Moonface
Martin role that Terry Dobson
enjoys what he does. The bad
guy naivete and the religious
antics with which he animates
Moonface will undoubtedly
captivate his audiences, and
give an added shine to the
musical.
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le so much more to do—so many
pe costumes, more sets, more
tarsals and, of course, a larger
Suction cost."
Thenever the Theatre Depart-
Jit puts on a musical, they have to
I for the rights to do the show and
t the musical score. Adding in the
of costumes and sets, their
lal budget is $l,500-$2,000.
Jiything Goes" is going to cost
jroximately $5,000.
Vo lose money every time we do
Jiusical," Miller said. "But the
pents love doing them so much
the audience response is so
it, that we continue to do them."
iller anticipates a good audience
>ut for "Anything Goes" and
that just about anyone would
' the fun, old-fashioned musical.
lere's something in this show
everyone," he said. "There's
Sic for the music-lover, there's
ledy for the person who likes to
py his evenings out and there's
i a bit of philosophy. But most of
there are the wonderful Cole
songs which have been a lot
an to work with.
'Anything Goes' has a stong
Ipt and one of the most delightful
res around. Night after night at
sarsals I hear the same music
|you don't get tired of the best."
Sacrifice
Actors put show first
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Long before the costumes and
make-up went on, the three-level set
of "Anything Goes" went up on the
Peet Theatre stage. Some 50 people
have labored over sets and props
since the quarter's start Jan. 5.
Dances reflect
musical moods
pwever, those caught without
pts to the Feb. 20-26 run may
id the final rehearsal Sunday at
•p.m. Admission to the rehearsal
[cost $1 and will be on a first
first serve basis.
lie Plainsman thanks Mitch
ison for providing the entertain-probe
artwork.
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consequently, the most gaudy
tumes of the cast.
riinson said the most time-con-ling
costumes to make were the
rels' halos, wings and choir
»s, which are made of layer upon
jr of pink net covered with hot
sequins.
another scene, the Angels wear
I cut, tight dresses covered with
|pink, hot orange and hot aqua
[red polka dots.
|1 of Mrs. Harcourt's costumes
made from the original 1930
3all and Vogue patterns out of
costume shop file. Many old
terns and outfits have been do-
\d by the Auburn community for
itre production use.
le Theatre Department always
lomes further donations of un­ited
clothes, patterns and furni-
By Beth Young
Plainsman Staff Writer
It's changes in rhythm, variations,
in tempo, differences in the levels of
the body and even possibly an
escape from reality, and it's called
modern dance.
Martie McGibboney, the dance
instructor and choreograpner for
Auburn's upcoming musical, "Any­thing
Goes," said there is no patent
on dance movement. McGibboney is
also a physical education instructor
at Auburn.
"As a choreographer, the ideas for
a particular dance routine are in­variably
copied and borrowed from
other dancers," she maintains.
McGibboney said that many of the
dances she put together in "Any­thing
Goes" are a combination of
what she has seen and experienced.
The style of many of the dance
numbers in the musical is sort of
absurd, happy-go-lucky and spon­taneous.
"I want the entire chorus to look
like one person when they are
performing," said the instructor.
Forty students received parts in
the play. Twenty-four of these 40 are
in the chorus, and the choreographer
said everyone is "extremely talent­ed"
and "very enthusiastic."
"The chorus is really good and
moves well, and this is especially
important in the three biggest
numbers," said McGibboney.
"AnythingGoes," "Blow Gabriel"
and "Heaven Hop" are all tap
numbers, and require the most
practice."
David Alexander directs the or­chestra,
and Thomas R. Smith
directs the chorus.
She also noted that the set is built
in three levels, which makes the
choreography easier and gives the
audience a new perspective on the
musical.
"The stage is a magical place
where anything can happen, and if
anything goes wrong, a facial ex­pression
or awkward move is a dead
giveaway to the audience," said the
choreographer.
When choreographing a piece,
McGibboney said the ideal situation
is to choreograph the routine and
then find the music best suited for
the piece, adding that the chore­ography
shouldn't be limited to the
music.
By Mitzi Minor
Plainsman Staff Writer
If sacrifice was a major ingredient
of Ethel Merman's and Hal Linden's
1962 Broadway success in "Anything
Goes", then Auburn's production
should command the same rave
reviews.
Work on the show actually began
at the end of fall quarter when tryout
material was distributed. Those who
tried out practiced over Christmas
holidavs.
Auditions were held on the, first
day of winter quarter classes, Jan. 5,
and continued until the parts were
posted at 4 p.m. on Jan. 7.There were
more students at auditions for this
show than any other Auburn theatre
production.
Auditioning was a grueling ordeal.
Palms sweated, stomachs churned,
brows knitted, tension reigned and
sleep would not come during the
three days of tryouts.
Guessing who might get what part
was impossible. Finally, the antici­pation
ended with some elated
cheering and disappointed sighing.
The fun was over; now the work
began.
The first rehearsal was Monday,
Jan. 9 at 7 p.m., and work has
continued every week night since.
Rehearsals end when they finish,
and usually ended around 10 p.m.
through the first week of February.
Since then, with pressure starting
to build, rehearsals have often gone
on until 11 p.m. Saturday rehearals
begin at 1:30 p.m., and also continue
till they finish.
Rehearsals are rugged, as the cast
goes over and over scenes, songs,
dances and staging.
Sundays were off days, but even
these heavenly days of rest ended on
Feb. 12.
With so much time spent on the
show, the rest of the students' days
have to be carefully budgeted be­tween
going to class, studying,
eating, sleeping and anything else.
Some studying can be, and usually
is, done after rehearsal, so bedtimes
for the performers have gotten later.
As the the Feb. 20 opening draws
nearer, rehearsals will get longer,
and sleeping hours will shrink.
Free time, rare and precious,
cannot be spent at Chewacla as on
Feb. 10, by order of Dr. Ralph
Miller, director of the show. He has
already had one performer sprain
an ankle, which makes dancing
difficult. Miller even "threatened"
to patrol the park area.
Play time cuts into class time, too.
Terry Dobson, 4MU, who plays
Moonface Martin, had to drop a
math class for lack of time. Marie
Donovan, 4MU, who plays Hope,
dropped a voice class for the same
reason.
Gail Costa, 2TH, who plays the
Angel Chastity, and fellow Angel
Katie Dickinson, 4TH, admit to
organizing their time carefully be­cause
the play cuts into so much of
their day.
Beth Jones, 2TH, plays the part of
Reno Sweeny, and said she spends
as much as two hours a day outside
of rehearsal preparing for her part-memorizing
lines, songs and dances
and trying to find ideas to add to the
development of her character.
She's not the only one; most cast
members say they work on their own
a lot too.
It's a wonder that the people living
below Karla Vinson, 2GPG, who
plays the Angel Charity, haven't
complained about her tap dancing in
her room.
Perhaps these students don't work
as hard on the show as Merman or
Linden did in 1962, but Merman and
Linden didn't have to study French
or read Chekhov in their spare time
either. Sacrifice is still the name of
the game. It makes good shows
great ones.
Lights brighten actors, scenes
By Winky Williams
Plainsman Staff Writer
Theatre is a cooperative art with
every element of the play adding
together at a whole. According to
Niles Sayre, assistant professor in
the Theatre Department, stage
lighting is a vital element of this
cooperation.
Discussing the specifics of Au­burn's
lighting system, Sayre said
Telfair Peet Theatre has a medium
size lighting control board with
medium size capacity.
"Anything Goes" will be staged in
Peet Theatre.
up musical cast
By Jan Watson
Plainsman Staff Writer
"It's like discovering your
(ship is sinking and you get to be
|the last one in the lifeboat,"
said Beth ones, 2TH,.escrib­ing
her feelings about getting a
lead in "Anything Goes."
"It's a great feeling—noth­ing
else in the world can beat
it."
Beth plays the part of Reno
Sweeney, a former evangelist-actress
turned nightclub own­er.
Reno's character almost
emerges as Beth describes
her: "She's a brassy broad
who wants stardom and will go
to any lengths to get it. She
knows what she wants, and she
usually gets it—people may
sometimes be intimidated by
her, but they respect her.
She's been around, but
strangely enough she's re­ligious
in her own way."
Is that character anything
Like Beth herself?
"Some of her gestures are
Like me," Beth explains, avidly
using her hands as she speaks,
"but the overall character is
different. She says what she
thinks, and I tend to be like
that, but that is where the
similarity stops.
"I've come to understand
rteno. I may not agree with
tier, but I get into her charac­ter
more and more each
night."
To make it easier to get into
character, Dr. Ralph Miller,
director for the play, has each
actor arid actress do a charac­ter
analysis
Each performer supplies this
background from his own
imagination, remembering the
time period and context of the
play, thus creating and assum­ing
the role at the same time.
"Doing the analysis helps all
of us understand our charac­ters
better so we can portray
them better," says Beth. "But
I felt like I was pretty well
prepared for this role before I
got it.
"I wanted it really bad, so
almost every day during
Christmas holidays I worked
on the songs, the dances, and
the script. When it finally came
time for the auditions, I was
mentally up for it and that is
the secret to being cast in any
play.
"Nine times out of 10, if
you're prepared for the part
and the director can see it, you
have a strong chance of getting
oast."
Speaking about the play it­self,
Beth glowingly describes
it as "the most advanced mus­ical
to be performed on Au­burn's
campus in a while."
"Everyone has just seemed
to click in this play," she says.
"The chorus is super talented,
and everyone has picked up
their parts in record time.
We've also had an extra week
to polish things up, which
helped quality and morale."
"Playing this lead is some­thing
I first approached with
fear," she confided. "I was
very nervous about it, but it
was more a confident nervous
than anything else.
"I'd never had a lead before
and I just had to keep telling
myself I could do it. After a few
rehearsals and script readings
it became a lot easier to
handle.
' 'Every night it gets easier in
the way of confidence, but it
becomes more time consum­ing.
Your concentration in­creases
as the play progresses
and this can be a pretty big
strain, but I wouldn't trade It
for anything."
"I'm actually the 'happiest
when I'm on stage," she said,
then added quickly, "I know
that sounds hoaky, but it's the
truth. I've wanted to be an
actress since I was seven years
old.
"When I was little I went to
see Julie Andrews in 'The
Sound of Music', and I
promptly came home and an­nounced
to my parents that I
was going to be an actress
someday. I still feel that way.
"Acting is something that
never grows old to me. Most
people see me only as a ham,
but I'm kind of like Reno in
that I'm religious in my own
way. Through all of this my
religion has been my real
source and strength."
"I've greatly enjoyed having
this part," Beth continued,"and
I hope this won't be my last
lead here at Auburn."
"We have approximately 120 dif­ferent
lighting instruments all hung
throughout the catwalks and on
stage, focused on different areas and
controlled as separately as possible
with 36 different dimmer switches,"
explained Sayre.
The theatre's equipment includes
18 dimmer switches each with a
3,000 watt capability, 12 dimmer
switches with 7,000 watt capability
and 6 dimmer switches with 12,000
watt capability for a total of 200,000
watts of dimming power.
To decide which lights will be used
for "Anything Goes," Sayre worked
out his ideas through preplanning
discussions with costume and scene
designers and others.
"Depending upon the scenery or
the prevailing mood, one would
select different areas to light using
several different lights from dif­ferent
angles," says Sayre.
Rudy Goldschmidt, 1TH, will ope­rate
the lighting board with help
from Joy Hodge, 3TH; Carol Mea­dows,
1TH; Becky Calk, 1TH; and
Lance Moran, 1TH.
Follow spotlights, used primarily
in musicals and operas, will be used
to isolate a particular character and
follow him around on stage. These
are located in the lighting booth at
the back of the theatre.
Cue sheets will be used to cor­relate
the lighting with the produc­tion
on stage. Stage manager Steve
Cochran, 3TH, will call the show
from backstage.
Using previously planned ar­rangements
written into the script,
Cochran will give directions to the
lighting director with the use of a
headset.
With much preparation and co­operation,
the light operators will
illuminate the acting in "Anything
Goes."
Turned to stone Font Malay
Part of the musical's chorus seems
frozen on stage during Monday's
practice for this Monday's opening date.
The chorus, directed by Dr. Thomas R.
Smith, makes up most of the 40 cast
members of "Anything (toon," the larg­est
musical cast ever nitMMnblptl at
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Overland Express will
play a UPC free concert
tonight In the Union Ball­room
at 8 p.m.
The group, which hails
from Chatanooga, Tenn.,
is composed of Keith
Sherman, Rick Williams,
Randy Clark and David
Pierce.
Steve Abrams, UPC
special entertainment
director, said "Overland
Express sounds a lot like
Marshall Tucker and
pack a great deal of
energy into their show."
The vocal harmonies of
Sherman, Williams and
Clark have prompted
Tom Rogers of "Missis­sippi
Whiskers" in Nash­ville
to say, "The har­monies
and energy pro­duced
by .this band de­manded
and received the
attention of every one in
my place."
Hypnotist James
Mapes will appear In the
Student Activities
Building Feb. 21 at 8 p.m.
He has appeared on
some 70 college cam­puses
and on local and
national television with
rave reviews.
Mapes has the "hottest
ESP hypnosis program
going" because his show
is "fast paced and unique
as well as educational."
Craig Whitson, 4E'C,
Julie Baas , 4HPR and
John Mason, a recent AU
graduate will be per­forming
in the Kitchen,
Feb. 21, from 8 to 10 p.m.
Bass sings lead on
Linda Rondstadt and Joni
Mitchell tunes, while
Whitson and Mason play
acoustic guitars and sing
Dan Fogelberg and John
Denver tunes. They also
do many three part har­mony
songs by America
The Eagles and others.
This will be their fourth
appearance in the
Kitchen, and they have
also performed at frater­nity
parties around
campus.
'Revolution' starts
Maestro
Conductor Amerigo Marino will lead the Birmingh-ham
Symphony Orchestra in a concert at the
Memorial Coliseum Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Admission is
free and the public is invited to attend.
One night stands in review
•I believe I have prov­en
the Renaissance never
happened in England,"
quipped Tom Key, im­personating
the late C.S.
Lewis in the Union Ball­room
last Thursday.
With liberal use of
poems, recitations and
direct address, Samford
University's Key ably re­created
the intriguing
logic, dry wit, English
accent and demeanor and
easy-going mannerisms
of Lewis, an Oxford Eng­lish
instructor and Chris­tian
author of "The
Screwtape Letters,"
"Mere Christianity" and
several other books.
Saying that an "un­scrupulous
God" had led
him to read some books
that led to his conversion,
Lewis remarked, "A
young man who wants to
be a safe atheist must be
careful in his reading..."
Key proceeded to de­liver
a convincing mono­logue
from the "Screw-tape
Letters,'' addressing
the Tempters Training
College as a head demon
and longing for some
vintage souls to crunch—
old Pharisees, Hitler and
Henry VIII, and urging
lesser demons on to big­ger
and better things.
Auburn was treated to
a smaller but very good
thing Thursday night.
- Dave White
A receptive crowd of
almost 350 helped Au­burn's
Taiwanese stu­dents
celebrate the
"Year of the Horse" at
China night, last Satur­day
evening at the
Wesley Foundation.
The show, designed as
a cultural exchange,
marked the beginning of
the Chinese New Year,
one of the most important
traditional Chinese
events.
While much of the
talent show that followed
a cultural exhibit and
Chinese banquet seemed
amateurish in timing and
production, the acts were
first rate. Of special note
was the 22 member
chorus, which drew ex­cellent
response from
the audience.
Other acts included a
comedy skit, a kung fu
demonstration, solo per-
Readers Theatre
The Readers Theatre
will perform, a variety of
short productions today
and tomorrow at 4 and 8
p.m. in Haley Center,
1203. The productions
carry Forum Credit.
Flannery O'Connor's
"Parker's Back," a story
of "tense inner conflict,"
will be performed and
directed by Sandra
Locke, 6SC.
McSweeny and MC
Donald will also direct
their adaptations of Rud-yard
Kipling's light-hearted
stories, "Origin
of the Armadillos" and
"How the Camel Got His
Hump."
More Readers Theatre
productions are sched­uled
for Feb. 23-24 and
March 2-3.
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formances of classical
Chinese instruments, and
two excellent dances, the
"Dance of the Lion" and
the "Aboriginal Dance."
Hopefully, the Chinese
chorus will feature their
unique talent again
during the year. Once
again, a little publicized
show became a big hit in
Auburn.
- Dewey English
by sound problems
throughout the show.
The UPC should be
commended for bringing
The Images to Auburn as
part of Black Heritage
Month. Unfortunately,
whether due to a lack of
publicity or student
apathy, their concert
wasn't nearly the event
that it could have been.
- Scott Thurston
to be at her scheduled
performance. Despite the
lack of time for adequate
preparation, the singers
delivered a well-per­formed
concert.
-Winky Williams
"Start The Revolution
Without Me" is this
week's UPC free movie.
The film will be shown
Thursday at 8 p.m. and
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. and 9:15
p.m. in Langdon Hall. An
Auburn I.D. is required
for admission.
Released in 1970, "Start
The Revolution Without
Me" did poorly at the
box-office despite some
favorable reviews. The
film is a farce involving
two pairs of mismatched
twins in 18th century
France.
Donald Sutherland and
Gene Wilder each have a
dual role as the sets of
twins who are mis­matched
at birth by a
befuddled doctor. One
set of twins go on to be
reared as aristocrats
while the other set is
reared as peasants.
The French Revolution
is the setting for this
historical comedy that
takes a good many of the
historical facts and twists
them around for com­edy's
sake.
Hugh Griffith does a
fine job in his role as
Louis XVI. Ann Birstein,
writing in "Vogue"
magazine described Grif-fity's
performance as
"sweetly dopey," and
Penlope Gilliatt of "New
Yorker" magazine called
his performance "oddly
poignant."
Wilder adds a great
deal to this farcical com­edy
with a routine that is
a parody of all the bad-tempered
people in the
world. Wilder can work
himself into a hysterical
rage over the slightest
disturbance and make his
rage seem genuinely
funny.
There is weakness in
the script of this film, but
it's hard to determine the
point where the hilarity of
"Start The Revolution
Without Me" begins to
flag. Bud Yorkin directed
this film with an unsteady
hand that does not main­tain
the speed needed for
a great comic film.
Sutherland displays
very little of his acting
genius in a role that calls
for restrained insanity
Sutherland attempts to
come off comically, bu
his demeanor is just no
suited to this film.
Besides the story of the
mismatched twins, the
film Involves a series ol
hilarious romances and
plots against the King's
life. Some of the best
jokes in "Start The
Revolution Without Me"
are found in the word­play
culled from histor­ical
novels of this same
period.
The film uses beautiful
costumes and extrava­gant
sets to try and
bolster its weak script,
and in some ways these
keep "Start The Revolu­tion
Without Me" from
degenerating into a total­ly
worthless film.
The movie is, however,
far from great. Its con­cept
and idea is an inher­ently
funny one, but un­fortunately
it's not devel­oped
in the best ways.
- Stephen K. Simpson
Simpson Is film critic
for The Plainsman
Led by the Images,
about 150 people took a
ride on the soul train last
Thursday night when the
showband from Tuskegee
entertained a small
crowd in the Student Ac­tivities
Building.
Although the Images
displayed a lot of talent
and most of the audience
seemed to enjoy them­selves,
the meager crowd
had to have an effect on
the band.
Musically, the seven-piece
group was very
loose (sometimes too
loose), but was plagued
The singing trio of Mike
French, 3AE; Kerry
Bradly, 3MK; and Ken
Elmer, 3MBI, entertain­ed
a Valentine's Day
crowd of 10 to 15 people at
the Quad Kitchen Tues­day
night.
The group primarily
played easy-listening
music written by such
artists as John Denver,
Dave Mason and Don
McLean.
The trio was asked last
Friday by the UPC to
appear in place of Ella
Boyd, a former Auburn
student, who was unable
Drama tryouts
Tryouts for the play
"The Runner Stumbles"
will be held Feb. 22 from
2-4 p.m., Feb. 23 from 2-5
p.m. and Feb. 27 from
7-10 p.m. ili room .128 of
Telfair Peet Theatre.
There are roles for five
men and four women.
Reading copies of the
two-act drama may be
borrowed from the
Theatre
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TheAubum Plainsman Thursday, February 16,1978 A-10 AU Physics Department best in South
"The best undergradu­ate
program in physics in
the South is at Auburn. I
say that flat out," de­clared
Physics Depart­ment
head Dr. Howard
Carr.
Speaking with a hint of
pride reflected in his
bright eyes, Carr said
Auburn's physics pro­gram
outranked Har­vard's
in the late 1950's,
ranking seventh in the
nation in the percentage
and quality of students
entering graduate
schools.
Though the rankings
were discontinued, Carr
believes the program is
just as good as it was.
Graduating in physics
from Auburn means com­pleting
about 40 hours of
math and a lot of ad­vanced
work in physics.
"It's tough, but we've got
a lot of tough people in
physics," he added with a
chuckle.
"We work hard at it,"
Carr said of the under­graduate
program. "Our-people
achieve quite well,
and then go out to gradu­ate
programs."
"We have grads every­where
,'' the professor
said. "The good ones like
to tackle the big schools
like Cal Tech and the Ivy
League."
Carr feels high quality
graduates have built
Auburn's physics reputa­tion
for more than three
decades, saying there's
been an "excellent under­graduate
physics pro­gram"
here throughout
the 30 years he's been
here.
In 1948, • Auburn's six
physics professors, in­cluding
a.hew associate
professor from the Naval.
Academy named Carr,
filled two offices in the
unfinished basement and
in half the first floor of
Tichenor.
Carr succeeded Dr.
Fred Allison as Physics
Department head in 1953,
and will himself step
down June 30 as depart­ment
head. He will con­tinue
teaching.
Allison, named dean of
Auburn's new graduate
school in 1953, had led the
Physics Department
since 1921. Allison was a
pupil of the world-famous
physicist Robert Millikan
at the University of Chi­cago.
Despite the addition of
13 more professors, a
physic's building, a grow­ing
graduate program
and a nuclear science
center, Carr feels Auburn
still has the "heritage of
Allison and other prede­cessors"
to uphold.
"Our primary concern
for the University is to
teach undergraduate
physics courses for engin­eering,
pre-med, educa­tion
and other majors,"
Carr said.
Explaining that physics
professors here spend
about two-thirds of their
time teaching and one-third
in research, Carr
said "We look for people
who can teach" when
screening applicants for
instructor positions.
About 70 percent of the
physics teaching load is
devoted to "service re­lated
courses" for non-physics
majors. Half the
load is teaching physics
to students in biological
fields—pre-med, pre-dentistry,
pre-vet majors
and others.
"That's just the way it
is at Auburn, fortunate­ly,"
quipped the depart­ment
head.
Service courses and
other classes include
laboratory experimenta­tion
because, as Carr
said, "we feel a student
ought to get his hands on''
what he studies.
"We have a lot of labs
other schools don't even
have," Carr boasted.
With about 40 juniors
and seniors in physics,
Auburn also has a "ma-
Walk-a-thon organizes
against birth defects
March 4 will be the
scene of hundreds of
walkers marching
against birth defects in
the local March of Dimes
Walk-A-Thon.
Arnold Air Society and
Angel Flight, Air Force
honoraries, are sponsor­ing
the walkathon for the
fifth year. The two groups
plan again to recruit
senior and junior high
school students, but this
year they also plan to
involve the college crowd
and older citizens of the
community.
Walkers will march 17
kilometers (10.5 miles)
through downtown Au­burn
and parts of the
residential sections of the
city. The Auburn Police
Department and various
campus organizations
will help supervise the
walkers.
Although the walk is
shorter this year, Mike
Harrington, chairman of
this year's walk, hopes to
bring in even more
money than in the past.
"It's not the length of
the walk that counts to
the walkers, but the chal­lenge
of walking to help a
worthy cause," he said.
In a major change this
year, people are being
asked to donate before
the walk instead of col­lecting
donations after
the walk has been com­pleted.
"We hope it will help
with the problem of
money coming in months
and months after the
walk has been complet­ed,"
said Harrington.
Registration for the
walk will begin in the
Student Activities
Building at 7:30 a.m. The
walk begins at 9 a.m.
Several other organiza-tins
have also offered
their assistance to the Air
Force Honories. Lambda
Sigma, the sophmore
honorary, Gamma Sigma
Sigma, a service sorority
and Pikes and their little
sisters will be on hand to
help recruit and super­vise
walkers.
AU executive-in-residence
schedules Forum speech Fletcher L. Byrom,
chairman of the board of
Koppers Company, Inc.,
will give a public lecture
at Auburn University
Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. in 2370
Haley Center. Forum
credit will be given.
As executive-in-resi­dence
in the School of
Business, Byrom will
spend three days on the
campus, visiting with stu­dents
and faculty.
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organization engaged in
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and sale of a wide
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plastics, forest products,
metal products and engi­neering
and construction
services. It is located in
Pittsburgh.
Byrom joined Koppers
Company in 1947, holding
various production,
marketing and operating
responsibilities before be­coming
general manager
of the Organic Materials
Division in 1958.
He was elected presi­dent
and became a mem­ber
of the board of direc­tors
in 1960. He was
named chief executive of­ficer
in 1967 and became
chairman of the board
three years later.
Byrom is on the board
of directors of the Conti­nental
Group, Ralston
Purina Company and
Mellon Bank, N.A.
He serves on the board
of trustees of several hos­pitals
and institutions of
higher learning in Pen­nsylvania,
including the
Presbyterian University
Hospital, University
Health Center, Allegheny
College, and Carnegie-
Mellon University.
turing graduate
gram" in physics.
pro-
Slnce June, 1968, Au­burn
has granted 29 doc­torates
In solid state,
plasma and nuclear par­ticle
research.
"These people are all
employed and doing very
well," Carr remarked.
"There aren't any Ncbel
prizes yet, but some are
doing extremely well."
Carr feels it's only a
matter of time before
Auburn's reputation in
graduate level physics
reaches that of the under­graduate
program.
FeiOToM FARteUORTri
Now, Auburn is "bat­tling"
graduate pro­grams
at Duke, the Uni­versity
of North Carolina
and Florida State for re-'
gional prominence.
"We're not great, but
we're good," he said of
the year-old graduate
program.
After 30 years of teach­ing,
Carr said he was
"proudest of training and
educating so many phys­ics
majors now teaching
and doing research," and
of "collecting a good'
bunch of people." He was
instrumental in selecting
each of the 18 other
physics professors at Au­burn.
"Dr. Carr Is very able,
very dedicated, always
hard working and has
always held very high
standards for his people
with regards to promo­tion,
tenuring and gradu­ate
students in partic­ular,"
said Dean Edward
Hobbs, of Arts and Sci­ences.
Hobbs regards Carr as
a "leader In academic
matters" beyond the de­partmental
level, and
feels the physics head has
"been very imaginative
in using the resources
that have been given him
in the physics program."
Auburn physics
program has "sustained
a relatively high enroll­ment
over a period of
time when science enroll­ments
were dropping,"
said Hobbs.
The Arts and Sciences
dean said Carr is step­ping
down as physics
head "on his own Initia­tive,"
and has stayed on
two years longer than he
wished in the position, at
Hobbs' "special re­quest."
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Does exposure better prepare physicians for death?
A-ll Thursday, February 18, 1978 TheAubumPjaingTTap
Editor's note: This ar­ticle
is the first of a
three-part series on death
and the community's
reaction to it.
By Jamie Smith
Plainsman Staff Writer
With 75 percent of the
deaths in America oc­curring
in hospitals or in
institutions other than the
home, Americans are be­coming
more and more
unfamiliar with death.
Physicians, nurses and
ministers, through their
occupations, have
greater exposure to death
than do most people. But
does this exposure pre­pare
them more for death
and make them more
accepting of death?
Not according to seve­ral
people in the Auburn
area.
Dr. Charles Lair, a clin­ical
psychologist and an
Auburn University in­structor,
said in spite of
the work he has done with
dying patients over the
years, he will still have to
work through his own
death as it approaches.
"In working with the
dying, I tend to divorce
their deaths from my own
mortality," Lair said.
Benja Morgan, a regis­tered
nurse and a house
supervisor at Lee County
Hospital, said her oc­cupation
prepares her
more for death than
many occupations would,
but she said, "I'm not
saying I accept it—you
never accept losing some­one."
Ministers, according to
Roger Dill, minister of
the Auburn Church of
Christ, have a broader
view of death than most
people because they deal
with the sick person be­fore
he dies, and they
remain involved with the
family after the death.
But the Rev. Charles
Britt of the Auburn
United Methodist Church
said ministers are prob­ably
less uncomfortable
around death and dying
than most people, "no
one ever really gets pre­pared
for his own death."
The relationsip that
exists between the dying
patient and the physician
is different from the rela­tionship
of others have
with the dying patient.
Studies have suggested
since a doctor is trained
to believe his goal is to
save lives, it is possible
that he will feel great
failure at the death of a
patient, leading to strong
death anxiety in the
doctor.
Dr. William Turk, a
physician at the Student
Health Center supported
this idea when he said
that losing patients to
death was the main
reason he got out of pri­vate
practice after 22
years.
"Too often I would get
so attached to my pa­tients,"
Turk said, "and
then I would have to sit
back and watch them
die."
Morgan further ex­panded
on the feeling of
loss and said, "Every
time we lose a patient, I
feel'ripped off.'"
However, to say that all
members of the health
profession feel great an­xiety
over death is er­roneous,
according to
other physicians.
Rather than feeling
failure, Dr. James
Mathews, an Auburn
physician, said that at the
death of a terminally ill
patient he has a "feeling
of central relief."
Dr. Chester Jenkins, an
Auburn psychiatrist, said
most doctors accept their
patients' deaths from the
beginning of their prac­tices
because they know
that every patient wil
eventually die. Doctors
realize they cannot make
people Immortal, he said.
To avoid anxiety over
the death of patients,
Jenkins said doctors
should balance the times
when someone does die
with the times someone is
supposed to die and
doesn't."
A big question which
usually arises in the case
of a terminally ill person
concern how long heroic
measures should be taken
to prolong the person's
life.
According to Mathews,
there comes a point
where "you stop every­thing
aiuTTet them die."
He added-that his point is
usually "clear-cut."
Britt said keeping those
alive who ought to be
allowed to die is "the
great unresolved prob­lem
of our time."
A change in attitude,
however, is seen by Turk
since he retired from pri­vate
practice.
He said, "Then, fami­lies
wanted everything
possible done to keep the
patient alive." Now,
more families only want
to keep the patient com­fortable
instead of poking
tubes in him and sticking
him with needles."
Jenkins said in decid­ing
how long to prolong a
life, the physician must
find out what the family's
concerns are.
"If the family
members are strongly
anything else," he said.
"If the family has ac­cepted
the death and has
already grieved, and if
the patient is being kept
alive only by a mechan­ical
heartbeat, the anwer
is clear," he said.
Mag remains unlocked
By Travis Cork
Plainsman Staff Writer
After more than $5,000
has been spent on ad­ditional
door locks by
Magnolia Dormitories,
entrances to the dorm
remain opened at night
and University officials
disagree on what to do
about them.
According to Dr.
Charles Schroeder, direc­tor
of Magnolia Dormi­tories,
the effort to adopt
policy of locking the
dorm at night was made
because of Title IX of the
Department of Housing,
Education and Welfare.
Compliance with Title IX
would require the dorm
be locked at midnight as
are the dorms occupied
by women.
Schroeder said a re­quest
was made to the
Physical Plant Division
(P.P.D.) in the summer
of 1976 for locks to be
installed on the dorm's 27
entrances. Residents of
the dorm were each to be
given a copy of a master
key.
P.P.D. fulfilled Schro-eder's
request about a
year later. The manage­ment
of the dorm, how­ever,
soon found it com­pletely
impractical to use
the locks because after
someone unlocked a
door to enter the dorm, it
remained unlocked.
Schroeder doesn't
know who was respons­ible
for the purchase of
"obsolete" locks and does
not favor spending more
money on the project. "It
seems to be working well
the way it is," he said.
Katherine Cater, dean
of Student Life, disagrees
with Schroeder. Cater
said that even though a
lot of money has been
invested in the locks
more money will prob­ably
have to be invested
to comply with the law.
AUBURN INDEPENDENTS
ARE YOU....
in supporting the independents at
Auburn
. interested in running for SGA office on the
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Auburn University will
join in the national obser­vance
of Black Heritage
Month.
February has been
designated Black Heri­tage
Month to give recog­nition
to the many contri­butions
of black Ameri­cans
to society and to
help acquaint the public
with aspects of black cul­ture
and history.
The SGA Director of
Minority Relations, John
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put together a series of
events they feel repre­sents
black heritage and
culture.
Feb. 22 Kappa Alpha
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A Gayfer's Fashion
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The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, February 16,1978 A-12 pp,a"< Plato computer 'most successful'
Photography: GonJon Bogg
World of knowledge
As college students, most of us spend a great deal of
time complaining about having to study so much. But
this child has a life of books, notes and tests ahead of
him. But maybe he's telling us the world may be
getting smaller, but it hasn't gotten any less
fascinating.
By Lonnie Adamson
Plainsman Staff Writer
'It's the most success­ful
computer-assisted in­struction
system yet,"
Ben Barnes, University
computer center director
said of PLATO, also know
as programmed logic for
automatic teaching ope­ration.
PLATA is an educa­tional
computer system
containing almost 10,000
hours of course work for
elementary, secondary
and college school stu­dents.
Control Data Cor­poration,
which operates
the PLATO system,
brought the terminal to
Auburn this quarter for
faculty members to
examine.
The terminal consists
of a viewing screen and a
keyboard and can be
equipped with a speaker
to allow the computer to
"talk" to the operator.
The viewing screen is
touch-sensitive.
Dr. Tom McLaughlin of
the Physical Education
Department is a grau-ate
of the Unlveristy of
Illinois where PLATO
was first developed. Mc­Laughlin
used the system
for both studying and
teaching classes, and
said the computer con­tains
almost every course
taught at his alma mater.
The computer has sev­eral
advantages
McLaughlin said.
"It allows the student
to work at his own rate.
The computer is also pro­grammed
to accept
answers using key works.
This means the student is
not restricted to one
specific answer for a
question," McLaughlin
said.
PLATO also does
things that can't be done
in average classrooms. In
one program the student
types in an angle and the
speed of the ball's path.
Presto...PLATO displays
the path the ball takes
and shows the student
where the ball would land
on the tennis court.
PLATO "really makes
learning a joy,"
McLaughlin said.
Barnes is "impressed
with the amount of work
that has been put into the
system."
"To get a system to do
what it does would prob­ably
take years of work,"
he said.
The PLATO system
also has courses for ele­mentary
school-age
children. For example,
an elementary reading
program on the computer
might show the student a
word and a group of
pictures. The student
touching one of the pic
tures with the word
would be informed by th<
computer if he were cor
rect.
The decision to obtain
some PLATO terminals
for Auburn is pending. II
two deans approve ac­quiring
some terminals,
Barnes said he would try
to obtain funds for the
project.
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Everyone involved
agreed that the meeting
was the most important
development yet in the
year-long controversy,
and that the findings of
the committee would play
a large role in University
policy concerning the
dispute.
"When the committee
was called, I felt real
good about it," said a
faculty member opposed
to Beckett's proposals. "I
want a solution, but a
solution can't be com­pletely
to the liking of
either side. If I were
there, I'd try to find some
grounds for compro­mise."
In another develop­ment
related to the
Mechanical Engineering
conflict, several
members of the ME fac­ulty
have submitted a
petition in support of Dr.
Beckett, in response to
the "core of five" faculty
members who asked for
Beckett's resignation in
November.
Two sources in the ME
Department, one who
said he saw the petition,
said only six of a faculty
of 21 signed the petition.
However, Dr. Wartan
Jemian, who signed the
petition, said eight other
ME professors also were
listed in what he called "a
report.
"We won't call it a
petition," he said. "We
just wanted to go on
record as showing there
was some support for Dr.
Beckett. We talked to all
but some decided not to
sign it.':
Opposition to Beckett
mainly was concerned^
with curriculum changes
which Beckett has al­legedly
proposed, which
included reducing the
total number of credit
hours required for gradu­ation,
along with other
guidelines proposed by
the National Engineering
Accreditation Board.
However, an anony­mous
source within the
School of Engineering
said that now four separ­ate
mechanical engineer­ing
curriculum proposals
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