1973-05-03 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME 79 AUBURN UNIVERSITY AUBURN, ALABAMA 36830 THURS., MAY 3, 1973 16 PAGES NUMBER 24
Budget and Finance Committee
considers 14 financial requests
By Frank Whatley
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Student Senate Budget and Fi­nance
Committee considered budget re­quests
Tuesday and was continuing
the discussion in a second meeting
when The Plainsman went to press
Wednesday.
During hearings, Committee
members questioned the Associated
Women Students' request for finan­cing
of a Second Vice-president and an
executive conference table.
Members of the committee also de­bated
the merits of setting a precedent
by granting Magnolia Dorm's request
for a share of student activities fees.
They reasoned that if Magnolia Dorm
were assisted, other dorms could re­quest
funds in the future.
AU to study refinement
of coal into clean fuel
Rare sunset —Jim Lester
Only at sunset on 1© days out of the year ddes the
angle relationship; between the sun, and die center
opening of the Lathe "wheel" produce the effect shown
. above. The Lathe, a machine used for manufacturing
cannons during the Civil War, i s in Samford Park.
Figures of fee increase breakdown
corrected after faulty calculations
The story which appeared in The
Plainsman last week concerning tui­tion
and fee increases and new room
and board rates contained some erro­neous
figures concerning the break­down
of the $25 fee increase.
The $175 in-state student tuition will
be distributed as follows: $6.50 will go
into student activities fees; $4 will go
for athletics; $7.25 will go for student
health expenditures; $7 will go to fi­nance
the student union; $.25 will go
into the contingency fund; $10 will go
into the Auburn building fund; and
• •
40 will go for instructional expendi­tures—
costs incurred from teachers'
salaries and maintenance. The in­crease
came in instructional fees and
the student union fee.
The student union fee was increased
$5 and instructional fees were in­creased
$20 constituting the $25 fee in­crease
which will go into effect summer
quarter.
Out-of-state students will pay an
additional $175 in out-of-state fees.
There was a $1.25 unallocated por­tion
of the old $150 per quarter fees
which was shared by student activities
fees and the student health service fee.
Student activities was increased $1 and
student health was increased $.25. The
increases were only reallocations of
money already available.
Women's room and board will now
range between $244 a quarter and $322
a quarter. Room iand board cost for men
living in University housing will range
between $229 and $297 a quarter.
Other figures and rates attributed to
Bursar Ernest Phillips in the original
story are correct.
Pres. Harry M. Philpott is expected to
announce today at a press conference
in Birmingham that the University
will begin a $710,000 research effort
which will involve studies relating to
refinement of coal into non-polluting
fuel for electric power generation.
The program will be made possible
by a grant of approximately $500,000
from the National Science Foundation
and contributions from Southern Ser­vices,
Inc., Alabama Mining Indus­tries
and Auburn University. Southern
Services, Inc. will be acting as an agent
for Alabama Power Co., and other
operating companies of the Southern
Company System.
The study, to cover a three-year
period beginning this June, could have
far-reaching implications in Ala­bama's
industrial development and in
the state's efforts to meet air pollution
standards, according to Philpott.
'This is the largest single grant ever
made to Auburn by the National
Science Foundation, and we think this
indicates the high hopes the people of
the Foundation hold that this will be a
rewarding study which will ultimately
provide some solutions to the environ­mental
and energy problems this
nation faces in the years ahead," Phil­pott
said.
Auburn is receiving additional
support for the study from Alabama
Mining Industries and Southern Ser­vices,
Inc., with funding from Ala­bama
Power Co., other operating com­panies
of the Southern Company
System and the Edison Electric Insti­tute.
The work will culminate in a process
model for the continuous flow reactor
at the Wilson ville Solvent Refined Coal
Pilot Plant being constructed by
Southern Services, Inc.
In building the pilot plant, Southern
Services is also planning an on-site of­fice
for the use of the Auburn investi­gators.
These will include chemists and
chemical engineers. The project leader
will be Dr. Z.L. Taylor, Jr., associate
professor and head of the Department
of Chemical Engineering.
"The research work will greatly ex­tend
the limits of our understanding
about solvent refining and will, in turn,
shorten the overall time required for
demonstrating its commercial value
and alleviating the current energy
crisis," said Dr. Chester C. Carroll,
vice-president for research.
Carroll noted that studies of this
nature were among the priorities listed
recently by Pres. Richard M. Nixon in
his energy message to Congress in
which he asked additional funds for
coal research and development to
expand the uses of coal that are com­patible
with the environment.
(See ENERGY, page 5)
2J, s |aw in|ury
will not prevent
his AU lecture
Muhammed Ali, former heavy­weight
boxing champion of the world,
will speak at Memorial Coliseum at 8
on the evening of May 15, as part of
Horizons III.
The public will be invited to attend
the lecture at no cost; therefore, in order
to assure student priority, advance
tickets will be issued to any student
upon the presentation of a student I.D.
card. These free tickets will be avail­able
starting Monday at the Coliseum
bo|t office and at Haley Center next
Thursday! according to Horizons
Director Jimmy Tisdale.
; Tisdale disspelled earlier specula­tion
that Ali would not b*ab]eJonia,ke
the scheduled appearance because of a
MUHAMMED ALI
. . . Former boxing champ
broken jaw which he sustained in a re­cent
boxing match with heavyweight
Ken Norton. Tisdale said that Ali's doc­tors
had cleared him for the lecture cir­cuit
and that the colorful boxer who is
as famous for talking as boxing will de­finitely
appear at Auburn.
The Soccer Club's request was de­ferred
until a later meeting. —
The committee refused to recom­mend
to the Senate that the Women's
Intramural Intercollegiate Program be
funded by student activity fees.
The entire Student Senate had heard
budget requests last Wednesday from
Magnolia Dorm, Women's Intra-murals,
the War Eagle Flying Team,
Religious Affairs, and the Soccer Club.
Ricky Robbins, president of the dorm
senate, requested $1,301 from the Stu.-i
dent Senate for Magnolia Dorm. In thefr
proposed 1973-74 budget, Robbins:"
asked for $400 for free feature films ten-C;:
tatively scheduled to be shown during:-
the week.
The films, Robbins hoped would bej;
run at Langdon Hall and would not:;
conflict with any that Spectra h a s:
planned for that quarter.
Also contained in Magnolia Dorm's?:
request was $50 quarterly for a salary?;
to go to the president of the dorm sen-*;;
ate and $500 for concerts. The concerts?:
by local groups would have an admis- •:
sion fee of $2.50-$3 , Robbins said.
Women's Intramurals requested
$5,250 from the Senate. The request
may be trimmed to $3,650 if Women's
Intramurals can finance its intercol­legiate
program from the administra­tion,
said project director Sandra New-kirk.
The War Eagle Flying Team re­quested
$750 to help pay the cost of par­ticipating
in national and regional
meets. The flying team will get $1,350
of its $2,100 budget from donations and
team dues.
The Religious Affairs Committee;
asked for $550 to finance its activities
next year. The Senate approved a re­quest
by project director E. Garth Jen­kins
to release $400 from the reserve
fund for a guest lecturer. This sum was
apart from the $550 budget request.
Jenkins said he hoped to have
musical and theatrical productions of a
religious nature next year.
The Soccer Club requested $650 from
the Senate. Normally athletic clubs re­quest
funds through men's Intra­murals,
but any club has the option of
having a separate hearing.
The Soccer Club took that option be­cause
it felt it was not getting adequate
funding. Most of the money would be
spent for uniforms and five $20 soccer
balls, said club president Carl Caddel,
3AM.
Thursday, the Senate heard from the
Auburn Union, Associated Women
Senate, Men's Intramurals, and a
proposed campus magazine.
The Student Union asked for $58,550
from student activity fees for next year.
Next year the Union plans to spend
$15,500 on movies and $10,000 for
special events. This year's special
events sponsored by the union were
concerts by Oliver and Vince Vance
and the Valiants.
The AWS budget request for next
year was $8,875. Part of the projected
costs would be for paying the salary of
a second vice president. The extra of­ficer
is needed, said AWS President
Minna Roth, because of the increased
work load.
AWS also hopes to purchase an
(See SENATE, page 5)
Local managers foresee no summer gas shortage
By Ron Mask
Plainsman Staff Writer
Although spokesmen for the na­tion's
petroleum industry predict a
shortage of gasoline and higher gaso­line
prices this summer, most local ser­vice
station managers feel they will
have little trouble keeping their tanks
stocked and their prices down to a rea­sonable
level.
News: Plainsman staff writer Ricky Sellers
surveys Auburn students and faculty on the
Watergate Affair. Page 3.
Entertainment: Da­vid
Trevino plays in
the Auburn band
and has been blind
"as long as I can re­member."
Page 15.
Sports: Auburn's new wrestling coach, Vir­gil
Milliron, will try to keep the Auburn
wrestling team "at the same championship
level." Page 9.
Features; Where's Auburn's first black stu­dent
and what's he doing now? Harold
Franklin talks about his experiences in an
exclusive Plainsman interview. Page 6.
The gasoline shortage, attributed by
oil industry officials to the inability of
refineries to keep up with the nation's
demand, has led to increased prices in
most parts of the country and even ra­tioning
in south Florida.
Local chain service station mana­gers,
however, report their distributors
say gasoline stocks are adequate in the
Auburn area to meet the demand and
foresee no need for gasoline rationing
this summer.
Independent service station mana­gers
are not as confident about their
prospects for keeping their tanks
stocked as their chain-station counter­parts.
One of Auburn's independent sta­tion
owners explained that when gaso­line
supplies are short the big oil com­panies
supply their own stations first
and often there is little gas left to sell to
independent dealers.
Independent stations buy surplus
gasoline from big oil companies and
are often able to sell it to their custo­mers
more cheaply than chain sta­tions
can.
The manager said that he is already
having trouble getting gasoline for' his
pumps. "It's (gas) not as easy to get as
it once was," he said. "Now when I get a
chance to buy gas for my pumps I just
pay the price they ask and don'^ask
any questions."
He said he was having a rough time
competing with the big oil company
chains. The dealer said he knew of an­other
inependent dealer in Opelika who
has had to go out of business, because
he could not get gasoline or could not
afford it.
Ronald Streets, public relations
director for the American Petroleum In­stitute,
blamed this year's unusually
harsh winter and inadequaze refining
facilities for the gasoline shortaege
Streets said due to the length fo this
year's winter many refineries had to be
converted to the production of fuel oil
for the nation's furnaces when under
other conditions they would have been
producing gasoline.
Streets said the country's oil re­fineries
are operating at full capacity in
an attempt to close the gap between
supply and demand. But whether they
can catch up or not remains to be seen,
he said.
One area service station manager
took issue with the explanation for the
shortage offered by Streets.
Charles E. Bryant, manager of the
College Street Union 76 Service sta­tion,
said he believes the shortage may
be a political maneuver by the oil in­dustry
designed to arouse public feel­ing
against ecological and oil deple­tion
legislation prohibiting expanded
production.
Bryant said pressure put on
Congress by an angry public wanting
more and cheaper gas might cause the
government to rescind some of that
legislation and increase the petroleum
industry's oil depletion allowance.-
Public pressure might also ease op­position
to the proposed Alaskan pipe­line,
more off-shore drilling and the
building of more refineries, he said.
Bryant also said he did not believe
the gasoline shortage was an attempt
by the oil industry to create a mono­poly
for their own chains by driving in­dependent
dealers out of business, al­though
he felt it this could be one of the
shortage's effects.
Bryant said the big oil companies
were not hurt by independent dealers,
because the independents had no one
else to buy gas from.
Streets said Tuesday the country's
demand for gasoline exceeded the pro­duction
capacity of the oil industry two
weeks ago, and, as of May 1, gasoline
stocks were 23 million barrels short of
the amount on hand May 1, 1972. He
said without more refineries the
demand will grow and production will
not.
—Jim Johnston
THE GAS WILL PROBABLY KEEP FLOWING
. So say some area gas men when asked about shortage
THE AUBURN PUINCMIN Thurs., May 3, 1973 page 2
ALISON WHATLEY
AVRE
BENTLEY VITALIS
BINNINGS TODD
BROWN SPONSLER
Mortar Board adds 31 members
Thirty-one women were chosen last week for membership
in Mortar Board, senior women's honor society. The society
makes the annual membership selection on the basis of the
individuals' qualities of leadership, scholarship and ser­vice.
The new members are:
Ann Alison, 3PM, 2.21. President of Delta Zeta, Sweet­heart
of Farm House Fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Delta (pre-med
Honorary).
Ginger Avrett, 3LT, 2.60. Alpha Delta Pi Recording Se­cretary,
Lambda Tau Laboratory technical honorary, Alpha
Epsilon Delta pre-med honorary, Alpha Lambda Delta.
PatBentley,4SED,2.39.President of Alpha Gamma Del­ta,
President Dorm F, past Vice-president Delta Tau Delta
Little Sisters, NSSHA.
Sharon Binnings, 3IM, 2.50. Former Plainsman Copy
Editor, Cadet Captain AFROTC, Off-Campus Representa­tive
to AWS, Dorm President.
J a n e Brown, 3SED, 2.71. Capers Commander, Vice-presi­dent
of Alpha Delta Pi, past Secretary of Cwens, Alpha Delta
Pi Model Big Sister.
Beth Chapman, 4EED, 2.25. Alpha Delta Pi, Angel
Flight Rush Chairman, Kappa Delta Pi educational
honorary, Glom Beauty, Miss Auburn finalist.
Vicky Coughran, 4BI 2.23. Alpha Delta Pi, Capers Drill
Team Commander, Alpha Zeta agriculture honorary, Alpha
Lambda Delta.
Glenda Earwood, 3SED, 2.94. Auburn University Band,
Delta Omicron Secretary, Alpha Lambda Delta, President of
Dorm D.
Deedie Flynn, 3FM, 2.35. Delta Delta Delta Sorority,
Cwens, Alpha Lambda Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Little
Sister, Panhellenic Secretary.
Carleen Foote, 4SED, 2.10. President of Alpha Delta Pi,
Kappa Delta Pi education honorary, Sigma Nu Little Sister
Secretary, Alpha Phi Omega Sweetheart.
Debbie Hartwell, 3FCD, 2.16. Chi Omega President,
Dorm A President, AWS Representative, Summer Senator.
Kathy Hartzog, 3VED, 2.55. Pi Beta Phi Vice-presi­dent,
Gamma Sigma Sigma President, Omicron Nu, Kappa
Delta Pi.
Susan Hester, 4EED, 2.62. Kappa Kappa Gamma Presi­dent,
Kappa Delta Pi, Council for Exceptional Children,
Delta Chi Little Sister.
Peggy Howland, 3FED, 2.69. Angel Flight Officer,
Cwens, Alpha Lambda Delta, Cadet Captain AFROTC, Chi
Omega.
Renee Hutchinson, 4SED, 2.65. President of School of
Education, Kappa Kappa Gamma First Vice-president,
Gamma Sigma Sigma First Vice-president, Capers, Cwens,
Alpha Lambda Delta, Pi Kappa Phi Little Sister, Alpha
Lambda Delta.
Linda Jobson, 3AC, 2.02. Kappa Delta Editor, Modeling
Board, Cwens.
Kay Johnson, 3SED, 2.70. Alpha Gamma Delta Vice-president,
Vice-president School of Education, Cwens.
Barbara Kirby, 3EED, 2.45. Phi Mu Treasurer, Cwens
President, Greek Forum Secretary.
Sabre Landham, 4PY, 2.21. Campus Crusade, Alpha
Gamma Delta Social Chairman, Omega Tau Sigma Little
Sister, Fine Arts Committee.
Mary McCullough, 2LT, 2.28. Chairman of AWS Disci-plineCouncil,
Secretary AWS 1972-73, Lambda Chi Alpha
Little Sister, Secretary Alpha Epsilon Delta.
Sue Mathisen, 3VED, 2.53. President of War Eagle Girls,
Cwens, AWS Treasurer 1972-72, Campus Crusade.
Debby Orr, 3EED, 2.98. AWS Discipline .Council,
Gamma Sigma Sigma Corresponding Secretary, Delta Zeta
Activities Chairman, Cwens, Kappa Delta Pi.
P a t t i Palmer, 3AC, 2.15. Senator School of Business, Phi
Mu, Kappa Sigma Little Sister, University Traffic and Park­ing
Committee, Business Council.
Wanda Prather, 3GMH, 3.00. Kappa Alpha Theta,
Cwens, Pi Mu Epsilon math honorary.
Pegs Putney, 4GPG, 2.92. President of Gamma Phi Beta,
Cwens, Campus Crusade for Christ.
Virginia Roberts, 3GFLS, 2.80. President of Delta Delta
Delta, Delta Chi Little Sister Treasurer, Pi Delta Phi French
honorary.: •
Carol Sue Sponsler, 4GPOS, 2.85. President of Kappa
Delta Sorority, Cwens, Angel Flight, Pi Sigma Alpha
political science honorary, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Alpha
Theta history honorary.
Beth Todd, 4GPOS, 2.60. Senator from the Quadrangle,
Horizons Social Chairman, Cwens, Beta Theta Pi
Sweeheart, Kappa Kappa Gamma Panhellenic Delegate,
Alpha Lambda Delta, Pi Sigma Alpha political science
honorary.
Susan Vitalis, 3LT, 2.35. President of Alpha Chi Omega,
Angel Flight Historian, Pi Kappa Phi LittleSister.
Susan Whaley, 3SED, 2.24. Alpha Chi Omega Second
Vice-presient, SGA Director of Elections, Cwens, Theta Chi
Little Sister, Kappa Delta Pi.
J e a n Whatley (Mrs.), 3EED, 2.60. Kappa Delta Pi edu­cation
honorary, Church Choir Director and Youth Leader.
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Kappa Sigma bicycle race Saturday
The Kappa Sigma frater­nity
will hold its 2nd annual
bicycle race this Saturday at
2 p.m., and anyone in-
All flying team
to take part in
national meet
The War Eagle Flying
Team will be traveling to Car-bondale,
111., May 10-12, tore-present
Auburn University
in the National Intercol­legiate
Flying Association's
25th annual National Air
Meet. The top 25 teams from
the United States and
Canada will compete in
power-on and power-off ac­curacy
landings, precision
air-drop, navigational ac­curacy,
plus several non-fly­ing
events.
Last November Auburn's
War Eagle Flying Team
hosted and won the South­eastern
Regional Air Meet.
As a result of winning top
team honors, the team was
invited to the national meet
and is a contender for na­tional
honors. Since 1967, the
"Eagles" have hosted three
air meets, won eight regional
awards and eight national
awards.
terested in competing with a
tangled, sweatv. glittering
pack of fellow two-wheelers
can give it a try.
John Akin, 3AM, co­ordinator
of the race, invites
any student or faculty mem­ber
to enter the race for an
entry fee. Fraternities and
sororities can enter up to
three members, for one fee of
$5.
Registration forms will be
available .Tuesday and Wed­nesday
at a table on the
Haley Center concourse.
Forms can also be picked up
any time at the Kappa Sigma
house on Hemlock Drive.
All riders will meet at the
fraternity house Saturday at
1:30 and will then be taken
over the course from begin­ning
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The race will be run in two
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girls the head start, the men's
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Then it will be divided into
two heats with an overall
winner to be decided either by
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Trophies will be awarded
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Men's Frater­nity;
Women's Independent
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to the fraternity prizes,
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is sponsoring a $20 gift cer­tificate
for each division:
Immediately after the race
and the presenting of the
prizes, several bands are to
play at the Kappa Sigma
house until early evening; the
specific band names are not
yet available.
Due to several accidents
which occured last year, the
Student Health Center
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bikers to take care of any'
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page 3 Thurs., May 3, 1973 THE AUBURN PUINCMMI
Survey reveals varying opinions of President in Watergate affair
By Ricky Sellers
Plainsman Staff Writer
Pres. Richard M. Nixon told the nation in a nation­ally
televised speech Monday night that h e accepts the
final responsibility for the Watergate affair which h as
become one of the largest scandals touching the White
House in U.S. history. Also in the 25-minute address
he announced the resignations of several close as­sociates
and personal friends.
Mr. Nixon revealed that he had accepted the
resignations of Presidential Chief of Staff H. R.
Haldeman, Presidential Assistant John D. Ehrlich-man
and White House Counsel John W. Dean III.
Richard G. Kleindienst, attorney general of the
United States, was an earlier apparent victim of the
controversy.
The President disclaimed any advance knowledge
of the J u n e 17th break-in and "bugging" at National
Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate
Building in Washington, D.C.
The Plainsman submitted a variety of general ques­tions
concerning the Watergate matter and Mr.
Nixon's involvement to a random selection of Au­burn
students and received this broad spectrum of
answers:
Do you think that public faith in the President's of­fice
h a s changed since the recent resignations by top
White House officials?
Susan Lancaster, 3PV: The President is directly res­ponsible
for anything that his campaign staff does. If they
do anything behind his back, he should get rid of them im­mediately,
but he is still responsible.
Laura Searcy, 1GC: There could be a greater distrust for
the office of President, because it took a long time for the
facts of the case to come out.
J a n e t Morris, 3EDD: Public faith will not change, be-
, cause the people tend to overlook incidents of this nature just
like Senator Kennedy and the Kopeckne affair.
Dr. Leslie C. Campbell, associate dean of a r t s &
sciences: The public is bound to be relieved that these low
caliber operatives are out of the White House. That is why
the President is not innocent, because he chose as his aides
men in his own image; that is, men who are ruthless and self-seeking
and not guided by high moral principles.
Karen Sudderth, 2PT: From hearing other people talk
about it, I believe public faith has decreased, but it hasn't for
me.
Mike Warner, 1PB: Even though he said he was not
directly involved, it makes me question his choice of Pres­idential
aides.
Dr. Charles N. Fortenberry, head of political
science dept.: Yes, people think better of the President for
getting these people out, but their confidence of the Pres­ident
has not been restored. Further investigation would
have to bring this about.
John Jernigan, 2 PM: A little but not enough. Public
faith is still too high for that office.
J im Flaitz, 6PG: No, I don't think the vast majority of
people really care.
David Fussell, 4GEC: It has hurt public faith, especial­ly
since he tried to hide the affair previously by using exe­cutive
privilege.
Steve Singleton, 1MH: No, the general public does not
think the President had anything to do with it.
Gaither Perry, 1PL: I don't think it should, but it has.
People think the President is more dishonest now, because
he has admitted his part, but previous presidential can­didates
have done the same thing.
How do you think this will affect the remainder of
President Nixon's term in office?
Fortenberry: It is hard to say at this point. It will in­crease
his troubles with the Democratic party which con­trols
Congress, and he will have difficulty with pulling
together an administrative organization in order to run the
government. It could not be any better; it could be a good deal
worse the next four years.
Virginia P a r k e r , 4LT: Congress will probably give him
a harder time, because of this.
Sudderth: He will have a hard time gaining public sup­port
in the future.
Morris: I don't believe it will change.
Jernigan: Nixon will be able to increase public con­fidence
unless something else major develops.
Debra Linbergh, 3SED: Democratic supporters will use
it for the next four years, but Nixon will make it through.
Campbell: There is potential in this chain of events for
improving the remainder of his term by making him less ar-
'Raindrops falling on my head' at Auburn
By Becky Dunlap
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Long as I remember, the
r a i n ' s been coming
down—Streams of mystery
pouring confusion on the
ground. . ." Remember that
familiar hit song, "Who'll
Stop the Rain?" Itcouldmake
a big comeback on campus
this Spring along with
"Baby, The Rain Must Fall,"
"Raindrops Falling On My
Head," Fire and Rain," and
"Rainy Days and Mondays
Always Get Me Down."
Most students feel that Au­burn
is "rain city," and they
could be right, for Auburn
has received over the normal
amount of rainfall each
month this year except
February. According to Paul
Mott, meteorologist with the
National Weather Service in
Auburn, the city's heaviest
rainfall this year came just
last week on April 25. The re­cord
shows that it began rain­ing
at 4:45 a.m. and during an
18 minutes span from 5:55
a.m. until 6:13 a.m., rainfall
measured approximately one
and one-half inches.
Looking back on that
memorable wet day, Charles
Smith, 4AC, reflected "I had
to stay at Haley Center for
four hours without an um­brella."
Many students com­plained
of wading to classes,
while others didn't bother to
go at all. One coed ex­claimed,
"I changed shoes
three times that day." Lon-nie
Nichols, 1FM, had a dif­ferent
view, "I thought it was
neat, because I lived on the
Peruvian desert for four and
one-half years, and it never
rained."
March has been the leader
this year for the heaviest
rainfall recorded in one
month with 9.85 inches of
rain or 3.72 inches over the
normal 6.13 for that month.
April had 6.42 inches or 2.05
inches over the normal 4.37
for the month.
Even with all the rain,
things are looking brighter
this week, tans a little darker
and possibly an old Beatle hit
is due for a come­back—"
Here Comes the
Sun."
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rogant and thus more communicative with Congress, press,
and the public.
Billy Broome, 4PL: It has definitely limited his credibil­ity
with the public.
Lancaster: People will not trust him as much; he is liv­ing
up to his nickname of Tricky Dicky.
Do you think that the Watergate affair has been
"blown out of proportion" by the press?
Campbell: No.
Jernigan: No, it is just one of the many dealings that has
been made by the Nixon Administration, and it just hap­pened
to get exposed.
Joe Grau, 1PB: Yes, the press has a tendency to over-exaggerate
things.
Flaitz, 6PG: No, if anything it has not been researched
enough. The best revelations are yet to come.
Fussell: Considering the last few weeks, I don't think so.
Perry: Definitely, it is nothing new, but the press has
made a big controversy over the affair.
Warner: Yes, political spying has always been carried on
by various parities, but this one just happened to be exposed.
Fortenberry: The press probably blows most things out
of proportion. The prisoner of war situation was also blown
out of proportion; that is just one of the aspects of the news
media. However, it is a very serious matter and had it not
been for the press, the affair might not have been uncovered.
Lancaster: The press is putting too much emphasis on
the case and neglecting other stories that are just as im­portant.
Until the facts are known, rumors should not be
printed by the press.
Morris: No, the press has been trying to show exactly
what happened.
Sudderth: From my own reading, I think it has been ob­jective.
Singleton: I don't think it is as serious as the press made
it out to be. The press always blows the hell out of every­thing.
Has your opinion of the Watergate affair changed
after hearing the President's speech Monday night?
Lindbergh: Not really, that is what I expected him to say.
Grau: No, I didn't think that he was responsible for it
anyway. The people that resigned were guilty, and the Pres­ident
didn't know anything about it.
Flaitz: No, I had a low opinion of him as a politician, and
my opinion of him has not changed.
Fussell: Not necessarily, I felt like the President has been
delaying his opinion. It should hve been brought up before
now.
Perry: No, I thought the whole thing was senseless from
the beginning.
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THE AUBURN PLMN*MAN
Thorn Botsford
Editor a* Bob Witt
Business Manager
Is President Nixon an honorable man?
The Auburn Plainsman is the student newspaper of Auburn University, Edi­torial
opinions are those of the editor and columnists and are not necessarily the
opinions of the Board of Trustees, administration, or student body of Auburn UMA-versity.
Editorial Page
Page Four Thurs., May 3, 1973
55/ to the rescue
Finishing up its third year of
operation is a benevolent little
corporation—Student Services,
Incorporated (SSI for
short)—source of emergency fund­ing
for worthwhile campus activ­ities,
underwriter of student utility
payments, and rental agent for
those funky, miniature refrigera­tors
that keep beer cold and
bologna ff.esh in many an apart­ment
complex and fraternity
house.
Now taken for granted by most,
SSI is one of the biggest success
stories in the history of student in­fluence
at Auburn. As a private,
legal entity of the State of Alaba­ma,
it is completely free of control
by the University administration,
and, thus, its board of director scan
spend profits as it pleases.
Fortunately, the record of the
past three years indicates that
these profits have heen spent for
the general welfare of the campus
community. For example,check the
record for 1971-72: out of profits of
approximately $4,500, SSI al­located
$1,000 last summer to the
Interagency Day Care Center, the
hard core of what little day care ser­vices
are available to married stu­dents.
The Center, at that time, was
without means to pay employment
taxes on its employes. SSI also
gave $400 to the Auburn Emer­gency
Medical Fund to pay for the
dental care of indigent children in
this area. The remainder of the pro­fits
went into a general fund ear­marked
for selected causes that
came along this year (such as the
diabetes test recently administered
to students by The Pharmacy
School) and "emergencies" involv­ing
student activities that, for
bureaucratic reasons, could not be
funded through the University.
One of those emergencies popped
up during student election cam­paigns
last month. To insure
privacy for the voters, the SGA
rented election booths where stu­dents
could mark their paper bal­lots
secretly. At the last minute, the
company renting the booths
produced a contract that would re­quire
the University to assume any
responsibility for damage inflicted
upon the $3,800 worth of booths
while in use. By law, the Universi­ty
could not enter into such an
agreement.
So SSI came to the rescue. It
agreed to assume responsibility for
the voting booths. If SSI's emer­gency
funds had not been avail­able,
there would have been no vot­ing
booths, and, unless the SGA
could conjure up some alternative,
no secret ballots.
Last year, SSI performed a
similar "guarantee" service on a
projector for an Horizons
Symposium movie orgy. It assured
the company that any damage to
the $6,000 projector would be paid
for by SSI. Without the guarantee,
which the University again could
not fulfill, there would have been
no movie orgy.
Perhaps the most important
emergency "covered" during the
short history of SSI was the rental
of buses a year ago to transport
prospective student voters to the
headquarters of the Lee County
Board of Registrars in Opelika. Of
course, the University Business Of­fice
would sanction no SGA funds
for such an "activist" measure.
But, because of SSI, hundreds of
students found it far more con­venient
to register to vote.
I n the ftitnw GOT -v H I Li.
to assist students in many creative
ways. It has money—unattached to
the pursestrings of the administra­tion—
and, therefore, has in­fluence.
It is an independent stu­dent
welfare agency.
Yet some campus politicos have
attempted to associate SSI with
"corruption." Especially during
the last election, various can­didates
(none of them successful)
claimed that groups of student
leaders were making huge profits
from SSI.
That is not true, and, offered as
proof are the professionally
audited books of SSI, open to in­spection
by any interested per­sons.
Quite legitimately, some might
question, however, what checks
and balances keep SSI from enter­ing
the realm of "abuse"—i.e., pay­ments
to individuals or groups for
no valuable services rendered
whatsoever. The obvious answer is
the free market. Students support
SSI through refrigerator rentals. If
they were convinced that the pro­fits
were "abused," they might no
longer rent refrigerators at $41.60 a
shot.
At present, only three students
receive salaries through SSI. A
director, a secretary-treasurer, and
an office clerk each receive $28 a
week during an academic quarter.
They deserve the money. Director
Mike Murray, for example, dis­tributes
the refrigerators, collects
payments, arranges for repairs and
keeps a general inventory of the
stock. In all, he spends about 15
hours a week tending to business
related to the near 600 rented SSI
refrigerators. Along with Secre­tary-
Treasurer Dick Chenoweth,
Murray is responsible for carrying
out the wishes of the SSI Board of
Directors—five students receiving
no salary for "running" the
corporation—in regard to dona­tions
and emergency services.
Chenoweth heads up the Off-
Campus Association (OCA), a sub­sidiary
of SSI. His responsibilities
are also considerable. OCA is com­posed
of about 2,000 student mem­bers
who pay dues of $4 each to
avoid having to fork over large
deposits to the telephone com­pany,
the electric company, the
water works and the gas company.
Chenoweth estimates that OCA
"saves" two hypothetical students
sharing the same apartment about
$120 a year in deposits. In turn,
OCA assures the utilities com­panies
that the bills of OCA mem­bers
will be paid.
And that's where Chenoweth's
job comes in. He must keep records
of all members in good and bad
standing as well as collect unpaid
bills owed to the utilities. Tracking
down delinquent accounts is no
simple task.
Who runs SSI? Their board of
directors—Murray, Chenoweth,
SGA Administrative Vice-pres­ident
Jimmy Blake, Gail Murrah,
4FCD, and Chris Joseph, 4AC.
They were selected by last year's
board of directors and, in turn, will
select next year's board. (True,
Murray and Chenoweth receive
salaries, but not for services
rendered as board members.)
So far, students have supported
SSI by taking advantages of the
various services. And, so far, SSI
has reciprocated. Future support
for this remarkable corporation
will enable SSI board members to
continue to come to the rescue of ail-
'»<r atndeht activities and charities.
Since I seldom like the politics of the
Nixon administration, I had to force
myself to think objectively this week
about the Watergate scandal and the
President's humiliation on national
television Monday night. Otherwise,
my first impulse would have been to
seek out old Nixon supporters—es­pecially
those of my parents' genera­tion
who so fondly embrace "law and
order"—and smugly ask them if their
man in the White House was living up
to their expectations.
I suppressed the impulse because,
like it or not, Nixon belongs to all of us.
We don't have to love him, but we must
respect his office. I have always found
such "respect" difficult, however, since
the President has also expected us to
respect his office staff as sacred as­pects
of the Presidency. That's the rub.
For the most part, gullible Amer­icans
have respected pompous old
grumps like John Mitchell—Mr. Law
and Order—who has, at the very least,
lied about his relationship to the at­tempted
sabotage of Democratic Party
headquarters last year. But now, of
course, the public is restless and un­easy.
They want to believe that the
President was truly "above politics"
last fall, as he bragged upon certain oc­casions.
The purpose, then, of the President's
nifty little sermonette Monday night
was to. reassure the citizenry that he is
as "shocked" about the scandal as they
are. Since the talk was obviously an ap­peal
on the level of his Checkers speech
of 1952 (shades of Tiny Tim: "God bless
America and God bless each and every
one of you.")we need more information
to determine whether or not Richard
Nixon is—shall we say it?—an honor­able
man.
In this space, I offer two arguments
that, if developed to the extreme,
indicate that he is not honorable. This
Thorn
Botsford
Black minority lion roars
about cheerleader, racism
Would a Black male cheerleader
paired with a White female cheerleader
infuriate the Auburn alumni?
That's a question the majority of Au­burn's
Black students pondered over
when they learned that Linwood
Moore, a Black student loaded with
spirit and agility, only made "alter­nate"
cheerleader a few weeks ago
when the final results were in.
Sour grapes? No, not to Black stu­dents.
They know Linwood Moore.
When he decided to try out for next
year's cheerleading squad, most of
them were sure that only one thing
would keep Linwood off the squad:
racial discrimination on the part of the
judges.
There's no way for me to prove to you
on paper that Linwood had what it
takes to be a varsity cheerleader. So, in
case you doubt Linwood's ability,
simply pretend that a Black stu­dent—
any Black student—was best
qualified for a cheerleading job. Now
imagine that he tried out for the squad
and didn't make it. What would you
think?
The fact that a Black coed tried out
along with Linwood and didn't make
even an "alternate" slot puts things
into focus. Perhaps Linwood and a
Black woman of equal ability would
have made things OK. Blacks with
Blacks. Whites with Whites. But not a
Black man and a,White woman on the
Auburn University cheering squad!
Like it or not, we Blacks see Lin­wood's
rejection as racism. And
frankly we are angry—angry as lions,
or should I say tigers. But our wrath is
not just over Linwood's plight. No, the
problem is a series of subtle injustices
that have confronted us recently. We
are angry over what happened to
Robert Davis, a starter on the fresh­men
basketball team last season, a
man who can boast of a 2.3 overall
grade point average, an athlete who
was not assigned a scholarship—an
honor he deserved and needed. Why?
We think the reason is racism.
And we also think racism—perhaps
unintentional—was behind an "Arlo"
cartoon in The Plainsman a couple of
weeks ago. The cartoon, we thought,
demoralized the Black female by cari­cature
and stereotype. Why? Because
the Black female is still regarded as no­thing.
We also feel that the Black fraterni­ty,
Omega Psi Phi, doesn't receive the
respect the White fraternities receive.
For example, brothers of Omega Psi
Phi entered the annual Greek Step-
Sing competition not long ago and per­formed
so well they had to do an en­core.
The audience was enthralled with
their performance. Well, Omega Psi
Phi only got second place. Again, I
can't prove to you here that the
Debra
Huntley
Omega's were the best. But we think
musical racism was behind the second
class rating.
I admit my arguments sound emo-tionaLIndeed,
it's difficult to convey to
you the importance that emotions play
in racial relationships. Regardless,
Blacks continue to get bad emotional
vibrations. And so we can't help but ex­press
ourselves emotionally. At least
whites will know how we feel—and
that's better than letting potentially ex­plosive
rage burn inside us.
Our real concern is whether or not
Auburn University is still an institu­tion
of racial prejudice. At this time, we
think it is. Oh sure, the racism is dis­guised
under smiles and aloof but
friendly gestures. But Linwood, Robert,
and Omega Psi Phi prove that even
subtle racism can sting.
Often the important people who run
and control Auburn—alumni, ad­ministrators—
ask Black students if
they (we) are happy. Before we have a
chance to reply, they conclude—"yes,
they are happy." But, as you can tell,
we are not. We are only getting a por­tion
of an educational experience. In­deed,
the education of understanding
people's ideas and feelings—i.e., a
social life—is virtually denied us. For
example, sometimes Whites come to
our parties. Fine. We teach them about
music, how to dance, etc. But when we
go to White parties, we either en­counter
White condescension or are
asked to leave.
So Blacks are not together with the
mass of Auburn students. That is a
sympton of strife. In fact, we only see a
thriving form of institutionalized
rascism behind the smiling faces here.
If you don't understand, could this have
something to do with the color of my
skin—since I am Black and since the
problem involves the color clashing of
HUMAN BEINGS? Can you prove me
wrong when I've only encountered
situations that prove me right?
War Eagle!
presentation does not mean, however,
that I accept all the implications of the
arguments. I am simply puzzled by the
insinuations and, therefore, do not
know what to think of the President's
integrity. If you want arguments af­firming
Nixon's credibility, these are
presently being developed by the
thousands in Republican circles.
(Check with Dr. Glenn Eaves in his­tory
and Dr. Donald Hayhurst in
political science.)
At any rate, the first concerns the
general character of most of the profes­sional
friends and rich campaign sup­porters
of the President. An amazing
account, meticulously documented, of
the activities of these shady "cow­boys"
headlined the erudite The New
York Review of Books last week. There,
Kirkpatrick Sale, veteran journalist
and editor, generalized that the power­ful
people in the Nixon campaign and
the Nixon cabinet arc for the most part
"new money" hogs from "the Southern
rim"—valuable, new commerical ter­ritory
in Southern California, Arizona,
Texas, and Florida; headquarters for
massive fortunes in aerospace and de­fense
contracting, oil, natural gas, real
estate, and allied businesses. The fact
that so many of these have counted on
Washington favors for their success
and must continue to count on such
favors for business survival and ex­pansion
is frightening. Nixon is de­finitely
their man; their campaign con­tributions
confirm it.
Sale also generalizes about their
political leanings: so conservative are
they that they border on "retrograde"
and are extremely loose as far as busi­ness
ethics and morals are concerned.
He discusses, at least, one hundred of
them. Four in particular are sig­nificant:
Herbert Kalmbnch, the Pres­ident's
personal counsel;-John Connal-ly
of Texas, Republican in disguise,
mentioned as Nixon's successor; Mur­ray
Chotiner, lawyer friend who has
served Nixon in the White House; and
Bebe Rebozni.-Florida millionaire, com-'
monly known in Washington circles as
"very intimate" with the President.
What of them? Kalmbach, chief
Nixon fund raiser in 1971; has heen pin­pointed
as one of the five in charge of
the recently exposed sabotage efforts.
He also has been implicated, in sworn
court papers, in an attempt to milk
$7()0,()()()outof bigmilk producers in ex­change
for a government-approved
price raise. Connally's record is not
criminal, justshady. As an attorney, he
serviced rich Texas oilmen, in one in­stance
shuffling a questionable mil­lion
dollar payment to one Robert
Anderson (oilman) as compensation
for Mr. Anderson's involvement in
politics. And, while governor of Texas,
he allegedly received $225,000 from one
of the oilmen involved in the Anderson
payoff—in violation of the Texas
Constitution. Chotiner, attorney for
gamblers and mobsters, assisted Kalm­bach
and the now notorious John
Ehrlichman, former top presidential
aide, in the aforementioned milk
scandal. But Kebozo is the whopper.
One could not list all of the shoddy cre­dits
to his name. Among them, how­ever,
is the safekeeping in 1968 of
stolen stocks in his Key Biscaynebank;
his leasing of a shopping center to "Big
Al" Polizzi, a convicted black market
man; and his negotiating of real estate
deals with one Donald Berg who is of
such questionable underground
character that the Secret Service asked
Nixon to stop eating at Berg's Key Bis-cayne
restaurant.
Most significantly, Nixon and Rebo-zo
went in together on a real estate ven­ture
in 1952. Mr. Nixon invested over
$185,000 in this Fischer's Island, Inc.
and sold his part in 1969 for twice the
value. Indeed, campaign contributor
Rebozo has received much attention
from investigative reporters. Newsday
has commented: "The deals made by
Bebe Rebozo. . .have tarnished the
Presidency."
The article by Sale is invaluable. At
the very least, if forces one to speculate
on the naivete of Richard Nixon. Has
he, during all his career up to Water­gate,
been unaware of the activities of
his associates?
The second argument questions the
respect the Nixon administration re­serves
for civil liberties, especially the
right to privacy. Since the Watergate
intrigue initially was an effort to in­fringe
upon the privacy of Democratic
Party officials, an assessment is apt.
The New York Times commented last
fall: "The President and his men have
injected into national life a new and un­welcome
element—fear of Government
repression, a fear reminiscent of that
bred by the McCarthyism of 20 years
ago. The freedom of the press. . .the
right to privacy, the right to petition
and dissent, the right of law abiding
citizens to be free of surveillance, in­vestigation,
and harassment—these
and other liberties of the individual are
visibly less secure in America today
than they were four years ago."
We should recall that Nixon's former
Attorney General John Mitchell has
never thought too much for the privacy
of the individual—not, at least, when
"law and order" were at stake. His of­fice
was in love with the wiretap. And,
in conjuction with the FBI, Mitchell
determined that none of the raw
materials fed into the FBI's monstrous
electronic surveillance network he eva­luated
for accuracy. In other words, the
FBI's computer data bank has "infor­mation"
on some 50 million citi­zens—
anyone who has ever been ar­rested
for anything—with no clarifica­tion
concerning whether or not most of
the accused were merely implicated on
minor charges or, indeed, acquitted by
a court. As Nat Hen toff comments in
this month's Playboy: "The harm of
having arrest records centrally avail­able
for checking by government and
private employers is incalculable."
Thick volumes are presently being
written about the Nixon threat to civil
liberties through Supreme Court ap­pointments,
mass arrests, muzzlings of
the press, "no knock" laws, etc. Surely,
it is not unfair to speculate on whether
or not a President who took a liking to
extensive wiretapping and surveil­lance
of "subversives" had knowledge
about a typical little job at Watergate.
But draw conclusions yourself. For
the sake of the country, I would like to
believe that the President is above
shady deals and threats to our funda­mental
rights. But before we can de­finitely
assert that the President is "as
clean as a hound's tooth" (to use a
phrase of Nixon's idol, former Pres­ident
Eisenhower), we deserve much
more information than we have at pre­sent.
And we need it now—more than
ever.
Onto the AWS blacklist: observations on women
Women, because of social conven­tion,
profess to be mysterious. I will pro­bably
be put on the AWS blacklist for
saying this, but women are not mys­terious.
Frank
Whatley
They may be all the other things the
poet has said they are, but not mys­terious.
For the past 20 years I have observed
that portion of humanity called
women. But it has only been recently
that I have noticed they come in
distinct categories.
There are many groups and sub­groups
of women and here, based on my
observations,are three of them.
The most dreaded is the
mother/Joan of Arc.
The only difference between the
mother and Joan is that one likes to be
a leader of boys and the other, a victim
of men. Excepting that, the two are
identical in their motivation and
philosophy.
Joan is dreaded because she belongs
to the only class of female that, when
given the heave-ho, will neither leave
gracefully nor exit with a scene worthy
of John Barrymore. She will stay and
trive von a o«w»»> •' -- • n... .
more.
She will, in grand fashion, catalogue
all she has ever done for you. And my
advice sir, is not to remind her who paid
for it. She does not care for the truth.
Tell her you are a mere man and she
will blush. Tell her she is a mere woman
and she will draw sabers.
Her theology is based on the premise
that whatever was created later is
better than what came before. Because
Adam was around a while before Eve..
The male is to her a beast of carnal
desire and strange habit.
The proper role for a man, in her eyes,
is to bring home the money, make
household repairs, be a father, and not
touch her. I don't know how she recon­ciles
the last two. She must also take
him for a magician.
She is a female chauvanist.
She, of course, got her ideas from her
mother who once upon a time told her
all boys were after only "one thing."
Taking this for the truth, she was in­discriminate
in picking guys. Conse­quently,
she met guys who were after
only one thing or those who thought
they were supposed to be after only one
thing.
Fate has in store for her a garden
club Vallhalla—absolute sovereignty
over a $40,000 splitlevel home with two
cars and a husband with a ring in his
nose or an outlook on marriage she ex-peceted.
A second kind of female was also told
the Big Lie, but she liked it. She was
also told men don't like women with
This is not to say she doesn't have a
brain. She does. Asa matter of fact,
her brain seems brand new, like it's
never been used.
So she spends most of her time try­ing
to outwit her man. Often he doesn't
even know there was a contest to begin
with.
The kind of man she gets will be a
variation of the kind Joan of Arc nets.
But, unlike Joan, our lady of Vegas
(Las Vegas) will look at the relation­ship
as an opportunity (?) not penance.
Her basic flaw is that she puts all her
money on one number—her looks. She
doesn't cultivate her mind although
she tries to use it.
Usually she looks good. She's either a
knock-out or a rather gross attempt at
it.
Either way, as the years pass, her
looks will fade. Considering the caliber
of man she is likely to have, she is going
to spend her future stuck in a mobile
home while her husband, the Sport,
goes to an X-rated movie for inspira­tion.
It will be poetic justice.
Yet, if you're ever able to rescue one of
these ladies before she meets her dis-tiny,
you'll have quite a catch.
Usually though, if she escapes from
the Vegas stereotype, she does it by her­self.
And when shedoes, she joins a dis­tinct
crew, the third type.
Let's call her Rose. She has all the
good points of the lady of Vegas but she
has also developed her mind. She is
beautiful and can give a coherent res­ponse
to intellectual stimulation. She is
thorns.
Hose was either a lady of Vegas or
her guy thought she was. In any event
he wasn't a gentleman.
She may know the Big Lie is a big lie,
hut she doesn't have a crystal ball. Like
our first examples she is perpetually on
guard against anything that wears
pants.
But she isn't out to prove anything
like Joan or the lady of Vegas. She
doesn't care to dominate and she's
determined not to be dominated. After
her looks go (and they will), she will
still have a mind and that, brother,
beats being nagged or paying the bills
for a gold-digger.
I've always wanted to take out a
"Rose," to give her the best money
could buy.
The whole evening she would be on
the lookout fora pass: a telltale hand,
an off-color remark, a peering eye
toward her revealing gown.
But I would fight the urge. I would
give her a hint I thought she was
dressed well, but I would remain cool.
After blowing a moderate sum on
her, I would take her home, and , to her
surprise, not try to collect on my in­vestment.
She wouldn't know what to think.
But after she had digested the evening
events, I think I would have a friend for
life.
Don't knock the idea. Comparing
Rose and the lady of Vegas is like com­paring
a savings bond to a slot
machine. The initial investment is
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page 5 Thurs., May 3, 1973 THE AUBURN PUINSMIN
Question: Can continued use of nose
sprays and nose drops be harmful?
Answer: Yes, .although these nasal
preparations often provide temporary
relief of a stuffy nose and permit sinus
cavities to drain, if used excessively
and for a long period of time, they may
damage nasal passages. Chronic use
interferes with the body's natural de­fense
mechanism and may have a
habit forming effect. These nose pre­parations
should not be used more than
two or three times daily and are de­finitely
more helpful if used occa­sionally
rather than regularly.
Question: Are mouthwashes really ef­fective
when it comes to killing germs?
Answer: No. The germicidal or anti­septic
chemicals in some mouth­washes
may kill a small percentage of
the germ flora in the mouth, but within
a very short time the germ population
returns to normal there. Brushing your
teeth or rinsing with warm water or a
salt solution will do almost as well. An­other
point: toothbrushes with soft
bristles are much better for removing
food particles and plaque; hard bristles
may feel like they're doing a better job
but actually fail to get between the
teeth adequately and can traumatize
the gums.
Question: What are the penalties for
possession of illegal drugs in Ala­bama?
Answer: Possession of controlled
substances (those drugs with a poten­tial
for abuse such as amphetamines
and barbiturates) without a prescrip­tion
carry a penalty of from two to 15
years and a fine of not more than
$25,000. Marijuana possession is a mis­demeanor
and calls for imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than one
year and a fine of not more than $1,000.
Possession of drug paraphernalia is
punishable by imprisonment for not
more than one year.
Interesting to note is the fact that
even being in the same "place" where
you are aware that marijuana is being
smoked or other drugs are being used il­legally
is punishable with up to one
year in jail. All of these are for first of­fenses
- second offenses carries penal­ties
up to twice that for the first. Metha-qualone,
the so called "love drug," has
recently been proposed for addition to
the controlled substances list due to its
near epidemic abuse, and thereafter
will carry penalties tbe same as those
for narcotics.
Question: Why do some prescribed
drugs fail to treat an infection?
Answer: Often the patient will dis­continue
taking medication at the first
sign of improvement, thinking he is
cured. However, shortly afterward
symptomsreappear. This relapse could
be due to improper duration of therapy
or failure on the patient's part to take
the prescribed doses at the proper in­terval,
possibly prolonging the infec­tion.
Always take the prescribed dosage
for the length of time that the physi­cian
directs. Follow all directions given
by the pharmacist on taking the medi­cation,
and one last point: never re-use
drugs from a past illness. Most drugs
have expiration dates and, even
though the same problem re-occurs,
some "expired" medication can do
more harm than good. Clean out your
medicine cabinet regularly and dis­pose
of old prescriptions.
Question: Why can some diabetics be
treated with pills and other require
shots of insulin?
Answer: Insulin, simply defined, is a
Energy
From page 1
"The President's message was aimed
specifically toward liquefaction and
precombustion removal of pollutants,
high BTU coal gasification to produce
pipeline quality, and low BTU coal
gasification for industrial and utility
use.
"Success in this study in our own
state would be a major step forward in
meeting a national need for new forms
of energy," Carroll said.
According to Carroll, the investiga­tors
will study the dissolution and
sulfur removal of coal by the use of sol­vents
and hydrogen gas.
Carroll termed this the first signifi­cant
study of its kind and sees severa
early benefits if the study proves to b»
successful. Power companies and othei
energy intensive industries are poten
tial users of such fuel, Carroll noted, as
well as many other industries in Ala <
bam a.
The conversion to the use of such fue .
would itself provide the basis for a ver> "
large industry, one which would
produce the liquid coal, he said.
The need for non-polluting fuel and
Alabama's abundant supply of coal
could lead to a revitalization of that in-„
dustry and increase the value of coal, j
he added. -
With affluence
Escape back to nature
Senate From page 1
substance necessary' for the proper
metabolism of carbohydrates (sugar)
in the body. In the more serious cases of
diabetes, there is a complete lack of
insulin production by the body. These
people require regular injections of in­sulin
to meet their body's demand.
Other cases, which frequently develop
later in life, involve a delayed or
reduced release of insulin from stores in
the body and here oral drugs (called
oral hypoglycemics) are taken merely
to aid in the release Drocess.
Question: What is meant by malig­nant
cancer?
Answer: Malignant tumors, as °P_
posed to benign ones, begin in one area
and spread by finger-like projections
into the surrounding tissue. They are
hard to control because surgical re­moval
involves taking a large amount
of surrounding non-infected tissue and
even this does not guarantee that all of
the cancerous growth has been re­moved.
If all cancerous growth is not
removed, the tumor will regenerate,
eventually, and more than often, cause
death.
Did you know that a good cough pro­duces
wind velocities in excess of 75
mph?
If you have a question concern­ing
drugs and related topics, write
"The Pill Box," c / o Phi Delta Chi
Pharmacy Fraternity, School of
Pharmacy, Auburn University.
Those questions not published will
receive a personal reply so be sure
to include your name and address.
Names will not be published.
Isn't it great to know that, in spite of
high food prices, the President's Water­gate,
and torrential thunderstorms,
you have in your grasp the power to
escape the crushing blows of a civiliza­tion
long since gotten out of hand?
That's right, escape back to Nature.
Just think how much Freedom is at
your beck and call, waiting patiently
on some white, sandy Florida beach or
in the greenest, most luscious, forgot­ten
forest in Tuskegee. That's
right—just you and the Great Out­doors—
a living and breathing, symbol
of escape from the concrete and plastic
of Haley Center and from 15,000 others
just like yourself. So go ahead—break
away from your books, sliderules, and
cups of coffee—and be absolutely and
completely free! Remember—ours is a
generation that looks with contempt
and disdain at the hyper-materialistic,
money-grubbing ,dog-eat-dog society of
our parents. We have broken their
mold, refused to accept their beliefs and
principles. We value the preservation of
Nature, Love, Peace and Green
Trees. . .right?
Oh, just one more thing before you
hop into the Camaro Super Sport or
Volkswagen bus your middle class
parents bought for you—before you re­treat
to a world of bright sunshine, blue
sky, and green grass—you forgot some-ting
of essential importance. In order to
commune properly, you'll need at least,
a couple of six-packs of beer, a carton of
cigarettes, a bottle of Sea 'N Ski, a good
FM-AM radio, your Polaroid sunglas­ses,
a pair of flip-flops, your portable
tape player, three or four new tapes, a
deck of cards, and maybe even that bat­tery-
operated Panasonic TV your
parents gave you for Christmas last
Yesterday's nuns led a cloistered
life. When they ventured out, it
was two-by-two. Their roles were
traditional and within church in­stitutions.
Things have changed. The world.
The Church. The roles women
play.
Yet for one order, these changes
are hardly apparent. Ever since
the Dominican Sisters of the Sick
Poor were founded in 1876, they
have been engaged in pastoral
ministry. They have always been
flexible, Always self-motivated.
Always had freedom. Why? By
the very nature of their work.
The Dominican Sisters of the Sick
Poor give free nursing care to the
needy in their own homes. They
travel alone by bus or by subway.
Or by car. Or on foot. And their
day doesn't end at five o'clock.
Each case presents a different
problem: whether it is bringing
physical or spiritual comfort,
keeping a family together, coun­seling
or bridging the gap be­tween
social agencies, we bring
the love and devotion of Christ.
We are in direct contact with the
people we care for.
You see, we don't have to be lib­erated.
We are.
For more information on die
Dominican Sisters of tbe Sick
Poor write tot
Sister Marguerite Mitchell,
Vocation Director
Room 106
Mariaudale, Ossinlog,
New York 195*2
DOMMKAM SKIERS OF
For fun in the sun —
Come to JAN'S - the "in" place
to shop — with lots and lots of
new jean shorts and pants dresses
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TOWN * COUNT** FASHIONS
year. Now you're set to really get away
from it all!
Hey, it might be even better if you
could rent one of those Winnebago
campers—they don't cost that much,
Wells
Warren
and you'd have beds, running water,
and a bathroom! Wow! Talk about
Freedom!
If you don't have an entire weekend
to devote to the limitless pleasures of
roughing-it, maybe you'd better just
take the afternoon off and ride to Sam-ford
Park on your new 10-speed. Why
not lie on the grass for a couple of
hours, watching squirrels and sun­bathing?
Or you might take a couple of
freaky friends with you and throw your
new frisbee. Don't worry about starv­ing
to death while you're there, either,
because you can always walk down to
the health foods store and buy one of
their $1.50 organic candy bars. And
across the street is the ice cream place.
Or, gee, you could even walk behind Au­burn
Hall to Burger King for a nutri­tious
Whopper, fries, and a Coke! So
whatever your parents' income is, there
is no reason in the world why you can't
get back to Nature this spring!
executive conference table and fur­niture
for three offices in the new
Union Building.
The Student Government Associa­tion
requested $59,200 for the follow­ing
year to be supplimented by an
anticipated $600 from sale of student
guides, rings, and invitations.
Horizons Symposium is tentatively
budgeted for $17,000. Said SGA Pres­ident
Ed Milton, "We won't lose a
speaker for lack of money.
Milton revealed that fee for former
heavyweight boxing champion
Muhamed AH will be $2,750 and for
"Chicago Seven" attorney William
Kunsler $1,900.
It is projected by Milton that con­sumer
and housing guides will be com­piled
this summer and distributed this
fall.
Men's Intramurals requested
$36,211.26. H. M. Waldrop directs the
634 men's intramural teams and six of
the athletic clubs on campus.
Waldrop said that last year there was
$500 to go to eight clubs. The Gymnas­tic
Club, he said, disbanded because its
share of the $500 was insuficient.
The Soccer Club, he said, spent $240.
Six Athletic clubs are still requesting
funds via Men's Intramurals. The re­quests
total $3,600.
A projected Student magazine, ten­tatively
named "The Auburn Circle,"
has requested $4,450 for next year's
operation.
The magazine would be headed by a
board of editors consisting of three
faculty members and three students. It
would be published quarterly and be
distributed free. Circulation would be
about 11,000, according to Thom Bots-ford,
spokesman for the project.
The magazine would not take adver
tisements at first, Botsford said, bu
eventually would accept them.
'The Auburn Circle" would cover to
pics of interest to the student body anc
also do things more thoroughly than i
newspaper, he said.
Monday the Senate heard requests
from the Lectures Committee and the
War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen. Vice
President for Academic Affairs Taylo:
Littleton represented the Lectures
Committee and asked for $15,000 to fi
nace the Lectures Committee's gues
speakers and other expenses.
Limited space prohibited publi­cation
of the letters to the editor
this week. We will run a large,
letters section next week.
—Editor's note.,
Wild Willie saw all the folks on^
campus ordering football tickets this11,
week for next fall.
You know, they really do ha ve a good #
system for assigning student tic- C
kets—seniors first, then juniors, sopho- n
mores and freshmen. ;s
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seats. n
NEW OPENINGS FOR
WOMEN
The Naval ROTC has new openings for women
in the Navy-Marine College Program.
In these times of ever-expanding job opportu­nities,
equity pay and equity benefits for
women, the Navy is keeping stride.
The NROTC College Program for Women (on
an equal par with men) offers uniforms, $100
per month in the junior and senior years, and the
opportunity to compete for a full scholarship, and
commission in the Naval Service upon gra­duation.
Basically, the qualifications for this program
are the same for women as their male counter­parts:
• U.S. citizen
• Less than 25 years of age upon graduation
• Excellent health
• Currently enrolled at Auburn
• Married or unmarried
If you may be interested in being someone
special with the Navy blue, now is the time. The
opportunity has never been better.
Stop by the NROTC office at Broun Hall or give
us a call at 4364.
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Plainsmen, War Eagle Girls —R. C. Dennis
The 1972-73 Plainsmen and War Eagle Girls, the
official hosts and hostesses of Auburn University,
were selected this week. They a r e , front row, from
left: Bill Luka, 3AC; Gene Gordon, 2MBI; Ginger
Ousley, 2EED; J a p Black, 4HPR; Debbie Hartwell,
3FCD; and Laura Lewis, 2TM. Second row, from left:
J a n Jackson, 3GMH; Ruth Russell, 2EED; Bill
Odom, 4GSC; J a n e Brown, 3SED; Patti Palmer,
3AC; Marsha Johnson, 3VED; and J a n Taylor,
3EED. Third row, from left: John Wiley, 2GPO;
David Cleveland, 3BY; Debbie Meadows, 2FCD;Edd
Wadley, 3GB; and Mike Young, 3LPO. Some 220 ap­plied
for the 19 positions.
By Jack James
Asst. Features Editor
On January 4,1964, Harold
A. Franklin awoke from his
first night's sleep on the Au­burn
campus, and dressed
himself in coat and tie for the
ordeal of being the first Black
to enroll at Auburn Univer­sity.
Looking out the window at
the drizzling rain, Franklin
grabbed an umbrella and
headed for the library, un­concerned
with the tight
campus security being main­tained
on his behalf and "car­ing
less" about the army of
news reporters who were
waiting for permission to talk
to him and take his photo­graph.
Almost a decade has passed
since that day when Frank­lin
"pioneered" the way for
other blacks to attend Au­burn,
but looking back on
that day, 40-year-old Frank­lin,
now an assistant history
professor at Talladega Col­lege,
says he doesn't see him­self
as a pioneer but instead
considers himself an Alaba­ma
taxpayer who had the
right to attend a state in­stitution
of learning and took
advantage of it.
"It didn't bother me one
way or the other about hav­ing
all the publicity; I would
have done exactly what I did
do if the newsmen hadn't
been there," Franklin said.
"If it's publicity you want you
can climb on top of Tichenor
or Thach with a rifle and
shoot a bunch of people."
Franklin, who graduated
with honors from Alabama
State College in 1962, said he
had two reasons for coming
to Auburn in '64. "First, it
was the closest school to my
home in Montgomery which
offered an advanced degree
in history. Secondly, it was a
state school, which meant
that the tuition would be
cheaper than surrounding
schools."
"I had also heard all that
bugaboo about white schools
being better academically
than black schools," Frank­lin
added, "and I just wanted
to find out for myself."
Just as he had his reasons
for coming to Auburn, Frank­lin
also had his reasons for
leaving 12 months later with­out
getting a degree. "I never
thought that much of Au­burn
academic-wise, and I
still don't," Franklin com­mented.
He said he disliked
Auburn because there was
too much emphasis on sports
and not enough emphasis on
academics and appoint­ments
to administrative posi­tions
were too political.
After leaving Auburn in
May, 1965, Franklin accep­ted
a teaching position at
Alabama State College and
after a year of teaching his­tory
and geography he went
to Tuskegee Institute and
taught history until May,
1968.
Then Franklin headed
north to Massachusetts
where he attended Brandeis
and Tufts Universities in an
effort to finish work on a doc­torate
in history. Franklin
said at that time he was plan­ning
to go to law school after
getting his history doctorate,
so he could study law and be­come
a criminal lawyer, an
occupation which he had
always wanted to fill.
However, Franklin didn't
get his doctorate in history
but instead he returned to
Alabama and this time to
Talledega College where he is
now filling the position of As­sistant
History Professor.
His wife, Lilla was expect­ing
a baby while Franklin
was here, and he said that the
"baby" is now a very good
basketball player for a boy of
age nine. Though Franklin
had revealed earlier his dis­like
of sports, he said he
would allow his son to play
basketball at Auburn should
he someday receive a scho­larship.
"He can do what­ever
he wants to do," Frank­lin
stressed.
After leaving . Auburn,
Franklin was not convinced
that Auburn was better aca­demically
than black
schools. He is now involved
in a study entitled "The Thir­teen
College Curriculum
program" which is an eva­luation
of the ills of educa­tion
in 13 black schools lo­cated
throughout the South­east
and an attempt to re­solve
those ills."
Citing some educational
ills which he observed while
here at Auburn, Franklin
said that the liberal arts
program was not very well
extended and that some of
the teachers were not open-minded
enough to be teach­ing
at a college.
Commenting on some of
the teaching practices at Au­burn,
Franklin said that
some professors were more
concerned with memorizing a
textbook in a quarter than
with trying to reach out and
relate to what the student al­ready
knows.
Franklin said that his
future plans include a little
more teaching and then en­rollment
in Boston Univer­sity
to hopefully accomplish
his long range goal of becom­ing
a criminal lawyer.
Imported curiosity Nixon signs bill, ending student aid scare
Prof puts English charm in history
By Jackie Smith
Plainsman Staff Writer
For the untraveled stu­dent,
history instructor
Robin Fabel is an imported
curiosity. He's "that English­man"
who often teaches
American history, and, ac­cording
to more than one co­ed
enchanted with his ac­cent,
he is capable of
sprinkling a quaint kind of
English charm onto the dull­est
of historical situations.
It is likely that Fabel's
colorful but exacting ap­proach
to historv is not ex­clusively
a product of his En­glish
heritage. Perhaps some
of his charm has been bor­rowed
from the five different
continents he has resided in
during his lifetime. He's de­finitely
a transient soul, hav­ing
experienced life in Asia,
Australia, Africa, Europe
and North America.
Four years ago, Fabel left
his native England and
headed for the United States
for the second time. Since
then, Auburn has been his
home and surprised, some­what
provincial, native
Southerners his students.
Some years earlier he and
his family had come to Amer­ica
for the first time where he
taught at a small liberal arts
college in Arkansas. "Since
this was the first time we'd
ever been to the U.S. we
didn't know the forms of
transportation would be so
different from those in
Europe. So, we took a train
from New York to
Arkansas," he said.
ceived his bachelor's degree aloof—and very self-con-and
masters' degree in his- tained.
tory. "I taught for a number Speaking in a soft voice,
of years in England and with a crisp English accent,
then decided to look for a he says, "We've been in Au-position
in the U.S. The burn since 1969, and we like it
school in Arkansas was here quite well," he said. "I
small, but I liked it." plan to return to England
In fact, when he left the col- this summer after summer
lege, some friends gave him a school for a short vacation. I
courses to digest in such, a
short period of time.
"I think it would be enough
to start with the 1500's or
1600's," he said. "It is a little
extreme, I think, to start with
the world as a whirling ball of
fire and carry it through the
Watergate incident."
Fabel said he hates to see
domestic troubles over­shadow
foreign policy as
with the Watergate incident.
"I think President Nixon's
foreign policy has been im­pressive.
Though probably
the credit should go to Kis­singer."
He said he believes the U.S.
involvement in Vietnam is
over although there are some
loose ends that will take time
to clear up.
"Vietnam isn't the first un­popular
war America has
fought, but it is the longest,
and Americans tend to fight
short wars and want things
to be very tidy when they're
over. It just takes time to set
things back in place," he
said.
By Mike Sigler
Plainsman Staff Writer
Pres. Richard Nixon
signed a bill Saturday that
will give Auburn at least the
same amount of federal funds
for student financial aid as it
received this past year and
possibly more, according to
Charles Roberts, director of
financial aid.
"Specific allocations for
Auburn have not been made
yet, but there is no question
that we will receive as much
as last year and I expect a
good deal more," Roberts re­marked.
The announcement will be
good news to the more than
2,000 Auburn students who
are receiving some kind of fi­nancial
assistance through
the Financial Aid Office.
Many had feared that finan­cial
aid might be severely cur­tailed
for next year due to the
President's proposed budget
cut-backs, Roberts said.
Roberts explained that stu­dents
may receive aid from
three main areas: gift aid,
work aid and loans.
The gift aid consists of
scholarships, awarded pri­marily
to students of high
academic ability who demon­strate
financial need, and of
grants given to students from
low income families unable to
meet the costs of attending
school. The Educational Op­portunities
Act program is
the largest source of grants,
Roberts said.
About 450 students are cur­rently
enrolled in the work-study
program at Auburn.
These students are able to
defray college expenses by
working as lab assistants,
clerical workers, and other
jobs on the Auburn campus,
Roberts said. Employment
under this program is li­mited
to students who
demonstrate financial need,
are capable of maintaining
good academic standing and
who have been accepted as a
full-time student at auburn,
Roberts said.
Four hundred thousand
dollars will be spent this year
for the work-study program.
Eighty per cent of the work-study
funds come from the
federal government, while
the University pays 20 per
cent.
"The 450 students on work-study
this year is an increase
of some 50 students over last
year," said Roberts. "We are
hoping to be able to have as
many as 600 in the program
next year."
The largest proportion of fi­nancial
aid is in the form of
student loans, this year to­taling
over one million
dollars, according to Roberts.
Students may borrow money
from a bank or other lending
institutions under the
federally funded National
Defense Student Loan
program or the Auburn Stu­dent
Aid Fund, which is
funded by alumni contribu­tions.
"It's impossible to give
exact figures as to who is eli­gible
to receive what aid,"
said Roberts.
"When a student files a
request with our office, he
must fill out a form indicat­ing
his family's income," he
said. "His ability to pay will
be analyzed against his ex­penses."
Roberts added that there
will be no more scholarships
available for next year.
ROBIN FABEL —R. C. Dennis
.Distinguished Englishman in Auburn
personality
A With a short laugh—the
~~ kind one gives when remem-
~— bering something that seems
funnier now than it did at the
time—he said, "I think the
trip took up two or three days
before we ever reached
• Arkansas. Then some poor
! fellow had to get up at about
f three in the morning to come
: meet us at the de-
; pot." While in Arkansas, he
was favorably impressed
with the United States and
! the South in particular. But
after teaching there for two
years, he decided to return to
England.
Since childhood he has
traveled extensively. "My
! father was in the military,
: and so naturally we traveled
I quite a bit. But I never
• wanted to make a career of
I the army like my father."
£. Fabel served two years in
S the British army before enter-
»~ing college. While in the
"^army, he spent one year in
^the Suez Canal Zone and
then was transferred to Cy­prus.
"Cyprus was a fas­cinating
place to me, since I
had such an interest in his­tory.
I found Cyprus most in­teresting
with its centuries of
past civilization."
After finishing his two
years'in the army he went to
Oxford University on a his­tory
scholarship where he re-certificate
denoting him an
'Arkansas Traveler',"
In his office, the walls are
lined with books mostly of
history, and atop one shelf is
a hand-drawn birthday card
showing in cartoons dif­ferent
phases of his life.
This not-so-typical Arkan­sas
traveler is usually seen
with a pipe which if he isn't
smoking, he is, perhaps un­consciously,
toying with its
mouth piece.
True to the stereotype pic­ture
Americans often have of
Englishmen, he appears to be
reserved—somewhat
IFC makes
$1000 donation
to fund drive
The All-Campus Fund
Drive received a $1,000 dona­tion
from the Interfraternity
Council this week according
to IFC President Danny Low-rey.
The money came from the
IFC general fund, Lowrey
said, and no specifications
were placed on how the
money is to be spent. The
money for the general fund
comes from dues received
from each fraternity and pro­fits
from the annual IFC con­cert.
Lowrey said that since the
IFC is a non-profit organiza­tion,
it has to empty its gen­eral
fund each year. He said
th at at the end of the year the
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organizations to donate
whatever surplus is in the
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have some research I need to
do on George Johnston and of
course I want to see my
parents." He has been re­searching
Johnston, the first
governor of British West
Florida and a commander of
the Royal Navy during the
American Revolutionary
War, for several years and
would like to see it in the form
of a book someday but ad­mits
that it quite possibly will
never reach the book stage.
"In order to interpret the
present in meaningful terms,
one must first understand the
past," he said with a smile.
He believes all students
should be required to take
some amount of history in
college for that reason. How­ever,
he does agree that there
is too much material in Au­burn's
three World history
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Varied affairs highlight Fine Arts week
Fine Arts week is in full
swing this week. Pic­tured
on this page are
some of the activities that
have taken place thus far.
There have been Frisbee
throwing contests, hula
hoop contests, May-day
festivities, music, free
cokes, free popcorn and
an art show in Smith Hall.
Activities for today in­clude
a guided tour of the
new theatre building at 2
p.m. and a body painting
contest at 3 p.m. in Sam-ford
Park.
Tomorrow, the Auburn
Players will perform a
skit at 1:30 p.m. in Biggin
Court and another skit by
Phi Mu Alpha will be per­formed
at 2:50 in Biggin
Court.
Saturday morning there
will be a cake sale in Sam-ford
Park, and there will
be a faculty-student soft-ball
game at 1 p.m. be­hind
the fire station.
The Beaux Arts Cos­tume
Ball will be held
Saturday night at 8 p.m. at
the "Bull Shed." "South
Wind" will play for the
event, and the theme will
be the "50's."
Plainsman photography -Winston Tinnon
Student Senate appoints committees
By Frank Whatley
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Student Senate ap­pointed
committee members
and chairmen in a meeting
held Tuesday, April 24. Stu­dent
Government Associa­tion
Vice-president Mike
Wilson expressed hope that
students will take interest
and participate in the com­mittee's
activities.
Appointed to the Rules
Committee were Bill
Thrasher, 3MK, chairman,
Dave Dyson, 3PL, Ann Hoff­mann,
2FH, and Bill Alvis,
4GHH.
Code of Laws Committee
members are Jap Black,
4HPR, chairman, DeWayne
Mobley, 5AR, Denson Lips­comb,
2GP0, Gayle Cresse,
2SED, Dave Cleveland, 4BI.
Named to the Budget and
Finance Committee are
Alvis, chairman, Thrasher,
Debbie Hartwell, 3FCD, Mike
Wright, 3FY, Mark Hart,
2AC, John Decker, 2PL,
Stuart Shoppert, 6BA, Susan
Brown, 3GFLS, Dyson and
Lexa Dowling, 2EED.
Budget and Finance is cur­rently
hearing requests from
various projects for shares of
the student activity fee.
Student Welfare Commit­tee
members are Mike Vann,
3LPO, chairman, Hart, Jim
Gibson, 2AE, Ms. Hoff­mann,
Mobley, and Mike
Zeigler, 3GSY.
Frank "Trippy" McGuire,
2SY, is the chairman of the
Organizations Committee.
Other members are Mac
Motes, 2TM, Reed Lannom,
3GPL, Gibson, Ms. Hartwell,
Jan Cox, 2MN, and John
Mayfield, 3VM.
The Public Relations Com­mittee's
members are Zeigler,
chairman, Decker, Patti
Palmer, 3AC, and Ms. Hoff­mann.
Members of the Bookstore
Committee are Bill Berry,
3VM, chairman, Vann, Me-lanie
Whatley, 3EH, Travis
Ray, 4PY, Mayfield, and IPC
treasurer Bill Store, 2BC, ex
officio member.
Members of the Athletics
Committee are Mike Tra-pani,
3SE1), Gibson, Ray,
and Ms. Dowling.
Student Health Commit­tee
are Wright, chairman,
Berry, Ms. Brown, Cleve­land,
Ms. Whatley, Tommy
Hodges, 2PPY, Mike Smith
and Doug Meckes, 3VM.
Campaign Precedents
Committee members are
Dyson, chairman, Black, Ms.
Cox, Ms. Palmer, Smith and
Tommy Phillips, 5AR.
Ms. Palmer is the chair­man
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Other members are
McGuire, Lannom, Shop-pert,
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Members of the Academic
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chairman, Ms. Craw­ford,
Motes, Alvis, Ms.
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The economy: two views on where we are, how we got there
The President's rhetoric and actual
policy have diverged over the last few
years, according to our guest essayist
Donald Bellante. Dr. Bellante looks at the
current inflation problem from a his­torical
perspective in the following con­tribution.
.A. USEFUL appraisal of the mone­tary
policy of the Nixon Administra­tion
must be placed in historical per­spective.
So I'll begin with a descrip­tion
of the economic policies followed in
the several years before President
Nixon took office, and their conse­quences
for Mr. Nixon.
At the beginning of 1965, the
national economy was in a healthy
state. Inflation was low, as it had been
for the previous 12 years. Unemploy­ment
was quite low. Then came what
has been called the "Johnson spend­ing
explosion." The $30 billiion in­crease
in annual defense spending that
occured over the next 4 years has been
well publicized. Much less publicized
was the $40 billion increase in annual
domestic spending—the "Great
Society" programs which by popular
myth had been sacrificed in order to fi­nance
the Vietnam War.
In truth, the war and the Great
Society were financed by what
amounts to the worst type of taxation
without representation: The govern­ment
"created" the money necessary to
finance its expenditures. Addit^qns to
the money supply of course circulate
through the economy, increasing pur­chasing
power in the process.
However, this increased purchasing
power is not as good as it may sound. In
1968, President Johnson's last year in
office, the money supply increased by
10 per cent. Since the economy's
capacity to produce goods and services
only could be increased by about three
per cent per year at that time, a 10 per
cent increase in the money supply (and
consequently, purchasing power) was
entirely too high. If people try to buy
more than the economy can produce,
of the labor force. While a rise in unem­ployment
was inevitable (at least tem­porarily)
if runaway inflation was to be
avoided, the recession could have been
less severe if the economy had been
slowed down more gradually.
But to Mr. Nixon's credit, this was
the first time in 5 years that the federal
government faced the harsh reality
brought about by irresponsibly high in­creases
in the money supply. Had the
situation been treated in 1966or 1967, it
would never have gotten out of hand.
The slowdown resulted in a rate of in­flation
in 1970 of about 5.2 per cent,
instead of the eight or higher that
would have occured in the absence of
an attempt at reversing monetary
policy.
Yet this slowing down of inflation
was much less an improvement than
most economists, and the administra­tion,
expected. The fact that the in­flationary
trend was so difficult and
painful to reverse proved that the
monetary policy followed between 1965
and 1968 was even worse than
previously thought, and that it would
take years to undo the eventual da­mage.
Up to this point the administration's
rhetoric and actions were not too far
apart. President Nixon had been
elected on a promise to slow down the
rapid growth of government spending
and the money supply. While govern­ment
spending continued to increase,
the rate of growth of the money supply
was slowed considerably.
In early 1970, the administration
was faced with the task of increasing
the money supply at a steady, mo­derate
rate. An increase in the money
supply of about six per cent per year, if
"In truth, the war and the Great Society were
financed by what amounts to the worst type of
taxation without representation: The govern­ment
"created" the money necessary to fi­nance
its expenditures."
inflation can be the only result. Since
spending increased by 10 per cent, with
the actual output or supply of goods in­creasing
by thref cent, it was not
surprising that the rate of inflation
went from about four per cent in 1968 to
six per cent in 1969.
Worse yet, we know that increases in
the money supply do not have their full
effect on prices until about 14 to 18
months after the increase in the money
supply. That means that had the
monetary policy of 1968 been allowed
to run its course, prices would have
been rising even more rapidly by 1970.
Most econometric models projected a
rate of inflation of about eight per cent
for 1970, which is about double the rate
that we have experienced in the last
year. Clearly, given the unwise
monetary plicy of 1968, 1969 would
have to be a year of policy reversal. It is
against this background that -Mr.
Nixon took office in January 1969.
OIX MONTHS after the President
took office, monetary policy was in fact
reversed: there was actually a slight de­cline
in the money supply for the
second half of 1969. While slowing
down the economy was desirable, this
action went too far in the right direc­tion—
it was more like slamming on the
brakes. The consequence was a sharp
rise in the unemployment rate from
under four per cent ot over six per cent
continued for several years, would
have returned the economy to the
healthy state that it had enjoyed in
1965: low unemployment and less than
a three per cent rate of inflation. As it
was, the money supply was increased
by exactly six per cent in ] 970. As a con­sequence,
the rate of inflation slowed to
about 3.5 per cent.
Although hardly anyone seems to
realize it, the downward trend of infla­tion
started six months before the
wage-price freeze of August 1971. But
the public reacts to the present situa­tion,
not the long run consequences of
present policy. The Republicans did
poorly in the 1970 elections, and this
caused the President to panic. Federal
spending exploded again, increasing
during 1971 and 1972 by 12 percent per
year. The money supply during the
period was increased by well over
eight per cent per year, in hopes of driv­ing
down the unemployment rate fast­er
than it would have otherwise fallen.
Wage and price controls were in­stituted
to mollify the public and Con­gress,
and to "cover up" the inflation
that would inevitably occur. (During a
period of price controls, inflation takes
the form of fewer peas in a can, instead
of a higher price for a can of peas, but it
is inflation just the same. For this rea­son,
price statistics are unreliable mea­sures
of inflation during a period of
controls.)
"Inflation is the fault of labor
unions. . .Big business is creating all our
economic problems. . .Consumers are to
blame. . ."
Most Americans, it would seem, find ex­planations
of the current economic situa­tion
in over-simplified statements like
the above. Actually, the problems have
complex histories and many possible
solutions, as our guest essayists point out
this week.
DR. ROBERT O. BOSTON
. .Appraises Nixon policies
J
DR. DONALD BELLANTE
. . .Takes historical approach
Essay page compiled by Jim Lester
The result was some reduction in the
unemployment rate, most of which
would have occured'.anyway, and a
rekindling of inflation. This is our pre­sent
situation. The opportunity to
return the economy to a healthy state,
in terms of inflation and unemploy­ment,
has been thrown away.
JTRESIDENT NIXON has correct­ly
sensed a swing in public opinion to­ward
a more conservative outlook on
government spending, and continues
to talk of restraining government
spending. But now the thetoric and
actual policy no longer coincide. The
proposed federal budget calls for an
eight per cent increase in government
spending. If the increased government
spending continues to be financed by
creating money, the results are easily
predictable. The inflation of the past
will certainly get no better.
I am really amazed at the treatment
that the press has given the proposed
budget. Instead of an eight percent in­creased,
one would think that govern­ment
spending will be drastically de­creased.
What is really happening is
that some old programs are being re­placed
by new programs, as federal
priorities change, but the overall effect
is still a large increase in government
spending. True, if Congress has its
way, the government budget will grow
by much more than eight per cent.
Congress and the President will pro­bably
compromise on a budget in­crease
of about 10 per cent. As in­appropriate
as that would be for the
economy, we can at least be thankful
that Congress will not have its way en­tirely.
—Donald Bellante
A ssista n t Professor
Economics and Geography
The Nixon Administration has not of­fered
and does not possess a coherent
economic policy, in the opinion of guest es­sayist
Robert O. Boston. Dr. Boston of­fers
a vivid critique of the policy of our
government over the past several years in
this contribution. The Administration, it
seems, has inherited contradictory
"books" from a comic strip character,
"Billy, the Boy Artist."
i H E EMPLOYMENT Act of 1946,
for the first time in the history of the
United States, officially recognized the
impact that government activi­ties
have on the economy and, in es­sence,
directed that programs and acti­vities
should be deliberately used in an
effort to achieve certain desirable eco­nomic
consequences. The basic econo­mic
goals of any free society are ge­nerally
recognized as:
(1) An increasing standard of liv­ing.
(2) Full employment with a reason­ably
stable price level.
(3) A minimum of government
regulation of business and individual
activity, and
(4) A greater equality of opportunity
and income. The purpose here is to exa­mine
the policies of the current ad­ministration
and attempt to evaluate to
what extent it has pursued these objec­tives.
Individual members of the Congress
have consistently paid lip service to
these objectives, emphasizing and
extolling one or another as politically
expedient for the time, the place, or the
audience.
Initiation of programs seeking to at­tain
any or all of these goals must,
therefore, come from the executive
branch. It is to this branch that both
the Congress and the people must look
for guidance, and for specific legisla­tive
proposals.
Many years ago there was a cartoon
strip which featured a child prodigy
curve, a measure developed by a British
economist, indicates that, as full em­ployment
is approached, the result
must be inflation of prices. It should be
recognized that this analysis is sup­ported
by statistical evidence that ap­plies
only to a fully mature economy.
However, under current policies in the
United States, it appears that an
intolerable rate of inflation ac­companies
an unemployment rate of
five per cent, and there is little evidence
that the administration has any
coherent plan for amelioration of these
conditions, either with respect to em­ployment
or rapid price inflation.
The administration must also re­ceive
a black mark for Item ;i, a
minimum of government regulation of
business and individual economic
activity. Beginning with Phase I and
progressing through Phase III, there
has been and continues to be more
direct intervention in the affairs of the
private sector. As an illustration, cur­rent
thinking and planning for the
impending energy crisis seems to be
limited to the idea of rationing gas­oline
rather than giving consideration
to broad imaginative policies looking
toward a permanent solution of the pro­blem.
Item 4, greater equality of op­portunity
and income, seems to have
been completely overlooked or
deliberately ignored. Many programs
designed to help the underprivileged
are cut back or eliminated completely.
It is argued, with some justification,
that much of the money spent on these
programs never reaches the people it
"The economic record of the present ad­ministration,
then, has largely been a record of
rapid shifts of direction and evasive tactics,
often initiated at the poorest time."
called "Billy, the Boy Artist." Re-cognized,
even in the 1920's, as an ex­ceptional
child. Billy did not attend
school but, instead, had two tutors.
One, a tall, thin, solemn-faced indi­vidual
on the I-chabod Crane model,
carried a huge volumeentitled "Things
to Do." The other tutor, a short, fat, jol­ly
appearing person, carried an equal­ly
impressive book with the title
printed for all the world to see, "Don't
Do It." "Billy, the Boy Artist," (and his
tutors) has long since gone the way of
all comic strips. The books, alas, seem
to have been inherited by the present
administration.
Item 1, an increasing standard of liv­ing,
can be accomplished only by in­creasing
personal incomes while hold­ing
prices stable or by insuring that in­comes
increase more rapidly than
prices advance. The first alternative
has not been attained since the 1930's.
The second, that of insuring increas­ing
incomes, has been the general rule
until the advent of the present ad­ministration.
During this administra­tion,
although prices and incomes have
both risen, statistics tell us that prices
have risen more rapidly than incomes
and many people are relatively worse
off than they were five years ago.
Item 2, full employment with a stable
price level, has become more and more
the impossible dream under the pre­sent
administration. The Phillips
was intended for. It can also be argued
that, if the programs (such as Head
Start, legal aiddor the poor, adult duca-tion
and job training for the low in­come
groups) are worthwhile, rather
than eliminate the programs because
of waste or mismanagement, we should
get rid of th waste and ineficicncy.
1 HE ECONOMIC record of the
present administration, then, has
largely been a record of rapid shifts of
direction and evasive tactics, often ini­tiated
at the poorest time. Phases I and
II, and freezing of wages and prices,
were instituted during a period when it
appeared that prices were beginning
to stabilize. The major unions had se­cured
wage increases and the big busi­nesses
had increased their prices ac­cordingly.
Phaselll.on the other hand,
the relaxation of compulsory and en­forceable
controls, has been initiated
just as most economists are predicting
economic expansion and most unions
are preparing for another round of
wage increase negotiations.
To this observer, at least, it appears
that the administration has not of­fered,
indeed perhaps does not possess,
a coherent economic policy. The record
has been one of too much too soon or too
little too late.
—Robert O. Boston
Associate Professor
Economics and Geography
K Essays on the economy
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to him, and he decided to take it.
"I arrived in Neuchatel, Switzerland in early September
(1972), and I quickly found out that the season was under­way.
"It was really an experience in itself," continued Retseck.
"In addition to playing on the team, I also served as an ad­viser
to the coach of the team whenever he ran into some­thing
that he couldn't explain to the team.
"That's when you really learn a lot about a sport, trying to
explain it to someone, especially to a person who speaks a
foreign language.
While playing in the ski country, Retseck occasionally ran
into one of his old Auburn teammates.
"Al Leaphart was playing for a Swiss town which was lo­cated
near the Italian border. We didn't see too much of each
other since the two of us were playing in two different
leagues." »——— • •--
Tough if not tougher
How do the European basketball players compare with
those of the United States?
"The shooters and the ballhandlers over there are not as
good, but their style of play is as tough if not tougher than
that of the American ball players."
Retseck ended up the season with 30 points and around 20
rebounds a game. In addition, he put on some weight which
put him up to the 225 mark.
Right after his season ended, the big man quickly packed
his bag and hurried home.
"My mother was being contacted by several of the pro
teams before their annual collegiate draft. Because of that, I
decided to come on home to see what was.happening.
"Right after I got home, Golden State contacted me and
told me that they were very interested. Things seemed to turn
out pretty well."
In the very near future, Retseck is scheduled to begin fi­nancial
negotiations with each of the two clubs. Either way
he turns, no doubt he will become a wealthy man.
Not bad for a man who less than a year ago was just look­ing
for something to do.
By Charlie Cox
Assistant Sports Editor
Auburn should have little trouble next year
in matching this year's lineb&cking exper­tise.
In fact three out of the four starting line­backers
are returning with another player
ready to step into the important position of
rover, vacated by senior captain, Mike Neel.
Sophomores Ken Bernich and Bill Newton
are returning along with junior Bill Luka
and will be joined by junior Mike Flynn who
missed all of last season.
According to Coach Paul Davis who is in
charge of the linebackers, Flynn has more
potential than Neel, but the lay-off will de­finitely
hurt him at the start of the season.
"Mike has the size and speed to be a great
rover whereas Neel had to rely on his quick­ness
and football knowledge. Neel was a
great player for us, not only as rover but also
as the leader of the team. It is always hard to
replace a player like that.
"Right now you can tell Flynn has been
out, but by the time he's played a couple of
games he will have come around."
Perhaps the most interest for Coach Davis
this spring has been in the rover position
simply because the other three linebackers
are returning.
"The rover's job," commented Coach
Davis, "is to play the split-end side of the
field, or what is sometimes called the weak
side. Of course, if a team plays a seven man
front then the rover's job is just like that of
the strong side linebackers."
When asked how he rated the linebackers
with the Auburn linebackers of the past,
Coach Davis reflected, "I don't think we've
had a linebacker to compare with Bobby
Strickland. He had the speed to go along with
his size and could defend against the pass as
well as the run.
"Luka, however, after switching to strong
side linebacker from the middle slot this past
season has come along strong. Luka, along
with Bernich, gives you a basis for a sound
defense.
"And Newton, although only a sopho­more,
has as much talent and ability as any
linebacker I've ever coached."
-Jim Johnson
RUNNING BACK CHRIS LINDERMAN IS SENT AIRBORNE BY LINEBACKER
BOBBY DAVIS
. . .Spring practice will be concluded by next week's A-Day game
SB BWI
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THURS., MAY 3, 1973 SECTION TWO
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Milliron accepts new challenge
By Larry Gierer
Associate Sports Editor
"It's kind of hard to improve on a record like Auburn has
established, but I hope to keep it at the same championship
level."
With these thoughts, Coach Virgil Millironacceptedthe
head wrestling coach job here at Auburn this past weekend.
Milliron who is presently head wrestling coach and athle­tic
director at Oscar Rose Junior College in Oklahoma re­places
the legendary coach Arnold "Swede" Umbach who re­tired
this season after 28 winning years.
Milliron who has been coaching wrestling since he was
just a senior in high school also has many records to his
credit. At Grant High in Oklahoma he won two state cham­pionships
and had three undefeated teams. Previous to that
at John Marshall High he produced two state championship
teams.
In the three years he has been coaching at Oscar Rose he
has produced one national champion and all of his teams
have been nationally ranked. Fifteen of his high school
wrestlers went on to win Big Eight championships, and he
developed four NCAA champs, two of which went to the
Olympics.
His best known wrestler is Wayne Wells who this year won
the gold medal in the 160 lb. class and in 1971 was named the
"Wrestling Man of the Year."
"It wasn't a tough decision to make. I was very honored to
even be considered nevertheless selected for the job," said
Milliron.
Swede Umbach had this to say about the man taking his
job, "I have known Virgil Milliron for many years, and he
has produced a great number of outstanding wrestlers. He is
an outstanding teacher of fundamentals and has the back­ground
to produce national champions."
AUBURN WRESTLING COACH VIRGIL MILLIRON
. . .Mentor following in tough footsteps
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Disappointed baseballers
fail in their bid for crown
By John Duncan
Sports Editor
A disappointed Auburn
baseball team wraps up its
1973 Southeastern Con­ference
campaign by travel­ing
to Athens, Ga. this week­end
for a two game series
with the Georgia Bulldogs.
Tuesday, the Tigers return
home for a single game with
Mercer.
Auburn's hopes for a shot
at their first SEC crown since
1967 went down the drain
this past weekend when the
Tigers lost two games of a
three game series to Vander-bilt
on Friday by scores of 5-1
and 1-0.
Thinclads seeking
revenge on Georgia
By Mike Tapley
Plainsman Sports Writer
Auburn thinclads will be
seeking revenge in the up­coming
meet with Georgia
Saturday in Athens.
Last year was the first time
in 32 years that Georgia
trackmen had beaten Au­burn.
Now Auburn'stracksters
will be out to put the statis­tics
on an even keel again.
"Georgia is tough," com­mented
Coach Mel Rosen,
"but I think we can win the
meet if we can place some
second and third wins in the
events that we are weak in."
"We are also going into the
meet without three of our top
men. Jerry Wooden and Ray­mond
Drump are out with in­juries.
Frank Ogles will miss
the rest of the season."
Wednesday, the Alabama
track team visits "the
Plains" for a Hual meet be­ginning
at 3:30 p.m.
Amidst the 45-degree tem­perature,
rain and wind, Au­burn's
trackmen placed two
important wins in the Penn
Relay Carnival held in Penn.
Bret Dull threw the discus
174' 4" for a second place win.
Auburn's mile-relay team
composed of Tim Curry,
Randy Brown, Bobby Scott
and Danny Smith ran their
way to a second place win in
that event.
"I was well pleased with
the performance of every in­dividual
in this meet, and we
all were glad to be able to par­ticipate
in such an important
meet," said Rosen.
Netters end against
Samford Bulldogs
By Robin Stone
Plainsman Sports Writer
The Tiger tennis team is
sitting on top of a mountain
peak as far as their 1973 sea­son
is concerned, and they
could go off either side.
The Auburn netmen are
currently 8-8 for the season,
after defeating Columbus
College 6-3 Tuesday. Coach
Luther Young's netters have
only one more match re­maining
in the season, a Fri­day
encounter with Sam-ford.
The match Friday will
determine whether the Ti­gers
have a winning or a los­ing
season. After that, its on
to the Southeastern Con­ference
tournament at Van-derbilt
University in Nash­ville.
Although the Tigers are
bringing up the rear in the
SEC tennis race, coach
Young is pleased.
"I think the boys have done
very well for what we've got,"
Young said. "They have
played as a team all season
long," he added.
"We picked up experience
as the season went along,
and we're considerably bet­ter
than we were at the first of
the season, but we're, still
weak," said Young.
Meanwhile Young has
been busy trying to find ten­nis
talent for next year.
"Competition for the good
players is tough. A lot of play­ers
promise they will come,
but promises don't mean any­thing
until they sign," Young
said.
Drew Evert and Jay Pease
will lead the Tigers in the
SEC tournament, at the first
and second positions, but
Young isn't optimistic.
"We'll be extremely low in
the SEC tournament. I'd look
for Georgia, Florida, Ala­bama
and Tennessee to have
the best chance of winning."
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On Saturday, Auburn
bounced back to save face by
downing the Commodores 7-4
in a game which saw the
Plainsmen score five runs in
the ninth inning to salvage
the win.
The disastrous series in
Nashville dropped the Ti­gers
into a solid tie for third
place with Tennessee with
each having a 7-7 recird in
the conference on the year.
This weekend, the top two
teams in the SEC Florida and
Vanderbilt battle it out in the
"home of the Grand Ole
Opry" to see who will become
the eastern division champ
and secure the right to play
Alabama, the west cham­pion
for the Southeasttern
Conference championship.
Florida, currently leading
the division with a 9-4 mark,
must take two games of the
three game series to win the
east crown. If the Com­modores,
in second place
with a record of 8-5, take two
out of the three, then both
teams would be in a tie. The
winner would be determined
by a one game play-off.
"The two rained out games
with Jacksonville on Wed­nesday
and Thursday could
not help but hurt us," ex­plained
Tiger coach Paul
Nix.
On Tuesday, the national­ly
ranked South Alabama Ja­guars
soundly defeated the
Tigers by a score of 12-1.
Manager Stanky
always plays to win
—Glenn Brady
COACH EDDIE STANKY GIVES SIGN
. . . His team third nationally
New baseball times
Coach Paul Nix announced that the rest of the Au­burn
home games will be played at Plainsman Park
starting at 3 p.m. The remaining games include Mer­cer
on May 8, and with Florida State on May 14 and 15.
By Larry Gierer
Associate Sports Editor
Eddie Stanky coaches just
the way he played, doing any­thing
to win.
The South Alabama coach
with over 20 years of major
league experience with such
teams as the New York
Yankees and the Chicago
White Sox has taken a small
southern school and in just a
few years made them con­tenders
for national
honors.
The man who had led his
team to a 27-7 record and a
number three ranking
brought his team in this
weekend to play the Auburn
team a two game series.
"I don't like to talk about
the past. I'm a man who likes
to think about the future. Al­though
I miss pro ball, I am
very happy at aSouth Ala­bama
and hope to be around
the next eight or 10 years if
they will have me," said
Stanky.
"It was in 1969 that I was
offered the Florida State job,
and then the administration
of South Alabama invited me
down. Since the school was in
my home town of Mobile I de­cided
that I would go there
and I have never regretted it.
Obviously South Alabama
has never regretted it either
since what was once a rough­shod
program is now one of
the best around . . .
"There is really not that
much difference in coaching
college baseball and major
league baseball. The coach is
still working with young men
trying to teach them the
game and building their cha­racter."
"Of course, the financial
aid is much lower in the
college ranks, but the life is a
little easier and since I want
to live to be 93 years old I'll
stick with it," he said.
Several new rules have af­fected
baseball as of late and
coach Stanky was glad to
give his opinions of them.
"I like the new pinch hitter
rule, and I feel that it will
very soon be accepted for
college competition. I like it
because it produces more
runs and because it gives
more ballplayers a chance to
play."
On the rule which disal-ows
a pitcher to retaliate a
close pitch by throwing at the
batter Stanky commented, "I
think this rule which throws
the pitcher out of the game for
this action is an excellent one
since I never approved of a
pitcher throwing at a hitter."
"This rule is strictly an um­pire's
judgement call and
that's the way that it should
be," he continued.
Over the last few seasons
Auburn's Coach Paul Nix
has complained of the majors
robbing him of his better
players.
"I don't consider it rob­bing,"
continued Stanky. "If
these young men wish to go
on and play pro ball I am
completely behind them. If he
is offered a big contract why
shouldn't he take it."
"I only hope that at a later
time he will continue his edu­cation
because it is very im­portant.
Of course, I just do
my job and do not scout for
any of the teams."
Stanky had several prais­ing
words for Tiger head
coach Paul Nix. "Coach Nix
is one of the best in the busi­ness.
He is very respected in
baseball circles and is not
afraid to play anyone."
"For example some
coaches if they have lost a
couple of games to you in the
past will not schedule you
again. I was real disap­pointed
in Jake Gibbs (base­ball
coach at Mississippi) be­cause
he would only sche­dule
us if his team won the
SEC title.
"Coach Nix is willing to
play you anytime, and his
team always gives us a tough
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page 11 Thurs., May 3, 1973 THE AUBURN PUINMHN
Kicking important to Tigers
CHRIS WILSON HAS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT BLOCKED
SCRIMMAGE
. . . Tigers making it a trademark to prevent kicks and punts
Glenn Brady
DURING
By Robin Stone
Plainsman Sports Writer
This time last spring every­thing
about the Auburn foot­ball
team was up in the air
except the kicking game.
That didn't worry Coach
Ralph Jordan last spring was
his kicking specialists. David
Beverley and Gardner Jett,
two players All-SEC cali­bre.
As expected