1974-05-02 The Auburn Plainsman

              AU enrollment growth largest percentage increase in nation
By Greg Lisby
Managing Editor
Enrollment at Auburn University in­creased
9.89 per cent over the past aca­demic
year, the largest percentage in­crease
in total enrollment among multi-campus
institutions during 1972-73.
The figures were released by the
National Association of State Universi­ties
and Land-Grant Colleges
(NASULGC).
Total enrollment at Auburn for fall,
1972 was 16,578 and for fall, 1973,18,217,
Dr. W. A. Tincher, director of Educa­tional
Services, said.
Enrollment at Auburn University at
Montgomery (AUM) for fall, 1972 was
2,050 and increased to 2,512 for fall, 1973,
an increase of 22.5 per cent. Enrollment
on the main campus for fall, 1972, was
14,528, which increased to 15,705 for fall,
1973, a percentage increase of 8.1 per
cent. Total percentage increase on both
campuses amounted to 9.89 per cent.
"We're very proud of AUM," Tincher
said. "It's been growing about 20 per cent
every quarter for some time."
Tincher said, the reason Auburn's en­rollment
has increased so much during
the past academic year is simply that
"we admitted more freshmen last fall."
First-time freshmen enrollment at Au­burn
on the main campus totaled 2,994
for fall, 1973, as compared with 2,656 for
fall, 1972, an increase of 12.7 per cent.
"Our applications for admission are
holding up very well as compared with
previous years," Tincher said. "We still
seem to be riding right high on the tide of
students who want to attend Auburn."
According to statistics released by the
American College Testing (ACT) pro­gram,
49 per cent of the students who had
their ACT scores sent to Auburn listed
their reason for wanting to attend Au­burn
as "reputation of the college." This
is compared with the national average of
37 per cent.
Other reasons students listed for want­ing
to attend Auburn included location
and size, 11 percent; social climate, nine
per cent; financial reasons, five per cent;
and other reasons, 27 per cent.
The NASULGC also reported that en­rollment
at state universities and land-grant
colleges neared the three million
mark in fall, 1973, increasing about three
per cent over fall, 1972.
"Data from 126 of the 130 member in­stitutions,
representing 357 individual
campuses, showed a fall enrollment of
2,911,219 compared with a fall, 1972, en­rollment
of 2,827,645, an increase of 2.96
per cent," the report stated.
The multi-campus universities rank­ing
behind Auburn in percentage in­crease
include:
—The University of South Carolina,
with a 9.85 per cent enrollment increase.
—The University of Massachusetts,
with a 9.23 per cent enrollment increase.
—Pennsylvania State University,
THE AUBURN PUINSMMI V
with a 7.65 per cent enrollment increase,
and
—The City University of New York,
with a 6.55 per cent enrollment increase.
Of the 10 multi-campus institutions
with the largest percentage increases in
total enrollment, all had increases great­er
than five per cent.
Only four multi-campus universities
had decreases in enrollment during the
last academic year. The University of
South Dakota had a decline in enroll­ment
of 7.42 per cent; Kent State Univer­sity,
6.11 per cent; the University of Cali­fornia,
2.63 per cent; and the University
of Maryland, 1.32 per cent.
Commenting on Auburn's increase in
enrollment, Trustee R. C. "Red" Bam­berg
said, "Increased population and in­creased
prosperity set the pattern for the
growth. Under the circumstances, there
is no alternative; Auburn must move for­ward."
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This contrasts a statement made by
Bamberg in a Plainsman interview last
year when he said Auburn "is getting
18 Pages just about as big as it needs to be. The big­ness
of it makes it almost impossible to
know what is going o n ; . . . a third of the
people who are in higher institutes of
learning shouldn't be there.
"Roughly, . . . institutes of higher
learning are getting top-heavy with en­rollment,
and we (Auburn) would be bet­ter
off with a lower enrollment."
Trustee Robert Harris said the quality
of the University has to be maintained as
growth continues. "I do not favor a pro­gram
designed to enlarge the University
just to get more students," he said.
As long as Auburn is serving the needs
of Alabama, there should not be any res­trictions
on its growth, according to
Trustee Leroy Brown. "I do think there
needs to be a little more emphasis on the
graduate level, though," he said. "Ju­nior
colleges and technical schools
should be able to take care of more fresh­men
and sophomores."
"The growth of Auburn should not be
limited," Trustee Jesse Culp said, "Be­cause
Auburn has an obligation to serve
the needs of the citizens and residents of
Alabama."
SGA officers sworn in at installation banquet
By Joyce Harrison
Plainsman Staff Writer
Student Government Association of­ficers
for 1974-75 officially took office at
the SGA installation banquet April 24 in
the Union Ballroom.
Incoming SGA Pres. John Wiley used
the story of "Little Black Sambo" for
comparisons of progress planned during
his administration in his organizing
speech. "Auburn is going to have a bet­ter
year," Wiley said. <
"We need to be careful in pursuing our
objectives, so we don't get so concerned
with what others are doing that our goals
are 'up in the tree' (like Sambo) with the
rest of us running around it (the tree)."
"Working together for the good of Au­burn
University, we can accomplish
great things," Wiley said.
Ed Milton, outgoing SGA president,
evaluated 1974 as not only memorable
for Watergate, but also memorable as the
year of the streaker. "It's ironic that after
the streaker incident we had the removal
of Playboy and Penthouse," Milton said.
"However, there is a logical explana­tion.
"Pres. Harry M. Philpott probably
thought since nudity had gone public,
there was no sense buying nudity
privately," surmised Milton.
"The greatest administrative accom-
Jorgensen to discuss
sex Identity problems
CHRISTINE JORGENSEN
. . . Horizons guest speaker
Christine Jorgensen, who created a
sensation 20 years ago when she was sur­gically
changed from a man to a
woman, will speak in the Student Activi­ties
Building tonight at 8.
Horizons IV Symposium is sponsor­ing
the talk by Jorgensen, who came to
the United States from Denmark after
having her sex changed at age 24.
One of the prime purposes of Jorgen-sen's
lectures is to educate parents and
children on the medical history and the
prognosis of gender identity problems:
what symptoms to look for, what steps to
take to correct the problem, what treat­ment
is available and how to deal with
society's pressures.
Jorgensen has appeared in night
" cliibs, on television, on Broadway, and
in summer productions such as "Oh,
Dad, Poor Dad . . .," "Mary, Mary" "A
Nice Place to Visit" and "Any Wed­nesday."
In 1967 her book, "Christine
Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography,"
was published. It was later made into a
film.
Jorgensen said she worked on her auto­biography
to help the public under­stand
how medical science can enable
persons born with sexual defects to lead a
"reasonably well-adjusted life in a rea­sonably
maladjusted society."
"A clear and honest delineation of my
life may help lead to a greater under­standing
of boys and girls who grow up
knowing they will not fit into- the
pattern of life that is expected of them.'''
plishment was the $1.5 million Health
Center," Milton said.
Milton listed his administrative ac­complishments
as the success of the bike
lanes, a campus magazine, longer
library hours, putting non-buzzing lights
in the library and starting a check-cash­ing
service taken over by the Interfrater-nity
Council.
"SGA provided good entertainment,"
Milton said. "We worked on stadium con­certs
and street dances. Yet, because of
the possibility of 40,000 screaming
'freaks,' the stadium has reverted to its
traditional use of housing 60,000 scream­ing,
wild football fans."
Milton said the merger of the As­sociated
Women Students with SGA, al­though
not attaining a two-thirds major­ity
for approval, promoted much thought
to the issue of women as leaders. "This is
an example of how our paths may be dif­ferent,
but the purpose of progressing Au­burn
University remains the same," Mil­ton
said.
Milton advised the upcoming adminis­tration
to be careful not to advocate
change for the sake of change. "When
you try to push a controversial program,
be sure to do your homework on all
points," Milton said. "Don't get into
arguments with the faculty over petty
matters."
At a Student Senate meeting follow­ing
the banquet, the Senate elected of­ficers
for the Senate Rules Committee
—Dave Brown
INSTALLATION BANQUET HIGHLIGHT
. . . SGA Pres. John Wiley takes oath administered by Pres. Philpott
which serves to appoint the chairmen
and members of all standing SGA com­mittees
and formulates all special SGA
•committees.
Next year's Senate officers were
elected informally from the floor follow­ing
the banquet. They are: president pro-tempore,
Denson Lipscomb; district re­presentative,
Trippy McQuire; school re­presentative,
Mike Trapani; and clerk,
Leigh Ann Stegall-.
Play ball!
Loyal fans, people watchers part of Plainsman Park thrills
By Rheta Grimsley
. Features Editor
Slick-skinned bodies annointed with
baby oil or Coppertone flash their ID's
for admission, and the Lion's Club scrut-inizers
determine whether or not the fi­gure
in cut-offs matches the statistics
given on the card. Students, ready to
witness one of the major entertainment
events of the season, file into the specta­tor
zone to claim their splintered seats.
The women — they've made the pil-gramage
from the quad or hill dorms to
expose themselves to the sun and the
sometimes-obscene taunts of the more in­volved
baseball fans. They climb the
bleachers to reach their friends, much to
the delight of the guys who've never seen
such short, shorts. Usually arriving in
groups, they seldom sit still during the
game, but instead act as brightly halter­ed
butterflies, flitting from one group of
spectators to another and leaving when
the heat conquers the desire to mingle.
The men—after smuggling their
powerfully potent Cokes into the anony­mity
of the crowd, 'take off their shirts
and divide their attention between the fe­male
fans and the game. Sweat and cur­ses
flow, and even the most mild-man­nered
egghead lets fly with a degrading
shout of "Wake up Nix, the players need
you."
The crowd— ready to see some action,
listens while announcer Mel Pulliam
introduces the players one by one, and.
clever, yet often vulgar insults leave the
stands and hit the plastic baseball hel-nets
on the field. They richochet off the
seemingly immune players to the oppo­site
bleachers and One good taunt al­ways
deserves another. Then by unan­imous
choice of the spectators, and
simultaneously acclaimed, the player on
the opposite team that seems the most
probable object of ridicule, is christened
as the "game goat" and his every action
is accompanied by hisses, whistles and
jeers of the bleacher bunch.
The game — the biggest thrills come'
when Curt Cope steals another basesec-cessfully,
or when a ball divorces the
game itself and makes a hit on some un­fortunate's
car in tine parking lot. The
freshmen players help those fans that
can't keep track, by placing the numbers
on the score board, Only to see them fall
or be Mown down as the scorekeepers
run back to the dugout.
The familiar sound of cowhide hitting
wood, the clear crack that used to echo
through Plainsman Park, is heard no
more. Instead, a "Ping" pierces the air
for a short second, and unless it meets the
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT
Screaming fans may inspire the players but Valli Todd, 2SED, is oblivious to the game's excitement
-Brent Anderson
leather of the outfielder's glove, it soon
becomes just another silent statistic for
some player's batting average. It comes
from the aluminum bats that have be­come
as much a part of the look of
Auburn baseball as the blue of the
helmets.
There are other sounds to compete with
the crowd's wise cracks and gripes. The
microphone, left on after the introduc­tion
of the players, picks up the sound of
the wind and amplifies it.' Its whizzing
provides good background music for the
murmer that flows through a crowd
that's as inattentive and talkative as
youngsters: in church.
"Hey you, where's your football hel­met,
you're too fat to play baseball,"
someone yells, and the crowd quickly
picks it up. They've spotted some foot­ball
opponent who also has the audacity
to challenge Auburn in a baseball game.
"Pull your sock up, we don't want a
messy team." They taunt their own,
kneeling outside of the dugout and try­ing
to pay attention to the game. "Why
do you always kneel on your right knee,
jock, why?" And the team knows what
the saying "you can't win for losing"
means, literally.
Most of the jeers and shouts show an
ignorance of the sport of baseball, the
players say. "Aw, come on pitch!, can't
you throw any faster than that?" they'll
retort to the most effective slow ball that
the pitcher can deliver."Rag arm, you're
something else."
The visiting pitcher might compete
for this position, though, depending
mainly on his reaction to the "Whoop -
WOOOooo . . ." that the crowd sends to
follow the hall during the warm-up rou­tine
with the catcher.
The game's over eventually and a blist­ered
and hoarse crowd prepares to leave.
A double-header loses many of the fans
during the first few innings of the se­cond
game, unless exceptional excite­ment
is generating from the field. But
nearly everyone stays for awhile and
some last the entire afternoon at an
Auburn baseball game.
24 arrested
in drug raids
early Tuesday
Twenty-four persons were arrested
Tuesday morning in connection with 19
drug raids in Lee County conducted by
city, state, county and campus law en­forcement
officers.
Students arrested in the raids include
Jimmy Askew, 4PB, for possession and
sale of marijuana; Geoffrey Webster,
2VA, for sale and possession of mari­juana;
James "Red" Charity, 4SED, for
sale of marijuana, Vance Mitchell III,
4AC, for sale of hashish, possession of
marijuana and hashish; and Ron
Murray, 2GC, for sale of amphetamines
and marijuana, possession of mari­juana.
Other students arrested were Robert S.
Sheppard, 1AC, for sale of marijuana,
possession of marijuana and para­phernalia;
Charles R. Nesbit, 1GEH, for
possession of marijuana and para-phernalia;
William Ubinas, 1GPG, for
sale of marijuana and cocaine, posses­sion
of marijuana and chlorohydrates;
and Benjamin Knowles, .'iPG, for sale of
cocaine, barbituates and marijuana, pos­sesion
of paraphernalia.
Two persons wanted for questioning in
connection with the investigation were
still at large at press time Wednesday.
The investigation has been in pro­gress
since January, according to Lee
County Sheriff Jim Pearson. Forty-five
officers took part in' the investigation.
Bail for sale of drugs is $5,000 and for
possession of drugs or paraphernalia
$1,500, Pearson said.
Other persons arrested Tuesday were
John Thomas Fikes, 403 Orchard Ave.,
Opelika, for sale of marijuana; Donald
Julian Williams Jr., 102BSamford Court,
for sale of marijuana; Otis Lockharf, Lot
5, Hardaway Trailer Park, Opelika, for
possession of marijuana; and Kenneth
W. Byard, 221 W. Glenn Ave., for sale of
marijuana and THC, a marijuana deri­vative.
Also arrested were Charlie Brown, 201
Debardeleben, for sale of marijuana, pos­session
of marijuanaandparaphernalia;
Andy Cross, 309 N. Ross St., for posses­sion
of marijuana; William L. Strick­land,
Lot 32, Hardaway Trailer Park,
Opelika, Cor possession of marijuana and
paraphernalia; John G. Kadney 24 Cam­pus
Inn, for sale of cocaine and mari­juana;
Phillip Goodman, 85 Temperance
St., New Glascow, Nova Scotia, Canada,
for possession of marijuana; Mike Dick­son,
1208 Opelika Rd., Lot 84, for posses­sion
of barbituates, marijuana and hash­ish;
James Johnson, 229 Chateau Apts.
possession of chlorohydrates, mari­juana
and paraphernalia. Mike Ander­son,
1004 Dukes Circle" for sale of mari­juana,
possession of marijuana and
paraphernalia; and Kenneth Roberts, N.
Gay Street, for sale and possession of
marijuana, possession of para­phernalia.
W W
THE AUBURN PUINSMMI Thurs. May 2, 1974 page 2
Mortar Board taps 33 All women for senior leadership honorary
WALK WHATLEY WOOD
Area candidates state views at forum
By Pat Fite
Plainsman Staff Writer
Ijee County Sheriff candi­date
John Davis told a politi­cal
forum audience recently
that the arrests in Lee County
for drug possession and drug
selling needs to be turned
around.
Davis spoke with other
candidates for Lee County
sheriff, state senator from dis­trict
21, and district court
judge at a political forum
sponsored by the Young
Democrats.
Other candidates in the
sheriffs race speaking were
E. E. I»wc Jr. and incumbent
James C. Pearson. Davis
said, "During 1972 in Lee
County there were 126 cases
for possession of drujts
brought before the grand jury
and only 28 cases for the sale
of drugs."
Davis said, "We hope to get
a cross section of young peo­ple
and take them out in
patrol cars to get a look at the
county and some of the peo­ple
taken to jail."
Pearson, who has been
sheriff for more than four
years by appointment from
former Gov. Albert Brewer,
said burglaries have
been .,'ut 25 per cent since he
has been in office.
Pearson said before he
came to office, the sheriff's
income was based on the
number of arrests. "'I sup­ported
legislation to put sher­iffs
on a salary rather than
continuing the fee basis,
which depended on arrests. I
felt this would upgrade the
office," Pearson said. He said
by doing this, his salary was
cut by 10 per cent, but the
officeof sheriff was improved.
Ijowe, who has served with
the police for 16 years( said he
will strive to make his depu­ties
courteous at aljl times
when they serve people
papers. "A lot of people will
get mad when you seijve them
papers. The best thing to do is
serve them as nice as you can
and leave."
Iiiiwe proposed a toll free
phone in ihe sheriffs office
because persons often call
long distance.
One of Lowe's suggestions
was to get a padded ai'll to pro­tect
drunks and crafcy people
"before they kill them­selves."
The candidates for state
senator were T. I). Little and
Robert H. Wilder. Ilittle, pub­lic
defender for Auburn and
former legal adviser for the
University, said one of his
objectives for Auburn stu­dents
was making sure they
get interest on their deposits
to landlords. "The landlord
puts the deposits in the bank
and makes money for him­self,"
Little said.
Little said he feels it is
important to improve the pri­son
system in Alabama. "It is
wasteful to have prisoners
paint car tags. We should get
prisoners on a rehabilitation
system so they can learn
•ski'ls ind earn money."
Little said he would favor
whatever the majority of per­sons
he represented wanted
concerning the Equal Rights
Amendment. "I will research
this amendment and see if the
courts would interpret it right
before committing myself,"
Little said.
Wilder, presently a mem­ber
of the Alabama legisla­ture,
told the audience that
the present Alabama legisla­ture
has passed 41 per cent of
all the bill's introduced, more
than most states in the
country.
Wilder said he feels it
important that the Alabama
citizens recognize that
borrowing of money on all
governmental levels should
concern them because they
will "pav with their pockets."
Wilder talked about the
increase in appropriations for
education, including Auburn,
during his time in the legisla­ture.
Wilder said he had opposed
the Equal Rights Amend­ment
by the will of the major­ity.
The candidates running for
judge were James Noel Baker
and William J. Samford.
Baker cited his past exper­ience
as a bachelor of poli­tical
science degree, a term as than three years as a depart-vice
president of the Young ment clerk in the Lee County
Democrats in 1951, and more Circuit Court in the 1950s.
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Thirty-three Auburn women students were chosen recently
for membership in Mortar Board, senior women's leadership
honorary. Members are selected on a basis of leadership qual­ities,
scholarship and service.
New members are:
Betsy Albright, 3EED, 2.12 Alpha Gamma Delta sorority
chaplain, Sigma Nu Little Sister president, AWS dorm social
chairman.
Kathie Askew, 3GSY, 2.22. Phi Mu assistant rush chair­man,
fraternity Little Sister, AWS House Council.
Susie Blaylock, 3FM, 2.38. Delta Delta Delta sorority, Pan-hellenic
president, Capers.
Diane Breathitt, 3EED, 2.02. Alpha Delta Pi corresponding
secretary. Omega Tau Sigma Little Sister and Sweetheart,
vice president of dorm.
Teresa Byrd, 3SED, 2.4. Cwens, Delta Omicron, Auburn
University Choir.
Lynn Challoner, 3SED, 2.55. Gamma Phi Beta president,
AWS legislative, National Student Speech and Hearing As­sociation.
Cathy Dean, 3GC, 2.61. Alpha Chi Omega second vice pres­ident,
fraternity I jttle Sister, Gamma Sigma Sigma.
Lexa Dowling, 3EED, 2.04. Alpha Delta Pi president, frater­nity
Little Sister, AWS dorm president.
Abby Fincannon, 3SED, 2.51. Angel Flight officer, AWS
House Council, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Carol Grady, 3SED, 2.52. Alpha Lambda Delta standards
chairman, Cwens, Capers.
Pat Heath, 3FCD, 2.48. Chi Omega vocations chairman,
AWS Discipline Council president, Home Economics sen­ator.
Perry Hester, 3SED, 2.33. Fraternity Little Sister and
Sweetheart, AWS dorm president, Cwens.
Ann Hoffman, 3FM, 2.3. Alpha Delta Pi second vice pres­ident.
Home Economics senator, Senate clerk.
Carol Johnson, 3SY, 2.72. Pi Beta Phi president, Cwens of­ficer,
Glom classes editor.
Hair regulation rumor
Lillian Josof, SPY, 2.44. AWS dorm president, Rho Chi, Phi
Lambda Sigma.
Jan Keebler, 3EED, 2.46. Alpha Gamma Delta supply chair­man,
Council Exceptional Children, Sunday School officer.
Sheila Kolb, 3NF, 2.47. Delta Delta Delta president, Alpha
Lambda Delta, Omicron Nu.
Katherine Latvala, 4GMHS, 2.95. AWS treasurer, Alpha
Lambda Delta, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Susan Maynor, 3EED, 2.15. Alpha Gamma Delta activities
chairman, Cwens, Commuters Club secretary.
Corinne Mikos, 3ACC, no g.p.a. listed. Alpha Omicron Pi
activities chairman, fraternity Little Sister. Cwens.
Sherilyn Morris. 3GPG, 2.17. Phi Mu rush chairman, Delta
Chi Little Sister, president, Delta Chi Sweetheart.
Patty Parker Nicholson, 4PY, 2.01. Chi Omega, Kappa
Alpha Little Sister, Phi Lambda Sigma national secretary.
Luanne Nix, 3SED, 2.99. Alpha Gamma Delta second vice
president, Cwens vice president and junior adviser. Pi Mu
Epsilon.
Cindy Ozier, 3EED, 2.54. Phi Mu vice president, fraternity
Little Sister and Sweetheart, Student National Education As­sociation.
Vicki Potter, 3GFL, 2.5. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Little Sister
and Sweetheart. Angel Flight, Alpha Lambda Delta.
Cindy Reich, 3FCD, 2.5. Chi Omega assistant vice pres­ident,
AWS dorm president, Omicron Nu Publicity chairman.
Carolyn Roe, 3GM, 2.78. Alpha Delta Pi scholarship chair­man,
Sigma Nu Little Sister, AWS dorm president.
Ruth Russell, 3EED, 2.15. Kappa Delta president. Angel
Flight, Calendar Girl.
Gail Tidmore, 3ACC, 2.6. Delta Delta Delta pledge trainer,
fraternity Little Sister, SGA chairman of blood drive.
Fran Wall, 3GMH, 2.58. Chi Omega standards chairman.
Beta Theta Pi Sweetheart. Cwens.
Melanie Whatley. 3GEH. 2.20. Alpha Chi Omega, SGA
quad senator, English honorary.
Jolene Wood, 3EED, 2.26. Alpha Delta Pi recording secre­tary.
Cwens, Capers treasurer.
by department
There is no truth to the
rumor that non-football ath­letes
have been asked to get a
hair cut to conform to foot­ball
regulations, according to
Lee Hayley, Auburn athletic
director. "Everybody has the
same regulations," Hayley
said.
The request was allegedly
made April 23 in the Sewell
Dining Hall. The workers in
the hall also were asked to get
a haircut, according to Davy
Jones, 2BI, a worker in Sewell
Dining Hall.
No attempt by the Athletic
Department has been made to
enforce the rumored request,
Jones said.
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page 3 Thurs., May 2, 1974 T H E AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Hearing goes against Playboy removal
By Curtis A. Mauldin
Asst. Entertainment
Editor
The majority of about 35
persons attending a meeting
of the ad hoc committee on the
University Bookstore policy
voted to replace Playboy and
Penthouse on the shelves of
the bookstore.
There were no opposing
votes in the informal show of
hands requested by Dr.
Eugene Griessman, chair­man
of the committee. Every­one
present did not express
their opinion. The committee
met Tuesday to obtain the
viewpoints of students and
faculty members on book­store
policies.
"I think it was interesting
that nobody who opposed it
showed up," said Griessman,
head of the Sociology Depart­ment.
"Nobody has come to
me who opposes the sale of
Playboy and Penthouse in the
bookstore."
"Tonight's group is very
representative." committee
member Dr. William C. High-fill
said.
The committee met for the
third time Wednesday and
went over the information
presented at the public meet­ing.
Some specific recommen­dations
were made to
the committee that they had
never before considered,
Griessman said.
There should be two cri­teria
to determine what is to
be sold in the bookstore, said
Dr. Joseph H. Harrison Jr,
Professor of history. Demand
will indicate if it will sell, he
said. Secondly, "Is it appro­priate
to the University
community?"
Lamar E. Prater, bookstore
manager, receives a list week­ly
of the five to 10 best sellers
in college bookstores across
the nation, according to
Griessman. This could be
used to determine supply and
demand, he suggested.
"I think it could be a use­able
guideline," said Gordon
Bond, assistant history pro­fessor.
Dr. Sara Hudson,
committee member, sugges­ted
that there "might be a de­mand
for things not here."
You need to get a sample of
what is wanted at the outset,
she said.
People should be allowed to
pick and choose what is
appropriate to themselves,
Bond said. "A university is a
marketplace of ideas. I would
like to see the bookstore adopt
a policy to provide the op­portunity
for everyone to be­come
familiar to a variety of
material."
Rand suggested two alter­natives
if the University were
going to make someone a cen­sor.
The bookstore should sell
anything that is permitted to
be sold in Alabama, or it
should not sell anything not
specifically required for
courses, he said.
A student referendum
should be held on the matter,
suggested Doug Hill, 2LHY.
Pres. Harry M. Philpott
should agree to approve the
decision of the vote before it is
taken, he said. He did not
limit his suggestion to the two
magazines that were re­moved,
but referred to all
magazines that local preach­er,
Henry Dawson, Philpott,
or the Board of Trustees
might consider obscene.
The ad hoc committee was
appointed by Philpott to
study the bookstore's policies
and to make recommenda­tions.
The faculty and stu­dent
committee was formed
after considerable contro­versy
arose following the re­moval
of Playboy and Pent­house
from the bookstore's
shelves.
The administration order­ed
the removal of the maga­zines
from sale in the Univer­sity-
operated business after
Dawson, a student, and a
faculty member expressed
their opposition to the sale of
the magazines.
It is inappropriate to honor
the views of any self-appoint­ed
censor, Harrison said. The
bookstore should sell what is
desirable to the University
community.
This is an example of poli­tics,
according to John Frand-sen,
USDA Senior Research
Zoologist. The bookstore has
an influence on ideas through
the availability of materials.
Bookstore complaints should
be considered by a policy
making organization with­out
any political force or ad­ministrating
control, he said.
"Auburn took an extremely
unwise position," said Dr. Ed­ward
C. Williamson, pro­fessor
of history. "It is a
Pandora's Box, you must
close it," he told the com­mittee.
The committee will make
some specific recommenda­tions
to Philpott before
summer school begins,
Greissman said. Not all of the
committee's recommenda­tions
will be made at that
time, he added.
iJohn Tate
A real honey
When the Pet Fair came to Auburn
Saturday animal lovers and proud own­ers
gathered to show of their faithful
companions. Cana and Kare:
brought their feline friend "Honey
join in the excitement.
Cooper
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Area gas dealers report
short supply, rising cost
Beasley campaign said to solicit county agents
By Steve Escobio
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Supply is short, prices are
higher than last month and
prices will go up," Roy R.
Blackburn of Blackburn Oil
Company predicted last week.
"Supply could be short due
to consumption," Blackburn
said. He said many people
plan vacations for this time
of year and the demand on
gasoline is greater.
All local gasoline dealers
and distributors contacted re­ported
increases from last
month's prices except Spur
Oil Distributors of Auburn
which reported a decrease.
Spur Manager W. B. Chris­tian
said he had a decrease of
three cents from last month's
prices. He said premium gas­oline
is selling for 57.9 cents a
gallon and regular is selling
for 53.9.
"Spur bought crude oil from
Canada and had to raise
.•jprices last month," Christian
~said. "The supply increased
this month and brought
prices down again." Chris­tian
said prices will probably
come down more but added
that he is unsure what will
happen.
Standard Oil of Opelika re­ported
a slight increase in
gasoline prices. Their whole­sale
prices for gasoline were
raised three tenths of one cent
to 43.2 for premium gasoline
and 39.7 for regular. L. C.
Joiner of Standard said, "We
received 100 per cent of our .
1972 allocation in April but
will get only 90 per cent of the
allocation in May.
The area gas stations con­tacted
reported no increases
or slight increases over last
month's prices. College Arco,
Auburn Co-operative Ex­tension
Service county-level
employes in some counties
have been solicited for contri­butions
by their superiors for
Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley's re-elec­tion
campaign. The Birming­ham
Post-Herald reported
Tuesday.
The federal Hatch Act
generally prohibits solicita­tion
of campaign funds from
employes paid with federal
money. Approximately 49 per
cent of the Extension Service
program is funded with
federal funds.
County agents in at least
one of the state's four exten­sion
districts were called to a
meeting where a superior pre­sented
a plan to collect $500
per county or $35,000 overall,
the Post-Herald reported.
Similar meetings were held
in the different counties, but
the method of money raising
varied. Among the methods
the Post-Herald reported were
the sale of $7.50 tickets to a
barbeque that was never held,
sale of tickets to a tea and out­right
solicitation of contribu­tions.
The Post-Herald quoted
sources saying the Extension
Service employes were pro­mised
Beasley's support for a
pay raise during the Ala­bama
Legislature's next ses­sion
in exchange for the con­tributions.
Ralph R. Jones, Extension
Service director, denied any
involvement by the organiza­tion
in campaign fund rais-
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Art students paint a grim picture . . .
m
Smith Hall resident
describes second home
By Christy Hudgins
Asst. Features Editor
Auburn University's Art Department, one of the top 10 art
departments in the United States, was termed in regard to its
facilities, "the worst of the worst" by an accreditation board,
according to Mary Schaum, 4VD. The department is in
danger of losing its accreditation, Schaum added.
One of the major sources of discontent in Smith Hall is what
Keith McDearis, 4VA, terms the "art-architecture rivalry."
He feels that in the eyes of the administration the Art Depart­ment
has been slighted in favor of architecture. He stated
that the new structure which will be given to architecture
rightly belonged to the art department.
Students who agree with McDearis cite past history to
justify their claim. At one time both the Art and Architecture
Departments occupied Biggin Hall. Due to the growth of
architecture, the Art Department was moved to Smith Hall.
At that time they were promised a new building within a few
years. Those few years plus a few more passed. Most students
view the present plan of inheriting Biggin Hall as "a hand-me-
down from the administration."
Other students such as Keith Brown, 4 VD, feel more strong­ly
about the situation. He believes the Art Department had
priority on placement in a new building. "It appears," said
Brown, "that we're the bastards in the family."
Schaum believes the administration's concern with ar­chitecture
stems from the fact that there is a greater demand
for architects. Because of this, "more people are pushing it."
"It's a polytech institute," she said, "and that is what it is
geared toward." She could not understand, however, why "a
university couldn't be good over all," She stated that the con->
ception of art as a trivial part of society is wrong. "People are1
ignorant of the part that art plays in their lives," she said.
"Life would be so drab without it."
McDearis stated that "everyone was disturbed about the ad­ministration."
He was especially concerned about what he
termed the arbitrary dropping of courses. McDearis and nu­merous
other students believe more courses are needed in or­der
to "round a student out."
Courses, however, require teachers, and many students
think there are not enough instructors. Schaum said the de­partment
had some "fine instructors for the amount of work
they did." She listed several instructors who has contributed
from their own personal funds toward art supplies. She be­lieves
many of the instructors have to carry too hard a work
load. She cited one instructor who taught four two-hour
courses within a five-hour time frame. Schaum agrees with
most students that conditions in the Art Department can not
be blamed on the faculty, but lie with finances.
One student contends that the Art Department is being
"ripped-off' by Buildings and Grounds. He stated the Build­ings
and Grounds is given a list of the money allocated to each
department quarterly. According to this studenjt, all bids for
improvements of the facilities match the money appropriated
to the department.
Many students feel that the department lacks necessary
equipment and an adequate working area. According to most
students the department needs such things as a better dark­room,
a new lucigraph, a photostat machine, and a Xerox
machine.
A student in metal sculpture felt that the equipment for his
class was inadequate. He stated that the department did not
have a metal cutter, equipment to curve metal or a grinder.
Presently, the students rent a grinder for $5. The individual
pads used with this grinder cost 25 cents. Eaph sculpture re­quires
approximately 40 pads, which students pay for them­selves.
A class of 12 must also share one oxy-ajcetylene torch.
When students were asked what improvements were needed
in Smith Hall, their reply was consistently the same — "Why
don't you just look around?" "I guess the facilities are bad
overall, but you can't exactly put it in words.'' said Schaum.
One of the major aspects of the building which concerns stu­dents
is the fact that it is not air-conditioned. Martha Battle.
4VA, has been troubled by projects which have "curled up"
due to the heat from the radiators used in the building. These
radiators were still heating the building when outside tem­peratures
were approaching 90 degrees. Battle stated that the
heat in one of the offices was consistently between 9,'! and 95
degrees.
The humidity from these radiators has ruined many pro­jects.
The heat also hampers projects involving the use of zip-a-
tone. McDearis, Brown, and other students have ruined
some of their projects by sweating on them. In an effort to
eliminate the heat, windows are often left open, and the rain
has destroyed projects.
Some students have tried to improve the interior of the.
building by painting a room and cleaning it up. They pointed
out the differences between this room and others throughout
the building. One room was in marked contrast. Paint and
plaster was cracked along the walls. An old pipe came out of
the wall, and spider webs hung from the corners. Drawing
tables consisted of old door placed on drawing stands. A
string was holding a window open, and a chair leg was being
used as a "make-do" paper towel dispenser. The room, which
was used for printing had no form of ventilation system.
Brown stated that "if conditions were better, the work
would be better people would try harder." Schaum readily
agreed. "People say," stated Schaum, "that if the Art Depart­ment
were given a nice building they'd just make a mess. This
isn't necessarily true." Rooms can be designed with wash­able
tile in order to facilitate easy clean-up. "The department
doesn't really need to be nice," stated Schaum. "It just heeds
to be adequate."
Located across from
Samford Park on College
Street, Smith Hall is the
hub of an art department
that spreads to nine build*
ings around the campus.
The delapidated and color*
ful former dormitory is
left open all night, much to
the chagrin of Buildings
and Grounds, for those
students that have pro- ,
jects due or a painting to
: finish. Several times dur­ing
the year strangers vi­sit
the busy, building to
view the art displays that
hang prize-winning art
against dirty walls with
peeling paint. Some stu­dents
don't want to leave
their Smith Hall "home."
Others claim a need for
more space and better
working conditions. AH
enjoy the quick run to
Jack's for nourishment
when inspiration isn't
there.
Merry Leigh Giarrata­no,
a senior in Visual De­sign,
describes Smith Hall
as only one of its res­idents
can. Giarratano is
also layout specialist for
The Plainsman's ad­vertising
staff and a
Plainsman columnist.
•—Editor'snote
By Merry Leigh
Giarratano
Plainsman Staff Writer
In the middle of a hot, very
clear and lazy day, the art stu­dent
sits at the window in
Smith Hall, staring out over
the students passing below,
mind wandering aimlessly in
search of that sudden burst of
creative genius that is often
called inspiration. Art stu­dents
call it the "Big One."
There isn't much that can
inspire a student in Smith
Hall; thinking doesn't come
easily, especially when it is
attempted above the almost
constant din of freight trucks
charging through the closed-in
city lanes of the street
below. The walls are pasted
high and low with tidbits of
ingenious magazine ads and
graffitti. The floors are a bit
littered from the night before
(who wants to waste time
finding a trash can at 4 a.m.?)
and one can always find a few
cigarette butts to stare at
while waiting for the"Big
One."
But the desks, underneath
miles of discarded ideas on
tracing paper, dirty rapido-graph
pens and bottles of
colored ink, are immaculate.
They are large, solid and wor­shipped.
The first thing an
art student does when he
begins a class is to find the
best looking "cricket cage,"
the most comfortable stool
and cover them with match­ing
contact paper. Then he
carefully wraps his desk with
heavy paper to protect it from
his constant scribbling.
These desks constitute a
part of the new facilities
which are the life-blood of the
creative world. Others in­clude
a hot press machine, a
relatively new and expensive
phototypositor with two
fonts, what could be con­sidered
a complete darkroom,
and some old but sturdy
painting easels.
The reason for the scarcity
of facilities is the expected
one: a lack of money. The
administration is somewhat
slow in granting funds, some
art professors say, for this de­partment
which is recog­nized
nationally as an
accredited school of fine art.
Still another reason for this
scarcity is the tremendous in­crease
in enrollment over a
four year period. The number
of students in the fine aft
curriculum alone has gone
from 188 to 312 students in
these four years. That does
not encompass the tremen­dous
flux of students now sub­stituting
art history for world
history and the art education
classes which fulfill obliga­tions
for education majors.
Charles H. Hiers, head of
the department, sees this
shortage as a result of growth
and maturity. He states that
the administration has been
"exceptionally good," and
they have proven their sin­cere
interest- with "special
equipment grants," gifts of
extra money that go for new
and badly needed equipment.
The building, to put it mild­ly,
is delapidated. One enters
through four huge columns
into a large breezeway,
followed by a wide staircase
with antebellum handrails.
In describing his "second
home", the art student
usually encounters a remark
such as: "Oh, that building? I
thought it was a girl's dorm."
It was, at one time.
It seems strange to think
that output of creative power
could come from such a quiet,
shady building.
Only these 312 students will
eat, drink and sleep Smith ,
hall. They will humbly ac­cept
a cross campus trek to
one of the nine separate build­ings
that house the different
art classes because they feel '
that perfection is here. One of
the best opportunities to re­ceive
fine experience in art is
right here in the Loveliest Vil­lage,
they feel, in a nationally
accredited school, in a small
paint-spattered room with
cardboard walls.
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. . . lack of faculty, facilities and funds
By Rheta Grimsley
Features Editor
"The legislators can't see artists going out to grow a better
kind of wheat, so the Art Department is regarded as a luxury
item . . . not only here, but at most schools."
Brian Skelton, an art professor who came to Auburn last
September and teaches courses in sculpture, drawing and art
history, shared the opinion of most of the newer faculty mem­bers
that Auburn's Art Department was good, but it "still
needed a lot." Skelton sat in his Smith Hall office in a desk fac­ing
away from the door. The small room had two doorless ca­binets,
scribbling and a cracked mirror on one wall and an ex­tra
straight-backed chair in the corner. Skelton seemed reluct­ant
to evaluate Auburn's department or to compare it with the
department at the University of Southern California at which
he did graduate teaching.
"It seems useless to me to compare the two. They are totally
different," he said over a stack of books he was using to pre­pare
slides. "Smith is a horrible building," he admitted rather
emphatically, dropping the reserve that had guarded his
other statements about the department. "It's completely in­adequate
for what we're trying to do here.
"In fact, I'd say that's the department's major problem, the
classes being spread out all over campus. Nobody knows what
anybody else is doing." Skelton was referring to the nine
buildings around campus that house art classes.
"We turn away more students than many
departments teach."
"All my classes are in the Textile Building this quarter,"
Skelton added quickly, seemingly hesitant to admit that this
non-centralized department offered any particular problems
in his case.
"Auburn's Art Department is mainly visual design and
commercially oriented," Skelton observed. "Auburn itself is
strong in things like fisheries, agriculture, and that's under­standable.
Every university has some special area of concen­tration."
Skelton did undergraduate work at the University of Il­linois
and received his masters at the University of Southern
California. Heseemed to think that the department had made
"a good start" in improving a slide collection and the quan­tity
and quality of books in the Biggin library. "We've ordered
welding or foundry equipment, so soon we can start casting in
bronze." Skelton admitted the department could use a "lot
more texts, but I wouldn't call the library insufficient."
Most of the time, according to Skelton, so many students
sign up for courses that the present faculty can't handle them
all. "This will be corrected over a period of time. We're still
really loaded right now, but they hired new faculty last year,
and they plan to hire again next year."
"We were supposed to have a new build­ing
in four or five years."
Kris Keiffer, another relatively new member of Auburn's
art faculty, studied at the University of Delaware, Tyler
School of Art and Temple University at Philadelphia. Small
framed and clad in Levies and a bow tie, he readily discussed
the Art Department-at Auburn. "It's better than some, worse
than others," Keiffer said, evading a more specific evalua­tion.
"We do need some equipment.
"This department is not in a static position," Keiffer con­tinued.
"It is moving forward. You must realize that change is
gradual. It takes time."
According to Keiffer, art has evolved into a system of "very
important processes and techniques. People are dopping out
of the sciences and going into the arts."
"The Art Department is regarded as a
luxury item."
The South, Keiffer feels, takes a different attitude toward
art. Most people are extremely ignorant about it."
"Personal creativity" is what Keiffer wants to'stress while
teaching at Auburn. "People just don't seem to want art they
have to think about," he said. "We need to place more em­phasis
on personal creativity — it has to start in the public
.class , though. They (the public schools) all seem centered
around the norm."
Since commercial advertising is one area of concentration
for Auburn artists, Keiffer gave his views of the field.
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feels that "the way to combat this problem is to put a greater
emphasis on idividuality. The world's greatest danger is not
Red China or the atom bomb," Keiffer said. It is the multi-na­tional
corporation whose only incentive is p r o f i t . . . at the ex­pense
of our air, our water and our economy."
Vern Swanson is a tall blond art professor who's "excited
about the challenge of the Auburn Art Department." His of­fice
has the interesting addition of a crib, in which his son
Brett plays during the day. He's nicknamed "the Token
Mormon" by his students and seems exceedingly concerned
about the future of art at Auburn.
"Smith Hall is not a showplace that a department can be
proud to call their home. Since I've been here, students have
painted rooms that were in bad condition with paint that
Charles Hiers (head of Art Department) bought."
"Other departments can get rooms be­cause
all they need is a blackboard."
Swanson also cited the problem of the department being
spread over nine building on campus. "Biggin Hall was sup­posed
to be for us," Swanson said. "But architecture will have
another new building first because they turn out so many
people."
Reportedly, the Art Department will be moved to Biggin
Hall in the near future when the architecture department gets
a new building. Smith Hall, its present home, was once a wo­men's
dorm. According to Swanson, Hiers is "mad about
apathy toward Smith Hall."
"The administration has looked at the Art Department as a
poor relative," Swanson said, using a colorful analogy to
make his point. Swanson re-emphasized that he's "excited
about the challenge that Auburn's department affords," how­ever,
and his work with the slide library has added about 3,000
slides to the collection.
"The ceiling
year."
. fell three times last
"The slide collection was in extremely poor condition when
I came; most of the slides were in black and white. We've ad­ded
slides and tried to do away with the duplicates. About
7,000 slides are part of the still-disorganized collection. The
room they were in was in bad condition and had to be painted.
Some of the slide cabinets were being used for garbage cans."
Swanson claims he "got no help from anybody but Charles
Hiers."
Charles Hiers, the head of the department, talked about the
department and its needs. "Other departments can get rooms
because all they need is a blackboard. We need a room with
easels, pneumatic drills, etc.. . and you can't walk in and out
of Haley Center for an art class. The University just doesn't
have the kind of space available that's needed for an art class-
"We're in bad shape, and we have been for a long time,"
Hiers said. "Anything will be all right as long as we get some­thing
nice."
Hiers elaborated on his complaints about Smith Hall and
its inadequacies. "See that crack," he said pointing above his
desk to the ceiling above. "The ceiling, which is cracked in
other places in Smith, too, fell three times 1st year. It usually
falls at night. We've lost some equipment, and it could pos­sibly
kill someone. It falls at night due to temperature
changes. Once it fell on an expensive painting, but we're hav­ing
the ceiling repaired.
In 1964 the Art Department moved from Biggin Hall and
the architecture department remained. "We were supposed to
have a new building in four or five years," Hiers said. "Here
we are, in six or seven building right now, our enrollment held
down and not enough space or equipment.
According to Hiers, the Art Department "turns away more
students than many departments teach. We have 10 seats in
oil painting and 45 ask for the course, including art majors
who must have it to graduate." Hiers also explained that the
print-making classroom will hold only four people.
"Engineering and science are the real business of Auburn,"
Hiers said. "I'm just glad I don't have to make these decisions
about funding. The administration responds to pressure . .
just like the mother bird it looks at who is chirping the loud­est."
"Smith Hall is a horrible building . . .
completely inadequate for what we're
trying to do here."
Every quarter there are at least 100 requests for only 16 seats
in the fundamental courses, according to Hiers.
Auburn Art Department is easily one of the finest in the
South or even the country, Hiers feels. "It's just without ade­quate
facilities, primarily space," Hiers said. He related that
the administration had made special equipment grants. The
department has been promised photographic lab in the near
future and has ordered metal sculpture equipment.
"The national accreditation is not lost," Hier emphasized.
"We must report within five years to report on the problems
about space. This problem stems from a rather dramatic
growth in enrollment. In four years we've grown from 188 to
312. Art history is now included in the program without ex­panding
our space."
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Getting scalped
Haircut still brings 'cute9 remarks
Question: Did you get a haircut?
Answer A: No, I got my ears lowered.
Answer B: No, I forgot to duck under an
overhead fan.
Answer C: No, I got 'em all cut.
Not so long ago, an Auburn male
needed to have a good supply of snappy
answers when he walked out of one of the
local barber shops after getting his locks
sheared. All the barbers, it seemed, had
their own ideas about how long hair
should be (not very) and they cut hair
that way no matter what the hapless cus­tomer
asked them to do.
That time has changed, I thought, the
other day as a barber styled my hair in
one of those plush new places. I sank
back into the deeply padded barber chair
listening to the Muzak, and thought of
my first haircut in Auburn . . .
I was a timid freshman in town a few
weeks early for Marching Band practice,
and as the first home game approached, I
had to get my hair cut. No, I didn't have
to, really. The Auburn Band doesn't have
haircut regulations, make no mistake
about it. Its members only keep their hair
in such a condition that they show their
pride in the band, so the director said.
It seemed that my hair was so long that
I couldn't possibly have any pride for the
band, so a few subtle hints ("It's the hog
pond for you, ya' long-haired rat") sent
me in search of the man with the clippers
that could restore my pride.
Being new in town, I just sauntered
into the first barber shop I happened by.
A nice old fellow greeted me at the door
and asked me to have a seat in the bar­ber
chair; he'd be back in a minute. He
ducked out and returned shortly with a
Dr. Pepper and some Juicy Fruit chew­ing
gum.
He deftly fastened the white cloth
around my neck while unwrapping the
gum. Taking a few swigs of Dr. Pepper,
he ran a comb through a few of the rough
spots on my unkempt mop.
"We'll trim that right down, son," he
said, after I explained that I wanted just
enough cut off to meet the Auburn
Band's "regulations." "I've been cuttin'
band kids' hair for some years now, and I
know just how they like it."
The barber smacked the gum a few
times, studied my mop once again, and
clicked on his clippers.
Then he butchered my hair.
I mean butchered. Smelling strongly of
Juicy Fruit and Dr. Pepper, he leaned
close over my beleaguered head. He clip­ped
and scissored, and when it was all
over, my hair would even have passed a
Marine inspection — on one side, that is.
The other side, not quite even, was a
moderate length. Several little nicks
burned on the back of my neck as the bar­ber
spun me around to see my new look in
the mirror.
My gasps of horror gave away my dis­appointment.
"Here, let's fix it up a lit­tle,"
the barber said, finishing his Dr.
Pepper. He sprinkled a few drops from
another greasy bottle onto his hands,
slapped them together and used my new­ly
shortened hair as you would use a
towel to get the grease off your hands
after changing your oil.
"There, doesn't that smell good?" he
asked, not getting any answer from his
victim. I asked him how much I owed
him.
"Oh, only a dollar and a half," he said.
"Lowest rate around." I could see why.
I gave him the $1.50 and retreated. I
knew I'd have to come up with some fun­ny
things to say about the haircut — to be
a good sport about it.
Calling myself back to the present, I
looked at my styled and dried hair. It was
a good job, so I didn't really mind shell­ing
out $ 10 for it. My mop actually looked
like it had some order to it, and I hadn't
been butchered.
Surely now there wouldn't be any need
to call on those old responses that I "had
my ears lowered" or that "sure I had a
hair cut—this particular hair." There
wouldn't be any cute remarks to put up
with in the new era of male hairstyling.
I walked out into the sunlight and a
friend saw me. No wisecracks coming
from him, I thought.
Looking at my new-shining mop, he
smirked, "Well, look who got a Toni. . ."
Four years later
x WE NOW REJOIN OUR NEWS BULLETIN], A M W y IN PRD6RESS.
Remember the dead of Kent State
Editorials * Commentary
\^TM. MJ. *M.\^r± • Page Six Thurs., May 2, 1974
'FratmanS Greek control:
now open for discussion
Readers of The Plainsman:
Fratman has made his appearance on
campus.
"The Adventures of Fratman," a five-page
mimeographed satire on the frater­nity
system and Auburn in general, was
distributed last week. It's a perceptive
piece of writing dealing with the adven­tures
of such characters as Captain Foy,
Big-Man-On-Campus Tom Collins and
Sorority Sweetie Polly Ethel Goodbody.
Other than to have a good time,
though, why did anybody publish "Frat­man?"
A letter to The Plainsman by a person
claiming to be the editor of "Fratman"
suggests that it was published because
"such established literary sources as The
Plainsman, the Glom and related
publications have been slanted toward
the established fraternity point of view."
The letter continued, "It is a known
fact that the SGA, The Plainsman, the
Glom and the AWS are all controlled by
the established organizations of the fra­ternity
and sorority system."
The other organizations indicted by
the letter-writer can defend themselves if
they choose. But let's look at the idea that
The Plainsman is controlled by Greek
organizations.
The notion is, quite simply, false. In
fact, The Plainsman's news staff has few
Greeks and there is no Greek-affiliated
person on The Plainsman's policy-mak­ing
Editorial Board.
Perhaps, then, The Plainsman is used
by Greeks anyway? Don't count on it.
The only serious public inquiry into the
worth of the Greek system at Auburn has
been made in the pages of The Plains­man.
The publishers of "Fratman" are a
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from the editor-
May 4 marks the anniversary of a very special
event in American history and the social movement
that is underway today. Unlike most anniversaries,
this one is not a cause for celebration, for on that day
in May at Kent State four students were killed and 10
others wounded by rifle fire from the Ohio National
Guard.
The events surrounding that tragedy are varied and
complex. Blame for the deaths is directly attributable
to the Guard, but blame can be placed to a limited ex­tent
on the Kent students and even more so on the
non-student radicals of the Bernadine Dohrn ideol­ogy.
.
These radicals were well-trained and well-re­hearsed
in their attempt to destroy Kent State and the
whole American system. These radicals undoubtedly
participated in the action at Kent State as brought out
in numerous hearings and research on several books
and reports, but the fact that none of them have been
identified or arrested speaks for itself.
However, this is avoiding the central issue, the fact
that four innocent students died for no reason what­ever.
They were gunned down as they watched the
Guard march up and down a hill on campus. Of the
students who were shot, Jeff Miller was the closest
and he was 242 feet away, hardly rock-throwing dis­tance.
The repercussions from this tragedy are astound­ing:
.outside.
A guest editorial
By Mike Harmon
"Anyone who appears on the streets of a city
like Kent with long hair, dirty clothes or bare­footed
deserves to be shot."
"It would have been better if the GL ! had
shot the whole lot of them that morning
"The National Guard made only one mistake —
they should have fired sooner and longer."
"Any student who was on campus that day
should have been shot."
Sensible and responsible citizens should not be
thinking in these terms.
It is inconceivable that four years would paps be­fore
members of the Guard were indicted. Untillnow,
the only indictments handed down were against 25
Kent State students for crimes ranging from break­ing
curfew to inciting to riot.
Jn a country founded on personal freedom and the
concept of law and order, this is a disgrace to the en­tire
judicial system and an injustice to all mankind, to
say the least. The seven Guardsmen indicted are
charged with depriving the dead and wounded stu­dents
of their civil rights without due process..
Can you imagine telling Allison Krause's parents
that their daughter's murderers would spend ;(maxi­mum
of one year in jail for violating her civil rights.
The ultimate ripoff!
I think we owe a lot to Allison Krause, Jeff-Miller,
Sandy Scheuer, and Bill Schroeder, to their parents,
and to the other students who were wounded. On May
4, be sorrowful for these students who gave so much
for so little, but be glad that the Kent State tragedy
was not the Auburn University tragedy because it just
as easily could have happened here.
Harmon, 3FY, has visited the Kent State
campus, talked with Kent students who were
present on the day of the killings, and has done
reading on the incident. He is president of the
Forestry Club and a member of the Agriculture
Council.
General admission is answer to ticket haisle
little off base in charging that The
Plainsman is Greek-dominated. This
doesn't mean, however, that we feel
"Fratman" doesn't have a purpose —
and it doesn't at all mean we think it
shouldn't be published.
"Fratman" 's satire can be a humor­ous
vehicle to promote genuine inquiry
into the Greek system, and this we wel­come.
"Fratman" is a pamphlet in the
finest sense of the word, in the tradition
of the satirical writings of the patriots
before the American Revolution.
If the publishers of "Fratman" would
like to expand its scope to include edi­torials
and true analysis of the Greek sys­tem
we'd welcome this also. And if the
publishers of "Fratman" would like to
further pursue their contention that The
Plainsman is Greek-dominated, we'll
give them the space to do it on the facing
page.
If other readers would like to state in
print the view that The Plainsman is
slanted against Greeks, we'll publish
their contributions also.
All you need to do is write down what
you'd like to say and sign your name, if
you'd like to comment in print. We
haven't hesitated to print criticism of
The Plainsman all year, and we don't in­tend
to start holding it back now.
Bill Wood
Editor
Once again the time of the year to order
next year's football tickets has rolled
around and again the usual complaints
will be voiced. Fraternities will com­plain
about the location of their block
seats and independents will complain
about not being able to get seats together
for their dates who they have yet to ask
out, six months in advance.
There must be a better way of hand­ling
the seating of the student section
than the present method, and there is—
general admission.
The present method of seating stu­dents
calls for ordering tickets in the
spring and picking them up in the fall.
Tickets are numbered for specific seats in
the stadium; seating priority is deter­mined
by a raffle held by the Student
Government Association.
Unless a student is lucky enough to
have a friend who does not go to football
games, which is unlikely, he cannot get
two seats together for him and his date.
He is then faced with the prospect of try­ing
to find two empty seats at the game
and even if he does find the seats, he then
faces the chance of being run out by late­comers
who hold tickets to those seats.
Fraternities never seem to have
enough seats in their blocks for all their
members and dates and their numbers
often spill out into surrounding seats. It is
not always easy for the individuals who
hold tickets to these seats to move a
whole fraternity over two seats.
One of the advantages of the present
seating system is that a student who
orders tickets in the spring is guaran­teed
a reserved seat at the game. But
what happens when you show up at the
game and discover someone else sitting
in your seat ? If he happens to be 6 foot 4,
240 pounds, drunk and rowdy, he may
not be too willing to move. Many a fight
has resulted from such a situation, and I
was a witness last year to such an oc­curence.
Luckily the fellow was assisted
from the stadium by an usher, but only
after providing the most action the sec­tion
had seen during the game.
General'admission tickets would allow
students to sit anywhere in the student
section they wished—provided they got
there early enough.
Several other schools in the south­east
see the advantages of general
admission seating. Alabama, Georgia
Tech, LSU, and Vanderbilt for example
use general admission seating for the
student sections at their home football
games.
Auburn uses general admission seat­ing
for basketball games without any
major problems and there have been
crowds at games in the Coliseum that
would match the crowded seating sit­uation
at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Examples of this are games when LSU
with Pete Maravich played here in 1971
and this year's Alabama game.
The Athletic Department will use
general admission seating a.\ two of this
year's football games, the Louisville and
Chattanooga games. Why not use gen­eral
admission at all home games?
As it stands, with each student find­ing
a seat and seeing who has the nerve
to have him ejected from the seat, general
admission looks good as a solution to
some of the present problems. Although
general admission is not perfect, it has
far more potential than facing another
year of the present hassles.
Art Department deserves better
Our opinion
A luxury item, that's what Auburn's
Art Department has been considered in
the past. And because that's the way the
administration and the Legislature
think of the Art Department when
they're designating funds, Auburn may
soon lose the accreditation for this de­partment.
The Art Department is not bad; in fact,
it's good. It's considered one of the top 10
art schools in the South. But it's good
despite a lot of adverse conditions, in­cluding
a lack of space, vital equipment
and sufficient personnel.
Students for both the graduate and
undergraduate programs in art are
turned away each quarter. Faculty mem­bers
claim that the growth of the depart­ment
is hurt because there just isn't
enough classroom space for interested
students.
THE AUBURN PUINSMMI V
The students who are enrolled must
travel to nine different buildings around
campus and finish their projects in non-air-
conditioned Smith Hall which is bad­ly
in need of repair. The department's
print shop can handle only four students
at a time, and metal sculpture classes
have to borrow equipment from the
School of Engineering.
Now because of the gross inade­quacies
evident to outside surveys, Au­burn's
Art Department is in danger of
losing its accreditation. This serious pro­blem
has met with apathy from the
administration, and except for a few
small equipment grants, no noticeable
improvements have been made.
Student who pay to study art at Au­burn
should not be subjected to extra
work and worry because of conditions
that could be corrected. Accreditation
should not be lost because of alack of ap­preciation
for the fine arts on the part of
administrators and legislators. Art
should be recognized as a significant
part of society and Auburn.
•:";„ a» Bill Wood, Editor
Judson Landrum, Business Manager
In memory of the bleachers
associaTeD coLLeciare PRess
Rheta Grimsley, Editor-elect
Mitch Garriott, Business Manager-elect
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor Greg Lisby, Editor-elect Rheta
Grimsley, Associate Editor Kathy Suhorsky, News Editor Mike Kenopke. Editorial
Board Chairman: Editor Bill Wood.
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of Auburn University.
Signed columns represent the opinion of the writer, while unsigned editorials
labeled "Our opinion " represent the opinions of The Plainsman's Editorial Board.
A little bit of Auburn .died recently
when the center field bleachers — long
mobbed by unruly Auburn baseball fans
— were removed from Plainsman Park.
No longer will the weather-beaten
bleachers support the spectators that
made games so interesting and life so
hard for opposing center fielders. Come
rain or shine, the centerfield crowd was
there to razz the opposition, plague the
umpires and prod the home team. Now
their bleachers are gone.
Campus security officers say the
bleachers were taken down because too
many of the bleachers bums were drink­ing
beer from their outfield perch, and
drinking beer is illegal anywhere on cam­pus.
Campus police technically had the
right to have the bleachers taken down —
but a bit of baseball color that might
easily have been preserved is now gone.
MGta. \
Cow college, huh?
Parked in front of the University of
Alabama's ultramodern Ferguson Cen­ter
is a vehicle students of "that other
school" often link with Auburn Univer­sity.
Now who's the cow college?By the
way, the tractor's tag wasn't a
County tag.
Lee
Editorial photography
—Special to The Plainsman
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Vietnam War's wounds
need healing, but...
page 7 Thurs., May 2, 1974 THE AUBURN PLMNSMM
'Amnesty isn't the right way'
Your opinion on amnesty for war exiles was very
interesting, and there is little disagreement that the
wounds caused by the Vietnam War should be healed.
You suggest that these wounds would best be healed
by allowing these self-imposed exiles to be read­mitted
as full citizens after they serve out the equi­valent
of their military obligations with domestic ser­vice
agencies. I respect your opinion, but as I have the
opportunity to state our opinion, and by our, I am
confident that it means the majority of people in this
' country and particularly those who have faced the
crucible of war first hand.
War is hell. It always has been and always will be.
We get involved in wars for a variety of reasons,
almost always politically. But, as a nation we have
done our duty and answered the call to arms. Yes, and
in every war, there have been Jerry Sneaks who have
thumbed their nose at the call. We will always have
some who turn to quivering jelly when faced with a
decision of honor.
Those sans culottes who faint at duty do not even
have the courage to face the consequences of their ac­tions.
Like the jackel or coyote when confronted, they
slink off to a distant safety when danger arises and
howl their dismay.
A few Plainsman readers may have been involved
in the conflict in Southeast Asia. Many will not have
been. Would their understanding of your proposal (i.e.
equivalent service in domestic agencies) be the same
as yours? Those of our persuasion; would not agree.
How can you equate service in ACTION, VISTA,
even Peace Corps and.their safe little traumas with
the soldier, Marine, airman or sailor who fought, sac­rificed,
bled and died for a backward little country
unable to withstand the onslaught of a determined
and soulless enemy who commonly used assassina­tion,
genocide, kidnapping and mass slaughter as
weapons of terror to persuade others to his point of
view?
The United States has never failed to support the
underdog. That may be pure circumstance, but it is a
fact. We didn't fail when South Vietnam requested our
help. Admittedly, we did go about supporting that na­tion
foolishly, i.e. in an incremental fashion with so
many restricting ground rules from Washington that
winning the war was impossible. That's the real' tra­gedy
of that conflict.
But it's all over now, we hope. Thousands of good
men died doing their duty. Thousands of others suf­fered
incapacitating wounds both of the body and the
spirit. Can you really mean it when you say in effect
that our proud citizen warriors should stand shoulder
to shoulder with those who showed the white feather?
It is our opinion that those craven souls should be
readmitted to society after they have paid the legal
consequences of their crimes. Each case should be
tried on its own merits and let justice be done. Is that
way so different from any other legal matter? That is
certainly fair in our opinion and is not vengence.
The common criminal has his day in court. Let those
"in face a lion and in heart a deer," have theirs.
J. W. Duncan
Professor of Naval Science
Selection of black cheerleaders asked
After reading Page 8 of the April Fool's
Plainsman edition, "The Auburn Game"
where blacks on the Auburn University
campus were placed last, I have never
been in more agreement to the way in
which we were situated. I am not writing
this article to The Plainsman to gripe
abolut the Auburn Game—in fact, I
thought it was quite cute.
Oh! By the way, many blacks on the
yard don't receive monthly welfare
checks. There are a few of us who can
also afford '74 Cutlass Supremes.
But what lam griping about is the way
the cheerleader selections were carried
out I should know, I sat there through
the whole 3-day shebang listening to, T-I,
G-E, rrrrrrrS, and crying every time a
black was eliminated.
If everyone read the April 18 edition of
The Plainsman, they know that many of
last year's Kah-Rahs are back again, and
every one of them are either sweet Suzy
Sororities, or Joe College members.
But what shocks me is how one of last
year's male cheerleaders got to be a mem-
.readers'
ber of the squad again this year when he
only tried out one day. It was said that he
had the flu and couldn't finish tryouts,
but the April 18 edition of The Plains­man
had his name in there bright and
clear.
Many of the cheerleaders who are back
again this year couldn't even jump two
feet off the ground—especially that fat
one. But the blacks, and one of them with
college cheerleading experience and
awards, were cut during the first few
days.
The white students on this campus
wonder why so many blacks are apa­thetic
about campus activities.Well
damn, if we compete tor anything we're
kicked in the rump and told to get lost.
Plainsman University hosts and War
Eagle Girl selections are coming up. I
wonder if everything will still be snow
white.
I'm proud of one black member of the
student body—Loventrice Scales. She's
made it farther than an ole Suzy Soror­ity
member of last year's Homecoming
court. But I bet that will never happen
again!
We, the blacks of Auburn University,,
are fed up with this racist administra­tion.
We want some action.
We would like to see at least two or
three black cheerleaders appointed for
this year's squad by the A-Day game. A
good way is to have just the blacks try out
again or use some means of choosing
them.
Blacks here on the yard want to be
cooperative as we can. Why do you make
it so hard for us? Why not get on the ball,
before hell begins to fall?
'Reckless rider deserves
criticism, not just police9
A Dissatisfied Black Student
Name withheld by request
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Cake race
Wild Willie was trying to persuade
those folks over at University Relations
to go to the Cake Race this afternoon, but
they didn't want to.
They said they just weren't interested
in seeing a bunch of cakes run around.
You've got to be kidding about your
motorcycle chase editorial! "The cyclist
was guilty only of not wearing a helmet
and avoiding arrest. .." And driving an
unregistered vehicle and driving an
improperly equipped vehicle and failure
to obey a traffic signal and reckless driv­ing
and, apparently, trespassing on pri­vate
property. If I thought hard, I pro­bably
could think of some other laws the
cyclist broke.
Now I happen to agree with you that
the policeman shouldn't have fired his
gun. I am against violence, be it police
violence or Vietnam violence or
whatever.
But let's face it; I know a hell of a lot
more people who have been killed by
reckless drivers than by reckless cops or
the Viet Cong. The first person I knew in
high school who was killed . . . a motor­cycle
accident. The first member of my
graduating class who was killed . . . a car
wreck. My first college friend who was
killed . . . a car wreck. And my next
college friend who was killed . . . a car
wreck.
Driving is not a God-given right and
motor vehicles are not toys. Yet by your
editorial you help promote the idea that
anyone or anything has a right to the
streets. As long as you were censuring
the police for their performance, you cer­tainly
could and should have criticized
the motorcycle driver's equally reckless
actions.
In case you think that I was ever in a
wreck and am freaked out on the subject,
you're wrong. But I have given first aid to
victims and that is as close as I care to
get.
Carolyn A. Carr
Lab Assistant, Fisheries
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More staff opinion
Naivete and power
A first glimpse of the sea at night
'Beach Boys put on great show'
I would like to express my opinion in
response to the "Reader's Opinion" by
Jim Malone, 1PPY, published in the
April 25 edition of The Plainsman. t
First of all, let me remark on the per­formance
of the James Gang. This group
is notorious for its poor shows. (Ask any­one
who saw them in Birmingham a
while back.) They were definitely the
low spot of the (Beach Boys) concert, and
I saw very few people reacting with any­thing
but boredom toward their perfor­mance.
Mr. Malone states that he feels that the
James Gang's use of the guitar synthe­sizer
is "evidence" of their "originality."
I feel the opposite. Every group around
uses a synthesizer, and the James Gang
uses it as a filler tohide their lack of musi­cal
talent. Certainly no comparisomcan
be drawn between the talented solos of
Hendrix and Allman and the musical
sounds produced by Tommy Bolin and
his synthesizer.
Let me also say that even though there'
were problems with the sound system
during the Beach Boys' performance, I
Chowboy hits hair rules
A few weeks ago we thought we had
seen the true boundaries of Coach Jor­dan's
intelligence in respect to his hair
style rules. However, several days ago
the maturity of his sense of judgment
was brought into clearer focus.
At Sewell Hall last Tuesday, as I was
at work in my duty there as a chowboy,
the athletes were informed that Coach
Jordan had decided he had the right to
prescribe the hair styles of not just the
football players, but the track, basket­ball
and other athletes there as well. He
ordered that they all must conform to the
hairstyles of the football team.
Not content, he decided to venture even
further out of bounds and demanded that
the chowboys must also wear football
type haircuts. Supposedly it would be a
bad influence for us "long-hairs" to be
working around the neat and trim foot­ball
players.
If that is so, why doesn't he declare all
Auburn students must conform to his
arbitrary limits!, since his players are in
contact with the student body much more
than they are with us? Indeed, this may
be his next move.
But right now, we chowboys are just a
drop in the bucket. It is doubtful we will
receive an answer as to why he singles
out us.
Instead, He will remain hidden deep in
the back rooms of whichever asylum He
issues such edicts from.
Davy Jones, 2BI
suspect that it wasn't their fault, and cer­tainly
is no indication of their musical
talent and skill.
I also do not think the Beach Boys are
jumping on the nostalgia bandwagon.
Modern rock is on its last legs as people
realize how unmusical and < character­istic
of lack of talent it really is. The
Beach Boys play music that people enjoy
listening to and can appreciate, and their
album "Holland" is a good seller.
It is not the Beach Boys, but the hard
rock groups that are "has-beens," (if you
notice, a lot of hard rock performers are
also over 30, but with needle-tracks) and
they are just trying to make a quick buck
by beating their instruments in a vain
attempt at music.
I thought the Beach Boys put on a
great show. The audience came alive
when the group appeared, and the major­ity
of people remained on their feet
throughout the performance. This is defi­nitely
not characteristic of a poor show.
Robert L. Hatfield, 1LE
Before last weekend, to me "the beach"
only meant a picture in "National Geo­graphic"
or a scene from an old "Beach
Party movie." I was 19 years old, and I
had never seen a beach — never seen the
sand or the waves which touched its
shore. Somehow the experience was
much greater than my conception of it.
As we approached Pensacola Beach it
was dark, and all I could hear was the.
starting and stopping of the wind. Then I
realized that it wasn't the wind, but the
combined forces of wind and water. It
was power, and I felt humbled before it.
The sea was like all the great powers I
had once naively respected — the
honesty of a president, the absolute
truthfulness of a teacher, the incorrup­tibility
of "charitible" organizations. I
had thought that my days of absolute be­lief
were over until that night on the
beach.
Standing on the shore, I was a small
child again, filled with wonder at the in­finity
of stars and water. The sea was
truthful. When it was angry it showed it
wrath. When it was calm it smoothed its
shores. I could not see any form of decep­tion
or selfish motivation in its vastness.
As I watched the water lapping over
my bare feet and blue jean cuffs, I knew
that it was only right that the ocean had
this power. The waves and wind remind­ed
me of the many political campaigns I
had witnessed — their mud-slinging,
their smooth-talking deceptions, the
false faces, and the treachery. Who was
the rightful possessor of power, such a
disease-infested swamp or the mighty
ocean?
Even the ocean, however, wasn't left
untouched by this same deceit. I
wondered if the sea would ever meet the
same fate as places such as Mobile or
Chesapeake Bay.
The sea, however, was too beautiful for
me to dwell long on such ominous
thoughts. I looked along the beach and
saw flashes of light created by others
watching the ocean. In the shadows I
could see the forms of couples enjoying
the beach together. Occasionally I heard
the clank of a beer can. It was as if the
ocean was sheltering these refugees from
another world.
I ran along the beach, and watched as
Christy
Hudgins
the phosphorescent spots glowed be­neath
my feet. Then I looked out over the
contrast of the white and black of the
waves. The ocean was unconquered. No
matter how many men braved her tem­pests,
I knew the challenge would still be
there.
Nineteen years was too long to live
without the ocean. When I left, T took one
last look at the shore, knowing that I
would return soon. The beach was more
than just stars, sand and water. I don't
understand why, but I felt an affinity
with the ocean that I had never felt be­fore.
And I knew I would return.
Easy Rider: wind him up and look out
'Christianity not universal'
In response to "Mankind on toboggan
ride of sin," a "Reader's Opinion" in the
April 25 edition of The Plainsman:
Christianity, whether you believe it or
not, is not a universal religion. The
choice of religion is left to the individual.
Accepting Christ as the Son of God and
bearer of our sins in order to be saved is
your belief. It is also the belief of many,
and I accept that. But the choice is still
the individual's.
Just because one may choose a dif­ferent
path in this lifedoes not mean that
the path is wrong. There is this thing
called respect; respect for the beliefs of
others. These beliefs may not meet your
approval, but then who are you to con­demn
them?
Playboy and Penthouse magazines
may repulse you and stand for all that
your religion does not tolerate, but they
are a part of learning to some.
Evil, to me, is more of an illusion. We
make our own evil and for the most part
people reject what is evil to them. So if
these magazines are evil to you, by all
means avoid them. But have enough re­spect
for your brothers to let them choose
their way.
Your closing paragraph threw me. Is it
possible for an all-loving God (He is, isn't
He?) who is present in spirit, to condemn
man to an eternal physical torment?
I thought that the goal was to become
one with God. I also thought there were
different means to this "end." Some may
need this "evil" practice of reading "pro­fane"
magazines as a step toward a goal.
It is their Karma — don't knock it.
A. Nathews, 2SY
On April 17 two city policemen drew
their revolvers and one fired a warning
shot into the air as a motorcyclist evaded
them. If the officers weren't dismissed I
hope they at least had their weapons
impounded. The idea of having two such
short-fused law men around gives me
the creeps.
But in all the hubbub about Wyatt
Earp and Doc Holiday we lost track of
one very important fact: that motorcy­clist
could have hurt someone, too.
A "Reader's Opinion" in last week's
issue of The Plainsman stated that police
"have nothing better to do than to chase
people who don't wear a helmet." This
prompts a question: why shouldn't police
give tickets to traffic violators? They
shouldn't shoot at them, just give them
tickets.
During the chase, the motorcyclist
jumped the curb and rode across the drill
field and after seeing a roadblock, back
across the field. Then he ran a red light,
cut into a wooded area and disappeared
when he rode across a basketball court in
use.
Frank
Whatley
The reader stated that the motorcyclist
"deserves a hand from all of us because
he brought out the true character of the
Auburn police."
How about the true character of this
civilian menace to society? When I inter­viewed
him for a story last week, I got
these tidbits.
He did not pull over when police sig­naled
him.
He did not take the time to put on a hel­met,
seeming to forget that a helmet is for
the rider's benefit. (But why should I
care?)
Another reason police were pursuing
him was that his bike did not have a tag.
He said he bought a tag but it kept fall­ing
off his bike. Incidentally, he said,
"True trail bikes don't have tags."
He pointed out voluntarily that his
vehicle also had no operational head­light.
That dude must be real fun when he
rides at night.
He said he had evaded Columbus
police before when he was under the
influence of alcohol and that he has had
two tickets from Auburn police lor pre­vious
offenses.
This gentleman went so far as to
proudly specify his bike's make and
model, as if he thought highly of what he
did.
The police overreacted. They shouldn't
have fired. But I hope the motorcyclist
does a little soul-searching and stops his
game of tag with the police before he or
someone else gets killed. If someone does,
the fact that a policeman violated regula­tions
will not make him any less dead.
THE AUBURN PUINMHN Thurs., May 2, 1974 page 8
I
Beasley's Pasture approved as new city ball site
Whoops —Dave Brown
Swivel hips Dennis Mitchell, 3AR, better move those
knees fast or he's going to lose control of his plastic
hoop. Mitchell was just one of the contestants in the
Hoola Hoop Contest held Tuesday as one of the events
of Fine Arts Week.
By Becky Dunlap
Plainsman Staff Writer
After three hours of debate
and a close 5-4 vote, the
Auburn City Council Tues­day
night approved Beas­ley's
Field as the new city hall
site.
Councilman Raymond F.
Askew proposed an amend­ment
before the vote was
taken that provided if this site
were chosen, the new police
station would not be commit­ted
there. Also; after bid ac­ceptance,
there would be a
two-week delay for architects
to make plans for the type of
building used. A multi-story
building to allow extra park­ing
space was suggested.
Voting "yes" to the amend­ment
were Councilmen Clyde
O. Prather, 'James Alex­ander,
Walter Giddens, Ray­mond
Askew and Eugene
Stanaland. Voting against
the Beasley Field location
were Mary Brooks, Cecil Yar-brough,
Dewey Northcutt and
Bruce Herring.
When the controversy over
the building site began last
winter, the University's Stu­dent
Senate proposed to the
Council that Beasley's Pas­ture
not be used because the
field has been a popular stu­dent
recreational ground for
many years.
The Downtown Merchants
Association, represented by
local businessman Andy Gen­try
argued that the city hall
building could provide an
"anchor" for redevelopment if
located downtown.
George Horton, dean of the
School of Business, said
Auburn's downtown was
"tired-looking" and didn't
match the University and
residential sections of the
city. Horton said "what we do
as a University depends on
what we can do with down­town
Auburn . . . an attrac­tive
downtown would help us
to recruit new faculty."
An architectural firm, Big-gers,
Neil and Clark, was
hired to draw up plans design­ed
to anchor business and pro­fessional
interests in down­town
Auburn. They con­cluded,
from previous studies
of towns like Columbus, GA.
Huntsville and Selma, that
city government facilities are
a "catalyst for redevelop­ment."
A representative of the firm
showed slides of redevelop­ment
plans for the L-shaped
business district, on College
and E. Magnolia streets,
designed as a mall with park­ing
provided in the middle
undeveloped section of the
block. The city hall building,
under this plan, would have
been located near the First
Baptist Church.
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Laboratory conference
to update personnel
Instrumentation in a
variety of laboratories rang­ing
from industry, education
and hospitals to environ­mental
monitoring will be the
main topic Wednesday and
Thursday when Auburn con­ducts
a laboratory instrumen­tation
conference at the Ail-
American Inn.
The conference is intended
for laboratory personnel who
may need to be updated on the
most recent instrumentation
and related techniques in
laboratories, according to Dr.
Ed White, Auburn conference
director.
Among subjects to be
offered twice in the confer­ence
are pure water, mem­brane
filtration, modern
application of liquid chroma­tography,
care and calibra­tion
of the balance, radio­immunoassay,
gas chroma­tography
and atomic absor-ption.
13 students
inducted into
honor society
Thirteen students of vet­erinary
medicine and two
faculty members have been
formally inducted into the na­tional
honor society of Phi
Zeta at Auburn.
The students are: Thomas
H. Booher Jr., 5VM; Teresa K.
Dienlin, 5VM; Albert S.
Gaston Jr., 5VM; Johnny E.
McGee, 5VM; Joel D. Ward,
5VM; Marion R. Culbertson
Jr., 4VM; Keliy J. Davis III,
4VM; James R Jarrell, 4VM;
Robert E. Kirk, 4VM; George
W. Scorey III, 4VM; William
C. Weiland, 4VM.
Dr. Robert E. Cartee. in­structor
of anatomy and
histology, and Dr. Jay M.
Humburg, associate profes­sor
of large animal surgery
and medicine, were also
among those inducted.
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in quest for division title
—Dan Doughtie
DENNIS BAILEY SLIDES UNDER TAG
. . . Outfielder is clutch player
By Robert Johnston
Plainsman sports Writer
The Auburn Tigers were the
losers in the Vanderbilt series
played last weekend in
Plainsman Park. The Tigers
out-stole, out-hit, out-scored
and even took 2 out of 3 games
played but they failed to do
the almost impossible task
that was required of them.
Because of two rainouts
with the University of Ken­tucky
in Lexington earlier
this year Vanderbilt came to
Auburn needing only one vic­tory
in the series to clinch the
eastern division title. A vic­tory
would give the Commo­dores
an 11-4 record and it
would drop the Tigers mark to
8-5 in the S .E .C .
This would assure Vandy of
at least a percentage victory
in the division race because
even if the Tigers won the re­maining
4 games on their
S .E .C . schedule, their re­cord
would be 12-5 giving
them a percentage of .706 as
compared to Vandy's .733.
The Vanderbilt Commodores
got what they came here for.
By winning the first game of
the doubleheader on Friday
the Commodores clinched the
Eastern Division title and
earned the right to meet Ala­bama
in the S .E .C . finals.
THE AUBURN PUINSMMI V
Thurs., May 2, 1974 Section Two SPORTS
I Larry
GIERER
Sports Editor
Auburn thinks Young
"It feels great to be back in Auburn and rejoining everyone
associated with this program. We've got a lot of hard work to
do getting the defense sound and finding some depth. I'm
ready to get at it."
These words reflect the attitude of new linebacker caoch
Frank Young.Young, a coaching veteran of over twenty years,
comes to Auburn from Texas Christian University where he
was head defensive coordinator for two years.
Yet Young is no stranger to Auburn. Just three years ago he
was an Auburn coach working with the freshmen. Those
freshmen are now Tiger Seniors.
"It's great to be back with these fine young men. The main
thing that I have noticed about them is the way they have
matured. They amaze me that they have become such a fine
group of leaders. Players like Ken Bernich, Rick Neel, and
Mike Fuller have come a long way. They are a fine senior
class."
Young has done a lot of traveling in his profession through
the years. He was line coach at Hinds and Sunflower junior
colleges for eight years, was head coach at Louisiana college
for one year, was line coach at Southeastern Louisiana for
three years and spent four years as defensive coordinator at
Tulane. While he was at Hinds Junior College they won the
Junior Rose Bowl and finished number one in the nation.
However in 1970, the Tulane defense finished sixth in the
nation and its pass defense was eighth nationally under
Young's leadership.
"The coaching profession is just that way. Most schools mix
up their staffs every three or four years. My wife probably
, doesn't like the moving too much, but its just one of those
things she has gotten use to."
One of the big questions that comes up every fall is a com­parison
of one conference with another. Young, who has
coached in both the Southwest and the Southeast,was glad to
give his impressions. "This sort of thing moves in cycles. The
last few years the Southeastern conference has been the
stronger of the two. About ten years ago I would sav the
Southwest conference was stronger overall. The Southwest
conference is rebuilding and getting stronger again though.
Teams like Texas Tech and Rice are starting to get very
strong."
Young iound upon his return to th^loveliest village that
little had changed. "It really hasn't changed very much ex­cept
that it sure is growing in the residential areas."
The amiable Young also has found few changes in the
Auburn football program. "It is still the same solid athletic
program it was when I left."
The Coach jis still coaching the same split four defense he
coached at Tulane and TCU but has had some problems "I've
had to learn some different terminology and of course the per­sonnel.
I still know most of the seniors, but there are still a lot
of other players out there I have got to know."
Young feels that the Auburn defense will look good once
some key players get over their injuries. "In a way injuries can
be a blessing because you get to see the younger players and
find some depth."
r Young, who played linebacker in college feels the position
has changed quite a bit. "The game moves so much faster
now. The linebacker sees many more offensive sets and must
read many more different types of offenses. The offensive line­men
are also bigger and.faster. The linebacker today must be
a superior athlete."
The coach who has taught many kinds of defense likes
Auburn's split four style because it gives the opponent's
offense more different looks to confuse them. However he also
believes that "any defense is good if the players are there" and
this year Young believes the players are here.
-Dan Doughtie
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STEAKS.
Losing a shot at the champ­ionship
in the first game was
understandably disappoint­ing
to the Tigers but the way
in which the first game was
lost was even more heart­breaking.
Auburn played Vandy on
Friday before an estimated
crowd of 2,500, the largest to
see a ballgame in Plainsman
Park this year. One could feel
the electricity in the crowd
and at the beginning of the
game it appeared that the
Tigers would blow Vandy
right off the field. Auburn,
however, was unable to get
the big hit.
Leaving two stranded in
the opening inning and the
bases full in he go mmd, the
Tigers began a pattern which
lasted through the remainder
of the game. The only except-tion
to this pattern came in
the bottom of the third when
Auburn scored its first and
only run of the day.
Vic Sharek led off the inn-"
ing with a blooping single
over short into certerfield.
Sharek stole second and was
then sacrificed to third, bring­ing
up Tiger secondbaseman
Kim Shugart.
Shugart surprised every­one
when he bunted with 2
outs. The bunt got by Vandy's
pitcher forcing the shortstop
to make the throw. His throw
was late and Auburn held a
temporary lead 1-0.
No-hit pitching by Davis
May for 51/3 innings kept the
Tigers in front but in the top
of the sixth the shutout
disappeared. Vic Sharek's
low throw on a routine groun­der
to third got away from
Gary Dailey and Vandy had a
runner in scoring position
with only one out. The
Commodore base runner ad­vanced
to third on a solid sin­gle
to left and he scored on a
high bounce to Shugart at se­cond.
The ballgame remained
tied 1-1 until the top of the
eighth when 2 base hits and a
run gave Vandy the lead for
good. Auburn, however, still
wasn't finished, at least not
through threatening
anyway.
With one out in the botton of
the eight Bill Lawrence, bat­ting
for catcher Tommy Mor­ton
walked and Dennis Bailey
who replaced Curt Cope in the
top of the inning slammed a 3-
2 pitch up the middle. The
home crowd Was now excited
again as the Tigers had yet
another chance to win the
game. However, like so many
times before in this game the
big hit was missing.
Mark Hatchett struck out
and Mickey Miller hit a line
drive that was deep but not
deep enough to get by
Vandy's right fielder who
made the catch and ended
the game. Auburn left 14 men
on base in this game.
"Sometimes you need a
little luck to win a champion­ship,"
said Coach Paul Nix.
"It can go either way but we
just didn't have it today. This
game reminded me of the one
we lost in Gainesville. We hit
some shots in that game but
they just weren't in the right
places. I've been through this
kind of thing before and I can
forget it, but it's real antagon­izing
to the players."
The Tigers made the newly
crowned division champs
look like celler dwellers in the
final two games of the series.
Auburn won both games
easily taking the Commo­dores
8-2 in the second game
of the doubleheader on Friday
and 11-0 in the final game on
Saturday.
The Tigers hitting came
through in the second and
third games but the pitching
was outstanding in all three.
"Vanderbilt as a team has
relied on good hitting all year
but we stopped them real well
in this series," Nix commen­ted.
"Pitching sure stops the
action and since the Tenn.
series our pitching has really
come around," he added.
Davis May allowed only 2
runs on 4 hits in the opener
and Joe Beckwith held the
Commodores to 2 runs on 3
hits in the second game.
The best performance of the
series was by Terry Leach
who picked up his seventh vic­tory
with no defeats in route
to a 1 hit shutout over Vandy
on Saturday. The Commo­dores
only hit came on a drag
bunt which Leach himself
was unable to reach.
Auburn's record is now 25-
11 overall and against
Vanderbilt and Alabama, the
division champions the
Tigers are 5-2.The Georgia
Bulldogs come to Plainsman
Park next weekend and one
might expect that with the
division race decided new
faces will be appearing in
the Auburn lineup.
Pressure no problem for Dailey
By Carolyn Roop
Assistant Sports Editor
With plenty of schoolwork
and a wife of four months,
Gary Dailey's time is pretty
well filled up. But the junior
first baseman isn't showing
any signs of a lapse in play.
His batting average is up
from .213 last year to a .275 so
far this season. He played out­standing
defense last year
having only two errors in 34
games and is continuing that
achievement with two errors
this year and only a few
games left to play.
After a heart-rending extra
inning loss to Vanderbilt for
the Eastern Division title,
Dailey said, "I don't know
what to say about it. Of
course, it was a Big
disappointment. The worst .
part was losing to Vandy
when I feel that we're a better
team. There have been a lot of
times this year that I've felt
we didn't get the breaks we.
needed and this was one of
them. We got the men on base
and then just couldn't get the
runs in. We lost a couple of
conference games because of
that."
The pressure that was sur­ely
felt by both teams on the
field didn't bother Dailey, in
fact, he liked it. " That's what
I like about any sport—the
pressure and competition. I
think I play better underpres­sure.
In a so-so game it's just
not the same. You still try
hard but the real incentive
isn't there."
Dailey likes playing
defense at first base, though
he's played the position for
only two years. "When I was a
freshman, I played in the out­field
and at third base. I start­ed
hitting pretty well so they
moved me around to see
where I could play defensiv­ely."
Though he has done pretty
well defensively, Dailey feels
that he hasn't reached his full
potential. "I feel like I've got
the natural talent inside me,
but it doesn't come to the sur­face
in the way I play. I don't
feel that I play as well as I'm
really capable of. I just hope it
all comes together soon with -
only one year left."
Baseball isn't Gary's only
athletic interest. He likes bas­ketball
as much as or even
more than baseball. In his
senior year of high school,
Dailey was the basketball
team's leading scorer and
MVP. "I could have played
basketball in college, " says
Gary, "but to play at a big
school you have to catch
somebody's eye and I didn't.
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pushing for intramural title
CURT COPE WALKS TO FIRST AFTER BEING HIT
. . . Cope is deadly on basepaths
Speedster Cope nears
Tiger stealing record
By Mark Murphy
Plainsman Sports Writer
Tiger left fielder Curt Cope
is an incorrigible thief. How­ever,
nobody around Auburn
is complaining because the
sophomore speedster con­fines
his pilfering to the base
paths and opposing catchers
are the only victims.
Cope has swiped a base 18
times in 18 tries this year. The
5-10, 165-pound leadoff hitter
stole 17 as a freshman.
The Auburn record for most
stolen bases in a season is 21
set last year by Mark
Hatchett.
When asked if he was shoot­ing
for the record Cope res­ponded,
"I will be real disap­pointed
if I don't break it.
Against Vandy I didn't steal
a base and I was disap­pointed
in my play. But I was
more disappointed that we
got beat for the champion­ship."
Cope is no stranger to
Plainsman Park having
grown up in Auburn. He was
an All-State second baseman
at Auburn High and co-cap­tain
of thefootball team. Cope
also lettered in track and
wrestling.
Coach Paul Nix rates Cope,
who has only made one error
while at AU, as the team's
best defensive outfielder.
When asked what he
thought about left field as
compared to second base
Cope said, "I love left field. I
think that is where I am best
suited because my arm isn't
strong-"
The second year starter has
had to fight injuries this sea­son.
He missed fall practice
due to a broken collarbone.
In an early season series at
Jacksonville, FL, Cope
sprained his hand and mis­sed
several games. At the time
he was leading the team in
•hitting, but since the injury
hasn't gotten back in the
groove.
Cope's average has dipped
to around the .230 mark. "I
realized what I was doing
wrong with my swing," Cope
said. "Lately I have been
hitting the ball well again but
they just haven't been drop­ping
in for hits."
Curt is one of the many Ti­gers
who will be back next
year attempting to win the
SEC Eastern Division title
which Vandy narrowly cap­tured
this season.
Cope commented, "We ap­preciate
the fan support we
got this year and it has been a
big boost to us. I hope they
realize we are going to have a
good team next year so they
should stick behind us."
The left fielder then said, "I
want to tell our fans that I
have had a couple of run-ins
with the campus police about
taking down the left field
bleachers. I went over there to
talk about it but they just
gave me the run around.
There is no need to give our
fans a hard time when they
are trying to watch the
games."
• • '
Last year Cope hit .233 but
led the team with 25 runs
scored. His 17 stolen bases
placed him third on the all-time
Tiger list. In one game
the business administration
major stole base six times.
Auburn and Vandy will
meet in Nashville next year in
a series that might once again
decide the division title. Au­burn
and Cope will have to
wait until 1975 to put any
more doubt into the Com­modores'
minds.
By Ralph Allen
Intramurals Editor
Phi Kappa Tau looks to
have the combination for a
shot at the Softball cham­pionship
again this year.
Their pitcher, Carl Sexton is
one of the best in either
league. Last week against
Theta Chi his elusive pitches
struck out six batters and
combined with good fielding
and hitting by Phi Tau to shut
out Theta Chi at the plate 5-0.
Beta Theta Pi also seems to
have a good pitcher this sea­son
in Tom Kolmetz. He al­lowed
only 11 Delta Tau Delta
batters to get on base last
week.
Left fielder Dick Capell had
five hits and contributed two
runs to the 17 to 6 Beta vic­tory.
Unbeaten Sigma Nu
pushed three runs across in
the fourth inning last week in
a defensive battle to move
ahead of Theta Xi and claim a
4 to 2 win.
Alpha Tau Omega pitcher
Fred Faulkenberry was in
good form against Omega
Tau Sigma last week as he
held them to only three runs
and struck out four batters.
Leading unbeaten ATO at hit­ting
against OTS was first
baseman Glen King, who
reached four out of four times.
The five to three win gives
ATO a record of three wins
and no losses so far this sea-
The other fraternity soft-ball
scores were: Alpha Gam­ma
Rho-15, Delta Chill;
Alpha Psi-16, Kappa Alpha-
10; Phi Kappa Psi-11, Delta
Sigma Phi-5; Farmhouse-10,
Chi Phi-7; Tau Kappa Epsi-lon-
8, Sigma Alpha Epsilon-2;
Pi Kappa Alpha-7, Lambda
Chi Alpha-6; and Sigma Pi-
15, Phi Delta Theta-5.
In independent softball
Showboat fell to the un­beaten
Little Men 9 to 8 after a
rally in the last of theseventh
by Showboat with the bases
loaded and two men out ended
in disaster.
Half and Half pushed five
runs across in the bottom of
the sixth inning to pull ahead
of Air Force and claim a 10 to
9 win.
Fred Ethredge and Rex Ed­wards
provided the power at
the plate as the Ross Street
Raiders powered in 23 runs to
outdistance BSU by 13.
Lane Sellers chalked up its
third win against the Loom
Fixers 14-5 to remain un­beaten.
The other independent soft-ball
scores were: St. Michael-
26, Wizard-17; AVMA-10, Wil­liams
2-6; Unwed Fathers-14,
Delta Sigma Pi-13; Day
House-12, Generals-2;
Squires-8, WGAC-0; Pha-roahs-
24, Seeds and Stems-8;
Fuzz-13, IE Department-10;
Bondo Bambinos-9, Agro­nomy
Club-7; Colliers-11,
Chinese Bandits-7; Navy-9,
Burton St. Band-8; Division
A-20, Division Rl-14; Divi­sion
K-17, Division B-2; and
Division IJ-29, Division E-16.
On the tennis courts
against Theta Chi, Phi Kap­pa
Tau claimed its third
straight win when Paul Winn
overcame a 6-4 deficit to cap­ture
a 9-6 singles win. Fog
Carlson easily handled his
singles opponent 9-1.
Florida basketball star signs
scholarship with Auburn
"I definitely think we have
the best team in the con­ference
and everybody else
does too. When we came back
and beat Vandy so soundly
twice I know that put doubt in
their minds about who has
the best team," Cope stated.
Tiger tracksters perform well
of both Perni and Tuskegee
By Gordon Cone
Plainsman Sports Writer
Auburn trackmen ap­peared
in two meets last week­end,
capturing a total of eight
places, two of them wins.
Bret Dull finished first in
the prestigious Penn Relays
in Philadelphia with a toss of
178'1" in the discus, making
him Auburn's first winner
ever in relays. He won the
event by a margin of over six
feet, and had another throw
over 178'.
Freshman distance ace
David McCannan set two new
records including a seventh
place showing in the three-mile.
His time for the three-mile
was 13:47.4, and his
twomile time was 9:10.8. Both
marks will go down as
Auburn records.
Team Captain Jerry
Wooden picked up a fifth
place in the triple jump with a
leap of 48'1".
Charles Frazier ran a per­sonal
best 52.7 in the inter­mediate
hurdles for another
seventh place.
Several members of the Au­burn
squad appeared in the
46th annual Tuskegee Re­lays,
one of the South's oldest
track meets.
J n the two-mile run, J.D.
Evilsizer and Bob Mont­gomery
swept the first two
places, running 9:35.7 and
9:38 respectively. Neil
Murphey was third in 9:42,
and Mike McCollough fourth
in 10:06.8.
Auburn University has
reached into the state of Flor­ida
to sign its fourth out-,
standing prep basketball
player. Stan Pietkiewicz of
Winter Park has accepted a
grant-in-aid with Auburn.
The 6-5 guard is considered ,
the best shooter in the state of
Florida, according to his high
school coach, Bobby Marr.
Averaging 28.1 his senior
year, Pietkieciz hit 52 percent
from the field and 81 per cent
from the foul line.
Pietkiewicz led Winter Park
High to a 51-8 record his last
two years which included two
trips to the Florida state tour­nament.
The Wildcats made it
to the semi-finals Pietkiewicz'
junior year and lost in the title
game his senior season. His
career high of 41 points came
in the state tournament as a
senior.
Pietkiewicz was courted by
Houston, North Carolina
State, Wake Forest, Tennes­see,
Marquette and Kentucky
among others.
"Stan is one of the best
shooters at his position I've
ever "seen," said Auburn
Coach Bob Davis. "And he
got that way because of hard
work and his dedication to the
game. There is no way to keep
hirh from becoming a great
college ball player. It was his
dedication that attracted us to
him."
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The Lambda Chi Alpha
Tennis team lost their first
singles match to Pi Kappa
Alpha 9-2 but came back to
win the second singles match
9-4. In the doubles Lambda
Chi pulled out close wins 6-4,
6-4. The results of the other
tennis matches were: Sigma
Phi Epsilon over Alpha Ep-silon
Pi; Sigma Alpha
Epsilon over Tau Kappa Ep­silon;
Kappa Alpha over
Alpha Psi; Phi Delta Theta
over Sigma Pi; Phi Kappa Psi
over Delta Sigma Phi; Sigma
Nu over Theta Xi; Farm­house
over Chi Phi; and
Alpha Tau Omega over
Omega Tau Sigma.
The Farmhouse horseshoe
pitchers rung up another win
last week over Chi Phi. Farm­house
took the first singles 15-
2, 15-11, and the second 15-10,
13-15, 15-8.
The results of the other
horseshoe matches were:
Lambda Chi over Pi Kappa
Alpha; Phi Delta Theta over
Sigma Pi; Sigma Nu over
Theta Xi; Kappa Alpha over
Alpha Psi; Sigma Alpha
Epsilon over Teke; Pi Kappa
Phi over Omega Psi Phi; Beta
Theta Pi over Delta Tau
Delta; Sigma Phi Epsilon
over Alpha Epsilon Pi; and
Phi Tau over Theta Chi.
Last year's badminton
champions Sigma Nu, top­pled
Theta Xi to grab their
third win of the season.
Beta Theta Pi downed the
Delta Tau Delta badminton
team in singles 15^3, 15-1 and
15-3, 15-8.
The results of the other bad­minton
games were: Phi Kap­pa
Tau over Theta Chi;
Omega Tau Sigma over
Alpha Tau Omega; Delta Chi
over Alpha Gamma Rho;
Sigma Phi Epsilon over
Alpha Epsilon Pi; Lambda
Chi over Pike; Phi Delta
Theta over Sigma Pi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon over Teke and
Chi Phi over Farmhouse.
All softball games that
were postponed on Monday
will be played this Sunday
May 5 at their regular times.
The track and field meet
will be held Monday May 20
and Wednesday May 22. The
team entry deadline for the
meet is Friday May 10. An
organizational meeting for
the meet will be held at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday May 15 in
room 2040 of the Memorial
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QUESTION: Mr. Davis, if elected Sheriff will your
deputies "camp-out" on Highway 29, Friday and Satur­day
night just hoping to spot students leaving weekend
beer parties?
ANSWER: While I am Sheriff my deputies will treat all
citizens equally and fairly. We will enforce the law in
every situation. However, businessmen leaving Opelika
Country Club's after "a few to many" are certainly as
deadly on our highways as the student who is "high."
Furthermore, we will not concentrate our limited num­ber
of deputies in the Auburn-Opelika area where there
are already three police departments and leave the rest
of the County unpatrolled. I can not justify undue ser-valiance
of student parties, while there is illegal
gambling, and drunk drivers rampaging over the rest of
the county.
QUESTION: Mr. Davis, if elected Sheriff what will be
your policy on "drug raids?"
ANSWER: We will deal with the drug problem from the
source. In the past for every eight arrest made on a mari-uana
possession charge only one arrest has been made
3y the Sheriff's Department on a selling charge. It is not
good law enforcement to give a young person a life time
crime record on a possession charge, while at the same
time allowing hard drugs to enter our county at an ever
increasing rate. We will concentrate on the pushers of
hard drugs, and when we make an arrest it will be a
significant blow against drug abuse, rather than a mere
statistic which could ruin a vouna persons life.
QUESTION: Mr. Davis, If elected what qualifications
will you look for in future deputies hired by the Sheriff's
department.
ANSWER: We will actively recruit men of goodmoraf
standards with a progressive attitude toward law en
forcement. We will only hire men with modern law-en
f orcement training, capable of handling their duties in a
courteous efficient manner.
Under no circumstances will we employ men whoso
work has already been found unsatisfactory by any
other police force. Furthermore, I will actively seek men
of all races, willing to serve our county to the best of their
ability.
At long last there is a candidate for Sheriff of Lee County
With a modern, progressive, attitude toward law en
forcement—a candidate who is concerned about stu
dent interest. A recent straw poll taken after the Young
Democrat's Speakers Forum showed John Davis, th
over-whelming favorite in the Sheriff's race. We urge
the registered voters of Auburn to support the first effort
ever made to include them in the local political process.
VOTE May 7, and give CAPTAIN JOHN DAVIS,
(Alabama State Trooper Reserve) the opportunity to
bring modern law enforcement to Lee