1974-10-24 The Auburn Plainsman

              The way it was
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-Dan Dough tie
Looking into the past and stirring old memories,
G.M. "Monk" Wright, class of 1919, flips through a
Glomerate from his senior year with grandson Wade
Wright, class of 1990. Homecoming mixes the old with
the new; alumni r e t u r n to familiar places and discover
Students beware!
the changes since they have been away. The strange
clothes and customs in the old yearbook must baffle
young Wright a s much as blue jeans of today probably
puzzle the elder Wright, a former mayor of Auburn.
Bootlegging carries stiff fine
By Pat Fite
Plainsman Staff Writer
Auburn liquor-buying students be­ware!
Buying liquor across state lines and
bringing it back into Alabama is a
revenue violation, according to Her­man
B. Braswell, Alabama Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board agent. And
bringing back even a pint of the popular
refreshment is a misdemeanor with a $50
to $500 fine attached or six months
in jail.
Several Auburn students were among
those arrested for violations during a
crackdown started recently, Braswell
said.
"Sone students don't realize it is illegal
to bring alcohol across the line," he
explained. "Sometimes the clerks in the
Georgia liquor stores tell the students it's
legal," Braswell added.
Importing up to five gallons (about two
and one half cases of beer) is a
misdemeanor. More than five gallons is a
felony with a penalty of one to five years
in a federal or state penitentiary, the
ABC agent noted.
Braswell said students go to Georgia to
buy alcohol because they think it is
cheaper or because the legal age in
Georgia is 18.
"One student bought a half gallon of
vodka in Georgia because he thought it
was less expensive," Braswell said. "The
same brand was only two cents more in
Alabama, plus he ended up paying a $75
fine."
Plainclothes policemen watch the
Georgia liquor stores for persons intend­ing
to bring alcohol back into Alabataa,
he said.
According to Braswell,thestate is try­ing
to stop those persons who buy large
quantities of alcohol and sell it illegally
in "shot houses." "Shot houses are places
that don't have a license and are usually
regular houses," stated Braswell. "There
are certain persons finding it cheaper to
transport liquor across the state line
rather than make moonshine," he said.
Braswell related that students buying
a bottle of whiskey certainly were not
their main concern, but he warned, "Vio­lating
the law is violating the law, and
you can't violate it a little."
Braswell explained that the state of
Alabama loses important revenue when
Alabama citizens go buy alcohol in Geor­gia.
According to BrasweH, Alabama got
$62,866,639.54 net profit from the sale
and tax of alcoholic beverages last year.
Braswell said that out of that sum
$19,526,673.05 went to the Alabama Pen­sions
and Security fund, which is
involved with welfare. Another
$12,354,842.63 went to the Departmentof
Education, which Braswell said was a
very important amount for the improve­ment
of Alabama's education. Braswell
said $4,437,308.06 went to the Depart­ment
of Mental Health.
Braswell said that it was important to
enlighten the students about the reason
for the law, and about the trouble they
can get into. "We especially concentrate
on those times when it appears there is
going to be a lot of drinking, like Mardi
Gras in Mobile or a big ball game," said
Braswell.
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THE AUBURN iqpj 2 4 197*
Volume 81 Number 5 Auburn University Section One Thurs., Oct. 24, 1974 page 1 24 pages
Infirmary renovations
slowed for second time
By Pat Fite
Plainsman Staff Writer
The final schedule for renovation and
additions to the Student Health Center
has been delayed again because an
estimation of costs on preliminary draw­ings
shows that the scheme is $200,000
over the planned cost for construction of
$900,000, according to William H.
Guerin, University campus planner.
The plans had to be revised once before
in January for the same problem of
excess cost.
Guerin met with Health Center Direc­tor
Garth Jarvis and architects Wednes­day
evening after deadline to discuss
what would have to be cut back to meet
the budgeted costs.
Rhett E. Riley, University > business
manager, said, "We're pressing to have
the drawings revised rather quickly."
Riley said $500,000 is to come from the
state revenue snaring funds and $500,00
is to come from student fees.
Guerin explained that $900,000 was
earmarked for construction and the rest
would be used for such purposes as pay­ing
the architects. "We decided we would
have to cut the program somewhat,
because we overreached the $900,000,"
Guerin said.
Jarvis said there were several possi­bilities
of things to cut back. "But we
hope not to cut back on services."
"I think I can cut down $125,000. If the
architects are any good, I- think they can
cut down $75,000," Jarvis said.
Plans to move the mental health divi­sion
from its present home in Student
Development Services to the Health
Center may have to be disbanded, Jarvis
said.
The mental health division would take
up about 750 to 1,000 square feet of space,
Jarvis said. With the cost of new
construction being about $47 per square
foot that would be quite a savings, he
noted.
Jarvis also said the number of planned
additional offices may be cut back. The
additional offices would allow for future
expansion, he said.
Living quarters for the University
ambulance drivers may also be moved
elsewhere under the revised plans, he
noted.
Instead of the planned private bath­room
for each of tbe rooms there may be
semiprivate baths for pairs of adjoining
rooms, Jarvis noted. This would cut out
eight of the planned bathrooms. Each
bathroom would have 1,500 to 2,000
square feet of space.
Jarvis said that each of the planned
extra offices for expansion would cost
$15,000 to $20,000 each. If they were cut
out of the plans it would save at least
$60,000.
The original date for letting the bids on
the renovation and addition was Feb. 21,
1975, Jarvis said. He said he thought the
date now would probably be about May 1.
Guerin said he was not sure what was
going to be cut out. He did say, however,
that the designers felt that cutting out
four proposed stairways was one step
they might take.
Guerin and Riley were not sure when
the plans would be finalized, but Guerin
said they hoped to put bids out' for.
construction by late spring.
Guerin stated he hoped for construc­tion
to begin by early summer, but that
work would be slow because, "they will
have to work in phases to keep the health
center operable."
More funds allocated
after budget oversight
By Ned Browning
Plainsman Staff Writer
An additional $1,138 from the Student
Activity Fund was allocated to three
groups by the Student Senate Monday
night, leaving $22,149.18 unallocated in
the fund.
Dave Dyson, chairman of the Senate
Budget and Finance Committee, said the
new allocation was necessary to adjust
for oversights made spring quarter in the
Student Government Association (SGA)
budget.
The two main allocations were $500 for
minority relations '• ^publications
expenses and $500 for work-study
.clerical employes.
SGA President John Wiley said the
oversights occurred because budgets
were due within one week after the cur­rent
administration took office.
Also, $138 was allocated for the SGA
secretary's salary. Dyson said this
money was needed because the Univer­sity
increased the secretary's salary six
per cent instead of the five per cent hike
the Senate had budgeted.
A request by the Rev. Henry Dawson of
Sandhill Baptist Church to distribute re­ligious
tracts on campus was approved
by the Senate.
Senate President John Decker said the
Senate had to decide if Dawson could dis­tribute
the tracts because he is not
affiliated with any group recognized by
the Office of Student Affairs.
Some Senators wanted restrictions
placed on the distribution of the tracts.
Decker said the Senate's only power in
the matter is to grant permission to dis­tribute
them, not to regulate Dawson's
conduct on campus. Campus Security
has the responsibility to regulate the dis­tribution.
In other business, the Senate endorsed
campus radio station WEGL-FM's re­quest
for a power increase from 10 watts
to 250 watts. The request will be con­sidered
Friday by the University Board
of Trustees, holder of the license.
WEGL station Manager Lee Webb pre­sented
a report to the Senate which said
approximately one third of the student
body is unable to receive the station's
broadcasts. The present transmitter's
effective broaccasting range is approxi­mately
two miles.
Webb said the 250-watt transmitter
would reach 10 to 15 miles.
In 1972, the Senate approved a similar
request, but the proposal never reached
the Board of Trustees.
The Student Senate also approved gra­duation
invitation costs as submitted by
Luke Flatt, invitations chairman. Costs
range "from 32 cents to $2.15 for
individual invitations.
traditional festivities abound in Loveliest Village
By Mike Kenopke
News Editor
p.
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f As alumni and parents prepare for
another visit to the Loveliest Village of
the Plains this weekend, festivities begin
;oday for Auburn's 62nd homecoming
jelebration.
Among the traditions to be continued
this year are the Miss Homecoming elec­tion,
class reunions, homecoming
decorations contest, homecoming con­cert
and Saturday's homecoming foot­ball
game.
-The festivities begin today with the
balloting for homecoming queen. Also
included in the balloting is an election for
a new Associated Women Students secre­tary
and a six-question survey to sample
student's opinion on various campus
topics.
| The five Miss Homecoming finalists
are composed of two seniors, two juniors
and a sophomore. They were selected
from a group of 16 preliminary finalists
in the Oct. 11 judging.
The finalists are: Lee Anne Burke,
2PB, a brown-haired, brown-eyed 19-
year-old from Dunwoody, GA; Debbie
Day, 3SED, a blonde-haired, green-eyed
19-year-old from Winter Haven, FL;
Vanessa Barton, 4FM, a blonde-haired,
blue-eyed 20year-old from Temple Hills,
MD; Karen Howard, 3MUED, a blonde-haired,
blue-eyed, 20-year-old from Brew-ton;
and Milisie "Lissie" Primmer, 4GSC,
a blonde-haired, green-eyed, 20-year-old
from Birmingham.
The winner of the Miss Homecoming
balloting will be announced at the Bob
Hope Show Friday night. The judges
selection of the five finalists were Dennis
Calhoun, former head cheerleader at
Auburn and now president of the alumni
association from Columbus, GA; John
Denson, an attorney from Opelika; Tom
Eden, also a former head cheerleader and
now executive vice president of Ala­bama
Textiles; Carl Stephens of WSFA-TV,
Montgomery; and Carolyn Varner,
Auburn alumna and wife of Mont­gomery
federal judge Robert Varner.
Three students are running for the
position of AWS secretary, vacated when
the former secretary failed to make the
1.00 grade point average required to hold
the job.
Candidates running are Lee Ann
Fullerton, 2GFL, Betsy Keyton, 2SED,
and Lillian Randall, 2PB.
The secretary's duties are to record the
proceedings of the AWS Executive
Board, conduct all correspondence of
the AWS Executive Board and discipline
council, post all official notices and sub­mit
to the dean of women any
recommendation of AWS or the councils
and record and prove penalties issued by
the councils.
The survey on the ballot contains six
yes-no questions concerning problems
affecting students.
Questions on the ballot are: Would you
agree to having the campus closed to
motor vehicles for one day? Would you
agree to closing the Auburn Campus to
motor vehicles permanently? Do you
think SGA programs to educate and
involve students have been effective?
Have you consciously tried to control
your personal spending to help fight
against inflation? Would you respond to
request for your suggestions designed to
establish and maintain "student-lobby"
communications with your governor,
state legislators and/or local govern­ment?
Would you favor a change in stu­dent
ticket procedures from reserved
seating* to general admission?
Friday begins alumni activities with
class reunions scheduled for the classes
of 1914 and 1924. Registration for incom­ing
alumni is scheduled for Friday from 1
p.m. to 6 p.m. in the main lobby of the
Auburn Union. The alumni association
dinner is set for 6:30 p.m. in room 213 of
the Union.
Judging for the homecoming float
competition will be held Friday for
groups designing and building floats.
Competition will be divided into two
groups; fraternities and independents,
with sororities falling under the
independent category. Winners and
runnerups will be announced during
Saturday's Auburn-Florida State foot­ball
game. Last year's winners were Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity and Dorm Five.
Alumni activties will continue Satur­day
with a coffee from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. in the Union lobby. Class pictures
will be made for the classes of 1914 and
1924 at 9:30 a.m. in the Union lobby. At
10 a.m. the alumni association will hold a
business meeting in the Union Ballroom
and a pre-game luncheon will be held at
11:45 a.m. in the ballroom.
The homecoming football game
between Auburn and Florida State will
begin at 1:30. p.m. and Governor George
C. Wallace wil preside over half-time
homecoming festivities. Wallace will be
on hand to crown Miss Homecoming.
Winners of the spirit contest will be
announced.
Another tradition that will be
continued at the homecoming game will
be the musical arrangement of the na­tional
anthem. A new arrangement of
"The Star SpangledBanner" used by the
Auburn Marching Band at several
games this year was discontinued at last
week's game due to adverse alumni reac­tion,
according to Drum Major John
Decker.
Stuffed stuff nglisr
, Just put imagination, time, and a
little artistry, together and add
Architecture Professor Bill Gwinn
and Atlantan Margee Benning andl
what do you get? "Photographs,
Drawings and Stuffings." That's the
title of their art exhibit in the Union
Gallery which opens today. G winn's
creations like these carryatheme of
"developing insight into my sur­roundings.'"
Benning tells of the re-lationship
of art to environment in
her work. The exhibit will be dis-layed
through Nov. IS.
Tickets still available for Hope Homecoming Show
By David Botsford
Assistant Entertainment Editor
Approximately 7,500 seats out' of
13,200 available have been claimed for
the IFC Homecoming Show .Friday
night, according to a Tuesday morning
report by Mike Moore, publicity director
for the show.
Seven and six dollar tickets for the Bob
Hope Special are sold out, Moore stated.
Moore said, "We're going to hold off
opening the rear stage unless ticket sales
go past 8,500. There are about 4,000 seats
there. Tickets are $6 and $5 backstage."
Moore said that sales could take a big up­swing
toward the end of the week. Moore
added that mail orders could also make a
sizeable impact.
Publicity for the 1974 Homecoming
Show includes advertising spots on
Montgomery and Columbus television
stations. The news media, poster cam­paigns
and radio have also been used to
promote the event.
The 1974-75 Homecoming Queen will
be announced for the first time at the
show Friday night. All five finalists will
be escorted onstage. A number of other
acts will be appearing with Hope, all of
them made up of Auburn students with
the exception of the two chosen talent
acts.
A soloist and a bluegrass group were
selected to perform with Hope at a talent
show of 14 finalists Oct. 17.
Hollie Barrie from Montgomery per-'
formed a song from the Broadway
production "Fuany G|rl" as her winning
entry.
The six-member Grossman Brothers
won with a sampling of their blue-grass-country
style. Members of the group are
Brian Grossman from Miami; Eric
Search from Jacksonville; Tom Bevjs
from Tallahassee; Randy McDasjtsI and
Ames Herbert from Auburn; and Bill
Graff from Dubois, PA.
The Auburn Jazz Ensemble, the
Fashion Incorporated Modeling Board
and the University Singers will also
perform onstage at the Homecoming
Show.
Moore said, "Chances are increasing
that a press conference can be arranged.
Hope may arrive in Auburn Thursday
night." Hope is scheduled to rehearse
with the other acts Friday afternoon.
The Bob Hope Homecoming Show will
be in the Memoial Coliseum, ?*&&
\ikli p.*. Tickets for the event may
.be purchased at the Coliseum.
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IE AUBURN PUINSMAN «••*. <><*• 24,1974 Page 2
Dawdy forfeits directorship,
resigns from fall quarter
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By David Botsford
Assistant Entertainment
Editor
Director of the Student
Government Association's
Minor Entertainment
Committee, Greg.. Dawdy
says he has forfeited his
position automatically by
withdrawing from school.
John Wiley, SGA president,
said, however, that the com­pulsory
resignation was
unofficial. Wiley stated Sun­day
night that he had not yet
talked with Dawdy, and this
was the reason for the
compulsory resignation being
unofficial. "I was shocked
and surprised," were Wiley's
comments when he heard
through an indirect source of
Dawdy's actions.
Dawdy said his reasons for
dropping out of school were
not related to his position
with Minor Entertainment.
Dawdy said he had "already
gotten his degree" and was
"tired."
Dawdy did reveal some
frustration he had while
Minor Entertainment
Chairman. Dawdy said
Spectra programming had
planned to work in co­ordination;
with Minor
Entertainment and form a
joint budget.
Becky Lily, former Spectra
programming director, hired
Bitter Blue to play on the
Union Patio this summer
during pre-registration with­out
contacting Dawdy, he
said. Bitter Blue is a local rock
group led by former SGA
Horizons Director- James
Hood.
Dawdy said Lily told him
she kept trying to get in touch
with him but couldn't.
Spectra also sponsored a
movie orgy with the joint bud­get;
Tom Roberson, Spectre
programming director stated.
Roberson said $2800 was
spent on the band and the
orgy all together, $f>00 of
which came from the min«r
entertainment budget.
"No one told me in the
beginning how much money I
had," Dawdy said. "Someone
told me I had $1300, now they
say I only have$1000."
For Underground fires
—Dave Brown
i s fire hydrant may have been
ecially designed to combat fires in
rground gas mains. Or, it may be the
It of either a r i s i ng Auburn or a sink-water
system. Or, it may be a cruel
practical joke on the homeowners in the
neighborhood. Anyway, the hydrant,
located at the corner of North College
Street and Drake Avenue, might pose
problems for firemen and dogs.
Former Southern Bell president cited
as outstanding engineering graduate
ational Democratic Policy officer
give Forum speech tomorrow
ie chief of staff and
ral counsel of the
iocratic Policy Commit-irles
Ferris, will speak
I "Congress versus the
ident: The Resurgance of
ress" Friday at 2 p.m. in
|7$ Haley Center.
is is Ferris' second
tarance on the Auburn
>us. He gave an address
Auburn in the spring of
73, and predicted that
;hard Nixon would be im-iched
in the House of
[pijesentatives but would re-before
impeachment
>ceedings had run their
inse.
In addition to the public lec-re£
Ferris will meet with
'eral university groups and
I talk to a few political
lerice classes. His visit to
iburn is being sponsored by
•Political Science Depart-in
cooperation with the
L'f ersity Lectures Commit-
M native of Boston and
iduate of Boston College
IwSchool, Ferris was in the
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program in 1961 and then
served until 1963 as a trial
attorney with the United
States Department of Jus­tice.
He was appointed assistant
general counsel of the Demo­cratic
Policy Committee in
1963 and assumed his pre­sent
post the following year.
As chief of staff and general
counsel of the Democratic
Policy Committee, he is
advisor to Senate Majority
Leader Mike Mansfield.
The event is designated for
Forum credit.
A 1928 electrical engineer­ing
graduate from Auburn
University, former president
of Southern Bell Telephone
Company and chairman of
the board of the South Cen­tral
Bell Company was select­ed
as this year's Distinguish-.
ed Auburn Engineer Satur­day.
Frank M. Malone received
his award and plaque at
luncheon ceremonies on the
Auburn campus prior to the
Auburn-Georgia Tech foot­ball
game.
This award is presented
annually by the University's
Alumni Engineering Council
Campus Calendar
to School of Engineering
graduate who has
distinguished himself during
his professional career.
Engineering Dean Vincent
S. Haneman made the
presentation to Malone, cit­ing
the plaque's inscription
"For dedicated service to
Auburn University, the
engineering profession, and
the southeast."
Malone returned to the
campus in 1964 to receive an
honorary Doctor of Laws de­gree
from then President
Ralph Brown Draughon.
Malone first joined the
Southern Bell Telephone
Company in 1928 following
his graduation and served in
various positions in Georgia,
Alabama, > Mississippi and
North Carolina during the
next few years. He was pro­moted
to district manager in
Atlanta in 1943 and in 1945
became Alabama manager.
In later years, Malone
served as general commer­cial
manager at the company
headquarters in Atlanta,
assistant vice president of
American Telephone and
Telegraph Company in New
York, vice president in charge
of public relations for
Southern Bell and vice presi­dent
for personnel.
He is a former director of
the Atlanta Chamber of Com­merce,
director-at-large of the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce, trustee of the
Atlanta United Appeal,
director and chairman of the
Metropolitan Atlanta Chap­ter
of the American Red Cross
and director of the Georgia
Safety Council.
Malone has served as a
trustee of the Atlanta Arts
Council, Young Harris Col­lege,
the UMCA and a mem­ber
of the advisory board of
the Atlanta Area Council of
the Boy Scouts.
He also has been a director
of Southern Bell, the First
National Bank of Atlanta, the
Munich American Reassu-ance
Company and the Life
Insurance Company of Geor­gia.
DYAS CHEVROLET,
Dawdy said even though he
was withdrawing from school
he had planned to stay in Au­burn
long enough to supervise
minor entertainment's fall
concert featuring Colours.
Dawdy said he left town and
upon returning found the
Colours concert canceled.
Wiley called Dawdy's plans
to stay in Auburn long
enough to supervise the
Colours concert "pre-sumptious."
Wiley said the
concert was unconfirmed so
there wasn't any contract to
cancel.
When asked why Dawdy
had not participated in the
decision to hire Bitter Blue
and sponsor an orgy from the
joint Spectra-minor enter­tainment
budget, Wiley
responded, "Greg„ was not
functioning this summer."
Ann Wilson, assistant
Spectra programming
director said that she under­stood
Dawdy had no
authority over the summer
spending of the joint budget.
Wiley said that a definite
budget was assigned to
Dawdy.
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Rodeo Club
The Rodeo Club will meet
Monday night in the Animal
Science Building at 7:30 to
elect officers and plan for next
year's rodeo.
Swimming tests
The swimming classifica­tions
test for all University
students who have not taken
it will be given today at 4 p.m.
at the Coliseum pool.
Republican Club
The Young Republican
Club will hold an organiza­tional
meeting tonight at 7 in
318 Auburn Union
Owens
The Pi Chapter of Cwens
will have a Halloween masca-rade
meeting for its members
Monday at 8 p.m. in Burton
Hall. Everyorieshouldbesure
to wear a mask or a paper
sack.
Senior interviews
The University Placement
Service, 400 Mary Martin
Hall, has representatives
from businesses to interview
seniors and graduate stu­dents
each week. For more
information and a list of the
companies, call 826-4313.
Parachute Club
The Sport Parachute Club
will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in
322 Auburn . Union. All
interested persons are invited
to attend.
Internationals
The covered dish dinner for
internationals will be tomor­row
night at 6:30 in the
Auburn Union Ballroom.
There is no charge, but inter­nationals
should bring
covered dishes. The dinner is
sponsored by the Inter­national
Relations Forum.
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page 3 Thurs., Oct. 24, 1974 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Optional finals subject to department approval
By Susan Hazenfield
Plainsman Staff Writer
The University Senate has
proposed various changes to
several of the academic re­gulations
between the sum­mer
and fall quarters. After
reviewing these proposed
changes, President Philpott
announced his approval of
the changes in a mem­orandum
to Dr. Kirby Hays,
chairman of the University
Can n t f'
The first proposal ap­proved
regards the sche­duling
of announced quizzes
in undergraduate courses.
This item states: "Announced
tests in undergraduate
courses will be administered
at a regularly scheduled
meeting of the course. Ex­ceptions
to this regulation
may arise in specialized
courses requiring perfor­mance
or oral tests, and in
multiple-sectioned labora­tory
classes requiring practi­cal
laboratory tests.
Faculty having sound rea­sons
for scheduling tests at
times other than regularly
scheduled meeting times are
to obtain approval from the
Department Head prior to the
beginning of the quarter and
are to present a written sche­dule
of these changes to the
class during the first few days
of the quarter.
"Rescheduled tests are not
to interfere with other sche­duled
academic endeavors of
the students involved and an
appropriate reduction in re­gularly
scheduled class time
is to be given to compensate
for the rescheduled test
period.
"Grades in all subjects are
reported to the students'
parents or guardians at the
end of each quarter."
The most debated proposal
approved relates to final
examinations. Philpott
altered this version slightly in
order to "emphasize the value
of the concept of the final
examination while at the
same time recognize • that
some of our undergraduate
courses may merit other
evaluative forms."
He further stressed that
"any alternate evaluative
method replacing a final
examination should main­tain
rigorous standards of
quality and be directly related
to the course objectives which
the professor has..
The altered version of the
proposal states: "A final
examination is a desirable
means of evaluation in most
undergraduate courses. In un­usual
circumstances, per­formance
tests, term papers,
research projects or other
forms of evaluation
appropriate to the objectives
of the course may be sub­stituted
for a final exami­nation
with the approval of
the Department Head, who
will report his action to the
Dean and Vice President for
Academic Affairs.
"Faculty not giving a final
examination are to present to
the class at the beginning of
the quarter a written
description of how final
grades will be determined.
"Final examinations
should be administered
during the hours specified in
the quarterly examination
schedule. Due to the.
specialized nature of many
small upper-level undergra­duate
courses and graduate
courses, deviations from this
requirement are sometimes
warranted.
"Such deviations are to be
approved by the Vice Presi­dent
for Academic Affairs
and rescheduled exami­nations
must not interfere
with scheduled academic
activities of the students
involved. The professor
teaching a 600-level course
shall determine whether a for­mal
final examination is
appropriate."
.In effect, this proposal
makes final examinations
optional. At the same time, it
uses other methods of stu­dent
evaluation as sub­stitutes
for the final
examination.
Two other proposals were
included and approved in the
memorandum.. The first
states that the regulation of
classroom attendance should
not be changed. The second
proposal submitted is a
change in the regulation con­cerning
the time for classes to
begin and dismiss without
penalty.
WEGL airs selections
of international music
—Dan Doughtie
A MORNING SCHEDULE MAY SOON BE A LUXURY
. Beginning winter three schools will limit morning classes
Classes scheduled to relieve crowds
By Sue Ann Miller
Plainsman Staff Writer
Beginning winter quarter'
luxury of an all morning sche­dule
will largely be a thing of
the past for many Auburn stu­dents
in the schools of Busi­ness,
Education and Arts and
Sciences, according to Dr.
Taylor Littleton, vice presi­dent
of Academic Affairs.
Littleton explained that
there are not enough avail­able
classrooms in the
morning hours in Thatch
Hall, Haley Center, Funchess
Hall and Tichenor Hall to ac­commodate
the needs of the
students, so many classes
have been rescheduled for
afternoon hours.
"Overcrowded conditions
have occurred and some stu­dents
were not able to get
morning class due to these
classes being full in the
morning hours. The solution
which has been decided to
remedy the problem is, begin­ning
winter quarter, the
scheduling of at least one
third of the classes in these
schools in the afternoon."
Littleton said that after 2 p.m.
there are an abundance of
classrooms lying vacant in
these buildings.
"The deans of these schools
will be requested to refuse
drop and add slips for time
changes except for hardships
on students such as a job or
afternoon labs." There are
just too many students in
morning hour classes for the
best teaching conditions; this
could improve with the
scheduling of afternoon
classes, said Littleton.
Littleton said he knew this
wouldn't be a popular move
with students. "I hope very
much that students will
recognize the situation and
cooperate although it will be a
change for many of them."
Littleton said there was a
possibility of some night
classes for undergraduate
courses, but this possibility
hasn't fully been explored.
Also the possibility of closed
circuit television. He said
these changing patterns were
brought on by necessity.
Julia Bowman, a speech
pathology instructor said
that her ideal class would be
one of 35 students, as op­posed
to one she is teaching
with 65 students. She said she
is unable to give as much
individual attention to such a
large number of students.
Bowman said she prefers
giving discussion tests but be­cause*
of the large class, does
not. "Giving practicals is also
impossible with this size
class," she said. "With this
many people in one class, its
hard to know what the stu­dents
needs are," she added.
A major complaint of many
students is the history courses
that are taught in large
lecture rooms with as many
as 400 students. John
Lippincott, a history
instructor who teaches HY
102, is in his second year of
teaching at Auburn. He said
teaching to 150-200 students
was in his opinion,
"impersonal, but that was the
situation and it couldn't be
changed at present. I'm
favorably impressed with
the end result of students who
are interested in learning
even in large classes."
According to the head of the
history department, M.C.
McMillan, there are 2900 stu­dents
taking world history,
and 432 enrolled in
Technology and Civilizations
taught by professor Walter D.
Lewis.
The history department
would like to keep the
numbers of students down to
180 per class, but rather than
a drop in world history en­rollment,
there has been an
increase, McMillan said.
An hour-long program of
international music has been
started this quarter at WEGL.
The purpose of the program,
aired each Sunday from 1-2
p.m., is to expose students to
music they normally wouldn't
hear.
Iqbal Hussain Fakhri, 2PN,
is the announcer for the show.
Tauquir Khan, 6ME, who
initiated the show during the
summer, is in charge of
programming.
The first show, aired Oct.
13, consisted almost entirely
of music from India and
Pakistan, with some Spanish-
American selections. Fakhri
said the programming is very
limited now as it is difficult to
obtain foreign records. He
said that albums have to be
borrowed from foreign stu­dents
as the station has no
money allocated yet for such
music.
Fakhri said "There are
many students ;wh6 'have
never heard any inter­national
music." He added
that the show is for the enjoy­ment
of international stu­dents,
as well as to make them
aware of the international
community on campus.
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Editorials Thurs., Oct. 24, 1974 page 4
Evelyn Jordan
She's a Martha Mitchell among us
Ask them an
The University Board of Trustees h a s a lot to do with how we live while at
Auburn. Members of the Board make the decisions about tuition increase,
disciplinary rules, faculty tenure, increase in communication capacity and
land purchases for the University.
We asked Dr. Philpott to act a s host for the trustees and a limited number
of students at a given date, time and location. If the trustees agree, for the
first time we as students will be able to voice our desires directly to the men
who actually govern our college lives.
Philpott, while emphasizing t h a t all of t he trustees were "busy men," serv­ing
without pay, agreed to ask the trustees about such a meeting at the
Board meeting Friday. He quickly asserted that none of the trustees were
"dictatorial," but instead anxious to talk with the students at Auburn Uni­versity.
Here's their chance to prove a sincere interest in student thinking. Not to
imply t h a t any policies might be changed as a direct result of such a meet­ing.
However, misunderstandings might be replaced with patience on both
sides, and at least some communication between the trustees and he stu­dents
would be established.
I t ' s our desire that the students invited to such an encounter should it
actually be scheduled, represent a broad slice of students at Auburn. The stu­dent
representatives should come with prepared questions, and any student
with a question should be allowed to attend the meeting.
So called "student leaders" should not be automatically invited, since
groups like the War Eagle Girls (usually called to such events) could be
replaced by others with specific questions.
There's plenty to ask, opinions to express and a huge communication gap
to span.
If we're given the opportunity we've requested, we'll be meeting with
Auburn graduates who have been successful in a world we've yet to enter.
They'll be facing students t h a t are a product of their world, full of questions
and opinions about the best way to achieve an education.
For once the trustees could deal with students as adult talking to adult.
Who knows, they might find this type of meeting more beneficial than writ­ing
the students' parents.
% —Editorial photography
2 Dave Brown
? Lighted matches might conceivably cause more than a blaze of fury from the
If ire marshaU. This Plainsman experiment demonstrates the hazard that could be
.real trouble in a full concert hall. The real threat, however, seems to be to the
-; concerts scheduled at Auburn.
To have and to hold
\Keep concerts safe
7 Just what does it take to enjoy a rock concert? For many people, a n answer
to this question includes several specific things.
\ No one can deny the need for a good, "big name" group before concerts can
really be enjoyed, though. The Rolling Stones. Chicago. Three Dog Night.
Santana. Blood, Sweat and Tears. Loggins and Messina. Yes. Allman
brothers. The Beach Boys. Rare Earth. America.
*. No one can deny t h a t Auburn has scheduled its share of big names in the
past, and from a quick glance at the forecast of groups to come, things ap­pear
promising in the entertainment arena.
«. That is, unless the "other things"some people used to enjoy concerts stop
•concerts altogether. The decision is yours, a s the audience.
"" A blaze of lighted matches held high to spur an encore at the recent
Marshall Tucker concert helped speed the end. A repeat performance ol the
match trick might cause such rock concerts to be cancelled permanently.
I When the audience moves to the front, toward the stage during a perfor­mance
the fire marshal is bound by law to stop the concert. He contends that
any potentially dangerous situation must be out lawed, even if a concert has
to be cut short.
jj While the literal danger of holding lighted objects in a room full of people
seems logical, the additional serious danger of concerts being stopped at Au­burn
cannot be ignored, either.
- It seems a test of maturity in concert viewing. Or perhaps if some antics
.are necessary to make a concert come "alive," we should realize that these
•same antics can kill the whole concert program. It becomes a matter of
hearing concerts the way you like to hear them, or not hearing them at all.
~~ We believe that the negative attitude of coliseum personnel can and has.
^hurt the quality and performance of artists playing for an Auburn crowxLj
-Yet these negative attitudes can be eliminated only if concert audiences fill
>'the more straight-laced role that the authorities require by law.
£ Maybe Auburn concerts will never compare to the loose, any thing-goes at-
;-mosphere produced at gatherings in Atlanta, or even Tuscaloosa. Perhaps
-?- this is wrong. But Auburn viewers can't go to concerts expecting to break the
£ l aw and not be apprehended. It just isn't good common sense in Auburn.
>~And it's not good for the concert program .
Evelyn Jordan has class. I'd been told
this before, but a visit to her unassuming
counseling office in Mell Hall confirmed
the reports that the wife of Auburn's
head football coach should be
experienced as more than the wife of
Auburn's head football coach.
The energetic, carefully, groomed
woman might be described as a Martha
Mitchell among Auburnites—minus the
negative traits that tend to dim Martha's
refreshing frankness.
Evelyn Jordan is a type of creature I
didn't know survived in a place like
Auburn, especially grazing among the
top wheels. She's a direct and indepen­dent-
thinking female who does more
than sit in an orange and blue den
contemplating the action at the last
faculty/administration get-together.
She's very much her own person, well out
of the huge shadow of an equally remark­able
person, her husband.
Advocating equalizing women's rules
on the Auburn campus, abortion in some
instances and the Equal Rights
Ammendment, Mrs. Jordan met the
issues of the day head-on in an
impromptu interview for The
Plainsman. Not one irritating "off the re­cord"
request protected her views,
though some of them were semi-radical
in Auburn's conservative mind.
If anyone on the University staff can
get away with saying that women's rules
should be changed, I guess the charming
Evelyn Jordan's the one. But she
admitted facing day to day challenges
that she views as more important than
dormitory rules—voter registration,
child placement, counseling married stu­dents
and promoting ERA.
This lovely lady voiced a concern
about Auburn women. She said that she
worries about their lack of knowledge on
matters like the ERA, and the fact than
many of them seem overly concerned
with marriage. Not that she's against
marriage, she'd be quick to add. But she
feels that for some women, marriage
cripples a career.
There's a lesson to be learned from a
short talk with Evelyn Jordan. She
doesn't consider herself any kind of radi­cal,
that's the refreshing part. Most of;
her opinions were formed over the long
years of social work and tempered by;
maturity and practice.
"I could go to a meeting every night of
the week," she said with a laugh, "but I
want some time to do other things. I don't
mind ranting and raving and looking
like a fool, but just not every night of the
week."
She laughs a delightful laugh thatj
could only come from a contented
woman, happy with her work, her home,
herself. All Auburn women might bene-J
fit from spending an hour with a South
Carolina belle who kept her own mind,
her dimples and a husband over the
years. I know I learned a lot.
Musical chairs to the tune of 'War Eagle'
David
Nordness
dents order their tickets in the spring
while pre-registering. Since every stu­dent
is entitled to only one ticket, male stu
dents who date unliberated women must
beg, borrow or steal the I.D. of someone
not buying tickets. There are three things
that can happen; two of them are bad.
Fir^t, you can try to find that same per­son
the following fall only to find out that
they did not come back to school, and
there is no possible way to get that ticket.
Second, you can try to get that per­son's
I.D. and for one reason or another
they've decided that they want their
tickets. What can you do?
Why can't it be simple? Pick up season
tickets when you get your I. D. made, like
you do now. Then, go to the games and
you and your buddies can get the best
seats left and just raise hell.
Sound good? Well, today is your big
chance to let someone know that is what
you want. When you vote for Homecom­ing
Queen there will be a number of opi­nion
questions at the bottom of the bal­lot.
The last one asks if you would favor
general admission seating in the stu­dent
section.
It could make a really great thing even
better!
There is nothing, and I mean nothing,
that can compare with Auburn football.
Since the very first time I saw the Tigers
win my freshman year and felt the thrill
of listening to tens of thousands of fans
welcome the opening kick-off with a
thunderous "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaar
Eagle," I knew there was no better way to
spend a Saturday afternoon.
I have yelled, screamed and cheered
"Track'em Tigers," "Block that punt,"
"We want a touchdown," and "Hey, Coke
boy," until my loyal vocal chords were
left dangling hoarsely in my throat
loving every minute of it.
A football game in Auburn is some­thing
to be savored, a way of life, a major
social event.
So why does the Athletic Department
give penalties for wanting to sit with a
group of your friends. Usually a hefty 20
or 30 yard penalty, at that.
Yes, if you would like to order football
tickets with as few as four other people
you are automatically put into a less pre­ferable
category, and the yards are
marked off along the seats in the student
section.
Now, I am not complaining. I love the
football games, like I said, and I would sit
in the end zone and yell just as loud as I
would at the 50. But why do we need to
have assigned seats in the student sec­tion?
After all, students pay the same
amount of money out of their tuition
toward athletic events and there is no
real need for any particular group to get
priority over anyone else.
Why can't the seating be changed to
general admission on a first-come- first
served basis?
In the past the excuse was given that
assigned seats kept people from having
to come to the game hours in advance
and prevented rowdiness and fights over
seating.
However, anyone arriving to claim
their seats after 1 p.m. for a 1:30 p.m.
kick-off will agree that it is not uncom­mon
to find their same seats already
occupied. He, or she, will probably be
able to testify that the squatters were
annoyed, even angry, at moving and
were then forced either to play the same
game of musical chairs or settle for the
end zone.
The general admission policy would
make the job of student tickets much
easier on the Athletic Department and
the upperclass students.
As the system stands now, most stu-
Te, there c\fH-orr/fK,\ll(.o+?
Dear Virginia,
We've received your letter saying how
your little friends have been trying to tell
you Harry Philpott doesn't really exist.
In looking over the tear stains and
smudged crayon our heart was deeply
touched. Your leading question, "Is it
true? Is he really a story?" forced us to
delve deeply into our souls.
Virginia, there are hundreds of people
in this world who would tell little girls
like you a lot of things don't really exist.
Behaviorists would try to tell you free­dom
isn't real. Sociologists would say
love isn't real. Perverts would say morals
are old-fashioned.
And some people would even say Phil­pott
doesn't exist.
They would try to show you facts and
figures showing this or that. They would
ask you questions like, "Have you ever
seen him?"
The evidence would put questions in
your mind, Virginia. Why aren't deci­sions
made by him? Why doesn't he show
his face?
If you were unlucky, you might believe
them. Your life would be a little less. You
wouldn't live without knowing the true
happiness of virtue, a barren life.
They say he isn't real. But, the happi­ness
he brings to students, alumni and
faculty is real. The light in their eyes and
the money in the banks are real. The foot­ball
team is really 6-0.
Do they try to tell you there is no
morality at Auburn? Did they deny the
new construction on campus?
The prosperity is real, Virginia. As real
as your little blonde curls and your Dean
Cater doll. As real as the presents under
the tree.
Who is to say he didn't put them there?
Yes, Virginia, there is a Harry Phil­pott.
He is alive in the smiles of the
hundreds of co-eds who have come to
Auburn under his protection. He dances
on the laughter of their parents and
prances to the praise of alumni.
He is real, Virginia. And if anyone tells
you different they are wrong. As wrong
as people who say love is a delusion,
truth is practicality, freedom a myth.
Yes Virginia, he exists. You can bet
your little tail on that.
Signed,
D. B.
THE AUBURN PUUNISVUN
Winner, 1974 AN PA Pacemaker
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Rheta Grimsley, Editor
Mitch Garriott, Business Manager
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Editor, Frank Whatley; News Editor, Mike Kenopke; Sports Editor, Mark
Murphy; Features Editor, David Nordness; Editorial Board Chairman,
Editor, Rheta Grimsley.
Technical Editor, Biz Binnings; Copy Editor, Jodi Leach; Photograph!*
Editor, Dan Doughtie; Entertainment Editor, Christy Hudgins.
Assistant News Editor, Steele Holman; Assistant Sports Editor, Carolyn
Roop; Assistant Copy Editor, Cindy Goree; Assistant Technical Editor,
Tina Likoa; Assistant Photographic Editor, Dave Brown.
The Auburn Plainsman is the student-edited newspaper of Auburn University.
Signed columns represent the opinion of the writer, while unsigned editorials repre­sent
the opinion of The Plainsman's Editorial Board.
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Letters to the editor
page 5 Thurs., Oct. 24, 1974 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Crammed classes smush hopes
Writer remembers visits of past,
sating blackeyed peas and bread
Steele
Holman
|Editor, The Plainsman:
I write this on a brilliant, somewhat
Ichilly fall Sunday after having read
iRheta Grimsley's column of Oct. 17 in the
|Auburn Plainsman.
I realize it is no significant, common
lletter to the Editor and it may not be
Iworthy of print but the weather and the
•flitting brown leaves that tumble out-
Iside the window in the street compe) me
|to do so.
They bring back memories.Of the farm
lof my grandparents in South Alabama,
•that I, too, visited often. And of it's
|simplicity.
Of driving through the lichen-covered
|picket gate and falling into the thin but
strong arms of my grandmother and the
Ithick, white haired limbs of my grand­father.
Of going immediately to the hayloft
ind seeing if there were any new cats in
|the corner.
Of riding my grandfather's mule out of
jthe barn. Of my grandfather gently put­ting
me on it and wisely taking me off.
Of going to bed that night and laugh­ing
as I took deep breaths and watched
the frost come from my mouth. Of watch­ing
the fire through the crack in the door
pf the black, pot-bellied stove.
Of trying not to use the bathroom so I
vouldn't have to get out from my warm
builts and of waking the next morning
and chatteringly tiptoeing on the icy
hardwood floors to eat a breakfast of
[)lackeyed peas and cornbread.
And eating lunch of blackeyed peas
knd cornbread. And supper of blackeyed
peas and cornbread.
Of intently watching my red and white
tork while I fished for perch in my grand­parent's
pond.
Of watching my dad's mouth grow so
big as he stuffed chewing tobacco into
his cheek.
Of leaving and wondering why I
couldn't stay.
Now, the farm is void of people and
there is a toilet but no one to use it. And
there are gas heaters but no one to feel
their modern warmth.
But the fence is still there and the huge
oak is in front and the pond and the bed
and the quilts and the barn and the wood
stove.
And when I go there it is still very
uncomplicated and very simple,
although changed some. And when I
leave and secure the rusty ring that holds
the twin-hinged gate together, and come
back to Birmingham, life can still be very
uncomplicated and very simple.
We choose to make it involved. Per­haps,
the decision is inevitable. I don't
know.
But it is the same choice that mine and
your grandparents had to make. They
choose the simple way and they left
simple memories.
And perhaps, as you walk through
Samford Park this afternoon and watch
the leaves fall and scatter and think back
on your life and then think ahead, you
might do the same thing.
And someone's memories of you, they
too, will be simple.
And good.
Jim Dailey
Birmingham
'Phi Beta Kappa rebuff
due to lack of classics'
Editor, The Plainsman:
The reason why Auburn University
has been twice rebuffed by Phi Beta
Kappa is, I suspect, indicated in James
Warren's letter in the Oct. 14 Plainsman:
we lack a classics department.
Evelyn Waugh, an acknowledged
master of plain prose style, spoke of his
classics training as follows:
"Today I remember no Greek. I have
never read Latin for pleasure and should
now be hard put to it to compose a simple
epitaph. But I do not regret my super­ficial
classical studies. I believe that the
conventional defense of them is valid;
that only by them can a boy fully under­stand
that a sentence is a logical
construction and that words have basic
unalienable meanings, departure from
which is either conscious metaphor or
inexcusable vulgarity. Those who have
not been so taught — most Americans
and most women — unless they are
guided by some rare genius, betray their
deprivation.
The old-fashioned test of an English
sentence — will it translate? — still
stands after we have lost the trick of
translation."
I am an English major, aspire to be a
writer, and resent being deprived of what
is necessary to master the English lan­guage.
No wonder Auburn University
cannot get a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Kathy Nowell, 3GEH
Last spring quarter I finally got
around to taking my third world history
course after a two year vacation from the
subject.
Because it was my last required fresh­man
course and because I enjoy history, I
was looking forward to it. Unfortunately,
I was thrown in among a seething mass
of 250 students, mostly freshmen, in the
2370 Haley Center auditorium.
All my hopes of enjoying the course
were immediately "smashed."There was
almost no contact between the instruc­tor
and the students. I just felt a little too
uptight to take part in any discussion
that evolved from the lecture.
Students in the back of the room kept
up running conversations that weren't
really loud, but impossible to blot out of
hearing. The ultimate distraction was
that occasionally, one or two persons
would simply stand up and walk out.
There was not the classroom
atmosphere that helps me concentrate on
the lecture, and because of this lack of
atmosphere, the instructor was not
accorded the respect he would receive in
a normal classroom.
All in all, I didn't get nearly as much
learning from the overcrowd
All in all, I didn't get nearly as much
learning from the oversized class as I
would have in a class of about 30 stu­dents.
I had two other monster history
courses when I was a freshman and a
semi-monster literature course when I
was a sophomore. At that time, I was a
bit proud to tell my friends at other
schools of the giant classes, because it
meant that I attened a big, important
college.
Now I know better.
This situation isn't something of
which to be proud if a small student-teacher
ratio is the preferred condition.
My spring quarter instructor mumbled
early in the quarter that he didn't under­stand
how the administration expected
him to teach such a large class. I don't
understand either.
Maybe not all instructors feel they
shouldn't teach huge classes. Maybe
some of them feel more comfortable when
they don't have to learn students' names
or field classroom questions from them.
Probably a great many of them are just
resigned to their fates. Either way, I feel
that the student is cheated out of at least
half the knowledge the instructors have
of the learning material.
Student-faculty ratios appear to mean
practically nothing here. History
courses aren't the only ones with mon­ster
classes; several other departments
like chemistry, math, and English have
some large classes. It shouldn't be this
way.
It seems that if the administration
were as careful to uphold academic stan­dards
as they are to uphold the rules
which they claim protect our moral stan­dards,
I suspect things would be different
here. And one of the best differences
would be the absence of these huge
classes.
Nearly everyone in Arts and Science
curriculums has to take some history,-
English, or chemistry as one of his
requirements, so obviously, the
administration thinks these courses are
important. If they are so important, why
put us into classes so large that we can-"
not possibly get out of the courses all we';
should get from them?
The enrollment growth burst seems to
have ended for Auburn. It's time to s t a r t '
Auburn's growth in another direction: •'
academic excellence. One improvement I '
would very much like to see is some sort
of decent student-instructor ratio in the :
required courses. 1
Editorial photography
—Dan Doughtie
Getting to the root of the problem, this Samford Park squirrel plunged
headlong into the task of finding food for winter. The photographer's slight mo­tion
didn't seem to disturb the frisky mammal, as he continued the search for tas­ty
acorns or nuts.
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Noted environmentalist warns
of wastefulness and pollution
By Maureen Drost
Plainsman Staff Writer
"The race to feed mankind
is over, and it has failed,"
stated Dr. Edward Passerini,
Alabama environmental and
educational leader, in a
speech Monday night to a
large audience comprised
mainly of students.
Passerini described the
"blue and green revolutions."
The blue revolution pertains
to obtaining food from
oceans. Original predictions
of ocean production in the
1950's totalled 250 million
metric tons. He said in 1969
production peaked at 64
million metric tons. Only 33
million metric tons are pre­dicted
for 1977.
The green revolution or get­ting
food from the land is
dead according to Passerini.
Starvation is a problem and it
may be massive in 1977,
Passerini remarked. Passer­ini
said "the stork has passed
the plow."'.
It took from the birth of
agriculture 10,000 years ago
till 1850 for the world to get its
first billion people, said
Passerini. By 1930 there were
two billion people. In 1960
there were three billion. By
1975 four billion are pre­dicted.
This rising population with
its increasing industrial out­put
is rapidly producing more
pollution, decreasing natural
resources and using food
supplies, he said. The best
solution to this spiraling
chain of events is the
stabilization and reductionof
population, and it probably
uses 35 percent of the world's
resources and generates 70
per cent of the world's waste.
Passerini stated.
"We are an extreme thrown-away
society," he remarked.
United States' use of electri­city
is about 273 to 700 times
that of other countries ac­cording
to Passerini.
Passerini used diagrams to
illustrate his different points
concerning population. A
diagram showing that people
had extensively reduced DDT
use by 1970 also de-ommittee
plans project,
wilding to replace Biggin
By John Carvalho
I Plainsman Staff Writer
Perhaps the biggest my­stery
concerning the planned
rchitecture and Fine Arts
implex is the exact status of
third building to be built,
!hich will house the depart-lents
of Architecture and
tuilding Technology.
While the Goodwin Music
tuilding and the Telfair B.
'eet Theater have been com­peted,
very little is certain
ibout the architecture
tuilding, which has yet to be
ikmed.
Dean Edwin K.
IcPheeters, Dean of the
School of Architecture and
'ine Arts, related what is cer­tain
about the construction of
|he building, which will re-ilace
Biggin Hall as the home
it the departments of Archi-jecture
and Building Tech-logy.
"The project is still in
; planning stage. We
laven't begun to design it yet,
iut we have contracted the
irm of Northington, Smith,
jranert, and Tomblin of
iuntsville to design the build-
Lg-""
Also, according to
IcPheeters, the location for
building has been
sleeted. It will be located
the Goodwin Music
tuilding, where the old
fisheries building was
icated until the new
fisheries building was con­tracted.
The exact location is
fraves Drive, near Graves
mphitheater. The old
lisheries building has
lready been torn down.
While talk about the new
building has been circulating
for a while, actual con­struction
of the building will
not begin until the summer of
next year. McPheeters ex­plained
the process which has
delayed actual construction
of the building.
"From February to June of
this year we had five different
committees studying
different aspects ' of the
building. James Jones, an
assistant professor of archi­tecture,
compiled the reports
of the committees, which will
be given to the architects."
Now that designing of the
building is about to begin,
another committee has been
formed. According to
McPheeters, "This committee
is the actual design
committee. They will meet
Friday with the architects for
the first time concerning the
actual design of the building.
"The student member of
this committee is Cheryl Mor­gan,
who has actually gra­duated
recently, but was
president of the Auburn stu­dent
chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, and
she was considered an out­standing
choice for the place
on the commitee," he said.
Funding for the building is
not yet available, but, as
McPheeters put it, "When we
are ready to begin, the
funding will be available."
No completion date has
been foreseen for the projct,
and the architect in charge of
the project could give no clue
as to when the building will be
designed.
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monstrated that 25 years
would pass before DDT levels
in bodies of eater and their
vegetation and animal Ufe
would reach a safe level.
Alabama is a "pollution
haven" in Passerini's words.
Passerini said that Governor'
George Wallace is still in­terested
in Aristotle Onassis'
offer to locate his industry
here even though many states
on the East Coast have re­jected
Onassis and his firm.
Passerini spoke against
Alabama's strip mining law
saying Attorney General Bill
Baxley called it a farce. Un­der
the reclamation pro­visions
ten foot and fifteen
foot paths must be cut to re­claim
the land.
A $150 bond must be paid to
reclaim the land as compared
to thousands of dollars paid
in other states and countries.
In West Germany the bond is
$7,000.
Revegetation can be ac­complished
by planting of 400
seedlings or seeds per acre us­ually
pine. Pine trees usually
do not grow well on strip
mined land said Passerini. No
provision is made concerning
how the seedlings or seeds
will be planted.
Passerini is professor of
humanities and the environ­ment
at University of Ala­bama.
He hosts an Alabama
television program, "The
Environment," and is board
member of Zero Population
Growth, Alabama League of
Conservative Voters and
Sierra Club.
He has a B.S. from Harvard
in math and physics and a
Ph.D. in literature from Vir­ginia.
— Maureen Drost
CONSERVANCY SPEAKER EDWARD PASSERINI
. . . Advocates limits to growth in America
Airport is hectic
for football games
Homecoming this weekend will mean increased activity
across the Aubum University campus, but for the University
owned Auburn-Opelika Airport it will be just another busy foot­ball
Saturday.
"When the football schedule comes out, we look to see what
we'll be doing, not which games we'll go to," says John C.
Thomason, supervisor of operations at the airport. "The air­port
personnel never see the game, just the flying fans."
Saturday's date with Flor.da State will be the fifth of six
games at Auburn this fall, and it will be the third consecutive
Saturday at home for the Tigers.
On the non-football days, the Auburn-Opelika Airport is an
uncontrolled field with no operating control tower, but traffic
control specialist Charles E. Brown of Columbus makes the trip
to Auburn when the activity increases.
Brown, who has handled air traffic for the Federal Aviation
Administraton the past llyearsin Montgomery, San Juan and
Columbus, says the small planes "come in bunches, like grapes.
They are on top of you all at one time, coming from all direc­tions."
Auburn's game with Tennessee last month is an example of
how busy the field can be. Brown opened the temporary tower
for business at 10 a.m., and by 12:30 more than 150 planes
landed on the two 4,000-foot runways. During one stretch,
planes were landing at the rate of one every 45 seconds, and by
game time about 200 planes were on the ground.
"The biggest problem is parking," Thomason says. He and
five other persons handle this assignment, and for the Tennes­see
game, played in Auburn for the first time, theyhadplanes
parked in places they've never parked before.
The airport handled an average of 88 planes per game for six j
dates last year. The busiest day of that season was Oct. 6 when S
125 planes used the facility for the Auburn-Mississippi game.
Designers conduct photo contest
By Andy Smith
Plainsman Staff Writer
Browse through your photo album this
weekend and pull out those real good
snapshots' you took last summer: One of
them could be worth as much as $100.
Pictures that you have taken or may
take before Nov. 30 could make you a
winner in an amateur photography con­test
open to Aubum University students
and faculty.
Contestants will enter their photo­graphs
in one of five categories: Human
Interests; People-Animals; Closeup-
Portraits; Special Effects-Action; and
Scenic. The photographs will be judged
one-third on technical merit and two-thirds
on composition. No entry fee is re­quired.
Deadline for entries is 5 p.m., Nov. 30
for those placed in designated receptacles
in the basement of Biggin Hall and at the
Auburn Union Desk.
The winner in each of the five
categories will receive $20 and a separate
prize of $75 plus a $25 gift-certificate
towards the purchase of photographic
equipment will be awarded to the best
overall entry.
According to Tom Ball, 4IND and
president of IDS A at Auburn, judges for
the contest will be chosen from depart­ments
at the University.
Winning entries are to be announced
on Jan. 20 and are scheduled to be dis­played
in Auburn Union.
Ball said that this is the first IDSA
photography contest ever held at
Auburn. "We are looking to the future. If
we get a strong response from this con­test
it could become a yearly event. We
hope that an increased interest in photo­graphy
will maybe lead to more study
courses in photography and more unity
in the photography-related depart­ments,"
he said.
Ball said that the IDSA is composed of
40 or 50 industrial design students
interested in design-related topics.
All entries must be mounted and the
total size must not exceed 10 by 15 inches.
The number of entries is unlimited and
may be in black and white or color. All
photographs must be previously un­published.
The mounted prints must have a
completed entry form taped to the back of
the mount and should be enclosed in a
manila envelope. Cardboard backing
should accompany the entry to protect it
during transit.
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New security building
has drive-in window
NEW MOTORCYCLE IS HOPED TO INCREASE MOBILITY
.. Campus cycles date back to 1949 when Auburn had a three-wheeler
—Dan Doughtie
Motorcycle helpful in traffic control
By Lauren C. Steele
Plainsman Staff Writer
If you are being followed
•ound campus by an ordi-ary
looking Honda 350
dden by a man wearing a
xk leather jacket; watch
hat you do! It is Officer
obby Graham of the Auburn
ampus Police and he is part
a campaign to clear up
>me of Auburn University's
any traffic problems.
"The motorcycle will be
•ally helpful in bicycle con-
•ol. Now, I am not against bi-ycles,
in fact I am for the
lings, but bike riders must
obey the laws. If they do not
obey the laws," Dawson
warned, "Graham has been
instructed to pull them over
and issue citations."
According to Campus
Police Chief Millard Dawson,
the force bought the motor­cycle
several months ago afd
he is pleased with its perfor­mance.
"It cost around
$2,000," said Dawson, "and
was well worth the money.
"The idea of having a
motorcycle isn't a new one.
We had a three wheeled
motorcycle ever since 1949,
but it was too hard to main­tain."
Dawson said that the
three wheeled cycle was
continually breaking down
and that parts were hard to
obtain.
Graham is responsible for
the cycle, which will lead all
University escorts from now
on. Graham was with the
Opelika Police Department
before coming to the campus
force several months ago.
"We can get the two
wheeled Honda serviced
locally," said Dawson. "It is
economical too. It gets around
65 to 70 miles per gallon of
gas."
"A two wheeled cycle is
much more efficient in con­trolling
traffic and in patrol­ling
parking lots. One man on
a cycle can do the job of two
men in a car," said Dawson.
"Another thing the motor­cycle
is used for is patrolling
the parking lots during Au­burn's
home football games."
Graham reported that he
drove over 130 miles during
the Auburn-Kentucky game
making sure that cars were
not blocking intersections
and looking out for vandals
and thieves.
"Some people don't like the
new motorcycle. We can now
give more citations, and of
course some people aren't
very happy about that,"
Dawson said.
By Robert J. Davis
Plainsman Staff Writer
A new campus security
building to be occupied by
1975 will include a drive-in
window for registering vehi­cles
and paying parking
tickets, according to Chief of
Campus Security Millard
Dawson.
The new building, located
at the corner of Thach Ave­nue
and Donahue Drive, will
cost $194,378.60, according to
the campus planning office.
The building will be shared
with the Auburn Credit
Union.
Dawson said the drive-in
window will be more conven­ient
for drivers as well as the
security force. However, he
said, vehicle registration is
minor compared to the pro­blem
of providing space for
the vehicles already regis­tered.
Presently, there are
10,855 vehicles registered to
park in zones where only
5,426 spaces are available.
Dawson said a multi-level
parking facility is needed.
Pres. Harry M. Philpott said
the administration is in
accord with the possibility of
developing a multi-level park­ing
facility, "but at this
moment, it's not feasible
because of high interest
rates."
Philpott said it would be
necessary to borrow money
for the project because state
funds cannot be used for this
purpose. He said due to pre­sent
high interest rates, the
University is reluctant to bor­row
money now.
The University Traffic
and Parking Committee has
recommended that a study be
made on the feasibility of a
multi-level parking facility.
But Committee Chairman
Nicholas Achee Jr. said his
committee is not properly
trained to make authorita­tive
decisions about the park­ing
situation.
He said the committee only
receives suggestions from
those associated with the Uni­versity
and the committee
only has the power to make
recommendations to Phil­pott.
Dawson said the parking
problem could be improved if
drivers "go by the regula­tions
and not by what their
friends tell them. Students
should read, all the rules and
' regulations. There is no
excuse for parking out of
space. When someone parks
out of space, it causes confu­sion
all thewaydownthe
line."
"There have been very few
changes in the parking
regulations in the last few
years," Dawson said. He Said
a large percentage of stu­dents
have a good attitude
toward current parking
regulations.
Dawson said the security
office has no problems in
collecting fines from parking
violaters. "We just mail
them letters and if they don't
respond, the bursar's office is
contacted.
Football games present
another parking problem,
Dawson said. He said some
people try to park on days
when there are no football
games just as they do when
football games' are being
played.
'Sarge' exchanges world
of Army, Ag for leisure
«SARGE"RETIRING FROM SECOND CAREER
. . . He has worked off and on here since 1930
For the second time in 20
years, Dovard R. Collum is re­tiring.
And this time he says
he means it.
Known as "Sarge" to his Ag
Hill co-workers, Collum re­tired
from the Army in 1954
after 24 years of service.
Three years later—after two
jobs and a stint at operating a
neighborhood grocery
store—he found what he liked
as technical assistant in the
agronomy and soils de­partment
at the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
"But aow it's time to let the
young folks take over," he
says, in confirming his Oct.
31 retirement.
Even Collum's army career
was largely spent at Auburn,
His swearing-in ceremonies
in 1930 were in Samford Hall,
and for 13 years he was
assigned to the Army
R.O.T.C. unit at Auburn,
where he helped care for the,
70-80 artillery horses main­tained
by the unit. He left Au­burn
in 1943 for training ahd
overseas duty in Europe.
After discharge in 1945,
Collum reenlisted later that
year and was reassigned to
Auburn until transfer in 1947
to Fort Bragg, NC, where he
completed 24 years service
and retired in 1954.
A native of Elmore County,
Collum's years at Auburn
have spanned changes that
would have to be termed
spectacular. The artillery
horses he tended were used by
R.O.T.C. students to tow
French 75 millimeter field
pieces until about 1940 when
motorized 105's came to town.
These horses were kept in
stables where the old sports
arena stands and pastured
where Jordan-Hare Stadium
is today. He watched Graves
Center built in what was a
pine thicket, and remembers
Mell Street as a residential
section.
Changes in prices are the
most staggering. His house
and lot at 237 Ross Street
rented for $9 per month in
1932, and he bought it two or
three years later for $800.
Sarge is known as master
gardener, and he's looking
forward to having enough
time to devote to this activity, j
He credits his wife's good
homemaking ability with
helping him get through two
careers, so he's looking
forward to fixing all the
things around the house that
have been put aside in the
past, and growing lots of ve­getables
for her cooking.
"There's a big difference
because when Auburn has a
football game there are more
people here. So, we just have
to accommodate them the
best way we can. Some dri­vers
use these extremes to try
to say it's all right for them to
park whatever way they want
to park," he said.
'They will not be allowed
to complete registration for
the next quarter or to grad­uate
until the fine is paid. It's
just like collecting rent," he
said.
Dawson said people visit­ing
friends and relatives in
dormitories present some
parking problems. "People
may have visitors to park out­side
their dorms. It has a way
of balancing out if they don't
stay too long,"
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'hilpott speaks
it convention
of honorary
The true scholar's vocation
s the lifelong search for truth,
'resident Harry M. Philott
old 140 Phi Eta Sigma fra-ernity
members from around
he country Monday night.
Philpott, addressing the
!2nd national convention
tanquet of the freshman
tonor society, said he be-ieves
the penchant for de-
:eption is present in all
jeople, but that most of us
mow more truth than we are
villing to admit.
Two distinguished service
twards were presented at the
>anquet. Dr. G. Herbert
Smith, president emeritus at
Villamette University and
rrand president of the frater-rity,
presented the award to
Jr. Karl Riess of Tulane Uni­versity
and Dr. James R.
Fleming of Oklahoma State
Jniversity.
The banquet featured re-narks
by Jesse Stafford,
jresident of the AU chapter of
'hi Eta Sigma, and enter-ainment
by the Auburn Uni­versity
Singers. Dean Arno
4owotny, dean of students
>meritus at the University of
Texas and grand vice presij
lent of the fraternity, served1
is toaatmaster.
Philpott was introduced as
he featured speaker by Dr.
Fames Foy, dean of student
iffair* at Auburn and grand
jecretary of Phi Eta Sigma.
Contact Jim Shoffher
BOYjrRteHTf. your last.
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• Perhaps the emphasis on new products with exceptional
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the atmosphere and are far more efficient in produc­ing
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• Perhaps an important plus has been a competitive salary
structure and increasingly more important assignments
that lead to attractive futures in management.
• Perhaps most important, for many, has been the chal­lenge
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every technical and scientific field. Certainly, ability is
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THE AUBURN PIAINSMVN Thurs., Oct. 24, 1974 page 8
Optimistics remember 1957,
dream of repeat in 1974
COULD ,T MPPEM
By David Nordness
Features Editor
Overly optimistic? Maybe.
Still a long way off?
Definitely, but the talk of the
Auburn Tigers having their
first unbeaten, untied foot­ball
season since the na­tional
championship year in
1957 has already begun.
There are several
similarities in the two years
that make daydreams and
starry-eyed predictions all the
more inviting .nottheleastof
which is that Ohio State is the
team to beat in the national
polls.
The head coach behind
both thd fine teams, Ralph
"Shug" Jordan, is very cau­tious
in predicting any future
pointing out that a perfect
season in the SEC is a very
rare prize and a national
championship is often deter­mined
by an opponent you
will never meet.
"There is really no way of
comparing this year's team
with the '57 team, since the
teams themselves "vary so
much from one Saturday to
the next," Jordan explained.
One of the biggest differ­ences,
"Shug" recalled, was
the size. "All the players are
so much bigger now, and the
crowds we play for are quite a
bit bigger than in the past."
The school itself has grown
a lot larger in the 17 years
since the school gained
national recognition as
Alabama Polytechnical Insti­tute.
A brief look through old
issues of The Plainsman give
a very interesting look into
just what 1957 was like in the
loveliest village of the Plains.
In those days most stu­dents
were men and most of
those were in engineering.
Fraternities were popular,
claiming even more members
than today although the
enrollment was about half of
what it is now.
The band got new uni­forms,
the infirmary got a
shipment of Asiatic Flu Virus
which all students were
Alumni activities
begin Friday
Alumni activities will begin
with a Friday night dinner in
213 Union Building honoring
the class of 1914 and the class
of 1924. About 40 members of
the class of 1924 and four or
five of the class of 1914 are
expected to be here for home­coming.
Saturday morning there
will be an alumni coffee from
approximately 8:30 until 11 in
the Union ballroom. Class
pictures are scheduled to be
made at 9:30 a.m.
The annual Auburn
Alumni Association meeting
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Members will hear the
general reports and elect a
president and three executive
committee members.
An alumni and VIP
luncheon will take place
Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the
Union ballroom. About 200
people are expected to attend.
Big un'
Tigers come in all shapes, sizes and moods in the
Homecoming decoration and can be seen doing almost
anything to their opponents. This 30 foot cat of years
past seems to be t a k i ng it easy but only came in second in
stiff competition.
Love's Baby soft cologne
(4 oz) $2.75
Helena Rubinstein Brush-on
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Helena Rubenstein New skin
dew visable action day cream $4.50
and night cream $5.00
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Musky Jasmin
Deep Earthy Musk
Warm Woodsy Musk
Oriental Musky
All sprays $2.75 and $3.75
colognes $2.75 also
Toomer's Drugs
required to get a needle full of.
Inflation plagued those
years also, as witnessed by
an editorial in the second-issue
criticizing the food
prices in the Union Cafeteria,
"Vegetables that used to cost
ten cents now cost twelve and
some meat dishes have gone
up a nickle."
But the biggest stink was
over the inflated price tag of a
nickle ice cream cone which
had gone up to eight cents.
Sound familiar?
Back in '57 freshmen were
"rats" and were expected,
even required, to humble
themselves to the lowly status
that denoted. Rat hats were
required attire and all the
little traditions you may have
heard someone tell about were
just as real as they could be.
That was the year that the
Board of Trustees took time
out to name all of the girls
dorms after prominent
graduates and the year that
the SGA first recognized that
parking was a .problem and
set up a committee to solve it.
Seventeen years later they are
still looking.
Johnston and Malone had
the same half page ads that
they run today, but cigarette
displays took up the most
space, promising romance at
the first puff of "Hit Parade."
Pictures were fewer and the
football shots were taken
from so high in the stands
that even the numbers were
illegible. Paul Hemphill,
sportswriter for the old "Life"
and today's "Sport" maga­zine,
was the Plainsman
Sports Editor keeping
Auburn students informed of
the team's path to glory.
Shug looked a lot younger
back in those days, but he
certainly showed no signs of
inexperience. It was only six
short seasons after he
reported to work as Auburn's
Head Football Coach that he
produced the first place, only
undefeated team in the na­tion.
"I really didn't expect for it
to happen that soon, but when
we came here we always said
that once we were establish­ed
we would not be playing se­cond
fiddle to anyone,"
Jordan said, and he has kept
his promise.
Auburn has changed a
great deal since 1957, the
times have changed and atti­tudes
have changed but we
are still headed in the same
direction, a positive direc­tion,
straight toward the top.
-.
AU cheerleaders 'stir up' spirit
"Are you ready?" "Ready!" "Count off . . . 1-2-3-. . . "
As the game draws near and the anxiety mounts, the coach
gives last minute advice to prepare his players for the game and
thirteen orange and blue, bubbling students lead another kind
of preparation. Starting cheers and performing stunts, the
Auburn University cheerleaders stir up and unite the spirit of
the crowd.
However, the "War Eagle Spirit" is no small amount of emo­tion
to work with. Rated by the Kick-Off Publishing Company
as being second in the Southeastern Conference in attending
games, Auburn fans have been considered strong supporters
throughout the University's history.
Caught up in the success of the team, the spirit and concern
radiated by the Auburn fans this season is perhaps surfaced
and released more easily than in less triumphant years.
"Although the students were initially hesitant record proved
that the Tigers really were great and the spirit has been grow­ing
continuously," explained Debbie Nichols, a second year
cheerleader. "The pep rallies, haven't been quite as impressive
as those of previous years, however, as soon as the scheduling
and other minor problems are solved, we feel that they will
begin to improve. This year's squad is composed largely of new
members and it's really fun, but some of us haven't experienced
losing yet," she added.
Attempting to escape the label of sideline entertainers and
become literal "cheer" leaders, the 1974 squad has become
much more conscious of the crowd than preceding groups.
George Hardy, a new member of the team, commented that the
introduction of new cheers was less effective in creating pep
than the traditional spirit-raisers. For this reason, the AU
cheerleaders try to spice up the "old faithfuls" by adding
mounts and double stunts rather than exhibit unfamiliar
chants which are more difficult to follow.
Headed by co-captains Paul Wingard and John Akin and
girls' coordinator, Judy McKissick, the squad spends many
hours in practice, both in a group and with their partners. Pre­sently,
they are high in the running for the nation's number one
cheerleading squad as judged by the International Cheerlead-ing
Foundation.
Enhancing the work of the-cheerleaders, Jeanne Denoon and
Alan Hasemeyer incorporate gymnastics into the promotion of
spirit through the positions of the Tiger Tumblers. Perform-igng
various feats on the field when outstanding plays are
made, the Tumblers accent the excitement' of the crowd.
Tom Eden, class of 50, was head cheerleader back in 1949
when the Tigers "didn't have a lot to cheer about," winning
only two of the nine games they played.
"But that was the year that we beat Alabama 14-13," the for­mer
cheerleader boasted, adding that even during a rough
game the "Auburn Spirit" would come through.
"We did a lot more running around back them," Eden said of
the four boys and three girls in their big white sweaters with a
bright orange "A."
"Back them we would run up into the stands and lead cheers
seeing which sections were the loudest," he said. "We even had
card sections in the stands spelling out "Go, Tigers," "War
Eagle" and even a tiger.
"I think that the cheerleaders today spend too much time
watching the game. We used to never let up, just going on the
crowd reaction to let us know what was happening in the game.
"If we ever had a break in the action all we had to do was yell
up in the stands and ask, 'What is the good word?' and they
would yell back, 'Whiskey!' "
"What is another good word?" was the next question that
came from the orange and blue cheerleader's megaphones.
"More whiskey!" was the inevitable answer that came bellow­ing
back from the high spirited War Eagle fans.
Auburn's cheerleaders have proved to be a dedicated lot over
the years with nothing being too great or score too lopsided to
let the Auburn War Eagle Spirit die.
The 1932 Auburn University head cheerleader, Bill Lee, from
Newnan, GA, cheered for Auburn when the Tigers went to the
Rhumba Bowl in Cuba to overcome Rutgers University 6-0.
Because of the lack of funds, he was the only member of the
squad that was able to accompany the team and did so only by
being a stowaway en route. At the Alumni banquet, Lee is still
one of the first to lead the group in a War Eagle cheer. Reminis­cing
the games during his college years, he related to the cur­rent
cheerleaders that the War Eagle spirit still remained to be
the deepseated feeling that it had always been.
Eden said he was in favor of having some of the old cheer­leaders
come back and lead cheers for the alumni section.
"The cheerleaders only have time to lead us in one or two
cheers a game. I am sure that most of us have our old uniforms
and I for one, would really like to get back into it."
—Dan Doughtie:
THE SPARK OF AUBURN SPIRIT, CHEERLEADERS START EARLY AT THE GAME
. . . Cheerleaders have added much to War Eagle enthusiasm thru the years
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p a g e 9 Thurs., Oct. 24,1974 THE AUBURN PUlNfMAN
She's Mrs. Jordan, Shug Jordan's wife
By Rheta Grimsley
Plainsman Editor
"I don't mean to sound so radical, but it's time women were
|onsidered like human beings, with their own choices."
Evelyn Jordan, that's right, wife of Auburn head football
oach Ralph (Shug) Jordan, has her own ideas. A counselor
ith Student Development Service for 10 years, she has pur-lued
a career, kept her own identity and found time to cam­paign
in a quiet, energetic sort of way for women's rights.
"Being a wife hinders a woman in her career... though each
lerson must speak for herself," Jordan continued in a confi­dent
way. She quickly asserted that her husband's coaching job
bas his responsibility, and that she didn't presume to tell
Administrators how to run the school. However, she does not
lind saying when she thinks women are being discriminated
Igainst, and her petite form seems to rise enthusiastically with
[er voice inflections.
"Uh huh, I do think women should have the same rules as
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A WOMAN OF HER OWN IDEAS AND IDENTITY
. . . She says coaching is all "Shug's" responsibility
men," she said without a second's hesitation. "I just don't Bee
that they should be any different.
"I can see the administration's point of view if the parents
rather have the rules, but girls should have a choice. It's just
something the girls will have to work out their parents."
A lady, from softly curled hair to navy patent toes, Jordan is
more concerned with other aspects of women's rights' rights
than University rules. In fact, her social work has led to a con­cern
with child placement, day care centers and even abortion.
"I don't think every pregnant woman should have to get mar­ried,"
she said with a positive smile. "A woman's body is her
own... I'm sounding radical again, but in many cases abortion
would be preferable to an unwanted child."
"I'm not a militant. But I feel
that the woman's movement
is helping all of us feel free to
do different things. Men,
too." •
The wife of one of Auburn's best known personalities has had
no trouble making a reputation other than that of being
"Shug's wife." Presently she is concerned with the passage of
the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), especially since she feels
many Auburn females are not aware of its value.
"There probably are enough laws already in our country to .
insure equal rights for women, but I don't think they do the job.
Either they're not enforced or women don't know about them,"
Jordan added.
"I'm not a militant. But Ifeel the women's movement is help­ing
all of us feel free to do different things. Men, too.
"For instance, I don't feel that all boys have to play football.
In this way the ERA applies to men as well. I've always thought
men having to pay alimony was ridiculous. I just don't see why
they should have to support able-bodied women."
Jordan now counsels with mostly married students, though
she does see some freshmen. "Most people don't connect me
with Shug," she said, but then added, "Well, we've been here so
long now, I guess they do. I don't feel it's a problem, though."
"I think if a girl tried out for the football team he (Coach Jor­dan)
would greet them," she said positively. "I don't think there
are that many girls interested in playing football, though," .,
Jordan said. The social worker is concerned with women's ath­letics
, though. "The most horrified I've ever been is when the
volleyball team had to catch rides to their games." Jordan
would not specify who she thought should finance women's
sports, but she said repeatedly, "someone should."
"I'm not pointing the finger of blame at anyone, but I like
sports, and I don't see why women shouldn't be encouraged in
that area." Jordan straightened the hem to her stylish pant leg,
thought a moment and then reversed the interview.
"Did you see Auburn's kicker at the freshman game Mon­day?
He was a 5'5" soccer-style kicker," she said, confirming
her figures with a football program on a desk. "Now we have
girls bigger than that. There's nothing wrong with them trying
if they want to. But frankly, you just don't have that many girls
that want to."
After counseling with married students and watching, in
particular, the problems of married football players and their
wives, Jordan has become convinced of one thing. "I don't
think it's right for wives to work and put husbands through
school. They can't help but be bitter about it."
"I'm certainly not against marriage, though," explained the
attractive woman who married Auburn's Shug in St. Pete, FL,
in a rather romantic situation. "We go back there a lot for senti­mental
reasons," she said.
EVELYN JORDAN SPEAKS HER MIND FREELY AND OPENLY
. . . A counselor for Student Development, she has a busy career
—Nick English
"Sometimes our ideas don't jive," Jordan added about the
winningest coach in the Sout. "But he's learning." Even about
helping out around the house, according to the female half of
the Jordan team.
Some of these discriminatory
ways have been around for­ever,
and some will be
around for two forevers. We
need a light approach."
"He ddn't grow up in a generation that shared roles, and
neither did I, but he's getting better." Jordan said that she
thought women of her generation sometimes tried to play
"8uperwoman,"holda career, rear children and keep house. The
situation is easing, though, she feels, and things like ERA are
helping, according to Jordan.
One solution to this dilemma- night be a retraining pro­gram
established by different industries for women and men,
Jordan said.
"I worry about Aubum girls," Jordan admitted. "They come
in and I ask them what they want to do, and they say get
married, have a family and have a job I can work at if I want
to." Though Jordan feels that women shouldn't be forced by
society's frowns to work if they don't want to, she encourages
volunteer work or individual interests of some kind.
Above all, Jordan believes that "things ought to be fun.
Everybody shouldn't have such a do-or-die attitude. Some of
these discriminatory ways have been around forever, and some
will be around for two more forevers. We need a light approach.
We should work through channels already established."
Evelyn Jordan leaves her desk piled high with various news­letters,
pamphlets nnd meeting notices to walk a visitor to the
stair of her second-floor Mell Hall office.
"The day has come when women shouldn't have to marry
someone to maintain the style of life they've been used to all
along," she said as a parting thought Evelyn Jordan believes
in herself. It's evident.
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Thurs., Oct. 24, 1974 page 10
Thirty buildings rose in All building boom
By Gene Oswalt
Plainsman Staff Writer
Can you imagine Auburn
University without Haley
Center? Or Auburn minus
Memorial Coliseum? These
two familiar sites o'n our cam­pus,
along with nearly thirty
other buildings, have sprung
up in a mere decade.
The Haley Center complex,
located in.the heart of the
Auburn campus, was com­pleted
in 1969 at an eye-open­ing
cost of seven million dol­lars.
The Coliseum, along
with its auxiliary gym and
swimming pool, completed
the same year, was also con­structed
with a seven million
dollar price tag. In return, this
fine facility is housing numer­ous
campus activities and is
attracting All-American high
school athletes, especially in
basketball.
Though these two struc­tures
have perhaps made the
greatest' impact on Auburn,
they represent only a fraction
of the cash spent on new
buildings, additions, and
renovations in the past ten
years (1964-1974). "I would
have to guess that over half of
the existing campus has been
erected during this period,"
said William Guerin, campus
planner for Auburn Univer­sity.
Guerin added that this is
a conservative estimate and
proceeded to furnish a com­plete
account of the past
decade's construction.
Besides Haley Center and
the Coliseum, the building
boom has resulted in the fabr-cation
of these already-com­pleted
new buildings, each
costing at least a million
dollars: Fisheries (one mil­lion),
Theatre (one and one
Students enter
granite design
display contest
Nine students at Auburn
University have entered the
Booth Design Competition
spon&red by the Cold Spring
Grani|e_Company.
More than 1,000 young men .
and women representing 70
schools of architecture in the
United States have re­gistered
to participate in a
nationwide competition to de­sign
a display for the Cold
Spring Granite Company, the
world's largest fabricator of
structural granite.
The students who com­pleted
registration on Oct. 10
will have until April 15, 1975
to submit their entry
materials for judging by a
panel made up of a practicing
and a teaching architect, a
company representative and
an expert in the design and
construction of displays of
this kind.
The objective of the com­petition
is to plan a display
which will help student archi­tects
appreciate and under­stand
the value of granite in
the design, construction and
landscaping of contem­porary
buildings of all kinds.
Those students competing
for the $1,275 in prize money
will be asked to submit two
views of their display to­gether
with a color rendering
and a construction materials
list.
'We are overwhelmed with
the response," commented
Tom Alexander, president of
Cold Spring Granite, "and are
looking forward to
reviewing the entries in April
of next year."
Announcement of the win­ners
will be made about May
15. Prizes include a $500 first
award; $350 second; $200
third and three honorable
mention awards of $75.
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half million), the Nuclear
Science Center (one and one
half million), two Married
Student Apartment struc­tures
(nearly two million), two
groups of Women's Dorms
(four and one half million),
and the Small Animal Clinic
and Basic Science Building
(four million).
Also constructed was the
recently-completed . Eagle
Cage. This unique open air
structure located behind
Haley Center cost $28,000.
Numerous additions to
existing edifices accounted
for more millions of dollars.
Jordan-Hare Stadium
became a complete bowl in
1970 after a million dollar
addition had been made. The
Student Union Building was
another beneficiary of the
expansion program, receiv­ing
a two and one half mil­lion
dollar addition, which
opened last January. A 1968
addition to the Forestry
Building totaled to another
half million dollar expendi­ture.
In 1969 and 1970, a renova­tion
program for pre-existing
buildings added $700,000 to
the decade's spendings.
Several projects are now
underway, but not yet com­pleted.
The addition to Sewell
Hall, a $375,000 project, is
scheduled for completion by
the end of the year. Also sche­duled
for occupancy by the
end of the year are the new
Pharmacy Building (four mil­lion
dollars), and the hand­ball
courts ($381,000.)
One other addition sche­duled
for completion this year
has an interesting story
behind its funding. James W.
Goodwyn, who contributed
the money for the original
Goodwyn Hall, is now pro­viding
for an annex to the
building as the result of his
own bum deal.
Before Alabama played
Auburn in 1972, the Tigers'
miracle year, Goodwyn and
Dr. Philpott were having a
little discussion. In the course
of the talk, Goodwyn told
Philpott that if Auburn beat
Alabama, he would pay for a
new music annex to thebuild-ing
twhich he had already
paid for. Two blocked punts
later, Goodwyn was obliged to
put his money where his
mouth had been. The total
has has contributed for both
portions of the complex now
stands at $800,000.
There has been no real
trend in the amount of money
spent annually on campus
development. In 1964, ond
and one half million dollars
were spent, which promptly
fell to three-fourths of a
million the next year. In 1966
and 1967 the figure was
brought back up to three and
one half million dollars for
each year.
In 1968 it totaled to a peak
of nearly eight million
dollars. In 1969, six million
dollars was spent, followed by
years of four, three, two, and
two million dollars respec­tively
in expenditure. The pro­jected
amount for 1974 is just
over one million dollars, but
for 1975, the figure is expected
to vault to nearly five million
dollars.
In round figures, the
amount of tender utilized in
the last ten years in making
Auburn what it is today
stands at over thirty-five
million dollars. This great
undertaking has allowed the
University to better facilitate
its annually increasing
enrollment. The new build­ings
not only represent the
currency which went into
their making, but also serve,
notice of Auburn's progres­sive
presence among Ameri­ca's
institutes of higher learn­ing.
Jim Carroll
enjoys working
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Tradition
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of its age. Known as the time worn land- place than some of the modern additions
to the campus.
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Just three years out of college, laser technol­ogist
Jim Carroll didn't make senior research
physicist at Eastman Kodak Company by acting
timid. So when he had the courage to pit science
against a dread disease, we backed him. Win or
lose.
The medical community enlisted Kodak's
help in training lasers on the war on cancer. We
responded with a pair of 500 million watt laser
systems. And left the rest up to Jim.
i
In time, the lasers proved unsuccessful in
treating cancer, but we'd do it again if we had to.
Because while we're in business to make a profit,
we care what happens to .society. It's the same
society our business depends on.
page 11 Thurs., Oct." 24, 1974 THE AUBURN PLUNSMMI
fowth
Years bring more students, higher tuition, more housing to Auburn
By Tim Lockhart
Plainsman Staff Writer
Considering the meteoric rise of the Auburn University
Sers' football team in the polls lately, it is not surprising that
any people, especially AU students are beginning to talk
lout the chances of for the national championship title. If
|hieved, this will be the only the second time in Auburn's his-r
that the honor of being number one nationally has fallen to
This leads to the inevitable comparison between the
liburn of 1957 and the Auburn of 1974.
What was AU like then? Well, for one thing, it was a lot
smaller than it is today. The total enrollment for the fall quar­ter
of 1957, according to Tom Stallworth, the AU Registrar, was
8,076. This figure included 6,345 men and 1,731 women, a male-to-
female ratio of 3.67 to one. Total enrollment for the fall quar­ter
of 1974 is 16,013 with 9,759 men and 6,254 women, a ratio of
7,556*ol. The current enrollment is an increase of about 198 per
cent over that of 1957, with male enrollment increasing by
about 154 per cent and female enrollment increasing over 361
per cent. Enrollment by the out-of-state students has
approximately doubled and the enrollment of foreign students
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has increased by about 75 per cent.
The organization of the University in 1957 was different from
the organization of AU today. There were nine schools then just
as there are now, but among them was the School of Chemistry
which was later incorporated into the present-day School of
Arts and Sciences. The School of Business was non-existent in
1957; business majors were enrolled in the School of Science
and Literature which later was renamed the School of Arts and
Sciences.
There were 470 students in the School of Agriculture in 1957;'
there are 1,046 now, an increase of about 223 per cent. 611 peo­ple
were enrolled in the School of Architecture and Fine Arts in
1957; 1,224 people is the current enrollment figure, an increase
of about 200 per cent. The School of Science and Literature had
1,325 students in 1957; there are 3,834 in the School of Arts and
Sciences now, an increase of about 289 per cent. An additional
269 students were enrolled in the School of Chemistry in 1957.
The School of Business has a current enrollment of 2,076,
indicating that many more people are going into business now
than in 1957. The 1957 School of Education had 1,021 stu­dents;
there are 2,680 people in that school this year, an in­crease
of about 262 per cent. The School of Engineering is the
only one of the nine schools to show a decrease: from 3,226 in
1957 to 1,837 in 1974. This decrease in enrollment of about 176
per cent was probably due largely to the fact that so many peo­ple
were encouraged to go into engineering by the United States
effort to win the space race with the U .S .S .R . in the late Fifties
and early Sixties. Authorities theorize after the United States
firmly established her lead in 1969 by landing two men of the
moon, there was a general drop in the number of students who
decided to go into some phase on engineering.
The School of Home Economics showed an increase of about
227 per cent: the enrollment went from 307 students to 698. The
School of PPharmacy's enrollment moved upward from 159 to
345, an increase of about 217 per cent. An increase of 194 per
cent was shown by the School of Veterinary Medicine; the
enrollment went from 232 studnets to 450 students.
There were 366 graduate students attending Auburn Univer­sity
in 1957; the current graduate enrollment is 1,782, an
increase of about 487 per cent. There were 12 students auditing
courses in 1957; there are 41 transient and interdepartmental
students at AU now. These figures do not include the 3,155 stu­dents
at the Auburn University campus in Montgomery.
Accompanying Auburn's physical growth has been a fiscal
growth. Tuition has gone up $128 per quarter in the 17 years
separating 1957 and 1974. It now stands at $183 per quarter
while in 1957 it was only $55.
Along with the cost of learning, the cost of living has also
risen. It cost from $80 to $180 per quarter depending on such op­tions
as air conditioning, private phones, and single rooms, to
rent the same rooms in- Magnolia Dormitories that were only
$43.50 in 1957. Complete room and board; three meals a day,
seven days a week, cost $150 back then for both men and wo­men.
All women were required to live on campus then and the
men's housing consisted of Magnolia Dormitories, made up of
Magnolia Hall and Bullard Hall, Auburn Hall, and Noble Hall,
which was opened in January 1957.
The types of off-campus housing available in 1957 differed
from that of 1974. There were more boarding houses then, and
fewer apartments.
"Boarding houses were what the men liked then," said Dr.
Edward Taylor, Coordinator of Off-Campus housing. "They
were all pretty close to the campus," he added, "and of course we
didn't have any of these new apartment buildings like Neill
House, Gay Manor, or Windsor back then. None of those were
here."
Why did the students like the boarding houses so well? "Peo­ple
then didn't want to do their own cooking and cleaning like
they do now," Dr. Taylor said. "Now they like to have their own
kitchens," he explained. He added that the present trend seems
to be back toward the dormitories. "The last couple of years,"
he said, "People have been coming back to campus. The dorms
have been filled up. Of course, lots of the men want single rooms
in their dorms and they are still available if the students apply
for them early enough."He added that there were still many,
people who preferred apartments to the dorms. "I think people
are just more independent than they used to be,'! he said.
How has the school itself changed? In many cases, it takes
fewer hours to obtain a degree now than it did in 1957: an aver­age
of 210 hours now as opposed to 240 for some curricula in '57.,
This is partly due to the fact that students are not required to
take six quarters of P.E. now—only three. On 1957, the men
were also required to take six quarters of ROTC and the stu­dents
had to drill twice a week. Women were required to take
three quarters of hygiene, courses PW 111, 112, and 113, then
also.
"It wasn't the most liked thing on campus," said Tom Stall-worth,
the AU Registrar, referring to the ROTC requirement,
"but back then you just accepted it." Stallworth, a graduate of
Auburn himself, said that he didn't think the average AU stu­dent
had changed very much. "The school has changed more
than the students," he said, "they still have about the same
problems." Maybe 1957 and 1974 aren't so different after
all. . .
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Little known Auburn Archives provide interesting history
By Sue Ann Miller
Plainsman Staff Writer
From wrinkled leather scrapbooks containing conditions of
Admission of young women in 1892 into Auburn, to old civil
war letters, to recorded rap sessions of the 60's with Philpott
and discontented students, the Auburn Archives is a
"Playhouse" for history lovers, researchers, and the curious
alike.
Located in a small room off the 1st floor of the Ralph
Draughon Library, the Archives has been growing and com­piling
interesting documents, records, films, etc. since 1964
when it was established to gather manuscript material for the
writing of the history of the University and the State.
Dr. Allen Jones, associate professor of history, is now the
Archivist for Auburn University. He said that two main rea­sons
for having the Archives is to collect and maintain records
of Auburn University and to collect and maintain a regional
manuscript collection pertaining mostly to the South, Ala­bama
and east Alabama.
Jones staff consists of one assistant archivist, Debra Austin, a
full time secretary, two work study students and two history
graduate students. One of the interesting sources of the
Archives is the oral history programs of tape recordings of his­tory
and events that occur at Auburn and in the state. There are
a series of interviews with Congressman Bill Nichols as well as
all of his congressional papers being on file. Jones said they
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All University records are kept at the Archives going as ft
back as the Board of Trustees records of 1856 when Auburn v/i
still the East Alabama Male College. There are old Universi
Jones said there were certain restrictions to be able to use
some of these tapes. He said students doing legitimate research
would have no trouble obtaining permission. He said they had
to have permission to be copied. He stated that it was his
responsibility to protect them.
Florists blame casual dress
for decrease in mum sales
By Sherri Hughes
Plainsman Staff Writer
Southeastern Conference
football always adds a bright
splash of color to long autumn
days. This year will be no ex­ception
as the glitter of
pageantry and excitement
takes over campus for a
quarter. The only thing
noticeably lacking from the
kaleidoscope will be the tra­ditional
football flower, the
mum.
Selling corsages in Auburn
used to be a big business.
Commissioned beauties stood
on every corner peddling the
flowers, not to mention the
hundreds of early ordered cor­sages.
For a big game like
Alabama, one local florist
said he often sold as amny as
1,500 corsages. Today he's
lucky if he sells 400.
But they don't mind, ac­cording
to Maudine Williams,
owner of the Auburn Flower
Shop. If she sells a moderate
number of flowers, say 300 to
500, she's still making money.
Anything over that and she
says she goes, "into overtime
when we have to make so
many corsages at a time,"
thus losing money paying
employes.
Even though they are con­tented
with their sales, most
florists had an opinion as to
the cause of the slump in
sales. The primary reason, ac­cording
to one florist, is
casual dress. Casual dress is
not a result of a radical
change in patterns of dress,
but a result of games played
earlier in the season when the
weather is warmer.
Men who used to sweat and
strain under ties and bright
orange and blue coats are now
outfitted in cool and comfort­able
open collars and short
sleeves.
Women, previously
adorned with all the
trimmings like hats and
gloves, are now pleasing the
crowds by wearing more com­fortable
pantsuits, halter
tops, and sometimes shorts.
Halter tops pose a unique pro­blem
in themselves. After all,
where do you pin a corsage on
a skimpy halter top?
The greatest number of
sales during a single game is
always at Homecoming, said
one local florist, when alumni
abound and students try to
impress their parents by
dressing the way their pa­rents
would like for them to
dress.
Kathy Bagwell, 1EEC,
said, "I expect to get one for
Homecoming. I've already
told him that I want one. I al­ways
get more dressed up,
more formal for Home­coming."
Carl Kennedy, 2PS, said
that many members of his fra­ternity
(TKE) are buying
flowers in a block for Home­coming!
"It makes it nicer
than seeing every girl with
one every week. You usually
have a special girl for Home­coming
and you give her the
flower."
Robert Reynolds, 4PUB,
said, "It makes Homecoming
something extra. And if you
bought the same person one
every game and then forgot
one, you'd be in trouble."
Although the price of the
flowers hasn't increased
within the past five years, in­flation
has made flowers a
luxury even at$2. Withprices
going up on almost every­thing
else, a decision to buy a
flower also may be a decision
to skip a meal. The meal
seems to be winning out in
most cases.
Ed Heitner, 2HPR, said, "I
guess price is most important
because first of all you have to
buy tickets, then comes the
cokes, 75* and the hot dogs,
50C, and then whatever
money is left over is used for
drinks at the party that night.
It you're a student, you just
can't afford it."
Even though they're satis­fied
with their sales at the pre­sent
time, the florists foresee a
rise in sales in the future.
According to the Auburn
florist, students are getting
tired of casual dress all the
time and are going back to
more formal attire for the
games.
But according to the stu­dents,
they won't go back to
the flowers unless they
change. According to Vince
Murphy, 4MTL, "They're too
large and not that attractive.
The usually end up falling off
before the game's over." And
Bob Stoner, 2LE, said,
"They're not that good-looking.
The idea is good, but
the flowers don't look that
good."
And from the feminine
view, Wanda Fine, 30A, said.
"If you have long hair it gets
wrapped around it, it falls
apart in the middle of the
game, and every time we
make a touchdown my date
grabs me, hugs me, pokes the
pin in me, and squashed the
flower, and then it's no good."
Claud Brown's
Opelika Floral Company
1009 Renf ro Avonue
Ext. of No. 8th St.
Phone 749-8333
Special arrangements for the special
weekend. Fall flowers in bright colors
and Auburn ribbon. $10.00
& $12.50 & up.
Bunches of cut pompoms for your
own decorating. $2.75
Football mum corsages. Order yours
in advance. $2.00 & up.
Special prices for groups.
Faster, faster
The annual ODK Homecoming
competition demands huge amounts of
' lumber, chicken wire, crepe paper,
imagination and time. Wednesday found
most of the 18 fraternity and 7
indepenent entries hard at work punch­ing
to beat the Friday afternoon dead­line.
There are photograph collections roughly 5,000 that can h<
students, said Jones. Some pictures go as far back as the 189C
Jones said that 40 to 60,000 negatives are being donated to t
Archives by a Birmingham resident and the pictures are fr
1890's to the 60's. "Anyone can have these available pictu
copied," Jones said.
Unusual oddities that the Archives have are two copies of t
Auburn Gazette, printed in 1853 and 1854. Early copies of T
Orange and Blue the school paper of the 1890's, an o
Tuscalloosa Chronicles of 1828 with ads about runawj
slaves, to mention a few.
Various kinds of ledgers from old stores have been preserve
some dating to 1815. Files of teachers are kept. For examf
George Petrie, the first football coach at Auburn has person
files he kept from surrounding newspapers which are i
teresting as well as entertaining. There is an Auburn Univc
sity Historical collection on file with phamplets on the hiatoi
of Auburn, paper by professors and generals, buildings etc.
Jones explained that a year and a half ago the history d<
partment set up 15 hours course work in Archival admin
stration where a student can train to be an archivist. Two Ai
burn students, Mary Swenson, 6HY, and David Alsobrool
9HY, worked this summer on an internship with the Feden
Archives and Record Center in Atlanta. They received 10 houi
credit for it; learning how to work with records etc. One
classes being taught by Jones is History 628, Readings :
Archivist Proceedings.
Jones encourages any student organizations with old record
not to discard them but to bring them to the Archives wher
they will be filed and preserved.
Auburn University is the only school in the Southeast tha
has an Archives, said Jones.
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By Mark Murphy
Sports Editor
With scouts from the Sugar, Cotton, and Gator Bowls in
Auburn viewing the Tigers last week it's probably that time of
year when bowl speculation talk will begin .in earnest.
Orange Bowl officials have already watched the Tigers at
the Tennessee and Miami games.
Assuming 6-0 Auburn wins its next two or three games,
which is a big if in the "year of the upset," then the Tigers will
likely be doing their bowling in one of the "big four" on New
Year's Day or Eve.
Actually the Tigers have a shot at only three of the big four
because the Rose Bowl is a closed affair between the Pacific
Eight and the Big Ten champions.
This is the only closed affair of the"Big Four." The Cotton
Bowl automatically sends the Southwest Conference champ­ion
against an outside foe. Next year the Orange Bowl
begins a contract to invite the Big Eight title winner every
year.
The attractive Sugar Bowl is still free of ties to any
particular conference. It has increased its prestige in the past
few years since moving to New Year's Eve freeing it from
football television competition. Last year's exciting Notre
Dame victory over Alabama with the national championship
as the prize was certainly a classic.
The Sugar Bowl has other plusses such as the unique atmo­sphere
and the charm of a New Orleans New Years Eve. It is
also the closest of the "Big Four" to Auburn, which is import­ant
to fans with the current high cost of travel.
Bids can be given at any time of the season because of a new
NCAA ruling and many football experts are apprehensive
about this break from tradition. Last year Auburn couldn't
accept a bowl bid until after the Georgia game. It will be
int