1975-10-23 The Auburn Plainsman

              r Here's
mud Dorms fail inspection
Mud madness
. . .and in your hair, and your mouth, and your ear -
that's what Linda Grant, 3HEQ, seems to be saying as
she delivers the knockout blow to Judy Gorden, 2HPR,
in the finals of Sigma Chi's "Mud Madness" contest
Monday. Dozens of other Auburn sorority members
vied for and lost the title of "Mud Queen," as most took
the fall into the slimy depths of the pit. Other activities
planned for Derby Week included "Dress the Pledge,"
a scavenger hunt and a final surprise event.
Photo by Bobby Smith
By John Carvalho
Asst. News Editor
Five Auburn dormitories were found to
be in violation of state fire regulations dur­ing
an inspection in May, according to a
report filed by the state fire marshal's of­fice.
The inspection, which was conducted by
Deputy State Fire Marshal Henry L. Dav­is,
Auburn Fire Inspector Captain W. H.
Carmack and Auburn University Safety
Director William Morgan, found "several
discrepancies to the code" in Auburn Hall,
Dorm 12, Sewell Hall, Magnolia Hall and
Bullard Hall.
According to Morgan, a request for $2
million was included in the 1975-76 Au­burn
budget to pay for the renovations.
"We aren't able to estimate everything,
but we do know that we need the $2 mil­lion.
It won't make us first-class, but it will
make a dent in the problems we have," he
said.
Morgan added that he wasn't sure
whether or not funds for renovation were
included in the special education budget
issued by Governor George C. Wallace af­ter
the state legislature failed to pass an
education budget.
Recommendations concerning Auburn
Hall included enclosing the stairway from
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the second to the third floors in both
wings, installing one-hour fire-rated self-closing
doors, replacing or repairing exit
lights, installing cover plates on open base
outlet boxes and switches in the hall and
installing a dry chemical fire extinguish­er
in the boiler room.
Morgan said another problem at Au­burn
Hall is overstocked electrical outlets,
because freshmen women living at Au­burn
Hall bring so many appliances with
them.
Morgan added , however, that Auburn
Hall will be rewired soon. "We can't do it
during Christmas," he said, because of the
time involved, but it may be rewired dur­ing
the summer.
Morgan labeled Auburn Hall "our big­gest
worry," adding that it couldn't be
"made into a fire-resistant building be­cause
it was built in the 1930s, before pre­sent
fire standards were adopted."
The solution Morgan gave concerning
Auburn Hall's fire code violations is to
"discontinue using Auburn Hall soon. We
should build a new hall or lower the num­ber
of girls living on campus."
Director of Building and Grounds L.B.
Funchess added that "All requests have
been met at Auburn Hall."
In Dorm 12, the inspection team recom­mended
that the University install vented j
hoods over gas cook stoves, rewire thei
dorm to comply with the National Fire Pre­vention
Code, the National Electrical i
Code, enclose the stairway and install a ,
one-hour fire-rated self-closing door and'
install outside stair-type fire escapes.
However, Administrative Vice
President Ben Lanham said that Au­burn
Hall could continue to be used as a.
dormitory, since other improvements
were made which would offset the brick-veneer
construction.
Lanham said he considered Dorm 12 the
most serious problem. "It is an old, old
building which hasn't been kept up."
The Dorm "was completely rewired, had
outside fire escapes installed and work
was done on the plumbing and in the kit­chen,"
added Lanham.
Morgan said that the fire escapes at
Dorm 12 "are not legal. They are ladder-type
fire escapes, instead of stair-type."
He added that Dorm 12 has an assem­bled
fire alarm system, but it is not work­ing
due to missing parts, which should be
here soon.
The report on Magnolia Hall re­commended
a fire escape to accomodate
wing A and sections B,C,D,H,J,K,L,Gand
F to comply with the National Fire Pre­vention
Code under the Life Safety Code
Section, a manual fire alarm system, emer­gency
lighting, a dry chemical fire extin­guisher,
an automatic dry chemical fire ex­tinguishing
system in the kitchen, self-closing
doors to enclose stairways and in­vestigation
of a gas leak in the boiler room.
Morgan added that "there are fire es­capes
in every dormitory but Magnolia."
An automatic dry chemical extin­guishing
system in the kitchen, a new boil­er
vent pipe and a fire alarm system for
Sewell Hall were recommended by the in­spection
team.
However, Morgan said the University is
reluctant to install a fire-alarm system be­cause
of pranksters.
Stair-type fire escapes wererecommend-ed
for Bullard Hall Sections P-2, P-3, S-3, S-
4 TUV and the Engineering Division.
Though not named in the report, Alum­ni
Hall has been the object of extensive re­novation,
according to Morgan. "Alumni
Hall was rewired over the summer," he
said, adding, like Dorm 12, Alumni Hall
has an assembled fire alarm system which'
is not working because of missing parts
scheduled to arrive soon.
Funchess said he considers Alumni Hall
to be safe. "That building couldn't burn
down if youpoured a ton of gasoline on it,"
he said.
Lanham said he considered Alumni
Hall to be one of the three most serious pro­blems,
including Dorm 12 and Auburn
Hall, even though it was not named in the
report. "Alumni had to have a new roof
and the kitchen had to be completely re­modeled.
We had to upgrade the facil­ities,"
he said.
"Dormitories will be brought up to legal
standards whether we have the money or
not,"Morgan emphasized.
"On all three dorms, we have compbed or
are finishing up to be in compliance. It was
very important for us to get these dorms in­to
compliance with the codes," Lanham
added.
Volume 82 Number 4 Thursday, October 23,1975 Auburn, AL 36830 20 pages
AU drop'insignificant'
Plainsman wins sixth
Pacemaker Award
ACT and SAT scores decline slightly
By Beth Ingram
Plainsman Staff Writer
Changes in the aptitude test scores of
newly enrolled students at Auburn Uni­versity
are not significant despite re­ports
of lowernational averages, accord­ing
to Auburn University Admissions
Director H.N. Hawkins.
The American College Testing
Program (ACT.) scores, required by all
in-state students, have dropped about
one-tenth of a point at Auburn in the last
three years, Hawkins said. The drop on
Scholastic Aptitude Test (S.A.T.) scores
at Auburn has been approximately 18
points.
"This drop is not a really significant
one,"expl;uned Hawkins, "and it is not
anything to worry about. What con­founds
us here is the fact that although
these scores have dropped slightly, the
mean grade point average of incoming
freshman has not changed. This is what
we can't figure out."
Average ACT. and S.A.T. scores for
freshmen are not available at this time,
but Hawkins says that there could possi­bly
be a more significant change in this
year's scores. "We will just have to wait
and see," he added.
According to a September 15 issue of
The Chronicle of Higher Education, the
1974 to 1975 S.A.T. score decline was the
largest ever reported by the College En­trance
Examination Board. The verbal
section of the test showed a 10 point drop
while the mathematical section dropped
8 points.
At Auburn, the English, or verbal,
scores seem to be dropping faster, too,
Hawkins said. One reason he cited for
the lower scores on both A.C.T. and
S. A.T. is that more people are taking the
tests today than ever before. This, he sug­gested,
could be bringing the national
average down.
The Chronicle reported that the A.C.T.
composite (total)score, fell from 19.9 in
1964-65 to 18.7 in 1973-1974. Although
complete data was not available for the
1974-75 scores, Leo A. Munday, A.C.T.
vice-president for research and develop­ment,
said that average scores were al­ready
beginning to show a drop from
1973-74.
While there is agreement among ob­servers
that the decline is indeed real,
they differ in reasons for the decline and
how seriously it should be taken, accord­ing
to The Chronicle. The "new stu­dent"
is blamed by A.C.T. officials for the
lower averages.
This student, according to The Chroni­cle,
is the one who would not have at­tended
college ten years ago because he
lacked basic and traditional skills, but to­day
this student can find college pro­grams
suitable to him, and his test scores
are lowering the national averages.
Sam McCandless, the program ser­vices
officer at the College Entrance
Examination Board, explained in The
Chronicle that even if the "new student"
was the reason for the de cline in the aver­age
score, this did not explain the drop in
the number of students scoring at high
levels. Students scoring above the 600-
level on the 1975 S. A.T. verbal section fell
almost 20 per cent from the 1974 scores.
The Auburn Plainsman has been
awarded the highest national news­paper
honor a college newspaper can re­ceive,
the Associated Collegiate Press
(AC P) Pacemaker Award.
The Pacemaker has been awarded to
The Plainsman five times in the past,
with the current honor marking the
fourth consecutive time The Plainsman
has received the award—a record unpre­cedented
in the Pacemaker's history.
Representatives of The Plainsman,
Steele Holman, editor, and Nancy Frank­lin,
business manager, will attend the
ACP convention in St. Louis to accept the
award presented in opening convention
ceremonies Oct. 31.
The Pacemaker is given annually by
the American Newspaper Publisher's
Association to the top two papers in three
categories: daily publication, weekly
publication and junior college publica­tion.
Candidates for the Pacemaker Award
are cjhosen from ACP- member news­papers
who have earned two consecutive
"All American" ratings (The Plainsman
has received 19 consecutive ratings)
which are awarded by the ACP at the end
of each academic semester.
Candidates also must have consis­tently
achieved the highest possible
marks in the categories of content and
coverage, writing and editing, editorial
leadership, physical appearance and
photography for. the year being judged.
The Plainsman received the Pace­maker
in 1967,1968,1972,1973 and 1974.
The 1974 award honors The Plainsman's
1974-75 school year volume which Rheta
Grimsley Johnson edited.
Laws deal with varied of fenses
Beer can collection
promoted by contest
By Jane Parry
Plainsman Staff Writer
The brewing companies of Miller and
Schlitz are sponsoring beer can collec­tion
contests during fall quarter.' All
Beer sale
probable
By Stephanie Wolfe
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Auburn City Council ap­proved
the issuance of three beer
licenses last week to local Zippy
Marts located within one mile of
the Auburn University campus,
contrary to reports of two local
newspapers, according to Mayor
James K. Haygood.
A current Alabama law prohib­its,
the sale of alcoholic beverages
within one mile of an institution of
higher learning. Final approval
must come from the Alabama Bev­erage
Control Board before the li­censes
are actually issued.
The council said they recog­nized
that the law was on the
books, but thought it was out­dated,
Haygood said.
"We consider it one of those anti­quated
laws," he said. "When the
council made the decision, it was a
written suggestion to state govern­ment
saying, 'If yo.u want to
license them, go ahead.' I suspect
they will," he said.
sororities and fraternities are eligible to
participate in the two separate contests.
This is a nation-wide contest for Miller
and has been held here for four years.
For Schlitz this is a pilot contest being
heldnonly at Auburn and its success will
determind whether it will be continued
on a larger scale.
According to Dan Cannon of Premium
Beverages, it is going to be very success­ful.
So far 9000 pounds have been
collected by the 15 fraternities and 10
sororities competing in the Schlitz con­test.
The groups are given four points for
each pound of cans turned in and one
point for each pound of bottles. Whoever
collects the most points will win.
Prizes innthe Schlitz contest are $1000
to the winner; $500 to second place; $300
to third; and $100 to fourth and fifth.
Sororities and fraternities are com­peting
for separate prizes.
The last day to turn in the Schlitz cans
, is the last day of classes. Any recog­nized
organizationnmay join before
then. Winners will be announced the day
after.
The Miller representative, Wayne Nel­son,
4CD, said that although the turn-out
| has been slow so far it is expected to pick
up before the end of the contest. Last fall
Auburn came in seventh in the nation
competing against many schools with
much larger enrollments.
In this contest the grand prize is a
choice between such items as stereos, a
sauna bath, a refrigerator and other
prizes. Two grand prizes will be award­ed,
one to a sorority or independent
organization and the other to a fra­ternity.
Second and third prizes will be
given to whoever places, regardless of
which category they are in.
Halloween may have to be outlawed in
Auburn this year. A section of Auburn's
Code of Ordinances says no person may
wear masks or use other methods to hide
the person's identity on public or private
property within Auburn's city limits.
Any student who plans to live or is now
living in Opelika should know that
according to Opelika's Code of Ord­inances
it is illegal to keep pigs or hogs in
Opelika city limits.
Auburn's ordinances date from 1956
and Opelika's rules are from 1964.
Auburn city attorney Arnold Um-bauch
said Auburn's code is up for re­vision.
The Michie Company of Char­lottesville,
Va. is working onmodifying
the laws, with the job possibly being com­pleted
by the first of the year.
Opelika's ordinances are for the most
part changed when necessary, accord­ing
to Mike Kent, city attorney. "Most
changes come on demand or when some­one
recommends changes," he added.
According to Auburn's rules, in Au­burn
and in Auburn's police jurisdiction
adultery and fornication are illegal. The
law says these offenses are punishable
by a fine of not more than $500, a prison
term or hard labor for not over six
months. These penalties may also be
combined.
Another section of Auburn's Code
states: "No one over 12 should appear on
the street, sidewalk or other public place
or on any public conveyance in the city
while attired in a bathing suit except
within one block of the place of bath­ing."
Other Auburn rules say there should be
no marathons or walkathons in Au­burn's
city limits.
Persons under 16 should hot be outside
their homes or residences or on public
streets after midnight unless they are
with a parent or guardian or if they are
so ill they need to visit a doctor immed­iately.
Also, the Code provides that no one
should operate a gasoline station or auto­mobile
repair shop within 100 feet of a
public place of worship or church during
the usual worship hours.
Spitting and throwing debris in public
places is illegal, as well as cross burn­ings.
The sale of sneezing powder, itch pow­der
or stink bombs is also prohibited.
Opelika's Code has several ord­inances
pertaining to alcoholic bever­ages.
They say there should be no elec­tric
or painted signs which advertise al­coholic
beverages.
The sale of alcoholic beverages over
counters and bars and the sale of mixed
drinks is also prohibited, though many
bars in Opelika do sell mixed drinks.
Auburn fans living in Opelika who like
to bet on Auburn football and baseball
should be careful about making their wa­gers,
because it is illegal to bet money or
other valuables on football and baseball
games, according to Opelika's Code.
Kent said that the purpose of the law is
to keep out organized gambling, though
he has never had a case like that.
PORKY SEGREGATED FROM CITY LIFE
. . .Ordinance keeps pigs on the farm
Photo by Dan Doughtie
THE AUBURN PUINSMAN TWS. Oct. 23,1975 Page 2
ODK, Mortar Board may admit opposite sex
By Jennifer Jones
Plainsman Staff Writer
Two Auburn single-sex
organizations, Omicron Del­ta
Kappa and Mortar Board,
have recently revised their
constitutions to meet HEW Ti­tle
IX guidelines. Cwens, an
honorary organization for
outstanding sophomore
women, may have to disband
because of its "women-only"
policy.
ODK and Mortar Board are
presently accepting nomina­tions
for female and male
members.
ODK, previously a "mens"
honorary society , made a
decision to accept women
nominees Monday when the.
society's constitution was
changed, according to Ken
Henderson, ODK president.
Pro/ecf Uplift aimed at youth
"Damn Good Coach"
Those were the words that greeted
Coach Shug Jordan as he raised his arms
in recognition of the warm and gracious
tribute he received from approximately
10,000 peopie at the "Wrech Tech"
pop rally in Jordan - H a r e Stadium
on Oct. 15 Coach J o r d a n , who.
participated in his 2 5th "Wreck Tech"
parade, stated that for the first time in
25 years the entire football team was
able to see the parade.
Photo by Dyke Helms
By Jackie Romine
Plainsman Staff Writer
Ninety-five per cent of all
adult felons have juvenile re­cords
and half the crimes in
this country are committed by
youngsters not old enough to
vote, according to Tom West­moreland,
youth coordinator
for Project Uplift.
This is a challenge faced by
Project Uplift, a community
service project sponsored by
Lee County and administer­ed
by the Family and Child
Development Department at
Auburn, Westmoreland said.
The basic objective of Pro­ject
Uplift is to identify and
prevent juvenile delin­quency;
it is dedicated to pro­viding
the youth of Lee Coun­ty
with many realistic al­ternatives
to delinquency,
Westmoreland said.
- Over the past 2 years, Pro­ject
Uplift has worked with
over 350 young people. The
project works with children
up to the age of sixteen. Lee
County School systems, ju­venile
court, the Mental
' Health Center and family
members serve as referral
sources to the project.
A variety of "presenting pro-blems"
are referred, most
commonly, emotional distur­bances,
chronic behavior pro­blems,
learning problems.
family-related problems, tru­ancy,
runaways, court char­ges
and adolescent adjust­ment
problems.
Project Uplift offers sev­eral
program alternatives.
Under the Big Brother/Big
Sister program, the volunteer
trys to get to know his little
brother or sister on a one-to-one
basis. If a child has lost a
parent, a big brother or sister
contributes as an additional
adult model.
"Some of our kids have
some life-problems that are al­most
too great for them to
handle and they take it out in
school by aggression or by
withdrawal," Westmoreland
explained. By developing this
one-to-one relationship, the
volunteer is able to help the
child face his problems.
In accordance with the Big
Brother/Big Sister program
is a program in which vol­unteers
work directly with the
juvenile courts and deal
with the youths who are al­ready
on probation.
"Our aim there is to hope­fully
permit them to avoid be­coming
a second or third of­fender,"
Westmoreland said.
"If we can get to them early
enough and give them some
other options to live by, some
other lifestyle, something to
live for, then I think we're do­ing
a service."
The project is also involved
in providing jobs for .the
youth, such at, yard-work or
baby-sitting. The volunteers
provide the training, equip­ment
and transportation.
Other programs include: in­dividual
and group counsel­ing,
family life education,
camp-out group counseling,
arts and crafts classes, week­ly
recreational trips, group
training and Youth and
Volunteer Spotlights.
The volunteer, Westmore­land
said, should give the kids
new experiences. On the
weekly recreational trips, the
volunteers might take a group
of children to a play at the
University theatre, or to see
the War Eagle or even to
Montgomery or Gulf Shores.
Any new experience or new
place will broaden the young
person's understanding and
knowledge of the world that
he must soon face.
Volunteers for Project Up­lift
must be willing to commit
themselves to the project and
to the job or program they are
assigned to. But the rewards
exceed the sacrifices made,
not only personally, but
course credit is also avail­able
for the volunteer. Any­one
interested should visit the
Family Life Center in Glan-ton
House across from Haley
Center.
The World
This Week
By Russell Nolen
Plainsman Staff Writer
•
Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim of the United
Nations has asked the U.N. Security Council to prolong
the life of the U.N.-Si n ai peace force and enlarge it so it
can carry out additional duties under the Egyptian-
Israeli disengagement pact.
His formal request to the Council recommended an 836-
man increase in the 3,987-member force. It did not
specify how long the force's mandate should be extended
beyond its expiration tomorrow. Israel and Egypt agreed
to annual renewals of the mandate.
North Vietnam has helped itself to some of the eco­nomic
wealth it inherited with the conquest of South
Vietnam. Entire factories are being dismantled and
shipped from South to North Vietnam.
Organizations Day includes workshops
New York Mayor Abraham Beame and a panel of bank­ers
told Congress last Saturday that New York City will
default by the end of the year if it doesn't get massive fed­eral
assistance. A spokesman for all U.S. municipalities
added that if New York goes under, every city in the na­tion
would find it difficult and impossible to borrow
money.
World demand for cotton continues to improve at a
time when U.S. producers are harvesting their smallest
crop in eight years, according to the U.S. Agriculture De­partment.
The department's Foreign Agricultural Ser­vice
estimates that world cotton use in 1975-76 will rise 5
per cent to 60.8 million bales, up from 58.1 million last
season.
Energy prices are on the rise again as a result of the re­cent
10 per cent increase in the world price of oil and the
anticipated shortage this winter of natural gas. The price
of natural gas from producing to consuming states has
risen 25 per cent in recent months and seems bound to go
higher. Coal prices are up from 10 to 20 per cent across the
country, while the price of uranium has more than
doubled in the last six months. Substitute gas products
cost even more than natural gas products.
By Susan Counts
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Organizations Day," an
activity practiced in previous
years, has been revived and
scheduled for Saturday,
Oct. 26. j
This event was last held se­ven
years ago, but was dis­continued
because of a lack of
interest. A renewal of con­cern,
however, has prompted
the SGA Organizations Com­mittee
to bring the day back
as a type of leadership work­shop
to benefit the officers
and adviser of every charter­ed
organization at Auburn
University.
The activities will com­mence
in the Union Building
at 9 a.m. Saturday with an
invocation. Gary McClan-ahan,
2PIR, will follow, and
will discuss group dynamics
with an emphasis on the im­portance
of leadership.
Taking a break during the
middle of the day, the group
will gather in the cafeteria for
lunch and for presentation of
the "Organization of the
Year."
This award was decided u-pon
by an evaluation of the
honors and achievements of
the individual organizations
on campus. The winning
group is selected by the SGA
Organizations Committee un­der
the guidance of chairman
Jim Stewart. Director of Stu­dent
Affairs, Sue Steele, along
with Dean Foy and others,
will also be involved in the de­cision.
The announcement
will be made by Dean Foy.
Following the luncheon, the
guests will attend four half-hour
seminars on various pro­blems
that arise in the main­tenance
and functions of
organizations. A list of topics
that will be covered in sem­inars
will be presented to
those attending the -work­shop.
From the list the guests
may select the four subjects
that they wish to view.
"The committee is meeting
to determine exactly what
subjects will be included in
coverage," commented Ste­wart.
He added that some pro­bable
topics were subjects
such as a surplus or lack of
members, the writing or alter­ing
of a club constitution, pro­blems
and possible sources in
the funding of organizations,
publicity and public relations
and available meeting places.
"Organizations Day is just
going to be a day when the
leaders of Auburn's organ­izations
can meet, talk about
problems, exchange ideas
and learn new solutions," sta­ted
Biz Binnings, press secre­tary
of the SGA "We feel like
it will really be a help to the of­ficers
of the organizations."
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Letters seeking interested
"persons", in contrast to in­terested
"men", were sent
Tuesday to presidents of frat­ernities
and sororities, deans,
and other academic persons.
Nominees must be at least a
junior and at the top 35 per
cent of the class in their
school.
The proposal to accept wo­men
was previously voted out
last fall and spring.
Mortar Board, a senior
"women" student organiza­tion
to promote scholarship,
leadership and service, voted
to erase any reference to sex
in their requirements for
membership at their Na­tional
Convention, Oct. 17-18,
according to Charlotte Da­vis,
president of Mortar
Board.
"I had no idea that ODK
would be voting on it this
quarter. I knew that their na­tional
constitution allowed
women, but I didn't know
what the Auburn chapter
would do," Davis said.
Previously, "Auburn Uni­versity
and Mississippi State
were the only schools that
didn't allow women in ODK.
Cwens, is also facing prob­lems
with HEW guidelines.
. The guidelines state that an '
organization does not have to
admit members of the oppo- -
site sex if it does not receive
significant support from the '
University.
But, they do not specify '
what significant support is,
according to Betty Thomas,
Cwens advisor.
Thomas says that Cwens
first plan of action, before •
they vote on anything, is to
write to HEW to find out just.
what is meant by "signifi­cant
support." If Cwens is not
receiving this support from
the Un iversity, then perhaps
they can remain an all
woman' organization.
"We will fold as an organi­zation
before we will accept
men," Thomas said.
Accepting men in Cwens
would make a "farce of the
whole idea" of the club, she
added.
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page 3 Thurs^, Oct. 23,197S THE A U B U B N PUINSMM)
Senate tables cheerleader action
By John Carvalho
Assistant News Editor
A proposed change in the
Code of La ws forming a cheer­leader
disciplinary commit­tee,
adding the cheerleaders'
sponsor to serve on the cheer­leader
selection committee,
and allowing the selection
committee to choose the
cheerleaders' sponsor was
submitted and promptly tab­led
at the Student Senate
meeting.
Also considered by the Sen­ate
were plans for SGA
Awareness Week, an add­ition
to the Campus Solicita­tion
Law, an appointment to
the Senate and approval of an
All-Campus Fund Drive pro­gram.
Screening of shirts
to be done weekly
By Betsy Butgereit
Plainsman Staff Writer
The SGA Spirit Committee
sponsors a shirt screening on
Tuesday and Wednesday
from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. This free
service is performed on the
Union Patio for anyone with
a t-shirt.
The screening is a quick
method of painting a design
on.the shirt.
According to Director of
Spirit Reta Allen, the main
reason for this service is "spir­it—
to be a part of and help
raise the Auburn spirit."
The screening began as an
idea this summer. Allen call­ed
Phil Neel and obtained his
permission to use some of his
old football program covers.
The cover designs were
combined into a drawing that
centered around the theme of
each week's pep rally. By a
photographic ! process, the
drawings were converted in­to
screens.
Initial succets was min­imal.
Allen reported that dur­ing
the first vjeek only 30
shirts were screwed.
Interest among the stu­dents
picked ip last week,
particularly after the Wreck
Tech parade.'
Allen said, 'We only did 15
shirts on Tuesday, then by the
end of Wednesday we had
done 200. Afterthat, we didn't
even bother t« take an esti­mate."
Allen is pleased with the re­action
of the students. She
said, "They vere surprised
and, I think, pleased. They
recognized it was a good
deal."
The shirt screening will not
be held this week. However, it
will resume agtin next week
and continue until the end of
the season.
The proposed cheerleader
disciplinary committee would
include the SGA director of
spirit, the dean of Student Af­fairs,
the president of the A-Club,
and the athletic direc­tor.
The director of Women's
Intramurals, the cheer
leaders' sponsor and the SGA
president would also be in­cluded.
Three members of this com­mittee,
the dean of Student
Affairs, the cheerleaders'
sponsor and the director of
spirit, plus the head cheer­leader,
would be empowered
to call a meeting of this com­mittee.
In other action, the Senate
announced that today would
be SGA Awareness Day. The
SGA will give away snow-cones
from 9-12 noon today on
Haley Center concourse.
A questionnaire will also be
given out to students during
the snow-cone give-away to
ask their opinions concern­ing
the SGA
The senators visited their
constituents earlier this week.
They visited dormitories,
chapter meetings of sorori­ties,
and four off-campus
apartment complexes—Neill
House, Campus Inn, Windsor
Hall and Dexter Arms.
An addition of two new sec­tions
to the Campus Soli­citation
Law, which was re­cently
signed by Pres. Harry
Philpott, was approved.
The two new sections read:
"The use for purposes of pri- ~
vate instruction of any Au­burn
University recreational
facility which derives a por­tion
of its operating funds
from Student Activity Fees
must first be approved by the
Director of Recreational Ser­vices.
"Any such instruction for
which a fee is received shall
be considered a commercial
solicitation and thus shall be
under the jurisdiction of the
Campus Concessions Board
and the provisions of this
Campus Solicitation Law."
Layne Carruth, sponsor of
the addition, explained that
this addition was mainly di­rected
at tennis and swim­ming
instructors who use
University facilities for no
charge, but charge for les­sons.
They will now be con­sidered
commercial enter­prises
under the Campus Soli­citation
Law.
The Senate also approved
the appointment of Al
Thompson, 2PB, to fill the
School of Business Senate
seat vacated by Anita Gentle
because of illness.
Thompson presently holds
the position of assistant to
SGA Pres. Bert Young. Young
indicated that Thompson will
continue to serve in both ca­pacities.
The Alpha Tau Omega-Al­pha
Chi Omega- Halloween
Spook Spectacular was ap­proved
by the Senate as a part
of the All-Campus Fund
Drive.
Proceeds from the party
which will be held Friday,
Oct. 31, at the ATO house, will
go to cystic fibrosis.
Also, a resolution was pass­ed
by the Senate to challenge
The Plainsman and or WEGL
to a football game, to be held
Sunday, Nov.9, at Max Mor­ris
Drill Field.
Winter quarter registration schedule
Students Changing
Schools on campus must
reprt to the Registrar's Of­fice
for an official registra­tion
permit and relevant
instructions. Transfers
from other colleges must
obtain official permits and
pertinent instructions
from the Admissions Of­fice.
Students should pre-register
for the 1976 Win­ter
Quarter by schools ac­cording
to the following
schedule:
Agriculture
Pre-registration for, the
School of Agriculture stu­dents
for the Winter Quar­ter
will be held according
to the schedule shown be­low.
Students (except the
Biology majors) would
clear their course requests
in Comer 109 in one of the
following periods:
Tues., Oct. 28 __
8-12 and 1-4:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 29
8-12 and 1-4:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 30
8-lii and 1-4:30 p.m.
Architecture and
fine Arts
Students will complete
course request forms ac­cording
to the following
schedule:
Architecture (including
Interior Design): Fresh­men,
Oct. 30: Sophomores,
Oct. 31; Juniors, Nov. 3;
Seniors and Fifth-Year
Students, Nov. 4. Depart­ment
Office and Design
Studios, Biggin Hall 210.
W ^ui|(*ta*Sc^Bc%Oct.27
through Nov.J, in tfass or
.Ps^Steieni^OfJA, 108
Biggin Hall.
Industrial Design: Oct.
27 through Oct. 31 from 1
to 5 p.m., Industrial De­sign
Office, 95 Biggin
Hall.
Music: Oct. 27 through
Nov. 6 in Department Of­fice,
Goodwin Music Build­ing.
Theatre: Oct. 27 through
Oct. 29 in Department Of­fice,
University Theatre.
Education
Freshmen in the School
.of Education and in the
Dual Objectives Program
who will have 47 hours or
less at the end of the Fall
Quarter, 1975, will regi­ster
in HC 3084:
Tues. & Wed.—Oct. 28-29
Tues. & Wed.—Nov. 3 &
4
8-1130 a.m.; 1-4:30 p.m.
8 -1130 a.m.; 1-4:30 p.m.
All other students in the
School of Education and in
the Dual Objectives Pro­gram
should check with
.the appropriate depart­ment
secretary before Oct.
27, to. make an appoint­ment
with their advisor.
Elementary Education
"HC5090
Health, PE, & Recrea­tion
HC5080
Secondary Education
, HC 5040
Vocational & Adult
Education) i
HC5028
Rehab. ctSpecial
HC 1122
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Mon., Oct. 27.1975
Spring 1974 Admissions— |
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Tues., Oct. 28! 1975
Summer 1974 Admissions
Fall 1974 Admissions
Wed.j Oct. 29,1975
Spring 1975 Admissions
Fall 1975 Admissions
and
Pre-Engwieering
Engineering students,
including. Pre-Engineer-ing,
may. plan schedules
with advisors during the
week of Oct. 27-Nov. 6,
1975.
School of Business
0tf.27-Nbv. 6
Students should report
to Thach, Room 219, from
8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. for
accomplishment and ap­proval
of course request
forms.
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Horsin' around
In these days of overcrowded streets, filled parking
lots, congested halls and filled bike racks, this student
couple find that riding a horse might be the answer to
their traveling problems on the Auburn campus. The
only complaint would come from those students who
walk instead of ride.
Photo By Patty DiSienzo
Damage horn Eloise nearly $104,000
Approximately $104,000 in
damage on Auburn's campus
as a result of Hurricane Eloise
has been reported by L.E.
Funchess, director of Build­ing
and Grounds.
The greatest damage oc-cured
to the roofs on Bullard
Hall, the men's dormitory,
which will cost $28,000 to re­pair,
and to the roof vent and
associated equipment at the
Coliseum, which will be about
$28,000 to repair, Funchess
said.
Funchess estimates that
over 50 per cent of the build­ings
on campus had minor
roof damage.
Insurance covers only
buildings on campus. There­fore,
Auburn has applied for
federal government assis­tance
to cover the depletion
loss from insurance pay­ments
on the buildings and
Give the world
a piece of
your mind.
Call ACTION.
800-424-8580
for miscellaneous damages
such as tree clean-up and fen­cing
repairs.
Although the damage, ac­cording
to Funchess, "has
been a burden to Building and
Ground crews, normal dorm
repairs are not being ignored.
Funchess says that stu­dents
will not be inconven­ienced
because of the addi­tional
work load of crews and
at the moment only carpen­ters
are not following their
normal schedule.
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Thurs., Oct. 23,1975 page 4
Dirt farming due for comeback
Cwens to quit ?
Cwens, the sophomore women's honorary, faces the possibility of being dissolved
because of the HEW Title IX guidelines.
Cwens has provided a tremendous amount of social services in and around Au­burn:
they have gathered clothes for donation to the needy, collected books and ma­gazines
for the Lee County jail, and frequently have money-raising projects for
different charity organizations.
Another service is "Cwen Callers," which helps freshmen women adjust to uni­versity
life. And the Wreck Tech parade wouldn't be the same without Cwen's candy
apples, another of their annual non-profit endeavors.
Cwens, Old English for "queen," is an organization structured around women. If
Cwens was changed to include men, it would lose its meaning. The whole organ­ization
is founded on strengthening a woman. It recognizes that women are dif­ferent
from men and that certain qualities in women need developing just as cer­tain
qualities in men need debeloping.
HEW requires both sexes to be eligible for membership in an Organization when
the organization receives "significant support" from a university.
HEW has failed to define "significant support" at Auburn University. Cwens re­ceives
no funding from the University, only recognition. Is this significant support?
Cwens doesn't believe so, and at a national meeting this weekend members voted
to disband before accepting male members. They do believe though, that Cwens
needs university recognition, so any notions to move off campus have been dis­missed.
The Plainsman regrets that Cwens faces possible self-termination unless it can
cope with the HEW guidelines.
We respect what Cwens stands for. Auburn needs Cwens and what it can do for the
Auburn woman and the Auburn community
Dirt. The way I say it makes my
friends laugh. The word has a bad con­notation
to most people, synonymous
with "unclean." But there was a time
when dirt as in "dirt farming" was an
integral part of the Auburn scene. No
more.
The whole school, or the vocal, moving
part of it, has turned its back on the two
words written in the stone of Samford
Hall: Agriculture and Mechanics.
We do laugh at the Auburn jokes we
hear, because they're funny. But behind
the laughter, there's a little of the hurt
some of us feel when a racial joke is told.
The implications of backwardness,
stupidity and redneckness are re­sented
by all, city people and small
towners alike.
For some almost inexplicable reason,
Auburn has become ashamed of its heri­tage,
its kinship with the land. We've
cleaned the dirt from under our finger­nails
and brushed it out of our trouser
cuffs, trying to go the route of the Uni­versity
of Alabama or Vanderbilt or even
Yale.
Arts and Sciences students and Busi­ness
students are undoubtedly the ones
who speak up and get their accomplish­ments
publicized. Haley Center, seat of
Arts and Sciences and Education, is now
the focal point of student life. The
Plainsman, composed mostly of Arts and
Science students, tends to cover that
school fully but disregard such activities
as the livestock judging team.
Agriculture and Engineering students
are a smaller proportion of the stu­dent
body now than, say, 10 years ago.
Many students probably don't know a
single ag student.
But until recently, the humanities and
social sciences were considered, merely
supportive of engineering, agriculture,
veterinary and other vocational disci­plines.
We were called an institute then
because the programs in the supportive
curriculums weren't strong enough for
Auburn to rate the title of university.
Now what was supportive is definitely
in the front seat, and those disciplines
that were supported have taken a back
seat. The Arts and Sciences, Business,
and Education schools have gained pre­dominance
in the minds of Auburn Uni­versity,
both students and administra­tion.
But let's leave our vantage point high
atop Haley Center and look at the school
from different perspectives to see where
the pride of Auburn truly rests.
First, look at Auburn through the eyes
of a farmer from, for example, Magnolia
Springs, Ala., in Baldwin County. He
may only know firsthand one person
who attended Auburn, the county exten­sion
agent. He feels suspicious of almost
all the apparent products of the college.
College wrought changes scare him,
except the changes caused by the advice
the extension agent gives him about
growing soybeans and watermelons.
Only one remote case, perhaps, but
he's one of thousands in Alabama whose
incomes are directly related to agricul­ture,
forestry and livestock raising. What
Auburn University does directly afftcts
their livelihoods because they apply
what is developed and taught here.
Now, look at Auburn from the stand­point
of a farmer in Burma or Iniia.
While we may look upon Thomas Edison
or Albert Einstein as the greatest think­ers
of our time, this fanner more likely
looks upon Homer Swingle, Auburn's
pioneer in pond fish culture, as one of the
era's greatest individuals. Quite pro­bably,
Auburn never will be interna­tionally
known as a great center for the
humanities, but we already have that
distinction about food production.
And here we are, wincing at
burn jokes about dumb farmers.
Au-
The day may come in this country, as it
already has in many nations, that there
isn't enough food to go around. There
won't be a hamburger joint on every cor­ner.
Dieting won't be the problem that it
is today; the problem will be getting
nourishment to survive.
Then we'll see who laughs at jokes
about dumb Auburn. The past has shown
Auburn as a farming school. The threat
of future famines demands that Auburn
keep its heart and mind doge to the
land.
I left a farming home very, very glad to
be away from the farm, just as Auburn
has turned its attention from agricul­ture.
Now I know better and appreciate
farming, even if I don't go back to it.
It's time for Auburn people to appreci­ate
the school's heritage of helping peo­ple
grow food.
The Cow College. The Food College—
not a Harvard or a University of Ala­bama,
and not wanting to be like those
schools. The Food College—ready to
meet the demands of the future, serving
the needs of the people who really de­pend
on us.
With world hunger growing as it is, being called the Cow College isn't a bad thin*
after all. Photo by Dan Dough\ie
The typesetter blues V* decline and fall of an Auburn family
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Did you notice that some of the front page type on last week's Plainsman didn't
look just right? Were some cutlines under photos missing?
The Plainsman's somewhat ragged makeup last week and this week is caused by a
typesetting computer that breaks down again and again. It's pastits useful life, but
we still have to use it.
Ragged looking or not, The Plainsman will still be waiting for you on Thursday
mornings, with its complete coverage of Auburn University.
SGA Awareness
So the SGA is giving us a snow cone today to make us aware of it. Perhaps
this tells us something about the SGA.
Those first few years of my life were
happy ones.
Back then, the family spent Saturday
afternoons in autumn . contentedly
gathered around the television, urging
Tucker Frederickson and the rest of the
Auburn Tigers onto victory, or crying
with them over an occasional defeat.
were sown, and since then it's never
been the same.
In that ill-fated year, my mother decid­ed
to go back to school. She began at­tending
the University of Alabama Cen­ter
in Gadsden. It was then that subtle
but irrevokable changes in her loyalties
began to occur.
The changes were not too noticeable at
first. Except for cheers that were not
quite as loud as before and that faint
smile that liftedthe corners of her mouth
when? the other team scored, she ap->
peared to be the same mother I'd always-known
and loved.
I never dreamed that these changes
would result in my mother's ultimate
delinqua
cy of my brother and sister.
The summers of 1970 and 1971 fou»d
my family, except for Dad, living some­where
I never wanted to visit—Tusca­loosa,
site of "That Other School." We
moved there so that Mother could com­plete
her residency requirements for her
Masters.
Those summers were the two most
miserable of my life. Imagine it—nearly
six months of living, (no, existing, for
that was no life) surrounded by "Them." could, I went home. Now home is sup-
&j$ i i •'•*&$ posed* to be a shelter—somewhere you
places it with one of "Those"; I scrape it
off, etc.)
Last year they added insult to injury,
With high hopes and a "Pluck Those Tur­keys"
poster, my boyfriend and I set out
for Legion Field and the Auburn-Ala­bama
showdown.
I don't have to remind any Auburn
fans of the score.
Anyhow, after putting it off as long as I
Hard work, good grades assure nothing
I saw my brother Terry last week for
the first time in about five weeks. He's a
sophomore at the University of South
Carolina.
After all the brotherly horsing around
j and kidding that goes on between us, we
I settled down into our traditional sarcas-
I tic conversation about college and what
I it means to us.
I
I
I We talked about courses, teachers, stu-
( dy, girls, dorm rooms, crazy roommates,
hallmates, all-nighters, midnight esca­pades,
old friends and the same rip-offs
that each of us goes through even though
we're in different parts of the country.
Exhausting our biting remarks and
overall sadistic views of school, we slip­ped
into a philosophical view of how it
feels to be a senior—mostly considering
the pros and cons of my senior year.
It seems that I don't know exactly
what I want to do or where I want to go
after I get out. It's what someone long
ago termed the "senior blues."
And as we discussed my future, Terry
brought up an incident that is somewhat
shocking and yet still very unreal to me.
Terry told me about a senior at South
Carolina who blew his head off with a
gun. He left no letters of explanation or
reasons for his actions. He just went and
blew his head off.
The police later spoke to his room­mate,
and his roommate could only say
that he thought that it could only have
been because he was fed up with the
school and the pressure it brought. He
just couldn't take it anymore.
And that is what makes me sad and an­gry
at the same time. I don't know about
you, but my brother and I grew up with
the words "study hard and you'll go to
college one day and make something of
yourself ringing in our ears. And I be­lieve
it still, maybe because I still have
faith in the good old American College
Dream, or maybe because I'm still brain­washed.
But my belief is slowly dimin­ishing
as the dream explodes like the life­less
bullet shot from a gun.
The senior at U.S.C. might have
grown up with the Dream like we did. He
might have felt that college was the step­ping
stone to success and that he had to
go to college in order to be successful.
This is what the Dream says and what
we are led to believe.
But long ago I learned one thing that
sticks out i n my mind constantly as I at­tend
class. College isn't for everyone.
There are some students in classrooms
who just don't belong there.
Now, everyone should have a chance
for an education, but we should not be
brainwashed into thinking that it is the
key to success and the door to riches.
Maybe the senior at U.S.C. realized this,
but at a time when it was too late. He
didn't wait for the Dream to destroy him;
he destroyed himself.
Maybe school just wasn't for him.
Maybe the Dream forced him to go where
he didn't belong. The senior took the 70's
way out. And in the slang terms of to­day,
he "punted."
I have yet to find the answer to the se­cret
of success of college, if there even is
one. And I will probably never discover
the riches that the Dream says school
will always bring if you just work hard
and make good grades. And until we de­stroy
this American College Dream that
school always brings happiness, there
may be more seniors who take the tragic
way out.
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And the embarrassment of it all! Each
morning Mother, clad in comfortable
sportswear and Grasshopper tennis
shoes and embracing a UA notebook, be­gan
her ascent of the hill from Rose-tower
to her classes. And every after­noon
she chased butterflies. She claimed
it was for an entomology class, but I'm
sure it was therapy.
My siblings, who by now always wore
red and white and began each day with a
big "Roll, Tide, Roll!," were more fla­grant
in their decline.
I knew I had to act quickly and I also
realized it was too late for them. I'm sure
it's still a mystery to those Bama stu­dents,
whose children I baby sat, how
their little Paul came to know j the words
to "War Eagle" and the Auburn alma
mater.
Finally those two summers were over,
but the real pain had just begun.
The reign of peace which prevailed
over Saturday afternoons had ended.
It was the Civil War all over again.
Brother against sister, sister against sis­ter,
mother against daughter. Some­times
I even feared that it was father
against daughter.
No longer could we watch football
games together. It was much too danger­ous
for all involved.
I was forced to take refuge either at the
home of my suitemate, a fervent Auburn
fan, or my grandparents, also War Eagle
fans.
Then came incidents that even now are
difficult for me to discuss. Things like 35-
zip. Things like the Battle of the Car Stic­kers.
(I put an Auburn sticker on the Pin­to,
sister Karen scrapes it off and re-can
go after upset and defeat to lick your
'wounds and revive yourself for the next
battle—right?
My home used to be a place like that.
Not any more, though.
When I went home that sad night, my
eyes met an unmitigated display of bad
taste and lack of class—right there on my
own front lawn. Toilet paper and pos­ters
reading "Roll Tide!" and "We're
Number 1!" littered the area. Some even
went so far as to flaunt the day's score.
The inside of the house was no better.
Not even my own room was spared. I still
shudder when I think about it.
But even these years have had some
moments of joy. Times like the year of 17-
16.
And there is an even more personal
time which is etched fondly and indeli­bly
on my heart and in my mind.
It came about when my dad was at­tempting
to settle that question he is ask­ed
most frequently around our house­hold.
"Now, Gu8, tell her right now who
you're really for," my mother demanded
smugly. Then she made her fatal mis­take.
She turned to face me.
Dad quickly took advantage of the situ­ation.
"Yes," he said slyly, with a grin and a
roguish wink to me from behind Mother's
back, "I'm for Alabama."
And then I knew all was not lost. My
dad, standing steadfast and true, had not
succumbed to the mania which had
wrought such tragic changes in my
mother, my sister and my brother.
ITHE AUBURN
PLAIN SMAN
Steele Holman, Editor
Nancy Franklin, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: ManagingEditor,ChristyHudgins;NewsEdi-tor,
Steve Grenade; Features Editor, Tim Lockhart; Associate Editor, Jimmy
Parham; Sports Editor, Mike Jackson; Editor, Editorial Board chairman,
Steele Holman.
Entertainment Editor, Jodi Leach; Copy Editor, Charlotte Davis; Technical
Editor, Tina Likos; Photographic Editor, Dan Dough tie.
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.
V
pageS Thura., Oct. 23,197S
Mag alum talks
Editor, The Plainsman:
In reply to the editorial by Christy
Hudgina about men's housing at Au­burn,
I would like to inject some personal
information as a Mag Dorm resident of
the past. How things change—the only
time the dorm was full back in the early
6Q's was the fall quarter. Now Ireadthey
are waiting to get in. Forced to rent apart­ments??
That was the "inthing" in my
collegiate days.
I do know for a fact the dorms were
; clean back them. The bathrooms were
clean and the halls were swept and
polished. Rooms were kept clean to the
desires of the occupants. There had to be
room inspection once a week to get some
residents to clean up occasionally.
I can't believe that an age group that
was a part of the streaking fad could
honestly be upset over sharing facil­ities
in the bathrooms and a college de­gree
doesn't automatically entitle one to
a maid to dean up behind them.
DOONESBURY
Small rooms? I can't believe they have
shrunk that much. I've seen many bull
sessions that 12-15 participated in and I
guess it wasn't too crowded because
these lasted sometimes five or six hours.
Maybe we weren't as smart as today's
generation and I didn't realize we
weren't living in luxury and comfort.
I do applaud Ms. Hudgins' efforts to
see that men and women's housing is e-qualj>
ut I don't think her effort should be
used here. Many people would be pleased
with this housing and certainly with to­day's
cost it can't be justified to do away
with Mag dorm. There is nothing
wrong with Mag dorm, and when it is
clean and kept properly—it wasn't even
air conditioned in my day. There is a lot
to be said for dorm life.
I think many times of the days I lived
in Mag dorm. I really enjoyed those
days and have many fond memories. I
especially think of the old community
showers when I'm in mine and the wash­ing
machine changes cycles!!
L. C. McMurphy'65
Millman
corrects
misquote
Editor, The Plainsman:
May I correct a statement in your Oct. 9
article on the Teacher/Course Evalua­tion
Program? What I said in the tele­phone
interview was that the recent
Teacher Evaluation booklets do not seem
to ha vebeen useful to students who were
selecting courses and instructors.
I am most certainly in favor of the
puHRcation of useful data. What we need
is/M well-constructed, well-administered
Questionnaire.
Mary M. Millman
Instructor of French
;Readers are invited
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by Garry Trudeau
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Toomer's Corner
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One reasonably impartial observer at the Toomer's Corner Pep rally following the
Kentucky game Oct. 11 was actor WillGeer, who performed in the Student Activities
Building with alumnus Mike Wilson. Standing next to the A uburn Federal Savings .
and Loan building for about 40 minutes, Geer took in the wild scene with a mellow
eye. "This is a great example of what America should be," he commented, "I hope it
never ends."
Pep rallies called'childish9
tor, The Plainsman:
I regret that the Plainsman has glo­rified
the childish and idiotic behavior ex­hibited
by students and townspeople
alike following Auburn football
victories. Why not show photographs of
Toomers Corner on Sunday mornings
covered with toilet paper, beer cans
and broken bottles? How about a shot of
an elderly B and G worker climbing up a
ladder to remove strips of students' folly
from the trees on the edge of Samford
Park.
On Thursday, five days after the game,
wads of toilet paper could still be Been on
the streets. Do 500 football fans have
the right to create an ugly sight that the
rest of the student body and the pop­ulation
of Auburn have to look at for sev­eral
days?
Are football fans beyond the law?
Sometimes it certainly seems so. Would
the police allow protesters to block the
streets of Auburn, drink alcoholic bev­erages
in public, Utter the streets and
throw firecrackers? Certainly not, these
are illegal activities and if some people
are going to be punished for them then all
should.
In the future I would hope that this old
tradition of screaming at Toomers Corn­er
will go out with rat caps and stuffing
people in phone booths. If fans are going
to continue to make a nuisance of them­selves,
why don't they go to Sewell Hall
to celebrate? There they might be appre­ciated.
David Word
6ZY
AU 'Spirit Scrooge9 chosen
Editor, The Plainsman:
I thought last Saturday evening's ral­ly
at Toomer's Corner spoke well for the
traditional Auburn spirit. Most local
businesses near Toomer's corner have al­ways
supported such displays of Auburn
spirit, so I was quite disappointed by the
actions of the manager of the new
Mac Donald's hamburger estab­lishment.
I had pulled in to buy some ham­burgers,
but decided to first stroll up to
the corner. As I left my car a policeman
yelled, "Hey boy, want your car towed a-way?"
I was amazed to see this police­man
and the manager standing in the
parking lot threatening to tow away any
non-customer care.
I personally feel that such actions,
while expected during a normal class
week, are unnecessary during Auburn's
occasional celebrations at Toomer's. I
would expect better public relations with
potential customers, since the rally ob­viously
produced a large number of hun­gry
prospective customers. I know I'll
never buy another "Big Mac" from him.
In any case, I nominate our new Mac-
Donald's firm as the Auburn Spirit
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page 7 Thurs., Oct. 23,1975 THE AUBURN PUlNftUN
State must okay vote
By Stephanie Wolfe
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Alabama State Legislature has the power to approve a
change in city elections which would make it possible for Au­burn
students to run for city council positions and vote in mun­icipal
elections, according to Mayor James K. Haygood, Au­burn
city mayor.
Haygood said that the Auburn students have been concern­ed
over the matter since 1962, and the subject was brought up a-gain
about two years ago. The proposal was rejected at that
time because of the scheduling of municipal elections, which
are held on the second Tuesday in AuRust of every fourth year.
"We are asked why we can not hold elections in the spring
when the majority of the student body is here," said Haygood,
"but it would entail changing state law and an act of the leg­islature
to move elections to the time suggested in April or
May."
Two major problems are involved with the change. The pre­sent
city council is not willing to suggest the change to the state
legislature because they want to continue holding elections at
the same time other cities are conducting their elections.
Another drawback is the fact that Auburn uses voting mach­ines
owned by Lee County. April and May are ordnarily the
months for state primaries and county elections, which would
make the voting machines unavailable for the city of Auburn.
"The idea of having an Aubum student on the city council is
quite conceivable," said Haygood. "The only requirements are
that they be a resident of the city for more than three months
and be a registered voter.
"In 1972, and even before that, we've had students run for
council positions. In the last election, 28 or 29 candidates ran
for the nine council seats. Two of those were Auburn students.
"The second ward, running along West Glenn Avenue, is
heavily populated by students, and most likely, if a student
were to run from that particular ward with a great deal of back­ing,
they would win. I look on students as citizens since they
live the majority of the year here."he said.
From time to time, beginning in 1966, arrangements were
made for a non-voting student representative to the city coun­cil.
In regard to the representative, Haygood said, "He could
serve as a monitor. Presently, we may be guilty of not weighing
the effect of a proposal on the student.
"The representative may be used to point out things which
- the lawmakers did not take into consideration and designate
matters of policy that effect them."
"The truth of the matter is that the previous non-voting re­presentative
lost interest and only lasted a few months, possi­bly
because the meetings sometimes get to be rather dull. It's
hard to get someone to attend two meetings a month for two
and a half hours each time.
"I believe the previous SGA President appointed a repre­sentative
last year, and if he can find an interested party, Bert
Young may appoint someone this year."
The present council, elected in October of 1972, has the first
Thursday night of each month set aside for Community Re­lations
Night at the National Guard Armory.
"This was designed to allow citizens to say anything they
would like to say in an informal atmosphere," Haygood said.
"It also provides an excellent forum for. students to voice their
opinions on city affairs. However, attendance has fallen. down
in recent months and the only ones who seem to be going are the
councilmen assigned to each night."
MAYOR HAYGOOD OVERSEES THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
. . .A voting student representative is possible if state laws change
Photo by Dan Doughtie
Judges chosen to review Homecoming candidates
By Maureen Drost
Plainsman Staff Writer
Lillian Smith an Au­burn
citizen and wife of re­tired
Air Force Lt. Col. Frank
Smith, was chosen Tuesday
as one of the six judges re-,
quired for today's pre­liminary
selection of candi­dates
for Homecoming
Queen.
Secretary of Political Af­fairs
Ken Henderson, 4PL,
said he and the other Board of
Elections members agreed to
Smith's appointment be­cause
they thought she would
be a good judge and would be
unbiased since she has no
connection with the students.
Other members of the
Board of Elections are Stu­dent
Government Asso­ciation
President Bert Young,
SGA Vice President Tommyi
Eden and SGA senators Gus°
Lott, Kathy Graves, Sara
Dominick, and Lee Perrett.
Evelyn Jordan, wife of .
Coach Shug Jordan, and
Young, Eden, Henderson and
Lillian Randall, SGA secre­tary,
are also judges. The
Code of Laws requires that
the SGA President, Vice
President, Secretary and
Secretary of Political Affairs
be preliminary judges in add­ition
to the two others selec­ted
by the Board of Elections.
Preliminary judging of
Homecoming Queen cand­idates
is today. The six judges
will interview the candidates,
and narrow the list of cand­idates
to 20. During prelimi­nary
judging candidates will
be judged on the bases of
personality, poise, spon­taneity,
beauty and intell­igence
with five points poss­ible
for each category.
Tomorrow five non-student
judges selected by Omicron
Delta Kappa fraternity will
narrow the field to the five,
candidates who will be on the
homecoming election ballot'.
The judges are former Miss
Homecoming of 1969, Nancy
Carr Bun tin, from Columbus,
Ga., Opelika lawyer John
Denson, Idelle Brooks with
WCOV-TV in Montgomery,
Dennis Calhoun from Colum­bus,
Ga. and Tom Eden, the.
father of SGA Vice President
Tommy Eden from Mont­gomery.
Candidates will meet
Oct. 28. Campaigns will be
from 10 a.m. Nov. 2 until mid­night
Nov. 5.
Homecoming Elections will
be Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The other item on the Home- -
coming Election ballot be­sides
the selection of Home­coming
Queen will be a con­stitutional
amendment call­ing
for the deletion of Article
III, Section 2 from the SGA
Constitution.
Article HI, Section 2 states:
"The Associated Women Stu­dents
shall constitute an in­dependent
executive depart­ment
of this government, and
shall govern social rules and
regulations pertaining to wo­men
students."
Voting can be done Nov. 6
at the following places: one
place each at the forestry,
building, Biggin Hall, home'
economics building, Ram­say
Hall, Funchess and Co­mer
Halls, Veterinary School,
Thach Hall, Miller Hall, Shop
Alley, art building and band
concourse.
Voting can also be done in
the cafeteria and lobby of the
Auburn Union, four areas on
the patio, one area inside Ha­ley
Center and two areas in
front and one in back of Com­mons.
Omicron Delta Kappa
fraternity provides financial
backing and technical
arrangements for Home­coming,
said Henderson.
Henderson said he approves
the final judges ODK gets.
ODK, according to Hen­derson
also pays for the poll
workers' food on election day,
arranges for the announce­ment
of the Homecoming
Queen at halftime of the
homecoming game, lines up
the escorts, pays for the flow­ers
and gets the silver bowl to
be presented to the queen.
Evangelist visits Auburn
Archie Dennis Jr., a sing­ing
evangelist with the Billy
Graham Crusades, will ap­pear
in Langdon Hal1 Oct.27
at 7:30 p.m.
Dennis, who starred with
the Roberta Martin Singers of
Chicago, HI., has recently re­turned
form his 18th trip
abroad, covering every con­tinent
in the world.
In July, 1972, Dennis part­icipated
in the Billy Graham
Crusades in Cleveland, Ohio.
Since that time he has been a
regular guest at many of the
Crusades.
A three-week tour to Japan
and five nights at the Royal
Albert Hall in London are
scheduled for Dennis in the
near future.
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OUR CHILDREN MAY GO TO BED HUNGRY
.The world's rising population may cause a critical food shortage by the year 2000
Photo by Dan Doughtie
Plainsman
Probes
Agricultural
Research
All ponds known worldwide
By Marian Hollon
Assistant Features Editor
"Not many fishermen start on an ordinary fishing trip in the
morning and find themselves working to feed millions of hun­gry
people in the evening. Homer Scott Swingle Swingle did
exactly that.
"In the morning of his fisheries career that began at Auburn
in 1934, he searched for methods to create good 'fishing holes' in
Alabama where there were none; in the evening, he sought
ways to put fish in the diets of protein-hungry people around the
world."
So read the program at the dedication of Swingle Hall, home
of the fisheries program here on the Auburn campus.
While working on pond management for sport fishing,
Swingle became involved in producing fish in ponds as a source
of food crop.
He received worldwide recognition as a result of his contribu­tions
to the development of aquaculture, the production offish
in a controlled or semi-controlled environment.
Swingle served as a fisheries consultant to the governments
of Israel and Thailand in 1957 and India in 1961. He partici­pated
in the Pacific Science Congress as the U.S. pond fish cul­ture
representative and also led many foreign fisheries meet­ings
and programs. He was a member of President Lyndon B.
Johnson's Panel of Specialists of Food for Peace in Vietnam in
1966.
Swingle also contributed greatly to the field of teaching. Peo­ple
traveled to Auburn from all over the world to study his
methods. During the late 1940s Swingle developed a highly re­puted
undergraduate and graduate teaching program.
He won many awards, including the U.S. Departmentof Con­servation
Award in 1951, Man oftheYearin Southern Aqua-culture
in 1958 and Governor's Conservation Award in I960.
Swingle died on May 20, 1973,at the age of 70, shortly before
his scheduled retirement.
In 42 years, pond and laboratory research facilities have
grown and undergone modernization to create what is now the
largest pond research station in the world. The estimated value
of the Auburn facilities is approximately $2 million.
International involvment began in 1967, primarily through
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
which is a division of the U.S. State Department.
. The international project between Auburn and the USAID in­volved
assistance to developing countries in the production of
adequate amounts of fish.
The fisheries program at Auburn was further strengthened
by the establishment of the International Center for Aquacul­ture
on June 25,1970. A grant was awarded to the program un­der
the agreement signed by Dr. John H. Hannah for USAID
and Pres. Harry M. Philpott.
Dr. D.D. Moss, assistant director of the International Center
for Aquaculture, stated that the purposes of the fisheries pro­gram
are two-fold toward developing countries'. "We work with
local biologists and help them in their own extension pro­grams
and fisheries, and we develop personnel of the country so
they can carry out their own program."
'. Emphasis is not only placed on food production but on fami­ly
planning as well, Moss commented.
Developing countries face many problems with their fisher­ies
resources. Moss offered the explanation that some countries
do not produce enough fish products to take care of their eating
habits. He cited the Philippines as one such example.
' "It is not uncommon for each person in this country to con­sume
40 pounds of fish per year," Moss said.
. Moss also pointed out that the tropical waters near many
'developing countries are not fertile or rich enough for large
quantities of fish to be raised.
In his paper on the "Benefits of Fish Culture to Developing
Countries," Dr. Richard T. Lovell, associate profesor of Fisher­ies
and Allied Aquacultures, explained that in the developing
countries "the cost of production is prohibitively great for the
fish to be purchased by much of the local population."
Auburn University's Department of Fisheries, especially
since the establishment of its International Center for Aqua­culture,
has contributed to international fisheries programs
with 80 per cent of its staff participating directly in overseas
projects.
Moss said that the program has grown to a point where exist­ing
projects are now being carried on in the Philippines, Brazil,
El Salvador and Nigeria. Work has recently been completed in
Panama and Thailand.
In all, Auburn has been involved in short term studies and
fish culture surveys in 30 countries.
Since the beginning of international participation in 1967,
the Fisheries Department has trained a considerable number
of students from all over the United States and from foreign
countries. Moss suggested that the department gives the
foreign students, who lack agriculture facilities in their coun­tries,
a good background.
The field facilities and emphasis on applied research provide
a unique approach to experimentation. Included in the facili­ties
is a modern three-story building, Swingle Hall, with of­fices,
research and teaching laboratories and lecture halls.
Moss also mentioned the small and large pond research areas
on the list of facilities. The combined research areas constitute
1500 acres with about 200 earthen and concrete ponds.
Critical point
Feeding the world
By Tim Lockhart
Features Editor
"By skipping or reducing one meal a week you can help feed a
hungry child overseas."
"What do you mean you won't eat all yourvegetables?Just
think about all those starving people in Asia."
"A spokesman for the Biafran government reported today
that the food shortage in that country is 'extremely serious' and
called on the U. S. for aid."
A conservative estimate places the number of people in the
world suffering from "malnutrition or worse" at about 460 mil­lion.
...And the stark pictures of those huddled and gaunt child­ren
with their swollen bellies, staring into the camera and
starving to death.
"We're at the point now where it's critical," said Dr. Stanley
Wilson, associate director of the Agricultural Experiment Sta­tion
Stystem and assistant dean of the School of Agriculture..
"We must begin doing two things at once," Wilson said.
"We have to keep working on our agricultural research pro­jects
and work on controlling the world's population. We have
to do them both; they go hand in hand. We will avoid a famine
in 30 years if we work now on research and the population pro­blem."
Wilson explained that although food production is rising as a
result of research, the world population is increasing at a much
faster rate.
"Food production is increasing arithmetically, the pop­ulation
is increasing logarithmically," Wilson said. "Regard­less
of how successful we are and how diligently we work, if we
are to solve the food shortage problem, we must control the pop-.
ulation."
'We're at the point now
where it's critical."
Wilson added, "We can improve food production. We have
done it in the past and we are doing it now. But we can't do it
logarithmacally —we have limited land and limited fertilizer
input."
Wilson served as a delegate to the Working Conference on
Research to meet U.S. and World Food Needs held in Kansas
City, Mo., this summer from July 9-11. The work of the con­ference
was summarized in a report describing the world food
situation as it exists now and the steps that must be taken to
avoid famine in the future.
According to Wilson, enough food is being produced to feed
the world's present population. Since 1950, the population of
the world has increased approximately 50 per cent to the pre­sent
figure of 3.8 billion. Food production has kept pace, doub­ling
in the same period.
"Any food shortages we have now are due to distribution pro­blems,
not an actual shortage of food, " said Wilson, "but we
have no guarantee that this will be true in the future."
One of the main reasons food production has risen so rapidly
in many underdeveloped nations is the "Green Revolution" of
the 60s. Two research groups—one working in Mexico, the other
in the Philli pines -developed new varieties of plants with high­er
yields of grain than the old varieties. ! ' " ' " ' " ' "•"'
"These hybrids will accept and utilize higher fertilizer rates
than the types used previously," Wilson said. "But since much
fertilizer is produced from natural gas, and we seem to be hav­ing
a shortage of that, these hybrids may not be as useful to us
now."
One of the most important uses for fertilizer is to put nitrogen
back into the soil after it has been taken out by grain crops. Le­gumes—
such as clover— replace the nitrogen by taking it from
the air and storing it in nodules on their roots, thus enriching
the soil. Compounds containing nitrogen are also applied to
the soil to make it more fertile.
A better method of keeping a high nitrogen content in the soil
would greatly increase agricultural production by making fert­ilization
of the soil cheaper and more- widespread.
"Work is being done with a new type of bacteria that will fix
nitrogen on grain plants just as on legumes. So it may be poss­ible
to use this type of bacteria on corn.wheat, rye, etc. There's a ,
real chance for that," said Wilson.
"Do you fail to provide
free food to starving people.
"I think I could foresee a technological breakthrough in ob­taining
nitrogen from the air," he added. "We need a method
that will work on a low energy input."
Wilson also speculated that there will be "much greater use of
human and animal waste in the future." He said, "That's some­thing
there's still a lot of work to be done on, but it has real
possibilites."
Explaining that it is difficult to predict how successful any
particular line of research will be, Wilson said, "As improve­ments
in production are made, future improvements become
more difficult."
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that
produces more food than it consumes, according to Wilson.
"The wheat crop in this country is approximately two billion
bushels this year," Wilson said. "Consumption in the U.S. does
not exceed 750 million bushels a year. So obviously we have to
export much of what we produce."
Many underdeveloped nations of the world cannot produce
enough food to feed their people and have to spend nearly all
their income for food. It is often suggested that the United
States and other exporters of agricultural products should as­sist
these poor countries by giving away their surpluses.
"As we give away food, sure, we keep those countries alive,"
said Wilson. "But their population grows more and more and
there is a never-ending demand that we just cannot supply.
"It's a powerful moral problem," he continued. "Do you fail to
prbvide free food to starving people now, or do you feed them
now and fail to feed them later on when there are many more
people? It's that simple. ,
"The solution lies in educating them so that they can feed
themselves," Wilson said. "That's an area in which the U. S.
and the other technologically developed countries can help the
rest of the world."
The population of the world in the year 2000, based on fi­gures
prepared by the United Nations, will probably fall some­where
between a low of 5.9 billion people and a high of 7.1 bill­ion.
Feeding all those people, most of whom will be born in the
nations least able to afford it, will be one of the greatest pro­blems
mankind has ever had to face.
"...a worldwide crisis,
sooner than we think.'1
"We've got to start working now," Wilson said grimly. "The
earth will only support a certain number of people—in a man-'
ner so that they can live comfortably. We cannot feed the
world's population in the *uture if the population growth rate
continues the way is it is now. It's impossible."
Controlling the growing population of the world will not be
an easy task. There are many people who object to population
control on religious and social grounds. But something will
have to be done—and work on the solution must begin now.
"This is not a problem we can deal with in 30 years," con­cluded
Wilson. "By then it will be too late. We've got to realize
just how serious it is. No matter how hard we work at improv­ing
food production, it's meaningless unless we can control our
population. And if we can't do that, starting now, we're going to
be in big trouble, a worldwide crisis, sooner than we think."
Fish parasites found
By Alina Palacios
Plainsman Staff Writer
Have you ever suffered
from the War Eagle Eye?
Probably not, since it is one of
140 new species of fish para­sites
discovered by the South­east
Cooperative Fish Di­sease
Project at Auburn
University, which is headed
by Dr. W.A. Rogers, associate
professor of Fisheries and
Allied Aquacultures.
Rogers said, "The research
project in a nutshell is con­cerned
with assistance in test-ingand
evaluatingnewchemi-cals
and those already used to
determine the effect they have
on the fish."
One of the services is a fish
kill diagnostic service, which
involves determining the
cause of death. Parasitic di­seases
are treated with
various compounds to test
their effectiveness.
The research program in­cludes
studies of viruses, bac­teria
and parasites. The ana­tomy
and histology of the fish
are also closely studied.
Dr. John A. Plumb, assis­tant
professor of fisheries and
allied aquacultures and a
participant in this program is
now trying to determine how
channel catfish virus spreads
in order to develop a control
for it. This disease is very
harmful and has practically
eliminated some producers.
For two years, members of
the research program at Au­burn
have been attempting to
develop a vaccine to control
bacterial diseases.
Diseases are reported to be
responsible for the mortality
rate of fish, which is 10 to 30
per cent of total production.
Speaking on this aspect of the
project, Rogers said, "I feel
like we've been able to cut
down an awful lot." s
He added that the project is
responsible for the 10 to 20 per
cent of fish now surviving in­stead
of dying as before.
The cooperative project is
not only concerned with re­solving
the food shortage in
the United States; but also in
some of the underdeveloped
countries.
Rogers has visited South­east
Asia, Bangladesh,
Thailand, Phillipines, Brazil
and Honduras and has assist­ed,
along with others in de­veloping
fish hatcheries
and disease control pro­grams.
The research project on fish
diseases and parasites is
funded partly by Auburn
University, and partly by the
nine southeastern states in­volved
in the project.
DR. HOMER SCOTT SWINGLE
.Spent his life searching for a better 'fishing hole'
CLEANING THE PONDS
.All fisheries have achieved worldwide fame
Photo by Dyke Helms
page 9 Thura.. Oct. 23,197S THE AUBURN PuiNiM&N
Program succeeds
Peanut production increases
Faculty do research
By Susan Harrison
Plainsman Staff Writer
"We've seen the average yield of peanuts per acre and the pro­fits
from these peanuts increase significantly in the last eight
years. What we've accomplished through breeding and disease-control
procedures can also be used by foreign countries* to les­sen
the world h unger problem," said Dr. Paul A. Backman,
plant pathologist and assistant professor of botany and mi­crobiology.
"Since 1967, the average yield of peanuts per acre in Ala­bama
had doubled and the money a farmer makes on an acre
has increased 65 per cent. These increases have caused the
value of Alabama's peanut crop to rise from $27 million to $90
million in seven years," Backman said.
• Backman, who started his plant research in 1966 at the
University of Californiia, worked with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture at Clemson as a peach pathologist. He has also
worked with tobacco at North Carolina State, but is now work­ing
primarily with peanuts and soybeans, which have a high
protein content and a good biological value.
"Nigeria and India contain a relatively large percentage of
the world's peanuts, yet they are protein-deficient countries.
They produce about 84 per cent less peanuts per acre than we in
the United States. Proper breeding and better disease-control
measures would increase the harvest per acre," Backman said.
"In our research, we use an Integrated program' including
basic studies in labs and applied studies in the fields at Wire
Grass Substation in Headland, Gulf Coast Substation in Fair-hope,
and Sand Mountain Substation," Backman stated.
Backman travels from 20,000 to 30,000 miles each year in his
research studies. The research crew is composed of a nematolo-gist,
a lab technician, a research associate, an associate pro­fessor
and graduate students.
"We saved farmers about $7.5 million in 1973 by predicting a
problem with a fungicide that was used by 85 per cent of the far­mers
here in Alabama. The organism had mutated so much
that it could practically eat the fungicide that had previously
killed it. Part, of our job is determining possible problems be--
fore they arise and recommending solutions—in this case, a
different fungicide," Backman said.
"In the next years, we want to keep the yield per acrejand the
profits of our crops increasing by trying to achieve the bio­logical
potential of. the plants. The information we conclude in
these studies is relayed to farmers in Alabama by the Ex­tension
Service. At the American Peanut Research and Edu­cation
Association, we exchanged information with repre­sentatives
from foreign countries such as Egypt," Backman
added. •
The research crew is presently evaluating "candidate" chem­icals,
combinations of chemcals and biological systems of di--!
sease control both in the lab and in the field as a means of ob­taining
disease-free crops.
"This involves spraying, the use of. fumigates, and the use of.
certain materials in controlled tests—that is, materials that are
targeted to one organism which causes disease. The Enviro-mental
Protection Agency becomes disturbed about almost
anything we do to a crop since it affects other environment com-1
ponents such as the soil and possibly the air," Backman said, j
Research is also being done on anatoxin, which is a cancer-causing
product of a fungus that grows on a peanut kernel ana I
can get into peanut products. Backman is involved with the J
field aspects of this research as the crew tries to control afla-toxin
in the soil, in the peanuts and in storage.
"In 1972, 30 per cent of the peanuts in Alabama were con-;
demned because of anatoxin contamination. Much money was*
lost since the peanuts could only be used for peanut oil and this)
is no help in solving the food shortage," Backman commented.;
"Another recent experiment was performed in preparation*
for Hurricane Eloise.which was heading toward Auburn. Wei
dug up the peanuts, sprayed them thoroughly with fungicide,}
and left them to see how badly they would mold. Unfor­tunately,
Auburn's lousy pigeons ate all the peanuts off the!
plants before the hurricane hit," Backman added.
This plant research program is funded through chemical;
companies as a promotion for their chemicals as disease-pre­venters—
through farmers who set aside for research so much!
money per ton of their yield, and through the state and federal,
governments.
By Nancy Evans
Plainsman Staff Writer
Marple,
endocrine
systems
Dr. D.M. Marple, assistant
professor of Animal and Dairy
•Sciences, is involved in a
number of projects in order to
improve the condition of ani-uals
available for food pro­duction.
Most of his work cen­tre
around finding out how
.he endocrine system affects
rrowth and development of
animals.
The United States De­partment
of Agriculture is
currently funding a two-year
study of the problem of stress
response in swine. The pro­ject,
now entering its second
year, is trying to isolate the
defect in swine that makes
them unable to tolerate nor­mal
levels of stress.
Marple, who thinks a bio­chemical
endocrine defect
may be responsible, said "The
inability to tolerate this stress
is often fatal and reduces the
number of animals available
for food."
So far, the basic mecha­nism
that controls stress re
sponses has not been found,
but Marple anticipated that
the solution will be found
within the next three years.
In the future, Marple wants
to begin studies of growth de­ficiencies
and "determine
how the endocrine system en­ters
into growth and protein
synthesis."
Patterson/
beef cattle
"Selecting cattle for
improvement should be done
under the same conditions
that you want them to per­form,"
said Dr. T.R. Patter­son,
professor of Animal and
Dairy sciences, commenting
on the research findings in ge
netic environmental inter­action
(GEI).
Patterson, who has been
conducting the GEI research,
said that he had been work­ing
with two main breeds of
beef cattle, Angus and Here
ford. So far, he has found
GEI to exist in the Angus, but
not in the Hereford.
Pattersonsaid that he felt
environment to be just as
important to cattle growth
and development as the
breed. He cited a phase of the
project in which one group of
cattle was raised'on poor ra­tions
and another group was
raised on good rations.
At one point in the project,
the rations were switched and
the group that had been re­ceiving
poor rations was giv­en
quality rations and the
group fed quality rations was
switched to poor.
The group that went from
good to poor rations did not
fare well, as might be ex­pected.
However, the group
switched from poor to quality
rations did not fare signi­ficantly
better1.
Patterson's findings re­vealed
that "when cattle were
switched from the condition
in which they were selected,
they fare poorly."
Patterson has also found
that different genetic ca­pabilities
respond differently
when exposed to the same en­vironment,
which affects
growth in cattle.
The GEI project is funded
under the Hatch Act, which
providesfinandalsupport to a
high percentage of nation­wide
research'. Other studies
being conducted in GEI study
location as the experimental
environmental factor.
DOWN ON THE FARM
. .Animal and Dairy Sciences find factors affecting cattle growth
Photo by Dyke Helms
Manure utilized
to produce food
A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT
. . .Poultry Science Department attempts to improve production
Photo by Dyke Helms
Poultry research pays off
By Marian Hollon
Assistant Features Editor
The Poultry Science
Department at Auburn con­ducts
research "mainly in
areas e* Toultry disease con­trol,
environment and
management nutrition and
reproduction physiology,"
said Dr. RN. Brewer, associ­ate
professor of Poultry
Science.
"We believe this is the most
important type of control be
cause of the dependence of
poultry products on grain for
feed," Brewer added. "We are
conscious of the world-wide
need for grain to the coun­tries."
Another vi' area of
experimenta* ivolves
energy conservation. One
experiment now in progress
involves the use of solar
energy for heating poultry
houses and should result in
significant future energy sav­ings,
according to Brewer.
The aim of these research
programs is the reduction of
the cost of poultry meat and
eggs and the improvement of
the product's quality.
Brewer said he believes
poultry to be "the most effec­tive
converter of grain to
meat."
"Commercial broilers in the
U.S. are presently converted
from feed grains to animal
food on a 2-1 ratio. This fi­gure
has dropped within the
last 10 years because of
research here at Auburn and
at other land-grant univer­sities,"
he said.
Brewer continued, "We
strongly believe that we have
an animal that can be grown
through a controlled en­vironment
at a fabulous
rate."
Brewer added that he feels
that the Poultry Science De­partment
is beginning to
make even more progress
through the studies of
genetics, disease and
physiology.
Benefits from the poultry
studies are utilized in foreign
countries. Many people from
abroad attend seminars here
at Auburn.
"If we discover a new feed
ingredient or a control for a
poultry disease," said Brew­er,
"this technology is taken
back to their country."
By Stephanie Wolfe
Plainsman Staff Writer
Dr. W.B. Anthony, a professor in the Animal and Dairy
Sciences at Auburn University has developed a technique
whereby cow manure is transformed into feed. Anthony, who
conceived the idea about 10 years ago, is a major pioneer work­er
in this field in the United States. Presently, he is traveling in
Russia discussing the method with fellow environmentalists.
To formulate the feed, the animal is placed over a concrete
floor from which both liquid and solid wastes are collected and
mixed with the usual cow feed. Then the substance is placed in
a silo to allow for fermentation. The result is a mixture of 60 per
cent new feed and 40 per cent recycled product. The trans­formed
cow manure is high in certain nutrients which are
' necessary for the animal.
Although the thought of this type of feed may not be too
appealing, there is no unpleasant odor, the feed is pleasing to
the eye, and resembles yeast in appearance. livestock are able
to consume the resulting product reasonably well and it costs
no more to use the manure as feed than to use it as a fertilizer.
Cows are apparently not able to tell the difference between the
two types of feed.
Actually, similar process has been going on for years, but ma­jor
research was not conducted until three or four years ago. No
problems have arisen as far as reproduction by the animal or
from meat eaten by the consumer.
The exceptability of the meat has been experimented by test
panels. Their conclusion is that the meat is wholesome in every
aspect and may be utilized by privately owned farms, but the
Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the use of
the recycled manure by large commercial feed lots.
Anthony said the process was developed mainly because of
environmental needs and is being used here at Auburn as a pi­lot
study.
Soil is important
By Jane Pitts
Plainsman Staff Writer
"A major production prob­lem
in Alabama for many
years has been too much acid
in the soil," said Dr. Fred
Adams, professor of Agrono­my
and Soils. "Rainfall
removes many non-acid in­gredients
from the soil, thus
decreasing the amount of
crops Alabama farmers can
produce.
Adams is presently work­ing
on a research project aim­ed
at decreasing soil acidity
by liming. The project is
basically financed by federal
funds.
"In order to receive these
funds, though," he ex­plained,
"we have to have a
specific project such as mine.
We also receive state funds to
supplement those from the
federal level."
Explaining his research
project further, Adams said,
"Since most Alabama soil has
a tendency to become too acid­ic,
our job is to determine what
corrective measures should be
used in order to decrease the
acidity. In other words, we
have to neutralize the acid­ity."
One of the most important
aspects of the project is the
Soil Testing Performance Ser­vice,
a service provided by Au­burn
University to the farm­ers
of Alabama.
"Under this program,"
Adams said, "the farmer
sends a sample of his soil .to
us. We test it and analyze it,
and then we determine what
the acidity of the soil would
be and what measures should
be taken to bring it to the right
level of acidity."
Adams stressed the impor­tance
of this service. "By test­ing
their soil," he said, "we
can really help the farmers in­crease
their production. If
they fail to take advantage of
this service, the production of
most of their farms will be vir- .
tually zero."
Another aspect of the pro­ject
is concerned with experi­ments
on Alabama fields.
"What we do," Adams ex­plained,
"is take a sample of
the soil and analyze it. Then
we divide the field into smal­ler
subdivisions called plots.
We use different combina­tions
and different amounts
of fertilizer and lime on the
plots and then analyze the
results.
"It's really just a trial and
error method," he said, "but
it's very helpful in determin­ing
exactly what the soil
needs in order to produce bet­ter
crops."
According to Adams some
phases of this project have
been underway since the
1930s. It is revised every five
years.
"This is a continuing pro­ject,"
Adams said. "You can­not
foresee when a project like
this will close. After all, our
soils are constantly chang-ing.
Insects fought
By Lisa Honsberger
Plainsman Staff Writer
Dr. O.L. Chambliss, associate professor of Horticulture, has
been involved with vegetable breeding for about 11 years. His
first four years in research were spent at a laboratory in
Charleston, S.C., where he did research for the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Chambliss came to Auburn in 1970, and has been doing re­search
here in vegetable breeding for about five years.
Some general objectives of a vegetable breeder are improv­ing
the productivity and yield of a produce. These objectives,
though seemingly small, are a large part of the interest to help
produce more food for the world's ever-increasing population.
Chambliss also has two major goals. One deals with insect re­sistance
in vegetables and another is concerned with disease
resistance.
Chambliss is working with insect resistance in vegetables
and he is primarily concerned with the cucumber beetle and the
cowpea curculio.
He is trying to find a way to increase resistance to the cucum­ber
beetle, which invades baby or young cucumbers. This re­search
process may involve many years of work.
The researcher must first find sources of resistance. Then af­ter
making crosses between the most resistance plants, he must
segregate generations and screen them with the insect.
The researcher must then check the whole process to be
absolutely sure of his results. All these steps involve a slow pro­cess
of observation.
The amount of genetic factors involved help to decide how
long a process will take. If there is only one genetic factor in­volved,
the insect can more easily overcome the factor of resis­tance
and in a short time will discover a way around it. There­fore,
the more genetic factors one has to work with, the longer
the resistance is because the insect has more'obstacles to over-
Another insect with which Chambliss specializes is known
as the cowpea curculio. This insect is a threat to many kinds of
peas, such as black-eyed peas, purple-hulled peas and some of
the crowder types.
The work of insect resistance with this vegetable is especi­ally
significant to the goal of helping to produce more food. One
reason is that peas have a very high potential of protein. On the
average, a Southern pea contains about 25 percent protein.
Another reason why these peas are important is that they
grow very well almost anywhere and in some cases don't neces­sarily
need fertilizer. Thus, if a high insect resistance can be
built up, these peas would be a good crop for overpopulated and
starving areas of the world.
Disease resistance is another goal which is of great impor­tance
to Chamblis. Being able to develop a vegetable which is
disease resistant . is a process which, like the insect-resistant
vegetables, takes a long time to accomplish. The process that
develops these vegetables is similar to the insect resistance
process.
Through insect and disease resistance, Chambliss is helping
to decrease the amount of food ruined or spoiled by pests and
disease. These methods could perhaps result in the availability
of more food in more partsof the world.
This research is funded by both the federal government and
the University. Though the results of the program are gradual,
progress is being made.
T H E AUBURN PLAINSMAN TWS., Oct. 23,1975 page 10
[Campus Calendar^
Canoe 0u6 Delia Sigma Pi fashion, fat fehwship
The Auburn Canoe Club
will meet on Friday at 7 p.m.
at the University pool. Wear
clothes that can become wet,
because a canoe school will be
held.
ftradwte CM
The Auburn University
Sport Parachute Club will
meet in the Union Building
tonight at 7:00 p.m. The Club
will jump at Moton Field,
Tuskegee on Sat.,Oct. 25, wea­ther
permitting. All interested
persons are invited to both
functions. For more informa­tion
contact Tom Jones at
821-0405.
AB>
Students who feel they are
qualified for membership in
AED, Pre-Health Honor
Society, should contact Dr.
Stevens in 2020 Haley Cen­ter.
Christian Science
The Christian Science Col­lege
Organization will meet
every Sunday at 7 p.m. in the
Union Building. For more
information call Jo Ann Rice
at 821-4584.
Pre-Heolfh Society
AED Pre-HealthHonorary
Society will meet Tuesday at 7
p.m. in 213 Union Building. A
panel discussion group will be
the feature of the meeting.
Conservancy
The Auburn Chapter of the
Alabama Conservancy will
meet on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
in 336 Funchess Hall. Come
and see what the Conser­vancy
is all about.
Delta Sigma Pi profes­sional
business fraternity will
have a rush smoker Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. in Tichenor 207.
All sophomores, juniors and
seniors in business with a 1.75
or higher grade point average
are invited to attend and ap­ply
for associate member­ship.
Recreation majors
Auburn University Recrea­tion
Administration majors
will meet Tuesday in 320 Un­ion
Building. Plans concern­ing
the upcoming cook-out
and camping trip will be dis­cussed.
For more informa­tion,
call Amanda Cole at 887-
6764.
Soccer Qub
There will be an organiza­tional
meeting of the Soccer
Club on Monday at 7:30 p.m.
in 318 Union Building. Any­one
interested in soccer is in­vited
to attend.
Mutation moot
The Student Council for Ex­ceptional
Children.will meet
Tuesday at 12 noon in 1403
Haley Center. Educa­tion
majors or anyone in­terested
are invited to attend.
Fashion, Inc. will meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 206 Spi-dle
Hall. There will be a guest
speaker.
Wildlife Society
The Auburn student chap­ter
of The Wildlife Society will
meet on Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. in 302 Funchess Hall. Dr.
Keith Causey will speak on
bowhunting. All interested
persons are urged to attend.
Science Fiction Qub
The Auburn University
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Society will meet on Monday ABTOSUOCO
at201 Ross Laboratory. Guest "*'W-Trm
speaker will be Dr. Weldon
Swinson, who will speak
on "Holography and Three
Dimensions." All interested
persons are invited to attend.
. Applications are available
to any Mortar Board member
or alumni interested in apply­ing
for the Katherine Wills
Coleman Fellowship. Write to
Mortar Board, Burton Hall
Auburn University. The
fellowship will go to a mem­ber
planning to attend gradu­ate
school in the 1976-77
school year-
UK
The University Program
Committee will hold bridge
lessons every Tuesday at 7
p.m. in 360 Union M— ^^%nxmz£
ASPA
Young Democrats
Young Democrats will meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 317 Un­ion
Building. All
interested students are in­vited
to attend.
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The Second Annual AEPi
Road Rally will be held on
Sunday, Nov. 2. Entry fee is
$5 and everyone is invited to
enter. For more information,
stop by the AEPi house at 337
E. Magnolia Ave., or call 821-
7148.
The Aerospace Engineer
ing Department will present a
program entitled "Preparing
for the Job Interview" on
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in 155
Wilmore Laboratory. Guest
speaker will be Professor L.G.
Fradenburg.
Gospel fellowship
Full Gospel Businessmen's
Fellowship, International
(FGBMFI) will present
Archie Dennis Jr. in a pro­gram
of sacred music on Mon­day
at 7:30 p.m. in Langdon.
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All Campus Calendar i-tems
must be turned in at
noon on the Monday before
they are supposed to appear
in the paper.
Hands Across the Nation
A proposal that people hold hands in a human chain
stretching across the country next July Fourth i s mak­ing
some progress. The rand McNally map corporation
is designing a theoretical map to see if the plan is possi­ble,
and the American Revolution Bicentennial Ad­ministration
has shown interest in the idea. "Hands
Across America," a non-profit organization, has been
formed to determine the feasibility of such an idea,
which could involve as many as four million persons in
a 3,000 mile east-west chain.
Rodeo Qub
The Rodeo Club will meet
on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in 203
Animal Science Building.
The American Society for
Personnel Administration
(ASPA) will meet on Tuesday
at 7 p.m. in the Eagle's Nest.
Guest speaker will be Bill Ma­jors
of Vulcan Materials.
Everyone is welcome.
Student Senate
The Student Senate of the
SGA will meet Monday at 7
p.m. in 321 Union Building.
All interested persons are in­vited
to attend.
Auburn hosts state BSU
Approximately 1,000 stu­dents
from all over the state
are expected to convene at
First Baptist Church, Au­burn,
Ala., for the 53rd an­nual
Alabama Baptist Stu­dent
Convention, tomorrow
through Sunday.
Wallace Henl«y, pastor of
Old Spanish Fort Church,
will speak at the opening ses­sion
Friday night on the
theme of the convention,
"living Christ's Freedom."
' Henley has served as pub­lic
relations director for Mo­bile
College, religion editor of
The Birmingham News and
staff assistant to former presi­dent
Richard M. Nixon.
Each convention session
will open with a Bible study
on "The Pauline Concept of
Christian Freedom," led by
Dr. Charles Talbert, pro­fessor
of religion at Wake
Forest University. Talbert is
the aut hor of three books and
more than 30 articles and re­views.
Other highlights of the con­vention
include reports from
JBSU-sponsored summer mis­sionaries,
a talent show, and
performances by Samford
University ACappella Choir,
Jacksonville State Univer­sity's
BSU Choir, and the stu­dent
choir of First Baptist
Church, Auburn.
Presiding will be Buddy
Pearce, state BSU president;
Doug Dortch Jr., BSU vice
president; and Rodney Ellis,
associate campus minister,
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, page 11 Thurs., Oct. 23,1975 THE AlJBIIRN PUlNftUN
Comeback Kids face FSU
By Perry Ballard
Plainsman Sportswriter
Are the Comeback Kids finally headed in
the right direction?
The football world gets an answer this
Saturday night.
Auburn's scrappy bunch of Tigers, looking
more and more each week like the Cinderella
heroes of 1972, face Florida State in Talla­hassee
trying to extend a two-game winning
streak1 contrived under the most remarkable
of circumstances.
Two miracle-like victories in the last two
outings—15-9 over Kentucky in Lexington
and 31-27 over Georgia Tech in Atlanta-have
lifted Ralph Jordan's crew from an ear­ly
grave, instilled a little confidence and hope
into the loveliest village,' even inspired pep -
rallies at Toomer's Corner again.
After a winless start in four games, the re­cord
is now 2-3-1. That's far from what was
expected at this point, but creditable none the
less, considering the Tigers' near-demise at
early season.
The Tigers are slowly resembling a com­plete
ball team again after injuries shook up
Photo by Dyke Helms' the team in the first few weeks. Wide receiver
TELHIARD, TECH GUARD HAD STRAI NED RELATIONSHIP Jeff Gilligan has returned to full-time duty af-
. . .Scuffle in third quarter fired Tigers up. ter a shoulder separation, and his presence
,THE AUBURN
PLAINSMAN
Former redshirt
Long plays well for home folks
gives Auburn an added dimension to an
improving passing attack.
Linebacker Carl Hubbard, who hurt a knee
in spring drills, entered Saturday's contest
with Tech in the second quarter, played most
of the remainder of the game and should be
expected for more action against FSU.
Although not injured and although having
played full-time for nearly all of Auburn's
games, quarterback Phil Gargis did not re­turn
to his 1974 form until the Georgia Tech
game, netting 98 yards on 14 carries and com­pleting
four of seven passes for 32 more yards.
With passing threat Clyde Baumgartner on
the bench with pneumonia, the hickory-tough
junior went all the way against the
Jackets and responded with his best game of
the year.
The true test for all should come this week­end
against FSU, who could possibly be
considered a breather of sorts, certainly in
light of future opponents. For the first time in
three weeks, the Tigers are favored.
But the Seminoles could warrant more than
underestimation. Auburn has gone that route
before opponents like VPI and Memphis
State, and the results were disastrous.
Florida State is not off to one'of its better
seasons under head coach Darrell Mudra. The
Seminoles have defeated only Utah State. In
turn, they have lost to Texas Tech (31-20),
Iowa StateU06), Georgis Tech (30-0), VPI (13-
10), and last week to Florida, 34-8.
The Seminoles do not run a wishbone, nor a
veer. They use a double wing set-up that ac­counted
for 350 yards total, offense against
Florida and has impressed Tiger coaches a-bout
as well as any team this season.
"Our defense faces a tremendous challenge
preparing for Florida State," Head Coach
"Snug "' Jordan Bays. "FSU uses just about
anything in the book on offense. We have so
many looks to get ready for, but only a short
time to do it.
"We have no need to think that we can look
past Florida State," Jordan adds. "We have a
lot to prove this weekend and that should be
motivation enough for our football team. But
we are the only SEC school to have to go to
Tallahassee, and it's at night, and we can ex­pect
only the toughest of battles from Florida
State."
Gargis echoed Jordan's feelings. "We won't
be looking past FSU. Sometimes there's a
tendency to do that with a team like Florida
ahead but we won't. We have to win them all
now because of the sluggish start at the be­ginning
of the season. "We heed to get some­thing
going against FSU and then come back
and prepare for Florida. But we're looking at
FSU first," Gargis said.
Running back Secdrick Mclntyre said,
"They're out to beat us like any other team
and we'll prepare for them just like any/other
team. It would make their season to beat us so
we won't be looking ahead."
The Seminoles are averaging almost 330 '
yards total offense a game, with an average of
157 on the ground and 172 through the air­ways.
Leading rusher is running back Leon
Bright, with 4.7 yards a carry. The leading
passer among two capable quarterbacks is
sophomore Clyde Walker, with a completion
percentage of .550. and only four inter­ceptions
in six games.
"The most positive aspect about FSU's of­fense,"
according to assistant coach Mike
Neel, "is the backfield. They have tremen­dous
running backs in Bright, Rudy Thomas,
and Larry Key. All of them can fly but Bright
has been Florida State's best back all year
long.
"FSU's defense has a lot of similarities to
Kentucky's in that they're quick, pursue well,
and don't mind taking chances," Neel says.
They play a 5-2 and have eight starters back
from last year. They are ambitious and ex­cept
for one or two let-ups this year the de­fense
has shown a lot of consistency."
The Seminole defense must put up with an
Auburn offense that in the last week has pick­ed
up steam, averaging now over 245 yards on
the ground per game. The Tigers, though, still
continue to be hampered with the passing
<?ame and the ability to hold on to the football
tor an extended period of time.
Saturday's game, with a 6:30 p.m. CST kick-off,
will give the Tigers a chance to find the
answer to those important questions.
By Carolyn Roop
Assistant Sports Editor
Tony Long is in good spirits these
days, "Who wouldn't be after Tech," he
smiled. The once red-shirted junior is a
starter at outside linebacker, is in good
health and Auburn has won two in a row.
The Tech game was special to Tony
personally as well as teamwise. He's
from Powder Springs, just 15 minutes
from Grant Field and winning in front of
the old home folks made a big difference.
The "home folks" knew Tony Long
was in town. He captured the Head-hunter
award as leading tackier in the
game finishing just ahead of tackle Rick
Telhiard and safety Rick Freeman.
"Before the game, some people I know
were telling me not to worry, that Au­burn
would be in the Top Ten—in the
SEC," he recalled. "They had to add the
SEC part. After the game some friends
that have stuck with me all the way said
they'd go back home and really give it to
the Tech people."
The Headhunter award means some­thing
special to Tony, too. He's come a
long way after earning a starting post
when senior Pat Jones suffered asevere
sprained ankle in the Tennessee game.
"I couldn't believe it," Tony com­mented
on the award. "It's better when
it's close like that. Of course, I wouldn't
mind if it was a 10-way tie. That would
mean that everybody was really in
there."
His steady improvement hasn't pro­gressed
as far as he'd like. "I guess I've
done pretty well," Tony said," but I'm not
Whot's next ?
quite satisfied yet. I'll be happy when 1
can get by my man every play. Then I
should get to the ball every time."
Tony has some secrets for getting to
the ball. "The offensive lineman some­times
calls you names across the line. So
every time we lined up I'd tell him to come
on and get me and I'd lose him. Some­times
he gets so mad, he's really charged
up right before the snap and you can tell
when he's going to come. He usually
" comes at you alittle harder but you know!
when, so you have the advantage."
Just about the same thing happens
with a back. "Every time one of the backs
runs at me and I tackle him, I say some­thing
like ,'You better run the other way,
cause I'm gonna get you every time.'
Pretty soon you can tell when they're go­ing
to run at you because they give you a
little side-glance to see what you're do­ing."
That takes concentration and quick re­action.
Tony doesn't turn on the con­centration
at kickoff time. It's a part of
his routine leading up to the game.
"I'm not like a lot of the guys," he ad­mitted.
"I guess this is all still new to me.
The day before the game I can talk and
cut up just like anyone else, but the day of
the game I just don't talk to anyone.
"When we were going to the dressing
room at Grant Field my parents were
standing right by the gate and I didn't
even see - them. They said I just walked
right by. I couldn't help it. -I was just
concentrating on the game. That's all
that's on my mind."
Tony feels that Tech's offense was by
far the best the Tigers have faced, living
up to thier national lead in that cate­gory.
"They executed so well," said "Tip
toe" as he's called by teammates. "They
fired right off the ball and the linemen
stood up so it was hard to see what is go­ing
on."
In fact, the Yellow Jackets moved the
ball much better than Tony was hoping
they would, especially on their first
possession, which ended in a touch-,
down.
"They just went straight down the field
against us with perfect execution," he;
remembered. "I thought I'd wake up and
it would be time for the pregame meal. It
was almost like a bad dream. I really
didn't think they'd be able to do it."
After adjusting to Georgia Tech's no-huddle
offense, Tony thought things
went much better. "We were on them
pretty good," he said. "There were times
when they looked like they were running
all over us but we got together when we
really needed it."
Getting together included the offense.
"We were really proud of our offense," he
said. "When we'd get the ball back, the
defense would go the the sidelines think­ing
'Here's another seven points.' Then
all we had to think about was getting the
ball back so we could score again."
Tony thinks the Tech game did a lot for
the team. "It was so much more exciting
than the Kentucky win because we were
close to home with Auburn people," he
pointed out.
Things seemed to fall into place and
the taste of victory has become addictive
to the Tigers. They just want more of it.
"We've still got a few ends to tie to­gether,"
Tony said, "but we're getting
there and it feels great."
Award changes hands;
Long wins Headhunter
Photo by Dyke Helms
HEADHUNTER TONY LONG
. . .Moves down line for stop.
„ Junior linebacker Tony
Long made 10 individual tac­kles
and five assists and
won the Headhunter Award
against Georgia Tech. Long,
who collected 25 points, was
followed closely by defensive
tackle Rick Telhiard, who col­lected
22 points on 10 solos
and two assists.
Coaches'give Tiger defen­der
two points for each indivi­dual
stop and a single point
for an assist.
Following Long and Tel­hiard
were secondary men
Rick Freeman and Mike
McCloud. McCloud made a
touchdown-saving tackle in
the first half of the Tech game
when Jacket running back
David Sims had broken loose
from the line. Sims was
streaking down the sideline
heading for an apparent TD
when McCloud caught him
from behind and hauled him
down at the Auburn 24.
Jeff McCollum entered the
Tech game only briefly but
caused two turnovers that led
to Auburn touchdowns.
Tech gained over 400 yards
in rushing offense, leading
Coach Jordan to say, "We still
have a long way to go. Any
time a team gains that much
yardage on the ground, you
know you don't have a sound
defensive football team.
"But I was pleased with the
way the defense toughened af­ter
we had gained the lead 31-
27. Tech had the ball but our
defense kept them away from
our endzone," Jordan said.
Jordan said the Tigers still
have a long way to go. "We're
getting into the meat of our
schedule, now," he said.
"We were really very fortu­nate
to win the ball game
against Tech. We had the two
fortunate turnovers and con­verted
them into touchdowns
but for awhile it looked like we
were going to get blown
away," Jordan said.
"Our offense spent a lot of
time on the sidelines and was
going to seed while the de­fense
was trying to stop
Tech," Jordan said.
Linebacker Carl Hubbard
entered the Tech game ques­tionable
but played well and
flncshed sixth in defensive
statistics with two individual
tackles and five assists.
Coach Jordan also pointed
out the play of freshman Rod­ney
Ballamy on the specialty
teams. Bellamy, the big 6-4,
248 lb. tackle from Phenix
City, Ala., made three good
tackles on Tech kickoff and
punt returns.
listen Eddins, Auburn's
defensive end, played one of
his better games with five -
individual tackles, one assist
and a fumble recovery.
Tiger's inconsistency keeps fans guessing
ACTION
By Mike Jackson
Sports Editor
After 'uburn had dropped its third game, many people
thought ihe Tigers would finish the season without a wi