1977-01-20 The Auburn Plainsman

              The Auburn Plainsman Volume 83 Number 10 Auburn, Ala. 36830 Thursday, January 20, 1977 20 pages
Snow
Continued cold weather forecast
EVERYBODY'S SMILING
.Cheerful students greeted Tuesday's snowfall
Photography: Dan Doughtia
By John Carvalho and
Jackie Romine
Plainsman Staff Writers
The forecast for today is partly
cloudy with a slight chance of
snow, according to the National
Weather Service.
Bill Franklin of the NWS gave
the probability of snow at 20 per
cent, after approximately three
inches of snow fell in the Auburn-
Ope lika area.
To cope with the combination of
low temperatures and a shortage
of fuel, thermostat temperatures
in dormitories, classrooms and
other buildings have been lowered,
according to Vice President for
Administration Ben Lanham.
However, Lanham would not
close classes. "If we closed
classes, say, Wednesday, Thurs­day
and Friday, we would have to
make up class time because of
accreditation rules," he said.
Auburn University is required to
hold a certain number of class
days per quarter, according to
higher education guidelines.
A delay in the delivery of
number 6 fuel, which is used
primarily in heating Memorial
Coliseum and Ralph Brown
Draughon Library, has worsened
the situation.
All undergraduate physical edu­cation
courses were called off
yesterday, and the temperature in
the library was reported to be
close to 40 degrees.
The University has a firm
contract with the Alabama Gas
Corporation, E. T. Williams, depu­ty
director of Buildings and
Grounds, said.
"They guarantee us a certain
quantity of natural gas. They are
supplied by the Southern Pipeline
Company which informed them
that it was reducing the quantity
of natural gas going to the
Alabama Gas Company," he said.
The Alabama Power Company
and the power companies of
surrounding states have declared
an emergency situation, meaning
that natural gas would be supplied
only to commercial and industrial
customers.
Auburn's central heating plant,
located at mid-campus near the
Buildings and Grounds office, is
using coal. Magnolia Dormitories,
Noble Hall and the quad dorms are
presently being heated with coal.
Auburn usually utilizes only
natural gas, Williams said. The
last two years the winters were
mild, he said, and natural
gas burned 90 per cent of the time.
Since January l, Williams said,
the University has only been able
to burn only natural gas for ten
hours.
Lanham said the oil company
could not give him a definite date
on when the oil would be delivered
(it was due on Monday) but said
he was hopeful the oil would arrive
before the weekend.
Should the delivery not come
through before the weekend, the
temperature in the dorms will
remain lowered, Lanham said.
(See SNOW, page A-2)
Shuttle bus system
planned for campus
WEGL proposes improvements to trustees
By Al Smith
Plainsman Staff Writer
A five-year step-by-step propo­sal
for the improvement of WEGL-FM
has been presented by Station
Manager David Paulson a.nd will
be brought before the Auburn
University Board of Trustees Sat­urday.
An alternative proposal, being
prepared by Program Director
David Petrizzi, is in the planning
stages and will also be presented.
Both plans include increasing
power and expanding equipment
and facilities. The basic differ­ence
is the Paulson proposal would
keep the station under the Speech
Department while Petrizzi's plan
is to make WEGL a separate
entity of Auburn University.
An initial draft of Paulson's
proposal was first presented Nov.
23 in a report said to be the result
of a project group called Radio
Free Auburn (RAFA). It included
contributions from WEGL Music
Director A. J. Wright as well as
Paulson and Petrizzi.
One of the five-year goals of the
proposal is the possibility of the
station being managed by a group
of broadcast and educator profes­sionals
who "will provide profes­sional
instruction as well as a
consistent programming philoso­phy."
A maximum increase in
power and an expansion of equip­ment
and facilities are also in­cluded
in the plan.
These proposals would be funded
for the most part from the General
Fund and supplemented by grant
funds which Petrizzi believes
would be available if an effort
were made to obtain them.
The first year of the proposal
has been broken down into steps
with the major achievement being
a shift in managerial control.
The faculty advisor would as­sume
more responsibility away
Inside Today
MEET THE TRUSTEES-This
week's Plainsman Probe
includes interviews with 11 of
Auburn's trustees, as a prelude to
this week's student-trustee meet­ing
on Saturday. (See page A-6)
RECRUITING WRAP-UP -
The Auburn football team has
signed 23 high school recruits so
far, and some top prospects are in
this year's crop. (See page B-l)
from teaching and into station
affairs.
It would be his responsibility to
obtain grants for the station,
especially for the power increase.
A major part of his job would be to
process papers through the Uni­versity
and the FCC for obtaining
this increase.
The advisor would also be
responsible for requesting addi­tional
equipment and facilities
from the General Fund Budget
through the Speech Department.
An increase in the facilities and
equipment would be a very impor­tant
step in the improvement of
WEGL, according to Program
Director Petrizzi. He explained,
"The majority of the current
programming comes from outside
sources, such as Nostalgia Broad­casting
and National Public Ra­dio."
This programming is limit­ed
and Petrizzi said he would like
to see more local programming.
Petrizzi said increased "in-house"
production work would
only be possible with an expansion
of the present equipment and
facilities. At the present time,
such programs as Crossroads,
Black Experience and Rogues'
Gallery are locally produced.
Plans for an expanded facility to
be funded by the Speech Depart­ment
have been sent to the
University architect, but no re­sults
are presently known.
(See WEGL, page A-2)
By Cynthia Guttery
Plainsman Staff Writer
A shuttle bus system for the
Auburn campus will begin opera­tion
within the next two or three
weeks, according to Jamie Mc-
Phail, SGA secretary of student
welfare.
Plans for the shuttle bus system
were formulated during fall quar­ter,
because of widespread alarm
about an apparent increase in the
number of rapes at Auburn. The
shuttle bus will be aimed at
helping girls needing campus
transportation.
The proposal has yet to be
approved by Auburn President Dr.
Harry M. Philpott, a necessary
step in implementing the plan.
The Student Senate passed a
resolution Tuesday night urging
that the shuttle bus system be
approved, because, according to
the resolution, "There is a demand
from the Auburn student body for
a shuttle bus service during the
evening hours.'
The SGA student Welfare office
has been working on plans for the
system, with funding provided by
the SGA. The approximate course
of the bus system is *40 a week,
according to McPhail.
The planned hours for the bus
will be from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Campus Security Chief Millard
Dawson drew up the proposed
routes. Buses will run from the
front and back of the Hill dorms,
stop in front of Parker Hall and
continue on to the library.
The buses will then go on to
Auburn Hall and Alumni Hall,
continue to Tiger Street, stop at
the Corner of Magnolia and
Duncan and go back up toward the
Hill, with a stop planned at the
parking lot behind the Student
Activities Building.
Inaugurations: an enduring tradition
By Ruth Ann Dunn
Assistant Features Editor
Today at noon on the steps of the Capitol
Building, Georgia farmer Jimmy Carter
will become President Jimmy Carter.
What will the day have in store for
Carter? Who will attend his inauguration?
How will history record this day?
Perhaps the best way to gain insight into
how history will treat Carter's inaugura­tion
is to look at past ceremonies.
A committee composed of members of
both Houses of Congress met a week
before the first presidential inauguration
on April 25, 1789, to make plans for
conducting the inauguration.
These plans were quite extensive, even
covering the exact placement of chairs on
the podium, when to be seated and when to
stand.
In a letter to President-elect George
Washington, the committee instructed him
to. "...proceed to the gallery to take the
oath and pass through the middle door.
The senators pass through the door on the
right and the representatives pass through
the door on the left."
When the' inauguration day, April 30,
1789, finally arrived, Washington had
every detail memorized.
At 9 o'clock that morning, prayer
services were held throughout New York,
the inaugural city for the success of the
new government and the prosperity of the
President.
At noon Washington was escorted to the
federal statehouse on Broad Street where
a large group of people were gathered.
He took his oath of office on a balcony
above the group, turned and shouted, "I
swear it. So help me, God!"
As he entered the Senate Chamber to
deliver his Inaugural Address, the crowd
cheered, "Long live George Washington,
President of the United States."
The first inauguration to be held in
Washington, D.C. was that of President
Thomas Jefferson.
At that time Jefferson lived in a small
frame building known as Conrad's Board­ing
House located on the South side of
Capitol Hill.
On the morning of his inauguration,
Jefferson had breakfast with his fellow
Congressmen as usual, then returned to
his room to rehearse his address again.
A little before noon, Jefferson left
Conrad's and walked up the hill to the
Capitol Building to give his speech.
Jefferson's inauguration is noted for its
extreme simplicity.
The President-to-be walked into the
Senate Chamber of the unfinished Capitol
and met Aaron Burr who showed him to
his seat.
After a few moments, Jefferson rose and
read his 1,721 word address in such a soft
voice only a few people in the crowded
room reported being able to hear it.
Those fortunate few left the chamber
with memories of statements such as
"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be
trusted with the government of himself.
Can he, then, be trusted with the
government of others?"
President-elect Jimmy Carter's down
home, "good ol' boy" character is most
comparable to that of President Andrew
Jackson.
Jackson was the common man's man
and his time in office was marked by a
type of down to earth, country-oriented
atmosphere.
Inauguration Day, March 4, 1829, people
poured into Washington to witness the
ceremonies.
Daniel Webster, a noted statesman of
the day, wrote, "A monstrous crowd of
people is in the city. I never saw anything
like it before. Persons have come 600 miles
to see General Jackson."
Another observer wrote, "No one who
was in Washington at the time of General
Jackson's inauguration is likely to forget
that period to the day of his death. It
seemed as if half the nation had rushed at
once into the capital."
The weather was clear and mild when
Jackson and his party left their rooms at
the Indian Queen Tavern and walked up
the hill.
All the men wore their hats except
Jackson, who stood out from the others
with his snowy white hair.
When they reached the east portico of
the Capitol building, the spectators began
cheering loudly.
They quieted as Jackson bowed, stepped
up to a small cloth-covered table and read
his Inaugural Address.
Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star
Spangled Banner," wrote, "It is beautiful,
it is sublime."
As soon as the address was finished, the
crowd, wild with excitement, pushed past
police in an effort to shake hands with the
new President.
Jackson made his escape by mounting a
horse tied behind the building and riding to
the White House with a stream of his
admirers running along behind.
In direct contrast to the excitement of
the Jackson inauguration is the somber,
serious Lincoln inauguration.
The nation, on the brink of a civil war,
realized that Lincoln's inauguration would
be the deciding factor in the South's
seceding from the Union.
Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln's opponent
in the election, sat with the President-elect
on the inaugural platform.
This show of support for his new
administration seemed to ease Lincoln's
mind.
(See INAUGURATIONS, page A-2)
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Auburn University's pedestrian mall
will begin Jan. 24. The mall will be
created through the blocking off of
Thach Ave. from the Social Center Dr.
to Duncan Dr. and the closing of Tiger
St. from Thach Ave. to the parking
area behind Thach Hall. The mall will
be in effect from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
weekdays. Alternate routes to class
will be posted at different areas on
campus to help avoid any unnecessary
traffic or confusion.
WEGL
from page A-1
In addition to the in­crease
in facilities, Pe-trizzi
would like to see
WEGL's power increase
from the present 380
kilowatts to 100,000 kilo­watts.
With that amount
of power, the station
could reach as far as
Atlanta. Petrizzi said,
"This would be great
public relations for the
University with local pro­gramming
reaching such
distances."
Petrizzi said present
programming is not de­signed
so "Every mom­ent
appeals to every
listener. We don't want
The world
this week
By Betsy Butgereit
Plainsman Staff Writer
International
Released Palestinian vows to continue fight­ing
- Abu Daoud, the Palestinian leader and
alledged mastermind of the Munich Olympic
terrorist killings, said Monday he will return to
fighting Israelis and Zionists. Daoud was
arrested in Paris but was freed Thursday by a
French court on technical grounds despite
Israeli and West German requests that he be
held for extradition.
to become another com­mercial
station. There
are some 15 commercial
stations in this area.
When you turn on the
radio, you hear Elton
John for the twentieth
time that day. We want
to provide a diverse pro­gramming
to appeal to a
variety of listeners."
As a public radio sta­tion,
WEGL is required
by the FCC to present
various forms of public
service programming.
"We're also looking out
for the Board of Trus­tees,"
Petrizzi said.
"The license belongs to
the Board of Trustees,
and the FCC can and has
been known to take a
license away from a
station which doesn't
comply with their stan­dards.
Our present pro­gramming
is not only in
the interest of our listen­ers
but also the interest
of the Board of Trust­ees."
Lincoln, looking worn
and awkward, stepped
onto the platform and
continued holding his hat
in his hand.
Douglas walked over to
Lincoln and took his hat
from him, as if it had
been planned, without
exposing Lincoln's em-barassment.
Lincoln spoke directly
to Southerners in his first
Inaugural Address. "In
your hands, and not in
mine, is the momentous
issue of civil war. The
government will not as­sail
you... we are not
enemies but friends."
The words did not stop
the war from coming.
Lincoln is most re­membered
for his second
Inaugural Address. The
words "With malice to­ward
none, with' charity
for all, let us strive to
finish the work we are
in " are in this speech.
Six weeks later, Lin­coln
was assassinated.
Many inaugurations
have passed since the
United States began 200
years ago.
Some of them are
remembered for particu­lar
events that occurred
during the ceremony
while others are memo­rable
because of the
Inaugural Address deliv­ered.
The first inauguration
of Franklin D. Roosevelt
contained one of those
memorable addresses.
Tn the face of one of the
worst economic eras in
our nation, FDR began
his speech with the now-famOus
words, "First of
all, let me assert my
firm belief that the only
thing we have to fear is
fear itself."
Calling his administra­tion
the "New Camelot,"
President John F. Kenne­dy
stepped onto the
speaker's platform Jan.
20, 1961 and spoke the
words, "And so, my
fellow Americans, ask
not what your country
can do for you: ask what
you can do for your
country."
Who knows how history
will remember today and
Jimmy Carter?
Only time and history
books will tell.
Newsman to address SIMUN
By Danielle Murphy
Plainsman Staff Writer
The sixth annual South­eastern
Invitational Mo­del
United Nations (SI­MUN),
a project in which
students simulate the
workings of the United
Nations, will be held Feb.
10, 11 and 12 at 2 p.m. in
the Auburn Union.
NBC News State De­partment
Correspondent
Richard Valerian! will
speak at the SIMUN
conference. He is being
co-funded by the Union
Program Council and
SIMUN. Valerian! will
also speak Feb. 10 at 8
p.m. in the Student Acti­vities
Building. Forum
credit will be given.
Since 1973 students
have been able to receive
one hour credit for parti­cipating
in SIMUN. Dr.
Nelson, faculty advisor
for SIMUN, is responsi­ble
for maintaining cer­tain
academic standards.
Approximately two
hundred Auburn students
and one hundred fifty
students from other
Southeastern colleges
will be participating in
SIMUN this year.
Schools participating will
National r
Attention Graduating Students
I would appreciate the opportunity to
show you how our Student Finance
Plan can work for you with reduced
payments until employment. Come by
and select your Ford, Lincoln, or
Mercury, and I'll explain the many
benefits of this program to you.
Thank you
Ron Pugh
Finance Specialist
COMPANY, INC.
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Phone 887-8571
Gilmore executed - Gary Mark Gilmore was
xecuted at 8:06 a.m. MST at Point of the
fountain, Utah, following^ last minute attempt
by the American Civil Liberties Union to have
the execution stayed. Gilmore, who requested
his death sentence be carried out, was the first
person to be executed in the United States in 10
years.
Carter's inauguration begins today — Jimmy
Carter's "people's inaugural" begins at noon
today. The program includes a week of cultural
programs, six balls on inaugural night and a
parade following the 11 a.m. swearing-in and
address. His inauguration will not be as
expensive or as formal as recent ones.
Ford submits budget - President Ford
submitted to Congress a lame-duck federal
budget of $440 billion Monday. The budget
included an increase in defense spending and
permanent tax cut totaling $47.5 billion over the
next six years. Carter forces immediately
began work to change the budget to fulfill the
Democrat's promises. _
State
Legislature to receive budgeting proposal — A
new program budgeting system will be sent to
the Alabama Legislature in 1977. The new
system is tied to a new accounting system that,
according to State Sen. Donald Stewart, "won't
produce money, but will make sure it's wisely
spent."
Wanna learn
to pull teeth?
Apply now
Students who are ap­plying
for admission to
medical and dental
schools for 1978 should
pick up an envelope of
guidance materials at
the Premedical-Preden-tal
Advisory Committee
(PPAC) office or at the
Dean of Arts and Sci­ences
office by January
24.
Attendance at the AED
meeting in 213 Union
Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. is also
recommended.
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v2 Price Sale
Co-ordinated sportswear,
sweaters, and jumpsuits.
All sales final-No layaways
We honor BankAmericard and Mastercharge
be UAH, UAB, West
Georgia College, Univer­sity
of Montevallo, Alex­ander
City Junior Col­lege,
University of South­ern
Misssissippi and Co­lumbus
College.
Lee Ann Fullerton,
4GFL, Secretary General
to SIMUN, has worked
with SIMUN for four
years. She said, "The
biggest problem is get­ting
the initial interest.
"SIMUN is open to
anyone in any curricu­lum
and everyone is
invited to come and
observe. SIMUN is like a
hobby for a lot of peo­ple."
Fullerton said some
changes in SIMUN are
the addition of ten more
countries, the participa­tion
of UAH and UAB for
the first time.
Snow
from page A-1
Icy roads accompanied
Tuesday night's snowfall,
giving rise to speculation
that classes would be
called off because of
hazardous driving condi­tions.
Lanham said, "At 5
a.m. Wednesday the
roads were okay, accord­ing
to the state troopers
with no hazardous condi­tions.
There was no
reason not to stay open."
The lower tempera­tures
in University build­ings
is likely to continue
through the weekend.
"The situation is criti­cal,"
Lanham said, "and
the students should be
aware of its serious­ness."
Students can help com­bat
the shortages, Wil­liams
said, by following
suggestions he outlined:
1. Wear heavier cloth­ing
indoors and turn
down the heat.
2. Restrict use of
doors. Heat and energy
are wasted when doors
are opened unnecessari­ly.
War Eagle Cafeteria,
Williams said, has
blocked the majority of
its doorways, leaving on­ly
one or two doors open
for exiting.
3. When studying, the
closer you get to the
light, the better. Use the
least possible energy and
light to get the job done.
4. Turn off all lights
when leaving a room.
Williams said people
were once told to leave
flourescent lights, such
as in many women's
dormitories, on when
leaving for a short while
He said this is no longer
true.
5. Refrain from cook­ing
in the dormitory and
be conservative in the
use of appliances such as
hair dryers and electric
rollers. Be conservative
with hot water.
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A-8 Thurs., Jan. 20, 1977 The Aiturn Plainsman
Local 'Quit Smoking clinics tentative
Photography: Patty DIRIanzo
QUIT SMOKING WEEK
...Smokers urged to kick the habit
Lectures planned
for Career Explo
By Dana Kerbs
Plainsman Staff Writer
Career Explo, a lecture
program designed to edu­cate
students on a varie­ty
of careers, will be
presented by the SGA in
the Auburn Union Jan.
25-27.
Presentations will be
given by business person­nel
and instructors who
will discuss various as­pects
of their careers.
Each speaker will touch
on the education and
experience he obtained
prior to his ' job, the
actual steps he took to
get his job and the
advantages and disad­vantages
of his job as
well as the career oppor­tunities
that a graduate
with a similar degree
could expect to find.
. In ^addition to these
lectures, three special
interest speakers -have
been scheduled to talk
about "Women in Ca­reers,"
"Preparation for
Job Interviews" and
"Christian Education."
Tables and displays will
also be set up for student
information and direc­tion.
Planning for Career
Explo began this sum­mer,
according to Kay
Owens, Arts and Sci­ences
senator who was
instrumental in the crea­tion
of the program.
Laurey Hartwell, a
summer senator who
served as co-chairman
for Explo, was primarily
responsible for publicity
while Owens concentrat­ed
mainly on organizing
the speakers.
"The Explo series is
not just for students,"
said Hartwell. "We en­courage
all members of
the community to attend.
Even seniors who are
almost done with their
studies should be able to
learn more about their
prospective careers."
The officers of each
school were responsible
for obtaining speakers
dealing with their respec­tive
schools. Because of
financial limitations
most of the lecturers are
from the surrounding
area.
"The speakers are tak­ing
their own time to give
a lecture that will benefit
the students," said
Owens. "We hope that
many students will real­ize
this and use this
opportunity."
On Tuesday night and
Thursday night lectures
will be given at 6, 7 and 8
p.m. while presentations
will be made only at 7
and 8 p.m. Wednesday
evening.
Discussions on differ­ent
topics will be taking
place simultaneously in
various rooms in the
Auburn Union. A maxi­mum
of one Forum
credit will be given for
attendance at one or
more lectures.
Careers that will be
highlighted during the
program include bank'
ing, law, veterinary med­icine,
several aspects of
education, engineering,
real estate, pharmacy,
hospital administration,
business and manage­ment,
fashion merchan­dising,
interior design,
foods and nutrition, so­cial
work, nursing, horti­culture,
agriculture and
many others.
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BOOTERY
AUBURN'S COMPLETE SHOE CENTER
Uptown Auburn
By Roxanne Anderson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Tentative plans are un­derway
to offer "Helping
Smokers Quit" Clinics in
the Auburn-Opelika area,
according to American
Cancer Society repre­sentative
Wayne Car­man.
It is part of a
state-wide drive to in­form
people of the dan­gers
of cigarette smoking
during January, National
Quit Smoking Month.
Carman said arrange­ments
should be com­pleted
within a few
months after volunteers
are recruited and
trained. The clinics,
whiph are usually eight
two-hour sessions over a
four week period, are
designed to offer positive
help to those who want to
stop smoking, Carman
said. Except for an
occasional $1 or $2 regis­tration
fee the sessions
are free.
Starter suggestions for
"kicking the habit" are
listed below:
1. List the reasons
against smoking.
2. Select a quitting
date and slowly wean
yourself to smoking low­er
tar cigarettes.
3. Chart your smoking
habits for at least two
weeks to learn when you
are most vulnerable.
4. Repeat one reason
for not smoking every
night at least 10 times.
5. Eliminate either
your most desired or
least desired cigarette.
6. Secure a supply of
substitutes such as bub-blegum,
jaw breakers,
ginger root and hard
candy.
7. Stop on your quit­ting
date.
8. Try different substi­tutes
when you want to
smoke.
9. If you become
depressed see your phy­sician
and discuss your
symptoms.
10. Remind yourself
again and again of the
risks of smoking.
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Editorials
Education: freedom brings fear
Thurs., Jan. 20, 1977 A 4
Snow job
Auburn University classes should have been cancelled yesterday, but the
administration decided Auburn students, faculty and staff should carry on
regardless of the worst weather in a century and the fuel shortage
corresponding with it.
Tuesday the snow fell off and on all day, covering the roads and adding to
the ice forming on them as a result of the near zero temperatures. This
should have been reason enough to cancel classes because of the danger,
especially to commuters, of driving on ice.
Also many mobile home residents were already burdened by broken
furnaces and frozen pipes. And on campus the pipes froze in Tichenor Hall,
and Dorm 3 and Memorial Coliseum were without heat. And these
occurrences seemed as if they were indications of more to come because
Wednesday the pipes broke on the ninth floor of Haley Center, and Comer
and Funchess Halls were without heat. Evidence of rationing as a result of the
critical fuel shortage added to the problem.
In addition the decision, whether it was cancelling or not cancelling classes,
should have been made Tuesday night rather than inconveniencing
commuters with the news early Wednesday morning. The freezing
temperatures and the forecast of more to come Wednesday made it evident
conditions were not going to change much.
The Plainsman hopes the administration will act with more foresight in the
future when situations such as these occur.
Anew 'hero?5
It sounded like something out of a low-grade adventure magazine. "His
body moved. His head turned slightly to the left...Then slowly red blood
emerged from under the black T-shirt onto the white slacks." What this
quotation is actually about is an Associated Press report of the death of Gary
Gilmore, the first person to be executed in the United States in 10 years: a
man whose quest for a martyr's death was aided by a press all too eager to
cater to the baser tastes of the American public.
It shouldn't have been that much of a news story. A madman in Utah kills
two men, leaving behind widows and orphans. He is sentenced to death for
his crime. The news media,- rather than investigating the ramifications of the
reinstatement of capital punishment, or even telling what happened to the
victims of the crime, regaled us day in and day out with stories of the suicidal
ramblings of a man obsessed with publicity.
Gilmore was a murderer, and the media treated him like a hero. Every
word he uttered, every action he made, no matter how insane, was duly re­ported.
He used the media to get the "he-man's death" he wanted, and the
media unprotestingly went along with the prostitution.
Gary Gilmore was not the only criminal in this case, nor that near-anony­mous
Provo hotel clerk the only victim. The press' treatment of the whole af­fair
was criminal—it ignored the victims and elevated the criminal in a traves­ty
of "objective" reporting.
And, in a way, the press was the victim of its own misdirection. Its reputa­tion
was smeared, its viewpoint changed from watchdog of public morals to
B-grade reporter of the repulsive side of human existence.
There is a lesson to be learned here. It is that the press should take its own
repsonsibility more seriously, and not give in to the inhuman impulses of the
American public.
Slow motion
In October approximately six Auburn restaurants applied for beer and
liquor licenses with the Auburn City Council after a State court declared the
one-mile limit on sales of liquor near a college campus unconstitutional.
Now, more than three months after the restaurants' action, the City Council
still has not come up with a plan to regulate the restaurants.
We feel the Council has been unduly slow in taking action on this matter.
If the Council is unsure about the wisdom of having all those beer and liquor
license holders so close to campus, they have only to look at the University of
Alabama to see how a plan has worked out without incident.
Another plus for the liquor license holders is the revenue they would bring
into Auburn with their businesses. It is also unfair to the businesses applying
to prolong an answer for such a great time length.
We believe more than enough time has elapsed for the City Council to act,
and they should come to a decision soon.
If the Council doesn't make the decision, perhaps they will be forcing the
issue into the realm of those businesses restricted from liquor sales. By
allowing only one uptown restaurant to sell alcohol, while restraining other
businesses, certainly an inequity is committed. The Council should right this
situation before it is forced into the legal domain.
It was something feared by rulers. The
lack of it kept kings on their thrones and
slaves in bondage. It was a societal force
more powerful than the atomic bomb. It
was a gift and a curse. It was education.
Only during recent times has this
capacity to present alternates become a
reality to the masses...a transition which
allows men the greatest freedom to think
for themselves as independent human
beings; to act in accordance with the
ethical, moral and spiritual truths they
hold; and to select those same beliefs by
free choice rather than indoctrination.
Education has loosed the bonds for
many, but for others it has served mainly
to set them adrift in a sea of indecision.
Every person needs a base, a
foundation. For centuries that stabilizing
need was filled by a host of dogmas and
dictates. A see t ism, or self-denial and
torture, was practiced as a matter of
course in the early Church. Few
questioned castration to prevent tempta­tion
or whippings for purification. Blind
faith and dogmatism left the soul
satisfied.
Other principles and beliefs also
provided satisfaction for questioning
minds. There were the doctrines of
Puritanism, the work ethic, the indus­trialists'
religion of gain and dollar signs.
Christy
Hudgins
All these served to quiet that voice
inside, to quell questions of right or
wrong and to provide a certain meaning
for life.
But then came education — with its
disturbing questions, and even some­times
more disturbing answers. New
ideas came hurdling down on not just a
selected few, but the masses, and much
of mankind just couldn't cope.
They dodged the questions they could
not answer only to find each idea
ricocheting back to inflict its wound.
Answers to questions of conscience
came in multiple-choice variables and
combinations. Eastern philosophies did
battle with Christian ideology and
fundamentalists paired off with those
preaching evolution/
But for the most part the message of
education has been lost — its merit
squandered.
Where once dogma and indoctrination
filled the void of self conception, the
chamber is now often forgotten or
ignored. We no longer trouble ourselves
with questions of right or wrong. Instead
we avoid close scrutiny of self by allowing
ourselves to be consumed. Television
consumes some of us, with its hour-by-hour
sensory stimulation. Others forget
the question through constant drinking,
smoking or social contact.
This avoidance sometimes sparks a
complaint about how empty life is, how
devoid of meaning. In those chance
moments when self breaks through the
barriers we have erected, we long for
roots, for a place to stand and something
to stand for. We ponder the discontent
among peoples, social upheavals, not
realizing the disquiet is born of the chaos
in individuals...in ourselves.
Sometimes we resort to the dictates of
past generations — unquestioningly
placing faith in a sect or politic. We
become Moonies, dogmatic Christians or
unswerving atheists.
Thus, we build our bases, our
foundations, on sand or blind faith —
and neither bears the test of time.
The answer. It lies within you and is
broadened with each new day — with
every new thing learned.
The only lasting base is the one freely
chosen. It comes with the realization that
education is a widening of parameters, an
expansion of the options open to
you...not something to run from, but a
decision which allows you more freedom
in the choice of the person you are to be.
If we choose to avoid establishing a
base within ourselves, then we are
nothing. If we, without question, accept
an ideology, then we are little more than
programmed robots.
But if we take a long hard look at
ourselves, taking the time to question, to
evaluate, then the base will begin to
form. You are the one that can give your
life meaning. And that meaning comes
when you give yourself the freedom to
make your own decisions.
Finding that foundation is doing what
you believe to be right...not being blind
to the opinions of others, their thoughts,
feelings or needs, but caring enough for
yourself to choose a course and try to
fulfill your capabilities as a person.
Life has its 'shortcomings'
for the worlds small people
Trustee-student meeting's
i format is a disappointment
TheAuburn
Plainsman
Christy Hudgins, Editor
Ken Edwards, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, John Car-valho;
Associate Editor, Maureen Drost; News Editor,
Lisa Harris; Features Editor, Susan Harrison; Sports
Editor, Gene Vandiver; Editor and Editorial Board
chairman, Christy Hudgins.
Entertainment Editor, Rick Harmon; Copy Editor,
Betsy Butgereit; Technical Editor, David Boggus;
Photographic Editor, Dan Doughtie.
Asst. News Editors, Susan Counts and Jackie Romlne;
Asst. Features Editor, Ruth Ann Dunn; Asst. Entertain­ment
Editor, Dave White; Asst. Copy Editor, Jeanne
Regan; Asst. Photographic Editor, Gran. Castleberry;
Asst. Sports Editor, Mike Forchette; Asst. to the Editor,
Brad Davis; Asst. Photographic Editor, Gordon Bugg;
Asst. Technical Editor, Huey Davis; Staff Artists, Kelly
Schultz and Jack Mallette.
Advertising Director, Ken Edwards; Local Advertising
Route Manager, Susan Franklin; Assistant Advertising
Route Manager, Mary Gardiner; Advertising Representa­tive,
Jo Ann Metcalf; Layout Specialists, Larry Klein, Ken
Harvey and Becky Dickson; Circulation, Don Powers and
EdHamff.
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,.
Any time the Board of Trustees, and
Auburn students get together, one thing
seems inevitable: hostility.
The trustees' generally low view of
Auburn students is revealed, and the
students naturally take offense to it.
This is the problem the SGA must
cope with when trying to put together a
constructive format for the annual
student-trustee meeting.
The format for the first meeting
provided the greatest potential for
student input. Each trustee met in an
individual classroom .with students for
about 45 minutes. This added up to
about six hours of give-and-take among
students and the eight trustees who
attended.
Although this system seems to be the
best, SGA President Buck Ruffin thinks
otherwise. "The Board members do not
act singly, they act as a whole," he said.
"If you talk to the Board as a whole, you
get more of an idea of how they feel."
Ruffin has a good point, but he is only
looking at half the purpose of a
student-trustee meeting: the trustees'
half. There is another side omitted: the
chance for students to tell the trustees
what's on their minds.
No matter what kind of encounter
session is held, the students should feel a
certain sense of gratitude that the trustees
come to Auburn, since they do come at
their own expense and are under no legal
commitment to do so. But we should
make the meeting worth the effort for
both parties. This purpose is best served
by holding individual trustee meetings.
Of course, this type of meeting does
have its drawbacks. You could accurately
predict that former head football Coach
Ralph "Shug" Jordan would draw the
biggest crowds, and the students attend­ing
the meeting with him might emerge
with a great feeling of optimism. This is
because Jordan's sympathy for students is
well-known. But1 another student might
meet with one of the more conservative
trustees and then be motivated to enroll
in a more liberal institution: like a Jesuit
seminary.
But still, the first meeting format was a
good beginning, though shaky. It was
obvious both sides didn't know it all, but
the idea itself was stimulating — "Take
it to the trustees." Having a chance to
' directly inform a trustee of your problems
sure did make you feel like there was still
hope.
The next year's meeting was a
disappointment. Only six trustees showed
up, though eight were at a meeting the
day before. The two absent trustees were
John Pace, who had proved to be
somewhat uninformed the year before,
and Red Bamberg, whose conservative
views did not sit well with some students.
Instead of having each trustee talk to
students, all six sat together in 2370
Haley Center while individual students
directed questions at the entire Board.
Whatever potential there was for at
least some constructive results was ruined,
however, when too many irrelevant and
redundant arguments wasted valuable
rime. The only noticable result was
increased suspicion from both trustees
and students.
John
Carvalho
This year the SGA had the opportunity
to try to go back to square one, to revive
the concept of the individual trustees
meeting with students. Instead, they
chose to try to perfect last year's idea.
The situation can be compared to a car
which leans to the left, so you steer it to
the right. The best idea is to get the car
fixed, instead of trying to compensate.
This year, the meeting will be divided
into topics, so that discussions won't get
bogged down. The SGA, aided by
others, will evaluate questions submitted
by solicited campus organizations to
decide which topics concern the students,
most.
Let's go back to the first year's format.
Some trustees felt like they were in a
showcase and complained about it. But a
lot of students seriously wondered if the
trustees were realy going to consult the
notes they were taking.
Come to think of it, when the trustees
were all in one room last year, none of
them took any notes at all.
When I "grow up," I think I will write
a book telling people how to treat a small
person. And, believe me, most people
need some instructions.
Mother told me there would be days
like this, and I guess she should know
since she is only about 5 feet 1 and
weights all of 95 pounds.
In my 21 years as a small person, I am
sure I have heard every skinny joke ever
written at least three times. I've had
people kid me about wearing an inner
tube while in the shower so I wouldn't go
down the drain. And I've heard the one
about turning sideways and looking like a
toothpick. Such compliments.
But I never really paid much attention
to these jokes, since most people who tell
them are usually the opposite extreme.
But if American society continues as it is,
I think I may become paranoid.
It seems that most clothing manufac­turers
are oblivious to the fact that there
are those of us who do not fit the typical
size 9 dress or wear a size 7 shoe. I walk
into clothing stores and am surrounded
by wall-to-wall racks of sizes 9-48.
Fully realizing what to expect, I ask for
a size 3 or 5 dress. When the hysterical
laughter ends, the girl brings in a "little
dress" complete with ruffles, lace and its
own moths. She then tells me she knows
I'll look "just adorable" in it.
Small people have their rights, too,
and it is my turn to laugh-which I also
do hysterically. I then tell her to put the
dress back on the rack, or better yet, to
burn it.
Feeling sadistically content, I begin to
walk out of the store, but the clerks
always get the best of me.
That saleslady with the platinum
blonde hair, silver glasses on a chain and
too much make up, raises her voice as I
approach the door and says, "Go home
and eat your 'Wheaties' and then come
back to see us, dahling."
Shopping for shoes is just as frustrat­ing.
Shoe salesmen automatically look at
a prospective buyer's feet and, oh, the
pain they experience when they realize
that the customer wears a small, narrow
shoe and they may not make a sale...so
they get desperate.
"Well, let's see, ma'm, I have a nice
little shoe here that is, oh, two sizes too
large but if we put pads in the soles and
heels, and tie the 12 laces, it should hang
on.
"Look at it this way, ma'm. You've
got plenty of room for your foot to
expand."
Susan
Hanison
After the traumatic experiences of a
day of shopping, only food could help.
So I go to a restaurant only to be
confronted with the "average" serving of
food—twice as much as I want.
Oh yes, they have a child's plate for
children under 12. Although I probably
could pass, at this time I'm in no mood
for another humiliating experience.
So I order the "average" meal and
enjoy half or maybe three-fourths of it.
Then s'ae waiter comes by.
"Ma'.n, you didn't eat ill vour food.
Is something wrong with it:
Luckily for "the waiter, my better
judgment usually helps me calmly reply,
"No". Some unfortunate souls have,
however, experienced this sad tale of woe
with much animation.
As with every story there are two sides
to this talc. Retribution is possible for
those outrageously humorous people who
ask how the weather is "down there,"
past you on the head or call you "pint
size."
Invite a funny person with long legs to
go somewhere with you. You can make
the comedian sit in the front seat of your
car with you—his chin on his knees.
Or sit on scales and eat 14 cream puffs.
A person of the opposite extreme will
become very irate when you don't even
gain an ounce.
Finally, get through the crevices of a
monstrous crowd 15 minutes before the
"average-sized" person, and then ask
him where he's been for so long. Tell
him the President of the United States
came by while he was wasting time in the
crowd.
This is just a preview of what my book
will be like. It will include chaptets
entitled, "Napoleon Was Small, too"
and "Quality, not Quantity." I'm
getting new material daily.
After explaining some of the material
to be included in this book to a friend
who was shopping, I went outside and
stood next to the street waiting for my
roommate.
Ask me what happened...just ask me.
A fat petson put a penny in my ear.
Mandatory car inspection
'Could reduce auto accidents'
Bob was driving to work one morning
when a trailer rig pulled in front of him.
He' pushed the brake but nothing
happened. He became one of those
auto-death statistics, statistics which show
more people die in. car accidents than all
other major forms of transportation —
boat, car, airplane or foot.
Those auto-death statistics can be
lowered. Defensive driving, not driving
after drinking and the lowering of the
speed limit from 70 to 55 miles per hour
are some examples. Another method,
mandatory car inspection, is not even
used in Alabama. And it should be,
because it would save many of the
Roberts in our State. Proper inspections
and completion of needed repairs could
lower the percentage of car accidents.
A program suggested for Madison
County would be a good opportunity for
Alabama residents to see the benefits of
car inspection; this program could be a
model for car inspection throughout the
state.
Under the program can would only be
inspected, not repaired. The Top of
Alabama Regional Council of Govern­ments
(TARCOG) is looking for the
Federal government to subsidize it and is
asking the University of Alabama in
Maureen
Drost
Huntsville (which conducted an earlier
local program sponsored by State and
Federal governments) for the use of their
equipment. UAH could help get it
started, then another institution could
manage the program. Approximately
$7)0,000 would be required to start the
Madison County program. This figure is
' based on the cost of UAH's program and
on how much it would cost to inspect
100,000 cars.
Many benefits could be derived from
an inspection program. People would be
more knowledgeable about the repairs
needed for their cars and better satisfied
with their repairs. The UAH inspection
program revealed people in Huntsville
were buying too many repairs they didn't
need and car owners receiving specific,
rather than general, information were
more satisfied with their repairs.
Employment would be boosted
through the hiring of people to manage
the inspection programs and to do the
extra repair work as a result of the
program. The most important benefit
though would be a decline in accidents.
A University of Indiana study of auto
accidents found in 16 per cent of car
accidents the fault was the car, in 84 per
cent the driver. Thus, car inspections
could reduce accidents significantly.
Any car inspection program, however,
should be well planned to be effective.
Inspections should be separate from
repairs, so car owners can be more certain
of true inspections and the necessity of
repair work. Checks should be made on
all cars on a routine basis (perhaps every
six months or a year) under stationary
and driving conditions. (Some car parts
such as brakes cannot be thoroughly
tested when cars are stationary.) Inspec­tion
stations should have convenient
hours and locations as well as minimum
waiting and inspection times.
Though the initial cost would be high,
it could be repaid through $5 to $10 fees
for inspections; sales of bonds which
would be repaid through inspection fees;
Federal highway funds or private industry
financing. Besides, a strong car inspection
program would more than pay for itself
by the many lives it would save.
Letters
Student Action
Former president expresses disappointment in Senate
Thurs., Jan. 20, 1977 A S
'Was Vandiver serious?'
Editor, The Plainsman:
I was not born in the South, and even
after living here 19 years, I am wondering
if Southerners found G. Vandiver's
comments about the Yankees funny,
serious or both. What I have heard here
about outsiders leads me to believe that it
is, at least, not all fun.
In the event that Mr. Vandiver was
serious, may I ask him to read pages 533
to 536 of J. Michener's "Iberia"? The
decline of Spain that coincided with its
persecution of outsiders should be a most
notable lesson to learn from history.
W. Blakney
Associate Professor
Technical Services
French release of Daoud invites
terrorist activities further PLO
Editor, The Plainsman:
How ironic it is that the epigram of a
Frenchman, Voltaire, states that as long
as men believe absurdities they will
commit atrocities. The French govern­ment's
absurd belief that the release of
the Palestine Liberation Otganization
terrorist Abu Daoud will result in some
ultimate benefit to that government is
yet another example of vision clouded by
the black mire of petro-dollars.
The atrocity in this case is not so much
the fact that Daoud was released. The
real atrocity here is that no government
in the world, except Israel's, has
maintained a consistent policy of
punishing convicted terrorists. The
atrocity is that yet another sovereign
nation, for a billion dollar aircraft deal
and a continued flow of petroleum, now
sanctions and thereby invites continued
terrorist activity by the PLO—a group
which vows to destroy the state of Israel.
France's message to the world is that
the formula that now applies to affairs of
state equates expediency with justice. No
one should be so naive to believe that
this is something new. It is not. Nor
should one take the mistake of believing
that this message is not comprehended by
the terrorists. It is. Now that France has
loaded the terrorists' guns we shall wait
to see at whom they are fired and just
hope that if it is one of us, oil, the
almighty, can stop bullets.
Steve Webne, 6PG
Accompanying the disbanding of
Student Action comes a release from the
responsibilities imposed on me as its
spokesman, and now I am free to give my
personal opinions on several issues
regarding the. organization. .
First, let me address the Student
Senate as a whole. Senators, you
disappoint me. After two and one half
weeks of talking with the Senate
Organizations Committee, making
changes in Student Action's Constitution
and at one point even rewriting it
completely, you still decided it didn't
suit you. When asked why you were not
satisfied, you answered "We're afraid
Student Action will duplicate the SGA."
So you're afraid Student Action and
the SGA would have to do the same
things. What about Panhellcnic, the
IFC, the ACLU, the Human Rights
Forum, the various school councils, the
Libertarian Club, Young Democrats,
Young Republicans, Spades and other
groups on this campus? Do they all do
the same thing? Of course not. Are they
all political forces at this school? Of
course they are.
On the other hand, suppose you had
granted Student Action a probationary
charter (by definition of the Code of
Laws, a "trial" charter to be good for
only a year). You would have had an
opportunity to see just what Student
Action could do for Auburn. You would
have been able to judge Student Action
not on what you were afraid it might do,
but on what it had done.
And now, this word to the students.
Spring quarter of 1976, many of you were
dissatisifed with the way this school was
being run. In a few short weeks, more
David
Gibson
than 250 of you had joined Student
Action. At the first meeting, more than
30 of you showed up just from reading a
letter in The Plainsman. Crowds as large
as 80 or 90 attended later meetings. More
than 30 of you attended the Student
Senate meeting at which Student
Action's charter was voted on. But when
school started again in fall of 1976, the
game was old. You had football for
entertainment. Student Action was an
old toy by then, not worth your time.
But a handful didn't quit. Student
Action had three meetings fall quarter
where the same eight to 10 people were
the only ones there. Those few people
managed to put on a free concert with
four bluegrass and folk groups, thinking
that it would be a service to you, as well
as a way to show you that Student Action
really did have good intentions.
So what was the response to our
efforts? One of you wrote a letter to The
Plainsman (when the Senate denied us
permission to call the concert a fund
drive and then refused to consider giving
us permission to have it at all) saying
that Student Action's "overall approach"
was dishonest, and that Student Action
was merely a "political entity striving for
a martyred appearance." Any senator
present at that Senate meeting will verify
Ignoring other's rights
that my response to their action was not
one of satisfaction.
There were, however, several people
along the way that made our efforts a
little easier. These people have earned
my thanks and deserve recognition for
their conscientious efforts to help the
students of Auburn.
To the following people I extend my
sincerest thanks: To Sue Steele, former
Student activities advisor, and her staff,
for their great efforts toward helping
Student Action to try to get it's
probationary charter; to Buck Ruffin,
president of the SGA, specifically for his
granting of SGA co-sponsorship for our
concert (allowing us to use the Amphi­theatre),
and for his advice on other
political matters; to the 14 members of
the Senate who voted to grant Student
Action a probationary charter and to the
people that helped make Student Action
what it was during its brief life on the
Auburn campus, the members.
No doubt, people will still feel
justified in complaining about Student
Action. But there is one thing that
cannot be denied. Student Action
showed something that hasn't been seen
on the Auburn campus in a while—stu­dents
voluntarily organizing themselves
into a political group, not to enhance
their records for law school or to give
themselves a conceited feeling of power,
but to change the rules that govern them
in order to make their everyday lives
more pleasant. And as far as I am
concerned, that's as good a definition of
democracy as anyone could write.
'Capitalism causes poverty'
Editor, The Plainsman:
Danny Parker's response to my letter
concerning the causes of hunger and the
observance of Hunger Awareness Week
demonstrates that there are some areas in
my letter that need clarification. This I
shall attempt to do as I defend my
original charge, that poverty is the direct
result of capitalism.
Mr. Parker notes that political panaceas
are not sufficient for the alleviation of
hunger and poverty, especially on a world
scale. With this I certainly agree, but we
should remember that while idealism is a
necessary thing, it alone will not stop
poverty any more than political noise.
Mr. Parker brings to mind the recent
famine areas of India and North Africa
Unleashed dogs kill cattle
"PADPY DOESN'T DRINK Coffee TO lAiAKS UP... H£ ReAPSTHePWeeONTHeCANi"
'Don't lower learning standards'
Editor, The Plainsman:
I address this letter to Mr. Lloyd
Malone. Sir, your letter in last week's
paper brought questions to my mind.
You made several statements, some I
agreed with and some I did not.
You say that the percentage of blacks
enrolled at Auburn "is not proportionate
with the percentage of Alabama residents
who are black." I do not question this.
What I question is some of the reasons
you give for why this situation exists.
You say this is "primarily due to rough
ACT tests and poor high school
pre-conditioning.
What is your solution? Should we
make the entrance exams easier? Let me
point out that expert and public opinion
seems to indicate thatthe exams are too
easy as they are now. Are black students
not getting an equal chance in the public
high schools? We are in the eighth year
since Alabama public schools became
integrated. If conditions in these schools
are still unequal and need improvement,
then let's make sound educational and
sociological improvements. Education
Is quality education irrelevant?
Editor. The Plainsman:
I share Lloyd Malone's concern
regarding the improper black-white
student ratio at Auburn. We should
have more blacks! I do not believe Lloyd
goes far enough in his proposals toward
alleviating this dreadful situation. I
therefore would like to present a modest
proposal along those lines.
Lloyd believes we should offer scholar­ships
toward black enrollment. I submit
that we should give free education to all
blacks wishing to enroll. Rather than
going a circuitous route in financing this
program, we should merely double the
cost of tuition on all white students. This
avoids going through the state govern­ment
and the taxpayers. The same
applies toward housing, books, food,etc.
I further agree with Lloyd that the
ACT tests are too hard for all blacks other
than the 1100 already here. (It is a
known fact that answer sheets are given
out to all whites who take the test).
I propose that blacks not be required
to take the test. This is simpler than
making the test easy enough for all blacks
to pass it. Whites should continue to be
required to take the test since they can all
pass it anyway.
It is possible that not enough blacks
would like to come to Auburn even with
these improved conditions.
In the interest of achieving the proper
B-W ratio they should be forced to go to
Auburn. I propose a draft on Alabama
blacks to obtain the required number of
black bodies. I would leave an option to
those who still did not wish to attend:
death by firing squad or exile to Canada
or Sweden.
Quality education is unimportant
anyway.
David H. Green, 4ME
and encouragement for its pursuit are the
responsibilities of the family and society
as well as the school.
Let us not lower the standards of our
seats of higher learning, but raise those of
our elementary, junior high and high
schools. Let us encourage the black
student, or any student for that matter,
to pursue that education which will meet
his wishes, plans and abilities, not racial
quotas. We begin by looking on persons
as individuals with talents and short­comings,
not by their skin color.
The answer lies not in lowering
educational standards but in raising
human standards; nor should we replace
one form of prejudice and discrimination
with another. We must eliminate
prejudice and discrimination entirely.
There, Mr. Malone, is where the
answer to this problem you identified
lies.
. Stephen Swann, 4SMH
Editor, The Plainsman:
May I ask that you publish the
following thoughts, after witnessing a
"cattle kill"?
It was a sad event that occurred so soon
after rhe Humane Society's Margaret
Worthington had written in a newspaper
last week a review of a new book, "Dog
Kill", which we just recently donated to
the Opelika Library.
I was following a deputy sheriff in my
automobile. He was to support me
whilst I reviewed a complaint of starving
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About two miles north of the intersection
of-1455 and'2JiO vVe came upon a group 6f
cars, the drivers of which were troubled
by the sight of a gang of large dogs
chasing and tearing down calves and
cows. They were too far away for' the
deputy sheriff to do anything but radio
for assistance to find the owners of the
calves and cows. Two cows and two
calves were killed by these family pets.
When one witnesses a spectacle such as
this, one rile!! at the typical remarks of
unknowing dog owners—"My dog
should be allowed to run free."
1 ask, "How free?"
Free to become a gang killer dog...
Free to tear up and maim or kill
cattle...
Free to chase cars and bicycles...
And lastly, but not infrequently, free
to be run over, maimed or killed on the
highways.
Might I ask that people become
thoughtful dog owners, think of others
and place your animals under restraint,
either in a fenced yard or on a long
chain. Then take the trouble to exercise
your pet and yourselves by going for
walks together.
Edgar Glyde
President.Lee County Humane Society
Letters to the editor must be re­ceived
by 5 p.m. Sunday at The
Plainsman office, Auburn Union
basement. Please type and double
space, limiting total words to 300.
Some form of identification should
be presented with the letter/ Please
include your telephone number.
and implies that I have proposed a
socialist state for these underdeveloped
areas. This I have not done, though
there are many people who have done so.
My proposal limits itself to an "overde­veloped"
nation, the United States.
In criticizing socialist states, Mr. Parker
points out that the U.S.S.R. has had to
buy grain from the U.S. I submit that it
is weather conditions, not social organiza­tion,
that has caused the Soviets to
purchase food from this country.
This criticism is the same as saying that
the recent crop failures in the U.S.'s
mid-west and plains are due to our
society when it is clear that poor weather
is rather indiscriminate.
Let me speak further of the grain deals.
While the Russians bought grain from
the U.S. at a price of more than $6 per ,
bushel, the farmers that grew the grain
were paid less than $4 per bushel. The
remaining difference was the "Profit" of
the elevator operators, those people who
held the grain, refusing to deliver it to
the U.S. market until the grain deal
drove the price skyward. After they got
this grand price, the operators first
serviced the Russians, then released the
remainder on the U.S. market, driving
the price higher. Of course, not all
operators did this, but the major ones
did.
To conclude, let me say that socialist
societies have their problems, but we
need to think about what should be
considered in economic problems first,
the needs of the people that inhabit our
land (including the middle-class)
or the need of continued growth in
the price of goods vs. the deterioration of
their cost .to manufacture, that is, Profit.
Martin Olliff, 6HY
'Christian groups also practice
sly and underhanded methods'
Editor, The Plainsman:
There has been a shortage of articles
these days condemning such religious
groups as the Hare Krishnas, the
followers of Reverend Moon and other
ncwlv sprouted spiritual groups. Everyone
feels uneasy abour these people and
agrees that they represent an unhealthy
phenomenon. This is all well and good,
hut. while we're at it, let's include the
other religious movements, such as the
Christian Movement.
Malone clarifies position, says
he doesn 't favor easier A CT
'Blacks have equal rights'
Editor, The Plainsman:
I would like to point out a mistake vou
made in your headline of my letter last
week on black-tatio equalization. You
stated I favored more grants. In the letter
I didn't say grants, I said scholarships;
there is a difference.
But the main mistake you made was
stating I favored easier ACT tests. I most
certainly do not favor easier ACT tests,
and if my letter seemed to insinuate that,
I'm sorry. It wasn't supposed to.
What I propose is better high schools
for blacks so they will stand a better
chance of passing the ACT and having a
better chance of getting those new
scholarships.
Lloyd Malone, 3VA
Everyone seems to object to the
underhanded and sly methods which the
new movements employ to gain money
and followers. But what, basically, is the
difference between what they do and
what any organized religion does? I've
been bothered at one time or another by
most all "groups". It boils down to the
fact that all these religious groups are
attempting to sell their beliefs and way of
life to the unenlighted.
A lot of parents have expressed dismay
about the way their young have been
"kidnapped" by the Moonies or the
Krishnas. I express dismay that millions
of kids are kidnapped daily by the
Christian churches. I detect a little
nervousness in the Christians concerning
the large defection in their ranks.
I advocate religious freedom; it
doesn't matter to me what someone
believes, just don't bug me with it. And
this is my point: all organized religions -
tend to bug me, either directly or *
indirectly, overtly or subtly. So, I object
to using these "new" movements as
scapegoats; this crap has been going on
for a few thousand years in many
different guises. It's the same old game.
Steve Thrasher, 3GJM
Editor, The Plainsman:
1 would like to take this opportunity to
reply to Mr. Malone's letter of last week.
If I understand you correctly, Mr.
Malone, you want to give more
scholarships to blacks. Does this mean
that whites will be restricted from
entering the competition for them, and if
so, are you not descriminating against the
whites?
You spoke about the ACT tests being
too hard. Let's get one thing straight, the
ACT is a measure of your comprehension
or your learning ability. It is a measure of
whether you can do the work in college.
Also, if it was easier to get in Auburn
and get a degree for blacks than it is for
whites, do you think you deserve the
same job opportunities that the white
students get if they worked harder and
got better grades?
Another topic in your letter was high
school conditioning. I didn't know that
any high schools in Alabama closed their
college prep classes to blacks. If the
blacks can take the same courses whites
do that get into Auburn, then it must be
the individual's fault because he did not
grasp the material.
In your letter you spoke of equaliza­tion.
You mentioned using quotas of
blacks to whites to balance the ratio.
What if there are 50 vacancies to fill at
I Auburn for students, and 35 applicants
are whites with " B " averages and 15
blacks with " D " averages. Do you think
it is fair to the whites for the blacks to get
in just because they are black? This is a
problem that industry is facing now.
The NAACP has set quotas for the
hiring of blacks. The companies then are
forced to hire, in many cases, people who
are less qualified for the job just because
they are black. The result is that industry
suffers the loss and the consumers end up
paying the bill! You said there should be
more scholarships made available to
blacks. Aren't you discriminating now?
Finally, let's consider the following?
There is now a scholarship agency that
gives scholarships to blacks only (The
American Negro College Fund). There
are no such white organizations. Also,
when you feel you are being discriminat­ed
against, you can call on the NAACP
to help you. Again, there are no such
white organizations.
Mr. Malone, wake up and realize that
blacks have equal rights. No one will
keep you out of Auburn unless you lack
the abilities to do the work. I'm all for
equal rights but not with the favoritism
you speak of. Blacks don't have it so bad.
After all, look at how the Jews have been
treated, and you don't hear them
complaining or bellyaching, do you?!
Jim Newman, 1PB
EDITOR'S NOTE: Uoyd Ma/one is a
white Auburn student.
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The Auburn Plainsman Thurg., Jan. 20, 1977 A-6 Ask theTrustees...
By Susan Harrison
Features Editor
What role should the Board of Trustees play in
Auburn University's affairs? What is the
possibility of obtaining a multi-purpose building at
Auburn? What business has the Board of Trustees
been involved in during the past year? What is the
feasibility of the Board of Trustees being replaced
by a Board of Regents?
These are some of the questions SGA President
Buck Ruffin anticipates will be discussed at the
student-trustee meeting Saturday. He also men­tioned
that the perennial subject—the Student
Health Center—and academics would be discussed.
In the 1974 student-trustee meeting, sexual
discrimination dominated most of the conversation
as the individual trustees met with students in
separate classrooms in Haley Center.
Complaints of overcrowded classrooms and
dorms, a change in fee payment dates, health care,
a lack of academic scholarships and a request for
additional courses were other topics of the '74
meeting.
In last year's meeting, the Trustees explained
why they voted as they did on the guidelines
regarding secure and non-secure dorm systems.
The Trustees voted 6-2 against the guidelines which
would have allowed dorm residents the right to
choose the level of security for the dorm.
Also, Louis Anderson, 3PB, presented his
complaint of being refused treatment at the Student
Health Center.
The structure of the meeting was revamped last
year and the trustees, as a group, met with
approximately 150 students who attended. This
year, the structure will again be revamped so the
informal question-answer interaction between stu­dents
and trustees will come from certain topics de­cided
on beforehand by what the SGA designated as
"campus leaders" and members of their organiza­tions.
The meeting, which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday in
Haley Center 2370, is estimated to last approximate­ly
an hour.
Because of the "organic and statutory laws of
Alabama," Auburn University is governed by a
Board of Trustees, consisting of one member from
each congressional district, an extra member from
the congressional district in which the institution is
located, the Governor and State Superintendent of
Education, who are members ex-officio.
Trustees are appointed by the Governor by and
with the advice and consent of the State Senate and
hold office for terms of 12 years..
Trustees serve until reappointed or their succes­sors
are named. By executive order of the
Governor in 1971, a non-voting student representa­tive,
selected by the Student Senate serves.as a
member ex-officio, also.
The following articles give personal data about
the trustees as well as their reactions to certain
University-related topics.
TRUSTEE HARRIS STEREOTYPES AU STUDENTS
"...A cut above the average university student in moral discipline "
Photography: Din Doughtla
Student gripes are few
Meet the Board
A Plainsman Probe
By Debbie White
Plainsman Staff Writer
"A student is really only a
transient here for four or five
years. He couldn't possibly
understand the total operations of
Auburn well enough to make solid
judgements about finances," Trus­tee
Robert H. Harris said, " l am
totally opposed to a student being
a voting member of the Board of
Trustees."
Harris then said he was in favor
of student-trustee meetings.
"These meetings give the students
a chance to face the governing
body, which is unique among most
universities."
Harris, a graduate of Auburn in
pre-law, is now an attorney in
Bamberg tells of college days
By Marian Hollon
Plainsman Staff Writer
"The problem with having a
student member on the Board of
Trustees," said Trustee R. C.
Bamberg, "would be the inability
to satisfy everyone as to who
would be chosen and how many
would be chosen.
"I haven't spoken to any of the
other trustees about it," said
Bamberg, "but I wouldn't be in
favor of a student trustee. Besides,
there is already a student repre­sentative
on the Board."
Bamberg said another problem
that would have to be considered
would be which district the student
would be chosen from.
"It is spelled out in the Alabama
Constitution that Board members
will come from each of the nine
different Congressional districts."
Bamberg said he thought stu­dents
had enough to worry about
just with classes. Bamberg, a 1940
Auburn graduate, explained the
reason for his being "so hard-nosed."
"It took me over a period of 10
years to finish college because I
had to put myself through," said
Bamberg. "I waited on tables and
did anything I could to earn
money."
Bamberg borrowed $500 in 1929
to finance his first year at school.
"Then the depression hit and I
owed an additional $40 in interest.
I spent five years, from 1930 to
1935, paying back the loan."
"I think the average Auburn
student is in school to pursue an
education just like any other
student on any other campus. This
doesn't mean he is going to be a
success, but his chances are better
than just having a high school
diploma."
Bamberg said he believes that
quality of education at Auburn is
equal to that of other universities
in the South and in the country.
"There must be something good
about Auburn if there are 16,000
students here," he said.
"I think courses in the fields of
agriculture, engineering, phar­macy,
veterinary medicine and
Photography: Dan Douohtis
TRUSTEE BAMBERG AT '75 MEETING
.1 wouldn't be in favor of a voting student trustee "
architecture are comparable to
any in the United States.
"But what is important is not
what education is but what it turns
out or what its results are."
Bamberg said although there
are no issues of priority at Board
meetings, the legislature's appro­priations
for schools is currently of
more interest. "People are
concerned with how high educa­tion
will rank in the distribution of
finances."
According to Bamberg, the stu­dent
representative, rather than
individual students, presents most
of the grievances to the Board
such as visiting hours and other
regulations for the university's
dorms.
"This year I think we will be in a
position to have grievances
brought before the Board. But just
because six people get together
and agree they've got a grievance
doesn't mean they have accom­plished
anything."
Bamberg mentioned a Board
meeting last year when the stu­dents
were invited to attend. "We
only had a handful of disgruntled
students turn out."
Besides being on the Board of
Trustees for nearly 20 years,
Bamberg serves as the director of
the Alabama Development Office
in Montgomery which has the
authority to develop the state's
natural and human resources.
"We add energy by bringing
industry and people to the state.
Sometimes I believe the younger
generation feels that things have
been like they are now forever.
We all take energy for granted
because it's always been there."
Jordan proud of AU's accredited schools
By Charlie Hart
Plainsman Staff Writer
"I am trying to learn, read,
probe and listen to people," says
Ralph Jordan, the newest member
of the Board of Trustees at Auburn
University. Jordan began his
term on July 1, 1976.
"I would like to see Auburn
University improve in every direc­tion,"
Jordan said. "Let's just
take our athletic situation. I was
disappointed in my last year in '75.
I know Coach Barfield is disap­pointed
in his first year at Auburn.
"I am certainly interested in
seeing us get behind the athletic
; department, especially football,
for it makes money which sup­ports
other sports at Auburn. I
want to see the student body,
alumni, faculty and administra-
, tion behind Coach Barfield and get
the show back on the road.
"It seems we can't forget the
basic concepts of Auburn Univer­sity,"
said Jordan in pointing out
that Auburn, as a land-grant
university, is Alabama's agricul­ture
and mechanical college. "I
have some fear we have gone off
from the basics, and I don't think
we should ever forget the agricul­ture
and engineering schools."
The proposal to have a voting
student member on the Board of
Trustees is one Jordan is opposed
to. "I think it is fine for students to
express themselves freely to the
Board, but I don't really support a
voting student on the Board of
Trustees," he said.
"A voting student member on
the Board would represent a
special interest group, and this is
what the Board of Trustees has
tried to stay away from.
"A student would be on the
Board for one year, and that is not
enough time to know all that is
necessary about the working of the
university, the legislature and the
spending and disbursement of
monies. Another question I would
have about a voting student is:
'Does he really represent all the
students?' "
When asked to compare Auburn
University with other schools in
the South, Jordan answered, "I
don't have an in-depth knowledge
of the scholastic end of Auburn
University, but we are right up
there with other schools in the
South.
"I would surmise that our
faculty salary is not matching
other schools," he said, "but
Auburn has taken a stride in the
right direction."
Jordan reported he has had very
few complaints from students, and
these complaints dealt with visita­tion
at Magnolia Hall. "When this
question came before the Board of
Trustees," Jordan added, "Buck
(Ruffin) gave tremendous input
from the student point of view."
Jordan has known Auburn Uni­versity-
for a long time. He was
involved with Auburn athletics for
40 years, the last 25 of which he
was Auburn's head football coach,
retiring after the 1975 season.
"Everybody in my family has
attended Auburn," said Jordan,
who graduated from Auburn in
1932. Jordan's wife, Evelyn, who
works with Auburn's Student De­velopment
Services, received her
master's degree from Auburn.
Their children also attended Au­burn.
"I have a granddaughter
tentatively accepted at Auburn in
September," Jordan added.
As a new member on the Board
of Trustees, Jordan realizes it will
take time to learn all that is
necessary for a trustee to know.
But after his long association with
Auburn University, Jordan was
already sure of one thing when he
said, "Auburn is a fine school with
the dedication of faculty, admin­istration
and employes."
AU's problems 'usual'
By Jayne Handlin
Plainsman Staff Writer
Sue Fincher, a member of the
Board of Trustees who lives in
Wedowee, Ala., is no stranger to
Auburn University. An English
teacher at Southern Union State
Junior College, Fincher graduated
from Auburn and is currently
enrolled in the doctoral program
here.
According to Fincher, the prob­lems
at Auburn are the usual ones,
such as working within the limits
of the budget. But she feels that
the trustee meetings are worth­while
and do accomplish some­thing.
Fincher does not really picture
any stereotype of an Auburn
student. When asked if she would
mind having a student trustee on
the Board, Fincher said, "I hadn't
really thought about it, but I can't
see any reason not to have a
student trustee. After all, I'm a
student myself.
"Yes, students do come to me
with gripes," said Fincher, who
will begin her third year as a
trustee in the spring. "But they
are usually the normal gripes,
such as problems with housing."
Fincher believes that the quality
of education at Auburn University
is not only comparable to other
universities in the South, but it is
much better. Her belief evidently
reflected on her family, since she
has one son who is a junior at
Auburn and another son who will
enter Auburn next fall. About her
belief, Fincher said with a chuck­le,
"Of course, I might be a little
prejudiced."
Decatur, Ala. He has been a
trustee since 1971 and said he
enjoyed his work even though it
involves many responsibilities.
"We have the responsibility of
trying to see that we provide a
total program in all the schools at
Auburn-programs as good as we
can make them for the lowest
possible tuition costs.
"Lt. Governor Beasley's attacks
and new programs are ill-con­ceived
and short sighted. But
higher education institutions have
always been the target for critics
and aspiring politicians who want
to make a name for themselves,"
said Harris.
Harris's immediate concerns for
Auburn include strengthening the
new School of Business, re-exam­ining
the Engineering Department
and strengthening the total exten­sion
service to make it beneficial
to as many people as possible.
One of his concerns for the future
is to set up a health service
program pleasing to the students.
Harris does not see immediate
funding for a full range of
women's athletic programs at
Auburn. "This is an area students-don't
understand well. We receive
a revenue from only one or two
men's sports and a school needs
revenue to function. To expand
women's athletics to the extent of
the men's athletic program we
would have to take the funds from
tuition fees and government mo­ney,
because women's athletics
does not pay," he said.
With two children attending
Auburn. Harris is doubly con­cerned
about the Auburn student.
Harris stereotypes the Auburn
student as "a cut above the
average university student in
moral discipline. Students are
interested in finding what they
want in the world through educa­tion
and experience at Auburn."
In Harris's opinion the quality of
education at Auburn is at least as
high as that of other Southern
universities and compares favora­bly
throughout the nation. He says
this is partly due to the excellent
and qualified staff of teachers and
professors.
As extra proof of Auburn's high
quality of education, Harris men­tioned
Auburn's rapid growth in
enrollment in the past few years.
"This increase is indicative of
Auburn's strength. When other
colleges and universities are ex­periencing
declines in enrollment,
Auburn continues to grow. I
believe we are marketing a good
product.
"The students are at Auburn to
get an education and it is our job
to provide the best facilities
possible for learning and the
trained personnel to give the
students understanding and know­ledge
of their fields of study,"
Harris said.
Samford advocates
Board 'continuity'
By Nancy Evans
Plainsman Staff Writer
Trustee Frank Park Samford
believes the main concern of
Auburn University is to "conduct
an educational program."
In order to conduct such a
program, Samford said, "The
University has to have enough
money to provide buildings and
facilities, as well as pay competi­tive
salaries."
Although he admitted to having
no objective standards by which to
compare the quality of education
at Auburn with other Southern
universities, he did say it was his
impression that Auburn compared
favorably with other institutions.
Samford, who is Chairman of the
Board of Liberty National Life
Insurance Co., was unable to
attend any of the student-trustee
meetings held on campus, but said
it was his understanding that they
were not very constructive.
"In general," he commented, "I
don't think meetings like this can
accomplish very much in the way
of solutions."
He went on to say the ideas and
suggestions brought out in the
meetings did give the trustees an
insight into student opinion which,
he said, "Doesn't do the trustees
harm to hear."
Samford, whose son served as
editor of The Plainsman four
years ago, does not believe adding
a student to the Board of Trustees
has any merit. "A Board should
not be made up of representatives
of constituents," he commented.
Samford also cited the difficulty
of selecting a student who could
represent all student groups as
another reason for not having a
student-trustee.
He explained that at the present
time there are two non-voting
student members who attend
Board meetings and express stu­dent
opinions.
Samford also feels it is impor­tant
to have continuity in Board
membership. Since a student
would be able to serve only a
couple of years, he believes it
would be hard to achieve the
continuity necessary for the Board
to function.
Samford, besides serving as an
Auburn trustee, is on the Advisory
Committee for the Cumberland
School of Law at Samford Univer- |
sity in Birmingham.
Photography: Dan Doughtl*
TRUSTEE SAMFORD COMMENTS ON MEETINGS
.."Suggestions In meetings give trustees insight into student opinion"
A-7 Thurs., Jan. 20, 1977 The Auburn Plainsman
Trusteeship combines
love for AU and students
By Pam Piatt
Plainsman Staff Writer
John Pace III has been a
member of the Auburn University
Board of Trustees for the last 13
years and has recently been
re-appointed.
Pace and his family have been
steeped in the Auburn tradition.
He graduated in 1946 as an
agriculture major and his children
are Auburn graduates or are
currently attending the university.
Being a trustee is not Pace's sole
occupation. He operates a whole­sale
nursery in the Mobile area
and describes his job as "working
in the fields with my hands."
Pace discussed his trusteeship in
terms of how he became a trustee,
his contributions and his qualifica­tions
for the job. "I was appointed
by Governor Wallace 13 years
ago," he said. "I had worked for
the Governor in hard times, when
things weren't going so good, and
I'm appreciative of my appoint­ment.
"I don't like to consider the
trusteeship a political appointment
"I think the chief qualification,
for becoming an Auburn trustee is
a love for Auburn and its student
body. I am doing what I can in my
own humble way. I have a
concern for the students and the
school."
Pace commented more specifi­cally
on current areas of concern
or problems facing Auburn:
"I think Auburn's most immedi­ate
concern is money. I would say
that we need more funding from
the state.
"Students have come to me with
complaints. The most common
complaint used to be about the
food situation but I don't hear this
as often as I used to.
"As far as having a student on
the Board of Trustees, I haven't
made up my mind. If there is a
student on the Board, I don't think
he should be a voting member."
When asked if he thought the
student-trustee meetings accom­plished
anything, Pace replied:
"Yes and no. I think that a truer
representation of the student body
should be present-more of a cross
section. The students who come to
the meetings are the ones with
complaints."
"I have no comment on co-edu­cational
dormitories. I will wait
until that comes up and leave it up
to the students. However, I would
support a plan that involves
alternating men's and women's
dormitories."
Pace said he thought changes at
Auburn should be taken gradually
and added that he was a firm
believer in change on a "sensible
and sound basis."
"I think the quality of education
at Auburn is of the 'upper plain.'
I believe Auburn students are
hard-working, appreciative and
deep down, every one of them
loves Auburn.
"I think I'm a good trustee, but
that still remains to be seen. In
the last 13 years, I have only
missed two Board meetings.
"I think my chief responsibility
as a trustee is to contribute my
ideas to Auburn and I am
concerned about the welfare of the
students and the school. I have
ho bias and whether the students
and I agree or disagree, I always
have the school in my heart."
Photography: Dan Doughtia
TRUSTEE TEAGUE CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION
"...I wish the students would praise the good instructors and demand the bad replaced "
Teague ready to 'rap'
By Ruth Ann Dunn
Assistant Features Editor
Auburn University Trustee
Wayne Teague is ready for his
second joint student-trustee meet­ing
Jan. 22. "I'm looking forward
to it. I'm very anxious to see what
Adequate financing immediate concern
By Gerald Waid
Plainsman Staff Writer
Trustee Henry B. Steagall sees
Auburn University's main con­cerns
as including state financing,
job placement for students and the
development of programs such as
a nursing school and a law school.
Steagall also said he is in favor of
a voting student-trustee and man­datory
attendance policies.
"One thing I feel is an immedi­ate
concern is for the State of
Alabama to provide adequate
financing for higher education at
Auburn University. I would prefer
the state to provide adequate
funding without increasing stu­dents'
fees," Steagall said.
"Another concern is that we do
the very best we can at Auburn in
the area of job placement, so that
we can give Auburn graduates the
very best job opportunities.
"In the area of continuing
education, we should do every-
Photography: Dan Doughtia
TRUSTEE STEAGALL INTERESTED IN JOB PLACEMENT
...Wants to give Auburn graduates "the very best job opportunities"
Building AU education
major goal for Smith
By Sharon Mitchell
Plainsman Staff Writer
"I find the spirit and general
attitude of the Auburn student
outstanding. Many college student
bodies are concerned only with
criticizing. We continue to put
blood drives ahead of protest
marches." These are the words of
Charles M. Smith III, an Auburn
trustee.
Smith's major goal as trustee is
to "build a program in education
that will benefit the Auburn
student and the taxpaying com­munity."
He feels Auburn's
quality of education now rates
high among Southern universities
but Smith plans to continue striv­ing
for improvements.
He encourages students, faculty
and parents to contact him with
their suggestions. He receives
comments, pro and con, mainly
from his daughter, an Auburn
student, her friends and his friends
who are parents of Auburn stu­dents.
Although Smith would not op­pose
having a student trustee on
the board, he believes many
students feel they are properly
represented by their Auburn and
AUM representative. He says, "If
you check adjoining states, there
is more voice in Auburn for the
student body than in other
schools."
Smith feels the student-trustee
meetings need a better cross
section of the student body. "The
students showing up at the meet­ings
show an interest. I enjoy the
meetings. They are a challenge to
me, but we need more inde­pendents,
Greeks and married
students," he says.
The major complaints Smith has
received have concerned lighting
around dorms, improvement of
medical facilities, student access
to campus security men, shortage
of parking spaces and better
seating arrangements at basket­ball
games.
Smith graduated from Auburn in
1955. He lives in Montgomery and
works chiefly with the Troy
Company, a real estate develop­ment
business. He owns a
Montgomery automobile dealer­ship
and, is involved with banking,
insurance and construction.
thing to provide our graduates,
faculty and the young and older
people in various areas of employ­ment
with opportunities for con­tinuing
education.
"Another immediate concern I
see is that we need to work toward
a law school at AUM. The large
numbers of applicants at other law
schools in the state indicate this
need. I think it would be more
logical at AUM because Mont­gomery
is the seat of the state
government."
Steagall also expressed concern
for the development of better
student health services and health
education, which would include a
nursing program. He mentioned
Auburn's sports programs, com­menting
that he would like to see
continued development of wo­men's
intercollegiate sports and
more success by the men's teams.
"I want to get football back on
top, and that goes for the whole
athletic program. I'd like to see
Auburn competing for the All-
Championship trophy every year,"
Steagall said.
Steagall offered strong support
for a voting student-trustee. "I've
especially enjoyed getting to know
and working with the student
representatives—I think they've
all been outstanding," he said.
Steagall stressed the importance
of continuing to improve relations
between faculty and students.
Then he added, "I guess I'm sort
of old-fashioned, but I think we
should have some requirement for
class attendance, with some rea­sonable
basis for exceptions."
Regarding student-trustee meet­ings,
Steagall said, "To be totally
honest, I don't think the meetings
have accomplished a great deal. I
think the student's interests would
be better represented by a voting
student-trustee.
"I think my responsibility to the
students is to see that they are
considered as the reason for
Auburn University — to always
keep this foremost in my mind—
and to play a part in providing
them with the best educational
opportunities."
Steagall graduated from Auburn
in 1947, and his three children have
attended Auburn. Steagall's
youngest son presently attends
AUM. Steagall has been an
Auburn trustee since 1971 and is
now serving as executive-secre­tary
to Gov. George C. Wallace.
When Wallace's present term
ends, Steagall will return to
private law practice in Ozark.
Steagall commented on why he
likes being a trustee. "I like a
challenge. I'm just a person who
likes to be involved. I love the
state of Alabama and Auburn
University, and it gives me great
satisfaction to serve the institution
that gave me an opportunity to get
an education."
the students are interested in,"
Teague said.
A member of the Board of
Trustees since Oct. 1, 1975, Teague
is also superintendent of the State
Board of Education. He com­mutes
daily from his home in
Auburn to Montgomery where the
Board of Education is based.
Of the student-trustee meetings
he said, "I definitely think they
accomplish something if we listen.
I don't think that we can satisfy
any questions or solve any prob­lems
without them. Listening to a
cross section of students you get a
broad view of what they think and
how we might solve their prob­lems."
One particular result of the last
student-trustee meeting was the
change brought about in housing
regulations.
"The student-trustee meeting
had some effect on what the Board
finally decided," he said.
A problem that Teague has
encountered as a trustee is poor
response from students outside the
student-trustee meeting. "I've
heard from very few students.
The SGA president and maybe one
or two others," he said.
During the student-trustee meet­ings
Teague has noticed a pattern
of complaints. "Students com­plain
loudly about athletic tickets
and housing. My major concern is
whether the students are getting
the best education possible. Every­thing
else is secondary," he said.
"I wish the students would
praise the good instructors and
demand the bad be replaced. It's
not fair to the good instructors."
Auburn degrees are a tradition
in the Teague family. Mrs.
Teague, a daughter, a son and a
daughter-in-law all received diplo­mas
from Auburn.
When asked how the quality of
education at Auburn compares
with that of other universities in
the South, Teague said, "I'm
completely biased. They compare
very favorably."
Teague forsees no immediate
problems for Auburn. "I think
there's a whole lot more right with
Auburn than there is that's wrong.
But the worst thing we can do is to
think that nothing is wrong. We
need to be aware of problems so
we can correct them," he said.
Teague believes a voting student
trustee will not be needed as long
as there is a student in a
non-voting position on the Board.
He added, however, that he would
not mind having a student on the
Board.
Teague • has no preconceived
idea or conception of the typical
Auburn student. "I've watched
the Auburn student for 30 years.
We have a real cross section of
people," he said. "Traditionally,
our students have been more
friendly. The friendliness is
characteristic. I hope that is
something they carry with them
into later life."
Hester for mandatory classes
By Donna McGIawn
Plainsman Staff Writer
"I don't believe the taxpayers
are getting their money's worth in
any institution of higher educa­tion,"
said Walston Hester, a
member of the Board of Trustees.
"Auburn has a higher quality than
any other institution in the South
but it's still not what it should be.
Students should always be re­quired
to attend classes to prevent
having to have correspondence
courses," Hester said.
Hester graduated from Auburn
in Business Administration in 1937.
His daughter, Judy, graduated in
1973. He deals in real estate and
has served on the Board for nine
years.
"Money is Auburn's biggest
problem," he said. "Expenses are
going up all the time. Utilities
are higher and salaries are going
up. We received a cut last year
and I know this is the most
immediate concern of the Univer­sity."
Hester said the student oh the
Board (Buck Ruffin, SGA presi­dent)
was a good friend of his, but
he didn't believe there should be a
student on the Board.
"I think a member of the Board
should be a taxpayer. I don't think
it helps at all to have a student on
the Board. He should be out in the
world earning money for himself
before he's on the Board."
He then added that if there was
a student on the Board he should
at least be from the state of
Alabama and not an out-of-state
student.
Asked about student-trustee
meetings, Hester said, "I don't
know if the meetings accomplish
anything or not. For one thing,
only about one per cent of the
students are represented which
means there aren't but about 150
there. And only those with gripes
show up. Students who don't come
to complain, very seldom come.
"I'm always hearing gripes
from students about equal rights
in athletics, but the biggest com­plaint
was the issue concerning
women not wanting dorms open to
male visitors, which of course,
was passed last meeting."
Hester concluded his comments
by saying, "Auburn has a better
quality student than any other.
They are real fine individuals."
'AU's growth rate: evidence of quality'
By Leslie Blackmon
Plainsman Staff Writer
Congressman William Nichols
has been an Auburn Trustee for 10
years, but his involvement with
Auburn dates well before his
appointment as a trustee.
Nichols received his Bachelor's
degree in Agriculture in 1939 and
his Masters in Agronomy and Soils
in 1941. He was captain of the
Auburn football team in 1940.
Nichols' three children also
attended Auburn. Memorie Nich­ols
was a majorette until her
graduation in 1972. Margaret
Nichols graduated in 1974 and
Flint Nichols, who is not currently
enrolled, hopes to graduate within
the next two years.
Funding, Nichols said, is without
a doubt Auburn's most pressing
problem. Rising utility prices and
salary increases have led to a
proposed $50 million budget. This
is an $11 million increase over the
previous budget. The proposed
budget is still awaiting passage by
the State Legislature.
The SGA president has had a
position on the Board for the past
three years and Nichols said, "I
only wish we had adopted the
policy sooner. We get a lot of input
from him and he is especially
effective as a liaison between the
board and the student body."
Nichols' faith in the Board
representative extends to the
whole student body. He character­ized
the typical Auburn student as
a friendly, well-balanced person.
He added, "Auburn graduates are
solid citizens. They have proven
this in the business and careers
they pursue after graduation."
Nichols feels that Auburn com­pares
favorably with schools in the
South as well as the rest of the
country. "The fact that our growth
rate is the state's largest is evi­dence
of the quality of Auburn,"
he said. Nichols cited several Au­burn
graduates as additional evi­dence
of the quality of Auburn edu­cation.
Among them was Walter
Gilbert, vice-president of Texaco.
Congressman Nichols has offices
in Opelika and said he would be
glad to see any concerned stu­dents.
Photography: Dan Doughtia
"FUNDING—IS MOST PRESSING PROBLEM"
.Trustee Nichols was captain of Auburn's 1939 football team
The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., Jan. 20, 1977 A-8 Salaries replace fees
Water worries Photography: Dan Doughtia
Preceding the excitement and fun of Auburn's Tichenor Hall became the site of leaking air condi-freezing
temperatures and snow, the cold weather tioners. The outside fresh air vents and coils of each
was the cause for many campus mechanical and conditioner froze, causing a large quantity of water to
plumbing repairs. Monday, the second floor of seep into the building.
Faculty sets '77-'78 calendar
By Susan Counts
Assistant News Editor
Auburn University's
1977-78 calendar was ap­proved
as presented by
the Faculty Senate Tues­day
night.
The calendar, pre­sented
to the Senate by
Dr. Richard Patterson,
professor of Research
Data Analysis, is similar
to those of previous years.
A major difference in
the calendar is the omis­sion
of dead day in
winter and summer
quarters.
Student Senate okays
shuttle bus system
By Jackie Romine
Assistant News Editor
The SGA Student Sen­ate
Tuesday night passed
a resolution concerning
the formulation of a shut­tle
bus system.
The SGA Student Wel­fare
office has tentative
plans for the bus. The
shuttle bus would be
driven by Alpha Phi
Omega service fraternity
members and would tour
the campus from 7 to 11
p.m. stopping at substa­tions.
The main purpose of
the resolution, Tavia Co-penhager,
hill senator,
said, was to urge the
University to secure lia­bility
insurance for the
APhiO members and for
any other non-employes
driving University ve­hicles.
The Senate also ap­proved
Jamie McPhail,
3FCDE, as secretary of
Student Welfare replac­ing
Keith Harper.
According to Thomas
Stallworth, Auburn Uni­versity
Registrar, a win­ter
quarter dead day
could not be scheduled
because the Monday fol­lowing
New Year's Day
would be considered a
holiday, therefore no
school would be held.
" i n order to get out of
summer quarter early in
August," said Stallworth,
' 'the summer quarter
dead day was omitted
also."
Also discussed at the
meeting was the reintro-duction
of the Student
Voting Member Bill by
Senator McMillan to the
Alabama Legislature.
This bill proposes the
appointment of a voting
student member to the
Auburn Board of Trus­tees.
The University Senate
Executive Committee
composed a letter to be
sent to McMillan expres­sing
its view of the
proposal.
According to the letter,
the committee does not
favor the passage of such
a bill. If approved,
however, the Senate be­lieves
a faculty member
should be given the same
privilege of voting.
A constitutional a-mendment
allowing Lee
County officials to be
paid by salary rather
than by fee will become
effective this month.
Amendment 8, which
was passed in the No­vember
election, is ex­pected
to save Lee Coun­ty
a large amount in tax
money, according to Hal
Smith, probate judge-elect.
"I was in favor of the
salary system," Smith
said. "I was real pleased
in the outcome of the
election because I find it
hard to justify more
money than $35,000 a
year as a probate judge.
It was estimated that
with the fee system, the
annual income was be­tween
$75,000 and
$100,000."
According to Smith,
the amendment was
passed in Lee County by
about a ten-to-one vote.
Smith said statewide the
ratio was closer to four-or
five-to-one.
Ted Little, state sena­tor
from the Auburn dis­trict,
explained the prev­ious
system allowed
county officials to take a
certain amount from tax­es
on items such as car
tags and marriage li­censes.
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"In the bill recently
passed," said LitUe, "the
probate judge's salary
was affected, however,
the tax collector and tax
assessor received no im­mediate
change. A new
bill will be introduced in
January 1979 concerning
these county officials."
According to Little, the
probate judge's annual
salary is now set at
$35,000, and the tax col­lector
and tax assessor's
annual salary, if passed,
will be set at $25,000.
Lou Ingram, Lee Coun­ty
tax assessor, said the
salary for his position
comes from more than
one source.
"It depends on how it is
going to affect the coun­t
y , " said Ingram about
the salary change. "I'm
just going to leave it to
the senators and repre­sentatives
and see what
they are going to do."
Virginia Leak, Lee
County tax collector, said
she had not investigated
the subject yet.
Little said, "The prime
concern is that the tax­payer
is entitled to know
exactly where his money
goes and how it is used.
The salaies for the coun­ty
officials have been
compared to those of
Uniroyal, Ampex and
Auburn University.
' 'It is a good salary and
ranks with those of large
industries. I backed A-mendment
8 because I
believe the fee system is
outdated, and it was not
to the taxpayers' bene­fit."
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cordially invite you to an
EXHIBIT and SALE
of ANTIQUE ESTATE
and HEIRLOOM JEWELS
At Ware's Village Mall....and again by special
arrangements we bring you a magnificent
consignment collection of one-of-a-kind Heir­looms.
A fascinating collection of hand picked
"jewels with a past" now at 20 per cent off
the already low replacement prices on today's
market. Brooches, rings, pendants, braclets,
men's jewlery...all crafted in gold and platinum.
There is a beautiful selection set with genuine,
rubies , emeralds, garnets, sapphire, opals,
amethysts and diamonds in all shapes and
colors.
All of these pieces have been purchased from
estates, private individuals, banks and auction
sales. All are remarkable vales. Priced from
$80.00 to $32,000.00
Sale Now In Progress Wares Village Mall Only
fare jewelers
Village Mall
Auburn, Ala.
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Florida State University "Flying High Circus"
Pedestrain Mall starts, Thach Avenue, 7 a.m.
Career Explo - 21 events scheduled for 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8
p.m. in the Union Building and Thach Auditorium
Career Explo - 9 events scheduled at 7 and 8 p.m. in
the Union Building
. Encounter Table, 9 - 2
Career Explo -15 events scheduled for 6, 7, and 8 p.m.
in the Union Building
February
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HERITAGE MONTH
(events a r e subject to announcement at a later date)
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t 6.. .BHM Gospel Caravan - Union Ballroom at 3 p.m.
f 8 BHM Tuskegee Institute Choir - Student Act Building,
7:30 p.m.
9 Encounter Table - Union Building, 9 - 4
10-12 Southeastern Model United Nations - Union Ballroom
14,15 Judging of Miss Auburn
121.. BHM Speaker, Eldridge Cleaver
22 Candidates Meeting
22-24Red Cross Blood Drive, HC Lounge, Daily
23 Encounter Table, Union Building, 9 - 2
f 2 4 . . . BHM performance of Delphin & Romain Duo Pianists
28-March 4. Student Health Week
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Career Explo—a new lecture function of the SGA—is sponsoring
speakers from each school to discuss aspects of their jobs. Each
speaker is asked to explain the following:
The education and experience that he obtained prior to his job,
The actual steps he took or circumstance he became involved in
to get his job, and
The pros and cons of his job, giving a realistic view of opportuni­ties
that a student with a similar degree could expect to find.
Over forty speakers have been secured on topics from banking
and public relations to mining & geology and police detective work.
Speakers' names, their topics, and the time and room of their
presentation can be obtained from the yellow and red Career Explo
bulletins posted in most classrooms and campus buildings. Bulle­tins
can also be picked up a t the Union Desk, SGA office and area
bookstores. Students attending events for forum credit will be al­lowed
the maximum of one forum for the entire event.
PEDESTRIAN MALL PERMANENT FOR WINTER QUARTER
The Pedestrain Mall, scheduled to start January 24 at 7 a.m.,
will result in the closing of Thach' Avenue from Lower Social
Center Drive to Duncan Drive and across Tiger Street.. Posters
suggest alternative routes for students to take and help to make
the Ped Mall more effective.
"FLYING HIGH" WITH THE FLORIDA STATE CIRCUS
On Sunday January 23, the Florida State "Flying High Circus"
will be in Auburn for a one-performance-only presentation. The
show is sponsored by the SGA with tickets on sale for $1, 2 and 3.
Scheduled for 3 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum, the circus features
the performance of an all-student cast in an FSU tradition in its
30th year. The aerial and stage presentation includes trapeze
stunts, aerial casting, juggling, humor, high wire balancing and
many more daring circus feats. Tickets can be purchased at the
Coliseum ticket office.
CAMPUS LIGHTING PROMISED
Better lighting in the immediate a r e a of dorms 7, 8, 9, and 10 was
the reason for a meeting between the SGA Student Welfare repre­sentative
and B&G representatives. Poorly lit areas were
designated and lights have been ordered. Installation is pending
arrival of the lights.
NEW ON CAMPUS STUDY AREA OPEN
.. An additional on-campus study area has been opened in the old
Quad Dining Hall across from the Post Office. Provided through
the SGA department of academic affairs, the area is open daily
from 8 a.m. to midnight. The hours will be expanded to 24 hours a
day during midterms and finals.
AUBURN-ALABAMA STUDENT LOBBY FORMED
. .A meeting of the Associated Students of Alabama was held
Monday in Montgomery with priority being placed on the passage
of two important bills for state students. Tactics to be employed in
the passage of bills concerning a voting student member of the
Board of Trustees of the universitites and on-campus voter
registration were discussed. Other bills confronting the group are a
consumer protection bill and a Board of Regents bill.
CALCULATORS AVAILABLE FREE IN THE LIBRARY
A calculator lending service has been 'set up in the library to
enable students to have access to calculators. By leaving his ID
card at the desk a student is allowed to borrow a calculator for use
within the library in pretty much the same manner as reserve
books are checked out. Calculators can be checked out for one
hour at a time at the end of which it may be renewed. The service
is conducted on a first come, first served basis. If a student fails to
return the calculator on time a 50 cent per hour fine is imposed.
Revenue produced through fines is placed in a calculator
maintenance fund for the continuance of the calculator service.
The service is provided through the SGA department of Academic
Affairs.
OPINION SURVEYS ORDERED
Two student opinion surveys have been scheduled for Winter
Quarter. Questions will cover such topics as the honesty code, a
multi-purpose building, involvement in city government, SGA
effectiveness, housing, and landlord-tenant relations. Also
scheduled for Winter Quarter are three additional Encounter
Tables to be set up in the War Eagle Cafeteria. Student response to
these encounter sessions is urged as the response to the first
session of the quarter was minimal.
BANQUET TO HONOR OUTSTANDING FACULTY MEMBERS
AND STUDENTS
An Honors banquet is tentatively scheduled for March 8th to honor
the outstanding faculty member and student in each school.
Attendance will be limited; ticket distribution procedures will be
announced at a later date.
TRIAL SHUTTLE BUS SYSTEM PLANNED
A shuttle bus system for after-dark student transportation will be
used on a trial basis for approximately four weeks during Winter
Quarter. A project of the Department of Student Welfare, the bus
will be funded through the SGA. Members of Alpha Phi Omega will
serve as voluntary drivers for the van provided by the University.
The van will run from the Hill to the library and on to the
off-campus dorms (Auburn and Alumni). The route will then go to
Magnolia and Noble, down Duncan and on to the Hill. A stop will be
made at Parker Hall. The service will be provided Sunday through
Thursday nights from 7 to 11 p.m.
A-9 Thurs., Jan. 20.1977 The Auburn Plainsman
New law will restrict copying
Happy smiles Photography: Dan Doughti.
Adair Brevard, 3SC, the newly-crowned Miss
Auburn University, smiles with Denise Davis, the
current Miss Alabama. Brevard, the first Miss AU,
was crowned Friday night in a pageant sponsored by
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. As Miss AU,
Brevard, who is a Kappa Delta at Auburn, will
compete for the title of Miss Alabama.
Campus Calendar
IMPORTANT -
Deadline for Campus
Calena ir is Monday at 12
noon.
CAPERS-Capers
rush will be
Jan. 30 through Feb. 3.
There is a $2 entry fee.
Anyone interested may
enter. Call Lee Ann
Sellers at 826-6872.
STUDY PARTNER
PROGRAM-Free
help in a variety
of subjects is available in
the Bullard Hall study
room and the Women's
dining hall (Quad) study
room, Sundays through
Thursdays from 5 p.m. to
10 p.m. and in Mell Hall,
Mondays through Fri­days
from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Study rooms are
closed during lunch from
noon to 1 p.m. Call
826-4744.
GARDEN PLOTS-Alpha
Zeta will sponsor
garden plot rentals at the
Auburn Union desk until
tomorrow from 1 to 5
p.m. and in 103 Funchess
Hall this Monday through
Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Plots cost $7 and will be
rented until all are gone.
CONSUMER PRODUCT
LIABILITY -
"Mock Trial" tapes
concerning consumer
product liability will be
presented today at 7 p.m.
in 317 Auburn Union.
DIRECTORIES-AU
student phone di­rectories
may be picked
up at the Alpha Phi
Omega Book Exchange
Tuesday from 9 to 12
a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.
CTVITANS-The
Collegiate Civitan
Club will meet Wednes­day
in 3403 Haley Center
at 7:30 p.m. Call Leon­ard
Kuykendall at 887-
3584.
SIERRA-The
Sierra Club will
meet today at 7 p.m. in
202 Auburn Union. Call
Randy Hamilton at 887-
3821.
TIGER SHARKS-The
Tiger Sharks Scu­ba
Club will present a
lecture on diving physics
at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 in 2040
Memorial Coliseum. On
Jan. 26 there will be a
program on diving phy­sics,
under water envir­onment
and marine life,
also at 7 p.m. in 2040
Memorial Coliseum.
AUBURN FANTASY
GAMING
HILLEL-The
Jewish Students
Organization will meet
Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Presbyterian Student
Center. Call Dr. L. H.
Hirth at 826-4827.
FORESTRY-The
Forestry Club will
met Tuesday at 7 p.m. in
the reading room of the
forestry building.
AUBURN ENGINEER­ING
WIVES -
Wives of Auburn Engin­eering
Students will meet
the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month
in the Textile Conference
room. Call Vicki Mark-ham
at 821-8410.
HUMAN RIGHTS-The
"Human Rights of
Retarded Citizens" will
be discussed at a two day
conference, Friday and
Saturday, at the Friend­ship
Hall of the Auburn
United Methodist
Church. A fee of $3 for
all sessions includes
child care. Registration
begins at 8:45 p.m. on
Friday.
MICRO BIO-The
Microbiology Club
will meet Friday at 7:30
p.m.
ASHEA-Auburn
Student Home
Economics Association
will meet Monday night
at 7:30 in 220 Spidle Hall.
CAREER EXPLO-The
SGA is sponsoring
Career Explo Tuesday
through Thursday from 6
to 9 p.m. in the Auburn
Union. Career Explo will
feature businessmen and
women speaking on their
respective careers.
ALPHA ZETA-Alpha
Zeta will meet
Monday at 7:30 p.m. in
160 Funchess Hall. Call
' Joe Burn at 887-8019.
OMEGA CHI E -
Omega Chi Epsilon,
chemistry honorary, will
meet Monday at 6:30
p.m. in the Textile Audi­torium.
By Ted Laseter
Plainsman Staff Writer
The first revision in the
' copyright law since 1909
will go into effect at the
first of next year and will
limit the amount of pho­tocopying
done by stu­dents,
libraries and
teachers, according to
Dr. William Highfill, dir­ector
of libraries.
Under the new law, a
student can copy or
duplicate an article,
small poem or small
portion from a whole
book, as long as it is for
his own use.
The revision bill, sup­ported
by authors, pub­lishers,
professors and
librarians as a "work­able
compromise" be­tween
those who believed
"no one should copy
anything" and others
who thought "all infor­mation
should be freely
available to everyone,"
had been up for consi­deration
for 10 years.
Dr. Highfill said the
10-year argument had
been due to several
factors.
"At the time discussion
of a revision began," he
said, "the copyright leg­islation
covered only
written material. Chang­es
in the media, such as
the increased use of
computer data and paper
tapes, further complicat­ed
the matter and requir­ed
additional considera­tion."
He said the debate was
largely the result of two
opposing groups.
"There was direct op­position,"
he said, "be­tween
publishers and
members of the Ameri­can
Society of Compos­ers,
Authors and Publish­ers
(ASCAP), and other
more liberal educators
and librarians, who
stressed the right of the
individual to free, uncon­trolled
circulation of in­formation
in any form."
Highfill said Congress'
thorough examination of
the law's new standards
also added to the delay.
The new guidelines,
which apply mostly to
copies of original works,
were drafted in response
to demands of educators
who wanted to know
exactly how much free
printing they could ac­tually
do.
Many educators, be­lieving
the bill to be too
vague, disagreed on the
interpretation of "fair
use." According to the
bill, "fair use" refers to
the extent of photocopy­ing
done of a copyrighted
work without the permis­sion
of the copyright
proprietor.
"I don't expect the
revision to affect us too
much in our inter-library
loan services," Dr. High-fill
said, "nor do I think it
will affect students in the
amount of photocopying
they normally do."
He said the establish­ment
of a national photo­copying
clearinghouse to
enforce the new law is
still under consideration
but if put into effect
would result in higher
prices for photocopying.
The following is a list
of what teachers, stu­dents
and libraries can
and cannot do, according
to the revision.
An individual can:
—Make a single copy, for
research, teaching or in
preparation for teaching
a class, of a chapter from
a book, an article from a
journal or newspaper, a
short story, essay or
poem, chart, map or
diagram;
—Make multiple copies,
only for classroom use,
not exceeding one per
student, of:
1) a complete poem, less
than 250 words, printed
on two pages or less;
2) a section of a longer
poem, if the excerpt is
less than 250 words;
3) an essay, story or
article less than 2500
words;
4) an excerpt from prose,
if less than 1000 words or
10 per cent of the work
(whichever is less);
5) one picture, cartoon,
diagram, drawing.
graph or chart per book
or periodical.
An individual cannot:
1) make multiple copies
of an essay, story, article
or short poem by the
same author more than
once in a class term, nor
make multiple copies
from the same general
work or periodical more
than three times;
2) make multiple copies
of works more than nine
times a class term, and
he must not copy mater­ial
to take the place of an
anthology;
3) make copies of "con­sumable"
materials such
as workbooks.
Sports Car Season is Open
Presenting Hie
'Tiger Two-Minute1'
120 seconds (if you're fast) of
'Pedal to the metal' excitement.
Ay cv on compete.
(MuMHM, MOi, Dustas, Triumphs, Mark fit, ate.)
WHEN: SUNDAY, JAN. 23,1977
WHERE: K-MART PARKIN© LOT, NEXT TO
VILLAGE MALL
BRIN6: *4 REGISTRATION AND YOUR CAR
For info : Col Ken or Karon 745-3712
Bl or Susan 821-3806
Special
Offer: 89C
Krystal
Fried
Chicken*
. With two pieces o( Krystal fried chicken,
mashed potatoes and cracklin gravy, and a
dinner roll.
Offer good at all participating Krystal
Restaurants from January 17 through 10 p.m.
Sunday, January 23,1977
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••• •••
Krystafs Whatlfou're Hungry For.
The Auburn Plainsman Thure., Jan. 80, 1977 A-10
It snowed! What else can you say?
-
Auburn's first heavy snow in four years brought
students out of their dorms and apartments Tuesday
afternoon and evening to sled, build snowmen and
have snowfights.
A group of women students from Wittel Dormitory
built a snowman on Haley Center concourse named
"Wittel Man" complete with a pair of somewhat stale
doughnuts for eyes.
Residents of Magnolia Dormitory iced a steep
walkway and organized chains of 30 or more people to
slide down the hill in a laughing mass of humanity.
An army of students on the fourth floor of Haley
Center staged an epic battle between themselves and
those on the concourse.
The snow was a diversion for students as men and
women became boys and girls frolicking hi the snow.
Tests, books, projects and deadlines melted away for
a few hours as the campus was transformed into a
winter wonderland.
...
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Photos by
Dan Doughtie
Gordon Bugg
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^ ^ ^ A1U Thurs., Jan. 80, 1977 ine/MJPUn Plainsman Classified Advertisements The Auburn Plainsman
Sale Sale Sale
Martin 39A, like new, 22
cal. lever action, adjust­able
sights, gold plated
trigger, only 3 months
old, $95. Call 821-4431.
Marantz 4230, 30 watts
RMS per chnnl, stereo,
15 watts RMS per chnnl
quad. Has AM-FM,
dolby, etc. Don't be
bashful. Call 821-4941
now. Best offer over
$300. Also must sell
Craig 8 track tape unit to
go with above.
8 week AKC English
springer spaniel puppy;
liver and white; female.
Very good markings. 821-
8747.
Guitar amplifier, Vox
Super Beatle, very good
condition, $350. Call 821-
0529 between 7 and 10
p.m., ask for Grime.
Epiphone electric guitar,
EA-255, hollow body, two
years old. Best offer.
Gibson Skylark practice
amp, $50. Call 887-5447.
Mobile home for sale,
fully furnished, AC, un­derpinning,
7X10 utility
shed. 887-8319. Ridge-wood
Village.
Yamaha acoustic guitar
for sale. Excellent condi­tion.
887-6775, John; will
accept best offer.
Purebred Irish setter pup­pies
for sale; male and
female; $40 and $35. Call
Ken at 821-4444 after 5
p.m.
Marantz 2230, like new.
Includes box and manual.
$225 or best offer. 821-
9036 after 5 p.m.
STEREO EQUIPMENT
Every Day Low Prices
SAE
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SANSUI
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LIVING SOUND
SOUND GUARD
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At the Auburn Depot
THE SOUNDTRACK, INC.
821-7700 10-6
Yard sale: Sunday, Jan.
23, 10 to 6, 172 Maple
Street. Phone 821-3519
after 6 for directions.
Aluminum boat, washer,
tires, elec. appliances,
many more items.
G.E. stereo record player.
5 years old; excellent
condition. $30. Call Beth
at 826-4457 or 887-3570
after 5:00.
Wheels Rent
Trailer, 1965, 10X56, gas
heat, 2 AC, refrigerator,
gas stove, electric water
heater; all in good condi­tion.
$1000. Old trailer,
needs painting, but in
good condition. See in
Gentilly Park. Call 601-
328-0468 for more infor­mation.
Smith-Corona Corona-matic
electric portable
typewriter. "Super 12"
model. Excellent condi­tion.
Still under warranty.
Best offer. Call Karen.
821-3030.
Wheels
1976 Ford Pinto. $2595.
Bronze with tan interior.
Call 887-6832.
Misc Misc. Misc.
75 AMC Gremlin; 20,000
miles; has full warranty
until 24,000. 6 cyl., 3
speed floor shift, AM
radio, power steering.
$2600. Call John Anders,
745-2957 or 826-4830.
Slotted chrome mag
wheels and tires (4 lug).
Will sell together or
separately. Size FR70-15.
Best offer. Call Kathleen
day, 821-0926; nights,
821-1243.
Lost
1968 Mercedes Model 200
gasoline (finned model).
4-door, 4-speed; AM-FM
new paint, upholstery;
$2100 or best offer. Call
Charles, 887-3406, 887-
7355.
1964 triumph TR4. $950.
887-3937, ask for Dave.
American mags for sale,
Ford 14 inch, five lug -
$80. Edelbrock aluminum
hi-rise intake; fits 289-
302 - $70. Echlin dual
point distributor, hardly
used - $25. Many small
block Ford parts, stock
and hi-performance. Must
sell. Call 821-3356, 6 til
i10 p.m.
Lost: set of keys there
are four keys on the
chain. One key is blue. It
was lost in the snow. If
found call 821-7750.
Lost: Girl's gold watch -
Waltham with six dia­monds,
sentimental val­ue;
Reward. Call 887-
9566.
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START JAN. 28
12-Student Avg. Classes
5 Specialist Instructors
18 Class Hours
,For information or registration call
800-243-4767
Toll-free, 12 noon to 7 pm.
.AMITY TESTING INSTITUTE
For rent: 1 bedroom fur­nished
apt. at Diplomat.
Includes swimming pool,
laundry facilities, gas
grills, water, garbage &
maintenance. Call Sham­rock
Realty, 821-0926.
Sick of your roommate?
One bedroom apt., quiet
neighborhood, close to
campus. $110 a month.
Call 887-5208.
Female roommate
wanted to share two bed­room
mobile home;
washer and dryer avail­able.
Call 749-3805 or
887-7127.
Roommate needed to
share spacious trailer in
Ridgewood Village. $60 a
month plus share of utili­ties.
All essentials fur­nished.
Call Mark at
821-9676.
Female roommate needed
to share furnished two
story apartment. $90 per
month, plus Vz utilities.
Call Cindy, 821-4421.
Apartment for rent sum­mer
quarter, fully fur­nished
water included in
the rent of $135 a month;
quiet neighborhood. Call
887-6994.
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175 N. Gay St. Auburn
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This Week's Special -
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