1977-04-21 The Auburn Plainsman

              The Auburn Plainsman
Volume 83 Number 20 Auburn, Ala. 36830 Thursday, April 15, 1977
Malpractice
Insurance purchase criticized
By Lisa Harris
and John Beck
Plainsman Staff Writers
The recent Board of Trustees
decision to purchase malpractice
insurance for Health Center doc­tors
using student health fees has
angered some student officials,
who complain that the $16,000 per
year allocated for the purpose
could be better used for improving
Health Center services.
Ralph "Shug" Jordan, the only
trustee who opposed the measure,
said, "It is not that I have
anything against our doctors; it is
the principle of the thing. After all,
it is the students' money, and
malpractice insurance is a per­sonal
problem of the doctors.
"What this does is take $16,000
that might have gone into some­thing
else to make the Health
Center better."
Auburn President Harry Phil-pott
said, "(The insurance) is a
cost of doing business by doctors.
The Health Center is completely
self-supporting from fees, and the
money for the insurance has to
Inside Today
THE 'STUDENT UNION?' -
That's what its' sometimes call­ed,
but Christy Hudgins doesn't,
think that's what it is. (See page
A-4).
DOWN TO THE WIRE -
The Auburn baseball team faces
the Bulldogs of Mississippi State in
a crucial three-game series this
weekend at Plainsman Park. (See
page B-l).
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL? -
Entertainment Editor Rick Har­mon
thought the Olivia Newton-
John show was very professional...
perhaps too professional. (See
page A-8).
come out of them. It couldn't come
from anywhere else."
There are no plans to increase
the health fee to allow for the
increased expenditure, according
to Harold Grant, special assistant
to the President and chairman of
the University Health Committee.
"Nothing is going to be cut out,"
he said. "There is enough money
in the health fund to allow for the
payments."
Former SGA President Buck
Ruffin disputed Grant's statement
that no services would be decreas­ed.
"It's a simple matter of
addition and subtraction," he said.
"If we only have a limited amount
of money and talk about taking out
$16,000, there is only a certain
amount left. Something has to go."
Malpractice insurance will now
be included as a fringe benefit for
doctors, paid out of the health
center fund. Previously, doctors
have carried individual policies,
with premiums paid for out of
their salaries.
Grant agreed the change essen­tially
amounts to a pay increase
for the doctors. Since they will no
longer be paying premiums for
insurance, the part of their sal­aries
previously used for that
purpose can be spent elsewhere.
"We are still behind health
services in other schools in pay,"
Grant said. "We had to offer the
insurance as a fringe benefit In
order to remain competitive with
other schools that already offer it.
"We were in danger of losing
some of our physicians, since the
companies that used to carry
malpractice policies were cancel­ling
them. This was the only
alternative."
Doctors will now be covered by a
physician-formed company, the
Mutual Assurance Corporation of
Alabama, based in Birmingham.
It is a statewide company formed
specifically for the purpose of
providing malpractice insurance
for doctors. Grant said it is the
only company in the state offering
such coverage.
Premiums for the policies are
$853 per doctor per year, Philpott
said. There are seven doctors
presently working, with plans to
hire one more, according to Grant.
Members of the association are
also required to guarantee a
certain amount of money plus pay
a deposit, in addition to the
premiums. The total cost will be
about $5500 per doctor per year.
Student leaders are also claim­ing
that students were left out of
the decision-making process. Ad­ministrators
say, however, that
students have no part in deciding
how health fees are spent, and that
student leaders did not try to get
involved.
"The SGA doesn't have supervi­sion
of the health fee any more
than it does over food services
money or the dorm fee," Grant
said. "Expenditures are supervis­ed
by the University.
"The SGA hasn't tried to get
involved. Buck knew we were
looking into the insurance; he
could have asked about it. But I
haven't heard any comments from
student government about this."
A proposal to look into getting
insurance was passed at the Board
of Trustees meeting in January.
The subsequent study was "strict­ly
administrative" according to
Philpott. He said no student input
had been solicited.
Oh, Olivia Photography: Dan Ooughtie
.. One of the larger crowds of this year's concert
season turned out to see Olivia Newton-John and Jim
Stafford in concert Friday night. Newton-John sang
most of her well-known hits, including "If You Love
Me, Let Me Know," "Let Me Be There," and "I
Honestly Love You." Her popularity with the Auburn
crowd was evidence by the cries of "We love you,
Olivia," which punctuated the concert.
Fraternity suspended for intramurals fight
By John Carvalho
Managing Editor
Social fraternity Omega Psi Phi
was suspended from intramurals
participation until the end of fall
quarter by the Intramurals Board
following a fight which occurred
during winter quarter intramural
basketball playoffs.
The Board also placed Omega
Psi Phi as well as Phi Kappa Tau,
the two fraternities involved in the
fight, on probation for intramurals
participation until fall quarter,
1978.
"Should any incident arise be­cause
of Omega Psi Phi's or Phi
Kappa Tau's conduct within the
intramurals program during this
probation period, suspension will
be applied automatically with the
degree of suspension determined
by the Intramural Board," the
official statement said.
The Board's decision was con­cerned
mainly with the fight which
broke out between Omega Psi Phi
and Phi Kappa Tau members
Hawkins, Oswalt honored
SGA installs new officers
By Lisa Harris
News Editor
The SGA installed its new
officers Tuesday night, with in­coming
president John Bush ask­ing
the new senators to "make our
goal to leave Auburn a better
place for those who follow us.
There's no reason this year can't
be the best Auburn has ever had."
Thirty senators took their oaths
of office, as well as Bush, Jenelle
Mims, SGA vice president and
Steve Forehand, SGA treasurer.
The Doug Davis award for the
outstanding senator was presented
to Lynne Hawkins, quad senator,
who was chairman of the senate
organizations committee and a
second-term senator.
Gene Oswalt, secretary of politi­cal
affairs, was given the Stewart
Hartford Award for the outstand­ing
member of the SGA Cabinet.
Oswalt coordinated the Alabama
Students Association, a student
lobby composed of Alabama col­lege
students, and worked on
improved relations between state
senators and students.
Outgoing president Buck Ruffin
called on the new SGA members to
"formulate a vision of Auburn,
and dedicate yourselves to attain­ing
the goals you set.
"We should work with, not
against, the faculty and the admi­nistration.
If you take the time to
communicate, you will find you
already agree on many things. But
when you disagree, don't be afraid
to pursue your policy positions.
"Continue to work for change
after you graduate. As an active
alumni you can use your power to
try to implement goals," he said.
Al Thompson, outgoing vice
president, said, "The SGA has
gotten a lot of criticism this year,
but I think that's because we've
been doing something and people
are noticing us.
"It's been a real pleasure
working with Buck and the SGA. I
think our major accomplishment
this year has been to restore
credibility to the SGA," he said.
The new senate met immediate­ly
after the installation banquet to
appoint a rules committee and
consider other business.
Appointed to the rules commit­tee,
which is responsible for
appointing all other Senate com­mittees,
were Anne Farmer,
Home Economics senator, Rick
Abbott, off-campus senator and
Charlie Payne, Arts and Sciences
senator.
Rusty Parker, Business senator,
was elected president pro-tem of
the senate.
during the semifinals of the small
fratenity basketball champion­ships.
The game had to be stopped
with Phi Tau leading by 10 points
late in the second half.
Approximately 40 black stu­dents,
representing the Afro-Ame­rican
Association, staged a sit-in
the next night after the victory
was awarded to Phi Kappa Tau.
The Intramurals Board met and
decided to play the second half
over, and Omega Psi Phi won the
rematch on March 30, 41-38.
The next day, during the Omega
Psi Phi-Delta Chi championship
game, members of Phi Tau staged
a sit-in, delaying the game for
approximately 30 minutes.
Omega Psi Phi was placed on
suspension for violating Section
VIII, B and D, which deals with
"shoving or striking an official,"
and "disrespect of officials after a
game." The penalty for shoving or
striking an official is listed as
suspension for at least the remain­der
of the school year.
Phi Kappa Tau was placed on
probation along with Omega Psi
Phi for violating Section VIII as a
whole, which deals with unsports­manlike
conduct.
The Board's official decision
also contained a statement from
chairman Mark McCutcheon
which said, "The development of
sportsmanlike attitudes is one of
the major goals of the intramural
program. An individual must be
able to accept defeat wholesomely
without blaming others.
"Our program is for individuals
who play and live by the rules.
Please keep in mind that poor
sportsmanship is not only detri­mental
to your fraternities, but
also has a demoralizing effect on
your opponents and the entire
intramural program."
Certain students involved in
either of the sit-ins received a
reprimand from the Office of
Student Affairs for violating Sec­tion
Hf .and Ilk of the Code of
Student Discipline.
The reprimand did not specify a
punishment for participating in
the sit-ins, but it did state, "Should
you become involved in another
(See INTRAMURALS, page A-2)
No change planned for
dormitory allocations
Wallace, SGA discuss
multi-purpose building
Photography: Ford Risley
BUSH SWORN IN AS SGA PRESIDENT
...Encouraged senators to "leave Auburn a better place to live"
By Dick Parker
Plainsman Staff Writer
A meeting was held Tuesday in
Montgomery with Gov. George C.
Wallace giving his opinion on the
possibility of the building of a
multi-purpose student activities
building for Auburn University.
Buck Ruffin, SGA President
1976-77, John Bush, SGA President
1977-78, and Gene Oswalt, Secre­tary
of Political Affairs, represent­ed
the Auburn students and said
they were not encouraged that any
immediate action would be taken
toward the building of a new
facility.
"There was no major break­through,"
said Ruffin, "but It was
a significant first step. We felt like
Gov. Wallace realized that there is
a deep need for a multi-purpose
building at Auburn."
Ruffin said the students' will­ingness
to contribute money to the
building of the facility, represent­ed
by a two-to-one vote by students
to accept a $5 increase in student
activities fees, was encouraging to
the governor.
"We hope we'll find a better way
to do it," Ruffin said.
"Mr. (Henry) Steagall, Coach
(Ralph) Jordan, the students and
the faculty know we need this
facility. It's a shame that an
institution like Auburn doesn't
have a facility that may be fully
utilized by the students."
By Danielle Murphy
Plainsman Staff Writer
Recommendations that on cam­pus
housing designated for men
and women will not change for the
coming year as recommended by
Dean Cater and housing officials
were approved by University Pre­sident
Harry Philpott.
Dean Cater said, "We made the
decision based on the number of
requests that we were given from
housing."
She said 3800 women and 1027
men applied for on campus hous­ing,
which came proportionally to
79 per cent and 21 per cent
respectively.
Dean Cater added she hoped
there would be more options
opened to men in the future.
The Business Office and a
Committee on Housing, appointed
by Philpott, was to study the
procedures of men and women's
dormitories and adjust them to
Title IX requirements.
"This is where women are
losing," said Cater. "Men's dorms
are not always filled, so conse­quently
the University wanted
contracts to make men stay
instead of giving them up."
Cater said she didn't know if
there would be triples this fall. She
said many more students have
been admitted this fall, but this
doesn't mean they will necessarily
live in dorms.
Cater said, "There are some
vacancies this quarter. We are
very crowded fall, but there are
fewer residents in winter and even
fewer in spring." The entering
classes for spring and winter are
relatively small and do not bal­ance
with those who leave.
When asked if there was a
waiting list for dorm rooms fall
(See DORMS, page A-2)
Move clocks
up one hour
Sunday a.m.
Sleep lovers are in for a loss this
weekend as Daylight Savings
Time goes into effect once again.
Clocks should be set forward one
hour before going to bed Saturday
night to begin the DST schedule
starting Sunday, March 24.
The change will allow Auburn
students to have an extra hour of
daylight in the afternoons, al­though
sunrise will occur one hour
later each day.
The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., April 21, 1977 A-2
The world
this week
By John Beck
Plainsman Staff Writer
International
ZAIRE AID-The United States is sending $13
million in "nonlethal" military equipment to the
government of Zaire, which is combating an
invasion of Katangan exiles from Angola. Re­quests
for additional "emergency assistance"
have been denied. France announced they are
also offering assistance and have sent eleven
transport planes which are moving supplies but
no troops to that country.
YOUNG TEMPERED-A decision by Vice
President Walter Mondale to take the leader­ship
role in African affairs has appeared to
some as a way to squelch outspoken United
Nations ambassador Andrew Young. Young has
come under fire lately for his violations of
protocol while campaigning for human rights.
Who dat? Photography: Dan Doughtie
This injured bird is a baby great horned owl being
treated for broken wings at Auburn's veterinary
clinic. The owl received its injuries when it was
blown out of its nest during a thunderstorm serveral
weeks ago. It is being shown to officials of the Fish
and Wildlife Service after the ceremony naming
Auburn the official rehabilitation station for the
Department of the Interior.
National AU official eagle clinic
CARTER ENERGY PLAN- I n a 19-minute
televised speech Monday, President Carter
presented his plan on ways to fight the energy
problem which includes a standby gasoline tax,
an excise tax on new car "gas guzzlers" and a
wellhead tax on domestic petroleum. To offset
the severity of the program and the expected
inflationary reaction, Carter also proposed a cut
in payroll taxes to give workers an increase in
take-home pay, though it is not clear whether
the cut will be in Social Security or in individual
withholding rates.
CONCORDE PROTEST-A caravan of 550 cars
crept through Kennedy Airport in New York
Sunday protesting the landing of the Concorde
supersonic airliner in that city. The
demonstrators are opposed to the airplane
saying it would bring increased air and noise
polllution.
SACCHARIN BAN-The Food and Drug
Administration has partially lifted its ban on
saccharin by approving the sale of the sugar
substitute as an over-the-counter drug. The
FDA still maintains the ban on its use in foods
and beverages.
State
SENATE ACTION-The Alabama Senate is
closer to making a decision on the controversial
"lid bill" as it convened just after midnight
Monday in an attempt to end filibustering on
other measures. The "lid bill" restricts to 20
per cent the property tax increase resulting
from reappraisal. In the House a general
fund budget was passed along with a Corrupt
Practices Act which will allow corporations to
contribute to political campaigns.
By Dan Doughtie
Associate Editor
Auburn's eagle mascot
might find himself shar­ing
the spotlight now that
the Department of the
Interior has selected Au­burn
as its official eagle
rehabilitation station.
Auburn's widely-recog­nized
School of Veteri­nary
Medicine has al-
Dorms
From page A-1
quarter Cater said,
"There certainly is.
March 1 dorms were
closed to freshman and
transfers. We have
never had so much de­mand
for housing as we
have had this year. We
extended the deadline for
students to April 1. We
have had phone calls,
letters, visits; you just
can't imagine the de­mand
and inquiries."
Cater said the Mag­nolia
Dorm's graduate
residents are the same
thing as the head resi­dent
at the women's
dorms, but they have a
different title. She said
Noble Hall and dorms J
and K have both gradu­ate
residents and a head
resident. However, no
women's dormitory is
occupied solely by grad­uate
residents.
Let your feet make
aplace for themselves.
Feet in the sand make footprints.
Feet in Birkenstock fcxtfwear do the very same thiny
The Birkenstock footbed is heat and pressure sensitive,to mold
to your hxit. and become your hxitprint.
So walking in Birkenstock i^ a lot
like walking barefoot in the sand,
with one very convenient difference.
You can walk in Birkenstock all year Ion;.
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Next to Auburn Rec. Center
223 Obelika M 821-1965
ready accepted four ea­gles
during the past two
months for treatment of
gunshot wounds.
In a signing ceremony
last Friday, President
Harry Philpott, Veteri­nary
Dean James E.
Greene and Southeastern
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service officials estab­lished
the official rehabi­litation
station to treat
and rehabilitate injured
eagles to hopefully re­lease
them back into the
wild.
After the ceremony,
the Fish and Wildlife
agents toured War Eagle
IV's facilities and were
very impressed and ex­pressed
hope that they
could help Auburn ex­pand
their facilities and
also provide Auburn with
a "dating service."
Bill Parker, Law En­forcement
agent for the
Fish and Wildlife service
from Nashville said,
"I've got a lady eagle at
the Knoxville zoo who
has a tendency to lay
eggs and I'm going to see
if I can get the two
together."
War Eagle IV, who is a
bachelor, will have a
final say so on his match
making proposal.
Dave Hill, agent in
charge of the Louisianna,
Arkansas and Mississippi
area would like to see
Auburn receive federal
aid and help from the
National Wildlife Federa­tion
to create a breeding
ground for breeding ea­gles
in captivity.
"Many of these eagles
cannot be rehabilitated
and released back to the
wild and I think that
instead of just using
them to show the public
we should try to see if
mating these birds in
captivity and releasing
their offspring is possi­ble.
I think this would be
the ultimate in the rehab­ilitation
program."
Intramurals
From page A-1
violation of University
regulations, you will be
subject to a hearing be­fore
the University Disci­pline
Committee.
"You are warned that
University regulations
will be upheld in the
future so that no properly
scheduled activity will be
interrupted."
Dean of Student Affairs
James E. Foy said repri­mands
were sent to those
students identified as
participants in either of
the sit-ins by Assistant
Dean of Student Affairs
Garth Jenkins.
An IFC Special Com­mittee
met on April 4 and
April 12 to discuss the
incident. Chris Megahee,
2PB, was chairman of
the committee. However,
after talking to those
involved in the incident,
the committee decided to
refer the matter to the
Intramurals Board for
three stated reasons:
First, the initial fight
was under the jurisdic­tion
of the Intramurals
Board. Second, the inci­dents
following the fight
involved people outside
the two fraternities in­volved.
Finally, mem­bers
of the Afro-Ameri­can
Association staged
the sit-in on March 8,
rather than members of
Omega Psi Phi. Also, the
sit-in by members of Phi
Kappa Tau was not au­thorized
by the fraterni­ty.
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HEW financial
rules are met
By Jimmy Grimes
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Department of
Health, Education and
Welfare has released
four sets of rules pertain­ing
to financial assist­ance
to college students,
but the new regulations
will have little effect on
Auburn, according to
Charles Roberts, Auburn
University director of fi­nancial
aid.
"Actually, we've been
living with these rules
since 1972, when the
Higher Education
Amendments were
passed," said Roberts.
"HEW has just now got­ten
around to writing
them down.
"The regulations are
an attempt to tighten
government control over
the institution. HEW can
cut off federal financial
aid funds to schools that
don't comply."
According to a news
release from HEW, one
set of rules spells out
requirements students
must meet to receive aid
from various federal pro­grams.
Another explains
the procedures by which
the Commissioner of Ed­ucation
may "limit, sus­pend
.or terminate the
eligibility of institutions
not in compliance with
laws and regulations"
dealing with financial
aid.
Two other sets of rules
will establish a frame­work
for two new pro­grams
: information
services for education of
consumers and training
for financial aid admin­istrators.
Another section of the
rules allows the Office of
Education to withhold
federal funds "when
there is reliable informa­tion
that in institutional
practices may lead to
substantial losses by the
government of students.
"A lot of the regula­tions
are aimed at pro­prietary
(profit-making)
schools such as
business schools,"
Roberts said. "It is
trying to make them,
explain to students exact­ly
what they will be
getting from a particular
course of study.
Lord Snow speaks
at lecture series
The famed British au­thor,
Lord C. P. Snow, is
the Franklin Lecturer in
Science and Humanities
for this quarter.
Lord Snow, author of
the "Strangers and Bro­thers"
sequence of nov­els
and of the famous
essay, "The Two Cul­tures,"
will be on cam­pus
April 28-29 for a
lecture and faculty-stu­dent
classroom sessions
in both-the sciences and
the humanities.
His public lecture will
be given at 4 p.m. on
April 28 in 2370 Haley
Center.
Lord Snow began his
career as tutor in Phys­ics
at Christ's College,
Cambridge. His earliest
publications were scien­tific.
He entered public af­fairs
during World War
II and was knighted in
1957 for his work as civil
servant. He became
Lord Snow in 1964 and
served for a short period
as parliamentary secre­tary
for the Ministry of.
Technology.
These experiences are
reflected throughout his'
fiction. Such novels as
"The Conscience of the
Rich," "The Affair,"
"Corridors of Power"
and "The Masters" often
deal with the ethics of
science and politics and
with the social themes
inherent in English soci­ety
since the '30s.
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Ker-splash
Richard Whilden, 1PN, hits the water at Victory Pond in Fort
Benning, Ga., after completing a "Slide for life" confidence test as
part of training for the Ranger Company. Those taking the test
slide down a cable from a 75-foot tower, reaching speeds of about
55 mph, then drop into the water. About 33 people from the Auburn
Ranger Company completed a weekend course, which also
included instruction on land navigation.
SGA raps proposed increase
By Kevin Loden
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Auburn Alumni
Association's proposal to
direct the $4 student
activity fee increase to
the Athletic Department
has prompted the Stu­dent
Senate Budget and
Finance Committee to
say there is no justifica­tion
for an increase.
The committee said
one reason was the re­cent
increase in Auburn
basketball ticket prices
to $1. Also, the athletic
department does not take
responsibility for sup­porting
sports clubs such
as the parachute club,
which must support it­self,
according to Al
Thompson, former vice
president of the SGA.
George L. Bradberry,
executive secretary of
the Auburn Alumni Asso­ciation,
said one reason
for the proposal was that
reserve funds for the
athletic program were
exhausted. Also, he said,
the alumni are "doing all
they can for athletics and
it is time for the students
to help out."
Bradberry said alumni
buy 75 per cent of home
game tickets. He said
students should consider
an increase as an invest­ment
in Auburn athletics.
"If the proposal is not
passed, we can expect
Auburn to be less com­petitive
because of lack
of funds. The coach will
not be able to give as
many scholarships and
the athletic department
will not be able to sup­port
as many sports."
Both Bradberry and
Thompson stressed the
need for discussion be­tween
the SGA and the
administration before
any action is taken.
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Flute Club set to
sponsor benefit
The Auburn Flute Club
will sponsor a scholar­ship
benefit concert April
25 in Telfair Peet The­atre
at 8 p.m.
The concert will fea­ture
flutist Bootsie May-field,
instructor of flute
at Auburn, and oboist
Jack Kendrick, pianist
Beverly Gilbert, drum­mer
Ricky Teel and bas­sist
Bo Patterson, 3MU.
Kendrick is the princi­pal
oboist wth the Co­lumbus
Symphony Or­chestra
and also anchors
Columbus' WRBL "Sun­day
Night News."
Gilbert is an instructor
i music at Emory Uni­versity
in Atlanta. Teel,
an Auburn alumnus, is
hand director at Smith
Station, and Patterson
Au-the
plays bass with the
burn Kniehts and
ing bands.
Monday's concert will
feature several light
classical pieces and
"Suite for Flute and Jazz
Piano," by Claude Boi­ling,
a popular jazz piece
a la Dave Brubeck.
According to Mayfield,
special lighting effects
provided by the theatre
department and the light­er
music will make for
an enjoyable, student-centered
concert.
Tickets for the concert
will cost $2.50 and may
be reserved by calling
821-4214 or 821-8673.
Unreserved tickets will
be sold at the door.
By Bonita Apperson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Cigarette smoking
combined with taking
birth control pills, and
not "the Pill" alone, in­creases
the risk of death
for women over 35 using
oral contraceptives.
Dr. Darlene Hunter,
physician at the Student
Health Center, agreed
with published reports
that the combination
"has an adverse effect on
blood vessels. Tobacco is
the worst. It causes ves­sels
to tend to tighten up.
This can cause heart at­tacks."
Hunter said most doc­tors
recommend women
over 25 not take the Pill.
One journal suggested
the woman or her part­ner
should consider per­manent
sterilization
after the age of 40.
Pill users who smoke
and are over 40 face a
higher risk of heart at­tacks,
according to a new
analysis of recent British
and U.S. studies. The
U.S. Food and Drug Ad­ministration
is consider­ing
recommending wo­men
over 40 not use the
Pill.
This new study, pre­pared
by Anrudh K. Jain
of the non-profit Popula­tion
Council, reported:
"The use of the Pill by
nonsmokers of all ages
carries less risk of death
than the normal risk that
exists from pregnancy
and childbearlng faced
by women who use no
birth control.
"Pill users over 40 who
also smoke face almost
three times the death
risk of women who use no
birth control. ' Heavy
smoking by women in
their 30's may be more
hazardous than no fer­tility
control, and be­tween
the ages of 15 and
29, combined smoking
and Pill use may be more
hazardous than any other
method of fertility regu­lation."
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By Jackie Romine
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Pole climbing, ax
throwing, knife throwing,
log rolling and log birling
were just a few of the
competitions at the 20th
annual Southeastern
Forestry Conclave at­tended
by 35 Auburn
forestry students last
weekend at Stephen F.
Austin University in
Nacogdocaches, Tex.
Thirteen southeastern
universities attended the
conclave which was
sponsored by the Asso­ciation
of Southeastern
Forestry Clubs.
Technical competition
events included timber
estimation, wildlife, pho-togammetry
and den­drology,
tree identifica­tion.
Some of the other
field events were cross­cut
sawing, bow sawing,
archery and pole felling.
Auburn ranked ninth
out of 13 teams in the
competition, out-scoring
the Universities of Ten­nessee,
Florida, Ken­tucky
and Texas A&M.
Several Auburn students,
however, placed high in
the competitions.
Jeb Ewing, 4FY,
laced second in den­drology,
tree identlfica-on.
Charlotte Sage,
$FY, placed fourth in
;hain throwing, Ron Hil-er,
3FY, placed fourth
knife throwing, and
•lank McKlnley, 4FY,
laced fourth in timber
estimation. Harry Craze,
4FY, ranked fourth in
pole climbing and Sharon
Mohney, 3FY, and Sage
placed fourth in the
women's crosscut saw
competition.
Auburn also had four
fifth place finishes. The
host university, Stephen
F. Austin, won the com­petition.
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Thurs., April 21, 1977 A-4
Men on Hill
We disapprove of the University's decision to retain present housing
options, with men still living at Magnolia Dormitories. We realize the
University is within its rights in gauging the proportions of supply and
demand among men and women, and deciding that Magnolia Dormitories
would be a numerically fair assignment for men.
However, we wonder if the University is not violating the spirit of Title DC.
Words like "equal and comparable" cannot be used to describe the housing
allocations given to men and women.
Why wasn't one of the dorms on the Hill given to the men? These dorms
are certainly of higher quality than Magnolia Dormitory, and assigning one of
these dorms to men would show that the University is interested in providing
equal housing for all students.
However, it seems as though the administration just doesn't care. The
status quo must be maintained. Unnecessary paperwork and fuss must be
avoided. We can only wonder when the University will realize its inherent
responsibilities, and stop putting off important decisions which must be made
before the situation becomes critical.
Tradition?
Last week, as is traditional, the results of the SGA elections were officially
'announced at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house.
Although the results were broadcast simultaneously across the campus; and
'although the intent of the gathering was not to exclude non-Greeks, the
announcement spot should be re-examined.
Hosting election-night returns at a fraternity house has several
disadvantages. First, it may discourage both independent candidates and their
.supporters from attending. It may not be that these groups are unwelcome,
. but merely that they feel uncomfortable in such a situation. It also tends to
give some degree of credence to the accusation of fraternal domination on
: campus. It could give a sore loser a way to claim a rigged election. And it casts
a shadow on the reputation of the SGA.
It is obvious also that if the fraternity hosting an election-night function
loses in the elections a damper may be cast over the entire festivities.
The Lambda Chis should be commended for their generosity in opening
theit house to students on election night. At the same time, however, it
'would be in the best interest of all students to move the function to a more
central campus location such as the Union Patio.
The event could be set up similar to a street dance, with broadcasting done
•out of the cafeteria.
It could just be the beginning of a "new" tradition — one which would
encourage more participation on the part of all Auburn students, Greek and
independent.
Congratulations to all newly-elected SGA and school officers. Your victory
indicates student support for you, so keep in mind the responsibility which
always accompanies that privilege to serve as a leader.
Congratulations are also in order for the outgoing SGA officers. We believe
the past year was a good one and appreciate the efforts made to better serve
the Auburn students.
Achieving change is often a very time-consuming project, but that doesn't
make the goal beyond reach. It simply makes the success sweeter. Many
desirable changes have been made; others have been suggested and partially
implemented. The important thing is to continue working for these changes.
Certain issues have been of primary concern this year and we want to
entourage their continuance — an academic scholarship program, a
multi-purpose building, a permanent Pedestrian Mall and a shuttle bus
system. Also high on the priority list should be changing the date of City
elections.
Victors, your work is cut out for you and the sincerity of your campaign
promises will be continually tested during the next school year. "Good luck"
to the newcomers, and "Thanks" to the 1977 officers.
The Auburn
Christy Hudgins, Editor
Ken Edwards, Business Manager
John Carvalho, Editor-eiect
Burrell Wilson, Business Manager-elect
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, JohnCarvalho; Associate Editor, Dan
Doughtie; 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,
Gary McCianahan; Photographic Editor, Gordon Bugg.
Assistant to the Editor, Vickie Porter; Asst. News Editors, Susan Counts and Jackie
Romine; Asst. Sports Editor, Brad Davis; Asst. Features Editor, Dewey English; Asst.
Entertainment Editor, Dave White; Asst. Copy Editor, Jeanne Regan; Asst. Photographic
Editor, Grant Castleberry; Asst. Technical Editor, Huey Davis; Staff Artists, Kelly Shultz,
Jack Mallette, Lloyd Bridges and George Jeng.
Advertising Director, Ken Edwards; Local Advertising Route Manager, Susan Franklin;
Asst. Advertising Route Manager, Mary Gardiner; Layout Specialists, Larry Klein, Ken
Harvey, Becky Dickson and John Brinkerhoff; Circulation, Don Powers and Ed Hamff.
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.
The Auburn Union.
That's how the sign in front reads, and
that's what the building is. What it isn't
is the Auburn "Student" Union.
People who work in the Union say
students-are being "ripped off" and they
say it with some justification.
For example, take the case of the
typical Auburn student living in a
dormitory. She pays $15 on her rent if
she decides not to advance $192 to Food
Services at the beginning of the quarter.
Then she pays $7 in Student Activities
fees to the Union — money which pays
for the utilities and space given without
rent to the cafeteria. Then she pays for
her meal.
A non-student who just walks in off
the street is assessed only once. He pays
for his meal only.
It is ironic and somewhat convenient
that general policy rules suddenly become
nonapplicable when it means the
University can make a profit. Students
may not be assessed twice for concert
tickets or other activities, but when it
comes to the cafeteria, they are assessed
three times.
There is a second problem that faculty
members would probably be willing to
remedy if they knew about it. The
problem is that faculty members do not
contribute to the maintenance of the
Union, yet they are granted privileges
associated with the Union on the same
par with students. They pay the same
price for their meals, use the same
meeting rooms and lobbies and are given
the same priority as student groups.
When this fact was first mentioned,
$3,000 from the general fund was
designated to pay the cost of faculty use,
but in the years since that time no further
funds have been offered.
Free use of the building by faculty,
however, isn't nearly as objectionable as
the non-University conferences habitually
occupying the building.
Outside groups wishing to use the
Union merely contact the Conference
Office of the University and pay a $ 1 pet
person fee. None of that money, though,
is returned to the Union. So students are
footing the bill for setting up the
confetence, for providing the facilities
and for the clean up. When President
Harry Philpott was asked to tag the cost
of the confetences to the Union to the $1
fee, he refused saying the University had
problems in attracting conferences in the
past because of high prices.
That argument doesn't hold a lot of
water, though, because the University
offers conference facilities at a much
lower price than almost any motel or
convention center. And even if it didn't,
should attracting conferences be an
overriding goal of Auburn University?
The financial problems with the Union
aren't just gripes, though; the situation
is critical. The Union has been operating
at a deficit, saved only by surplus funds
accumulated in the transition fromBullard
Hall to the remodeled Union. It is
estimated, however, that those funds will
be depleted in two years. Then what?
Students shouldn't have to keep
shouldering the community burden.
Many of the changes which should be
made involve War Eagle Cafeteria. When
Christy
Hudgins
the cafeteria was opened, Dr. Philpott
vetoed effotts to charge rent and utilities
citing the poor condition of Food
Services. But Food Services is doing a
booming business. They'll tell you they
are operating at a deficit, but if you ask
around long enough, you'll find the
cafeterias are making money — they're
just channeling it to pay the dorm debt
retirement service.
No one seems to be able to quote
profits for War Eagle Cafeteria. One
source said it was between $500,000 and
$750,000. Assistant to the President
Harold Grant says its "maybe" closer to
$100,000. Director of Food Services
Richard Wingard says he can't give out
the figures.
What is ironic is that the cafeteria
teceives free rent and utilities, yet its
profits go to pay for the dorms instead of
the Union. All full-time students
contribute to the cafeteria, yet profits
go to retire a general fund debt, while
the Union goes in the hole.
Other area colleges (LSU, Georgia, the
Universities of Florida and Alabama) all
have cafeterias which pay rent or a
percentage of their gross income (or both)
to their unions. They also pay at least
part of their utilities. If War Eagle paid
only the average rent of other area
universities, it would amount to
$100,000.
Union Director Lowell Ledbetter claims
more than half of the Union electric bill
can be attributed to the cafeteria, as well
as othct major costs.
So what is the solution? There is no fell
swoop which can remedy the problems of
the Union, but here are a few
suggestions:
1. Seperate War Eagle Cafeteria from
Housing. "AH" students should not have
dorms cannot accomodate the majority of
students, or even those requesting a
residence. Such a move should lower food
prices at the cafeteria.
2. Charge a surplus fee to all
non-students using the cafeteria, so that
the students and non-students will
ultimately pay the same amount for the
food.
3. Eliminate the additional $15 on the
dorm rent.
4. Assess non-student groups for at
least a minimum cost to cover setting-up,
clcaning-up and operational costs. This
could easily be done through the
Confetence Office.
6. Increase cafeteria efficiency. Don't
designate one man to spend the entire
lunch hour holding the garbage lid open.
Students can open theit own garbage can.
They can also pick up their own bread.
A lot more can be done to improve the
situation, aside from these points. But
something has to be done...and soon.
Otherwise students will once again be
digging in their pockets to pay someone
else's bill.
Needs a job: She 'likes to eat'
Help. I need a job. Why? Because I
like to eat and furthermore, I like nice
clothes; I like gas in my car; I like money
in my checking account and I like
working on a newspaper.
But newspapers aren't being kind to
me. Not only have they failed to provide
a job for me, they also presented the
following information to me:
"Today employers are looking for
employes 25-30 years old with 40 years of
experience..." and "a 16-year study
made by Marketing Survey and Research
Corporation showed four out of five of
the 350,000 persons questioned were in
the wrong jobs for their abilities..."
Groovy. I read these two statements
and immediately began to doubt why I
even wanted to work on a newspaper—a
bearer of ill will, depressing news,
startling crimes and ridiculous filler
about how to get a catsup stain out of a
white blouse.
But even if I changed my career
intentions, the odds are against my
getting a job "to match my abilities,"
according to this survey corporation
located in Princeton, N.J. One reason
cited by Dr. Herbert M. Greenberg,
president of the corporation, was that the
five most commonly used hiring criteria
"are completely irrelevant in predicting
how well a job applicant will do in a
job."
Many applications ask the names and
ages of any children, if you are a
registered voter and. if you voted in the
last election.
Granted, voting is an important part of
a democratic government but should it
be included on a job application instead
of questions asking why a person is
interested in the job, why he feels he is or
will be prepared for the job? I don't
think so.
Susan
Harrison
•.^Me^
these questions are usually
interview, but the
I realize
included
company chooses the ones who are to be
"granted" these interviews from the
applications. So it is vety possible, as the
survey showed, to end up with someone
who is the right color, sex and
weight—not necessarily the tight petson
for the job.
The most frustrating aspect of this
problem is that any change is up to the
employers.. Sure, I could go in and
demand that I be given a chance to
explain my "intentions." I could
convince them I would be the best
fot the job by showing I am single—no
kids to keep me on the phone asking
where the peanut butter is.
But something tells me this would not
be too impressive. Or maybe it would.
It's amazing what a little determination,
creativity and ingenuity can do.
Take, for example, Lawyer Melvin M.
Belli. Shortly before his scheduled high
roaring
of the
school graduation he got
drunk" and was kept out
commencement by the principal.
It was then that Belli received his first
impottant lesson in the power of the law.
His father went to see a judge who
compiled 15 yards of writs, habeas
cotpuses, bench warrants, subpoenas and
old bail bonds and served them on the
principal.
Nuclear energy is 'bad news'
In a recent address to Auburn
students, Ralph Nader said the drive to
increase nuclear power was unnecessary
and dangerous. Nader is right, but
"unnecessary and dangerous" could well
be the understatement of the year.
The perils of nuclear power are so grave
that even the sluggish American
bureacracy is beginning to turn against it
— last month Chief Energy Advisor
James R. Schlcsinger said the United
States will not look to the breeder reactor
as a source of nuclear energy.
While scientists, environmentalists,
anti-nuclear activists and just plain old
people all over the country were
breathing a sigh of relief over the
scrapping of the breeder (a dangerously
exotic and harebrained nuclear technolo­gy),
Schlesinger then hit them with the
"bad" news. The bad news was that the
Carter Administration would not initiate
a nuclear moratorium, but would
continue to rely on regular nuclear power
plants to supply some portion of the
nation's energy needs.
Carl J. Hocevar, a key safety expert for
the Atomic Energy Commission (now the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission), ex­plained
why this was "bad news" in his
letter of resignation. He said, "In spite of
the soothing reassurances that the AEC
(Atomic Energy Commission) gives to the
uninformed, misled public, unresolved
questions about nuclear power are so
grave that the United States should
consider a complete halt (moratorium) to
the construction of nuclear power plants
while we see if these serious questions can
somehow be resolved. The attitude (at
the AEC) was not 'l^t's see if this thing
works,' but, 'Let's find a way to O.K. it.'
Many prominent scientists, Nobel prize
winners and doctors have since joined the
growing chorus that condemns nuclear
power. Recent additions include three
men (with 50 years combined work
experience) who held important manage­ment
positions with General Electric's
nuclear reactor division. They described
nuclear power as a "serious threat to the
future of all life on this planet," adding
we could "never build them (nuclear
power plants) safe enough."
Condemnations are based on safety,
economic and necessity reasons. The
economics of nuclear power are now so
poor they may be the Achilles heel of the
already troubled nuclear industry. How­ever,
the rapidly growing grass-roots
opposition to nuclear power stems mainly
from "uniesolved safety questions"
which Hocevar talked about in his letter
of resignation. They include:
1. The possibility of loosing coolant
and subsequent contamination of an area
the size of Pennsylvania.
2. The unknown hazards of continuous
exposure to low level radiation from
routine operation coupled with frequent
accidental leaks (believed by some to
increase lung-cancer and leukemia deaths
and cause genetically-defected child
births);
5. The possibility of stolen nuclear
materials being used by terrorists to
blackmail the country with crude atomic-bombs;
4. The lack of a method to safely
dispose of long-lived radioactive wastes
(240,000 years half-life) which already
constitute a major health hazard because
of leaks at storage areas.
Economic problems of nuclear power
are less confusing. What it all "boils
clown to" is that nuclear power is too
expensive. The cost of a nuclear power
plant is now around $2.5 billion and
climbing. There simply isn't enough
money in the United States to build all
the nuclear power plants that we will
need. If we tried to build them anyway,
we would tie up almost ail the capital in
the nation, a situation not conducive to
good economics.
Furthermore, the known reserves of
uranium arc projected to last for 30 more
years, and this fact (in conjunction with
an international uranium fuel cartel) has
dtiven die price of uranium to
prohibitive levels. In fact, the price of
uranium is supposed to climb much
higher, so much higher that fossil fuels
will be cheaper.
Moreover, another sizable argument
against nuclear power's economic feasibi­lity
is its undefendable nature. Claims of
nuclear power "too cheap to meter" were
made back in the '5os under the
mistaken assumption that the power
plants would run at around 80 per cent
efficiency. The sad fact has been,
however, only a meager 50 per cent
efficiency declining to 30 per cent by the
seventh year of operation.
The unfortunate fire at TVA's Brown's
Ferry reactor (which was caused by a 20
cent candle) cost more than $150 million.
Guess who paid for that ludicrous
accidenr? Good old John Q. Citizen.
Experts say there is about 400 to 800
years of coal left in this country alone,
and clean ways to burn it. Yet the
nuclear industry insists we must choose
between nuclear power and no more
electricity. Every month there is more
news about break-throughs in solar,
geothermal, wind and methane conver­sion
energy research; yet, why does the
nuclear industry still call these energy
alternatives "exotic?"
Perhaps the explanation has something
to do with the fact that during the 50s
(before all the information was in) several
industries unwisely invested tens of
billions of dollars in nuclear power
because (hey thought it would be the
energy of the future, and now they want
their money's worrii.
Perhaps the reason other energy
alternatives are "exotic" in comparison
ID nuclear power is because such
alternatives as,solar power have only
received aboui $180 million for research
in comparison to the f 100 billion which
has gone into nuclear research. .
Perhaps if this energy money was spent
more on these ileaii, safe and plentiful
alternatives instead of on nuclear power,
there would be no more talk of energy
shortages.
Perhaps. Hut in order for this to
happen Americans must pressure the
government into ignoring the lobbies
from the nuclear industry. Americans are
going ID have to get mad. Hopefully,
.Americans will realize this before we lose
a major city in a nuclear accident,fot by
then it will he ton late.
"I got my diploma on the spot. It was
the most majestic legal encountet in my
entire life. I knew I'd be a lawyer—the
best damn lawyer in the land," Belli
said.
In my opinion, sheer determination
and perseverance made this man
diffctent. He is almost 70 years old now
and in his 43 years of law practice, he has
charmed and terrified courtroom audi­ences
as well as won $100 million in civil
damages.
One of his cases involved a second trial
of a woman who stepped off a San
Francisco streetcar and was knocked down
by a trolley going the other way. She lost
her right leg below the knee.
Believing that showing a jury has more
impact than telling a jury, Belli came to
court each day with something wrapped
in butcher paper.
The people in the courtroom fearfully
assumed Belli had brought the ampu­tated
leg to coutt.
Belli slowly started opening his
package, knot by knot. Finally he ripped
off the paper and held up an artificial
limb for the jury to see. Then he
dumped the artificial leg into the lap of a
jutot telling him to "feel the warmth of
life in those soft tissues of its flesh, feel
the pulse of blood, touch the rippling
muscles of the calf."
Show-and-tell worked for him and his
client; the verdict allowed the woman
$100,000 in damages.
In addition to determination and
perseverance, 1 think boredom is often a
good qualification fot a job. Perhaps
Dmitri Ivanovich Longo wasn't bored,
maybe he just liked cockroaches.
The Great Longo said the most
difficult feat of his career was taming
cockroaches. Now I would have to be
pretty boted to resort to training
cockroaches, but it worked for Longo.
His cockroaches knew how to swing on
swings, open tiny newspapers and rush at
his command to a miniature table where
they sat in tiny chairs and ate from tiny
dishes.
Charles Wilson of Kamiah, Idaho, is
anothet inspiration. His only salary as
caretaker of the Idaho County landfill
dump was the right to pick through the
trash. Wilson is also 70 years old and
says he is living pretty well on the things
other people throw away.
Although most of Wilson's profits
come from selling recycleable materials
(scrap iron^ aluminum, copper and lead),
he has also accumulated new $50
bedspreads, dozens of tools, a pair of
Navy binoculars and a eight-horse power
lawnmower he rides around his yard.
Wilson may be soiled but he was
accommodating as was an Ontario
neurologist who made a brain wave
analysis of a blob of lime Jello. He
obtained readings he said could be
mistaken as evidence of life.
So here they are; members of the
Susan Harrison Hall of Fame for persons
who refused to let the system get them [
down. They did what they could, where!
they were and didn't have to tell anyone I
when they voted last ot their tace, sex or|
mother's maiden name.
This is what I advocate and I believe!
any employer who is ttuly interested inl
his employes will agree a person's weightl
or marital status is not as important as his|
desire to do the job, and to do it well.
Designing a form which would!
concentrate on the latter is nod
impossible. The only thing that bothers]
me is even dear Elizabeth Ray could have
composed good answers about determina-l
tion, perseverance, boredom and creativi-I
ty. That is, of course, if she didn't havq
to type them.
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Hum., April 81,1*77 A-5
Soviets taking Africa
while US does nothing
Editor, Plainsman:
In the past week U.S. United Nations
Delegate Andrew Young has told the
people of the United States not to worry
about a few communists in Africa.
Today, 4-12-77, Mr. Carter told the
people of the nation of Zaire that we
could not get involved in their problem.
Troops from Angola have invaded Zaire.
The people . of Zaire are fighting a
Soviet-, Cuban-backed invasion that
threatens to destroy the last strong
pro-western government in central Africa
It seems President Carter and the
Democrat-controlled Congress have writ­ten
off the continent of Africa. The
Democrats in Congress refused aid to
Angola and it fell to the communists.
Today the new Angola, with Soviet-
Cuban help, is attempting to destroy the
pro-western government of Zaire. Mr.
Young and Mr. Carter are telling us not
to worry about the Russians in Africa.
Mr. Carter also told the people of Zaire
that we could not become involved. The
Democrats in Congress refuse to give
Zaire any more aid after what has already
been set aside has been spent. What aid
we are giving is "non lethal."
While we're not worrying, a red wave
of Soviet-, Cuban-backed communism is
moving across Africa, a developing
continent. The United States needs
friends from which we can purchase oil,
industrial diamonds, other natural
resources and strategic materials. Also,
there is a moral question - is it right for
the United States to turn its back on a
nation, any nation, that is begging us to
aid them in a fight against communism?
No, I'm not saying the military forces
should launch into a full-scale ground
war in Africa. However, we do need to
answer some questions. Did Vietnam
destroy the American will to the point
that we're afraid to send weapons and
ammunition to people who need them?
Arc we going to turn our back on Africa
and let the Soviet Union and Cuba have
its way?
While Mr. Carter talks to the Soviets
about civil rights they are taking a
continent. But then talk is cheap. If Mr.
Carter and his Democratic Congress
actually gave a nation some real aid they
might have to re-think some of their
vote-buying, give-away programs that
add to the already high rate of inflation.
J. Frank Easterling, 6PO
Joe and Pat looked at the X-ray
showing three gunshot wounds. A .22
caliber bullet was lodged in the left leg
and number four buckshot were scattered
about the body. A paper clip marked the
entry point of a high powered bullet that
had passed through the body.
Joe Ruzic is a federal investigator and
Pat Hallinan is a concerned citizen. They
are trying to solve a murder, but not of a
human. The victim is a golden eagle.
I was shocked to hear the eagle had
been shot three separate times. A farmer
had seen the eagle roosting in a tree for
several weeks before it died of its old
wounds or someone finally finished it off
with a bullet through its crop (throat
area).
Maybe the lodged bullet and the X-ray
will lead to the culprit, but there's not
much hope. I shook my head wondering
how someone could shoot an eagle. I was
glad to have lived my lifelong dream that
day before: to see one of our vanishing
eagles in the wild.
Dan
Doughtie
When Sidney Woodson, senior agent
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
told me 25 eagles had been shot, I feared
the eagle would become extinct. But
Woodson also provided a happier note
when he said he could arrange for me to
photograph some southern bald \ eagles
nesting in Mississippi. >
I met Woodson and Ruzic in
Mississippi and they took me to the nest
located within a quarter mile of a busy
interstate. Houses could be seen a half
mile away. An electric power plant was
w
Tenn-Tom waterway economically bad
Editor, The Plainsman:
Lisa Rigsby's article on the proposed
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway dealt
mainly with the adverse environmental
effects in considering opposition to the
project. Certainly the environmental
damage resulting from the construction
of the waterway will be severe, but it is
'only one of many objections.
From the standpoint of economics,
major objections to Tenn-Tom are the
sheer cost and a cost-benefit ratio that is
marginal at best. In 1969, the Army
Corps of Engineers estimated waterway
construction costs would total $316
million. As of September, 1976, the
Corps had updated this to $1.64 billion.
For this mammoth price tag, the Corps
estimates the cost-benefit ratio will be
1.08 to 1.0, In other words, for every $1
invested in the waterway, the project will
return only $1.08. Even this low estimate
was arrived at in a questionable manner
(e.g. the cost of the project was calculated
using a 3V4 per cent interest rate).
Even if the project does "turn a
profit" over and above the construction
and maintenance costs, these benefits will
fall mainly to the barge companies,
which will pay no user fees or absorb any
costs of Tenn-Tom. This unique
government subsidy is not shared by the'
ailing railroads nor by any other form of
transportation.
Some other objections to the project
are: Tenn-Tom will merely duplicate the
existing transportation facilities of the
railroads, pipelines and highways;
Tenn-Tom does not provide flood control
— if anything, the waterway will increase
flooding along the downstream reaches of
the project; Tenn-Tom will produce no
electric power while its construction is
expected to consume 160 million gallons
of gasoline; construction work on
Tenn-Tom has already caused local water
tables to drop.
Al| of these objections are over and
above the environmental considerations.
Persons wishing more information on this Col. Charlie Blalock
matter should contact:
Tombigbee River Conservation Council
P.O. Box 524
Starkville, Miss. 39759
Mobile Office, Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 2288
Mobile, Ala. 36628
Charlie Drost, 3ZY
Auburn Chapter, Alabama Conservancy
Dedman says library fines
not 'cruel or unreasonable'
Editor, The Plainsman:
I am writing in regard to an editorial
by Susan Counts concerning her
experience with the University library.
I am sure that it was a most frustrating
experience. I agree that it seems
unreasonable to charge fines for days the
library is closed. However, though no
bureaucracy is able to provide individual
care and attention to all the people
Gripes aimed at Bush, new SGA
Editor, The Plainsman:
Once again the students of this "fine
University" selected their new officers for
the SGA. Very well, Mr. Bush and you
other recently elected bureacrats, listen
up to a few gripes of several students,
including my own.
In the aftermath of the widely
acclaimed Pedestrian Mall, let us consider
the following results: 1) Students have
learned to cross in the middle of the
street, with almost total disregard for
traffic or the signals controlling said
traffic, endangering themselves and
others, and 2) auto traffic was more
confused than usual, due to improper
marking of Thach Avenue and the
indefinite dates for the completion of the
Mall. Now our University officials want to
make the Mall permanent.
Repeated requests for a dollar-for-dollar
accounting of the University and
Student Activities Fee apparently cannot
be filled by "your SGA." An example
would be: "of $183, $8 goes to UPC,
$15 to the Drake infirmary, $2 to WEGL,
$2 to the Plainsman, . . . " Answers to this
question could help students make
informed decisions as to the services that
they receive (?). I am referred by the
SGA to page 54 of the Tiger Cub, which
is inadequate. As a consumer, the
University student has a right to this
information. Why can't the SGA
regularly publish this data? What is the
University afraid of?
With apparently one-fifth (wild guess)
of the Auburn students being left-hand­ed,
why are there no left-handed desks
available, particularly in the auditorium-classrooms?
This may sound trivial, but a
"southpaw" friend of mine received
severe injuries due to this oversight. An
SGA study of this problem would be in
order.
Why shouldn't Auburn professors have
to compete for parking on the same basis
as students? The statistics of so many
A-zone stickers for so many A-zone
spaces does not take into account the fact
that A-zone stickered cars may also park
in B, C and D zones. If Dr. Philpott (and
his staff) had to walk a mile from his
parking space in front of the ROTC
hangar to his office every day, in the rain
and cold, something might be done
somewhat sooner about the situation.
James H. Lake, 4CJ
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.
falling under its jurisdiction, I would not
say that the "system" is "cruel."
- . • ... . . . • ?t
While not intending to start an
argument with Miss Counts, I must take
issue with some of the things she said. In
the first place , a new hardback book
costs an average of $16.32 (Publisher's
Weekly, Feb. 14, 1977). Book prices have
increased dramatically in the last five
years. The acquisition and cataloguing
process adds another $10 to the cost of
the book. The issue of using money
collected from fines to replace lost books
is important. The replacement of lost or
stolen books is a significant problem for
every library.
None of the $183 tuition goes to the
library. For several years, the library has
been able to#replace all lost books by'
means of the money collected from fines.
This allows the library to use the money
it receives from the state and other
sources to expand its collection and offer
more services to the students. The main
reason for imposing fines is to motivate
students to return books on time. If the
fine were only one cent a day, it would
not be very effective, but, as Miss
Counts' experience shows, at 25 cents a
day, it builds up.
It is a rare person, or a non-library-user,
who has never paid a fine. Perhaps
Miss Counts can find solace in the fact
that the money she paid probably put a
book back on the shelf.
Denise E. Dedman, LSY
within a mile and a half. How could the
eagles be expected to nest so close to
man's world?
Lucky for the eagles, walking to the
nest is not easy because of foot-deep
water in the grassy and wooded areas
surrounding it.
With water coming in the tops of my
boots, I tried to sneak through the woods
to the nest. The eagles knew we were
coming though and left before we got too
close.
We set up my cameras beside some
small pines about 130 feet from the nest
which was about 40 feet up in a large
pine tree.
After five minutes the eagles flew
cautiously over the area to see if we had
left. As one approached the nest, it must
have seen the reflection from my
telephoto lens and started to squawk.
For five minutes the eagles did
acrobatics to protest our presence. They
were close enough to keep an eye on us
but too far for me to shoot some really
good photos, but the aerial display was
fantastic. Their snowy white heads made
them as majestic as I had pictured in my
mind.
I felt my knees trembling from the
excitement hoping they would come
closer. But they decided if we weren't
going to leave, they would.
We waited 30 minutes and finally gave
up as the sun started to set.
Woodson iwas • optimistic that the nest
would have some eaglets in it. The nest
had been used by the same pair for three
years, the first year producing one
offspring but nothing the last two. Our
observations showed the absence of any
young.
Woodson said they don't know enough
about the eagles to tell what has caused
to failure to produce new offspring. It
might be DDT, the influence of man's
i presence or maybe just mother nature.
It's hard to have comparative studies
when it is the only nest in Mississippi.
Woodson and Ruzic wanted me to
meet Pat Hallinan that next day. Pat is
a young dental technician who nursed a
nearly dead bald eagle back to full
health. It had been shot and grounded
for several weeks before being picked up
by someone who thought it was a
buzzard.
Woodson said he will release the
immature bald eagle as soon as he is sure
hunting season is over. He doesn't want
to take the chance of someone shooting it
again.
The eagle is in a screened-in parking
space of a garage in Hallinan's backyard.
In the next parking space is a Red
Shouldered Hawk with one foot taped to
its chest. It sits motionless except for the
occasional turning of its head when
someone speaks. The little hawk is
blind. It was hit by a car or flew into
something, Hallinan believes, breaking
its leg and causing the blindness.
Hallinan is in his late 20s and. is a
self-trained expert on the care of birds of
prey. He considers it an answer to a
prayer that he got to treat the eagle.
He says many of his friends think he is
crazy because of his obsession with eagles.
"I sometimes wish I could be one.
Sometimes I think they are smarter than
man," Hallinan told me.
11 is a shame people like Pat Hallinan
have to treat these birds because of
mistakes made my man.
The birds arc being murdered by
careless hunters, "Saturday afternoon
any thing-is-a-target shooters," reckless
kids and crazy farmers—a thoughtless and
inconsiderate group of people.
Some are like the hunter in northern
Mississippi who, while quail hunting, saw
a big bird fly over him and shot it. Find­ing
he shot an eagle, he threw it away.
Two other men picked it up but threw it
away too, after finding it was illegal to
possess the eagle. The three could have
received a $5,000 fine and a one year jail
sentence. If it had been a bald eagle the
penalty could have been $20,000 and two
years in jail.
The hunter was fined $1,000 and given
a one-year suspended jail sentence and
one year inactive probation. The other
two were fined $250 and given 90 day
suspended jail terms with on year inactive
probation.
This case was the only one out of 25
that resulted in a conviction.
I have known farmers who shoot birds
of prey and hang them on barbed wire
fences so their dove shoots would have a
few more doves.
There are people who go out target
shooting and decide to test their sights on
some large bird circling above, finding
out too late they have shot our national
symbol.
Someone wrote The Plainsman calling
people who shoot eagles "slobs." I find
myself looking for a stronger word.
These people should be caught and
sentenced to the severest penalties
possible. One case in 25 is a lousy
batting average. But are these the only
eagles being shot? Are there more eagle
carcasses not yet found? There may be
hundreds of murderers out there who
have committed the perfect crime.
The sad part is these murderers usually
get away scott free because friends who
know they've killed an eagle don't want
to say anything..."He's a nice guy and I
don't want to get him in trouble."
In trouble? It's these so-called friends
who got " u s " in trouble by allowing the
killing off of our national symbol.
Student explains his role as
architecture association rep
Editor, The Plainsman:
Beginning before election and continu­ing
past election as an Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture stu­dent
representative, I solicited opinions
from Dean McPheeters, Assistant Dean
Hockman, Kemp, Faculty Representative
Zwirn and previous A.C.S.A. affiliates as
to the duties and responsibilities of the
post. The prevalent reply was: "You can
make of it what you want to. What it is
just depends on you and how much work
you want to put into i t ."
As time went Dy, the mail I received
indicated my primary duty was as a
correspondent between Auburn and the
inter-collegiate A.C.S.A. Specifically, to
help relay local interests at regional and
national conventions, and by attending
these conventions to bring new ideas to
the Auburn campus.
The new administration polemic is to
send several instead of one on the
funding previously forwarded to one
individual. I can find little fault with this
argument, as it seems sound, and has the
effect of dispersing the benefit from
attending these conventions. Further, the
administration seems fervently commit­ted
to this funding of student travel
which I can only applaud.
In essence, as my term as A.C.S.A.
Student Representative, and as S.C./
A.I.A. Student Contact expire, I
recommend two changes in the operation
of relation between student representa­tives
and administration:
A. A recognition that elected student
officials are the representatives of the
students, and as such are the instruments
of communication with the students, and
are also a functional link in the
administration of financial and other
commitments to the students.
B. An openess and candid quality of
dealing with students and their represen­tatives
on all matters; a straight forward
organized platform of goals, objectives
and commitments.
Mathew K. Lawrence
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture
Student Representative
J & M's "FORGOTTEN MOTHER FILE "
case history no. 362
This unretouched photo shows what happened
when this mother of a forgetful Auburn student
found nothino in her mailbox on Mother's Day,
1976. 0~"'f let this happen to your mom. Rush
on down to •' * M Bookstore now and choose
something from their great selection of cards &
gifts.
DON'T FORGET MOM
ON MAY 11 -.SHOP o> MORE THAN
JUST A
BOOK STORE
Don't miss J & Ms
ART &
ARCHITECTURE
MANUFACTURER'S
CLINIC
May 4
watch for details
next week
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The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., April 21, 1977 A-6
Shinnick rebuilds homes for fun
Photography: Greg Bugg
COMPLETE WITH A HORSE
.House now possesses all the conveniences
By Kathi Keeton
Plainsman Staff Writer
In March of 1974 while traveling in the area, Mike
Shinnick spied two pre-Civil War houses that had
deteriorated to shacks. Believing they had potential,
he offered the owners $600 each and they agreed to
sell. Shinnick, extension associate of the Rehabilita­tion
in Facility Training Program at Auburn, then
moved them three miles to his property.
Laughing, he said, "It was a frightening experience
to watch a fallen-down house traveling down the
road, knowing it was my responsibility."
Shinnick said he rode in the bigger house while it
was being moved, taking pictures of stop signs and
moving cars. When the house arrived on his property
Shinnick said it almost slid into the creek and for a
few dangerous moments "it groaned and cracked."
Shinnick renovated the house over a three-year
period. He first became interested in old houses after
moving here from Florida. He found that a unique
feature of Alabama is its countryside—it is filled with
old houses. In Florida," he said, "everything is trim
and new; all the old houses have been torn down."
Although he moved the house in June, Shinnick was
A unique feature of Ala­bama
is its countryside—it
is filled with old houses
unable to work on it right away. He said when the
house arrived on his land, it was put on blocks "and,
the house looked even worse then. There were four
gaping holes where the chimneys had been. I
wondered how sane I was or if it made much sense,"
New citation system ensures
payment of every traffic ticket
By Cynthia Guttery
Plainsman Staff Writer
While on your way to
class, you are stopped by
the Auburn Police for
speeding. The police
officer writes out a
speeding ticket, hands it
to you and you drive off,
apathetic to the incident.
Smiling, you think to
yourself about the chief
down at the station who
is your father's friend.
You just call Dad long
distance, and he calls his
friend at the station the
next morning to explain
the small mistake you
made of going slightly
over the speed limit.
The two then begin to
laugh as they remember
their college days and all
the crazy incidents they
were involved in. In
closing, the chief says,
"By the way, just tell
your son to come see me
about the ticket, it won't
cost him a thing."
The situation described
above may sound famil­iar,
but as of April 1, it no
longer occurs throughout
most of Alabama.
Following a recent rul­ing
by the Chief Justice
of the Alabama Supreme
Court, one copy of all
traffic citations must be
sent to Montgomery,
where every traffic cita­tion
must be accounted
for by number and by
ticket book.
In Montgomery, each
ticket is read by compu­ters
and recorded in a
court management book.
According to Bob Wil­liams,
Staff Services
Bureau Chief for the
Auburn Police Dept., the
new method will definite­ly
eliminate problems of
tickets not accounted for,
but Williams said that is
the only good point in its
favor.
The Auburn Police
Dept., according to
Williams, is opposed to
the new system in its
current form. He said
they are "not against the
principle. We are for it.
We are against two
things: the format used,
and the small print on
the new tickets."
It now takes an aver­age
of 15 minutes to write
up one traffic citation
which in the past took
about two or three min­utes.
The new ticket books
are more detailed. Cer­tain
definite information
must be listed on each
ticket as opposed to
check marks that have
been used for the last
five years on the old
tickets.
Before April 1, three
copies were made of
every ticket, and all
copies were legible. The
three copies went to the
violator, the court clerk,
and the officer issuing
the ticket.
Now, four copies of
every ticket are made.
Because of the new small
print size, the violator's
copy (which is the fourth
copy) sometimes cannot
be read as easily as it
could in the past.
Under the new system,
the four copies go to the
traffic violator, the court
clerk, Montgomery and
to the point system office
where license points are
taken off. The officer
issuing the ticket no
longer receives a copy.
All voided tickets must
now be given to the court
clerk and accounted for.
A police officer can be
fined up to $500 if he
can't account for a tick­et.
This can be especially
bad in certain situations,
according to an Auburn
police sergeant. If a car
containing a book of
tickets catches on fire,
every destroyed ticket in
the book must be ac­counted
for through
Montgomery. If some­thing
minor like a spel-
SGA cabinet posts
open to students
Applications for SGA
cabinet positions and
membership on Universi­ty
committees will be
available today in the
SGA office for all inter­ested
students.
To be selected it is
required that a student
fill out an application and
sign up for an interview.
Interviews will be given
on Friday, Monday and
Tuesday, April 22, 25 and
26.
For more information
contact the SGA office in
the Auburn Union, or call
826-4240.
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Highway 29
registration 10 am • start 12:30
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ling error is made, that
ticket also must be sent
to Montgomery.
Williams said un­accountable
tickets have
not been a major prob­lem
in the past with the
Auburn Police Dept. He
says the best step taken
was the law passed about
three or four years ago
allowing the state to
suspend the license of
any individual failing to
appear in court when
scheduled.
"When an officer stops
someone, it is an em-harassing
situation,"
said Williams. "We
would like to cut back
down the time involved
in issuing the ticket to
two, three or five min­utes
at the most. It is not
right to detain a person
for a length of time over
a traffic citation."
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Haley Center
he said. "There was so much to do I didn't know
where to start."
Shinnick said he knew the renovation was a project
he could handle although some of his friends thought
otherwise. He called Charles Weissinger, whose
hobby is restoring old homes, and Weissinger assured
him that the project was a feasible one.
Thus, Shinnick began renovation of his house. He
moved the walls of the house and returned it to the
original floor plan of four large rooms and a central
hall. Double doors, with transoms and side lights,
were added at the front and back entrances.
The decor of the house was planned with care by
Shinnick. He said he began paying particular
"There were four gaping
holes where the chimneys
had been, I wondered how
sane I was or if it made
much sense."
attention to old houses which were being torn down,
antique shops and wrecking yards.
He found his bathtub in a wrecking yard in
Nashville, Tennessee. "The tub is six feet long and
two and half feet deep," he said.
The back entrance now features French doors
which Shinnick said were also bought in Nashville.
"I think I paid about $6 each for them" he said.
"But they had to be completely reworked."
The stove is an 1880 wood stove that has been
converted to electricity. Shinnick's plans for the
kitchen include building pine cabinets, in which to
keep all appliances. "Only the stove will be visible,"
he said.
In the bathroom the cabinets were joined together
with wooden pegs. There are no screws in them
although brass hinges were used. "The lumber is
from a 70-year-old house that was torn down in
Auburn to make a parking lot," Shinnick said.
All of the light fixtures are antiques. Three were
found by Shinnick in Columbus and reputed to be
from a saloon in Nevada. According to the story
about them Shinnick said, "the fire marshal made
the owners take out the kerosene burners in the
chandeliers because they were a fire hazard."
The most modern additions to the house are
plumbing and heating systems. Shinnick installed
central heat and air. But even though the house
possesses all the modern conveniences, Shinnick
tried to preserve the old south atmosphere. Thomas
Allen first built the house in 1845-1850. He was a
"gentleman farmer" with 10 in his family and 12
slaves. The house was carefully and solidly built.
Thus, Shinnick said it is a sturdy and convenient
home in which to live.
Shinnick completed his house in August of 1976,
naming it Tan Bark House after the creek which runs
through his property. The second house, which was
bought at the same time as the first, was placed
back-to-back with the big house. Although it has not
been renovated yet, Shinnick plans to connect the two
with a breezeway for an additional two large rooms.
The main problem encountered by Shinnick in the
renovation of his house was "getting the resources,
people, money and time together to do it." Shinnick
is also a doctoral candidate planning to graduate in
the spring.
According to Shinnick, the rewards of rebuilding
the house involved more than the actual finished
"The project required a lot
of me—time, energy; emo­tions
and every penny in
my pocket."
product. "I learned a lot about myself," he said,
"The project required a lot of me—time, energy,
emotions and every penny in my pocket. It was a
strain on my professional and student life. But I
learned a whole lot about me and got to learn a lot of
new things."
REBUILDING A HOUSE NO EASY TASK
"So much to do, I didn't know where to start.
Photography: Greg Bugg
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1/2 carat $795 1/2 carat $800 1/2 carat $1,650
5/8 carat $775 5/8 carat $495 5/8 carat $1,595
3/4 carat $2,400 3/4 carat $2,580 3/4 carat $775
Registration schedule
A-7 Thurs.. April 21, 1977 The Auburn Plainsman
Pre-registration for Summer and Fall Quarters will
be conducted April 25 through May 5 rather than
through May 4 as stated in the current Bulletin.
Registration Schedule-1977 Summer & Fall Quarters
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Students changing
schools must report to the Registrar's Office for an
official registration permit and instructions. Trans­fers
from other colleges must obtain registration per­mits
and instructions from the Admissions Office.
Currently enrolled and former students, including
those changing schools, will prepare course request
forms for Summer and Fall Quarters, 1977 by schools
according to the following schedule:
Agriculture
Students majoring in ADS, OH, WL, FAA, MRB, or
ZY should see their advisors according to the follow­ing
schedule:
Drs. Causey, Davies, Dendy, Grover,
Kennamer, & Krausman
Comer 109 7-9 p.m. April 26
Dr. Dusi Funchess 302 7-9 p.m. April 26
Dr. Mount Funchess 336 7-9 p.m. April 26
tADS Students Animal Sciences 203
7-9 p.m. April 25 & 26
Business
Students should report to 219 Thach Hall for comple­tion
of course request forms according to the follow­ing
schedule:
April 25-May 5 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Education
Freshman students in the School of Education and in
the Dual Objectives Program who have earned 47
hours or less as of the end of Spring Quarter, 1977,
will register in 3084 Haley Center on the following
days:
April 25-27 8-11:30 a.m. & 1-4:30 p.m.
All other students should make an appointment with
your advisor before April 25. Pick up your course re­quest
forms in your departmental office as follows:
Elementary Education-EEE & EEC HC 5090
Health, PE & Recreation-HHE, HPE, HPR, &HRA
HC5080
Rehab, and Special Education-RSB, RSC, RSM,
RSR, RSS HC 1119
Secondary Education-SAT, SEH, SFL, SMH, SMU,
SSC, SSE, SSS, & STH HC 5040
Vocational & Adult Education-VAD, VAG, VBV,
VDE, VBU, VHE, VHO, VIA, VOA, & VTI HC 5028
*OH Students Funchess 160 7-9 p.m. April 26
All majors not listed above should clear with Dean
Simmons in Comer 109 after arranging a schedule
with your advisor.
Architecture and Fine Arts
Students will register according to the following
schedule:
Architecture (including Int. Design): April 25-May 5
Department Office & Design Studios, 210 Biggin Hall
Art: May 2-5, Department Office, Smith Hall
Building Science: April 27 & 28. In class or Depart­ment
Office, 108 Biggin Hall
Industrial Design: April 25-May 5, from 1 to 5 p.m.,
Industrial Design Office, 95 Biggin Hall.
Music: April 25-27 & May 2-3. Department Office,
Goodwin Music Building
Theatre: April 25-27, Dept. Office, University Theatre
Arts and Sciences
Currently enrolled students should begin registration
by picking up materials in their respective depart­mental
offices on Friday, April 29, and complete their
registration not later than Wednesday, May 4.
Student in special curricula and those with declared
majors will complete registration procedures with
their departmental advisors. GC students who have
not declared majors will consider the Office of the
Dean, 2046 Haley Center, as their departmental and
advisory office.
General Education (GED)-Undeclared HC3084
Home Economics
Pre-registration will be as follows:
CA Dept. CTC, CTD, CTT, IFE, HS, & FM majors-
April 25 & 27, 3-5 p.m.
FCD Dept. FCD, FCS, HM, &FE majors-April 26 &
27, 3-5 p.m.
NF Dept. NF, CDP, FCS, & NS majors-May 3, 3-5
p.m.
Advisors' names and room numbers will be posted in
the main entrance of Spidle Hall.
Pharmacy
Students will report to the new Pharmacy building
auditorium on Monday, May 22 to register. Complete
schedule will be published in next week's Plainsman.
Engineering
All engineering and pre-engineering students will
register April 25-May 5 as follows:
Pre-Engineering -104 C Ramsay Hall
Aerospace Engineering - 244 B Wilmore Hall
Chemical Engineering - 237 Ross Hall
Industrial Engineering -107 Dunstan Hall
All other engineering -104 D Ramsay Hall
Major
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OP, OT, PD, PM, PT
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206 Saunders Hall
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Students will register May 2-4 between 8 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
and
NOTE: Students should report at an hour other than
those stated if classes conflict with registration
times. Do not miss class to prepare course request
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What do you do with a concrete canoe? Well, a be utilized in the rapidly growing sport of concrete I
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Apparel show,
Image '77,
set for May 24
Image 77, Auburn Uni­versity's
annual apparel
art show, will be held
May 24 at 7 p.m. in the
Union Gallery.
The show is sponsored
by Fashion, Inc., and the
Department of Consumer
Affairs.
Image 77 is a competi­tive
fashion show, featur­ing
all types of clothing
from leisure wear to
courtier garments. Cer­tificates
and cash awards
will be given to students
in three categories, con­struction
and craftsman­ship,
original garment
design and original tex­tile
design.
There is still time to
enter the competition
which is open to both
men and women. For
further information, call
the Department of Con­sumer
Affairs. The pub­lic
is invited to attend.
TheAubum Plainsman Thura., April 21,1977 A-8
Stafford's humor, Olivia's looks win audience
An audience of 7,089
children, students, par­ents
and even grandpar­ents
crowded into Mem­orial
Coliseum Friday to
hear Olivia Newton-John
and Jim Stafford per­form.
Few members of any
group seemed disap­pointed,
with the excep­tion
of this critic.
Stafford opened the
concert and was great.
It became clear as soon
as Stafford started, he
could steal the show if he
really wanted to.
Stafford's hits, "Wild-wood
Weed," "My Girl
Bill" and "Spiders and
Snakes " went over well,
but not nearly as well as
the rest of his material.
Included in his other
material were versions
of the "Star Spangled
Banner" as it would have
sounded if written by
performers like Roger
Williams, Johnny Cash,
Charlie Rich and Elvis
Presley, a dynamite ver­sion
of "Classical Gas,"
which showed he can
play as well as he writes
and enough good humor
to completely win over
the audience.
After a half hour, Staf­ford
strolled off the
stage, leaving the audi­ence
standing and
screaming for more.
They didn't get it. After
about a minute the lights
came on, effectively end­ing
the chance of an
encore, and leaving some
members of the audience
(this editor included)
shaking their heads and
wondering what had hap­pened
to "Swamp Witch"
and "Let Go of
My Leg," two hits, which
they were sure he had
been saving for the
encore.
After about twenty
minutes, Olivia stepped
onto the stage and was
met with applause and
wolf whistles. She de­served
both.
Olivia, dressed in a red
shirt, gold boots and very
tight Levis, seemed to
meet all the visual expec­tations
of the crowd and
more, at .least of the
male crowd.
Her personality
though, did not seem to
win over the audience as
had Stafford's.
Indeed, when she first
came on stage she gave
the impression of being
an overly cute Peter
Pan. Her cockney imita­tions
of a southern accent
reminded one of the kind
of girl you always knew
in high school that was so
overly cute and sugary
sweet she made you sick.
But when Olivia sang,
her previous dialogue did
not seem to matter and
her stage presence
seemed as strong as any
performer could wish.
Starting with "You
Know What I Mean" and
"Please, Mister,
Please," Olivia sang all
her hits and then some.
There was little to find
fault with about her per­formances.
Her voice was beauti­ful.
Each of her hits
sounded as if she had
recorded them earlier in
a studio and deleted any
rough portions. Not until
her finale, "I Honestly
Love You" was there any
detectable break or
roughness in her voice.
Strangely enough the
smoothness of her per­formances,
especially of
her top 40 hits, almost
Photography: 0*n DoughUo
OLIVIA WOWS CROWD
.With tight levis and beautiful vocals
Photography: Dan Doughti.
STAFFORD STANDS UP
Gets down with Auburn audience
hurt her performance.
The songs she sang in
concert were so familiar
to the recorded versions
both in arrangement and
vocal quality, it almost
seemed as if she were
miming the perform­ances
to her records.
Although this vocal
quality is admirable, her
usage of the same vocal
inflection and the same
arrangements offered lit­tle
to fans who were
already familiar with
Olivia's recorded ver­sions
of her songs.
Perhaps this is one of
the reasons three of Oliv­ia's
lesser known songs
seemed more entertain­ing
than her top 40 hits.
One of the lesser knewn
songs was "Pony Ride."
"Pony Ride" started off
slowly and beautifully.
Gradually the song
changed from a slow soft
ballad into a foot tapping
rocker.
Olivia went straight
from "Pony Ride" into
two old classics, one of
which was "As Time
Goes By," the hauntingly
beautiful theme from
"Casablanca." Accom­panied
with little more
than piano and keyboard,
Olivia performed the
classic in a way that
would have made Dooley
Wilson (Sam) proud.
Later in the concert
after asking the crowd if
they wanted to hear a
country song, Olivia
broke into "Jolene."
"Jolene" really didn't
sound very country, but
it sounded very good.
Making use of a hard
driving Olivia vocal,
which sounded like the
singing of a rocking Joan
Baez, the song gained
power until it ended with
an excellent vocal imper­sonation
of a train
whistle.
Some of Olivia's top 40
songs did not fare as
well. Many of the songs
suffered from remark­ably
similar arrange­ments.
So similar were
some of the songs that
when Olivia sang "If You
Love Me Let Me Know,"
some members of the
audience commented
later that they thought
she had played the song
before. After some dis­cussion,
it was determin­ed
that "If You Love Me,
Let Me Know" was being
confused with "Let Me
Be There," which had
been performed earlier
with an almost identical
arrangement.
After about an hour
Olivia closed the show
with "I Love You, I
| Honestly Love You."
Like Stafford, she did not
stay for an encore. Des­pite
this the audience
seemed happy and satis­fied.
They had seen a beau­tiful
blonde prance,
shake and wiggle, while
ishe sang some of their
i favorite songs with an
equally beautiful voice.
Though a devout sex­ist,
this critic was not as
(happy. The show was too
' slick, too professional.
Like Lightfoot's concert,
Olivia's concert used a
stopwatch, not adrenalin.
The overall effect was
not so much that of a live
concert as of a good
midnight special shown
without commercials.
Yes, even with a beau­tiful
blonde, this critic
could have been happier.
But then critics are hard
to please.
Rick Harmon
—Harmon is entertain­ment
editor of The
Plainsman
The Auburn Plainsman
After Hours
Casino gets Rose
Banquet features foreign talent
The fifth annual Sigma
Nu casino party will be
held Friday from 7 p.m.
to 2 a.m. at the Sigma Nu
house, 715 W. Magnolia.
Texas Rose, a rock
band from North Texas
State University, will
play a combination of top
40 and original tunes, and
older rock songs from the
Beatles, Steely Dan and
others.
Texas Rose has cut two
records on smaller labels
and just signed a record­ing
contract with London
Records.
In addition to music
and dancing, games of
chance, outside carnival
games and set ups will be
provided. Pizzas and
cold beverages will be
sold.
Admission to the
casino will be $2 for
singles or couples. All
profits go to the All
Campus Fund Drive.
at the
Study Hall
925 Opelika Rd.
THURS, FRI & SAT
APRIL 21st,
22nd & 23rd
And be sure to pick up a copy of their
album at your favorite record store
An International Ban­quet
and Talent Show
will be held Saturday in
the Union Ballroom at 6
p.m. A $3 fee will be
charged.
The banquet is being
sponsored by the Inter­national
Relations For­um
and the Student Gov­ernment
Association and
will feature foreign en­tertainment.
Tickets may be pur­chased
from the SGA
office.
The entertainment in­cludes
a kung fu demon­stration
and musical act
by Chinese students, a
.South American musical
act, an international
fashion show, a Japanese
musical act and also
music and belly dancing
by Arab students.
Kitchen iivens up
with singing duo
; ^ D L A J W Q V /
The Quad Kitchen's
live entertainment Tues­day
night will be the
singing duo of Ken El­mer,
2PM, and Mike
French, 3AE.
From 8 - 10 p.m., the
duo will sing folk music
and pop selections by
Simon and Garfunkel,
Seals and Crofts, Ameri­ca,
Bread, the Eagles
and other groups.
Elmer and French sing
their own arrangements
and play guitars, bass
and piano.
"The biggest thing
we're going to do is go up
there and have a good
time,'' said French. ' 'We
enjoy singing."
Mardi Gras opens
By Susan Camp
Plainsman Staff Writer
Delta Tau Delta and
Kappa Delta will present
the second annual Mardi
Gras celebration Satur­day,
April 23.
v A parade at 1 p.m. will
begin the festivities.
Floats, marching bands
and drill teams are on
the agenda.
Trophies will be a-warded
for the best
floats. Fraternities, sor­orities
and various inde­pendent
groups have en­tered
floats in the compe­tition.
Completing the festivi­ties
will be a party at the
Delta Tau Delta house
featuring the New Or­leans
based disco band,
"Papa Joe and River-boat."
There will be
food, beverages and
dancing.
Prices are $2.50 per
couple and $1.50 for a
single with profits going
to the All Campus Fund
Drive.
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Every Thursday 4 p.m.
until closing.
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A-9 Thurs., April 21, 1977 The Auburn Plainsman
Actors present rip-roaring comedy
The Auburn University
Theatre Department is
presenting their first
spring production, "The
Real Inspector Hound,"
by Tom Stoppard, and
you have to see it to
believe it.
The play is directed by
a newcomer to the thea­tre
department, Richard
A. Cunningham. He
makes a good first im­pression.
The play has a crazy "I
can't believe this is hap­pening"
air to it. Peter
Sellers would have been
right at home with the
crazy plot.
The play starts out at a
fast pace and like a
roller-coaster ride you
have to grab hold and
take off. When the play
concludes don't be sur­prised
if you're panting
from exhaustion or your
sides are hurting from
laughter.
The plot centers
around two theatre cri­tics
reviewing the open­ing
night of a London
show. They become so
involved in the produc­tion
themselves that they
become part of it, or do
they?
If there was any bad
acting or big blunders
that took place, they
went undetected. The
British accents were all
surprisingly good and the
timing of the play stayed
at a good steady rate.
Stealing the show in
several scenes was Julie
Phillips.who did an excel­lent
job as Mrs. Drudge,
the housekeeper. She
captured Mrs. Drudge's
character with beautiful
gestures and manner­isms.
Becky Calk as Cynthia
Muldoon and Joyce
Fleming as Felicity Cun­ningham
were also de­lightful
in their roles.
Although rivals on stage,
they played off of each
other gracefully and both
had good audience con­trol.
Jeff Turek and L.T.
Young played the role of
the critics and did their
job of keeping the au­dience
laughing with
their ridiculous lines and
outrageous actions.
N. James Thaggard as
Major Magnus Muldoon
did a good job in his role
of a wreckless wheel­chair
invalid. Simon Gas-coyne
portrayed by Mi-
'Long Way There' could beat long odds
It has been a long time
since American record
buyers have been awed
by foreign groups with
long lists of awards and
frenzied followings in
their native lands.
Slade, The Bay City
Rollers and dozens of
other "new Beatles"
have all met with more
ho-hums than success in
America.
Keeping this in mind, it
is kind of gutsy for
Capitol Records to back
an Australian group in
America, but with IT'S A
.LONG WAY THERE by
the Little River Band,
Capitol's bet may pay
off.
To properly realize
how big a long shot an
Australian rock band be­coming
a success in the
U.S. is, the last real hit to
originate in Australia
and succeed in America
was Rolf Harris' "Tie
Me Kangaroo Down
Sport" in 1963. (Yes, I
have heard of Helen
Reddy, The Bee Gees
and Olivia Newton-John,
but I think they all
pursued their American
successes outside Au­stralia.
)
Anyway, if any album
can beat the odds, IT'S A
LONG WAY THERE is
the album to do it. This
record won album of the
year for 1975 in Au­stralia,
and after being
re-released in America
has received consider­able
air play on FM
stations.
The principal reason
for the success of the
album is its easily acces­sible
beauty. Though
four of the band's six
members play guitar, it
is the group's smooth-blended
harmonies which
serve as their featured
instruments.
The harmonies are
varied, sounding some­times
like those of Cros­by,
Stills, Nash and
Young and at others like
those of the Bee Gees or
the Grassroots. What­ever
style vocals the
band uses, it is beautiful.
"It's A Long Way
There," the album's title
cut, opens with a soft
symphonic-type of sound,
reminiscent of groups
like the Moody Blues or
the Electric Light Or­chestra.
But soon the
symphonic background
fades away and breaks
into a rock'n'roll beat
with C, S, N & Y type
harmonies.
The song is superbly
produced, as is the whole
album. The production
combines lively guitar
work and perfectly
pitched harmonies to
make the eight minute
cut sound as tightly
paced as a three minute
single.
"Curiosity (Killed the
Cat)" has almost a disco-reggae
beat. The song
was chosen Australia's
top single in 1975, and,
except for some great
slide guitar by Rick For­mosa,
is again primarily
the
Area entertainment
Atlanta
Utopia featuring Roger Powell, Todd Rundgren,
Kasim Sulton and John Wilcox perform in the Fox
Theatre Monday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 and
$7.50.
Pink Floyd will play in the Omni Tuesday at 8
p.m. Tickets are $10.
Red, White and Blue Grass will play the Great
Southeast Music Hall and Emporium today through
Saturday with shows at 8 and 10:30 p.m. and a
special Saturday Session. For information about
the show call 261-2345.
Birmingham
Neil Diamond will . be in the Birmingham
Jefferson County Civic Center April 30 at 8 p.m.
\;Tjhe Brothers Johnson will give a concert in
Birmingham May 7at 8 p.m.
Led Zeppelin will be in the coliseum May 18 at 8
p.m. Tickets are $8.50.
Fleetwood Mac has rescheduled their concert in
the coliseum til June 2. Tickets are $6.50.
Bad Company will appear in Birmingham June
19.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer will make their first
area visit in three years in Birmingham June 26.
Montgomery
Lynyrd Skynryd will perform in the Montgomery
Civic Center May 4.
Tenille, one half of the Captain and Tenille, will
give a concert at the Montgomery Civic Center June
10.
The O'Jays and Truth will appear in Montgomery
July 2.
Other
Utopia, featuring Todd Rundgren will be in
Tuscaloosa's Foster Auditorium on Saturday.
Ray Charles will be in the Ozark Civic Center May
13.
Ther Grateful Dead, who cancelled their April
concert in Tuscaloosa, have rescheduled it for May
17.
Billy "Crash" Craddock performs there May 20.
The Kinks will appear at the Fox Theatre May 6
at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 and $7.50.
Chick Corea and Return to Forever performs at
the Fox Theatre May 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.50
and $7.50.
an exhibition of
group's harmonics.
The harmonics have to
be pretty good to carry
off lyrics like "You, You,
You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,
Aah, Aah, Aah, Ooh, Ooh,
Ooh," but amazingly
enough they are and do.
The final cut on side
one is "My Lady and
Me." The song starts off
slow, languid and bluesy
and then builds into a
rock beat. Making use of
some borrowed saxo­phones
and keyboards,
along with, you guessed
it, some carefully tex­tured
harmonies, the
song becomes one of the
album's catchiest tunes.
The other six songs on
this album are very simi­lar
to the three that have
been mentioned—all are
slick, highly professional
numbers with the empha­sis
on melody.
Though this album is
neither very meaningful
nor all that original, it
has a vocal beauty one
hears so seldom now,
maybe the U.S. had to
import it.
— Rick Harmon
Harmon is entertain­ment
editor of the Plains­man.
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chael Blue and the In­spector
Hound played by
Rudolph Goldschmidt did
their share in pulling off
a successful show.
Unusual features about
this production are that it
was done in the round
and also it was very
short, only one hour with
no breaks or an intermis­sion.
This play, of course,
holds a surprise ending;
i t ' s , only proper that it
should end happily, if you
disregard the three bo­dies
piled up in the
parlor.
The play was -a light
entertaining comedy and
the opening night au­dience
would probably
agree that it accomplish­ed
its purpose — it was
satisfying entertainment.
— Sue Ann Henderson
—Henderson is the
theatre critic of the
Plainsman.
Photography: Will Dickey-
WHITE TAKES CUE
...Prepares break in Recreation Room
White plays pool champs
A championship match to
determine the best male
-and female pool players
on the campus will be
held at 10 a.m. tomorrow
in the Union Recreation
Room. The contest will
be sponsored by the UPC
Recreation Committee
headed by Jim Packard.
Trophies will be pre­sented
to the winners and
the runners up. The
winners will then get to
play a match with Jack
White. After the match
White will demonstrate
some of his trick shots.
White is a world fa­mous
pocket billiard
champion, who claims
he makes over a
$1,000,000 and no longer
has to practice at all.
White will perform for
Carter next month and
on May 23 will demon.-:
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Mexico. His pool skill
has already won him a
doctorate from Notre
Dame and bachelors' de­grees
from Utah State
and the University of
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Ihe Auburn Plainsman Thurs., April 21, 1977 A-10
Wright turns dreams to LPs
i Mention the name of
Gary Wright, author of
such songs as "The
Dream Weaver," "Love
Is Alive" and "Phantom
Writer," and people usu­ally
imagine a mystical
guru or a meditating
verse chanter. But
Wright denies he con­sciously
uses spiritual­ism.
"I am involved in a
form of yoga," said
Wright, "but I don't con­sciously
use it in my
writing. If it comes
through me, then it
comes through my own
creative processes."
Wright is a writer,
pure and simple as that.
"My ideas are all just
stories that come to me.
'Dream Weaver,' for in­stance,
is just a story
about astral travels.
That's all.
"In my most recent
album, 'The Light of
Smiles,' there's a line
that goes 'There on the
skyline written in broad
daylight, my own name
was there, how it gave
me a terrible fright.'
"It's not biographical as
some might speculate.
It's just a story about a
person experiencing an­other
dimension of re­ality."
• In his own childhood
dimension of time,
Wright was growing up
with Little League Base­ball,
and playing in his'
share of high school rock
bands in Creskill, N.J.
(later leaving New
Jersey for New York)i
Wright began the prelim­inaries
for his first ca­reer
choice.
"I wanted to be a
psychiatrist and neuro­surgeon.
I received my
Bachelor of Arts in Psy­chology
from New York
University and went to
the Free University of
Berlin to continue my
studies."
A part time diversion
changed Wright's career
plans.
"I formed the New
York Times rock band
because I thought it
would be a nice way to
tour Europe."
It's a tour from which
he has yet to return.
After being "discovered"
by Traffic Manager
Chris Blackwell, Wright
journeyed to England to
form one of America's
FM favorites—Spooky
Tooth.
"We were together off
and of for about five
years. In 1970 I went out
on my first solo venture
and released two albums.
We reformed in '73 and
disbanded again in '75.
"When I left the group,
I did have some sort of
idea of what I wanted to
do. I did want to
experiment, using no­thing
.but keyboards on
my album."
The praise Wright re­ceived
with "The Dream
Weaver" proved his "ex­periment"
a success and
set the precedent for
future albums. On these
albums, Wright plays
most of the keyboards
himself.
"Once the basic tracks
are laid, I'll go in and
play bass on the Moog
first time through. Then
I'll play organ, piano or
clarinet over their (back­ing
musicians ) key­boards.
After I've done
the vocals, I'll go back
and use the Moog or the
ARP to do guitar parts,
horns or strings."
'"Smiles' was written
over a period of six
months and was re­corded
in L.A. in about
five or six weeks. It's
doing better initially
than 'Dream Weaver' in
the same period of
time."
Wright is now ap­proaching
the end of an
extensive tour to pro­mote
his specialized
musical messages. This
on-stage extravaganza is
complete with a back­drop
film of doors in
space, billowing, cloudy
skies and people finding
themselves. Wright
made the film himself,
along with the aid of his
lighting man.
"This tour we're work­ing
secondary and pri­mary
markets. As far as
Arts committee brings
six acts for next year
The Performing Arts
Committee will sponsor
six performances at Au­burn
from 1977-78.
The committee will
bring vocalists Earl
Wrightson and Lois Hunt
on Oct. 20 and violinist
Eugene Fodor on Nov. 17
to the Union Ballroom.
Wrightson and Hunt
will sing an American
Musical Theatre presen­tation
contrasting the
nostalgia of traditional
and contemporary
•music. The duo has sung
with 15 symphonies and
met with critical acclaim
across the country.
Fodor is an accom­plished
classical violinist
and showman. His talent
has earned him three
appearances on "The
Johnny Carson Show"
during tne last few
months.
Coming to, Memorial
Coliseum winter quarter
will be the Broadway
production of "Bubbling
Brown Sugar," Jan. 17,
the George Shearing
Quintet, Jan. 23 and the
Birmingham Symphony,
Feb. 28.
"Bubbling Brown Su­gar,"
now on Broadway,
is a musical fantasia of
Harlem from 1910-1940.
The show "Boils with
dazzlement!'' according
to the New York Time's
Clive Barnes, and fea­tures
new tunes and old
favorites like "Sweet
Georgia Brown," "St.
Louis Blues" and "God
Bless the Child."
Pianist George Shear­ing,
one of the most
popular jazz artists of the
late forties, was pro­claimed
to be the top
pianist in over a dozen
nations. Shearing will
play his own songs and
arrangements with gui­tar,
bass, drum and vi­braphone
accompan­iment.
The Birmingham Bal­let
will perform in the
coliseum April 13, and
will be in residence at
Auburn April 11-13.
reception and sales, the
South is good and so is
the Mid-West. Probably
the weakest area so far
is the east coast.
"I've toured with a lot
of different people and I
really like it. A couple of
years ago, we opened for
Kiss of all people.
' 'Last summer we
toured with Peter
Frampton. I was very
surprised at the success
of 'Frampton Comes A-live'
and I was very
happy for Peter. It's a
phenomenal success. He
was great and he de­serves
the success."
While Wright lavishes
compliments on the live
Frampton LP, he antici­pates
no "Wright Comes
Alive" in the near future.
"It's something to keep
in mind. The audience
adds a lot to the atmos-
]fiere. I'm not really
thinking about it now, but
I'm sure I'll do one in my
career."
A positive attitude is
something Wright has
learned to keep about
himself. A vegetarian,
Wright's general lifestyle
has been, and still is,
influenced by his Erhard
Seminars Training
(EST) and Paramahansa
Yogananda.
"In EST I've learned
the choices in life are
mine alone to make. I
Ideally, I should remain
centered in the self—not
the mind, not the body—
and not get caught up in
my own bullshit."
Wright was exposed to
the biography of his yogi
Paramahansa Yogan­anda
at an early age.
While his mother was
pushing him toward the
Broadway stage, his
father was turning him
on to Yogananda.
"Both of my album
titles are credited to the
inspiration of Yoganan­da.
He also wrote a
meditational verse that's
on the inner sleeve of
'Smiles'."
Wright doesn't limit his
influences to those of the
divine spirit. Some more
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as being choice tastes to
please Wright's palate.
"When I listen to mus­ic,
I listen to afl strange
kinds. I like to listen to
environmental sounds
sometimes, just accord­ing
to when I listen to
music, you know...
"Sure, I'd like to win a
Grammy like Stevie has.
I don't know if I ever
will. Maybe?"
If EST and Parama­hansa
Yogananda have
any say in this matter,
just maybe he will.
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His home is his castle
Photography: Will Dickey
PRESIDENT LIVES IN PROMINENT LOCATION ON CAMPUS
...The home provides a glimpse of past southern architecture
'Life after Life' author to discuss death here
Fifteen features in
which near death expe­riences
resemble each
other will be discussed
by Raymond A. Moody,
Jr. in the Student Activi­ties
Building April 26 at
7:30 p.m. Moody is the
author of "Life after
Life," a currently popu­lar
book.
The features will be
coupled with explanatory
modes which attempt to
reduce near-death exper­iences
to special cases of
known phenomena.
According to Moody,
' 'Near-death experiences
have been reported to
take place in at least
three different kinds of
situations in circum­stances
where a person
has a close brush with
death, where a person is
believed dead and is
resuscitated and where a
person actually dies, and
while dying, reports un­usual
phenomena.
' 'All investigators of
near-death experiences
have been impressed by
the great number of
experiences Of this type,
and by their similarities.
Dr. Moody has a Ph. D.
in Philosophy from the
University of Virginia.
Last year he received the
M.D. degree from Medi­cal
College of Georgia.
He presently has a resi-
The lecture is sponsor­ed
by the Religious Af­fairs
Committee, and the
public is invited to at­tend.
Forum credit will
be given.
See the
dency in psychiatry at
the University of Virgin­ia,
but is on leave of ab­sence
to complete a book,
"Reflections on Life Af­ter
Life."
By Jim McCown
Plainsman Staff Writer
Looking as if it belongs
in an antebellum novel,
the residence of Auburn
University's president
occupies rather a pro­minent
location on cam­pus.
Like several other
buildings at Auburn, in­cluding
Mary Martin
Hall, the house was built
as part of Franklin
Roosevelt's Works Pro­gress
Administration
program during the De­pression.
Construction
was completed In Nov.
1938, at an approximate
cost of $38,412.
Dr. and Mrs. Harry
Philpott have lived in the
antebellum home since
he accepted the position
of president In 1966.
When asked if being so
close to the fraternity
house and hill dorms was
sometimes a bother,
Mrs. Philpott said it was
not, and added, "I enjoy
seeing students use the
lawn for relaxation be­tween
or after classes "
Giving a brief tour of
the house, Mrs. Philpott
explained that certain
sections of the house are
sometimes chilly. "Even
though the house has five
bedrooms," she said,
"all but one have been
closed off in an effort to
conserve energy." The
main living room and the
"sun room," overlooking
the garden have been put
out of day-to-day use
also.
"Housekeeping is not a
major problem," said
Mrs. Philpott. They do
not have a full-time
housekeeper, but some­one
comes in a few times
a week to help out. "One
of the big jobs is main­taining
the silverware
which is the property of
the state," she said. Dr.
and Mrs. Philpott furn­ished
most of the house
themselves, but several
interesting objects were
gifts of former Alabama
Governor Charles Hen­derson.
Among them is a
grandfather clock in the
main entrance hall.
Since it is very large, it
was brought to the house
in the back of a borrowed
hearse.
On the south end of the
large lawn is a white,
latticed gazebo, and a
favorite spot for many
students to enjoy an
afternoon break, accord­ing
to Mrs. Philpott. The
gazebo stands in the
middle of a garden,
which is maintained by
the departments of orna­mental
horticulture and
serves as an outdoor
laboratory featuring
many types of plants.
The main lawn, which
appears perfectly mani­cured,
is handled by the
deparment of building
and Grounds and full-time
gardener, Otis
Chandler. The lawn was
the sight of some good
snowball fights during
last year's snowfall, and
is the scene of horseback
riding in Old South Week.
Also each fall quarter,
the Philpott's lawn is the
setting for the traditional
barbecue to welcome in­coming
freshman and
transfer students. And
twice a year students
who hold positions of
campus leadership are
invited into the house for
a question-and-answer
session with Dr. Philpott.
Honorary initiates 11
Alpha Epsilon Rho, the
national honorary broad­casting
society, initiated
a group of 11 students
April 4, the largest addi­tion
of members since
the club's formation in
the spring of 1976.
Because of the interest
shown in the club, an­other
initiation will be
held Tuesday, May 3 at 7
p.m. in 208 Auburn
Union.
Dave Schmidt, vice
president of the club and
Emory Stapleton, presi­dent
of the club, repre­sented
the Auburn chap­ter
at the annual regional
meeting and broadcast
competition held April
16-17 at Northeast Lou­isiana
University at Mon­roe,
La.
Papanek slates speech
Victor Papanek, one of
the foremost contempor­ary
industrial designers,
will speak in Auburn next
week. His first lecture,
at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
Langdon Hall, is titled
"Because people count—
12 strategies for post-in­dustrial
design." It will
carry Forum credit.
His second presenta­tion
will be Wednesday at
2 p.m. in Langdon Hall
on the architecture of
Frank Lloyd Wright.
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