1976-10-21 The Auburn Plainsman

              The Auburn Plainsman Volume 83 Number 4 Auburn, Ala. 36830 Thursday, October 21, I f» 38 pages
By Student Senate
Free concert blocked
By Jackie Romine
Assistant News Editor
The SGA Student Senate Monday
night failed to approve a free
concert campus fund drive sup­ported
by Student Action by a vote
of 22-6.
Student Action is an off-campus
student group which was not
granted a probationary charter
from the student senate last spring
therefore is an unchartered orga­nization.
Since that time, the
group has been able to function
because of sponsorship by the
Soccer Club.
Student Action had planned a
free concert at Graves Amphithea­tre
at which donations would be
taken up to absorb the group's
expenses.
According to David Gibson,
president of Student Action, two
bands for the concert were to be
paid $170. Other local bands were
to be invited to come and "just
play."
The donations were to also go
toward more free concerts. Gibson
said the group did not expect to
make any profit.
The motion was introduced as a
campus fund drive.
Gibson said, "We will be giving
a token per cent to the all-campus
fund. This is just a way to get
around the inadequacies in the
Code of Laws."
"The question was whether to
allow them (Student Action) a
campus fund drive," Al Thomp­son,
3PB, SGA vice-president,
said.
"I think it is the SGA Social Life
Committee's responsibility to give
permission for the Graves Amphi­theatre,"
Thompson said.
Gibson, however, said it was his
understanding that with the SGA's
Inside Today
TIGER TRADITIONS -
This week's Plainsman Probe
examines the Auburn of the past,
and the traditions which have
lasted through the years.(See page
A-10)
THE LAW: ON TRIAL -
Sports Editor Gene Vandiver is
one person who thinks that Tiger
running back Mike Henley, con­victed
of selling marijuana, has
suffered enough. (See page B-l)
approval, Student Action could use
the amphitheatre.
David Marsh, 3PUB, off-campus
senator, said, "This concert is for
the students and we should go with
it. What we're bothering with is
technicalities.
The controversy in the motion
stemmed from disagreement a-mong
senators about the legality
of granting Student Action a
campus fund drive.
"You can't say the rules apply to
one group and not to another,"
Jenelle Mims, 3GPS, Arts and
Sciences senator, said.
"It's just not fair for us to
exempt one group from the rules.
I'm all for Student Action but they
should keep on trying to get their
charter," she said.
Steve Escobio, 4GPO, Men's
On-Campus senator said, "This is
a chance for the students; I think
we're afraid that someone will
show up the SGA. We have to think
about our constituents.
"It's gone too far now," Escobio
said, "You can bet there will be
another roll call vote next week."
Susan Robinson, 3FCS, Home
Economics senator, who recom­mended
the motion, said, "I feel
since we did not give them a
probationary charter last year, we
should do all we can to allow this
free concert."
"Al (Thompson) did not give me
a chance to introduce another
motion for the SGA to sponsor the
concert with Student Action.
I think the SGA feels like it's
competing with Student Action,"
she said.
Thompson said, "If we had
voted on the SGA sponsoring the
concert or if there had been a
motion, we would have been out of
order."
I don't think it's the senate's
place to sponsor any group,"
Thompson said.
• Lynne Hawkins, 4AC, Quad
senator, said, "It was obviously
not a campus drive. I was not in
favor because they were only
giving one per cent to the fund
drive."
"We had to vote on the motion
that was on the floor, which was
for the campus fund drive," she
said.
Steve Monk, 4PB, Business
senator, said, "This does not fit
my definition of a fund drive.
"Would I have the right to take
my stereo over to Graves and
invite my friends? With any
organization, there are rules to go
by. If there are no rules, anything
goes."
In other actions, Keith Harper,
2LEH, was approved as secretary
of student welfare and David
Gibson, SEE, was approved as
director of campus activities.
The senate also approved a
recommendation by the Budget
and Finance Committee for an
(See SENATE, page A-2)
Pidhainy charges bias
By Christy Hudgins ft Lisa Harris
Plainsman Staff Writers
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission investigators will vi­sit
the Auburn campus "soon" in
response to charges of ethnic dis­crimination,
according to former
Auburn Professor Dr. Oleh S.
Pidhainy.
Pidhainy, who was tenured in
1972, was dismissed in 1974 on
grounds of "neglect of duty,"
"unprofessional and unethical con­duct,"
and "ineffective teaching"
by a University Hearing Com­mittee.
Pidhainy said, however, that
other factors played a role in his
dismissal, among these discrimi­nation
against his Ukranian na­tionality.
Pidhainy based these charges on
statements made during the Fa­culty
Committee hearings regard­ing
his dismissal.
During the hearings, one mem­ber
of the Committee questioned a
witness as to whether "the per­sonal
characteristics of people of
the same ethnic background as Dr.
Pidhainy" might anticipate con­flict
"with persons of a Southern
United States background."
Since his dismissal, Pidhainy
has appealed the decision to the
Board of Trustees and the District
Court In Montgomery. Both bodies
rejected his appeal for a new
hearing outside the Univerislty.
Pidhainy said he is now appeal­ing
his case to the Fifth Circuit
Court in New Orleans. He added
that he has "received sufficient
funding to take the case to the
Supreme Court if necessary/'
He claims support from numer­ous
groups, including the Ukran­ian-
American Professors' Associa­tion,
based at Central Michigan
University, and various fraternal
and anti-communist groups.
University officials have declin­ed
to comment on the case "since
it is under appeal."
Pidhainy claims that in addition
to ethnic discrimination, major
factors In his dismissal were: his
allegations that library funds had
been mismanaged; objections to
his discoveries In the field of
Russlan-U.S. diplomatic relations
and dislike of his "independence
and assertlveness within the his­tory
department."
The University charged that
Pidhainy: (1) failed to answer
student correspondence and broke
appointments; (2) harassed facul­ty
members who voted against
him for tenure; (8) failed to grade
examinations or correspondence
courses accurately; (4) failed to
answer an historian seeking publi­cation
in his journal and (8)
showed disrespect for colleagues
and University equipment.
Pidhainy has charged that evi­dence
against him was gathered
without his knowledge and that
secret files were kept for two
years before formal charges were
brought against him.
According to evidence brought
out in the hearing, professors and
students were shown this file and
asked if they wish to contribute.
Pidhainy said he was not told of
the existence of the file until just
before the formal hearing so that
"the University has two years to.
prepare while I only had a few
months."
Pidhainy contends his discovery
of alleged mismanagement of a
Veterans of Foreign Wars library
account was one of the major
reasons behind his dismissal. The
180,000 fund was originally esta­blished
to expand Auburn's re­sources
on Russia and to "fight
communism with knowledge," ac­cording
to the VFW.
According to Pidhainy, $11,070 of
the fund could not be accounted for
when he questioned library offi­cials.
Pidhainy said library offi­cials
told him all the money except
for $6,000 Invested by the Alumni
Association had been appropriat­ed.
Pidhainy said when he pursued
the matter, the money was return­ed
to the fund by what he was told
was a special order to the library
by President Harry Philpott. He
said the library official instructed
him to "liquidate the fund as soon
as possible."
Pidhainy added that there was
some question regarding on what
(See PIDHAINY, Page A-2)
Tradition
Majestic Samford tower stands ready for
former Auburn students that will return thfa
activities. Samford, existing today much the
100 years, is a vital link in spirit between the
and the Homecomings of the future.
arrival of the
m
as It has for almost
Homecomings of the past
AU student raped
By Betty Douglass
News Editor
An Auburn University student
was raped Monday after a man
entered her apartment on Opellka
Road, according to police records.
The 18-year-old-freshman told
the Auburn Police Department of­ficers
a white male, between the
ages of 26 and 80, entered her
apartment about 12:30 p.m. He
reportedly wore blue jeans and a
pin-stripe shirt.
The victim told police she
opened the door of her apartment
after the assailant knocked. At
knifepoint, he forced her Into a
dark backroom of the apartment,
reports say.
She said the man left after 30
minutes at which time she called a
friend and then notified police.
Officers, on the scene within
minutes, conducted a preliminary
Investigation before transporting
the woman to Lee County Hospital.
A hospital spokesman said she
was treated in the emergency
room and then released.
Officer Glenn Dahlen said there
are no suspects in custody at this
time. "The force was out all night
(Monday) running down leads,"
he said.
They also conducted extensive
interviewing in the apartment
complex in hopes of finding wit­nesses.
According to Dahlen, there have
been four unsolved rapes in
Auburn this year, but right now
there Is "no reason to believe this
rape is connected with any other."
The police department has
issued a warning to residents to
"make sure you know who it is
before you open the door. Go to
the window and look out or ask
who it is."
"They cant do anything if the
door is shut," Dahlen said.
Henley pleads guilty to selling pot;
released pending probation report
Going slowly PttMognVhr- 0*n Doughll*
Coliseum employes Mike Anderson, 4GBI, and
Glenda Cecil, await ticket purchasers for the "golden
oldies" Homecoming concert Saturday night spon­sored
by the IFC and UPC. Ticket sales are going
slowly for the event with only 1500 purchased to date.
The concert will feature such artists of the past as
the Platters, the Drifters, the Coasters and Sam
the Sham. Master of Ceremonies will he "Squiggy"
of the television show Laverne and Shirley. Sates are
expected to Increase as the week progresses.
By Susan Counts
Plainsman Staff Writer
Changing his plea from not
guilty to guilty, Auburn fouthall
player Mike Henley was released
on bond pending possible proba­tion
from a two-year sentence in
the state penitentiary by the Lee
County Circuit Court Tuesday for
the sale of marijuana.
Henley, a running back, was
charged with two counts of the
sale of marijuana, occuring in
January and February of 1976.
Henley's arraignment plea of not
guilty to the charges was changed
to a plea of guilty to the February
charge.
"I realized that I would probably
receive a lighter sentence If I
pleaded guilty," explained Henley.
Judge G.H. Wright stated his
reasons for the two-year rather
than the usual three to fifteen-year
sentence as stemming from the
fact that Henley had been In "no
previous trouble" and had been
"instrumental" In the arrest of
another drug sales suspect.
Auburn University Head Foot­ball
Coach Doug Barfleld said he
was not going to "make any hasty
decisions on Henley's future win
the football team."
"If this had happened a week or
a month ago, Henley would be
gone from the team," said Bar-field.
"But it didn't Just happen."
According to Barfleld, when
Henley was first confronted by the
sheriff and the lieutenant, no
disciplinary action was taken by
the Athletic Department because
Henley's cooperation was needed
to apprehend another suspect.
"About May, when everything
seemed cleared up, I called Mike
in and told him to move out of the
dorm. I put him on probation. I
asked to see him every week with
a report of what he'd been doing. I
told him If he didn't straighten up,
he'd never be on the team again.
In the fall I evaluated everything
and moved him back in the dorm
and on the team."
Barfleld explained that he
thought that everything was over
until September when it "came
back up like a bolt out of the blue."
"I don't know right now exactly,
what I'm going to do," said
Barfleld. "I feel like I've already
punished Mike, and I've always
learned that you're not supposed
to punish someone twice for the
same thing."
The policy of the University on
these types of matters, according
to Associate Dean of Student
Affairs Drew Ragan, is stated in
the Tiger Cub under the Code of
Student Discipline as follows: "A
student may be referred to the
Discipline Committee for possible
disciplinary action if the following
conduct takes place; (1) illegal
manufacture, sale or possession of
narcotics, barbituates, ampneta-mines,
marijuana, sedatives, tran­quilizers,
hallucinogens, and / or
other similar known drugs and / or
chemicals."
Henley, represented by attorney
William F. Horsley, applied for
probation and will have a proba­tion
hearing following this session
of the circuit court.
>
The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., Oct. 21, me A^
Newspapers 'here forever,'
Washington Post editor says
By Jackie Romine
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Print journalism will
be around forever. News­papers
can do something
television can't. Televi­sion
has a finite limit,
which is time. We don't
have that," Howard Si­mons,
managing editor
of The Washington Post,
said in a talk here
Friday.
The Washington Post
and two of its reporters,
Pidhainy
From page A-1
the disputed $11,070 had
been spent. He said —
Cantrell, then — told
them the money had
been spent on textbooks.
However, according to
an article in the Mont­gomery
Advertiser, a
"university spokesman"
said the money had been
spent on library equip­ment.
According to Pidhainy,
during a later conversa­tion
Cantrell asked him
what the University had
said the money had been
spent for, Pidhainy said
he was "surprised that
the head of the library
had to ask where some of
his own money had been
spent."
Philpott said the li­brary
fund was not a
"germane issue in the
Pidhainy case." He
added that it was not
"considered substantive
evidence in terms of the
District Court decision"
not to hear the case.
The world
this week
By John Beck
Plainsman Staff Writer
International
ARABS SIGN TRUCE-Arab leaders Monday
signed a peace plan for Lebanon calling for a
cease-fire this week and creation of a 30,000
man Arab force to supervise the withdrawal of
the warring factions.
RETURNING COSMONAUTS-Two Soviet cos­monauts
headed back to earth Saturday after
they were unable to linkup with an orbiting
space laboratory because of a failure In their
spaceship's control systems.
AMERICAN HANGED -Michaiah Shobek, an
American, was hanged in Her Majesty's Prison
in Nassau Tuesday, 29 months after the 22-year-old
Milwaukee handyman confessed to the mur­ders
of three fellow Americans he described as
"Angels of Lucifer."
National
AMERICANS WIN NOBELS-U.S. scientists
completed an unprecedented corraling of the
four Nobel Prizes in science: William N.
Lipscomb won the chemistry prize, Profs.
Burton Richter and Samuel C.C. Ting the
physics prize, Carleton D. Dajdusek and Baruch
S. Blumberg the medicine, and Milton Fried­man
the prize in economics.
SWINE FLU DELAYS-Federal officials say
delays in the swine flu vaccination, caused
partly by the deaths of recipients over 65 shortly
after they were inoculated, could keep them
from their goal of winding up the program by
Christmas.
Bob Woodward and Carl
Bernstein, co-authors of
All the President's Men
and The Final Days,
were instrumental in un­covering
the Watergate
scandal.
Listening to Simons,
Auburn University stu­dents
and faculty were
given an understanding
of this complex world of
journalism and its impor­tance
to the American
people.
The uncovering of the
Watergate scandal by
The Washington Post,
Simons said, no longer
allows for the ignoring of
any sources or tips given
newspapers.
"During Watergate one
had to make the initial
assumption that anything
was believeable, save a
White House denial.
"As a result we now
receive more tips than
we did before," Simons
said, "and must check
them and this takes an
extraordinary amount of
time, energy, money and
manpower."
Also as a result of
Watergate, everyone
wants to be an investiga­tive
reporter, Simons
said.
"Investigative report­ing,
according to Simons,
is only a small part of
what we do everyday in
the newspaper busi­ness."
Also resulting from
Watergate, Simons said,
"The Media is in danger
of overreacting; that is
looking and seemingly
finding scandals every­where.
"In the same vein I
worry a bit that we will
choke on the big bites of
the big stories."
Simons said the con­cept
of the free press has
been strengthened by the
unveiling of Watergate.
He said he is near an
absolutionist regarding
the free press.
"A newspaper in this
country, any newspaper,
as set forth in the' first
amendment, should be
free to publish whatever
it learns."
Simons states his belief
in a number of trends in
world news and happen­ings.
He said economics
should be followed close­ly.
"What, for example
ever happened to the
energy crisis?
"We, the press, cover-edd
the heck out of it
when the embargo was in
effect. Then it went away
and so did we for the
most part, even though
the crisis as a fundamen­tal
challenge to civiliza­tion
still exists."
Simons also predicted
a resource crisis and a
limitation of the "super"
powers of ' the world
(Russia and the U.S.).
What this town really needs is a qualify
stereo, hi-fi, portable tv repair shop
staffed by qualified technicians.
We've got i t!
De velopmental
Systems
Inc.
Terrorism is becoming
fashionable, and. it is also
becoming profitable.
"We in the press have
under-reported and un­derestimated
the extent
to which desperate men
will use desperate
means.
"The world is becom­ing
more interdependent,
increasingly what hap­pens
in one country
effects other countries
more quickly and more
deeply."
Governments are mov­ing
more into the center
of people's lives, Simons
said.
"Invasion of privacy
will be an increasingly
important story in years
ahead."
During the question
and answer period, the
audience asked questions
ranging from Simon's
salary (which he did not
disclose) to the identity
of Deep Throat (Bob
Woodward's secret
source, whose identity
Simons said he did not
know.)
Regarding the presi­dential
debates, he des­cribed
the quality of the
debates as "God awful."
This is a classic nega­tive
campaign where
neither person is helping
himself. He's helping the
other guy."
Simons was asked to
compare the southern
journalists and news­papers
to the northern.
"Pound per pound,
southern newspapers are
better than northern
newspapers; especially
the southern community
newspaper."
When asked about the
corruption of the Nixon
administration in com­parison
with past ad­ministrations,
Simons
said he had no doubt
other administrations a-bused
their powers.
"I would doubt, my­self,
that anyone did it as
systematically as did the
Nixon administration.
They had a marvelous
notion on how to cele­brate
the bicentennial —
to eliminate the Bill of
Rights.
Photography: Din Doughtfo
"I AM AN ABSOLUTIST ON THE FDtST AMENDMENT"
.Howard Simons of the Washington Post said Watergate strengthened freedom of the press
Senate
From page A-1
allotment of $878.58 to
The Auburn Plainsman.
This allotment is for two
positions to be added to
the Staff, an assistant
news editor and an ad­vertising
layout special­ist.
The allotment is subject
to the Communications
Board's approval of the.
positions.
Also approved was a
resolution regarding a
notification to sports
clubs that the Budget and
Finance Committee will
consider "any and all re­quests
and complaints"
and decide if funding
should be recommended.
All-campus fund drives
were also approved for
the Alpha Tau Omega
drive for Cystic Fibrosis
and a drive sponsored by
Enrollment hits record high
Enrollment at Auburn
University's main cam­pus
reached a record
17,523 for fall quarter, an
increase of 2.8 per cent
over last year, according
to Wilbur A. Tincher,
dean of students ser­vices.
The largest increases
were in the Schools of
Agriculture, up 10.1 per
cent, Business, up 10.8
per cent and Engineer­ing,
up 14.4 per cent.
Registrar Thomas A.
Stallworth said the in­creases
were following a
trend over the last seve­ral
years of more people
enrolling in "hard" cur-riculums
like engineer­ing.
"The demand for per­sons
with education or
liberal arts backgrounds
has leveled off in the past
few years. So for econo­mic
reasons, students
are enrolling in areas
where there are jobs."
There were decreases
in enrollment in Archi­tecture
and Fine Arts,
Education, Home Econo­mics
and Pharmacy. The
School of Arts and
Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine showed small
increases.
There were more Inter­departmental
and Tran­sient
students enrolled.
"There were also in­creases
in the number of
interdepartmental stu­dents
and those classified
as transients.
Tincher noted under­graduate
enrollment of
the main campus in­creased
by 3.2 per cent
while graduate enroll­ment
showed a slight
decrease of 0.6 per cent.
A breakdown of enroll­ment
by sex indicated
the number of men stu­dents
increased 1.7 per
cent while the number of
women increased 4.5 per
cent. There was an in­crease
at all under­graduate
class levels ex­cept
freshman where
there was a 1.2 per cent
increase.
Stallworth said the
number of new students
was about the same; the
decrease was in the
number of students
classified as freshman.
the Interfraternity Coun­cil
and Panhellenic.
A probationary charter
was given to Institute of
Transportation Engi­neers,
ITE, a group
which has helped the
SGA Traffic and Parking
Committee with Pedes­trian
Mall and plans to
undertake extensive
studies on Auburn's traf­fic
and parking situation.
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A-3 Thurs., Oct. 21,1976 Ihe Auburn Plainsman
ity volunteers
laid rape victims
By Katie Lamar
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Rape is an emotional
I shock. Men may find it
I hard to relate to a
ictim," said one of the
|SGA endorses
|new building
By Benny Prince
Plainsman Staff Writer
Inadequate facilities
| for special events on the
Auburn campus have
I brought a proposal by the
S.G.A. that a new multi­purpose
building be con­structed.
According to S.G.A.
President Buck Ruffin, a
building of this type is
badly needed. "We really
just don't have a place
for many of the things
that take place here,"
said Ruffin.
"The Student Activities
Building just isn't ade­quate,"
according to Ruf­fin.
"The sources we
have now are really in
shambles."
The proposed building,
according to Ruffin,
should have a seating
capacity to accomodate
about 5,000 people in a
way that it could be
temporarily divided so
lectures and intramural
events can occur simul­taneously.
It needs to
have reasonably good
acoustics for concerts
and lectures, Ruffin said.
Dean of the School of
Architecture and Fine
Arts Keith McPheeters
said he agreed with
Ruffin. McPheeters said
"A place for events such
as traveling art shows
and concerts is needed
badly.
According to McPhee­ters,
use of Memorial
Coliseum poses problems
for many of the events.
"Often it is just too big a
building for shows, lec­tures
and concerts,"
McPheeters said. "Also,
the winning basketball
program at Auburn poses
a problem in scheduling
events in the Coliseum,"
he adds.
two women who have
volunteered their ser­vices
to the Auburn
Police Department as
rape counselors.
The women, who wish
to remain anonymous,
said they felt there was a
need for a woman to act
in this capacity.
"It is not a part of a
policeman's job to be a
counselor. We make it
easier for the police to do
their job by being there,"
' said one counselor.
"When I receive a call
from the dispatcher," the
counselor said, "I either
meet the victim before
she is taken to the
hospital, or while she is
there. I am with her
through the police brief­ing
and until she goes
home."
Many rapes in Auburn
are not reported and,
according to the counse­lor,
one reason may be
that the women do not
wish to go through the
police department.
The counselors are on
call through the Crisis
Center, A.U. Security
Office and the A.U. Infir­mary.
This way even
women who were raped
several weeks ago may
get help.
The counselors do fol­low
up work on their
own. They usually call
the victim about a week
after the rape and talk to
her.
"We try to judge how
badly she may need
help," said the counselor.
"Some may need profes­sional
help which we
would not try to give. In
this case we refer them
to the East Alabama
Mental Health Clinic.
"Others may want fol­low
up help just so they
can talk and there are
some who have people at
home who they can talk
to." ,
The counselors are not
paid. "We felt like there
was a need for this type
of thing in Auburn. The
psychologist that we
work with has said that
he feels inadequate with
a rape victim, so we feel
this program is really
good.
Photography: Dan Doughtio
TRUSTEE-STUDENT MEETING SLATED
.To be held winter quarter with possible topics of a multi-purpose building and tuition fees
Students
It/ meeting
By Bill Gibson
Plainsman Staff Writer
The date for this year's
student-trustee meeting
has not yet been set, but
SGA President Buck Ruf­fin
said it would be
"sometime in the winter
quarter." The proposal
for the meeting will be
made during one of the
Board meetings this
quarter.
The first student-trust­ee
meeting was held fall
quarter 1974 and has
since become an annual
event. Trustee Robert H.
Harris first proposed a
meeting.
Harris also said the
students are "entitled to
confront the authors of
the policies that govern
them." In the meeting
Auburn students were
able to question trustees
on various matters.
, trustees
indefinite
Possible topics for this
year's meeting include
the construction of a
multi-purpose building,
tuition fees and "campus
planning in general"
Ruffin said.
Last year's meeting
was held in Haley Center
with six Trustees and
approximately 150 stu­dents
participating.
Current Trustees are:
Governor George Wall­ace
(ex officio); State
Superintendent of Educa­tion
Wayne Teague (ex
officio); John Pace III;
Charles M. Smith m; J.
Ralph Jordan^ Henry
Steagall II; William Ni­chols;
Sue Fincher; R.C.
Bamberg; Walston Hes­ter;
Robert H. Harris;
Frank P. Samford Jr.;
and SGA President Buck
Ruffin, 4EC (ex officio).
Board members are ap­pointed
by the governor
and approved by the
state senate.
Sex, occupational barriers blurred
By Landis McGauhey
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Do your own thing!"
That was the motto of
many in the late sixties.
For some, it meant cros­sing
occupational bar­riers
into career fields
traditionally reserved for
the opposite sex. As
these pioneers became
known and accepted, at­titudes
changed and a
trend developed with
more and more people
crossing the occupational
"sex line." This trend
has not avoided Auburn.
One example of the
trend is Jim Kerr. Jim is
the first man to receive a
bachelor's degree in ear­ly
childhood education
(kindergarten through
third grade) from Au­burn.
He graduated in
August, 1976.
He encountered some
"raised eyebrows" while
applying for work in
various places before be­ing
accepted as a kinder­garten
teacher's aide in
various places before be­ing
accepted as a kinder­garten
teacher's aide in
Auburn. But Jim said
the children at Dean
Road Primary School
have accepted him and
enjoy his presence in the
classroom.
Another field that has
seen an increasing num­ber
of men in the last few
years is home eco­nomics.
Dean Ruth Gal-braith
of the School of
Home Economics said
men enter the field when
they realize it involves
more than tea parties
and spotless kitchens.
Home economics in­cludes
such studies as
food service, nutrition
research, textile re­search
and day care
fundamentals. Galbraith
said these areas and
others are "wide open"
for men.
One field that didn't
wait for the "sexual
revolution" before accep­ting
women is veterinary
medicine. Dr. Marie
Attleberger, associate
professor of microbi­ology
at the vet school,
received her Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine de­gree
(DVM) from Au­burn
in 1947. She said
women enter vet schools
as they hear of other
women already in the
field and discover veter­inary
medicine is not an
impossible task.
Dr. Pat Teer, associ­ate
professor of pathol­ogy
and parasitology at
the vet school, received
her .DVM from Auburn in
1959.
Teer said her parents
wanted her to be happy
with whatever she did
and they didn't worry
about the reactions of
others. She was the only
woman in her class, but
that didn't make her
uncomfortable or desper­ate.
Instead, it was an
incentive.
"I tried, harder," she
said adding being sur­rounded
bv men made
her more determined.
She said she wasn't spi­ted
into working harder,
though, and warns wo­men
against entering ca­reer
fields solely to defy
tradition.
A woman dentist is not
as rare a sight as in past
years, and Claire Ham-rick
wants to keep the
trend going. She's lasted
to graduate from Au­burn's
pre-dentistry pro­gram
this spring. Ham-rick
traces her interest in
dentistry to childhood
visits with an uncle who
was a dentist. She has
encountered no opposi­tion
to her studies and
said people are more
surprised at the "team"
aspect of her marriage:
her husband is a pre-med
student at Auburn. They
will graduate together
and have talked of set­ting
up a joint practice
after graduating from
their professional
schools.
In the eyes of many
engineering might be the
most "unladylike" pro­fession
of all. But Haniel
Jones, director of profes­sional
programs for the
School of Engineering,
related a surprising sta­tistic
: fall quarter en­rollment
of women there
has jumped 650 per cent
since 1972.
One of the women who
has helped bring the
enrollment increase is
Olivia Owen. She and
her husband Dave will
graduate in engineering
this spring. While her
husband studies electri­cal
engineering, Owen is
in civil engineering.
With its hard hats, con­struction
sites and long
hours, it might be con­sidered
the most "unla­dylike"
area of this "un­ladylike"
profession.
But Owen has wanted to
be an engineer since she
began college. She chose
civil engineering during,
her sophomore year for
its environmental as­pects.
Owen said she always
enjoyed mathematics
and science and original­ly
considered majoring
in math. Her father and
brother, both mathemati­cians
(though her bro­ther
is now an engineer)
then showed her what a
large role math plays in
engineering. This infor­mation
was significant to
her career decision.
"When I first started,
people would kind of
laugh and ask if they
could ride the train—that
was the only kind of
engineer they knew a-bout!"
Owen said. But
the bulk reaction was
encouragement, she said.
She said she became
confident the men in her
classes wouldn't automa­tically
dispute her opin­ions
and solutions. As
time went by she became
"just a student."
Other fields, such as
law and medicine, are
receiving increasing
numbers of women, and
a male nurse is not the
rare sight he may have
been 50 years ago. The
day seems fast ap­proaching,
if not already
here, when any person in
any curriculum is indeed
"just a student."
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On this homecoming date.
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Editorials Thurs., Oct. 21, 197 4.4
Trustees meet
Auburn's Board of Trustees should meet again this year with Auburn
students. Though the meetings, which began in fall 1974, have not always
been marked by tremendous results, they have been a good way to let
students meet with trustees and talk about how they feel Auburn University
can be improved. Many issues, including varied academic problems,
visitation rules and Student Health Center problems, have been discussed in
the past. However, many others such as campus planning, the multi-purpose
building, tuition fees and more on visitation rules still remain and should be
opened up at an upcoming student-trustee meeting for a start on a solution to
these problems.
Registrars
Registering to vote at the Lee County Courthouse Monday was chaotic. The
Plainsman thinks it was unnecessarily so.
The loyalties of the present election officials do not rest with the entire Lee
County electorate.
The Alabama Legislature, in an effort to bring the state out of the election
dark ages, passed a bill that will provide a full time registrar to better meet
the needs of the voters.
The question of who to appoint to this 40 hour a week job has not been
settled.
The present officials have made a mockery of the registration process.
Therefore,we strongly urge no present official be considered to fill future
permanent positions.
The Legislature has taken a giant step forward. There is no time for
regression.
Alumni support
The SGA Student Senate passed a resolution this week calling on the
University to take action on the proposed multi-purpose building.
A new building of this type is desperately needed on the Auburn campus.
The Student Activities Building, which is used for many small concerts and
lectures is in poor condition. Many speakers who have come to Auburn have
asked, "Is this what you have for visiting speakers?"
The Coliseum is too large for many shows and cannot be used for lectures.
Plans for such a building have been drawn up, but the proposal lacks one
important thing—funds.
This is where the alumni of Auburn University could come in. Alumni
have supported building drives in the past. The Plainsman urges interested
alumni to establish a building fund for the construction of a new
multi-purpose building. You would be doing Auburn University a
, tremendous favor.
The proposed building would seat no more than 5,000 and would be
designed in a way so it could be flexible, with provisions for simultaneous
events.
Rape at AU
Rape. It's not something that happens only in dark alleys in big-city
ghettos. It happens everywhere, even small, sleepy southern towns like
Auburn, and it's something any woman may face, whether she realizes it or
not. .
Monday, an 18-year-old freshman was raped at knifepoint in her apartment
in the middle of the day. And the city police have four other unsolved rapes
on their books for this year.
The city and campus police seem to be content with sweeping the problem
under the rug and treating a rape as just a minor incident. They are being
helped by victims who do not report rapes. Not talking about it or informing
the public that a problem exists is asking for trouble.
Auburn University police have made a start by enlisting the aid of two
women volunteers to help rape victims. They should be commended for this,
but such a move is not as good as prevention.
The incidents of rape at Auburn is not enough to merit paranoia, but it
does merit caution. Women should learn about rape prevention and
self-protection. Law enforcement officials and organizations could be a great
help in offering this type of program.
Rape isn't something that only happens to other people.
TheAuburn
Plainsman
Christy Hudgins, Editor
Ken Edwards, Business Manager
Editorial Board members: Managing Editor, John Car-valho;
Associate Editor, Maureen Drost; News Editor,
Betty Douglass; Features Editor, Susan Harrison; Sports
Editor, Gene Vandiver; Editor and Editorial Board
chairman, Christy Hudgins.
Entertainment Editor, Rick Harmon; Copy Editor,
Betsy Butgerelt; Technical Editor, David Boggus;
Photographic Editor, Dan Doughtie.
Asst. News Editors, Lisa Harris and Jackie Romlne;
Asst. Features Editor, Carol Wiliams; Asst. Entertain­ment
Editor, Dave White; Asst. Copy Editor, Jeanne
Regan; Asst. Photographic Editor, Grant Castleberry;
Asst. Sports Editor, Mike Forchette; Asst. to the Editor,
Brad Davis; Asst. Photographic Editor, Gordon Bugg;
Asst. Technical Editor, Huey Davis; Staff Artist, Kelly
Schultz and Jack Mallette.
Advertising Director, Ken Edwards; Local Advertising
Route Manager, Susan Franklin; Assistant Advertising
Route Manager, Mary Gardiner; Advertising Representa­tive,
Joe Ann Metcalf; Layout specialists, Larry Klein and
Thomas Lloyd; 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.
Dear friend,
Lately I've been thinking about how
green the grass is on your side of the
fence. It's not that I would trade places
with you, everyone tells me I wouldn't be
happy there...but at times the prospect
seems so intriguing.
It would be nice to leave this
fast-paced world of all-nighters, dead­lines,
headlines and headaches--to spend
Thursday through Sunday playing pinball
and drinking beer. It's a world I knew a
long time ago...a world where the biggest
dilemma was what to wear on Friday
night and the most complex decisions
were made in Biology 101:
Look Homeward Angel. I know I
cannot return. I am not that naive girl
who came to Auburn three years ago-the
one who wrote feature stories and
believed all was well with the world. I've
come to the realization that the "world
out there" isn't out there. It is right here
at Auburn. It contains the faults, sins,
lies and denials of humans rights which
we study so assiduously. Auburn is a
reality, and I cannot cross that fence to a
Christy
Hudgins
more pleasant domain no matter how I
would like to return.
I can no longer think of Dr. Harry
Philpott in terms of the father figure he"
once was to me. He is no longer the
concerned Baptist minister who wishes to
look out for the welfare of Auburn
students. Instead, he has become a man
twisted and turned by the harsh realities
of politics.
It would be easy to follow the masses
and term Student Action a radical fringe
group which is detrimental and should be
eliminated. Yet, deep within I believe
Student Action amounts to little more
than some concerned but generally
ineffective students. The SGA is merely
shadow boxing, not really fearing the
actions of this group as much as it might
prove effective and pull a tattered rug of
power from underneath them.
It would be nice to answer the
frequently asked question on presidential
choice by claiming I am apolitical. But I
am not. And politics does affect my life.
I worry when politicians are caught in lies
or involved in illegal activities. A recent
U.S. News interview with President Ford
also concerns me, not so much for what
the President said, but for what he did
not say-and that is the art of politics.
And should I or should I not believe the
accusations of John Dean regarding Ford?
After all, Dean has been fairly precise in
the past.'
I would like to sit along the sidelines in
this game of life and cheer on the
winning team, but it can never be that
way. Life has shown me that if you want
something you have to get out and scrap
with the best of them. No right was ever
won without a fight because man's basic
instinct is to centralize power through
authority.
No rights are inherent, they are won.
And if those in power cannot deny a
right through major laws, it will be done
through technicalities. It might be
ventured that the great majority do no
feel they are denied many of these righ*
because they never attempted to asse;
them.
Yet, even if the vast majority o
persons are unconcerned about the'
rights-whether efforts were made to
disenfranchise them in recent elections,
whether absentee voting is made
extremely difficult, whether city elections
are held at a time when neither faculty
nor students are present-the rights of
those few who do care are'ample cause to
wage battle.
As the managing editor of The
Washington Post, Howard Simons,
asserted in his recent visit to Auburn, the
First Amendment was not written
primarily for the Post, but for the corner
pamphleteer.
Sometimes writing seems a futile
business. A story is written pointing out a
politician 's corruption and the following
day that same man is given a hero's
welcome. Administrators are caught in
baldfaced lies, and no one realizes just
what occurred. Often articles are never
even read.
There are still those who do care, those
who are concerned about their rights.
They keep me on my side of the fence,
ever hoping that my pastures may be
made greener.
Competition's tough
Photography: Bony Oougtets
We're still waiting for the right to vote
The most appropriate synonym for
college is competition. Of course, by this
time we should be accustomed to it for
we've progressed through many different
stages of competition.
Hopefully, we've passed the stage
when the all-important goal was to be
chosen first for different "athletic"
attempts, such as kick ball
From there we moved through the
siage when it seemed crucial to have the
best science project and to attend school
every day in order to get a perfect
attendance certificate.
Then the goals shifted and it was more
acceptable to get the bad student award
for "cutting" school with your friends.
These few examples of competition
don't even include the "big" events such
as cheerleader elections, football squad
Susan
Harrison
SGA hiding from 'Action'
Fear not, students, your Student
Senate is doing its best to represent your
interests.
Why, at the Student Senate meeting
Monday night, an attempt by Student
Action to hold a free concert in Graves
Amphitheatre was effectively quashed by
the Senate after haggling over vague and
ambiguous rules.
The concert was sought as a fund-rais­ing
drive. Keith Harper, director of
campus activities, and Buck Ruffin, SGA
president, recommended disapproval of
the drive on two points, both erroneous.
The first point concerned Student
Action's unchartered status, and the
Soccer Club's co-sponsorship of the
concert, even though Soccer Club officers
never asked for permission to use Graves
Amphitheatre.
So what? University regulations only
ask for either UPC or SGA co-sponsorship
for use of Graves. Therefore, the actual
group which wishes to use Graves is
irrelevant; all that matters is whether or
not UPC or SGA will co-sponsor the
activity.
The second point stated that Student
Action had "knowingly circumvented
many of the rules and regulations of the
SGA" by having the Soccer Club
co-sponsor the concert.
Nowhere in the memo to the Student
Senate were these rules listed, so we have
to go on Harper's and Ruffin's word that
rules were circumvented. One rule that
was definitely not violated was the rule as
stated in the Tiger Cub that any group or
organization is eligible to sponsor a
campus drive.
After the drive motion was voted
down, Susan Robinson, on Buck Ruffin's
suggestion, tried to bring up the concert
issue again, this time as a free concert
with no donations solicited.
However, Robinson's attempts were
unnoticed as Student Senate President Al
Thompson did not see her upraised hand
and instead pressed onward to new
business. "Maybe it was an oversight on
my part, but I wasn't railroading,"
Thompson said.
So what did Thompson do to correct
his oversight? When Robinson told him
she was trying to bring up new business,
he declared her "out of order," because
she was bringing up new business while
he was in announcements.
Don't think this is the first time
parliamentary manipulation was prac­ticed.
For example, manipulation oc­curred
when Student Action was trying to
get a provisional charter. This time, it
was staged by Off-Campus Senator
Dennis Schilling.
Schilling, according to a witness at the
meeting, said that if Student Action was
granted a probationary charter, it would
require a two-thirds vote to keep the
charter from becoming permanent. This
is totally incorrect, but Schilling got away
with it. You see, a two-thirds vote is
required to make the charter permanent.
However, before this could be cleared
up, Schilling called previous question,'
ending debate on the issue, and many
senators had the impression that granting
Student Action a provisional charter was
tantamount to making it a permanent
John
Carvalho
organization. The motion was defeated,
and Student Action was not chartered.
Still, even if Robinson had brought, up
the concert issue, it is almost certain that
the Senate would have found a safe
hiding place behind the rules instead of
taking definitive action.
The main argument of the Senate was
that David Gibson, who was working to
promote the concert, had to go to the
University Social Life Committee to get
use of Graves Amphitheatre approved.
For Gibson, it was just another in a
long line of frustrations, because he had
applied for use of the amphitheatre with
Dr. Ed Taylor, and the application made
no mention of the Social Life Committee,
nor did Dr. Taylor.
The application also required either
SGA or UPC sponsorship, but did not
clarify whether UPC has jurisdiction over
concerts in Graves Amphitheatre.
Therefore, Gibson had every right to
ask the SGA to co-sponsor the concert.
"There's no part in the SGA Constitu­tion
that gives one of the Student
Senate's duties as SGA sponsorship of a
campus or non-campus group's activities
on campus," said Thompson.
But when given the opportunity to set
a precedent, the Senate backed away.
When given the opportunity to do
something positive for the students, they
hid.
"Obviously, if anything involves
entertainment, the UPC should be
involved," Ruffin says. But if this is true,
why did UPC director Karlene Hager
refer Gibson to the SGA in a letter saying
that while UPC would permit the
concert, they voted not to sponsor it.
The rules and vague regulations that
everyone constantly refers to are abstract
principles printed in the Tiger Cub. I did
not elect senators, nor did anyone else
elect them, to represent the Tiger Cub.
They are in the Senate to represent us,
and to be honest they are doing a lousy
job.
The case before the Senate was a time
when the senators could have set aside
the rules for once, minor rules at that,
and helped a group whose rights were
obviously being stepped on. They should
have voted to co-sponsor the concert.
Instead, the Student Senate continues
to look upon Student Action with a
degree of fright, not giving them a
chance to do anything if the Senate can
prevent it. And believe me, the Senate
has prevented them from doing much.
"They (Student Action) can have all
the conceits they want," said Thompson.
"My chief concern is the Student Senate
and the welfare of the students.''
If this was true, Thompson would have
recognized Robinson's motion at the
Senate meeting, and advised the Senate
to look out for Student Action's
"welfare."
But as long as there are ambiguous
rules to hide behind, and as long as the
Senate views Student Action as a threat
(which it most certainly is not) our Senate
will block the conscientious efforts of an
interested group to get something done
on this campus. Students can't look to
the Senate to get things done.
Their inaction proves it.
divisions, student council elections and
beauty pageants.
Now we are in a stage when
competition seems even more prominent.
It surrounds us and extends beyond
homecoming queens and student council
presidents. Now it includes grades, job
possibilities and their projected gross
incomes, campus fund drives and,
unfortunately, personal relationships.
Who will have a date to every football
game, dance, fraternity and sorority
party? But it doesn't end there. Who will
have the best-looking, best-dressed and
most outgoing date? The winner receives
the Darling Date Award.
Who cares? Everyone cares, and it's
obvious just through observation of
Auburn students mingling on Haley
Center Concourse.
Now you may not care about jobs,
money, darling dates or clothes. Compe­tition
veers toward many directions —
each, however, with its stereotyped goal
of perfection. Maybe you compete for the
title of the genuine American hippie,
redneck or dingbat.
Regardless of the category, the
competition exists. And it is the
capitalistic theory that competition is
good, healthy and recommended.
I tend to agree with this theory but
pity those who beat their brains out to
constantly compete — in everything. The
more obvious ones are those who have
textbooks as their best friends and the
library as their favorite spot on campus.
I believe that higher education is very
important or I wouldn't be here at
Auburn. I think good grades are
important, too.
But I don't feel that scholastic
endeavors should cause a person to miss
some of the other chances for higher
education, as offered through relation­ships
with people.
Maybe this can be accomplished best
by the establishment of a course similar
to Forum. Perhaps a student could be
required to meet seven people during the
quarter — and to know more about them
than their class and curriculum.
Competition "can" be good, healthy
and recommended but it is ridiculous as
an obsession. Don't let the competition
in college get you down, for this is only
another stage of its vicious cycle.
Besides, if you're looking for awards,
the real ones go to people who, realizing
their inabilities, strive to better them­selves
and expand their possibilities but
refuse to exploit their sanity for this
purpose.
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JKW8B Sparkman Reports: The Saudis
News reports from Washington indi­cate
increased pressure from U.S.
business coalitions is building on the
State Department to finalize negotiations
concerning U.S. acquisition of Anartica.
The indigenous population, dubbed
affectionately by the State Department as
"the Waddle-Waddles" because of their
strange appearance while walking, have
yet to voice an opinion on the subject
and have reportedly given the U.S.
negotiators a less-than-warm reception.
However Dr. I.C. Kolddd, deputy
assistant under-secretary of State for
Frigid Affairs, stated State was ' 'optimis­tic"
about the prospects of negotiations
after the natives appeared for each session
clad in formal attire, a sign of: courtesy.
Meanwhile, back in Washington,
alleged Pres. G. Rudolph Phord, himself
rumored to be a descendant of the
Waddle-Waddles for his ability to
waddle-waddle on the issues, has asked
the State Department to explain just why
it would be in the national interest to
acquire such a barren wasteland as
the Antarctic. Heck, Gerry, that's easy.
Mark
Sparkman
Saudi Arabia has many problems. One of
them is that you cannot drink oil to
quench your thirst (not even camels). The
Saudis have plenty of oil, plenty of sand
and, above all, plenty of money. They do
not have plenty of water. Filling new
swimming pools with sand is about as
much fun as holding a diving meet in
quicksand.
But when you have money, solutions
come very easily. You just start buying
up parts of the Antartic, put it in a giant
cooler, find some stupid Frenchmen to
tow the damn thing to Saudi Arabia,
take the 'ol berg out of the cooler and
proceed to hold a glass under it, take a
Milk prices
Alabama's Dairy Commission not unfair to consumers
The rising prices consumers pay for
food have concerned many for some
time. Milk prices are a special concern
since the maximum price retailers can
charge went up in August to 97 cents a
half gallon and $1.94 a gallon, an
increase of four cents.
In fact the minimum price of milk in
Alabama has gone from 54 cents in I960
to 87 cents in August, 1976, a rise of
61.1 per cent.
This price hike is of special interest to
Auburn students for two reasons: many
Auburn students live on a budget, and
some will live on a budget when they
leave here.
The reasons why prices have increased
so much involve a discussion of the
economy and the two systems of setting
milk prices now common in the United
States, the dairy commission and price
setting by individual retailers. This article
will focus on the dairy commission and its
pros and cons, and next week's column
will concentrate on the second method.
After finishing research on the
Alabama Dairy Commission, it appears
that under the prices set by the
Commission, milk industry employes
have been protected in their wages and
have been assured a steady income. Also,
though prices were not always as low in
Alabama as in other states, consumers
have not been charged exceedingly high
or low prices; they have been assured
retailers did not go above or below a
stated minimum or maximum price on
milk.
Maureen
Drost
The five members of the Alabama
Dairy Commission examine and vote on
Alabama's milk prices periodically. The
commission's members include the Com­missioner
of Agriculture and Industry
McMillan Lane (an ex-officio member)
and four consumers: Martha Richardson
of Marion (the chairman), former state
senator Louie Brannon of Foley, Foster
Abortion should be personal
One of this year's most controversial
campaign issues (if you can see through
the clouds of political smear) is abortion.
Of the two political factions most
concerned with the subject, Women's Lib
and politicians, the latter seem to be
losing the most ground in moral
effectiveness.
Congressmen, in 'a-rush -to hit the
campaign trail, made an absolutely "void
of thought" comprom?se.LJnablfc to make
abortions illegal for the masses, the
anti-abortionists settled for a ban on the
use of Medicaid money for abortion
unless the mother's life is in danger.
Now we've created an ironic situation:
if you're well-off (and can afford a baby)
you can afford an abortion, but if you're
poor or depend on Medicaid (and cannot
afford the burden of another child)
you're financially incapacitated when it
comes to the expense of an abortion. And
it seems more often than not it's the poor
that are seeking abortions.
Thankfully, judges in New York and
Washington have put a temporary
restraining order on carrying out the ban.
We can only hope the higher courts
follow suit and nullify the Con­gressional
action.
Another irony is that we've omitted
one of the more important considerations
in the issue: the doctor. When an
abortion is performed, especially in these
controversial times, it's the doctor's
reputation and practice that is on the
line. When things go wrong, he catches
all the slander and malpractice suits while
the rest of us just sit back and interpret
the Hippocratic Oath for him.
Due to the furor over abortion, we
must formulate guidelines to protect the
fetus, the mother and the doctor.
However, these laws must reflect the
codes of medical ethics and at the same
time allow the doctor to practice, in his
professionalism, as he sees fit.
What the public, the politicians/and
the special interest groups must realize is
that an abortion is a private medical
affair between a woman, her doctor and
Jim
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her husband. Outside interference is
grossly out of place and should not be
condoned unless an illegal act is
suspected. Then the proper lines of
investigation should be followed and
evaluated as with any other medical-legal
problem.
We must rely on the doctor's
professionalism and respect his medical
judgement unless we are shown other­wise.
We must learn not to impose our own
moral standards and religious views on
others, no matter how right we think we
are.
Dr. Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., a
sociologist at the University of Pennsyl­vania,
conducted a six-year economic and
social study in which he compared the
life experiences of 400 young mothers
with those of their classmates who did
not become pregnant while in school.
Furstenberg found the dropout rate
among pregnant girls to be five times as
great as their peers. Two-thirds of the
young mothers married within five years
of giving birth, and three out of five of
these marriages broke up within six years,
a rate double that of their classmates.
Only 48 per cent of the young mothers
were holding jobs after five years
compared with 63 per 'cent of their
classmates. Also, the total dependency on
welfare was three times that of their peers
who did not bear children.
I think it's about time we leave the
abortions up to those directly concern-en—
the doctors and the patients—and
keep our noses out of their business.
Ultimately, the responsibility is theirs, so
let the decisions be theirs.
We could probably do a lot more good
if we concerned ourselves not so much
with abortion, but with contraception. If
contraception was publicized (this is
viewed as the epitome of immorality by
those who think nothing of delving into
someone's private relationship with their
physician) as much as abortion, maybe it
would be realized that prevention is
much better than cure. This in itself
would solve much of the problem.
All of this means nothing of course to
the holier-than-everybody-else anti-abor­tionists
who delight in shouting "mur­derer"
at anyone who does not accept
their view as God's will. And these are
the very ones who stand up first and
complain of welfare costs and overpopu­lation.
So now we come to the big question
that nobody seems to have a universal
answer to: "Who is ultimately responsi­ble
for and has the right to make the
decision regarding abortions?" To be
honest, I don't know. Every abortion is
an individual case and requires individual
attention. But one thing is evident: an
abortion should remain an entirely
confidential matter and on a doctor-fami­ly
relationship, as is traditional with the
practice of medicine.
Eich of Florence and Frank Vinson of
Troy.
Alabama's commission examines the
economy at its monthly meeting and
about every three months holds a formal
hearing to see whether prices should be
adjusted. The commission sets a mini­mum
and maximum price for milk in
Alabama and requires stores to sell all
their milk brands of the same size at the
same price.
Other states with dairy commissions
include Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Louisiana, California, Colora­do,
Oregon, New York and Pennsylva­nia.
According to information compiled by
Lowell Wilson, professor of agricultural
economics and rural sociology and advisor
to the Alabama Dairy Commission, there
are many reasons for the continual
increase in Alabama milk prices.
As of June 1976, the cost of living had
increased 91.8 per cent since I960. About
half this increase has occurred since
January 1973. Weekly pay of Alabama's
non-agricultural workers has increased
139.3 per cent during the same time.
In addition, prices paid by farmers for
production items have doubled since
1967 with the hike being 4.2 per cent in
1976 alone. This 1976 hike includes an
increase in fuel and feed prices. Seed and
fertilizer prices are down from 19/4;
wages, interest and taxes are up.
Recently the International Association
of Milk Control Agencies compiled the
average prices for homogenized milk in
paper one-half gallon containers and
plastic gallon containers in certain
Southern states during February, March,
April, May and July 1976.
Alabama prices for the period were 87
cents and $1.74. The other state with the
most consistent prices was South Caro­lina.
February and April prices were 89
cents and $1.69. July prices were
unavailable. North Carolina's prices,
ranging from 69-89 cents and $1.35-
$1.65 to 69-91 cents and fl.3S-fi.69,
were the lowest in comparison to
Alabama's prices. Texas prices were
substantially higher, being 83-95 cents
and $1.61-190 in February and going to
87 cents-$l and fl.67-fl.94 in July.
cold shower under it or wash your Rolls
Roycc under it (please do not ask how to
get "under i t " ).
The Saudis have more problems than
just a lack of water and banking space.
They have a problem in keeping their
people awake. Have you ever seen the
Arabian landscape? Who wants to live in
a decor most appropriately titled "Con-emporary
Shifting Sand?"
The landscape is about as boring as
rerun Arthur Godfrey commercials. To
freshen up the Saudis' lives, the govern­ment
will commission the erection of a
giant artistic curtain which would stretch
from one end of the Arabian peninsula to
the other. The material would be
Muslim muslin and will be printed with a
life-size mural of the wives of the late
King Ibn Saud.
Next comes the problem of what to do
with all that stupid sand. Sand, sand,
sand. Sand in your shoes, sand in your
pockets and sand in your underwear.
The Saudis have at their disposal several
obvious and viable alternatives to choose
from. They could bag it, they could paint
it green, or they could sell it to Japanese
golf courses, as you can see, the only
choice Saudi Arabia has is to buy
Mauritania, transport the sand on barges,
(inevitably French), and turn Mauritania
into a tourist resort featuring the world's
largest sand castle. After that, the Saudis
could transport the Catskills to Arabia,
level them out and then replenish the
area with full-grown sequoias. Money
sure works wonders.
The United States, would certainly earn
quite a bit of money by selling Anartica,
the Catskills and Sequoia National Forest
(no doubt at a profit), but the Arabs
have pulled another one on us. They
tricked us into building the Alaskan
pipeline.
As we all know, the West coast, in
particular California, leads the nation in
trends. The Arabs found out about an
upcoming trend on the West coast —
fuel shortages — and simply capitalized
on our myopia. They cut off oil
shipments, caused the problem to worsen
and tricked the U.S. Government into
pouring billions of dollars into an
outdated project. Now the East is
following the West, and the " i n " thing
to do is have a fuel shortage.
While all of this was going on, the
Arabs, especially the Saudis, were
laughing themselves all the way to
Zurich. Yes, America, today it is the
Anartica Iceberg—tomorrow it will be the
Florida Pipeline.
The pipeline will originate in the oil
fields of Saudi Arabia, span the Gulf of
Aqaba by way of the soon-to-be
purchased Golden Gate Bridge, trans­verse
the Mahgreb, and then cross the
Atlantic Ocean to within 90 miles of
Miami, where the oil will be transported
into the U.S. by Cuban refugees.
As you can see by now, Arab oil money
can accomplish seemingly impossible
tasks. The ancestors of Mohammed do
not only move mountains, but icebergs,
deserts and oilfields. Surely there has to
be a limit. But then again, I overheard
some Muslims saying Mecca wastooboring
a place to make a pilgrimage. Perhaps
they could move it to the French Riviera,
Rio de Janeiro, Monaco...
Man is still fighting
Of 185 generations of man's recorded
experience, only 10 have known total
peace. Unfortunately for the present,
man is still fighting man.
In Lebanon, Syrians and Palestinians
are slamming away at one another with
curses and Russian and American
weapons. In South Africa and Rhodesia,
rebellious blacks are keeping up a
tenacious hit-and-run pressure on the
Vorster and Smith regimes, respectively.
Somehow, for the moment, conflict has
almost ceased in northern Ireland.
Simply put, there is no longer such a
thing as war and peace, just different
levels of confrontation.
Since 1945, more than 40 conventional
wars have been fought around the globe.
While the terrible possibilities of their
own strengths make the big nations hold
back, the small, non-nuclear countries
..have, found limited wars to be a
functional means of settling disputes.
The very possession of doomsday
weaponry by the United States and Russia
has forestalled the main event, but lesser
powers feel free to slug it out in dozens
of other areas.
Such inane and senseless violence has
occurred, for example, in Indonesia
(1945-47), the Mideast (1948, 1956,
1962, 1967, 1973, 1976), Indo-China
(1945-54, 1959-73), Korea (1950-53),
Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia
(1968), Pakistan-India (1965), Algeria
(1956-63) and countless other areas.
There are now limited wars occurring,
and undoubtedly they will continue for
the next half-century or more. Some of
the combatants involved attach a moral
purpose to their killing. In our own
recent tortured experience in Vietnam,
we gave a moral stigma as a reason;
namely, to preserve freedom of choice for
South Vietnam and others near it that
the Communists might overwhelm.
Rick
Halperin
Time and time again, Presidents
Johnson and Nixon explained that the
United States sought no territory, sought
no wider war. But the conflict did
indeed spill over to neighboring coun­tries,
and the subsequent years saw
rioting in our streets, killing on college
campuses, killing of 50,000 U.S. soldiers
and total failure on the battlefield.
No humane person can applaud the
cruelties of war, no matter how
"glorious" the purpose. Indeed, wars
often fail to decide issues more definitely
than diplomacy could have.
Look to the Mideast tragedy where the
Arabs and Israelis have fought four costly -
wars since 1945 alone, settling nothing
permanently. Lebanon today is a
shambles from the ravages of warfare.
War is, in sum, horrible, and it will
remain inevitable so long as weapons are
used as the answer to "settling"
disputes. Soldiers in all wars ususally
manage to make some sad appraisal of
this human dilemma, and today's
insurgents are no exception.
Watch the news or read a newspaper
for that catchall comment, endlessly
applied to someone's hard-luck story of
great pain or difficulty while being
"forced" to kill: "Sorry about that."
If worldwide killing does not stop
soon, we are all going to be very sorry.
Carter support attributed to 'bandwagon effect'
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The very fact that Jimmy Carter is a
serious threat to become the president of
the United States is a symptom of a decay
of principle and conviction that has crept
upon our society. Not only is the position
in which he finds himseif an effrontery to
our famous "rugged individualism," but
it also raises serious doubt about our
values and priorities, as well as our faith
in them.
"To thine ownself be true," wrote
William Shakespeare in one of his
frequent flashes of brilliance. Who
doesn't admire the noble and lofty air of
that admonition? And who would ever
consider that he doesn't naturally adhere
to that declaration of individualism?
Probably not many. Because to make
such a realization takes a certain amount
of introspection. And it is often the lack
of that same introspection that keeps a
person from being true to himself. I
suppose many different interpretations
could be given to Shakespeare's line, but
I take it to be a plea for courage of
conviction. It tells a person to follow his
basic knowledge of right and wrong.
It follows that the goodness that is to
come from courage of conviction hinges
upon the goodness of those convictions
— the number of misguided people in
the world evidences the presence of
misguided convictions.
This calls for more introspection, more
inward searching. Now not only must a
person examine his ability to stick to his
convictions, but he must also examine
the nature of those convictions. Often
people mistake selfish desire for convic­tion.
For example, it is wrong for a
person to vote against an incumbent
president just because he has closed a
local military base if the closing of the
base was justified and in the nation's best
interest. It is wrong for a person to
mistake party preference for conviction.
The list is endless. If an individual
examines the basic, fundamental reasons
for a principle or conviction, it would be
much easier to assess the goodness to
which it may or may not lead.
My point is this: It seems that many of
us have lost sight of our priorities, our
values and our reasons for them. We
often become confused and let shallow,
superficial concerns take precedent over
more important considerations. The cure
for shallowness is, of course, more depth
and this comes, at least in part, from an
understanding of your own beliefs. If
people were to somehow heighten the
quality and intensity of these values,
beliefs, convictions, etc., then the world
would be better for it. Society would
function more smoothly as interpersonal
relations would be raised to new plateaus
of honesty and mutual understanding.
Scarcely an aspect of the hu..ian
predicament would not be affected. But
for now, let us apply all this to one
narrow but particularly pressing area —
the 1976 presidential campaign.
In the Dolc-Mondalc debate, reference
was made by Mondale to ' loyalty to
principle" and "a new sense of values."
These phrases fit very well with the
concepts just explained. How ironic that
the shallow, rhetorical way in which
Mondale spoke seemed to betray those
words even before he said them.
Any form of government should be
one which tries to insure that "right" is
upheld. Of course, with a myriad of
opinions as to what is right, the obvious
question is whose concept of right should
be upheld. A democracy, then, strives for
a kind of "consensus right," or an idea
of what is right based on predominant
opinion. A democratic republic such as
the United States operates on that
consensus concept with constitutional
limitations to protect minority rights.
Mark
Winne
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It follows, in either case, that the
quality of the consensus idea of right
depends upon the quality of individual
ideas of what is right. Consequently, for
democratic government to even approach
its potential, each individual must arrive'
at his ballot box choice conscientously
and intelligently.
There are certainly those whose values
have been arrived at with a great deal of
intelligence and conscience; the task of
the rest of the voting citizenry is to insure
that they stick to their principles, after
deciding that those principles are right
and just. More specifically, it becomes
necessary not only to judge the
candidates but also to judge the criterion
for judgement.
The "bandwagon effect," one of the
greatest political failures of courage of
conviction, is particularly important to
the 1976 political situation. It is, of
course, one of the foremost characteristics
of the rise of Jimmy Carter. The extent to
which this bandwagon effect has over­whelmed
such a large number of
American voters so far this year is indeed
a sad commentary on the gullibility of
the American people. Individual dedica­tion
to principle would deter such a
disturbing phenomenon.
Another interesting issue arose in the
vice presidential debate — labor unions.
As the candidates agreed, labor has its
right to participate in the electoral
process. But I still question the
conscientiousness of any union member
who gives his vote to a man merely
because the union leaders have endorsed
him.
A vote should transcend such superfi­cial
concerns. It should go beyond merely
what a candidate will do for one state,
one region, one ethnic group or one
socio-economic class. Instead, we should
look for the man which would be most
effective in serving the very purpose of
government — which, as has been said
before, is to protect the rights of the
people. All other functions of govern­ment
should be a logical extension of
that basic function.
Let's not forget those who blindly vote
purely for the sake of party. I vote with
great regard to party myself, but would
not if it caused a basic conflict of
principle. After all, who doesn't realize
deep down inside that he should vote
mainly for the goodness of a candidacy
rather than just for the sake of a political
party? A political party, like government
itself, is only worthwhile if it acts in the
interest of the people's rights.
In a democracy, the good or evil that is
to come from government depends upon
the judgement of the people. This
judgement hinges upon value. To insure,
then, that our values are sound, we
examine them. To insure that these
values are actually valuable, we apply
them to our judgement. Then, hopeful­ly,
we use this judgement to oil the gears
of democracy.
To the thoughtful man who has done
this, I think this year's choice should be
apparent. Nevertheless, Jimmy Carter
continues to gather support. Make your
own choice, but think now, America,
about how you arrive at it.
Letters
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International student defends his position
Letters Thurs., Oct. 14, 1976
\SGA scrutinizes WEGL,
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it-istudent opinion requested
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J Editor, The Plainsman:
J Recently the Student Government
J Association has formed an ad hoc
J committee to evaluate various aspects of
JWEGL-FM's current operation and make
$ recommendations concerning same. I
Jwant to urge all students, staff and
J faculty to let your opinions on the matter
jbe known to the chairperson and
J members of that committee: Rusty
JParker, John Bush, Stuart Patton, Steve
*Forehand and Tavia Copenhavcr.
interests of not only WEGL and the
Auburn student body, but of Lee County
as a whole and, indeed, of Alabama.
Since the airwaves are public, the
situation demands no less.
A.J. Wright
Music Lircctor, WEGL-FM
Editor, The Plainsman:
This is the first part in a four-part
answer to Mr. Steven Bock's allegations
in his letter to The Plainsman of Oct. 14,
1976.
Steven Bock either misunderstood or
tried to be deceptive in his letter. Not
withstanding Bock's allegations, if
you will read my letter in the Oct. 7
Plainsman you will find that nowhere
have I said that America has been wrong,
unfair or immoral. Bock's allegations to
the contrary is , evidently his guilty
conscience asserting itself.
I think it is possible that Bock
maliciously misrepresents when he alleges
that I find this country's laws corrupt and
unjust and that its generosity has been
fickle and reeking of selfishness.
In my letter I have not commented on
this country's laws--but only on "the
law" which represents one law only. The
only law discussed in my letter is the one
which the Immigration Naturalization
Service uses to impose restrictions on
international students who need to work
to pay for their education in the U.S.A.
This law is corrupt and unjust.
Also, I have not passed judgement on
your gencrosity-but only the generosity
which is claimed in allowing international
students to work in hourly campus
employment, but with such conditions
attached to it that it leads to the
maximum advantage for the employer.
He derives the benefits of this pool of
educated labor which by decree must
remain ever grateful, even manipulated
and ever without recourse to the generally
accepted rights of an employe, for fear
that they may be discriminated against
almost legally by the distortion of the
INS directives. Thus any benefit to the
international student is purely incidental
and the generosity claimed is fickle and
selfish.
Now a word to you dumb racists-you
who stole my bicycle: There were several
bicycles standing unlocked next to each
other at the entrance to where I live. My
bicycle was not only the cheapest but also
in the poorest condition of upkeep.
Now you really do not expect anyone
to believe that some honest to goodness
thief stole it—not when he could have
taken one or more of the other better
bikes. Listen, return my bike back to my
place and we will just laugh the whole
thing off as a foolish fumble on your
part.
Zohair S. Mogri, 4EE
Fifties show 'apropos'
Editor, The Plainsman:
Well, I trust all you cool guys are
getting out the Brylcreem and all you
neat-o gals are digging for the bobby
socks in preparation for the big
Homecoming shindig. Surely, everyone is
looking forward to seeing and hearing in
person The Drifters, The Platters and
Sam The Sham (of "Burn Down the
Cornfield" f^mi). To do so is a lifelong
dream of many, and we must be the envy
of numerous college campuses. Thank
goodness Fleetwood Mac, or Steve Stills,
or Jackson Browne, or Captain Beyond or
any other contemporary people won't be
here. If they were, then we who enjoy
seeing and hearing these lesser known
musicians wouldn't get to drive to
Tuscaloosa, Jacksonville State, Mobile,
Birmingham or Atlanta in order to attend
one of their concerts. A 50s showcase for
Homecoming at Auburn. How apropos.
Norman Sanders, 4GPG
i I trust that
j knowledgeable
Imembers at WEGL about
3 and trends in public radio
these members are as
as my fellow staff
the status of
in Alabama
|ana the rest of the country. I also trust
•ithat the committee's conclusions and
I recommendations will be in the best
:and
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 word total to 300.
Writers should present some form of
identification with the letter.
Resolve among yourselves,
urges Auburn alumnus
iEditor, The Plainsman:
I Today I received a letter from the
I Auburn SGA inviting me to respond to
Jand participate in the decision of the
t Auburn University Board of Trustees
J regarding alternative ways of complying
| with "Title IX."
J That the SGA should find it necessary
j to solicit the assistance and opinion of
•jalumni in this matter over which there is
t obvious disagreement should be em-
1 barrasing for all concerned.
* My function as an alumnus is to
i support Auburn as I choose, not to take
I sides in intramural disputes. The very
fact that this problem has reached my
attention at all indicates that Auburn
students are somehow not being served
by their administration.
Kindly resolve this matter among your­selves
and please see to it that this kind
of pleading, back biting mail is not sent
to me again.
Jay Wilson
Editors note: This letter was originally
addressed to President Harry Philpott
with instructions to forward it to The
Plainsman.
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Actions at game 'obnoxious'
Dear Editor:
I am taking this opportunity to voice
my anger and disgust toward some
brothers of AEPi Fraternity. Four AEPi
members used Saturday's game to create
a test of endurance for the fans seated
around them.
I enjoy Auburn football games as
much as anyone else, but it was very
difficult, almost impossible, to enjoy the
Tech game with AEPi members falling on
top of you, screaming obscenities in your
ear and sloshing liquor down you back.
This behavior was unforgivably rude to
the guests, ladies and men in the area.
They have not only embarrassed the
name of their fraternity, but unfortunate­ly,
the name of Auburn University also.
Hopefully, these members will find the
decency from somewhere to issue a
formal apology to the people who had
the patience and self-control to put up
with their inconsiderate and obnoxious
behavior.
Pam Freeman, 4AC
Entertainment run by one man;
'students have no say-so'
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Editor, The Plainsman:
Do you want to know why Auburn
doesn't get many good concerts? I'll tell
you why.
I joined UPC this past spring so I could
work to get good concerts here at
Auburn. I helped create a valid survey
that represented the musical tastes of all
the students. It doesn't look like it did
any good. It turns out that UPC has hired
one man to run entertainment — and he
alone decides if a group or a musician is
to be brought here or not. He makes his
decision on financial feasibility, the date
the musicians offer to play, whether the
musicians are demanding or easy in their
relations with UPC, and whether he
thinks the musician would draw a good
crowd (i.e. money). Musicians have to
appeal to the bask Auburn audience.
The students have no say-so as to who
they want for concerts. This is a sad
situation — one that should be cleared
up immediately. It's about time the
students had a say in how this school is
run — academically and recreation-wise.
Lloyd Malone, 3VA
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JCounts' article of Oct. 7. The
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Beer disposal
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By Roxanne Anderson
Plainsman Staff Writer
Last June Auburn city
officials poured 29 cases
of confiscated Coors beer
down the city's sewer
system. Many wondered
why it wasn't given away
or sold instead.
According to Lt. Bill
Holder, Vice and Nar­cotic
Division of the Au­burn
Police Department,
Alabama law prohibits
any resale or redistribu­tion
of an alcoholic bev­erage
not franchised in
the state. Coors is
franchised west of the
Mississippi River.
"That's the reason we
couldn't donate it to
some worthy cause or
sell it to raise funds for
the department," Holder
said.
The law does provide
for the resale of fran­chised
beer, wine or
liquor to a distributor
such as the state store.
Holder said the occa­sions
for such actions
were "few and far be­tween"
but said such
alcohol is sold at whole­sale
prices with the funds
going to the police de­partment
involved.
Maximum security
Photography: Dan Doughtie
These policemen line the south end zone at the
Auburn-Georgia Tech game last Saturday. Campus
Security, VFW contract officers and military police­men
from the National Guard are the only officers
patroling the game in an official capacity. The
remaining officers present at the game, according to
an Auburn policeman, are not paid for being there.
He said most of the officers, not on regular duty, go in
uniform to the game to assist Campus Security.
Citizens ask for local ABC state store
By Ruth Ann Dunn
Plainsman Staff Writer
Four Auburn citizens
attended a meeting of the
Alabama Alcoholic Bev­erage
Control Board in
Montgomery last week to
present the board with a
resolution asking for a
retail sales outlet within
Auburn city limits.
Auburn Mayor Don
Hayhurst, City Council
President William Allen
Jr., Andy Gentry and
John Jackson carried
the resolution from Au­burn's
City Council to the
board requesting an . .
"ABC retail sales outlet
be located within the
corporate limits of the
city at the earliest possi­ble
date."
A recent decision by a
state court striking down
the Title XXIX "one mile
limit" on liquor sales law
has spurred the council's
action.
The law, in effect from
1937 until last month,
prohibited the sale of
alcoholic beverages with­in
one mile of an institute
of higher learning.
According to ABC Ad­ministrator,
Henry B.
Gray, III, the ABC Board
tried to place a retail
sales store in Auburn
eleven years ago but was
prevented from doing so
by the city council.
Of the council's change
in policy he said, "If they
had wanted an ABC Store
I wish they had let us put
it there originally, eleven
years ago."
After the council turn­ed
down the ABC Board's
request in 1965, the board
set up their number 38
store on Pepperell Park­way
just outside the
Auburn city limit.
"To decide now wheth­er
to put a store in
Auburn or not is a
peculiar situation. We
tried to open one several
years ago but the City
Council refused to allow
one in the area," Gray
said.
"Whether we're willing
to spend the money to
build another store or not
is the question. It would
be different if there was
no store anywhere in the
vicinity."
He said, "the people of
Auburn can drive just a
few miles to the Midway
Mall Store.
"I don't think anyone's
been inconvenienced by
it," he added.
One of the main argu­ments
for the opening of
an ABC Store in Auburn
is the revenue that could
be received from such an
outlet.
According to Taylor
Weed of the State ABC
Board, the Midway Plaza
ABC Store received a
total gross profit of
$1,478,111.55 for the
fiscal year of 1974-i975.
The net profit on such an
amount was $508,352.86.
"The Midway store
does a booming busi­ness,"
Gray said.
Under the state's cur­rent
system, all profits
go directly to the ABC
Board where they are
redistributed to the many
cities to use as they see
fit.
According to Weed,
"All of your incorporated
towns and cities in the
state and the 67 counties
receive revenue from
this system.
'%m sold on it. Our
system, as bad as it is, is
better than some states
because the profits do go
back to tne people in
some way,' Weed said.
Each Alabama city
receives a check directly
from the ABC Board
twice a year. Last year
Auburn received
$30,261.04 in revenue
from the ABC Board.
"If we opened another
store the city would get
an additional $4,000 or
$5,000," he said.
He added "It's not
nearly as much as people
think."
The Midway Store's
lease will be due for
renewal in two years.
"I would personally
like to wait until the
current store's lease ex­pires
in March, 1980,"
Gray said,
"I would be delighted
to put it wherever the
city council wants it
then," Gray said.
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THE GAL 'N' GUY WITH THE GAYFERS LOOK
A winning combination! Susan Vincent and Stan Creamer
model some of the latest fashion arrivals at Gayfers.
Susan's outfit is the "handkerchief-hemline" look from the
evening collection by Sanjo. Stan is wearing a vested
European suit by PDC International, shirt from the
Manhattan Intrepid Collection and fashion print tie by Mr.
John. See these and many more fashions in our Junior
Dress and Men's Clothing departments soon!
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With The Purchase
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 11:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Purchase an $8 pair of 14 kt. earrings at Gayfers, and Mr. Pete
Megelin, a trained technician will pierce your ears at no extra
cost! Parents permission under 18 years of age. No children
under four years of age. 10 per cent discount certificate on your
next pierced earring purchase!
Gayfers Jewelry
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AT OUR AUTOGRAPH PARTY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
10:00-12:00
Heartbreak Hotel
by Anne Rivers Siddons
7.95
Recognize Langdon Hall? Samford's Clock Tower?
No wonder! Auburn University grad, Ann Rivers
Siddons just released first novel, Heartbreak Hotel
and you guessed....it's about the school you knew in
the late 1950's.
Anne will be autographing her book 10:00-12:00
Saturday right before the big game in Gayfers
Stationery Dept.
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The Auburn Plainsman Thorn., Oct. 21,1978 A-8
'Providing student laboratory'
goal of Child Study Center
Mister Rogers was singing a song about friends as
the group of small children in the Child Study Center
gathered around a taped-off section on the carpet.
Sitting crosslegged, the 3-and 4-year-olds listened
attentively as their teacher recited:
"Lots of other children
The same size as me
That's how big I am.
Lots of other children
All around me
But they aren't me."
The friend game began; describing each child in
turn, their teacher challenged the group to guess who
she had described.
"My friend has a Star Trek shirt, and today is his
birthday," she said.
A chorus of answers identified the child, and his
name was written on a posterboard-sized tablet with
a squeaky felt tip pen. Soon the list was complete and
all the children were friends; not friends only on
paper, but friends in all the activities and learning
experiences they share at the Center.
"The purpose of the Child Study Center is to
provide a laboratory for students and other interested
persons to observe how a human develops," said
Linda Scarth, director of the Center.
"Teachers aren't the only ones who come to
observe the children, though, there are also future
therapists and administrators of government pro­grams.
We've even had architecture students come
and observe the children as an aid in the design of
new schools."
As she walked through the maze of observation
rooms, Scarthssaid many of the children come from
families with either faculty or student parents.
"We do have more of a cross-section than before, a
wider range of the community. We still have a few
spaces open for 3- and 4-year-olds," she said, smiling
at the children's actions outside the observation
window.
"Actually the parents lend us not only their child,
but the entire family as well. We send out a
newsletter to the parents explaining what is going on
at the Center, and we conduct parent discussion
groups. So it's an educational experience for both
child and parents."
Although the Center is not in the business of day
care because of its limited hours, Scarth said day
care service might be possible in the future.
The youngsters gave no more than a passing glance
as adult observers entered their classroom. They
were more interested in the outcome of a story about
a little erirl searching for a pet.
"Is she going to find something?" one girl with pig­tails
asked.
"Yeah, a puppy dog."
"No, a little boy," protested a red-haired girl.
At the story's end the little girl found a puppy to be
her companion.
"That's her dog."
"No, that's the end," one of the children decided.
"When are we going to have snacktime?"
Snacktime, the teacher explained, would be in
about an hour. Satisfied with answer the children
scattered to different activities and learning games.
One boy in overalls pulled a box of picture dominos
from a low shelf, and began matching similar ends
until he had formed a complex maze, twisting on the
floor.
Pointing to the boy, Scarth said matching like
symbols was the beginning to learning to read.
Several chairs were pulled around a circular table
near an old aquarium containing a pair of gerbils.
The occupants of the chairs were busily glueing
macaroni, wood shavings, seeds and bottle caps to
both their construction paper and the table.
"Don't eat those seeds," cautioned a student
instructor in charge of the table. "Those are for
gerbils. You're not a gerbil, are you?"
"No, I'm a cow."
"I'm the gerbil," admitted a little boy sitting next
to the 'cow.'
On the carpeted floor near the observation window,
a youngster carefully counted wooden sticks, placing
the correct number in a can with the corresponding
number.
At a table on the other side of the room several
children were coloring animal shapes with felt pens.
With determined strokes a girl colored a rabbit shape
blue assuring observers it was real.
According to Scarth, the children learn eye and
hand coordination — the basics of writing — through
coloring. She also said the girl with the blue rabbit
knew the difference between "pretend and real."
While the 3-and 4-year-olds were learning the
basics for reading and writing, the 5-year-olds
upstairs were experimenting with primary colors.
Peering at a color chart, children added drops of
food coloring to a homemade flour-based modeling
clay, rolling the clay in their hands until a consistent
color appeared. Others painted with tempera,
marveling at the different shades produced by the
layers of paint.
At the table where children were playing with the
different colored clay, a little blonde girl in a bright
red jumpsuit carefully molded what she explained
was a yellow poison mushroom.
Another girl with big eyes eagerly said she was
making a puppy.
The conversation at the table soon changed from
yellow mushrooms and green puppies to television.
"Did you watch the bionic watermelon on 'Captain
and Tennille'? It was really stupid."
"Yeah, it sure was."
"Tennille came to Auburn for school."
"I'm going to make a bionic banana." And the tiny
sculptor set to work.
Over at an easel a dark-haired boy wearing a rugby
shirt applied layer upon layer of paint to his picture,
humming a short tune.
"I don't like any white to show on my paintings,"
he said, demonstrating how the different colors
mixed with his bold strokes. The painting was
constantly changed.
"The only color I can't make with the primary
colors is white," he noted, returning to his now
abstract painting.
By then the 3-and 4-year-olds were streaming out
into the playground below, a delightful conglomera­tion
of rope ladders, swings, slides and sand boxes
scattered among the oaks.
A little boy heaved a soccer ball into a low hoop
mounted on one of the trees and said, "I'm a
basketball player."
Other children were gathering sand, mimosa
leaves and acorns to bake a 'chocolate cake.' When
the 'cake' was deemed done, everyone enjoyed a
serving.
A series of screams originated from the sandbox,
where the group spokesman explained, "Kids can
scream louder outside."
"Yeah, people don't like you to scream in the
house," added another screamer.
Some time later the teacher herded the children
together, and they trooped inside, pausing briefly to
empty sand-filled shoes as they sang:
"Where is fat man, where is fat man?
Here I am, here I am.
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.
Run away, run away."
The song ended and the youngsters rushed into the
active playroom to spend the final minutes of their
day playing. An oversized tinker-toy set, a little play
kitchen set next to the window, blocks, trucks and a
record player crowded the playroom.
"Tickle, tickle." A fair-haired little boy chased his
friend around the room with his fingers.
"Don't tickle me."
Five little girls crowded a table, playing with
modeling clay; the clay was soon on the table, the
floor and the girls.
"I want to make a cookie for you," a little girl with
double dimples told an adult observer. "Want a big or
little one?"
"You don't have a tummy," another one remarked.
"My daddy has a tummy like this." She distorted her
face and stuck out her abdomen.
"We'll make you a tummy," she said, and the
whole group set to work. Protests were merely met
with a chorus of giggles, and in a short time the
tummy was complete.
Photography: Roy Adams
PLAY TIME IN CHILD STUDY CENTER CLASS
...Center 'provides laboratory for AU students to observe human development.'
Government fellowship offered
By Kay Latimer
Plainsman Staff Writer
Applications for fellow­ships
for the 1977-78 aca­demic
year are now be­ing
accepted by the Sou­thern
Regional Training
Program in Public Ad­ministration.
The fellow­ship
is designed to pre­pare
students for govern­ment
careers and offers
an opportunity for gradu­ate
study at two southern
universities.
Fellowships are valued
at $4,600, which includes
$1,300 in remission of
fees and tuition. A grant
of $400 is given to mar­ried
students in addition
to the regular cash
stipend of $3,300.
Qualifying students
will study at the Univer­sity
cf Tennessee and
either the University of
Kentucky or the Univer­sity
of Alabama.
Students will receive a
certificate in public ad­ministration
upon com­pletion
of the program
and will be eligible to
complete an M.A. or
M.P.A. degree at one of
the attended institutions.
Program recipients
will serve a ten-week
internship in summer,
1977. Around mid-June
they will intern with a
state, local or federal
agency in the South and
will spend the fall semes­ter
during the academic
year at either the Univer­sity
of Kentucky or Ala­bama.
Shot ley's Monday Night Door 5 p.m. to close
Thick, juicy All-American hamburger
on toasted bun with mustard and
old-fashioned farm relish
Golden f rench fries
Tangy Cole Slaw
Candidates for the pro­gram
must be American
citizens and will have
completed a bachelor's
degree by June, 1977.
Fellowships are awar­ded
on high academic
achievement and a genu­ine
interest in pursuing a
public administration ca­reer
in the South.
Applications must be
received no later than
March 1, 1977.
Interested persons
shoula write to: Cole­man
B. Ransone Jr.,
Educational Director,
Southern Regional Train­ing
Program in Public
Administratis. •
WEGL faces SGA evaluation
By Allison HaU
Plainsman Staff Writer
WEGL, the Auburn
University educational
FM radio station is under
investigation by a Stu­dent
Government Asso­ciation
ad hoc committee
because of some student
dissatisfaction with the
station.
Rusty Parker, 3PB,
chairman of the commit­tee,
said the group will
answer questions of what
rules, regulations and
policies the Federal
Communications Com­mission
imposes on
WEGL and how it can
better serve the students.
According to Parker,
the committee was form­ed
because "various stu­dents
showed dissatisfac­tion
with WEGL, and we
want to see if it is
meeting the needs of the
majority of students."
Tavia Copenhaver,
3GPO, one of the five
members of the commit­tee,
said "We plan to
inquire at other schools
about their campus radio
stations and how they
work."
The committee also
will study how WEGL is
using the money appro­priated
to them by the
SGA.
"This is a fact-find­ing
committee," said
Parker, "to seek solu­tions
to why not even the
student Union Building
tunes into WEGL." The
committee will consult
WEGL's station mana­ger,
David Paulson,
4GSC, and other WEGL
members to see what
kind of music they play
and if enough student
events and public an­nouncements
are being
relayed.
The information
gathered will be made
available to students arid
further action will be
taken if necessary, ac­cording
to Parker.
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A-9 Thurs., Oct. 21, 1976 The AUburn Plainsman
Winter registration schedule set
Registration Schedule -1977 Winter Quarter
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 Winter Quarter, 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:
Business
Students should report to 219 Thach Hall for
completion of course request forms according to the
following schedule:
8 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
8a.m. -4:30p.m.
Oct. 25-29
Nov. 1-4
Education
Freshmen in the School of Education and in the Dual
Objectives Program who have earned 47 hours or less
at the end of Fall Quarter, 1976, will register In 3084
Haley Center on the following days:
Nov. 1-3 8-11:30 a.m. 1-4:30 p.m.
Drs. Causey & Kennamer
109 Comer
Dr. Dusi
302 Funchess
Dr. Mount
336 Funchess
Drs. Dendy & Davies
109 Comer
ADS Students
203 Animal Schiences
OH Students
160 Funchess
7-9 p.m., Nov. 1
7-9 p.m., Nov. 1
7-9 p.m., Nov. 1
7-9 p.m. Nov. 1 & 2
7-9 p.m., Oct. 25 & 26
7-9 p.m., Oct. 26
Wildlife and Zoology majors should note only one
night is available for registration.
All majors not listed above should clear with Dean
Simmons in Comer 109 in Accordance with the
schedule below:
All other students should make an appointment with
their advisors before Nov. 1. Pick up course request
forms in department offices as follows:
Elementary Education - EED 5090 Haley Center
Health, PE and Recreation - HPR 5080 Haley Center
Rehab, and Special Education - RSE 1119 Haley
Center
Secondary Education - SED 5040 Haley Center
Vocational and Adult Education - VED 5028 Haley
Center
Secure advisor's signature and return course request
form to receptionist in 3084 Haley Center for Dean's
approval. Registration ends Nov. 4.
Home Economics
Pre-registration will be as follows:
CA Dept. Nov. 2,3 3-5 p.m.
Rooms: 302, 318,102 and278 Spidle Hall
FCD Dept. Nov. 1, 4 3-5 p.m.
Rooms: 278, 220,130,102 & 202 Spidle Hail
NF Dept. Oct. 27 3-5 p.m.
Rooms: 220, 226, & 232 Spidle Hall
(Chastain advises see her in advance of this date)
Students changing schools into Home Economics
please see Mrs. Goggans, 264 Spidle Hall.
Pharmacy
Students will report to the New Pharmacy Building
Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 28 to register at the
following times:
2 - 2:10 Admitted Prior to Spring 1974
2:10 -2:25 p.m. Spring, 1974 Admissions
2:25 - 2:40 p.m. Summer, 1974 Admissions
2:40 - 3 p.m. Fall, 1974 Admissions
3-3:15 p.m. Spring, 1975 Admissions
3:15-3:45 p.m. Fall, 1975 Admissions
3:45-4:10 p.m. Spring, 1976 Admissions
4:10-5 p.m. Fall, 1976 Admissions
Engineering
All engineering and pre-engineering students will
register in 104 Ramsay Hall, Oct. 25 - Nov. 4.
Graduate School
Students will register Nov. 2 - 4 between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. Off limits
A yellow curb at Genelda and Thomas Streets. The
NOTE: Students should report at an hour other than curb has been the center "^Jf^™*** £°™
those stated if classes conflict with registration complaining students in the area. Thomas is a
times. Do not miss class to prepare course request one-way street but such a yellow curb is usually used
forms. on corners of two-way streets.
Tuesday, Oct. 26
Wednesday, Oct. 27
Thursday, Oct. 28
Friday, Oct. 29
Tuesday, Nov. 2
Wednesday, Nov. 3
8 a.m. -12 p.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.
8 a.m. -12 p.m.
8 a.m. -12 p.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.
8 a.m. -12 p.m.
8 a.m. -12 p.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.
8 a.m. -12 p.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.
Architecture and Fine Arts
Students will register according to the following
schedule:
Architecture (including Interior Design): Oct. 25-29;
Nov. 4.
Department Office and Design Studios, 210 Biggin
Hall.
Art: Nov. 1-4, department office, Smith Hall.
Building Science: Oct. 26 & 27.
department office, 108 Biggin Hall.
In class or
Industrial Design: Oct. 25-29; Nov. 4. From 1 to 5
p.m., Industrial Design Office, 95 Biggin Hall.
Music: Oct. 25 - Nov. 4 department office, Goodwin
Music Building.
Theatre: Oct. 25-27, department office, University
Theatre.
Arts and Sciences
Currently enrolled students should begin registration
by picking up materials in their respective
departmental offices on Monday, Nov. 1 and
complete their registration not later than Wednesday,
Nov. 3.
Students 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.
Major
GBI
PL
PPY
PV
HA
OP, OT, PD,
PM, PT
Register In
102 Cary Hall
7080 Haley Center
239 Saunders Hall
206 Saunders Hall
7080 Haley Center
2020 Haley Center
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The Auburn Plainsman Thurs., Oct. 81,1976 JL12 Alumni tell of the Auburn they knew
By Nancy Evans
Plainsman Staff Writer
Anyone who has attended Auburn can recall at
least one story about dress codes, 11 o'clock
curfews and how to get around them, strict
visitation rules and the never-ending hassles that
being in school can bring.
So here is what Auburn alumni say about Auburn
and the way it was.
A. Jude Robinson, retired professor of mathema­tics,
remembers an Auburn of unpaved streets and
no picture shows, where almost every department
in the University was housed in Samford Hall.
Robinson, who came to Auburn in 1923 as an
instructor in the Mathematics Department, said
mud lined the streets when he first brought his
bride to the Plains.
"The mud was so deep that I ruined my wedding
shoes," his wife Kathryn chimed in.
Boozer Pitts was head football coach when
Robinson began teaching at Auburn. "After
football season, he taught mathematics with us,"
Robinson said.
"Classes were not large. We'd have 25 or
sometimes 30 students and we did have some math
majors, although there was no graduate pro­grams.
"There were no picture shows in town, so we had
picture shows in Langdon Hall," said Robinson.
Langdon Hall was also a gathering place during
out-of-town games. "If the game was some place
like New Orleans, which was too far to travel, we
would go to Landon Hall."
Robinson told of students watching a chart of the
football field with a wire attached that was moved
ran in with telegraphed
Traditions
A Homecoming Special
as the cheerleaders
updates of the plays.
The railroad company ran a special train to and
from away games that most students took
advantage of.
Robinson and his wife stayed in Auburn after he
retired from a 44-year teaching career. He plays
golf, is an avid gardener and collects Indian relics.
"Some claim I got them from the Indians
themselves when I first came here," Robinson
said.
Dr. Mary Layfield, associate professor in family
and child development, is one of very few coeds
who would openly admit to living in a fraternity
house during the 1940's.
"During World War H, the Navy had a training
program at Auburn and they took over the
women's dorms to house the young men," she
explained.
"Because the fraternity men were either joining
or being drafted into the service, the fraternities
were having financial difficulties and were unable
to keep up their houses."
"The University, in an effort to help the
fraternities, took over some of the houses, and
women students were housed in them," Layfield
said.
"I was a Chi Omega and we were assigned to the
KA House."
Layfield remembered some of the social
customs of Auburn in the 40's. "When fraternities
had formal dances, they would invite their friend
fraternities to come and form a stag line," she
said.
"You could expect to dance and have someone
break in at least three or four times during a
dance."
Jordan has fun being 'plain ole fan'
By Brad Davis
Plainsman Staff Writer
This year's Home­coming
game will seem
quite different to an
alumnus who hasn't
missed one in 25 years.
For the first time, Shug
Jordan will view Home­coming
from the stands
of the stadium named for
him.
"I'm sort of looking
forward to it," said Jor­dan.
"I've been on that
field all these years and
have never gotten to see
the halftime shows—the
crowning of the Home­coming
queen and all."
Jordan was a football
player during his college
days on the Plains. In
1951 he returned as head
football coach, a position
he held for 25 years. In
fact, Jordan viewed his
first game from the
stands when Auburn
played Baylor.
"I really enjoyed see­ing
a game from the
stand," commented Jor­dan.
"It was kind of
strange at first because
there's so much that goes
on down there you can't
see from the stands, and
vice versa."
"But it's fun to be a
plain ole fan," said Jor­dan.
"Besides, as a fan I
get to yell 'War Eagle'
with everyone else."
Jordan said Auburn is
much the same as when
he graduated in 1932,
although the enrollment
has grown from 1,800 to
17,500.
"Everyone knew e-veryone
else," Jordan
said. "We all made the
effort to get to know
everyone. The smallness
of the school made a
better relationship be­tween
students and fa­culty.
"The size of the school
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A DIFFERENT HOMECOMING FOR SHUG
.For the first time, Jordan will view Homecoming festivities from the stands
Network brings sports to fans
By Brad Davis
Plainsman Staff Writer
"Good evening everyone, this is Gary Sanders
from Tucson, Arizona, where the Auburn Tigers
are about to take on the University of Arizona
Wildcats."
With that statement, the Auburn Sports Broad­casting
Network kicked off the 1976 football season
on some 60 radio stations throughout the
Southeast. These cover a listening audience of two
million persons, a far cry from the early forties
when the network was in its beginning stages.
WAPI, the Birmingham station which serves as
the originating station for the network today,
started broadcasting Auburn football with Bill
Hicock at the microphone. However, several
smaller networks were also broadcasting Auburn
football at that time and none of them made a
profit.
Then, in 1944, Leland Childs set up Auburn's first
out-of-the-red network, which consisted of 12
stations. Childs donated his entire salary of $1,000
to present Auburn with its first royalty check.
Childs was the only man ever to call the
play-by-play radio broadcasts for both Auburn and
the University of Alabama. After calling for the
Auburn network from 1955-1960 he became the
Alabama play-by-play man.
He also has the distinction, if it can be called
that, of calling the action on 0-10 seasons for both
seasons. Auburn lost every game in 1950 and
Alabama lost every game in 1955.
According to Childs, those were rough years.
"You wouldn't believe how bad it was to call those
losing seasons," said Childs. "They wanted to fire
the coach, the team, the cheerleaders, the
president and even the radio man."
Childs was better known to Auburn fans as the
"Voice of Cliff Hare Stadium" for 16 years. Before
retiring in 1973 he became notorious for his "Here
come the Tigers" and "War Eagle."
When Childs left the network in 1950, Bill
Ward took over as Auburn's play-by-play man.
When Ward left for Arkansas in 1954, Dan Daniels
became the "Voice of the Tigers."
It was also in 1954 that WAPI became the
exclusive Auburn network and that basketball was
broadcast on the network.
Tom Hamlin began announcing on the network
during the 1956-57 basketball season and stayed at
Auburn for four years.
"The football team was ranked No. 1 in thenatlon
in 1957 and probably would have gone to a bowl all
three years had they not been on probation," said
Hamlin to an interview from Dayton. "The
basketball team won the SEC in 1960, was ranked
eighth in the country, and would have gone to the
NCAA tourney had the football team not been on
probation."
As sports director of WAPI-TV in Birmingham,
Hamlin televised Auburn basketball for the first
time ever.
"I was one of the few sportscasters in the
Southeast at that time that really loved basketball
and pushed it a lot," said Hamlin.
"I really loved Auburn," continued Hamlin.
"Auburn folks are unique; they seem like one big
family. I've never seen anything like it anywhere.
They were all so loyal and dedicated to Auburn
and it really made my job great. It was a tough
decision to return to Dayton, my home town."
In 1960, Buddy Rutledge succeeded Tom Hamlin,
who during his eight years on the Plains became
one of Auburn's most colorful broadcasters.
RuUedge was confined by polio to a wheelchair
since he was 19. But according to Charlie Davis,
who was the color man with the network for
several years, his handicap didn't stop him.
"I saw Buddy pull himself up a steel ladder
several times when it was the only way to reach
the broadcast booth," said Davis. "He accom­plished
more as an invalid than some dp without
handicaps."
Rutledge was nicknamed "The Boomer" be­cause
of his excellent, distinctive voice, and Curt
Gowdy of ABC once said on a visit to Birmingham,
"Where did you get this guy? He makes me
ashamed to sit in the studio with him. I've never
heard anyone, anywhere with a finer voice."
RuUedge died of a heart attack in the middle of
the 1967-68 basketball season.
Larry Matson, an Auburn graduate, filled in as
play-by-play announcer for the rest of the
basketball season. Matson later called the action
for the now-extinct Birmingham Americans. Then
Gary Sanders became the Sports Director of WAPI
in the summer of 1968 and took over as
play-by-play man on the Auburn Network.
Sanders' voice is heard each football season as
Tiger fans listen to the replay of the 1972
Auburn-Alabama football game which the War
Eagles won, 17-16.
"That game has to rate as my most thrilling
moment in sportscasting," said Sanders. "There
never has and never will be another game like it."
The Tennessee graduate has become one of
Auburn's biggest fans. "I really love Auburn,"
said Sanders. "There are no better people to be
around than Auburn people. I also feel that I am
associated with one of the top athletic programs in
the country."
The sportscasters themselves aren't all that has
changed. In the early days of sports broadcasting
the equipment was bulky and the transmission of
the sportscast was full of static. Today,
ultra-modern equipment and special high-quality
telephone lines make the listener seem right there,
whether it be in Birmingham or in Tucson, Ariz.
and the town prevents
that now," Jordan ob­served.
"I think the size
is intimidating and
people think they can't
get to know everyone.
"The Auburn spirit has
always been and always
will be the unique thing
about Auburn. I guess
the spirit is bigger than
ever now because so
many more Auburn
people are around.
"My idea of Auburn is
the people," Jordan ad­ded.
"They make Au­burn;
without them, Au­burn
wouldn't be wliat it
is."
Back in the early "30s,
the campus consisted of
about nine buildings con­fined
to the area in the
present northeast portion
of the campus.
"Of course Samford
Hall was here," said
Jordan. "Then we had
Ross Chemistry building,
Langdon Hall, Broun
Hall, Ramsay Hall and
Mary Martin Hall, which
was the library back
then. All those buildings
are still here."
"The Social Center was
the President's home and
Alumni Gym stood where
the Union Building
stands today," continued
Jordan.
According to Jordan,
football was played on
what is now known as
Ross Square.
"That was a small
field," said Jordan.
"For the games they just
put up some portable
bleachers on the side­lines
for the spectators.
Our biggest crowds were
about 1,000-2,000 people.
"We played most of
our games in Columbus
or Montgomery," con­tinued
Jordan. "Those
stadiums held about 20 or
25 thousand, which was
quite a few back then."
Jordan recalled read­ing
The Orange and Blue,
now The Auburn Plains­man,
when he was in
high school in Selma,
Ala.
"I can remember read­ing
about Coach Mike
Donoghue and Coach
Hutsell and their teams,"
said Jordan. "Reading
about them was one of
the reasons 1 decided to
come to Auburn."
Donoghue was Au­burn's
head football
coach then, and Hutsell
served as head basket­ball
and track coach.
When Jordan came to
Auburn as a student in
1928, he came as a
football, basketball and
baseball player.
"Back then people
played in more than one
sport," said Jordan.
"There wasn't the degree
of specialization as there
is now and the sports
didn't overlap as much."
That was 48 years ago.
Since that time, Jordan
has left his name indelib­ly
etched in the Auburn
record books. As a coach
for 25 years, Jordan's
football teams recorded
175 victories, 83 defeats
and 7 ties. Many honors
have been bestowed upon
him, and Auburn's sta­dium
now bears his
name.
Jordan became a
member of the Auburn
Board of Trustees this
fall.
"I've just started to get
my feet wet," said Jor­dan
of being a trustee.
"I hope before it's all
over with, I'll have made
some small contribution
to Auburn University."
Auburn was building and expanding even during
those years. "Everyone had a new building, and
ours was listed as the 'New Building' in the
schedule. Now, you know it as Tichenor Hall," said
Layfield.
Class attendance was required, and the students
were obligated to wait 20 minutes on a professor
before assuming the class was cancelled and
leaving.
"If a professor didn't show up for class, we said
that you had a 'beat' and we were always thankful
for them," Layfield said.
After World War I, war surplus materials were
used to build all kinds of pre-fabricated structures
on the Auburn campus. Several apartment
complexes were operated by the University. Men
returned to school and housing was at a premium.
Auburn students still followed the athletic teams.
"We had train excursions to football games. The
railroads would run them in time for the game and
wait for students after the game.
"Auburn was a great place to be then, and it still
is," she said.
The Auburn Union is a monument to the Auburn
spirit, according to James E. Foy, dean of student
affairs.
"It is the result of a dream and activity of the
Auburn students," he said.
In the spring of 1950, student leaders appeared
before the Board of Trustees and asked them to
assess each student $2.25 per quarter to pay for the
construction of a student center. In 1950 students
voted for the fee.
At the time, the SGA was operating under the
steps at Langdon Hall and "The Plainsman" had
offices in Langdon, also.
"Interior Design students designed furniture,
drapes and carpet in the building in 1954. Board
policy is set mostly by students," Foy said.
"Each student pays $6 a quarter against the
bonds that built the Union Building. It also goes to
pay heat, light and water for the facility."
One activity that Foy would like to see return to
Auburn is "Skit Night," which was sponsored by
Cardinal Key and Blue Key, later Mortar Board
and Omicron Delta Kappa, respectively.
"Each fraternity and sorority would give a three
to five minute skit. We poked fun at each other and
at Auburn, and that added a lot of color to the
campus," Foy said.
"It was an awful lot of fun," he added.
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SNOW ON SAMFORD HALL
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Polycystic disease hasn 't changed
McCay's desire to live, be active
By Sharon Mitchell
Plainsman Staff Writer
"I can't imagine any­body
not wanting to
live—that is my number
one aim," said Charles
McCay, 1962 Plainsman
editor.
These are strong words
coming from a man with
no kidneys. McCay, who
is only 36 years old, has
polycystic disease. This
disease is treatable only
by a hemodialysis ma­chine,
and McCay is only
one of 270 Alabamians
who uses such a ma­chine.
Every third day Mc­Cay
is "hooked-up" to
the machine for a four-hour
time period. This
machine is responsible
for purifying the blood
and drawing out all the
fluids in the body. In
short it is a kidney
replacement.
McCay has known for
11 years that he would
have to use the machine.
This time came in 1975
when (bleeding) compli­cations
forced the re­moval
of one of his
kidneys. The dialysis
treatment resembles the
process of giving blood.
A needle and a plastic
tube carry McCay's
blood from his wrist and
back into his body.
"Sitting at the side of
the machine is not a real
bore. Though my arm
attached to the machine
must remain still, I am
free to read, talk on the
phone or to others and
watch TV," McCay said.
He refuses to become
inactive during this pro­cess.
He said, "I can't
feel bad about something
that keeps me alive."
The machine operates
on the principle of osmo­sis.
There is a mem­brane
in the artificial
kidney. The blood is on
one side of the "kidney"
and a chemical bath,
containing salt solution,
on the other. When the
salt solution reaches the
kidney, osmosis occurs.
The excess fluid and
impurities the