1979-10-04 The Auburn Plainsman

              THE AUBURN
PLAINSMAN Volume 86 Number 1 Thursday, October 4,1979 Auburn, Ala. 36830 6a pages
Budget cut requested, tuition hiked
By John Mangels
Plainsman Staff writer
In a letter to state agencies, Gov.
Fob James has requested a five
percent cut in state agency budgets
for the 1980-81 fiscal year, the
Plainsman learned Monday. This
cut request includes all state uni­versities.
The letter, dated Aug. 10 and
following James' request for the 10
percent budget cut in the Univer­sity
system last year, said in part,
"I am calling upon you to submit a
budget (to the legislature) that will
reflect a five percent cut in tax­payer
funding.*"
But, the University will receive a
little finiancial aid, $.9 million
worth, in the form of a 10 percent
tuition increase beginning winter
quarter.
Auburn University business
manager Rhett Riley said his office
has begun reveiwing year-end
closings in an attempt to determine
where further budget cuts can be
made.
"A five percent cut is possible,"
Riley said, "but we can't maintain
any quality programs."
Riley said he believed Auburn
University President Harry
Philpott had been in contact with
James concerning the budget cut
request.
Philpott referred all inquiries
concerning the contents of the
letter to the governor's office.
Auburn University countered
James' last request for a budget
cut with a level funding program
which was approved by the Ala­bama
legislature.
James' latest request actually
preceded a decision by the Auburn
University Board of Trustees to
increase student fees, effective
with winter quarter, 1980.
The board authorized, on Sept.
17, an increase of $20 per quarter
for Alabama residents and $40 per
quarter for non-residents. Veteri-
Philpott..
still Auburn's
issues man
By Dave7 White
Editorials Editor
Despite his announced resigna­tion,
University President Harry
Philpott remains the top issues
man on campus. He discussed
possible budget cuts, the tuition
hike, new fund drive and reaction
to the presidential selection com­mittee
picks in a Plainsman inter­view
yesterday.
Philpott said the "central admin-stration"
is now drafting a report
detailing what effects a possible
five percent cut in Auburn's state
allocation for 1980-81 would have on
Auburn.
"We have another month or so
before this goes in," said Philpott.
"The governor said he's very
interested in seeing this (report V'
Gov. Fob James circulated a
letter to state agencies last month,
See related stories page B-l
asking them to submit budgets
reflecting a five percent cut in
state allocations.
"I would feel we ought to show
conclusively that it (the cut) would
cause very serious consequences,"
said Philpott.
Besides the report on cut effects,
Philpott said a budget based on
needs as well as one reflecting a
five percent state funding cut
would also be submitted to the
Board of Trustees.
"I'm sure they (the Trustees)
will have some sort of reaction to
it," he added. Gov. James is the
Board of Trustees chairman.
Philpott said the reaction of the
Council of Presidents of state
colleges and universities to the cut
proposal was "one of seeing that
See ISSUES, page B-2
Faculty protests lack of input
By Rick Harmon
Editor
Protest among the University's
faculty is mounting over its exclu­sion
on the search committee
appointed to help select Auburn's
new president.
Several departments have
already begun to protest Gov. Fob
James' appointments to the five
man committee, which will select
three to six final candidates from
the several hundred expected to
apply.
Members of the English, civil
engineering, history, home econo­mics
and sociology departments
have all drafted letters, resolutions
or petitions demanding representa­tion
on the committee.
Although Professor Wesley
Newton says he does not believe
Auburn's faculty is very militant,
the chairperson of the Alabama
Assocation of University Profes­sor's
committee on faculty partici­pation,
says there is "already
widespread discontent" over the
search committee.
Although Newton said the AAUP
would probably launch some form
of organized protest if the profes­sors
are not given input into the
AU IDs made today
Student ^identification cards will be processed in the Memorial
Coliseum today and tomorrow.
Stations for Glomerata photos, student insurance and other student
services will also be set up in the Coliseum during this time. Students will
be charged $1 to cover the cost of the Glom picture.
Students must follow the schedule listed: Thursday 9 a.m.-noon,
Juniors and 1-5:30 p.m. Sophomores and Freshmen. Friday, 9 a.m.-noon
Sophomores and Freshmen and 1-4 p.m. any students unable to report
according to above schedule.
Each student must bring the student copy of his fall schedule in order to
obtain his I.D. card. A late charge of$2 will be assessed for I.D. pictures
made after tomorrow.
selection, he said a more important
reason to include faculty in the
selection process Is that anyone
"chosen without real faculty imput
would face an openly suspicious
and skeptical faculty," when he
became president.
"It is a necessity," said Newton,
"that the new president he able to
work with the faculty. For this
reason alone it is vital the faculty
play a meaningful part in the
president's selection."
Cooper King, president of the
faculty senate, said the faculty
senate would attempt to get an
advisory committee formed so pro­fessors
could have input into the
selection, but the senate's satisfac­tion
with an advisory committee
would "depend on how much
advice the search committee will
take."
"If we have a significant input,
more justification will be neces­sary
for our not having more.
"So really, we need to know what
the process is before we can decide
if an advisory committee would
be satisfactory."
Sen. Robert Harris, the chair­man
of the search committee, said
although "nothing concrete had
been set yet," the faculty would
have input into the selection
president.
"What most people don't seem to
realize," said Harris," is that all
we are trying to do now Is seek
applicants-people who are already
interested in seeking the position,
or people who If stimulated might
take an Interest."
"I foresee that at the proper
time, the committee will welcome
the opinions of people who are
interested in the selection.
"I can generally say that the
input of Interested individuals
will definitely be sought. But as for
a format, as to the day or week, it
would be impossible for me to say
at this moment."
Sen. Harris said although he had
received no protest from the
Auburn faculty personally," he
was aware now concerned the
faculty was about the selection."
"The faculty are concerned, he
said, "and rightly so. They have a
keen interest in this process, and it
is Important their opinions be
known."
nary medicine student fees were
also increased $20.
"The University has always been
reluctant to increase student fees,
but with inflation and level funding
a certainty for next year, it has
become a necessity in order to
maintain the quality of progress
students expect and deserve to
receive," Philpott was quoted as
saying in a University news re­lease.
The fee increase, which will
result in additional revenues of
$895,000 for the current fiscal year,
will probably provide some money
for salary adjustments, according
to Philpott.
Riley said no cost breakdown had
been done on the allocation of the
additional funds, but agreed that
the funds would probably be used
to provide salary relief.
Philpott told the AU Report (the
University Relations newsletter
distributed to faculty and staff)
that a two-step raise in tuition fees
was possible, but that no recom­mendation
had been made yet in
that regard.
"A second increase would occur
next June or September, if it takes
place," Philpott was quoted as
saying.
Trustee Coach Ralph "Shug"
Jordan, who voted in favor of the
tuition hike, said the board had not
yet dealt with the matter of further
increase.
"I voted for the current increase
because, in my opinion, out-of-state
students were not hurting, and I
felt an increase would not be
detrimental," Jordan said. "I think
every effort was made to get state
funding, and our out-of-state fee is
still less than our peer institu­tions,"
he said.
Jordan said he was aware of the
letter from James asking for the
budget cut, but that he had not seen
a copy of the letter.
See TUITIONpage A-3
Board gives OK
to capital drive
By Scott Thurston
Managing Editor
Auburn University was given the
go-ahead to begin its first capital
fund drive in 20 years when the
drive was approved unanimously
by the Board of Trustees at Its
"Sept. W.meettog*^*^.,,^ „
Organizational work for the
drive has already begun, according
to Buck Bradberry, director of the
Auburn Alumni Association and
the University has employed John
Grenzenbach and Associates, a
national fund raising consulting
firm, to help coordinate the drive.
In a capital fund drive, the
University will solicit donations
from individual alumni as well as
large organizations and corpora­tions.
Those donations, which Grenzen­bach
and Associates have sug­gested
might total $30 million over
three years, will be in addition to
the funds raised through ongoing
annual programs, said Bradberry.
He said those donations now
average about $4 million yearly.
No priority list for use of the
funds has been established yet, bu
the trustees and administration
will jointly establish priorities "in
the next 3 or 4 months,'' Bradberry
said.
He added that such a list will
probably be a "pared down ver­sion"
of a report last year in which
$55 million in "campus Inadequa­cies"
were cited.
The drive was first presented to
the Board last June, when Deans
Grady Cox of the School of Engi­neering
and George Horton of the
School of Business made presenta­tions
to the Board citing funding
deficiencies in their respective
schools and asking for an outside
fund drive to provide more money.
The Board deferred judgement
at the June meeting but gave its
unanimous approval on Sept. 17,
setting the organizational wheels in
motion.
Grenzenbach and Associates
have been given two offices in
rooms adjacent to the Alumni
Association office in the Foy Union
from which to coordinate the drive.
The first steps, according to
Bradberry, will be to organize
volunteer leadership for the drive
and then to begin soliciting ad­vance
commitments from "sub­stantial
potential contributors,"
individuals, groups or corporations
contacted in the feasibility study
who may pledge large sums of
money.
After that, when the Trustees
and University have established a
list of priorities for the funds, a
goal will be announced based on
See DRIVE page A-S
Inside
A bruised and battered Auburn
football team returns home this
weekend to take on nationally
ranked North Carolina State. For
assessment of the Wolfpack, see
page C-l.
Classifieds
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Fenton Farnsworth
Editorials
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Recreation
Sports
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Student dies Monday
in auto bike coliision
A 24 year-old fifth year architec­ture
student, Bert S. Anderson of
147 N. College St. died early
Tuesday morning after the bicycle
he was riding collided with an
automobile late Monday night.
The accident Occurred at 11:47
p.m. Monday at the four-way-stop
intersection of Sanders' Street and
Drake Avenue, according to a
police report.
The report said both Anderson's
bicycle and the automobile driven
by Edward Lee Moore of Chateau
Apartment 212 ran through the
four-way-stop.
Anderson was taken to Lee
County Hospital and was later
transferred to Columbus Medical
Center where according to the
report he died at 4:03 a.m. EDT.
A spokeswoman for the police
department said a routine investi­gation,
always initiated when a
death occurs in an accident, is
underway. She said no charges
were filed in the incident.
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The Aiixm Plainsman Thursday, October 4, lVfo At
The World this Week
POPE ARRIVES IN U.S. ..„..«„.-«•
Pope John Paul II arrived In the U.S. Monday to begin a week s tour of
six American cities-Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Des Moines,
Chicago and Washington. The tour began with mass on the Boston
Common. In an address to the United Nation's General Assembly, the
Pope made "a plea to the whole world for justice and peace, a plea in
defense of the unique dignity of every human being."
CARTER TO ORGANIZE TASK FORCE IN FLORIDA
President Carter said in an address Monday night that he is setting up
a full-time Caribbean Joint task force in Florida, expanding military
maneuvers in the area and will stage a "show of force" landing at the
U.S. military be 3 at Guantanamo in Cuba to underscore American
concern about 3,<XK) Soviet troops issue is not important enough to dr'ay
Senate ratification of the Salt II treaty.
CONCORDE PROGRAM PLUNGES
Britain and France agreed late last month to discontinue production of
the supersonic transport plane, the Concorde, because of its inefficiency, j
The governments have spent $2.5 billion on the program and built 16'
planes. The inefficiency problem comes from the fact that the planes
carry only 100 passengers making the cost per passenger mile
approximately four times greater than the Boeing 747. Flights of the
planes presently in use are expected to continue with the aid of subsidies
from the governments.
U.S. GIVES UP JURISDICTION OVER PANAMA CANAL
U.S. Jurisdiction over the Panama Canal Zone was given up this week.
American control over the canal itself and over military bases will be
phased out during the rest of the century. During much of the interim
period, a U.S.-dominated Panama Canal Commission will run the canal.
MEANY RETBRES
George Meany, 88, last week, announced his decision to retire as
AFL-CIO president. Lane Klrkland, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, is
Meany's most probable successor, and has announced his intention to
seek the job at the convention in November. Although Meany's influence
will remain for several years, many changes in the organization's
proceedings are expected under Klrkland, who has been described as the
complete antithesis of Meany.
Pantyhose
Lingerie
Purses
Scarves
Sweaters & Coats 20% off
Foy Union Hobby Shop reduced in size
due to alumni Association expansion
By Keith Holcomb
Plainsman Staffwrlter
The Hobby Shop in the Foy Union
Building has been decreased in size
by 50 percent due to an urgent need
for space by the Alumni Associa­tion,
to the dismay of the 50-75
students who frequented the shop
each week.
According to Dean of Student
Affairs, Drew Ragan, the move
could not be avoided as it may give
the Alumni Association the opport­unity
to raise $30 million for the
Capital Fund Drive over the next
three to five years.
The Alumni Association is ex­panding
its office space to house a
new professional consulting staff.
This staff, as well as the acting
workers of the Alumni Association
will be working a full scale fund
drive, said Ragan. The Alumni
Association is "the main fund
raising arm of Auburn Univer­sity,"
he said.
Late last spring the association
proposed the expansion of its
offices to the Student Union Board.
Ragan is the head of the board
which is composed of student re­presentatives,
faculty members
and staff.
A subcommittee, appointed by
Ragan, looked into the matter and
decided that the space occupied
by the hobby shop was the only
logical choice. The decision was
based on the lack of office space at
Auburn and on the Hobby Shop's
convenient location, according to
Ragan.
"Office space is extremely tight
and I insure all students that all
possibilities were looked into
closely," Ragan said.
Although the Student Union
Board and its student representa­tives
passed the proposal, many
frequent users of the shop are
concerned with the decision.
"Hardly any of the people who
use the shop were informed about i
the change," said George Affleck,
a student and active worker in the
shop. "I was the shop attendant
spring quarter and I didn't know
about the expansion plans, or find
out about it until recently. It was so
sudden."
Buck Bradberry, director of the
Alumni Association, said "In the
long run Auburn will benefit from
this fund raising campaign tre­mendously.
The money the Alumni
Association raises will be used in
various areas of academia at
Auburn, but will be subject to
allocation by the Board of Trust­ees."
Although the Alumni Association
is the group responsible for ousting
the hobby shop patrons, they are
aiding those students in the search
for a suitable relocation-
Auburn
University
Auburn, Alabama
PRESIDENT
Auburn University invites letters of application
and nominations for the position of President. The
President is elected by the Board of Trustees and is
charged with the responsibility of administering the
affairs of the University as its chief executive officer.
Auburn is a land-grant university.
An equal opportunity, affirmative action employer
Letters of application and nominations are requested by
December 1,1979, to:
Presidential Search Committee
107 Samford Hail
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36830
Painting and resurfacing of
Auburn streets ties up traffic
By Milton Hudson
Plainsman Staffwrlter
Last week Magnolia Avenue
from Gay Street to Wright Street
was resurfaced to the dismay of
many students attempting to
attend to the business of returning
to school. But according to Don
Jehle, city engineer for Auburn,
rain during the week forced the
completion of the project on the
weekend.
As a result downtown Auburn
was tied up and traffic had to be
rerouted around Magnolia Avenue
from College Street to Gay Street.
According to Jehle, the cost of
the resurfacing was around $11,000.
East Alabama Paving Co. of
Opelika was awarded the contract
after the City Council voted at Its
Aug. 28 meeting to have the resur­facing
done.
Jehle also said that Henderson
and Coker, the contractors for the
downtown project are responsible
for painting the traffic markings
and the parking spaces from
College Street to Wright Street.
The city will paint the parking
spaces from College Street to Gay
Street. Painting should begin the
latter part of this week, he added.
Jehle added that the contract for
the downtown project Is approxi­mately
90 percent complete with
only the traffic markings and some
guardrail work left to be done.
THE
BIKE
SHOP
Auburn's First and Oldest Bicycle Shop
Invites you to come by and look
over our fine selection of top-quality
bicycles, and accessories.
We have the something extra
you've been looking for in a bike
shop:
* Large selection of Lock Sets
«* Back Packs
* Bike Accessories
* Peugeot & Takara Bicycles
ALSO - Peugeot MOPEDS In Stock
10O miles per gallon
We located at 147 North Col­lege
St. right next door to the BSU
(Baptist Student Union). See you
soon!
THE BIKE SHOP
147 N. College Auburn 821-8066
A-3 Thursday, October 4, 1979 The Auburn Plainsman
Alumni head parked where he pleased
V
By KeUy Kohler
Assistant News Editor
Many employees of the alumni
association have a large number of
outstanding parking tickets at this
time according to Campus
Security.
William R. Transue, chairman of
University Traffic and Parking
Committee, said he was "dis­pleased
and not suprised at the
number of outstanding tickets."
According to Transue, members
of the alumni association often
park anywhere on campus, disre­garding
their A-zone permits. Last
spring quarter many cases con­cerning
alumni parking tickets
came up before the University
Traffic and Appeals Board.
George L. (Buck) Bradberry,
director of the alumni association,
speaking only for himself and not
other members of the alumni
association said. "I personally
have had a large number of tic­kets."
"The nature of my work causes
me to drive around campus during
the day to make appointments. I
spent so much time looking for
parking spaces (about 24 hours and
40 minutes during one quarter)
that I made up my mind I was
going to challenge the situation. I
just parked wherever I could find a
space," said Bradberry.
Bradberry added that several
other members of the alumni
association had tired of searching
for parking spaces and had also
decided to challenge the situation
by parking wherever they could
find a space. Bradberry's case
came up before the Traffic and
Appeals Board last spring, but was
upheld.
"My appeal personally to the
committee was that I was being
denied a parking space because I
was continually having to search
out a place to park," said
Bradberry.
Tuition
From page A-1
Both Board members Henry
Steagall and Senator Robert Harris
were opposed to a tuition increase.
"Our original mistake was in April
when we approved level funding,"
Harris said.
"I felt we should have re-exa­mined
the budget, reduced costs
t. 'ivi asked for more funds from the
legislature.
The Board felt otherwise. With
an absence of increased-) revenues
and no reserves, the increased cost
must go to the students," he said.
Steagall called the increase
"unwarranted and regressive",
and cited nine reasons why he was
opposed to the tuition hike, "Conti­nuing
fee increases are self-defeat­ing
because enrollment drops,"
Steagall said. "Families and
students are just as hard hit by
inflation as the state.
"Auburn is a public institution,
and Alabamians have accepted our
low tuition rates," Steagall said.
"We should subscribe to a public
rather than a private institution
philosophy."
Harris said he was not aware of
the letter from James asking for a
budget cut. Steagall said he was
aware of the letter from James, but
that it had not been discussed by
the Board.
Other trustees were unavailable
for comment on the tuition
increase and budget cuts.
Drive
From page A-1
I'm not implying that what I've
done is right. It is a question of
priorities—of doing my job and
being on time for appointments,"
he said. "We are not privileged, we
just need a place to park."
"I've changed my mind now and
have decided to spend my time
cruising around. I only park illegal­ly
when I have an appointment and
I can't find a space," he said.
Bradberry said that his whole
dilemma was caused by a lack of
parking spaces on campus. "I'm
not knocking the students or the
university. The state just hasn't
provided Auburn enough funds to
build more parking spaces. There
Is no|solution to the problem."
Transue said the Traffic and
Parking Committee was "con­cerned"
about the number of out­standing
tickets and the number of
appeals that had been upheld.
"We pointed out to President
Phllpott that tickets were being
Ignored and there were a large
number of successful appeals. The
president said he would follow up. I
don't know If he has or not," said
Transue.
Ibnight,
let it be
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evaluation of commitments re­ceived.
Bradberry said the $30 million
figure was only "suggested" by the
Grenzenbach and Associates and
the actual goal might be substan­tially
more or less.
The funds donated during the
drive would be added to the usual
outside funds received each year,
Bradberry said. Since that amount
1
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is an average of $4 million annual­ly,
Grenzenbach predicted the
University could expect $42 million
in donated funds over the next
three years.
He said some of the larger
donations from large groups or
corporations might be received
within this school year but that it
will take "five years or more" for
all the donations to be received.
Once the priorities list is estab­lished,
Bradberry said donors
could request their donations be
used on a specific project or
endowment, and the University
would be obligated to spend the
money as directed by the donor.
I
1st Year Anniversary Sale
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
20% off all items (except gold jewelry
FREE T-SHIRTS with
$25°° purchase
HAPPINESS
BUNCH
mixed spring
flowers
cash & carry
AuburiTFiower Shop <feO O g
422 S. Gay St. v—•-"«*
887-8741 or 821-2455
Weejuns
...the most famous name in handsewns from
"Auburn's Most Complete Shoe Center."
E BOOTERY
Joe Smith
• Former chemist and production
supervisor for 17 years with the
GAF Corporation.
• An author and lecturer, Joe
has spoken in Israel, Wales,
Ireland, Argentina, and in the
'Ufiittia States*) especially' at
major universities.
• Graduate of Austin Peay Univ­ersity
with masters work at the
University of Kentucky.
Tuesday, October 2
Wednesday, October 3
Thursday, October *
7:00 pm nightly
Guest Speaker
David Houston
• Director, Maranatha Center, University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
• Former field director of a major publishing
company.
• Graduate, Tennessee Tech University.
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Wednesday, October 10
7:00 pm
Movie
/ / Born Again r#
What really happened? . . . the
movie for everyone who be­lieves
in a second chance . .
CHARLES COLSON, 'Tough,
wily, nasty and tenaciously
loyal to Richard Nixon" . . .
then, a December 1973 head­line:
"Colson Makes Decision
for Christ"
The cool and calculating Wash­ington
lawyer is now a loving
ser «»nt of the Savior.
Saturday, October 6
7:00 pm
WORN
MGAIN
-
Craig Smith
In Concert
Monday, October 8
Tuesday, October 9
7:00 pm
fiEU
Concert
Monday, October 15
7:00 pm
SPECIAL CONCERT
One of America's
top Christian recording artists ..
Maranatha House
welcomes you to
Auburn
You are invited
to hear
special speakers & concerts
Sunday, September 30
through
Wednesday, October 10
with
a special concert
Monday, October 15
with
PAUL CLARK
one of America's
top Christian recording
artists.
Friday, October 5
7:00 pm
In Concert
Sunday, October 7
7:00 pm
"Maranatha"
is a New Testament
Greek word found in
I Corinthians 16:22
meaning "Come, Lord Jesus.** |^gj
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Editorials
More 'level' funding?
"...If we should get level funding for
another year, or, horror of horrors, a cut, it
would have a very definite effect on the
quality of this institution." said University
President Harry Philpott Sept. 7.
Philpott wasn't just making up an
unthinkable scenario. In a letter circulated to
all state agencies and dated August 10, Gov.
Fob James made the unthinkable a very real
possibility.
"I'm calling on you to submit a budget
that reflects a 5 percent cut in the taxpayers'
funding," wrote James, in part, to the
agencies, including Auburn University.
The 5 percent figure is misleading and
overlooks a 10 to 15 percent inflation rate and
Auburn's level funding this year, set at
, 1978's $54 million state allocation.
In 1978 dollars, Auburn is operating on
$47 million from the state this year. A five
percent cut for the 1980-81 year would give
the University only $40 million in constant
1978 dollars for next year's budget.
Does a 25 percent real reduction, in two
years, of the University's state allocation
reflect sound fiscal policy on Gov. James'
part?
University business manager Rhett Riley
said, "It would be impossible to maintain
any quality in our program" (with a 5
percent cut).
Is James intentionally forfeiting quality
education in Alabama? Or does the Governor
want Auburn to cut its liberal arts offerings
and convert itself to an agriculture and
engineering vocational school?
It's possible that James is using his budget
cut letter as a scare tactic, that he's only
trying to get the state's universities and other
agencies to seriously economize.
Do intimidation and heavy-handed
threats, however, make for good cooperation
and coordination between James and in our
case, higher education?
Philpott still needed
Dr. Harry Philpott has announced his
resignation as president of Auburn, but he
may have to work just as hard after he leaves
office to preserve the university he helped
forge.
Philpott has allowed the liberal arts to
flourish, maintained a suitable balance
between athletics and academics, and stabi­lized
the faculty turnover of between 10 to 15
percent a year that afflicted Auburn before
he took office.
"...we have become more competitive in
seeking talent" for the faculty, noted
Philpott, while discussing his accomplish­ments
since taking office in 1965.
All that may go out the window if Gov.
James demands another year of cutting or
"level" state funding. .,!.!•
Philpott has said he will "do eveiything I
can" to see that more level funding doesn't
happen, because he believes the quality of
the faculty and institution he helped make is
very much at stake.
The days of Philpott's contributions to
Auburn appear to be far from over. We hope
his successor's committment to quality
education is just as deep, sincere and
long-lasting as Philpott's is.
Selection committee
Gov. James'apppointment of the presiden­tial
search committee was a mistake, not
because of the members appointed, but
because of discussion and appointments that
never happened.
James allowed no discussion as he named
trustees Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Robert
Harris, Bill Nichols, Morris Savage and M.B.
McCartney to search for the successor to Dr.
Harry Philpott.
Disallowing discussion and debate concer­ning
the future leadership of an academic
institution is an invasion of seemingly
totalitarian intolerance into the open, free,
intellectual atmosphere that should prevade a
true university.
That decision-making process bothers us a
lot, but we don't doubt the collective
abilities of the men selected.
Too, the lack of student and faculty
representatives, with the perspectives they
would bring, can be overcome if the trustees
solicit student and faculty viewpoints.
We hope the five men on the search
committee are conscientious enough to truly
search for the best, non-political, presidential
appointment for Auburn.
Most of the men are friends of James;
Savage, McCartney and Nichols were recently
appointed to the Board by James. Too,
Jordan, Savage, Nichols and James all played
football for Auburn, and Harris has a son,
Huel. on this year's team.
Will the selection committee allow their
personal relationships to James and their
strong ties to Auburn football distort the
screening process?
Will James take advantage of friendships
and appointment favors and try to force
particular presidential candidates on the
committe?
We hope not. We perceive James and the
selection committee members to be men of
integrity and honesty. We hope those
perceptions won't change after the new
president is named.
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Committee needs outside influence
It's also possible that James is an expert
haggler, and will again graciously offer
another year of level funding instead of cuts,
as he did this year.
Level funding for another year wouldn't be
much of an improvement.
Level funding this year, said Philpott this
summer, meant "unfilled positions, more
students in classrooms, bright young profes­sors
going to other institutions," and other
problems.
Auburn University's academic well-being
is critical to the state, with Alabama's
demand for qualified professionals in many
fields.
' 'Frankly, it will be difficult for Auburn to
maintain its quality programs with level
funding," said the President. That was this
year.
It's too bad James has apparently opted to
starve all state colleges equally, instead of
saving money by phasing out the least
important technical schools, junior colleges
and four year institutions that dot the state.
It's up to the administration, deans,
department heads, faculty and students to
realistically assess the effects of more level
funding or cuts and then to relay those
reports to Gov. James, legislators and the
public. The central administration is drafting
such a formal report now for Gov. James.
If the consequences of a cut would
unquestionably be as dire as Philpott and
others now predict, and if that can be proven,
would a rational state government and
governor sanction such cuts or level funding?
Whatever the answer, Auburn will have to
lobby as never before to get the state money
it needs to operate effectively. The days of
George Wallace and easy budget increase are
over, and Gov. James is either an adamant
adversary or a very well-disguised ally.
By the time I reached the trustees' meeting,
the President's Conference room had already
filled, and I was forced to stand in the small
anteroom with a handful of other latecomers.
A crowd this large was unusual for a
trustees' meeting. So was the atmosphere of
tense expectancy, which seemed to fill the
room as tangibly as the meeting's occupants.
The reason for this was simple. This was not
the usual trustee meeting.
Some university officials had predicted this
would be the most important trustee meeting
in the last 14 years, and a few in the audience
seemed to refute it. For there was a rumor
that a search committee would be appointed at
this meeting to pick the handful of : candidate s
to be considered for the presidency of
Auburn University.
The meeting started off slowly, but by the
time Gov. Fob James rushed in late to take
over as chairman, I was craning my neck along
with others in the anteroom to see what would
happen.
We didn't have to crane our necks for long.
After deciding a number of less important
matters, Gov. James quickly read off the
names of the search committee.
The atmosphere in the room seemed to
change, as some of the faces in the audience
shifted from looks of shocked disbelief to anger
and disappointment.,
On the search committee that was to select
the president of a school of "higher learning,"
not one member of school's faculty or one
member of its stud ant body had been chosen.
A number of fa< ulty members wrote Gov.
James on behalf of the Faculty Senate and the
Alabama Association of University Professors,
urging him to appoint faculty members to the
search committee. They asked to be recog­nized
at the meeting, and were not.
Finally, they got up and walked out of the
meeting without being heard from.
An Auburn student who wrote the governor
to request that students be placed on the
Rick
Harmon
search committee also got up and left without
being heard from.
The trustee meeting ended weeks ago, but
the controversy it started has not. Now, more
and more members of the faculty and the
student body are being heard from.
So far, mainly the faculty has led the fight
for both faculty and student input into the
search committee. The English department,
the civil engineering department, the history
department, the home economics department
and the sociology department have all drafted
letters, resolutions or petitions demanding
more input for both students and faculty.
These faculty members, many of them
untenured, are not challenihg a powerful
political machine for publicity or out of whim.
They are fighting because they are afraid-afraid
of what Auburn might become if the
selection of Auburn's president becomes a
mere political appointment.
On the surface their fears would appear well
founded. Although the chosen trustees are
knowledgeable and competent men, only an
unwavering optimist would believe they could
completely escape political pressure and
factionalism in their decision.
Indeed, Gov. James may have avoided
placing students and faculty members on the
committee because a student or professor
might not be as manageable as a trustee who
owes his position and allegiance to the
Governor.
Rumors have been spread for months about
who the next president might be. But although
James promised the search committee would
search "throughout the nation" for the most
worthy candidate, not one rumor has yet
suggested that someone will be brought in
from out of state.
To assure that Auburn's next president will
be appointed to his job out of merit, rather
than political allegiance, someone outside
gubernatorial control must be put on the
search committee.
At the very least, a strong advisory
committee should be set up, so faculty and
students can be assured that a great educa­tional
institution does not become a political
prize.
Neither of these solutions, however., will
evolve on their own. Before Gov. James will
grant either of them, he will first make certain
that there is enough protest from faculty and
students to make sacrificing a "more manage­able"
search committee politically beneficial.
If you would like to help Gov. James
discover this fact, call the SGA and tell them
how you feel, or write Gov. Fob James:
The Honorable Fob James
Governor, State of Alabama
The State Capitol
Montgomery, Ala. 36104.
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New heroes would solve 'malaise'
"Where have all the heroes gone?"
That's the question everyone seems to be
asking these days as we search for a way out of
our national "malaise". One hero might be
someone who could tell us what a "malaise" is.
There are plenty of heroes around, how­ever—
you just have to know where and how to
look for them.
To begin with, don't bother with the recent
verbage on the subject that has appeared in
"Newsweek" and other weekly magazines.
Most of these articles try to convince us that
we need another Teddy Rossevelt to
straighten things out.
That may be, but such articles fail to
mention that if Teddy Rossevelt were alive
today, he'd probably be considered the biggest
crackpot around.
We're in a world where traditional images of
heroism fail miserably. Recognizing that,
most "heroes" articles are accompanied by lists
of 50 or so "rising young leaders" from exciting
professions such microbiologicalphysiotherapy
or something.
Heroes? These people sound more like grad
students at Georgia Tech.
What we need are heroes right now, and a
few really are already amongst us. Given the
current state of affairs, of course, all serious­ness
must be thrown to the wind when
creating such a list of people we could use more
(or in some cases less) of:
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones—When
confronted w.„h complaints from the Rev.
Jesse Jackson about the racial slurs contained
in the "Some Girls" album, Jagger told an
interviewer, "If they can't take a joke, $&—!?
'em." You can't help but like a guy like that.
Terry bradshaw, quarterback of the Pitts­burgh
Steelers—actually, I hate the Steelers
and Bradshaw because they're so good, but if
Bradshaw was ever elected president, we'd
never have to worry about him being
assassinated.
He's so dumb you could shoot him in the
head and he'd come out and play the second
half.
Lee Iacocca, president of Chrysler—Sure he
led his company to near bankruptcy and now
expects the Feds to bail him out, but you've
got to admire the guy for hanging in there.
Faced with the same situation, I'd probably
embezzle a few million, buy a Swiss chalet and
tell the unions to go to hell.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team—
For reasons self-evident, but mainly for
upsetting the Los Angeles Rams, the most
boring team in pro football.
Ted Turner, Atlanta businessman—Turner
made "Newsweek's" list, but for legitimate
Scott
Thurston
reasons. I like him because with all he has
accomplished, he has appeared to stay pleas­antly
inebriated most of the time.
That's not an endorsement of drunkenness,
only admiration for someone who has made a
successful habit out of vice.
Lewis Grizzard, columnist for the Atlanta
Constitution—The only columnist in the
country who writes consistently good columns
about nothing.
An example would be "Some Cogent
Reasons to Hate the N.Y. Yankees," or his
description of how to do an impression of Tom
Snyder: "You sit in a chair at one o'clock in the
ffpiW&taiHWe- .(SW-HUfWeT**^
morning, light a cigarette and say something
stupid."
Rowland Office, Atlanta Braves' center
fielder and the ugliest player in professional
baseball—Anyone who can wear so many tacky
sweat bands, be so lazy and still make a nice
catch once in a while has got to be good.
Hamilton Jordan, White House chief of
staff—In an age of cover ups and hidden pasts,
Jordan is a breath of fresh air. He is a complete
jerk and makes no attempt to make people
think otherwise.
On the local level, there's:
Bill Allen, City Council President—For
letting us all in on the secret that a court's
opinion is no better than anyone elses. Allen
held a closed meeting this summer identical to
those judged illegal by the courts.
Courtney's—For closing
The Quad Kitchen performers—That really
takes guts.
The Auburn cheerleaders—You know, the
ones that shout, "Football, football, god-aimighty
football," in lieu of other good
football cheers. That takes guts too.
Auburn ignores coed abortion plight
Fraternity ruins evening
The quarter couldn't have started off better.
A friend of mine was moving into the same
apartment complex as me, and several girls
were there, too.
It was fraternity rush week, so like a loyal
independent, I sallied forth to drink the frats
dry. Remembering that there is safety in
numbers, I went with the other guys from the
apartment.
The evening was going well until we entered
the Pi Kappa Alpha house. They were having a
gambling casino, and they gave $90 in chips to
everyone. Gambling fever hit and I soon ran up
$1,200 of pseudo-money.
My friend, Jim, had done even better. He
took over his $3,000 worth of cardboard
surrogates and attempted to cash them in.
As soon as he approached the cashier's desk,
however, four over-fed gorillas surrounded us
both. In a less than polite tone, they asked
whether we had stolen any money from them.
Flabbergasted that someone should accuse
me of this, I politely asked them what they
were talking about. I was not even attempting
to cash the flimsy cardboard counters in, so I
was angry.
They simply told me to "get the hell out" of
their house, which I had presumed was an open
one. Momentarily recovering my composure, I
managed to say, "I like your jury trial," and
departed:
On my heels camemy friend, who was one
very annoyed freshman. The evening ruined,
we returned to our apartments to try to figure
out just what had happened.
I felt angry, because I had been unjustly
accused, and still regret I am not rich enough
to sue for slander.
What peeves me most is that those four also
accused my friend who had only been here
three days. One ought to expect more of a
welcome to Auburn than he recieved.
Buddy
Davis
Personally, I have never enjoyed being
called a liar and a thief, espcially when it's not
true.
The prizes were not that great anyway. A
few beer lights and posters were all that I saw.
When I gambled, I figured I would lose
something, but my life was not among those
things.
Perhaps the Pikes have a different way to
rush their potential pledges, but scaring them
to death doesn't sound like a very good policy.
Perhaps this was only an isolated incident.
Maybe the bouncers were all drunk. I can't
say.
I do know what happened, however, and
that I'm innocent, and so is my friend. I also
know that I have been wronged and that my
friend has been offended, and I wish I could do
something to insure that other people aren't
treated with the same disrespect and inso­lence.
A final word to potential pledges. Don't let
the behavior of a few soil, your views of
fraternities. Most of them actually will treat
you like a human being.
Regrettably, the few fraternities that don't
can warp an independent's view of fraternities
for good, and the Pikes appear to be one of
those few.
Some 500 Auburn coeds will experience
unplanned pregnancies this year, and most will
undergo abortions to end those pregnancies.
So estimates the Rev. Rod Sinclair of the
Episcopal College Center, who said he's
counseled as many as 150 pregnant coeds each
year here.
In the early 1970s, most women wanted
information on abortions.
Now, phone book yellow pages and several
Plainsman classified ads each week provide
phone numbers that lead to quick, $200
abortions in Montgomery, Columbus and
Atlanta.
Now as then, birth control services at
Auburn University are nonexistent.
Is Auburn willing to allow abortion clinics to
provide their type of birth control for
hundreds of coeds a year?
Is coed pregnancy ignored because Univer­sity
officials somehow believe Auburn
students "don't do things like that?"
Or do officials fear that Auburn's reputation
among alumni and parents as a "good" school
Dave
White
would suffer if birth control information and
materials were offered on campus?
By its adamant inaction, the administration
is supporting area abortion clinics, and actively
depriving hundreds of women of the counsel­ing
and materials that prevent or ease the
trauma of unwanted pregnancy.
If they would take action the Panhellenic
and Interfraternity Councils, Student Affairs
and SGA themselves could organize counseling
sessions with University personnel, and coun­seling
can change attitudes that lead to
unwanted pregnancies.
Some women feel getting swept off their
feet or drunk and then having sex is okay,
while planning for possible sexual relations
isn't.
Other coeds use their bodies to get close to
a man and get used instead.
Counseling, as well as, birth control pro­grams,
are available from the Lee County
Health Dept. on Tuesdays from 8 to 11 a.m.
and 1-3 p.m., behind the Auburn post office
(887-8281).
The clinic, in Opelika is also open Friday's
from 8 to 11 a.m. (745-5765), but the hours and
facilities are simply inadequate, and area
doctors are very expensive.
Auburn's refusal to provide adequate birth
control counseling and materials, while hun­dreds
of coeds undergo abortions, is immoral.
Expanding Drake Infimary's role into birth
control could end hundreds of those abortions,
and pain and anguish of hundreds of young
women.
It's time for student groups, and the
administration to quite ignoring the silent
plight of women we know and go to school
with.
It's time for the suffering to stop.
America must consider European allies
A crisis of major proportions is advancing to
the forefront in American foreign relations,
but, the Americans seem ignorant of the crisis
and its implications, and the government has
done intolerably little to try and avert it.
The crisis is not arising in one of the
traditionally volatile areas of the world such as
the Middle East or Southeast Asia. It concerns
a region that since the end of World War H has
been considered a bastion of strong foreign
relations for the U.S.: Western Europe.
Since 1945, American has been rightly
considered the economic and military leader of
the free world.
Since the beginning of this decade, however,
this position has come under question. Instead
of an economic leader, for instance, America
has become an economic burden to Western
Europe.
Our giant trade deficit, due principally to oil
imports, has caused the dollar to tumble on
foreign markets. Because the majority of
world trade is done in dollars, the tumble has
Steve
Farish
War Eagle cafeteria drains student pockets?
Editor, The Plainsman:
Welcome back students. Welcome back to
early morning class hours, long lines, irritating
assignments, and as usual to go along with the
new quarter—hassles with the food service.
In the past it's been food quality and prices.
These issues are beginning to get old and
repetitious. Prices are my main concern and
the War Eagle Cafeteria is my point of attack.
I consider myself an average student,
including the fact that I'm on a very limited
budget. When it comes time to spend money on
food, I have to be very conservative with what
little money I have. This leads to the heart of
^jiny complaint. -
As a student, why is it that every time you
turn around to purchase something someone is
there waiting to drain your pocket of every
possible cent they can get their hands on?
I'm upset with the way tood services
overcharges on certain items. Their cost
cannot possibly be compared to what they take
in on a daily basis. I realize that they have
their expenses that need to be met, but
sometimes I wonder where the expense stops
and the profit begins.
Food Service is supposedly a non-profit
organization .but when I go to get a cup of water
and it costs me eight cents, I find it a little hard
to believe that there's no profit being made.
One might say eight cents isn't that much,
and that if I can afford a college education then
surely I can afford a mere eight cents for a
lousy cup of water, right? Wrong!
How long is the student population going to
put up with this price gouging?
Water may be a minor thing, but who knows
what else they are overcharging on? the way
Food Service prices are, 1 wouldn't doubt that
the people who head up that operation are the
same ones that are charging us the outrageous
rent for broken-down housing facilities both on
and off campus.
Far fetched? Maybe, but at least you get the
point.
rned Auburn Student
caused world-wide inflation, especially in oil
prices.
The only sincere effort by the American
Dvernment to shore up the dollar was the
ssident's announcement last November
that the Treasury Department would begin to
buy up dollars on foreign markets at high
prices through reserves in the International
Monetary Fund.
These proposed actions have never really
materialized. Even an effort by the German
Central Banks to revalue the mark, to make
the dollar more attractive, seems to be only
temporary.
The American government, (which in
Europe means the President), seems uncon­cerned
about the drop of the dollar, and that is
very much worrying Europeans.
Although American military leadership is
indispensible in Western Europe, it too is
being questioned. Our military failure in
Vietnam and inability to protect allies in Iran
and Nicaragua have increased fears there that
America might not help in case of a Soviet
invasion.
Both the President and Congress are
responsible for the current poor relations.
European leaders see Carter as being too
unpredictable, and neither German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt nor French President Valerie
Giscard D'Estaing gets along well personally
with Carter.
The Congress is also to blame for it has not
come up with a national energy policy to
reduce imports and help the dollar.
What will happen if the President keeps
ignoring Western Europe in formulating
foreign policy or if Congress does not act on
energy problems?
An official of the European Economic
Community (Common Market) told of the
consequences in an interview with me this
summer.
The Community's goal is to unify Europe
before the year 2050, he said, but because of
nationalism in Europe, especially in France,
this goal would seem to be unattainable.
"However, if. American economic and military
leadership continue to wanei'he said,"Europe
may find that unification is the only way to
assure its future. The result then could be a
splitting of the western world."
The day after Carter gave his energy speech
last July, the French Communist Party
newspaper L'Humanite commented that the
illness from which America suffers is "imper­ialism."
In reality, the illness in our foreign
policy results from just the opposite: isolation­ism.
Unless America begins to actively consider
again the interests of Western Europe in its
foreign policy, we may lose friendly relations
with some of our greatest allies.
Error
The Plainsman would like to apologize to
South Central Bell for a story which appeared
in the final summer issue of The Plainsman.
The headline of the story "Ma Bell prepared
to sue for sixty cents," innaccurately implied
that South Central Bell had sent a note to a
student threatening to sue him for an unpaid
bill of 60 cents. Actually, the story pointed
out that the Off-Campus Association had
sent the student the note. The Plainsman
regrets the error.
The banned poster
About 16,000 color posters of this artwork were banned by the
high school relations office which decided that prospective students
and their parents might be "offended" by the posters.
Dean of Student Services Wijbur Tincher approved the ban, and
said three scenes in the poster were deemed offensive by assistant
director Grant Davis and others in the office.
The three nonchalant men sporting shirts with the Alpha Sigma
Sigma insignias and the bra-less coed being "graded" by lecherous
men failed the inspection.
So did the scene with the evangelist saying, "Jesus saves," and
the troubled student responding, "Yeah, but does he write term
papers?"
A similar "drawing" also created by artist Jimmy Johnson before
he left University Relations, appeared in the first football program
this year.
University Relations opted to use the same artwork, with
modifications, and print posters to distribute to high school
counselors and prospective students.
The design was shown to Davis and others in high school
relations, and they made objections about several scenes.
Modifications were made, but not enough changes were made to
suit Tincher and Grant, so the 16,000 posters printed by University
Relations are now available, free to students, at the Foy Union desk.
We think the poster is an artistic, funny, all-too-accurate
caricature of Auburn life, and we're glad University Relations
printed them up.
A little more explicit communication between the two public
relations offices, however, would have eliminated the mad
scramble to give away several hundred dollars worth of posters.
Would the poster have offended high school students and their
parents? We think the vast majority would have been amused.
Should tKe poster have been banned by high school relations?
You be the judge.
Letters
Thursday, October 4, 1979 A-6
SGA
President urges students to participate, offer 'ideals'
Pledges need new laws
Editor, The Plainsman:
All social fraternities, from Animal House to
the most gentlemanly kyklos, have in then-ranks
a number of unbright brothers, benight­ed
ones who feel the need to kick on pledges'
doors at three o'clock in the morning.
To any fraternity man these kids are a
familiar ogre, as stupidity is modified by
alcohol.
Typically the ogres have seniority, which
serves to insulate them from the strictures of
chaDter bv-laws and regulations. In other
words, they are Greek society's privileged
class, and the pledges are their "niggers".
Their sole contribution to pledge training is
to antagonize and intimidate the "new boys."
In so doing they inevitably breed all manner of
ill feeling, not only toward themselves but
toward the brothers collectively. Pledges and
brothers are pitted one group against the
other and the word "fraternity" becomes an
ironic misnomer.
At the root of the problem is one of human
nature, but it is made much worse by
ill-conceived institutional arrangements under
which pledges in almost all fraternities are
"trained."
Why don't fraternities allow all pledge
duties and responsibilities to be defined by
abstract laws?
If properly adopted, this proposal would
practically preclude the use of specific com­mands,
an unfortunate tradition.
Commands are spur-of-the-moment, where­as
laws can be clearly stated in advance. Under
a system of laws pledges are assured of precise
times for free activity from the outset,
allowing them to make the best use of their
time through planning.
When formulating laws, the chapter will not
know the particular cases and individuals to
which the laws will be applied, so the laws are
not discriminatory.
Bv contrast, commands usually apply only to
particular individuals.
Commands require a specific authority,
whereas laws are not seen as coming from a
particular brother.
In the absence of laws, there are likely to
arise situations in which there is friction
between brother and pledge over what the
prerogatives are.
These situations will not arise if there are
laws telling each what his rights and responsi­bilities
are. Laws make the enforcement of
pledge regulations easier, because only the law
must be justified, not its every application.
Laws govern the actions of brothers as well
as pledges. It is precisely because some
brothers abuse the right to command (as
distinguished from the right to act collectively
in formulating laws) that all must be denied it.
No doubt those who wish to preserve the
tradition of commands will reject this proposal
on the gound that it restricts the power of
brothers to rule over pledges. If "to rule"
means to make pledges responsible to the will
of individual brothers, then the criticism is
valid.
Others will argue that while the proposal is
reasonable in the abstract, it could never be
practicably applied. Bad traditions die as hard
as good ones. But even at Animal House right
ideas occasionally take root, and then a better
way of fraternity life begins.
Carey Heath, 78
FIJI brother
This is an open letter to all students,
especially incoming freshman.
I extend to you a warm welcome to Auburn
University whether you are here for the first
time or^etupning for yet another year. These
next months £an be the most meaningful time
of your life. %'
Because your time here at Auburn will pass
quickly, I encourage you to participate in the
many activities and experiences offered by
her. Enhance Auburn with your ideals,
philosophies and efforts and she will reward
you with advancement and happiness.
Auburn is a university which incorporates
rich history and tradition into improving the
local, state, national and international com­munities.
Each segment of the University whether it
be students, faculty, administration, alumni or
trustees, shares in a common interest to
continually improve the University's attitudes
on social responsibility, its educational pro­grams
and its physical facilities.
I encourage you to approach all that you are
confronted with at Auburn with an open mind.
Much of what you see will please you, much
will irritate you.
Do not just accept what you see, because
progress is not made by contented people; but
question and consider the alternatives. This
will afford you a better understanding of why
Auburn is the way it is.
Challenge youself to make your investment
here a worthwhile experience for yourself, for
those you will come in contact with, and for the
University.
The purpose of the Student Government
Association is to fulfill as much as possible the
needs and desires of students.
This broad outline of service causes SGA
activities to range from sponsoring pep rallies
to lobbying in the state legislature; from
equalizing men and women on campus to
bringing noted speakers on campus.
With the cooperation of us all, the Student
Government Association can be an even more
productive and functional segment of the
University community.
All registered students here at Auburn are
members of the SGA. If you are interested in
student eovernment and how to become
involved in it, come by Room 332 in the Foy
Union, or give us a call at 826-4240.
Good luck, and War Eagle!
Ron Taylor President
Student Government Association
Students criticize SGA's 'unresponsiveness'
Editor, the Plainsman:
Any student at Auburn, including incoming
students who recently suffered through the
late registration or drop-and-add experience,
cannot fail to be frustrated when running into
the attitude that a student's personal needs
are nothing but a headache for everyone they
are brought to.
Registration, however, is not the only place
where we are faced with unresponsiveness.
For year after year, that charge must be
applied to our SGA.
It is not only the few in office that we
criticize, for their failure would not be possible
without our own.
As set down in the SGA constitution, each
one of us are members of the organization
called the SGA upon payment of our student
activity fees. A form of student involvement as
effortless as casting a ballot, however, is a
good example of campus apathy.
Voter turnout among independent and
off-campus students is proportionately small,
Trustees lack 'commitment'
Jesus answers student's problems
Editor, The Plainsman:
As many people are seeking answers to their
problems today, they often go down the road of
alcohol, drugs, adultery, and the lust for
worldly goods. These may satisfy some of you
but only temporarily.
I'm happy to say that many Auburn students
today are finding the answers to their
problems in Jesus Christ. He is the best friend
you could ever have at Auburn or anywhere in
the world. He loves and cares so much about
each one of us.
I began to finally realize how much Christ
has done for me when I started attending Rat
Riley's Bible Study last quarter. My life
changed after that first week I went. I felt so
much better because the Word of God was
planted in my heart.
I realized how we all need God everyday—
not just on Sunday, because without Him we
can do nothing. I also realized how little of my
time I gave to Him; all of my study time was
spent on school work and hardly ever on His
Word.
I had made school and the things of this
world more important than God. As a result, I
was not truly happy.
God has sent John Riley back to Auburn for
a purpose—to spread the gospel. He does that
each Thursday night in Haley Center in Room
2370 at 8 p.m.
I hope tnat each one of you will find the
happiness that I've found and will make Rat's
Bible Study a part of your life each week. God
will bless you for coming.
Steve E. Parker 4IE
the Governor
demonstra
ment to j.
By anc
for theCh,
Board I t
ignored.
Senatejj
Associaf
who had
and the
Editor, the Plainsman:
At^the recent Board of Trustees meeting,
and the University Trustees
publicly their lack of commit-iburn
students and faculty.
ig that the Search Committee
esident would consist of five
members. Governor James
luburn University Faculty-irarn
Chapter of the American
Jniversity Professors, and me,
en letters to both the Governor
Board urging student and faculty
representation on the Search Committee.
Furthermore, he added some truth to the
rumor that this search would be a limited one
aimed at selecting a conservative president.
While this is not _the place to analyze the
various reasons why students and faculty
should be represented on the Search Commit­tee,
I think it is the proper spot to suggest
possible measures the Auburn student body
should take to insure some input in the
selection process.
Admittedly, any effort to get a student
representative on the Search Committee now
would be futile. SGA President Ron Taylor
has, however, recognized that there is a
possibility for student representation on an
advisory committee to the Search Committee.
To this date, the SGA has not taken any direct
action to guarantee representation on this
committee.
The faculty, on the other hand, has
organized a number of petitions urging direct
representation on the advisory committtee. It
is time for the Auburn students to put some
pressure on Senator Harris and other mem­bers
of the Search Committee. This should be
done by circulating SGA-sponsored petitions
and adopting resolutions in the SGA calling for
student representaiton on the advisory com­mittee.
Unfortunately, only a few SGA senators are
aware of the need for this action. Thus, it is
important for you to contact your senator and
encourage him-her to initiate action in the SGA
to bring forth these measures.
When I look back over the past month, I
realize how little power the Auburn SGA has
in influencing important decisions. Granted,
the Governor has shunned us aside.
It is now time for us to take advantage of
this debasement by demonstrating that we are
a powerful organization which cannot and will
not tolerate such treatment.
Susan L. Karamanian
4GEC
and this is probably a major factor in the
SGA's dismal maintenance of the status quo.
Even enthusiastic plans for action often
receive only apathy or resistance for the SGA.
A petition was circulated last spring
introducing students to their right to abolish
the SGA if they felt it was not doing its job.
When the petition, with 2,200 signatures, was
presented, the SGA declared it unofficial
because it was "improperly worded."
The proposal was later included on the
referendum ballot last spring, and was
approved by 85 percent of the student body
that voted.
So what ever happened to the idea?
Nothing.
If we continue to be frustrated in our efforts
to influence the functions and services of a
government as relatively small and accessible
as the student government of our own
university, then how much enthusiasm will we
show for voluntary political involvement on
the national level later in life?
Students desperately need a government
that will go out of it way to accommodate them
and re-establish their faith in democratic
government as more than a self-serving
stepladder for the few.
We believe that political office is not a goal
in itself, but an opportunity to be instrumental
in bringing services to the people. We believe
that idealism is more than a growing pain.
We believe that the real decision for all of us,
as members of the Student Government
Association, but most especially for those we
have elected to govern, is to care or not to
care, to act or not to act, to be or not to be a
body dedicated to just, responsive government
and progressive change.
JimPurcell
Amy Dawes
Editor's note: Purcell ran for SGA president
last spring and led the petition drive on the
SGA. Dawes is editor of the Auburn Circle.
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Council raises sewage rates
Thursday, October 4,1979 The Auburn Plainsman
•_v
By Jimmy Sailors
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Auburn City Council unani­mously
authorized an amendment
to the 1958 contract agreement with
the university which doubles the
yearly rate the university pays for
sewage treatment.
The agreement to increase the
rate to $19,320 a year was voluntary
on the part of the university. The
amendment was the result of nego­tiations
between the university and
the city held at a closed-door
meeting of the Auburn Public
Works Committee on August 1.
The usually open-to-the-public
meeting was closed by committee
Chairman Bill Allen ' Jr. Since
attorneys for both sides were
present, Allen said the meeting
represented an attorney-client
relationship and was not open to
public attendance.
The amendment states that the
increase is effective retroactively
as of July 1, 1979, and will be
renegotiated in May 1980, regard­less
of whether the city receives
approval from the Environmental
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The ofty must meet EPA stan­dards
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The city's consulting engineering
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The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, October 4,1979 A-8
Engineering
Study will present plans to eliminate school overcrowding
By Lonnie Adamson
Assistant News Editor
As the total on-campus enroll­ment
of the Engineering School
climbs to 3,100, the school in
conjunction with a consulting firm
is completing a study into what is
needed to eliminate overcrowding
in the school.
Dr. J. Grady Cox, dean of the
School of Engineering, said a re­presentative
of the firm, Dober and
Associates, talked to Engineering
Department heads a week ago, and
will return its final recommenda­tion
of needed facilities on Nov. 9.
At last weeks meeting, Cox said
the representative explained the
three techniques the firm used to
determine the facilities needed for
each department and also explain­ed
a fourth technique used to
consolidate those needs to match
the needs of the entire school.
Oct. 16-18, a representative will
return and present several options
for each department, Cox said.
This will be the final formal chance
for faculty input into the study, Cox
said.
The firm's final report, contain­ing
its suggestions of what the
school needs, will be presented at a
meeting Nov. 9. The report will
contain purpose, use, gross square
footage and siting suggestions for
the facilities. The suggestions in
the report will also be "time
phased," Cox said, in that they will
tell which facilities need to be
renovated and which buildings
need to be built at which time.
Charles Griffin, director of the
!• re-professional engineering pro­gram,
said the minimum of total
un-campus enrollment this fall will
be from 3,100 to about 3,150.
The number of freshmen enter­ing
the engineering program this
fall is 728, up from the 608 figure of
last fall.
Cox said President Harry
Philpott's retirement may slow
funding for the new facilities
because most people want to wait
to include the new president in
major decisions.
Funding for the facilities will
come from an already approved $6
million in bonds which Cox hopes
will be released next September.
The issuance of the bonds was held
up by shortage of funds in the
Special education Trust Fund.
Cox hopes to get approximately
an additional $20 million from a
university-opeated capital fund
drive. The drive was approved at
the last meeting of the University
Board of Trustees, and according
to Buck Bradbury, director of the
Univerity Development Office the
drive should start realizing funds
in about a year.
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By Milton Hudson
Plainsman Staffwrlter
WEGL, radio station of Auburn
University, is currently trying to
upgrade the sound quality of their
broadcast, according to Bruno
Trenkler, engineer at the station.
Trenkler said the station has
ordered a limiter which should
improve both the range and the
quality of the stations broadcast. A
limiter is also required by the
Federal Communications Commis­sion
to prevent radio stations from
interfering the other radio stations
transmissions.
Delivery of the limiter is ex­pected
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The money to pay for the limiter
came out of the student activities
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Communications Board.
Trenkler also stated that the
station had applied for a grant
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Department of Health, Education
and Welfare to help upgrade the
stations equipment.
The grant is in the amount of
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WEGL hopes to hear from HEW by
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According to Trenkler WEGL
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A9 Thursday, October 4, i97» The Auburn Plainsman
Philpott's dinner limits rush
By Jeannle Wood
Plainsman Staffwrltor
Formal fraternity rush occurred
this year, just as it does every
year. This year, however, there
was one major difference. The
formal rush period had been de­layed
one night by an agreement
made last spring at a meeting of
the Interfraternity Council.
Dr. Albert Sistrunk of the Office
of Student Affairs said that the
dates for rush had been set last
spring. "This year, IPC was speci­fically
asked not to schedule
formal rush parties Monday
night."
University President Harry
Philpott's dinner and convocation
for incoming freshmen was sche­duled
for Monday night. Last
spring, the Office of High School
Relations asked the IFC to sche­dule
rush around the President's
dinner.
Thirteen hundred freshmen at­tended
the dinner, which was a
trememdous improvement over
the turn-out of past years, accord­ing
to Robert Seaborne of IFC.
Some discussion had been made
over parties held Sunday night.
According to Seaborne, some fra­ternities
had been having formal
parties for the brothers! Seaborn
said he went around to each house
that was having a party and he
found no fraternity in violation of
rush rules.
Seaborne said he also visited all
the houses during the formal rush
period.
"The turn-out Tuesday and Wed­nesday,
even with the rain, was
tremendous," Seaborne said.
The number of rushees out on
Tuesday night, however, was much
smaller, he /added. Seaborne said
Freshman
registers
available
Freshman registers may be
picked'up at the Coliseum at the
following 1-5:30 p.m. and Friday, 9
a.m.-noon.
to Seaborne, this has never been
done before.
The committee will reveiw this
years rush, and decide if more
rules are needed for next year, he
I
he feels that this was due to classes
starting that day.
Af the IFC meeting Sunday
night, the presidents decided to
form a committee to set up guide­lines
for rush next year. According said.
Students draft bill
to raise ticket fines By Milton Hudson
Plainsman Staffwriter
A group of students has drafted a
resolution to be brought before the
Student Government Association
in an attempt to solve the campus
parking problem by raising the
price of receiving on-campus park­ing
tickets according to Ron
Taylor, SGA president. The new
rates would be $1 for the first
offense; $10 for the second offense;
and $25 for the third and each
subsequent offense.
Taylor said he expected the
group to present its recommenda-
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The SGA has no authority to
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IheAlixm Plainsman Thursday, October 4,1979 A-10
Forever summer...
A uburn student turns bedroom into beach
By Rick Harmon
Editor
Although the gas shortage
caused many students to forego
their summer excursions to the
beach, one Auburn student has
come up with a unique solution to
the problem by turning his room
into a beach.
Rick Rickley, a sophomore in
business, said he was disgusted
that he was never able to make it to
the beach.
"I finally decided to solve the
problem with the same thinking
Mohammed used," said Rickley.
"If I could not go to the beach, I
would make it so that the beach
would come to me."
Rickley, who has been working
as a carpenter most of his life, set
to work planning the project this
winter and actually began work on
it at the beginning of spring.
According to Rickley, he owes
one of the most essential parts of
his beach room to his friends.
"I haven't been able to make it to
the beach all year," said Rickley,
"so I counted on my friends to
bring me up all the sand I needed
for the room."
Each time one of Rickley's
friends went to Florida, the friend
brought back a trunk load of sand.
Rickley said he had ten or 12
friends bringing sand to him all
summer.
Probably the biggest job Rickley
had in building the beach room was
supporting the 4,500 pound water-bed
almost six feet off the floor to
make it look like a pier.
"I've been working my way
through college by making water-bed
frames," Rickley said, "so it
was not that difficult. I did have
some contractors and an engineer
from the University come over to
check it out and make sure it could
hold that much weight before I
filled up the bed.
"After the time and money I had
spent, if the bed had collapsed, It
would not only have caused a lot of
damage to my apartment, but my
ego."
Rickley said that although the
support and frame for the water-bed
took a lot of work, it was not
that expensive.
"Waterbed frames don't cost
much if you make them yourself,"
he said. "I started making them
about two years ago because I
found out how much cheaper I
could make them than they sold for
commercially."
The rest of the apartment was
expensive. The total cost of making
it into a beach room was around
$3,600, according to Rickley. But
the student said It was worth it.
"People spend more time in their
bedrooms than they realize," he
said. "I figured if I was going to
spend that much time in one place,
I might as well make the place
something I'd enjoy and be proud
of."
Rickley plans to be proud of his
apartment a long time. Although
the seasons may change, the
student plans to spend the rest of
his years in Auburn at the beach.
Although Rickley says he plans
to keep his beach room for good, he
says he wants to build others. I was
just about finished on my beach
room," he said, "when I started
getting hundreds of other ideas I
wanted to try out. I wanted to see
what it would be like to take a
waterbed and put an aquarium all
the way around it. I had dozens of
other things I wanted to do. But It
was too late.
"I'm kind of hoping that once
people find out about my room they
might want to try the same sort of
thing themselves. I hope I get to
use some of my other ideas."
Who knows? Maybe in the near
future other students might be
rolling out of their beds each
morning to hit the beach.
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.if you can't go to the beach bring it home.
University will lose 40 parking spaces
to meet state and federal regulations
SCARCE PARKING SPACES BECOME SCARCER
..University loses 40 spaces to comply with regulations
By Robin King
Plainsman Staffwriter
In an effort to help the campus
comply with state and federal
traffic safety regulations, approxi­mately
40 parking spaces will be
lost according to chief of Campus
Security MillardE. Dawson.
Dawson said that the majority of
those spaces that were lost came
from staff and faculty sections.
Some of the improvements made
Include widening the crosswalks
and raising stop signs. Making turn
lanes longer and more visible will
also help to aid the traffic flow and
insure the safety of pedestrians
and bicyclists, says Dawson.
These were not overhtgKt
changes, Dawson stressed. The
improvements came as a direct
Hargis Hall renovation finally to start
By Jimmy Wheatley
Plainsman Staffwriter
Work will begin this week on the
reconstruction of Hargis Hall, the
historic music building which
burned last December 22.
The 92-year-old structure burned-in
the midst of renovation into an
office building. The reason for the
eight month delay of restoration
was the necessity for reopening the
bids on reconstrutction, according
to William Guerin, campus planner
and architect.
University officials wanted to
continue working with the con struc-tion
firm involved in the original
renovation, under the same con­tract,
Guerin said. "We didn't
know if this was permissible how­ever,
so we contacted the attorney
general's office to find out their
ruling," said Guerin.
The attorney general ruled that it
would be necessary to reopen the
bids, because the amount of money
needed for reconstruction was
more than the amount paid by
insurance for damages.
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According to Guerin, the tenta­tive
cost of Hargis Hall's restora­tion
is $669,545, although the
amount is expected to go higher.
Most of this amount will be paid
for by builder's risk insurance
taken out by the company, and
insurance which the state takes out
on all its buildings.
The rest will come from money
designated for the original renova­ting
and $98,721 appropriated by
the Board of Trustees.
According to Ray Huff, president
of Huff Construction Company, the
first thing to be done is to clean the
debris out of the building, and
allow architects to inspect the
faculties.
The first reconstruction will
begin with the roof, and move down
to the second and first floors. The
time limit on the contract is 300
days.
When work is completed, the
structure, which is listed on the
national register of historic places,
will house the offices of the
Graduate School, Cooperative
Education and the Water
Resources Institute.
result of a joint survey done by the
city of Auburn and the University.
In an effort to have the needed
changes instigated immediately,
the University hired an engineer
specifically to align each of the
campus intersections to meet the
required specifications, Dawson
added.
Auburn engineering students
observed the engineer, and provi­ded
valuable assistance in keeping
the total cost of the project down,
he said.
The hiring of this engineer was
instrumental in moving the project
completion date up from an ex­pected
November or December
completion said.
When questioned about the effect
the loss of parking spaces would
have on the already crowded cam­pus
parking situation, Chief
Dawson replied that he had no
doubt the Improved traffic flow, as
a result of the changes, will "More
than justify the removal of these
few parking spaces."
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Burnett
Auburn's 'father of journalism' honored
The "Father of Journalism at
Auburn" has retired, but his pass­ing
will not go unnoticed.
His former students and col­leagues
will see to that when they
honor Professor Cliff Burnett with
a reception and dinner Saturday,
Oct. 6 following the Auburn-North
Carolina State football game.
Burnett taught journalism at
Auburn 31 years. From 1948 until
1964, he was a one man department
and he was head professor of
journalism for more than a quarter
of a century. He retired from the
classroom at the end of spring
quarter.
David Housel and MickeyLogue,
former Burnett students who are
now members of the Journalism
faculty, are co-chairmen of the
festivities planned for their old
professor.
"We want this to be a great day
for Mr. Burnett," said Housel ."If it
is, it will be a great day for Auburn
journalism too. Mr. Burnett and
journalism at Auburn are insepar­able."
Housel said letters had been
mailed to all Journalism graduates
since 1948 and all former Plains­men
editors and business mana­gers.
"I'm sure someone who should
have been contacted was inadver­tently
left off the list," he said,
"but that doesn't mean a thing. We
want everyone who has ever had an
interest in journalism at Auburn to
come back and help us honor Mr.
Corporation offers
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Auburn graduate and under­graduate
students have an opport­unity
to win up to $3,500 in prizes by
creating marketing or communica­tions
projects related to Philip
Morris Incorporated or any of its
non-tobacco products and opera­tions.
Philip Morris Incorportated, one
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companies, and producers of bev­erages
is offering three prizes of
$2,000, $1,000 and $500 to group
winners of the contest.
Burnett. There is no way we can
ever show our appreciation for all
he has done for us."
All activities will take place in
the Foy Student Union Building
immediately after the Auburn-
North Carolina State football
game. The program will be timed
to end at a reasonable hour to
enable those traveling a long dis­tance
to get home by a reasonable
hour.
"We need to get a count on how
m.*uiy people to expect," he said.
"If need be, we can make arrange­ments
for football tickets too."
An appropriate gift will also be
presented. Those wishing to make
a contribution toward that gift
should make their checks payable
to' 'Burnett Gift Fund,'' and send it
to the Journalism Department,
8088 Haley Center, Auburn
Alabama 36830.
Housel urged those who cannot
attend to send a letter to Mr.
Burnett in care of him (Housel) at
the Journalism Department. All
letters, cards and telegrams will be
bound in book form and presented
at the banquet.
"We expect a good turnout and a
good response in letters and dona­tions,"
said Housel.
"Mr. Burnett is an unusual per­son.
The longer you are out of
school, the more you appreciate
him. This has been my experience
and the experience of many many
journalism students I've talked
with in recent years.
"It's one of those cases of being
amazed at how much he has
learned over the years. Actually
he's not the one who has learned.
We have finally learned what Mr.
Burnett tried to teach us along.
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Alumni cafeteria may move to Smith Hall
Smith Half <*-
CLUB WELCOME?
Education gets re accredit at ion,
budget will remain the same
By Anne Harvey
Assistant News Editor
Despite some criticism by the
National Council for Accreditation,
the School of Education was reac-credited
during the summer until
Sept. 1, 1986.
The report said the school was
too crowded and under-staffed, but
its program is good. MA ! :-~ i Arijfc;
"We're very pleased with the
report," said Associate Dean
Richard W. Warner Jr., "but we
are concerned with the problem of
faculty overload, particularly at
the graduate level. We either need
more faculty or a reduction in the
number of students.
"We need more money to hire
more people to maintain a quality
program," he said.
This year Auburn's budget will
be the same as last year which
means the school won't be getting
any more money and with inflation
will really amount to less.
The school was commended for
the strong program offered to the
students, he said.
The pre-teaching laboratory and
clinical experiences received
elementary and early childhood
majors was one of the strong points
emphasized by the Council.
They also said the student invol­vement
in planning and evaluating
the graduate programs should be
encouraged.
The biggest weaknesses found
in the school were faculty over­loads"
and inadequate space at the
graduate and undergraduate
levels, Warner said.
The number of faculty assigned
to several departments at the
undergraduate level is producing
heavy advising loads for faculty
members, Council Chairman
James McDanieis said. The report
also said the faculty workload at
the graduate level wa
More space is also he
library for study purposes, the
council advised. v
"We have a commitment to
maintain this school as a quality
school and to maintain its leader­ship
position in the state and
region," Warner said. "As one of
the two comprehensive universi­ties
in the state, we need to have a
quality graduate program."
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The possibility of moving Alumni
Cafeteria next door into Smith
Hall, the former art building, is
now being considered by a Uni­versity
feasibility study group.
According to group members
Richard Wingard, director of Food
Services, and William . Guerin.
campus planner and architect, the
Idea is still only In the planning
stages.
"There is no deninlte com­mitment
at this time," said Guerin.
"We have only asked permission to
investigate the idea."
"Alumni Cafeteria is extremely
limited In its faculties," Wingard
said. Some of the problems are
Inadequate seating room for stu­dents,
lack of storage space for
foods, no restrooms for customers,
and a water leakage problem that
has made the floor of Alumni
Cafeteria slope downward in
certain areas.
Nor is Alumni Cafeteria hi com­pliance
with state handicapped
laws since it provides no method
for the handicapped to get inside.
"To correct these problems of
Alumni Cafeteria would be a major
rennovation," said Wingard.
"Smith Hall has the facilities to be
developed; I think it would be
something Auburn students would
be proud of."
If Alumni Cafeteria does relocate
in Smith Hall, it probably won't be
"for one or two more years," said
Wingard.
But Wingard Is ready with ren­novation
plans if the Board of
Trustees approves the plan.
An elevator would be installed
for handicapped students and food
transportation purposes. Dining
areas Would be on the first and
third levels of Smith hall, and
offices and restrooms would be on
the second level.
University Food Services gets no
additional funds from the Univer­sity
said Wingard. The money used
to renovate Smith Hall would
come from the sale of foods at the
University cafeterias.
"In the old days, mandatory
meal plans would provide funds for
cafeteria building," said Wingard.
Now the University Food Services
must rely on Auburn students'
business to support them.
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The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, October 4, l»7» A-14
Grimsley recalls writing career
By Peggy Sanford
and
Vickey Williams
Plainsman Staffwriters,
In the heyday oi lie old New
York Yankees, a yoi'rtg reporter
approached Lou Ge) rig on the
practice field and w s promptly
told, "Go away son, I i busy."
Meanwhile, Babe Ruth drove up.
"He got out of a yellow taxi, beer
bellied and without cleats, bare­footed.
I asked him for an inter­view
and he said, "Sure son." I
pulled out a long list and asked him
all the typical questions, "What's
your favorite actress? What's your
favorite cereal? Well, he stood
there and answered every one."
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SYNDICATED SPORTS COLUMNIST
...Will Grimsly speaks at Auburn
Now, some 80 years later, Will
Grimsly, syndicated columnist and
special correspondent for the Asso­ciated
Press, vividly recalls the
incident because "That was an
early time in Gehrig's career,
long before he became the super­star
he's now remembered as."
And there are endless stories
Grimsly can tell.
In his journalistic career begin­ning
with a non-paying job with a
Tennessee paper he has seen innu­merable
renowned events.
Sports coverage is Grimsly's
claim to fame .He has coveredallbut
the first two Superbowls, several of
the Olympic trials, many heavy
weight boxing matches—including
Ali's and Frazier's first bout and
numerous pro golfer's tours.
He has also written five books on
sports. His first, "Golf: It's
History, People and Events," has
been translated into Japanese and
now sells for $275 in Japan.
Yet, when Grimsly spoke to
journalism classes here Tuesday,
he said, "I don't like being tagged a
sports writer because I've written
a lot of other things."
When asked Tuesday evening
before speaking to Auburn's
Touchdown Club, if he planned to
write any more books, he said if so,
' 'It would be a kiss and tell book. So
far, all the books I've written have
been encyclopedic in a way."
After his many years of close
contact with sports and its many
players, Grimsly said, "Sports
personalities have become a
spoiled, over-rich bunch."
Asked how he handles some of
those personalities' cold-shoul­dered
attitudes, Grimsley replied,
"Forget 'em."
Most sports figures are a pain in
the neck to interview, Grimsly
said. But, Jimmy Connors he consi-red
particularly "impossible."
"I don't care if I ever talk to
Jimmy Connors. If he has some­thing
to say, I'll listen and write it
down. But I feel they (athletes)
need us (the media) more than we
need them."
Years of experience have made
Grimsly realize that meeting big
name personalities is "Not all that
glamorous. You learn to reduce
them to their proper level. You lose
all that goggle-eyedness because
they're all just people."
But because they are glamorous
to most people, they have a lot of
impact. Who does Grimsly see as
having the greatest Impact? With­out
a doubt—Mohammed All.
"I remember seeing All's first
fight at the Olympic In Rome,"
Grimsly said. "He was just a fat
boy then . Still Casslus Clay." He
went on to become the greatest
athlete of our time with a stupen­dous
impact on society, he said.
Heavy weight boxing is
Grimsly's favorite sport. Not
because of the brutality, he said,
but because 'there's nothing quite
like the electricity around a ring."
Even though "You're right around
the ring and get spit on, shoved
around and get your pockets
picked."
In contrast, he said the easiest
sport to cover is golf. "You're at a
country club, it's a nice place with
nice people."
Grimsly is on the road much of
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week. Not to mention the time
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And he hates the travel. But, "If
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He said he would probably resent it
if AP told him they didn't want him
to cover some big event.
Grimsly has a wife and three
children, two of them married.
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They "accept my priorities."
To say that Will Grimsly has
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"Everytime I sit down at a
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shoulder at the young guys."
Grimsly shouldn't have to worry,
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By Jimmy Sailors
Plainsman Staf fwriter
Auburn University's 10th and
newest adademic discipline, the
School of Nursing, opened it doors
last Thursday amid the revova-tions
of portions of Miller Hall,
where it is housed. Dean Mary
Woody, however, said even the
workers ceased their noisy labors
in order not to spoil the school's
first day of classes.
Graduates of the new school will
receive a bachelor of science
degree as well as a degree in
nursing. Woody said the four-year
curriculum will include two years
of Arts and Sciences and prepara­tory
courses before the student
enters the professional school at
the junior level during a fall
quarter.
There are presently 28 students
enrolled in the school at the junior
level, according to Woody. She
added that there are four faculty
members to teach the students,
Miller Hall
polished up
for AU nurses
By Mike Bonham
Plainsmain Staff Writer
The smell of fresh paint and the
shine of polished floors greeted the
first students of the new School of
Nursing as they entered facilities
being restored for academic use.
Miller Hall, located on Thach
Avenue, is being restored with
main emphasis on office facilities
and two multi-purpose classrooms
which are to be used by the nursing
students. No new facilities are
being built for the school according
to Dr. Taylor Littleton, Vice
President for Academic Affairs.
"Partial renovation is all that is
being done to Miller Hall," he said.
Included in the work on the
building is a clean-up effort in the
lab. "Part of the third floor is
closed at the present and will be
until we can meet the standards of
the fire code," said Littleton. He-went
on to say that the renovation
will be completed once money is
allocated for the project.
Approximately 66 pre-nursing
and 35 nursing students will use the
building as well as a faculty of four,
and other people associated with
the School of Pharmacy.
Miller Hall was occupied by the
School of Pharmacy until the com­pletion
of the present pharmacy
facility in 1974.
with a fifth having already been
. hired.
According to assistant professor
Jemelene Moore, the student*
teacher ratio is expected to remain
low to allow the school to turn out
better qualified graduates. While
the job of nursing takes a person
with "varying kinds of skills,"
Moore still refers to nursing as a
"caring kind of profession."
Formerly a part of the School of
Home Economics, the nursing cur­riculum
offered only a two-year
program in the past and nursing
students had to transfer to other
nursing schools to complete their
degrees.
A feasibility study conducted by
the Health Advisory Board of
Auburn University showed "over­whelming
suport" by the commun­ity
for a school of nursing.
Included in the professional cur­riculum
are skills and audio-visual
labs as well as clinical experience
in hospitals, nursing homes,
doctors' offices, mental health
centers and areas, of public
Dean Woody said Lee County Hot•
pital would be a major clinical
facility in the immediate com­munity.
Moore said the demand for
nurses is great. Columbus, Ga., is
experiencing a shortage of nurses,
and many hospitals are expanding.
She said nursing schools cannot
keep up with the demand for skilled
nurses.
Sometime in the future the school
should be able to offer a program
for non-degree nurses who wish to
come to Auburn to complete a
degree without having to go to
school for a full four years, Woody
said.
The earliest the School of
Nursing can be accredited is one
year from this spring. The school
has to be approved by both the
Alabama Board o Nursing and the
National League for Nursing.
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A-15 Thursday, October 4,1979 The Auburn Plainsman
Finding spaces
still a problem
this year at AU
By Ann Weddington
Plainsman Staff writer
This year's expected two percent
increase in the number of cars
registered at Auburn means insuf-ficent
parking spaces and traffic
will again be a problem, according
to Chief Security Officer M.E.
Dawson.
Only 12,022 vehicles have been
registered so far this year, com­pared
to 17,260 registered last year.
However, Dawson says he expects
more than 5,000 vehicles have yet
to be registered. Of the registered
vehicles, 876 belong to freshmen,
compared to 1,172 last year, he
said.
One step taken to alleviate the
parking problem has been the
requirement that freshmen living
in "hill" dormitories park their
cars in the dirt parking lot across
from Dorm J. There are 200 spaces
in this lot.
Dawson said he understands
parents' concern about their
daughters having to park far away
late at night. "We try to perform
frequent patrols, the lot is lighted,
and besides, there could be prob­lems
in any parking lot down­town."
Dawson said there are no plans
for restricting freshmen from hav­ing
cars as a solution to the campus
parking and traffic problem.
"Freshmen weren't allowed to
have cars on campus from 1965
until 1970, but it is just too hard a
thing to enforce," Dawson said.
"Those who lived more than a half
mile off campus brought cars
anyway, and just didn't register
them, or had other students regis­ter
them, though they were
charged $25 if caught."
Dawson said he agreed the rule
was too harsh. "There is no public
transportation at Auburn, and
freshmen need their cars to go
home in," he said.
Former Dean of Student Affairs
James E. Foy was also in favor of
all students having cars according
to Dawson. Foy recommended
freshmen be allowed to have cars
two or three years before the
Parking and Traffic Committee,
composed of faculty, Security
Office staff and students, made the
jeriange, he added.
When the freshmen car restric­tion
was started, the Parking and
Traffic Committee thought it would
help freshmen academically, he
said. However, a survey taken
while the rule was in effect
revealed that having cars or not
had no influence on the freshmen's
grades.
Dawson said he thinks restrict­ing
freshmen from having cars on
campus is not feasible today as an
answer to the parking problem
because trends and attitudes are
different.
"The kids have so much more
freedom, Dawson said."I don't
think we can tell them they can't
have a car if their parents let them
because their parents are giving
them a responsibility to learn from
and we shouldn't take that away.''
Dawson said he thinks the new
Hill parking lot combined with
keeping cars off campus during the
day to aid pedestrians should help
the parking and traffic situation if
the students will cooperate. "There
will be no need to ask any students
to leave their cars home yet,"
Dawson said.
Auburn TV
wins annual
Gavel Award
The American Bar Association
(ABA) announced recently that
Auburn Television has been
awarded a certificate of merit in its
annual Gavel Awards competition.
The certificate honors the 60.
minute program' "The Alabama
Supreme Court: A Changing Con­s
t a n t , " produced by Auburn
Television.
Originally aired last fall, the
program will be rebroadcast Sat­urday,
Aug. 11 at 9:00 p.m. on the
Alabama Public Television Net­work.
It explains the structure of
Alabama's court system and
demonstrates the function of the
Supreme Court within this struc­ture.
The Gavel Awards are made
annually to the nation's news and
entertainment media in recogni­tion
of "enterprising public service
which served to increase public
understanding of the American
system of law and justice."
The 1979 competition attracted
361 entries from 223 different
communications and entertain­ment
organizations, according to
Perry L. Fuller, chairman,of the
competition.
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PLAINSMAN ***" B Thursday, October 4,1979
Not past, but future interests department heads
By Julie Johnson
Plainsman Staff writer
"We should not dwell on the past,
but the future. We need to take
what Philpott has built, and make
it higher. We have to start realizing
the full potential of Auburn Univer­sity
now."
This quote* from George Horton,
dean of- the School of Business,
sums up the general attitude that
several University faculty mem­bers
seem to hold in regard to the
14-year term of Dr. Harry M.
Philpott as president of Auburn
University.
As Auburn's president, Philpott
has gained national recognition as
an educator. He served as the
1976-77 president of the National
Association of State Universities
and Land-Grant Colleges, an office
only one other Auburn president,
Dr. William Leroy Broun has held.
Under Philpott's leadership, the
total operating budget has tripled
from $34 million to nearly $140
million. Organized research has
increased $10 million, now valued
at over $17 million, while the
permanent endowment fund has
increased to nearly $23 million
from the $4 million at the beginning
of Philpott's term.
"Dr. Philpott has given steady,
conservative leadership to Auburn
University, and has hefped to build
a strong image for this institution
nationally and regionally," said
Edward Hobbs, dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences.
Under Philpott's administration,
major developments in terms of
organization and program have
given a sense of balance to the
institution, said Hobbs.
"I'm aware that Philpott has
worked with limited resources,"
said Dean Horton. ' 'He would have
liked to allocate more money to us,
but he didn't have it. I think he
would agree that there is still great
room for improvement."
Jack Blackburn, dean of the
School of Education, said that
overall, Philpott ha